Explosion Dynamics Laboratory

34 thesises

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2026

• Davis, Branson William — Autoignition Modeling and a Generalized Hot Surface Ignition Criterion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2023

• Martin, Conor Daniel — Experiments in Thermal Ignition: Influence of Natural Convection on Properties of Gaseous Explosions (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2021

• Jones, Silken Michelle — Thermal Ignition by Vertical Cylinders (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2019

• Veilleux, Jean-Christophe — Pressure and Stress Transients in Autoinjector Devices (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2016

• Coronel, Stephanie Alexandra — Thermal Ignition Using Moving Hot Particles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Schmidt, Bryan Eric — On the Stability of Supersonic Boundary Layers with Injection (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2015

• Bitter, Neal Phillip — Stability of Hypervelocity Boundary Layers (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2014

• Jewell, Joseph Stephen — Boundary-Layer Transition on a Slender Cone in Hypervelocity Flow with Real Gas Effects (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2013

• Damazo, Jason Scott — Planar Reflection of Gaseous Detonation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Moeller, Robert Carlos — Current Transport and Onset-Related Phenomena in an MPD Thruster Modified by Applied Magnetic Fields (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Parziale, Nicholaus J. — Slender-Body Hypervelocity Boundary-Layer Instability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2012

• Boettcher, Philipp Andreas — Thermal Ignition (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Capece, Angela Maria — Plasma-Surface Interactions in Hollow Cathode Discharges for Electric Propulsion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Thomas, Vaughan Lamar — Particle-Based Modeling of Ni-YSZ Anodes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ziegler, John Lewis (Jack) — Simulations of Compressible, Diffusive, Reactive Flows with Detailed Chemistry Using a High-Order Hybrid WENO-CD Scheme (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2010

• Bane, Sally Page Moffett — Spark Ignition: Experimental and Numerical Investigation With Application to Aviation Safety (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hanna, Jeffrey — Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Electrode Microstructures: Making Sense of the Internal Framework Affecting Gas Transport (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Karnesky, James Alan — Detonation Induced Strain in Tubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Sullivan, Regina Mariko — The Physics of High-Velocity Ions in the Hall Thruster Near-Field (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2008

• Kao, Shannon Theresa — Detonation Stability with Reversible Kinetics (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2007

• Morris, Bradford S. — Charge-Exchange Collision Dynamics and Ion Engine Grid Geometry Optimization (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2006

• Lieberman, Daniel Howard — Detonation Interaction with Sharp and Diffuse Interfaces (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2005

• Jackson, Scott Irving — Gaseous Detonation Initiation Via Wave Implosion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Pintgen, Florian Peter — Detonation Diffraction in Mixtures with Various Degrees of Instability (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2004

• Chao, Tong Wa — Gaseous Detonation-Driven Fracture of Tubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cooper, Marcia Ann — Impulse Generation by Detonation Tubes (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wintenberger, Eric — Application of Steady and Unsteady Detonation Waves to Propulsion (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2003

• Arienti, Marco — A Numerical and Analytical Study of Detonation Diffraction (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Austin, Joanna Maria Karol — The Role of Instability in Gaseous Detonation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hung, Patrick Hin Fun — Algorithms for Reaction Mechanism Reduction and Numerical Simulation of Detonations Initiated by Projectiles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

2001

• Eckett, Christopher Adam — Numerical and Analytical Studies of the Dynamics of Gaseous Detonations (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1999

• Kaneshige, Michael Jiro — Gaseous Detonation Initiation and Stabilization by Hypervelocity Projectiles (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1997

• Krok, James Christopher — Jet Initiation of Deflagration and Detonation (Dissertation (Ph.D.))

1981

• Shepherd, Joseph Emmett — Dynamics of Vapor Explosions: Rapid Evaporation and Instability of Butane Droplets Exploding at the Superheat Limit (Dissertation (Ph.D.))