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  1. PIC Algorithm with Multiple Poisson Equation Solves During One Time Step

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, September 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. James A. Menart

  2. Particle In Cell (PIC) Algorithm Advancement for Plasma Modelling of an Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber

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

    Dr. James A. Menart

  3. Computational Speed-Up Techniques for a PIC-MCC Computer Model for Use in Modeling the Plasma in an Ion Engine Discharge Chamber

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

    Dr. James A. Menart

  4. Spectroscopic Investigation of a Dielectric Barrier Discharge

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

    Dr. James A. Menart

  5. Finite Volume Based Computer Program for Ground Source Heat Pump System

    Article • February 2013, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  6. Recovery Act: Finite Volume Based Computer Program for Ground Source Heat Pump Systems

    Article • February 2013, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  7. Clean Energy Infrastructure Educational Initiative

    Article • August 2012, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  8. Speed-up for a PIC-MCC Disharge Chamber Plasma Computer Code

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

    Dr. James A. Menart

  9. Off Design Simulation Results of Several Operating Conditions of the NEXT Discharge Chamber

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

    Dr. James A. Menart

  10. Fully Coupled Electric Field/PIC-MCC Simulation Results of the Plasma in the Discharge Chamber of an Ion Engine

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

    Dr. James A. Menart

  11. Particle-in-Cell Model of the NEXT Ion Engine at Three Throttling Conditions

    Article • July 2010, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  12. Dynamic Electric Field Calculations Using a Fully Kinetic Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber Model

    Article • July 2010, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  13. Particle-Based Plasma Simulations for an Ion Engine Discharge Chamber

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, July 2010, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  14. Spatially Resolved Optical Emission Spectroscopy Measurements within a Single Microdischarge of a Dielectric Barrier Discharge

    Article • January 2010, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  15. Particle-Based Plasma Simulation of NEXT Ion Engine

    Article • August 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  16. Rotational and Vibrational Temperature Distributions for a Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Air

    Article • AIAA Journal, May 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  17. Vibrational Temperatures and Relative Concentrations of N2(C3) and N2+(B2) for an Asymmetric Surface Mode Dielectric Barrier Discharge

    Article • January 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  18. Equilibrium Properties of High-Temperature Air for a Number of Pressures

    Article • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, October 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  19. Hypersonic Flow Control Using Surface Plasma Actuator

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, September 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  20. Physical Parametric Studies in an Ion Engine Discharge Chamber Using a PIC-MCC Simulation

    Article • July 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  21. Spectroscopic Investigation of An Asymetric Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge

    Article • June 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  22. Spectroscopic Investigation of a Dielectric Barrier Discharge

    Article • January 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  23. Heating and Force Study of the Ability of Plasma Discharges to Modify Air Flows

    Article • January 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  24. Particle Based Plasma Simulations for an Ion Engine Discharge Chamber

    Article • July 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  25. Computational Study of the Effects of Cathode Placement, Electron Energy, and Magnetic Field Strength on the Confinement of Electrons

    Article • July 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  26. Computationally Determing the Flight Regimes for Blunt Bodies

    Article • June 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  27. Grid Study on Blunt Bodies with the Carbuncle Phenomenon

    Article • June 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  28. Rotational and Vibrational Termperatures for a Dielectric Barrier Discharge in Air Using Emission Epectroscopy

    Article • June 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  29. Experimental Investigation of Magneto-Fluid-Dynamic Interaction in Cylindrical Inlet

    Article • January 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  30. Use of a Plasma Arc to Produce Large Surface Pressure Changes On a Flat Plate in a Mach 5 Flow

    Article • January 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  31. Computational Study of Primary Electron Confinement by Magnetic Fields in the Discharge Chamber of an Ion Engine

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, January 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  32. Effect of Magnetic Fields on Surface Plasma Discharges at Mach 5

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, November 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  33. Ion Engine Discharge Chamber Plasma Modeling Using a 2-D PIC Simulation

    Article • July 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  34. Adding Chemical Equilibrium to a Parallel, Unstructured Euler/Navier-Stokes Flow Solver

    Article • June 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  35. Hypersonic Inlet with Plasma Induced Compression

    Article • January 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  36. Application of a Spectroscopic Measuring Technique to Plasma Discharge in Hypersonic Flow

    Article • January 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  37. Study of Plasma Electrode Arrangements for Optimum Lift in a Mach 5 Flow

    Article • January 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  38. Surface Discharges for High-Speed Boundary Layer Control

    Article • January 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  39. Plasma Actuator for Hypersonic Flow Control

    Article • January 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  40. Application of Plasma Discharge Arrays to High-Speed Flow Control

    Article • January 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  41. Total Drag and Lift Measurements in a Mach 5 Flow Affected by a Plasma Discharge and a Magnetic Field

    Article • January 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  42. Effect of Magnetic Fields on Surface Plasma Discharges at Mach 5

    Article • June 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  43. DC Plasma Discharge Effects on a Mach 5 Flow Between Small Plate Electrodes

    Article • June 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  44. Study of Surface and Volumetric Heating Effects in a Mach 5 Flow

    Article • June 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  45. Equilibrium Properties of High Temperature Air for a Range of Pressures

    Article • June 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  46. Effect of Surface Plasma Discharges on Boundary Layers at Mach 5

    Article • January 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  47. Data Reduction Analysis for a Cylindrical, Double Langmuir Probe Operating in a High Speed Flow

    Article • January 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  48. Technique for Making Microwave Absorption Measurements in a Small Plasma Discharge

    Article • June 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  49. Measurements of a Transverse DC Discharge in a Mach 5 Flow

    Article • June 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  50. Survey of Plasmas Generated in a Mach 5 Wind Tunnel

    Article • January 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  51. Data Reduction Analysis for Cylindrical, Double Langmuir Probes Operating in Collisionless to Collisional, Quiescent Plasmas

    Article • January 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  52. Primary Electron Modeling in the Discharge Chamber of an Ion Engine

    Article • July 2002, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  53. Spike-Tipped Blunt Body in Weakly Ionized Hypersonic Flow

    Article • May 2002, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  54. Numerical Study of High-Intensity Free-Burning Arc

    Article • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, October 1998, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart

  55. Magnetic circuit for enhanced discharge chamber performance of a small ion thruster

    Article • July 1998, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James A. Menart