Papers - Journals and Conferences

M Arienti and JE Shepherd.
Superseismic loading and shock polars: An example of fluid-solid coupling.
In M. D. Furnish, Y. Horie, and N. N. Thadhani, editors, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2001: 12th APS Topical Conference, pages 251-254. AIP, 2002.
AIP Conference Proceedings 620.

M. Arienti and J.E. Shepherd.
A numerical study of detonation diffraction.
J. Fluid Mech., 529:117 - 146, 2005.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

M. Arienti and J.E. Shepherd.
The role of diffusion in irregular detonations.
The 4th Joint Meeting of the US Sections of the Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 20-23, 2005.

Marco Arienti, Patrick Hung, Eric Morano, and Joseph E. Shepherd.
A level set approach to Eulerian-Lagrangian coupling.
Journal of Computational Physics, 185:213-251, 2003.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

J. M. Austin, F. Pintgen, and J. E. Shepherd.
Lead shock oscillation and decoupling in propagating detonations.
43nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV, AIAA 2005-1170, 2005.

J. M. Austin, F. Pintgen, and J. E. Shepherd.
Reaction zones in highly unstable detonations.
In Proceedings of the 30th Combustion Institute, number 2, pages 1849-1857, 2005.
doi 10.1016/j.proci.2004.08.157.

JM Austin and JE Shepherd.
Detonation in hydrocarbon fuel blends.
Combustion and Flame, 132(1-2):73-90, 2003.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

J. Belanger, M. Kaneshige, and J.E. Shepherd.
Detonation initiation by hypervelocity projectiles.
In B. Sturtevant, J.E. Shepherd, and H.G. Hornung, editors, Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 2, pages 1119-1124. World Scientific, 1996.

W.M. Beltman, E. Burcsu, J.E. Shepherd, and L. Zuhal.
The structural response of cylindrical shells to internal shock loading.
Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, pages 315-322, 1999.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

W.M. Beltman and J.E. Shepherd.
Linear elastic response of tubes to internal detonation loading.
Journal of Sound and Vibration, 252(4):617-655, 2002.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

S. Browne, Z. Liang, and J. E. Shepherd.
Detailed and simplified chemical reaction mechanisms for detonation simulation.
Paper 05F-21 - Presented at the Fall 2005 Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Stanford University, Oct. 17-18, 2005, 2005.

S. T. Browne and J.E. Shepherd.
Linear stability of detonations with reversible chemical reactions.
2007 Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Livermore, CA October 16-17, Paper 07F-70, 2007.

T. Chao and J.E. Shepherd.
Detonation loading of tubes in the modified shear wave regime.
In Z. Jiang, editor, Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 2, pages 865-870. Springer, 2005.

T.-W. Chao and J. E. Shepherd.
Comparison of fracture response of preflawed tubes under internal static and detonation loading.
In W. Cheng and S. Itoh, editors, 2003 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Emerging Technologies in Fluids, Structures, and Fluid-Structure Interactions, PVP Vol. 460, pages 129-144. ASME, 2003.

T.-W. Chao and J. E. Shepherd.
Comparison of fracture response of preflawed tubes under internal static and detonation loading.
Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 126(3):345-353, August 2004.

T.-W. Chao and J. E. Shepherd.
Fracture response of externally flawed aluminum cylindrical shells under internal gaseous detonation loading.
International Journal of Fracture, 134(1):59-90, July 2005.
Preprint, see journal for final version - DOI: 10.1007/s10704-005-5462-x.

T.-W. Chao and JE Shepherd.
Fracture response of externally-flawed cylindrical shells to internal gaseous detonation loading.
In M. Fisher and A. Holdo, editors, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. Emerging technologies in Fluids, Structures, and Fluid-Structure Interactions, PVP Vol. 462-2, pages 85-98. ASME, 2002.
PVP2002-1491.

M. Cooper, S. I. Jackson, J. M. Austin, E. Wintenberger, and J. E. Shepherd.
Direct experimental impulse measurements for detonations and deflagrations.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 18(5):1033-1041, 2002.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

M Cooper, SI Jackson, JM Austin, E Wintenberger, and JE Shepherd.
Direct experimental impulse measurements for detonations and deflagrations.
37th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 8-11, 2001, Salt Lake City Utah, AIAA 2001-3812.

M. Cooper, J. Jewell, and J. E. Shepherd.
The effect of a porous thrust surface on detonation tube impulse.
39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 20-23, 2003, Huntsville, Al, AIAA 2003-4822, 2003.

M. Cooper and J. E. Shepherd.
The effect of nozzles and extensions on detonation tube performance.
38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 7-10, 2002, Indianapolis IN, AIAA 2002-2628, 2002.

M. Cooper and J. E. Shepherd.
Experiments studying thermal cracking, catalytic cracking, and pre-mixed partial oxidation of JP-10.
39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 20-23, 2003, Huntsville, Al, AIAA 2003-4867, 2003.

M. Cooper and J. E. Shepherd.
The effect of a porous thrust surface on transition to detonation and detonation tube impulse.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 20(5):811-819, 2004.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

M. Cooper and J. E. Shepherd.
Effect of transient nozzle flow on detonation tube impulse.
40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 11-14, 2004, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, AIAA 2004-3914, 2004.

M. Cooper and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation tube impulse in sub-atmospheric environments.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 22(4), 2006.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

M. Cooper and J. E. Shepherd.
Single-cycle impulse from detonation tubes with nozzles.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 2007.
(Preprint - see journal for final version, which has been accepted for publication).

M. Cooper, J. E. Shepherd, and F. Schauer.
Impulse correlation for partially-filled tubes.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 20(5):947-950, 2004.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

JM Austin E Wintenberger, M Cooper, SI Jackson, and JE Shepherd.
An analytical model for the impulse of a single-cycle pulse detonation engine.
37th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 8-11, 2001, Salt Lake City Utah, AIAA 2001-3811, 2001.

C. Eckett, J.J. Quirk, and J.E. Shepherd.
An analytical model for direct initiation of gaseous detonations.
In A.F.P. Houwing, R.R. Boyce, P.M. Danehy, M. Hannemann, J.J. Kurtz, T.J. McIntyre, S.J. McMahon, D.J. Mee, A. Paull, R.J. Sandeman, and H. Tanno, editors, Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 1, pages 383-388, 1998.
This short article was preliminary and contains some inaccuracies. Please use Eckett, Quirk, and Shepherd JFM article as the primary reference.

C.A. Eckett, J.J. Quirk, and J.E. Shepherd.
The role of unsteadiness in direct initiation of gaseous detonation.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 421:147-183, 2000.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

P. Hung and J.E. Shepherd.
Initiation of a stabilized detonation by a projectile.
In Z. Jiang, editor, Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 2, pages 769-774. Springer, 2005.

Patrick Hung and Joseph E. Shepherd.
Reduction of detailed chemical reaction networks for detonation simulations.
12th International Detonation Symposium, August 11-16, San Diego CA 2002, 2002.

K. Inaba and J. E. Shepherd.
Flexural waves in fluid-filled tubes subject to axial impact.
In Proceedings of the ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. July 27-31, Chicago, IL USA, 2008.
PVP2008-61672.

K. Inaba and J. E. Shepherd.
Impact generated stress waves and coupled fluid-structure responses.
In Proceedings of the SEM XI International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics. June 2-5, Orlando, FL USA, 2008.
Paper 136.

S. Jackson, J. Austin, and J. E. Shepherd.
Planar detonation initiation in large-aspect-ratio channels.
AIAA Journal, 44(10):2422-2425, 2006.
Preprint, see journal for final version.

S. Jackson and J. E. Shepherd.
A toroidal imploding detonation wave initiator for pulse detonation engines.
AIAA Journal, 45(1):257-270, 2007.
Preprint, see journal for final version.

S. I. Jackson, M. Grunthaner, and J. E. Shepherd.
Wave implosion as an initiation mechanism for pulse detonation engines.
39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 20-23, 2003, Huntsville, Al, AIAA 2003-4820, 2003.

S. I. Jackson and J. E. Shepherd.
Initiation systems for pulse detonation engines.
38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 7-10, 2002, Indianapolis IN, AIAA 2002-2627, 2002.

S. I. Jackson and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation initiation via imploding shock waves.
40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 11-14, 2004, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, AIAA 2004-3919, 2004.

S. I. Jackson and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation initiation in a tube via imploding torodial shock waves.
AIAA Journal, 2008.
in press. Preprint, see journal for final version.

M.J. Kaneshige, E. Schultz, U.J. Pfahl, J.E. Shepherd, and R. Akbar.
Detonations in mixtures containing nitrous oxide.
In G. Ball, R. Hillier, and G. Roberts, editors, Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 1, pages 251-256, 2000.

M.J. Kaneshige and J.E. Shepherd.
Oblique detonation stabilized on a hypervelocity projectile.
In 26th Symposium (International) on Combustion, pages 3015-3022, Naples, 1996.

J. Karnesky, W. J. Pitz, and J.E. Shepherd.
Detonation in gaseous isopropyl nitrate mixtures.
2007 Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Livermore, CA October 16-17, Paper 07F-40, 2007.

J. Kasahara, Z. Liang, S.T. Browne, and J. E. Shepherd.
Impulse generation by an open shock tube.
AIAA Journal, 2008.
accepted for publication. Preprint, see journal for final version.

A. M. Khokhlov, J. M. Austin, F. Pintgen, and J. E. Shepherd.
Numerical study of the detonation wave structure in ethylene-oxygen mixtures.
42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 5-8, 2004, Reno, NV, AIAA 2004-0792, 2004.

R. Knystautas, J.H.S. Lee, J. E. Shepherd, and A. Teodorczyk.
Flame acceleration and transition to detonation in benzene-air mixtures.
Combustion and Flame, 115:424-436, 1998.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

Eddie Kwon, Sally P. Moffett, Joseph E. Shepherd, and Arthur C. Day.
Combustion characteristics of hydrogen as used in a flammable test mixture.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity 2007, 2007.
Paper PPR-48.

Z. Liang, S. Browne, R. Deiterding, and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation front structure and the competition for radicals.
In Proceedings of the 31rst Combustion Institute, volume 31, pages 2445-2453, 2007.
Preprint, see journal for final version.

D. Lieberman and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation interaction with a diffuse interface and subsequent chemical reaction.
Shock Waves, 16(6):421-430, 2007.
Preprint only, final version published on-line April 2007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00193-007-0080-3.

D. Lieberman and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation interaction with an interface.
Physics of Fluids, 2007.
Preprint only, final version in press.

D. H. Lieberman and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation initiation by hot turbulent jet for use in pulse detonation engines.
38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 7-10, 2002, Indianapolis IN, AIAA 2002-3909, 2002.

D. L. Lieberman, J. E. Shepherd, F. Wang, J. Liu, and M. A. Gundersen.
Characterization of a corona discharge initiator using detonation tube impulse measurements.
43nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 10-13, 2005, Reno, NV, AIAA 2005-1344, 2005.

J. Meltzer, J. E. Shepherd, E. Akbar, and A. Sabet.
Mach reflection of detonation waves.
In Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, volume 153. AIAA, 1993.
From ICDERS meeting in Nagoya in 1991.

S. P. Moffett, S.G. Bhanderi, J.E. Shepherd, and E. Kwon.
Investigation of statistical nature of spark ignition.
2007 Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Livermore, CA October 16-17, Paper 07F-42, 2007.

EO Morano and JE Shepherd.
Effect of reaction rate periodicity on detonation propagation.
In M. D. Furnish, Y. Horie, and N. N. Thadhani, editors, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2001: 12th APS Topical Conference, pages 446-449. AIP, 2002.
AIP Conference Proceedings 620.

J.R. Simões Moreira and J.E. Shepherd.
Evaporation waves in superheated dodecane.
J. Fluid Mech., pages 63-86, 1998.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

U.J. Pfahl, M.C. Ross, J.E. Shepherd, K.O. Pasamehmetoglu, and C. Ural.
Flammability limits, ignition energy, and flame speeds in H$_2$-N$_2$O-CH$_4$-NH$_3$-O$_2$-N$_2$ mixtures.
Combustion and Flame, 123:440, 2000.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

F. Pintgen, J. M. Austin, and J. E. Shepherd.
Detonation front structure: Variety and characterization.
In G.D. Roy, S.M. Frolov, R.J. Santoro, and S.A. Tsyganov, editors, Confined Detonations and Pulse Detonation Engines, pages 105-116. Torus Press, Moscow, 2003.

F Pintgen, CA Eckett, JM Austin, and JE Shepherd.
Direct observations of reaction zone structure in propagating detonations.
Combustion and Flame, 133(3):211-229, 2003.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

F. Pintgen and J. E. Shepherd.
Quantitative analysis of reaction front geometry in detonation.
In G.D. Roy, A.A. Berlin, S.M. Frolov, J.E. Shepherd, and S.A. Tsyganov, editors, International colloquium on application of detonation for propulsion, pages 23-28. Torus Press, Moscow, 2004.
Full paper (to appear in proceedings).

F. Pintgen and J. E. Shepherd.
Pulse detonation engine impulse and detonation sensitivity analysis for partially oxidized jet fuel.
17th International Symposium on Airbreathing Engines, Munich, 4-9 September 2005. ISABE-2005-1304, 2005.

F. Pintgen and J. E. Shepherd.
Stereoscopic imaging of transverse detonations in diffraction.
5th Pacific Symposium on Flow Visualisation and Image Processing 27-29th September, 2005, Australia (paper PSFVIP-5-250), 2005.

F. Pintgen and J. E. Shepherd.
Stereoscopic imaging of transverse detonations in diffraction.
Journal of Flow Visualization and Imaging Processing, 14:121-142, 2007.
Preprint, see journal for final version.

E. Schultz and J.E. Shepherd.
Detonation analysis using detailed reaction mechanisms.
In G. Ball, R. Hillier, and G. Roberts, editors, Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 1, pages 273-278, 2000.

E. Schultz, E. Wintenberger, and J.E. Shepherd.
Investigation of deflagration to detonation transition for application to pulse detonation engine ignition systems.
In Proceedings of the 16th JANNAF Propulsion Symposium, page ? Chemical Propulsion Information Agency, 1999.

J. Shepherd.
Chemical kinetics of hydrogen-air-diluent detonations.
volume 106 of Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, pages 263-293. AIAA, 1986.

J. E. Shepherd.
Structural response of piping to internal gas detonation.
In ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. ASME, 2006.
PVP2006-ICPVT11-93670, to be presented July 23-27 2006 Vancouver BC Canada.

J. E. Shepherd and F. Perez.
Kerosene lamps and cook stoves: the hazards of gasoline contamination.
Fire Safety Journal, 43(3):171-179, 2008.
Preprint, final version published online Sept 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2007.08.001.

J. E. Shepherd, A. Teodorcyzk, R. Kynstautas, and J.H.S. Lee.
Shock waves produced by reflected detonations.
In Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, volume 134. AIAA, 1991.
From ICDERS meeting at Ann Arbor in 1989.

J.E. Shepherd.
Detonation waves and propulsion.
In J. Buckmaster, T.L. Jackson, and A. Kumar, editors, Combustion in High-Speed Flows, pages 373-420. Kluwer, 1994.

J.E. Shepherd and H. Hornung.
Sound generation by explosive decompression of an airplane.
In Z. Jiang, editor, Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 2, pages 973-978. Springer, 2005.

JE Shepherd, F Pintgen, JM Austin, and CA Eckett.
The structure of the detonation front in gases.
30th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 14-17, 2002, Reno NV, AIAA 2002-0773.

J.E. Shepherd, E. Schultz, and R. Akbar.
Detonation diffraction.
In G. Ball, R. Hillier, and G. Roberts, editors, Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, volume 1, pages 41-48, 2000.

S. Singh, D. Lieberman, and J. E. Shepherd.
Combustion behind shock waves.
Paper 03F-29 Western States Section/Combustion Institute, October 2003.

Yasuhiro Takashima, Jiro Kasahara, Joseph E. Shepherd, and Ikko Funaki.
Impulse generated by a shock tube in a vacuum.
46nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 7-10, 2008, Reno, NV, AIAA 2008-987, 2008.

E. Wintenberger, J. M. Austin, M. Cooper, S. Jackson, and J. E. Shepherd.
An analytical model for the impulse of a single-cycle pulse detonation tube.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 19(1):22-38, 2003.
(Preprint - see journal for final version) See also the erratum (JPP 20(4) 765-767, 2004) and responses to comments by Heiser and Pratt (JPP 20(1) 189-191, 2004) and also Radulescu and Hanson (JPP 20(5), 957-959, 2004).

E. Wintenberger, J. M. Austin, M. Cooper, S. Jackson, and J. E. Shepherd.
Erratum to 'comment on analytical model for the impulse of single-cycle pulse detonation tube'.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 20(4):765-767, 2004.

E. Wintenberger, J. M. Austin, M. Cooper, S. Jackson, and J. E. Shepherd.
Reply to 'comment on analytical model for the impulse of single-cycle pulse detonation tube'.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 20(1):189-191, 2004.

E. Wintenberger, J. M. Austin, M. Cooper, S. Jackson, and J. E. Shepherd.
Reply to 'comment on analytical model for the impulse of single-cycle pulse detonation tube'.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 20(5):957-959, 2004.

E. Wintenberger and J. E. Shepherd.
A model for the performance of air-breathing pulse detonation engines.
39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 20-23, 2003, Huntsville, Al, AIAA 2003-4511, 2003.

E. Wintenberger and J. E. Shepherd.
The performance of steady detonation engines.
AIAA 41th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2003. AIAA-2003-0714., 2003.

E. Wintenberger and J. E. Shepherd.
Thermodynamic analysis of combustion processes for propulsion.
42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 5-8, 2004, Reno, NV, AIAA 2004-1033, 2003.

E. Wintenberger and J. E. Shepherd.
Introduction to "To the Question of Energy Use of Detonation Combustion" by Ya. B. Zel'dovich.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 22(3):586-587, 2006.
(Translation of article originally published in Russian in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki (Journal of Technical Physics) 10 (17), 1940 pp. 1453-1461. Preprint - see journal for final version).

E. Wintenberger and J. E. Shepherd.
A model for the performance of air-breathing pulse detonation engines.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 22(3):593-603, 2006.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

E. Wintenberger and J. E. Shepherd.
The stagnation hugoniot analysis for steady combustion waves in propulsion systems.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 22(4):835-844, 2006.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).

E. Wintenberger and J. E. Shepherd.
Thermodynamic cycle analysis of propagating detonations.
Journal of Propulsion and Power, 22(3):694-698, 2006.
(Preprint - see journal for final version).