Fiscal Year	2007
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s)	Brophy, Christopher M.
Sponsor	Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary	Determine the operational limits and performance of a valveless PDE operation on ethylene and JP10 fuels with air. Also investigate the characteristics and applicability of a transient plasma ignition strategy for the effective initiation of detonations in fuel/air mixtures.
Keywords	Pulse Detonation Engines Detonation Liquid Fuel
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