1. Effects of Carbon Materials as Additives on the Combustion Behavior of Double-Base Propellant Open Access Author: Schirtzinger, Skylar Carl Title: Effects of Carbon Materials as Additives on the Combustion Behavior of Double-Base Propellant Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: graphenefunctionalized graphene sheetscombustiondouble base propellantthermal decompositionburning ratecontrolled enhancmentscanning electron microscopepropellant additivethermal stabilitygraphite File: Download Schirtzinger_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Dr. Richard Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Chemical kinetic investigation of the thermal decomposition of energetic materials: ammonia borane, ammonium perchlorate & hmx-tagzt Open Access Author: Chatterjee, Tanusree Title: Chemical kinetic investigation of the thermal decomposition of energetic materials: ammonia borane, ammonium perchlorate & hmx-tagzt Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Ammonia boraneQuantum mechanicsHydrogen releaseReaction pathwayperchloric acidoxygen releasenumerical simulationHMXTAGzTTGAFTIRthermal decompositionnitramine-based energetic materials File: Download Tanusree_Chatterjee_Dissertation_final2.pdf Committee Members: Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorStefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-ChairAdri van Duin, Committee MemberJacqueline O’Connor, Committee MemberJoseph F. Horn, Outside MemberDaniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair