William A. Hargus

United States Air Force Research Laboratory — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

30h-index2.9kcitations196works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Plasma Diagnostics and Applications(129), Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics(89), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma(34), Combustion and Detonation Processes(32), Energetic Materials and Combustion(27)

Publications193 total

Experimental validation of rotating detonation for rocket propulsion
Scientific Reports·2023· 39 citedOpen Access
Design and analysis of an additively manufactured rotating detonation rocket engine chamber for calorimetry and thermal management assessment
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum·2023· 9 cited
Detonation wave driven by aerosolized liquid RP-2 spray
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute·2022· 27 cited
Time-synchronized laser-induced fluorescence in the near-field of a 600 Watt Hall thruster
Journal of Applied Physics·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Correction: Heat Transfer Measurements in an Elevated Pressure RDRE Combustor
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum·2021· 2 cited
Heat Transfer Measurements in an Elevated Pressure RDRE Combustor
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum·2021· 11 cited
Synthetic Laser Diagnostics of Simulated RDRE Exhaust
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum·2021· 1 cited
Detonation Wave Collision Study During Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Counter-Propagating Modes
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum·2021· 9 cited
Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Scaling using Variable Annular Width Geometries
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021 Forum·2021
Descending Modal Transition Dynamics in a Large Eddy Simulation of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
Energies·2021· 31 citedOpen Access
Performance of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine with Various Convergent Nozzles and Chamber Lengths
Energies·2021· 45 citedOpen Access
Methane-oxygen rotating detonation exhaust thermodynamics with variable mixing, equivalence ratio, and mass flux
Aerospace Science and Technology·2021· 34 cited
Descending Modal Transition Study in a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum·2021· 10 cited
Numerical simulation of a methane-oxygen rotating detonation rocket engine
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute·2020· 109 citedOpen Access
Exploiting line-mixing effects for laser absorption spectroscopy at extreme combustion pressures
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute·2020· 19 cited
Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Operability Under Varied Pressure Drop Injection
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets·2020· 27 cited
Detonation Wave Interaction Classifications in a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum·2020· 6 cited
Constriction-Induced Counter-Propagating Behavior in RDREs
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum·2020· 3 cited
Performance Effects of Mode Transitions in a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum·2020· 16 cited
MHz Mid-infrared Laser Absorption of CO and CO<sub>2</sub>for Pressure, Temperature, and Species in Rotating Detonation Rocket Flows
AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2020 Forum·2020· 3 cited
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Mark Cappelli(12), John W. Bennewitz(11), Blaine R. Bigler(9), Stephen Danczyk(8), Michael Nakles(5), Christopher Lietz(4), Stephen A. Schumaker(4), Brian E. Beal(4), Alec D. Gallimore(4), Eric J. Paulson(4), Natalia A. MacDonald(4), Anil P. Nair(3), Daniel D. Lee(3), R. Mitchell Spearrin(3), Richard D. Smith(3), Kareem A. Ahmed(3), Mathias Ross(3), N. B. Meezan(2), Venkat Raman(2), Daniel I. Pineda(2)