This list contains recent Journal Articles, Reports, and Theses/Dissertations
Budzinski, K.L. and DesJardin, P.E., “Coupled Radiative Flamelet Generated Manifolds for Solid Fuel Flame Spread in Microgravity,” Combustion and Flame, 256, (2023).
Budzinski, K.L. and DesJardin, P.E., “Theoretical Estimates of Flammability Bounds for Solid Fuel Diffusion Flames in Microgravity using Detailed Models of Chemistry and Radiation,” Combustion and Flame, 255, (2023).
Salunkhe, A., Deighan, D., DesJardin, P.E. and Chandola, V., “Physics Informed Machine Learning for Chemistry Tabulation,” Journal of Computational Science, 69, (2023)
Georgalis, G., Retfalvi, K., DesJardin, P.E., Patra, A., “Combined Input Data and Deep Learning Model Uncertainty: An Application to the Measurement of Solid Fuel Regression Rate,” Int. J. for Uncertainty and Quantification, 13(5), (2023)
Li, S., Aphale, S.S., Budzinski, K.L. and DesJardin, P.E., “Modeling the Response of Blended PVC/PET Fabrics to Fire Environments,” Fire Safety Journal, 129, (2022).
Surina, G. , Georgalis, G., Aphale, S. S., Patra, A. and DesJardin, P.E., “Measurement of Solid Fuel Regression Rate for a Hybrid Slab Burner Experiment using Deep Learning,” Acta Astronautica, 190, (2022).
Aphale, S. S., Budzinski, K., Surina G., and DesJardin, P. E., “Influence of O2/N2 Oxidizer Blends on Soot Formation and Radiative Heat Flux in PMMA-Air 2D Slab Burner for Understanding Hybrid Rocket Combustion.” Combustion and Flame, 234 (2021), 111628.
Aphale, S. S., Surina G., and DesJardin, P. E., “Non-intrusive Flame to Fuel Surface Radiative Heat Flux Diagnostic for Hybrid Rockets 2D Slab Burner using Two-color Pyrometry and Flamelets.” AIAA Aviation Forum, Aug. 2-6 (2021).
Li, S., Aphale, S. S., Budzinski, K., & DesJardin, P. E., “Modeling the response of blended PVC/PET fabrics to fire environments.” 12th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, College Station, Texas, May 24-26, 2021.
Aphale, S. S., & DesJardin, P. E., “On the role of soot and radiative heat flux for flame spread along solid fuels.” 12th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, College Station, Texas, May 24-26, 2021.
Aphale, S. S., & DesJardin, P. E., “Two-color pyrometry based flame to fuel surface radiative heat flux diagnostic using flamelets.” Combustion and Flame, 229 (2021), 111395.
DesJardin, P.E., A Gallery of Combustion and Fire, editor: Baukal, C., Cambridge University Press, (2020)
Weisberger, J. M., Richter, J. P., Mollendorf, J. C., and DesJardin, P. E., “An Emissions-Based Fuel Mass Loss Measurement for Wood-fired Hydronic Heaters.” Biomass and Energy 142 (2020), 105731.
Aphale, S. S., Surina G., and DesJardin, P. E., “Development of a Non-intrusive Flame to Fuel Surface Radiative Heat Flux Measurement for Hybrid Rockets.” AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition, Aug. 24-26 (2020).
Budzinski, K. L., and DesJardin, P.E., “Radiation Heat Transfer in Ablating Boundary Layer Combustion Theory used for Hybrid Rocket Motor Analysis.” AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum and Exposition, Aug. 24-26 (2020).
Budzinski, K., Aphale, S. S., Ismael, E. K., Surina III, G., & DesJardin, P. E. (2020). Radiation heat transfer in ablating boundary layer combustion theory used for hybrid rocket motor analysis. Combustion and Flame, 217, 248-261.
Richter, J. P., Weisberger, J. M., Bojko, B. T., Mollendorf, J. C., & DesJardin, P. E. (2019). Numerical modeling of homogeneous gas and heterogeneous char combustion for a wood-fired hydronic heater. Renewable Energy, 131, 890-899.
Aphale, S. S., & DesJardin, P. E. (2019). Development of a non-intrusive radiative heat flux measurement for upward flame spread using DSLR camera based two-color pyrometry. Combustion and Flame, 210, 262-278.
Weisberger, J. M., Richter, J. P., Parker, R. A., & DesJardin, P. E. (2018). Direct absorption spectroscopy baseline fitting for blended absorption features. Applied optics, 57(30), 9086-9095.
NYSERDA Final Report (contract #32966).
Richter, J.P., Weisberger, J.M., Mollendorf, J.C., DesJardin, P.E., "Emissions from a domestic two-stage wood-fired hydronic heater: Effects of non-homogeneous fuel decomposition”, Renewable Energy, 2017.
On The Formulation and Assessment of Flamelet-Generated Manifolds Applied to Two-Phase Turbulent Combustion, Brian Bojko, PhD Dissertation, 2017.
Bojko, B. T. and DesJardin, P.E., “On the development and application of a droplet flamelet-generated manifold for use in two-phase turbulent combustion simulations,” Combustion and Flame, 183, pp. 50-65 (2017).
Richter, J.P., Bojko, B.T., Mollendorf, J.C., DesJardin, P.E., “Measurement of Fuel Burn Rate, Emissions and Thermal Efficiency from Domestic Two-Stage Wood-Fired Hydronic Heater”, Renewable Energy, 2016.
Richter J.P., Mollendorf, J.C., DesJardin, P.E., “Absolute and Relative Emissions Analysis in Practical Combustion Systems – Effect of Water Vapor Condensation”, Measurement Science and Technology, 2016.
DesJardin, P.E., Bojko, B.T., McGurn, M.T., “Initialization of high-order accuracy immersed interface CFD solvers using complex CAD geometry”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2016.
Bojko, B.T., DesJardin, P.E., “Formulation and Assessment of Flamelet-Generated Manifolds for Reacting Interfaces”, Combustion and Flame, 2016.
Near Surface CO2 Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Concentration Measurements in the Lens-XX Expansion Tunnel Facility, Josh Weisberger, MS Thesis, 2015.
Weisberger, J. M., DesJardin, P.E., MacLean, M., Parker, R. and Carr, Z., “Near-Surface CO2 Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Concentration Measurements in the LENS-XX Expansion Tunnel Facility,” J. of Spacecraft and Rockets, 52(6), pp. 1551-1562 (2015).
Newman, Andrew J., Sarah H. Hayes, Abhiram S. Rao, Brian L. Allman, Senthilvelan Manohar, Dalian Ding, Daniel Stolzberg, Edward Lobarinas, Joseph C. Mollendorf, and Richard Salvi. "Low-cost blast wave generator for studies of hearing loss and brain injury: Blast wave effects in closed spaces." Journal of neuroscience methods 242 (2015): 82-92.
Numerical Modeling of the transition from Kinetics to Diffusion Controlled Combustion of Aluminum Particles, Brian Bojko, MS Thesis, 2014.
Bojko, B. T., DesJardin, P.E. and Washburn, E. B., “Modeling the Diffusion Limit of Micron-Sized Aluminum Particles,” Combustion and Flame, 161, pp. 3211-3221 (2014).
Campillo-Funollet, M., Dargush, G. F., VanSlooten, R. A., Mollendorf, J. C., Kim, H., & Makowka, S. R. (2014). Size-dependent strength of dental adhesive systems. Dental Materials, 30(8), e216-e228.
A Semi-Analytical Variable Prooperty Droplet Combustion Model, John Sisti, MS Thesis, 2013.
MacLean, M., Marineau, E., Parker, R., Dufrene, A., Holden, M. and DesJardin, P.E., “Effect of Surface Catalysis on Measured Heat Transfer in an Expansion Tunnel Facility,” J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 50(2), pp. 470-475, (2013).
McGurn, M.T., Ruggirello, K.P. and DesJardin, P.E., “A 3D Eulerian-Lagrangian Moving Immersed Interface Method for Simulating Burning Solids,” J. Comp. Phys., 241, pp. 364-387, (2013).
Numerical Modeling and Simulation of Flame Spread Over Charring Materials, Matthew McGurn, PhD Dissertation, 2012.
An Embedded Upward Flame Spread Model using 2D Direct Numerical Simulations, Wei Xie, PhD Dissertation, 2012.
Sisti, J. and DesJardin, P.E., “A Semi-Analytical, Multizone Model of Droplet Combustion with Varying Properites,” Combustion Theory and Modeling, (2012).
Ruggirello, K.P., DesJardin, P.E., Kaneshige, M. Baer, M. R. and Hertel, E. S., “A Reaction Progress Variable Modeling Approach for Non-Ideal Multiphase Explosives,” Int. J. Multiphase Flows, 42, pp. 128-151, (2012).
Luo, C., Lua, J. and DesJardin, P.E., “Thermo-Mechanical Damage Modeling of Polymer Matrix Composites in Fire,” Composites A, 43A(5), pp. 814-821, (2012).
McGurn, M.T., DesJardin, P.E., and Dodd, A. “Thermal Modeling of Swelling CarbonEpoxy Materials for Fire Environments,” Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 55, pp. 272-281, (2012).
Khul, J. and DesJardin, P.E., “Power Production Locality of Bluff Body Flutter Mills using Fully Coupled 2D Direct Numerical Simulation,” J. of Fluids and Structures, 28, pp. 456-472 (2012).
Baer, M. R., Gartling, D.K. and DesJardin, P.E., “Probabilistic Models for Reactive Behavior in Heterogeneous Condensed Phase Media,” Combustion Theory and Modeling, 26, pp. 75- 106, (2012).
Luo, C., Xie, W. and DesJardin, P.E., “Fluid-Structure Simulations of Composite Material Response for Fire Environments,” Fire Technology, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 887-912 (2011).
David R. Pendergast, Edward P. DeMauro, Michael Fletcher, Eric Stimson, Joseph C. Mollendorf, A rechargeable lithium-ion battery module for underwater use, Journal of Power Sources, Volume 196, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 793-800, ISSN 0378-7753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.06.071.
Pendergast, David R., and Joseph Mollendorf. "Exercising divers' thermal protection as a function of water temperature." Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine 38.2 (2011): 127.
Ruggirello, K., DesJardin, P.E., Baer M.R. and Hertel, E.S., “Modeling of Particle Compressibility and Ignition from Shock-Shock Focusing,” Combustion Theory and Modeling, 14, pp. 41-67, (2010).
Godoy, W. and DesJardin, P.E., “On the use of Flux Limiters in the Discrete Ordinates Method for 3D Radiation Calculations in Absorbing and Scattering Media,” J. Comp. Phys., 229, pp. 3189-3213 (2010).
Bardy E, Mollendorf J. Predicting the Thermal Conductivity of Foam Neoprene at Elevated Ambient Pressure. ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2010;2(1):014501-014501-5. doi:10.1115/1.4001937.
Mollendorf JC, Pendergast DR. Thermal Protection System for Underwater Use in Cold and Hot Water. ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. 2010;2(1):011003-011003-12. doi:10.1115/1.4001986.
Newman AJ, Mollendorf JC. The Peak Overpressure Field Resulting From Shocks Emerging From Circular Shock Tubes. ASME. J. Fluids Eng. 2010;132(8):081204-081204-7. doi:10.1115/1.4002183.
Mouritz, A. P., Feih, S., Kandare, E., Mathys, Z., Gibson, A.G., DesJardin, P.E., Case, S.W. and Lattimer, B.Y., “Review of Fire Structural Modelling of Polymer Composites,” Composites, 40, pp. 1800-1814 (2009).
Xie, W. and DesJardin, P.E., “An Embedded Upward Flame Spread Model using 2D Direct Numerical Simulation,” Combustion and Flame, 156, pp. 522-530 (2009).
Godoy, W. and DesJardin, P.E., “Radiation Driven Evaporation for Polydisperse Water Sprays,” Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52, pp. 2893-2901 (2009).