1. Modeling the Influence of Shock Waves on the Combustion of Aluminum Droplets Open Access Author: Houim, Ryan William Title: Modeling the Influence of Shock Waves on the Combustion of Aluminum Droplets Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Chemically reacting flowLow-dissipation methodMulti-component flowLevel set methodVaporizationShock wavesCavitation File: Download RWH_Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorKenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-ChairGita Talmage, Committee MemberRichard A Yetter, Committee MemberDaniel Connell Haworth, Committee MemberTarasankar Debroy, Committee Member