SR063 - California Institute of Technology
Principal Investigator: Fred Culick
Project Title: Nonuniformities of Mixture Ratio as a Mechanism of Combustion
Instabilities in Lean Pre-Mixed Combustors


Project Dates: March 1998 - June 2001
Area of Research: Combustion
Final Report: View Final Report
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Additional UTSR Research Projects: SR063
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  • Dynamics of Combustion Systems: Fundamentals, Acoustics, and Control - 1st Version of Course was completed on June 1999, in revised form the course was given in September 2001 at the NASA Glenn Research Center. Access to the viewgraphs posted on the web can be had upon request: fecfly@caltech.edu


UTSR PERFORMING MEMBER DIRECTORY

California Institute of Technology

Research Projects Awarded : SR063

Performing Member Contact:

 

Joseph E. Shepherd, Professor

California Institute of Technology
Aeronautics, MS 105-50
Pasadena, CA 91125
626-395-3283/FAX 626-449-2677
jeshep@galcit.caltech.edu


Experience
  • Fluid Mechanics, Combustion, Acoustics, Combustion Dynamics, Propulsion Systems, Flight Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Space Propulsion, Control of Physical Systems, Liquid and Solid Rockets
Interest
  • Combustor Dynamics, Nonlinear Acoustics, Combustion Instabilities, Control of combustor Dynamics, Nonlinear Flight Mechanics, Airfoil Theory, Wing Theory, Applied Aerodynamics
Facilities
  • Combustion Test Rig, Optical Diagnostics, Computing Resources, Laboratory for Spacecraft and Mission Design, CAD Facilities, Access to JPL Research and Development Facilities


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