Publications

Journal Articles

  1. S. S. Aphale, and P. E. DesJardin, Two-color pyrometry based flame to fuel surface radiative heat flux diagnostic using flamelets, Combustion and Flame, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.111395.
  2. S. S. Aphale, K. Budzinski, G. Surina III, and P. E. DesJardin, 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, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2021.111628.
  3. G. Surina III, G. Georgalis, S. S. Apahle, A. Patra, and P. E. DesJardin, Measurement of Solid Fuel Regression Rate for a Hybrid Slab Burner Experiment using Deep Learning and Model Uncertainty, Acta Astronautica, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.09.046.
  4. D. K. Nathawaniand M. G. Knepley, Droplet formation simulation using mixed finite elements, Physics of Fluids, 2022, doi: 10.1063/5.0089752.

Conference Papers

  1. S. S. Aphale, and P. E. DesJardin, 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.
  2. S. S. Aphale, G. SurinaIII, and P. E. DesJardin, Non-intrusive Flame to Fuel Surface Radiative Heat Flux Diagnostic for Hybrid Rockets 2D Slab Burner using Two-color Pyrometry and Flamelets, 2021 AIAA Aviation Forum, doi:10.2514/6.2021-3135.
  3. M. L. Sementilli, M. A. Schulwitz, P. Pakseresht, and J. Chen, Influence of Vortex-Shedding on Interfacial Instabilities in Hybrid Rocket Fuel Liquid Layers, 2022 SciTech Forum, doi:10.2514/6.2022-2230.
  4. A. Salunkhe, D. Deighan, P. E. DesJardin, V. Chandola, ChemTab: A Physics Guided Chemistry Modeling Framework, arXivpreprint, doi:10.48550/arXiv.2202.09855.
  5. K. Retfalvi, and P. E. DesJardin, Multizone Modeling and Experiments of Burning n-Alkane Droplets in Elevated Oxygen Environments, Spring Technical Meeting Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Presented.
  6. K. Budzinski, and P. E. DesJardin, Detailed Chemistry and Radiation Opposed Flame Spread Model to Predict Flammability Limits in Microgravity, Spring Technical Meeting Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Presented.
  7. V. Amiri, Semi-automated Generation of a Chemical Kinetic Reaction Mechanisms for n-Pentane Combustion, Spring Technical MeetingEastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Presented.
  8. D. K. Nathawaniand M. G. Knepley, Simulation paraffin wax droplets using mixed finite element method, International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics 11, Maui, HI, July 11, 2022.

Presentations

  1. M. Schulwitz, M. Sementilli, J. Chen, Vortex-Induced Interfacial Instability As A Means to Improve Droplet Entrainment, 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 2021. 
  2. D. K. Nathawaniand M. G. Knepley, Droplet formation simulations using a mixed finite element method, Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, Alba, Italy, May 25, 2022.

Dissertations

  1. S. S. Aphale, Development of a Non-intrusive Radiative Heat Flux Diagnostic for Reacting Boundary Layer Combustion, PhD. Dissertation, 2021, University at Buffalo.
  2. G. Surina, Measurement of Hybrid Rocket Solid Fuel Regression Rate for a Slab Burner using Deep Learning, M.S. Thesis, 2022, University at Buffalo. 
  3. M. Schulwitz, Vortex-Induced Interfacial Instability as a Means to Improve Droplet Entrainment, M.S. Thesis, 2022, University at Buffalo. 
  4. J. Henry, Development of a Hybrid Rocket Design and Scaling Algorithm, M.S. Thesis, 2022, University at Buffalo.