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  1. Propagation of Detonations Through Composition and Reaction Stratification

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  2. Measured and Estimated Combustion Efficiency in a Full-Annular Partially Premixed Pre-Vaporized Small-Scale Combustor

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  3. Ignition Study of a Full-Annular Small-Scale Combustor

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin, Mitch Wolff

  4. 10 kHz OH-PLIF Measurements at the Exit of a Full-Annular Small-Scale Combustor

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  5. Small-Scale Optically Accessible Combustor for Investigating Ignition

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  6. Numerical Evaluation of Methods to Quantify Combustion Efficiency of Rotating Detonation Engines

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  7. Pattern Factor and Combustion Efficiency Measurements in a Full-Annular Partially Premixed Pre-Vaporized Small-Scale Combustor

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  8. Quantitative Comparison of Large Eddy Simulations and Optical Diagnostics of Bluff-Body Premixed Flames with High and Low Approach Flow Turbulence

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joshua Sykes, Joe Squeo, Dr. Brent A Rankin

  9. Chemical Mechanism Reduction Incorporating Bounded Reaction Rate Optimization and Targeted Reaction State Sampling

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Joshua Sykes, Dr. Brent A Rankin

  10. Sensitivity Analysis of Bluff-Body Stabilized Premixed Flame Large-Eddy Simulations

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, October 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin, Dr Swanand Sardeshmukh

  11. Large-Eddy Simulations and Mode Analysis of Ethylene/Air Combustion in a Non-Premixed Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin, Gaurav Kumar, Chao Xu

  12. Numerical Design of an Experiment to Investigate Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities in Reacting Flows

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin, Timothy Gallagher, Joshua Sykes

  13. Temperature Measurements using H2O Absorption Spectroscopy in Bluff-Body-Stabilized Turbulent Premixed Propane-Air Flames

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  14. Multiple-objective Optimization of a Subsonic Small-scale Cavity-stabilized Combustor

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  15. Measurements and Analysis of Flow-Flame Interactions in Bluff-Body-Stabilized Turbulent Premixed Propane-Air Flames

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  16. Sensitivity Analysis of Bluff Body Stabilized Premixed Flame Large Eddy Simulations

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Swanand Sardeshmukh, Dr. Brent A Rankin

  17. Development and Characterization of an Experimental Arrangement for Studying Bluff-Body-Stabilized Turbulent Premixed Propane-Air Flames

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  18. Chemiluminescence imaging of an optically accessible non-premixed rotating detonation engine

    Article • Combustion and Flame, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  19. Effects of Liner Cooling Momentum on Combustor Performance

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  20. Grid Convergence Studies of Bluff Body Stabilized Turbulent Premixed Combustion

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin, Dr Swanand Sardeshmukh

  21. Effects of Lateral Relief of Detonation in a Thin Channel

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  22. Mid-Infrared Imaging of an Optically Accessible Non-Premixed Hydrogen-Air Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  23. Overview of Performance, Application, and Analysis of Rotating Detonation Engine Technologies

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  24. Parallelized, Automated, Predictive, Imprint Cooling Model for Combustor Liners

    Article • June 2016, ASME International

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  25. High Fidelity Simulations of a Non-Premixed Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Peter Cocks, Dr. Brent A Rankin

  26. Evaluation of Mixing Processes in a Non-Premixed Rotating Detonation Engine Using Acetone PLIF

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  27. Experimental and Computational Imaging of Mid-Infrared Radiation from a Turbulent Ethylene Flame

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  28. High-Repetition-Rate Chemiluminescence Imaging of a Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  29. Modeling and Simulation of Bluff Body Stabilized Turbulent Premixed Flames

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Cheng Huang, Dr. Brent A Rankin

  30. Quantitative imaging of radiation from soot and carbon dioxide in a turbulent ethylene jet diffusion flame

    Article • Combustion and Flame, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  31. Quantitative model-based imaging of mid-infrared radiation from a turbulent nonpremixed jet flame and plume

    Article • Combustion and Flame, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  32. Spatiotemporal Characterization of Flame-Vortex Interactions in Bluff-Body Stabilized Turbulent Premixed Flames Using Simultaneous High-Repetition-Rate OH-PLIF and PIV

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin, Vincent Belovich

  33. Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Pressure Gain Combustion in a Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  34. Imaging of OH* Chemiluminescence in an Optically Accessible Nonpremixed Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  35. Quantitative Experimental and Model-based Imaging of Mid-Infrared Radiation from a Turbulent Luminous Flame

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  36. Turbulent Premixed Flame Ignition and Stabilization Using a Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  37. Quantitative infrared imaging of impinging turbulent buoyant diffusion flames

    Article • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  38. Radiation intensity imaging measurements of methane and dimethyl ether turbulent nonpremixed and partially premixed jet flames

    Article • Combustion and Flame, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  39. Temperature Estimates of Exhaust Plumes from a Turbine Driven by Pulsed Detonations

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, September 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  40. Imaging Fourier-transform spectrometer measurements of a turbulent nonpremixed jet flame

    Article • Optics Letters, April 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  41. Periodic Exhaust Flow through a Converging-Diverging Nozzle Downstream of a Rotating Detonation Engine

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  42. Radiation Measurements and Temperature Estimates of Unsteady Exhaust Plumes Exiting from a Turbine Driven by Pulsed Detonation Combustion

    Article • January 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  43. Infrared Imaging and Spatiotemporal Radiation Properties of a Turbulent Nonpremixed Jet Flame and Plume

    Article • Journal of Heat Transfer, December 2012, ASME International

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  44. Evaluation of Effects of Fire on the I-465 Mainline Bridges—Volume II

    Article • November 2012, Purdue University Press

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  45. Experimental and computational infrared imaging of bluff body stabilized laminar diffusion flames

    Article • Combustion and Flame, September 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  46. Infrared Radiation and Acoustic Characteristics of Combustion Instabilities in Turbulent Premixed Flames

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, July 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  47. Infrared Radiation and Acoustic Characteristics of Combustion Instabilities in Turbulent Premixed Flames

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, July 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  48. Turbulent Radiation Statistics of Exhaust Plumes Exiting from a Subsonic Axisymmetric Nozzle

    Article • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, April 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  49. Turbulent Radiation Statistics of Exhaust Plumes Exiting from a Subsonic Axisymmetric Nozzle

    Article • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, April 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  50. Temperature Estimations in the Near-Flame Field Resulting from Hypergolic Ignition Using Thin Filament Pyrometry

    Article • Combustion Science and Technology, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  51. Infrared Radiation and Acoustic Characteristics of Combustion Instabilities in Turbulent Premixed Flames

    Article • January 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin

  52. Infrared Imaging, Computations, and Tomography of Bluff Body Stabilized Laminar Diffusion Flames

    Article • January 2011, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Brent A Rankin