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Author:

Boyer, J Eric

Title:

Combustion Characteristics and Flame Structure of Nitromethane Liquid Monopropellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

monopropellant
liquid propellant
nitromethane
combustion

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Yi-Ping

Title:

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR OF HAN-BASED LIQUID PROPELLANTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

pressure exponents.
burning rate controlling mechanisms
decomposition
autocatalytic
pyrolysis
propellants
hydroxylammonium nitrate
combustion

File:

Download THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, 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