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Direct Electrical Arc Ignition Of Hybrid Rocket Motors, Michael I. Judson Jr.
Direct Electrical Arc Ignition Of Hybrid Rocket Motors, Michael I. Judson Jr.
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Hybrid rockets motors provide distinct safety advantages when compared to traditional liquid or solid propellant systems, due to the inherent stability and relative inertness of the propellants prior to established combustion. As a result of this inherent propellant stability, hybrid motors have historically proven difficult to ignite. State of the art hybrid igniter designs continue to require solid or liquid reactants distinct from the main propellants. These ignition methods however, reintroduce to the hybrid propulsion system the safety and complexity disadvantages associated with traditional liquid or solid propellants. The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of a novel direct …
Electrokinetic Flow In A Nanochannel With An Overlapped Electrical Double Layer, Zhuorui Song
Electrokinetic Flow In A Nanochannel With An Overlapped Electrical Double Layer, Zhuorui Song
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This research is a theoretical study aiming to improve the understanding of nanofluidic flows. Nanofluidic flows have a wide range of potential application in many fields, such as DNA analysis, drug delivery, analyte separation, power generation, and so on. The most common material used in nanofluidic flows is silica whose surfaces are charged mainly due to proton exchange with the fluids. Charges on the surfaces as well as near the surfaces in the fluid side cause a significantly different response of the fluids to the applied electric field or pressure difference compared to those at normal scale. In the previous …