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Author:

Chowdhury, Arindrajit

Title:

CONFINED RAPID THERMOLYSIS/FTIR/TOF STUDIES OF ENERGETIC IONIC LIQUIDS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic liquids
Thermal decomposition
FTIR spectrometry
ToF mass spectrometry
kinetics

File:

Download Arin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Thakre, Piyush K

Title:

CHEMICAL EROSION OF GRAPHITE AND REFRACTORY METAL NOZZLES AND ITS MITIGATION IN SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

refractory metal nozzles
solid-propellant rocket motors
erosion mitigation
graphite/carbon-carbon nozzles
nozzle erosion

File:

Download PhD-Thesis-Final__Piyush_Thakre_.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Weismiller, Michael Raymond

Title:

Characterization of Ammonia Borane for Chemical Propulsion Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic materials
Novel propellants
Hydrogen storage
Hybrid rocket
Boron

File:

Download Weismiller-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Adrianus Van Duin, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Essel, Jonathan Thomas

Title:

Processing Energetic Materials with Supercritical Fluid Precipitation Techniques

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

energetic materials
supercritical fluids
nanotechnology
RESS process

File:

Download Jonathan_Essel_Final_Thesis__all_color__with_vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shiqing

Title:

experimental studies on condensed-phase interactions of hypergolic propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic propellant; Monomethylhydrazine; Tetramethylethylened

File:

Download Shiqing_Wangs_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Kumbhakarna, Neeraj Ratnakar

Title:

Combustion analysis of RDX propellant and novel high-nitrogen propellant ingredients

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

RDX
TAGzT
combustion model
confined rapid thermolysis
GA
molecular modeling
reaction mechanism

File:

Download neeraj_k.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Prof Adri Van Duin, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Saksena, Pulkit

Title:

Study of Condensed Phase Reactions Between Hypergolic Propellants using Microreactors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic
Propellants
Combustion
Microfluidic
Microreactor

File:

Download Dissertation_PulkitSaksena.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Vamos, Michael Anthony

Title:

MICROWAVE PLASMA TORCH FOR ALUMINUM COMBUSTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum
combustion
plasma
torch
ignition
microwave
metal combustion
plasma assisted combustion
igniter
coaxial
spectroscopy
temperature fitting
spectrometer calibration
air
steam
carbon dioxide

File:

Download Vamos_Thesis_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member

Author:

Talamantes, Gerardo

Title:

Characterization of Polyoxymethylene as a High-Density Fuel For Use in Hybrid Rocket Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Fuels
Polyoxymethylene
Diffusion Flame
Opposed Flow Burner
Hybrid Rockets
High-Density Fuel
POM
combustion

File:

Download Talamantes_Thesis_May_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Kaiqiang

Title:

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM OF AQUEOUS HYDROXYLAMMONIUM NITRATE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Material
Computational Chemistry
Molecular Dynamics
Hydroxylammonium Nitrate
Thermal Decomposition

File:

Download HAN_decomposition_Dissertation_Kaiqiang_Zhang_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member

Author:

Patidar, Lalit

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion of RDX and HMX: Thermolysis experiments and molecular modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Materials
Thermal Decomposition
Combustion
Quantum mechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_LalitPatidar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khichar, Mayank

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion modeling of RDX monopropellant and RDX-TAGzT pseudo-propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal decomposition
Combustion
modeling
RDX
TAGzT
Quantum chemical calculation
TGA
DSC
FTIR
Mechanism
Liquid Phase
Diffusion
Deflagration

File:

Download Dissertation_MayankKhichar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Crisp, Eric

Title:

Electrochemical Decomposition of HAN-based Ionic Liquid Oxidizers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

HAN
electrolysis
OXSOL 1
hybrid rocket

File:

Download ELECTROCATALYTIC_DECOMPOSITION_OF_HAN-BASED_IONIC_LIQUID_OXIDIZERS.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Drewniak, David

Title:

Study of Piezoelectricity Applications in Solid Propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
energetic composite
PVDF
nanoaluminum

File:

Download Thesis____Study_of_Piezoelectricity_Applications_in_Solid_Propellants_--_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Daniel Haworth, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies