Dissertations from 2021
Network based pressure drop modeling of heterogeneous porous hybrid rocket motor grains, Joseph Robert Kennedy Buckley
Assessment of performance parameter uncertainty of a solid fuel ramjet, William Jarrett Hankins
Implications of alternative in-situ propellants used in nuclear thermal propulsion engines, Dennis Nikitaev
Development and testing of a rotating detonation rocket engine with a racetrack combustor and shear-coaxial injectors, Evan Colson Unruh
Theses from 2020
Double wall heat transfer with full-coverage effusion with and without louver slot cooling, Austin Click
Surface heat transfer characteristics of a transfer turbine blade with pressure side film cooling and different tip gaps, Hallie Collopy
Ablation heat transfer characteristics of a polymer coolant medium for warm gas generator applications, Dakota J. Haring
MCNP design of radiation shielding for pulsed fusion propulsion, David Jason Hewitt
Effect of sulfur and a perfluoropolyether on the ignition and decomposition of solid fuels for ramjets, Daniel A. Jones
Experimental investigation of a liquid-gas dual-swirl coaxial injector under self-pulsation, Isheeta Sunil Ranade
Aerodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of a transonic turbine blade tip with pressure-side film cooling, Michael Sampson
Theses from 2019
High-order hybrid Roe-WENO schemes for interface advective flux reconstruction, Hayden Arceneaux
Aerodynamic effects of integrated lifting surfaces on very low Earth orbit small satellites, William J. Bickett
Study of effects of rigid body vibrations on external hypersonic flow using smoothed particle hydrodynamics, Tyler Englestad
Manufacturing effects on water cavitation in long L/D sharp edge inlet orifices, Robert Dalton Hicks
Analytical aeroelastic models for chordwise and spanwise flexible flapping wings in forward flight, Deepa Kodali
Complexity assessment using systems modelling language models, Victor Emmanuel Pierre Lopez
Experimental force and wing motion measurements of a bioinspired flapping wing in a Martian density condition, Jesse Lee McCain
Seeding hydrogen propellant in nuclear thermal propulsion engines, Dennis Nikitaev
Supply channel heat transfer with simultaneous impingement jet array cooling and crossflow cooling, David Ritchie
Three-dimensional modeling of fusion yield in plasma jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion, Kevin John Schillo
Two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic modeling of cylindrical plasma jets confined magneto-inertial fusion targets, Seth Thompson
Theses from 2018
Exergy analysis of the environmental control and life support system, Raymond Chow
Physics of ignition and burn wave propagation in advanced thermonuclear fusion targets, Ross Jared Cortez
Solid rocket motor static fire test stand optimization : load cell effects and other uncertainties, Charles W. Freeman II
Evaluation of electric solid propellant responses to electrical factors and electrode configurations, Andrew Timothy Hiatt
Dissertations from 2017
The effects of wing flexibility on the flight performance and stability of flapping wing micro air vehicles, James Edward Bluman
A study of optical and physical probe diagnostic techniques for atmospheric-pressure plasmas, Steven J. Doyle
Design and testing of a Hall effect thruster with additively manufactured components, Ethan Hopping
A closed-form solution to the aeroelastic response of an elastic plate in axial flow, Cory Ryan Medina
Analytical investigation of thermoacoustic instabilities in premixed combustion systems, Vijaya Krishna Rani
Dissertations from 2016
Stochastic theory and direct numerical simulations of the relative motion of high-stokes number particles in isotropic turbulence, Rohit Dhariwal
Investigation of liquid rocket swirl coaxial injection dynamics under self-excited high frequency oscillations, Chad Jonathan Eberhart
Regression rate study of porous axial-injection, end-burning hybrid fuel grains, Matthew A. Hitt
Like-doublet injectors : the effects of varying the impingement distance and an analysis of the primary atomization zone, Brian A. Sweeney
Dissertations from 2015
High frequency combustion instability control through acoustic modulation at the inlet boundary for liquid rocket engine applications, John William Bennewitz
Investigation of numerical viscosities and dissipation rates of shock-capturing schemes for implicit large-eddy simulation, Shreyas Bidadi
Influences of target surface roughness on impingement jet array heat transfer, Warren Buzzard
Measurement of solid rocket propellant burning rate using x-ray imaging, Matthew D. Denny
Flow induced vibration on piezoelectric structures : theory, characterization, and application, Felix E. Ewere
Early stages of methane combustion in an atmospheric cylindrical chamber with on-axis or off-axis shear co-axial injector, Brian K. Holcombe
Advanced digital methods for solid propellant burning rate determination, Daniel A. Jones
Regression rate determination of a gas generator hybrid rocket motor with GOX, Michael D. Mascaro
Investigation of the numerical characteristics of the flowfield dependent variation method, Seyi Festus Olatoyinbo
Magnetically levitating low-friction test stand for the evaluation of micro-thrusters, Amit Patel
Simplified population growth modeling for low earth orbit, Thomas Percy
Performance of full coverage effusion cooling with cross flow supply, Nathaniel Rogers
An investigation of grain boundary character evolution in nickel 200, Olivia Dehaven Underwood
Theses from 2014
Analytic model to estimate thermonuclear neutron yield in z-pinches using the magnetic Noh problem, Rachael Agnew
3D modeling of heat transfer and gas flow in a grooved ring fuel element for nuclear thermal propulsion, Laura Ashley Barkett
Indirect and direct methods for measuring a dynamic throat diameter in a solid rocket motor, Lauren Colbaugh
Three-dimensional model of a plasma railgun using smoothed particle hydrodynamics, Lloyd M. Jackson
Modal analysis and acoustic transmission through offset-core honeycomb sandwich panels, Adam Dustin Mathias
A theoretical study of the complete acoustics of a duct with multiple discontinuities in cross-section, Vijaya Krishna Rani
Three-dimensional modeling of an ideal nozzle for advanced propulsion, Kevin Schillo
Theses from 2013
Monte Carlo assessment of solid propellant burning rate measurement, John A. Evans
Numerical simulations of plasma dynamics using the flowfield dependent variation (FDV) method, Bassem Girgis
Effects of plasma jet parameters, ionization, thermal conduction, and radiation on stagnation conditions of an imploding plasma liner, Miloš Stanić
Analytical evaluation of the trajectories of hypersonic projectiles launched into space, John David Stutz
Dissertations from 2012
Numerical studies of supersonic jet impingement on a flat plate, Michael R. Brown
The influence of a 3D protuberance and surface curvature on wall pressure fluctuation in a supersonic flow, Philip V. Hahn
Preliminary trajectory analysis of a nuclear fusion propulsion fly-by mission to Saturn and beyond, Brian Riehm
Statistical fracture mechanics : an unconventional approach to crack formation in brittle solids, Igor Savin
Implementing planetary meteor impact craters as high gain radio frequency dish reflector antennas, Travis S. Taylor
Theses from 2011
Evaluating combustion instability in a sub-scale combustion experiment with three scaling parameters, John Whitlock Brooks
CFD analysis of combustion instability for a rocket injector, Douglass W. Casey
Numerical analysis of a plasmoid thruster, Brittany Anne Dowell
A methodology for the uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis of turbulence model coefficients, Matthew C. Dunn
Observation of rocket pollution with overhead sensors, Annette Fisher
Modeling, comparison and analysis of multi body parafoil models with varying degrees of freedom, Chrystine M. Gorman
A numerical investigation of flow induced vibrations in a rocket engine manifold, John W. Peugeot
On the method of combustion instability mode determination in a cylindrical chamber and usage with experimental data, Benjamin M. Richman
Direct retroreflective laser strobography shadowgraphs, Destin Sandlin
The dynamics of vehicles under solid rocket propulsion, Robert William Stough
Dissertations from 2010
Prediction of bond failure of FRP layers and concrete interface using a finite element method, Holley L. Britton
Cold flow simulation of vortex shedding in a segmented solid rocket motor, Rasheed Durojaye
The effects of chamber pressure variation on swirl injector atomization, Chad Jonathan Eberhart
Efficient tethered aerostat model formulation using non-recursive and recursive rigid body dynamics, Bradley C. Hembree
Experimental injector element stability characterization and combustion imaging, Robert LaShawn Ikard
Achieving Mars sample return on a single Ares V launch, Ashley Jones
Weapons bay acoustic suppression using a novel rod in crossflow configuration, Shane Lackey
Rocket motor segmenting, Jeffrey Lynn Lee
Magnetic field mapping in the Plasmoid Thruster Experiment, Coby W. McColgin
Raindrop demise in a high-speed projectile flowfield, Bruce Emerson Moylan
Development of a liquid oxygen facility for rocket engine injector performance testing, Henry W. Mulkey
Accuracy of real time radiography burning rate measurement, Bisola Olaniyi
Failure analysis of braided u-shaped metal bellows flexible hoses, Stephen O. Pierce
Scaling a single element combustor to replicate combustion instability modes of a liquid rocket engine, Brian A. Sweeney
Evaluation of hydro-mechanical pulsation for rocket injector research, Matthew B. Wilson
Theses from 2009
Design of a system for intact recovery of ballistic projectiles at hypervelocities, Brian W. Akins
An investigation of the effect of spring forces on the separation of rocket motor and payload, John Colbaugh
Numerical modeling of alpha-particle deposition in a field reversed configuration, Nilesh B. Dhote
Model predictive control method for continuous nonlinear systems, Chrystine Gorman
Experimental techniques in infrared measurements of thin-film plastics, Robert F. Hawkins
Mode assessment of a single-element shear coaxial injector, Huy Huu Huynh