Publications
Li, J.-Q., Litzinger, T., A., and Thynell, S., T., “Plasma Ignition and Combustion of JA2 Propellant,” accepted for publication in Journal of Propulsion and Power, April, 2004.
Das, M., S. T. Thynell, J.Q. Li, and T. A. Litzinger, “ Transient Radiative Heat Transfer from an Electro-thermal-chemical Plasma” in preparation for submission to AIAA journal of Propulsion and Power, 2004.
Thynell, S.T., “Decomposition Rates of Glycidyl Azide Polymer from Confined Thermolysis/Infrared Spectroscopy,” In preparation for submission to AIAA journal of Propulsion and Power, 2004.
Thynell, S. T., “ The Effect of Pressure on the Thermal Decomposition Characteristics of Hydroxylammonium Nitrate,” in preparation for submission to AIAA journal of Propulsion and Power, 2004.
Mench, M. M., Wang, C.Y., and S. T. Thynell, “An Introduction to Fuel Cells and Related Transport Phenomena,” International Journal of Transport Phenomena, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 151-176, 2001.
J.-Q. Li, J.H. Kwon, H. Zhou, G. Kudva, S. T. Thynell and T. A. Litzinger, “ Experimental Investigations of Characteristics of Electro-Thermal-Chemical Plasma,” AIAA paper, 2001-3855, 37 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 8-11, 2001, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mench, M. M., Boslet, S., Thynell, S.T., Scott, J., and C.Y. Wang, “Experimental Study of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” Symposium on Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, The 199th Electrochemical Society Proceedings Series, Princeton, NJ, 2001.
Mench, M. M., Scott, J., Thynell, S. T., Wang, C.Y., and S. Boslet, “Experimental Study of DMFC Current Density Distribution and Water Management,” the ECS Meeting in San Francisco, CA, September, 2001.
Li, J.-Q., H. Zhou, G. Kudva, T. A. Litzinger and S. T. Thynell, “ Experimental Investigations of Plasma Propellant Interactions,” Proceedings of the 37th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Vol. 37, March, 2001.
Chong, K., S. Saigal, S. T. Thynell, and H. S. Morgan, “Modeling and Simulation-based Life-Cycle Engineering,” Taylor and Francis, UK, 2001, 360pp., ISBN: 0415266440.
Co-editor for Special Issue on “Transport Phenomena in Fuel Cells,” International Journal on Transport Phenomena, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 149-278, 2001.
Thynell, S. T., et al., ASME Proceedings of the National Heat Transfer Conference: CD-ROM, August 20-22, 2001, Anaheim, CA.
Thynell, S. T., et al., Proceedings of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition: CD-ROM, November, 2001, New York, NY.
Liau, Y.-C., Yang, V., and Thynell, S. T., “Modeling of RDX/GAP Propellant Combustion,” in Solid Propellant Chemistry, Combustion, and Motor Interior Ballistics, edited by V. Yang, T. B. Brill, and W.-Z. Ren, AIAA Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Vol. 185, pp. 477-500, 2000.
Mallery, C.F., and S.T. Thynell, “Line-of-Sight Profiling of Temperature and Species in Propellant Flames Using FTIR Spectroscopy,” Proceedings of the 34th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida, October 27-31, 1997; also AIAA Paper 98-3827, to be presented at the 34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 12-15, 1998, Cleveland, OH.
Kim, E., and S.T. Thynell, “Condensed-Phase Kinetic Rates of RDX from Confined Thermolysis/Infrared Spectroscopy,” AIAA Paper 98-3828, to be presented at the 34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 12-15, 1998, Cleveland, OH; also Proceedings of the 35th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, December 7-11, 1998.
Sysak, G., Kim, E., and S.T. Thynell, “Decomposition Rates of Glycidyl Azide Polymer from Confined Thermolysis/Infrared Spectroscopy,” Proceedings of the 35th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, December 7-11, 1998.
Thynell, S. T., and Kim, E. S., “The Effect of Pressure on the Thermal Decomposition Characteristics of Hydroxylammonium Nitrate,” Proceedings of the 35th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, December 7-11, 1998.
Liau, Y.-C., Yang, V., and Thynell, S. T., “Predicted Burning Characteristics of RDX/GAP Pseudo-Propellant," Proceedings of the 35th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, December 7-11, 1998.
Armaly, B.F., Ezekoye, D., Gill, W., Howell, J. R., Kaminski, D. A., Phinney, L., S. T. Thynell, Chan, S. H., Yang, J. C., Gore, J., Zhou, C. Q., ASME Proceedings of the 7th AIA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, HTD-Vol.357-1, 1998.
S.J. Ritchie, S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. Modeling and Experiments of Laser-Induced Ignition of Nitramine Propellants, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 367-374, 1997.
E.S. Kim, H.S. Lee, C.F. Mallery, and S.T. Thynell. Thermal Decomposition Study of Energetic Materials Using Confined Rapid Thermolysis/FTIR Spectroscopy, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 110, pp. 239-255, 1997; Proceedings of the 33rd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, November 4-8, 1996.
E.S. Kim, S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. Improvements to Modeling of Hot Fragment Conductive Ignition of Nitramine-Based Propellants, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Special Topics in Chemical Propulsion: Challenges in Propellants and Combustion 100 Years After Nobel, Stockholm, Sweden, May 27-31, 1996, edited by K.K. Kuo, Begell House, Inc., pp. 1093-1103, 1997.
C.T. Kopicz, T. Watson, K.K. Kuo, and S.T. Thynell. Combustion Behavior and Thermochemical Properties of JA2 Propellant, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Special Topics in Chemical Propulsion: Challenges in Propellants and Combustion 100 Years After Nobel, Stockholm, Sweden, May 27-31, 1996, edited by K.K. Kuo, Begell House, Inc., pp. 559-573, 1997.
C.F. Mallery and S.T.Thynell. Line-of-Sight Temperature and Species Profiles Determined from Spectral Transmittances, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 367-374, 1997; Proceedings of the 33rd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, November 4-8, 1996; CPIA Publication 653, Vol. II, pp. 371-382, 1996; also AIAA Paper 97-0120, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 8-11, 1997.
S.T. Thynell. Discrete Ordinates Method in Radiative Transfer, (Invited Paper) S. Chandrasekhar Memorial Symposium, Society of Engineering Science Annual Meeting, October 22, 1996, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; International Journal of Engineering Science, 1997.
E.S. Kim and S.T. Thynell. Condensed-Phase Kinetics of Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine from Confined Rapid Thermolysis/FTIR Spectroscopy, AIAA Paper No. 97-2841, 33rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 6-9, 1997, Seattle, WA; Proceedings of the 34th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida, October 27-31, 1997.
H.S. Lee and S.T. Thynell. Confined Rapid Thermolysis/FTIR Spectroscopic Study of Hydroxyl-ammonium Nitrate (HAN), Proceedings of the 33rd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, November 4-8, 1996; CPIA Publication 653, Vol. II, pp. 115-126, November, 1996. also AIAA Paper No. 97-3232, 33rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 6-9, 1997, Seattle, WA.
Lee, H.S., and S.T. Thynell. "Confined Rapid Thermolysis/FTIR Spectroscopic Study of Hydroxyl-ammonium Nitrate." Proceedings of the 33rd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (November 4-8, 1996).
Mallery, C.F., and S.T. Thynell. "Line-of-Sight Temperature and Species Profiles from an Inverse Analysis of Spectral Transmittances." Proceedings of the 33rd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (November 4-8, 1996) also AIAA Paper 97-0120, 35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada (January 8-11, 1997).
Mallery, C.F., and S.T. Thynell. "Species and Temperature Profiling of Propellant Flames Using FTIR Absorption Spectroscopy." Combustion Science and Technology (July, 1996 accepted).
Pessoa-Filho, J. and S.T. Thynell. "An Approximate Solution to Radiative Transfer in Rectangular Two-Dimensional Systems Containing Participating Media." ASME Proceedings of the 30th National Heat Transfer Conference HTD-Vol. 311, pp. 83-94 (1996).
Pessoa-Filho, J.B. and S.T. Thynell. "Effects of Radiative Heat Transfer on Premixed, Laminar Flat Flames." AIAA paper 96-3960 1996 National Heat Transfer Conference Houston, Texas (August 3-6, 1996) also Proceedings of the 33rd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (November 4-8, 1996).
Pessoa-Filho, J.B. and S.T. Thynell. "Radiant Heat Transfer in Two-Dimensional Cylindrical Geometry." AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer vol. 10, n. 3, pp. 452-459 (1996).
Prasad, V., D.A. Zumbrunnen, U. Chandra,. S.E. Gianoulakis, T.L. Bergman, P.J. Prescott, S. Kumar, C. Clarksean, S.T. Thynell, C.-L. Chan, X. Xu, S.H.-K. Lee, Y. Joshi, eds. "Thermal Transport in Solidification" ASME Proceedings of the 31st National Heat Transfer Conference vol. 1, HTD-Vol. 323, Houston, TX, 315 pages (Aug. 3-6, 1996).
Ritchie, S.J., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Modeling and Experiments of Laser Induced Ignition of Nitramine Propellants," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power (July, 1996 accepted).
Skocypec, R.D., S.T. Thynell, D.A. Kaminski, A.M. Smith, T. Tong, eds. "Solution Methods for Radiative Heat Transfer in Participating Media" ASME Proceedings of the 31st National Heat Transfer Conference vol. 3, HTD-Vol. 325, Houston, TX, 159 pages (Aug. 3-6, 1996).
Thynell, S.T. "Discrete Ordinates Method in Radiative Transfer." Proceedings of the S. Chandrasekhar Memorial Symposium Society of Engineering Science Annual Meeting, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (October 22, 1996).
Thynell, S.T., P. Gongwer, and T.B. Brill. "Condensed-Phase Kinetics of Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine by Modeling the T-jump/Infrared Spectroscopy Experiment." AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power vol. 12, n. 6, pp. 933-939 (1996).
Kim, E., S.T. Thynell and K.K. Kuo. "Improvements in Gas-Phase Kinetic Modeling of Partially Confined Hot Fragment Conductive Ignition." 32nd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Huntsville, AL (Oct. 23-27, 1995).
Kopicz, C., T. Watson, K.K. Kuo and S.T. Thynell. "Steady-State Burning Behavior and Thermal Profile Measurement of JA-2 Propellant." 32nd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Huntsville, AL (Oct. 23-27, 1995).
Mallery, C., E. Kim, and S.T. Thynell. "High-Pressure Strand Burner System for Propellant Flame Studies Using Absorption Spectroscopy." Review of Scientific Instruments vol. 66, n. 8, pp. 4091-4094 (1995).
Mallery, C.F. and S.T. Thynell. "Species and Temperature Profiling of Propellant Flames." 32nd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Huntsville, AL (Oct. 23-27, 1995).
Mallery, C.F., and S.T. Thynell. "Species and Temperature Profiles of Propellant Flames Obtained from FTIR Absorption Spectrometry." 31st JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Sunnyvale, CA (October 17-21, 1994). CPIA Publication 620, Vol. II, pp. 291-305 (1995).
Manohar, S.S., A.K. Kulkarni, and S.T. Thynell. "In-Depth Absorption of Externally Incident Radiation in Nongray Media." ASME Journal of Heat Transfer vol. 117, n. 1, pp. 146-151 (1995).
Pessoa-Filho, J. and S.T. Thynell. "Approximate Solution to the Equation of Radiative Transfer in Cylindrical Participating Media." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Heat Transfer vol. 53 n. 5, pp. 533-547 (1995).
Pessoa-Filho, J. and S.T. Thynell. "Approximate Solution to Radiative Heat Transfer in Two-Dimensional Cylindrical Media." Proceedings of the 30th 1995 National Heat Transfer Conference HTD-Vol. 311, pp.83-94 (1995).
Ritchie, S.J., S.T. Thynell and K.K. Kuo. "Modeling and Experiments of Laser Induced Ignition of Nitramine Propellants." AIAA paper 95-2862, presented at the 1995 AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, San Diego, CA (June 18-21, 1995).
Ritchie, S.J., S.T. Thynell and K.K. Kuo. "Modeling and Experiments of Laser Induced Ignition of Nitramine Propellants." 32nd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Huntsville, AL (Oct. 23-27, 1995). Also AIAA paper 95-2862, presented at the 1995 AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference San Diego, CA (June 18-21, 1995).
Thynell, S.T., T.B. Brill, and P. Gongwer. "Modeling of Thermal Response of Filament Used in T-Jump Experiment." 31st JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Sunnyvale, CA (October 17-21, 1994). CPIA Publication 520, Vol. II, pp. 221-232 (March, 1995).
Watson, T., K.K. Kuo and S.T. Thynell. "Flame Spreading and Combustion Characteristics of Layered Propellants." 32nd JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Huntsville, AL (Oct. 23-27, 1995).
Brown, J.J., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Nonintrusive Diagnostics of Transient Regression Behavior of Gun Propellant Disks." Proceedings of the 30th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, (November 15-19, 1993). CPIA Publication 606, Vol I, pp. 259-270 (March, 1994).
Huang, T.H., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "An Experimental Study of Partially Confined Hot Fragment Conductive Ignition" The 20th International Pyrotechnics Seminar Colorado Springs, CO (July 25-29, 1994).
Huang, I.T., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "FTIR Spectrometry of Laminar, Premixed Hydrocarbon/Air Flames." Third International Symposium on Non-Intrusive Combustion Diagnostics (K.K. Kuo and T. Parr, eds.) Begell House Pub. Co., pp. 209-226 (1994).
Huang, T.H., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Modeling of Partially Confined Hot Fragment Conductive Ignition." 25th Symposium (Int.) on Combustion, The Combustion Institute pp. 1595-1601 (1994).
Huang, T.H., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Partially Confined Hot Fragment Conductive Ignition: Part I - Modeling." Proceedings of the 30th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, (November 15-19, 1993). CPIA Publication 606, Vol. I, pp. 387-400 (March, 1994).
Huang, T.H., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Partially Confined Hot Fragment Conductive Ignition: Part II - Experiments." Proceedings of the 30th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, (November 15-19, 1993). CPIA Publication 606, Vol. I, pp. 401-412 (March, 1994).
Huang, T.H., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Theoretical and Experimental Study of Partially Confined Hot Fragment Conductive Ignition." 31st JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Sunnyvale, CA (October 17-21, 1994).
Kulkarni, A.K., S.T. Thynell, R. Nair, and S. Manohar. "Measurements of Spectral Reflectivity of Opaque Materials." Proceedings of the First ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference Bombay, India (January 5-7, 1994).
Manchor, J.A., and S.T. Thynell. "Effect of Radiation on Stage Performance of the Falling Particle Heat Exchanger." ASME Proceedings of the 6th AIAA/ASME Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, HTD-Vol. 276, pp. 121-130 (1994).
Pessoa-Filho, J., and S.T. Thynell. "Development of Approximate Solutions to Radiative Transfer in Slabs and Spheres." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer vol. 52, n. 1, pp. 59-73 (1994).
Thynell, S.T., A.F. Emery, eds. "Heat Transfer in Thin Films." 1994 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition HTD-Vol. 293, Chicago, IL, pp. 50 (Nov. 6-11, 1994)
Thynell, S.T., B. Kumar, J. Brown, and K.K. Kuo. "Transient Combustion Behavior of Thin Propellant Discs." Proceedings of the 30th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (November 15-19, 1993). CPIA Publication 606, Vol. I, pp. 271-282 (March, 1994).
Watson, T.J., K.K. Kuo, and S.T. Thynell. "Assessment of Dynamic Burning of JA-2 Propellant Rods." 31st JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Sunnyvale, CA (October 17-21, 1994).
Huang, I.T., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "FTIR Spectrometry of Laminar, Premixed Hydrocarbon/Air Flames." Third International Symposium on Special Topics in Chemical Propulsion: Non-Intrusive Combustion Diagnostics Scheveningen, Netherlands (May 10-14, 1993).
Mallery, C., E. Kim, and S.T. Thynell. "FT-IR Absorption Spectrometry of Propellant Flames." JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting CPIA Publ. 606, Vol. II, pp. 307-318, Monterey, CA (November 15-19, 1993).
Manohar, S.S., A.K. Kulkarni, and S.T. Thynell. "Effect of In-depth Radiation Absorption on Heating Rates of PMMA" Journal of Heat Transfer Presented at the National Heat Transfer Conference, Atlanta, GA (August 8-11, 1993).
Ritchie, S.J., K.K. Kuo, and S.T. Thynell. "Shock-Induced Conductive Ignition of Solid Propellants." AIAA paper 93-1879 presented at the 29th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit Monterey, CA (June 28-30, 1993).
Ritchie, S.J., S.R. Wu, S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Shock-Induced, Hot Gas Conductive Ignition Characteristics of Solid Gun Propellants" Proceedings of the 30th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (November 15-19, 1993).
Huang, I.T., S.T. Thynell, and K.K. Kuo. "Measurements and Theory of Signal-to-Noise Ratio of FT-IR Emission Spectrometry Applied to High-Pressure Solid Propellant Combustion." Applied Spectroscopy vol. 46, n. 7, pp. 1182-1188 (1992).
Klotz, S., S.T. Thynell, I.T. Huang, and K.K. Kuo. "Analysis of Plumes of Solid Propellant Combustion Using an Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectrometer." AIAA Journal of Propulsion Power vol. 8, n. 3, pp. 537-538 (May-June 1992).
Thynell, S. T. "The Effect of Linear-Anisotropic Scattering on the Directional and Hemispherical Emittance from a Cylindrical Plume." Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer vol. 6, n. 2, pp. 224-231 (1992).
Thynell, S. T., I.T. Huang, C.S. Kuo, W.H. Hsieh, and K.K. Kuo. "Approach to Measurements of Flame Spreading over Solid Propellants." AIAA Journal of Propulsion Power vol. 8, n. 4, pp. 914-917 (1992).
Venkateswaran, S., C.L. Merkle, and S.T. Thynell. "An Analysis of Solar Thermal Rocket Propulsion." AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power vol. 8, n. 3, pp. 541-547 (1992).