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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

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Author:: Evans, Brian
Title:: Nozzle Erosion Characterization and Minimization for High-Pressure Rocket Motor Applications
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Carbon/Carbon Composites
Erosion Mitigation
Solid Propellant
Nozzle Erosion
Graphite
Rocket Motor Simulator
File:: Download BE_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Green, Darren Vincent
Title:: Development of a Piezoelectric Micro Engine Using Pulsed Catalytic Combustion
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: micro engine
piezoelectric
catalytic combustion
micro power
File:: Download D_Green_Thesis_2.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kendra Sharp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Huo, Hongfa
Title:: LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND COMBUSTION
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Turbulent combustion
Supercritical combustion
swirl coaxial injector
LOX/Methane combustion
Supercritical mixing
shear coaxial injector
File:: Download Hongfa_Huo_PhD_dissertation_final_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Hyung Ju
Title:: COMBUSTION INSTABILITY MECHANISMS IN A LEAN PREMIXED GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: combustion instability
gas turbine combustor
lean premixed
turbulent combustion
flame-vortex interactions
equivalence ratio flucutaitons
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Hyung_Ju_Lee.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Moore, Jeffrey David
Title:: Flame-spreading phenomena in a head-end fin-slot segment of a subscale motor simulating the space shuttle boosters
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: flame-spreading
fin-slot motor
head-end segment
RSRM
File:: Download Jeff_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Sabourin, Justin Leo
Title:: High Temperature Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms of Tungsten Oxidation
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: rocket nozzles
thermogravimetry
kinetics
oxidation
tungsten
metal oxidation
graphite
File:: Download Written_Dissertation_-_Justin_Sabourin.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member

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Author:: Wu, Juntao
Title:: Soot Abatement Using Oxygenated Additives
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: soot
oxygenated additive
File:: Download dissertation_juntaowu.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Litzinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Malchi, Jonathan Yaniv
Title:: Combustion and Self-Assembly of Nanoenergetic Materials
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: thermite
self-assembly
combustion
File:: Download Combustion_and_Self-Assembly_of_Nanoenergetic_Materials.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Steven Son, Committee Member
Timothy Foley, Committee Member

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Author:: Casiano, Matthew Joseph
Title:: Extensions to the Time Lag Models for Practical Application to Rocket Engine Stability Design
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: concentrated combustion
helium injection
time lag models
combustion stability
throttling
damping
File:: Download CasianoDissertationFinaleTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Tomas E Nesman, Committee Member

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