Theses & Dissertations from 2012
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 & Dissertations from 2011
Determination of a new throttling liquid rocket engine for a Mars lander, Erin M. Betts
CFD analysis of combustion instability for a rocket injector, Douglass W. Casey
Initial design process for a pulsed thermonuclear fusion reaction engine, Ross Jared Cortez
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
The effects of radiofrequency on dust particle dynamics in a low pressure plasma reactor, Carolyn D. Horn
Determination of a solid propellant's burn rate using a new digital burn rate analysis method, Ashley F. Penton
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
Theses & Dissertations from 2010
Prediction of bond failure of FRP layers and concrete interface using a finite element method, Holley L. Britton
Evaluating combustion instability in a sub-scale combustion experiment with three scaling parameters, John Whitlock Brooks
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
Numerical optimization of a liquid propellant settling scenario, Josh Rojahn
Scaling a single element combustor to replicate combustion instability modes of a liquid rocket engine, Brian A. Sweeney
Development of a hover test bed, Jason Alan Williams
Evaluation of hydro-mechanical pulsation for rocket injector research, Matthew B. Wilson
Theses & Dissertations 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
Integration of a magnetic bias field coil in a plasmoid thruster, Kjell-Edmund Ims
A semi-empirical jet noise model derived using the energy spectrum function, Miles Owen
Thermal characterization tests of the QU tube heat pipe, Parthib R. Rao
Characterization of gaseous oxygen and methane injectors under high pressure combustion, Ryan Saffell
Mission analysis using experimental results from an 8-cm ion thruster, Andre A. Turner Jr.
Experimental evaluation of regression rates in a hypergolic hybrid motor system, Zachary Keith Wingard
Investigations of an innovative combined cycle nozzle, Dustin E. Wood
Theses & Dissertations from 2008
Theoretical and computational considerations for an approximation to the medium thrust two-body problem, Robert B. Adams
Hardware-assisted path profiling in microprocessor systems implemented on top of an FPGA, Brett A. Boren
Experimental performance characterization of a one megawatt continuous duty arc heater, Richard Bukac
Laboratory-scale injector instability mode assessment, Robert E. Byrd Jr.
Experimental investigation of the Qu Tube heat pipe, Sean F. Entrekin
Uncertainty analysis of probability of kill in indirect fire simulations, Lisa M. Fink
A simulation approach to predicting tactical missile performance with a broken wing, John Harris
Influence of variable thrust parameters on swirl injector fluid mechanics, Robert J. Kenny
Methods of analysis of ultrasonic echoes to determine solid propellant burning rates, Marcus A. Marshall
Experimental and analytical development program of the sequential feed system, Christopher Morton
Study of the stability of scaled uncontrolled kinetic energy kill projectiles, Serena Osborne
Application of the loci-based discontinuous Galerkin Method to acoustics, Scott B. Tashakkor
Mixed oxidizer hybrid propulsion system optimization under uncertainty using applied response surface methodology and Monte Carlo simulation, James Joshua Whitehead
Theses & Dissertations from 2007
Experimental methodology for measuring combustion and injector coupled responses, Ryan C. Cavitt
Trajectory reconstruction with a multi-order least squares sliding window (LSSW) filter, Melissa S. Farbman
Aerodynamic testing and analysis of offset planar wings and opposing offset tails, Amanda Neely Horton
A model for turboshaft engine test facility uncertainty analysis, James A. Kimbel
Characterization of a cold flow non-axisymmetric supersonic ejector, David M. Lineberry
Application of response surface methods to characterize missile performance, Angela Sheree Long
Lindl-Widner diagrams for plasma liner driven magneto-inertial fusion, Seth Thompson
Three dimensional numerical modeling of a diagonal magnetohydrodynamic accelerator, Matthew William Turner
Theses & Dissertations from 2006
Feasibility of a guided interceptor, Philip Hahn
Introduction of control pins in the vicinity of missile fins for roll and yaw control, Jing Pei
Design of an air vitiation heater, Eusebio Samuel