Recently Published

  1. B. Smucker, J. Jayasuriya, K. Niemeyer, D. Blunck, “Influence of Lignin on Smoldering Propagation,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 265 113451 (2024). 

  2. A. Filkov, V. Tihay-Felicelli, N. Masoudvaziri, D. Rush, A. Valencia, Y. Wang, D. Blunck, M. Valero, K. Kempna, J. Smolka, J. De Beer, Z. Compell-Lochrie, F. Centeno, M. Ibrahim, C. Lemmertz, W. Tam, “A Review of Thermal Exposure and Fire Spread Mechanisms in Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment,” Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 140, 10387 (2023). 

  3. S. Adusumilli, D. Blunck, “Size and Energy Distribution of Firebrands Produced from Burning Trees,” Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 138, 103800, (2023). 

  4. J. Bonebrake, V. Katta, T. Ombrello, D. Blunck, “Experiments and modeling of Ignition in Methane/air Mixtures with Added NO” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 251 (2023). 

  5. A. Fillo, J. Bonebrake, D. Blunck, “Global Consumption Speed of Jet Fuel/Air Flames and the Impact of Fuel Chemistry,” Combustion Science and Technology (2023).
     

  1. S. Adusumilli, D. Blunck, “Enumeration of Firebrands Produced from Live Trees and the Impact of Ground Fire on Firebrand Production,” submitted to the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
  2. B. Smucker, D. Blunck, “Effect of Wind Across Surface on Smoldering Behavior,” submitted to the Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
  3. A. Ross, D. Blunck, “Influence of particle sizing on smoldering behavior,” submitted to Combustion Science and Technology.
  4. M. Carter, D. Blunck, “Direct Comparison of Schlieren and Soot Foil Measurements of Detonation Cell Sizes,” under review for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering.
  5. D. Bean, D. Blunck, “Influence of Pyrolyzate Recirculation on Flaming Ignition of Porous Wood Fuel Beds,” under review for Fire Safety Journal

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  1. B. Smucker, J. Jayasuriya, K. Niemeyer, D. Blunck, “Influence of Lignin on Smoldering Propagation,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 265 113451 (2024).
  1. A. Filkov, V. Tihay-Felicelli, N. Masoudvaziri, D. Rush, A. Valencia, Y. Wang, D. Blunck, M. Valero, K. Kempna, J. Smolka, J. De Beer, Z. Compell-Lochrie, F. Centeno, M. Ibrahim, C. Lemmertz, W. Tam, “A Review of Thermal Exposure and Fire Spread Mechanisms in Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment,” Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 140, 10387 (2023). 
  2. S. Adusumilli, D. Blunck, “Size and Energy Distribution of Firebrands Produced from Burning Trees,” Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 138, 103800, (2023). 
  3. J. Bonebrake, V. Katta, T. Ombrello, D. Blunck, “Experiments and modeling of Ignition in Methane/air Mixtures with Added NO” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 251 (2023). 
  4. A. Fillo, J. Bonebrake, D. Blunck, “Global Consumption Speed of Jet Fuel/Air Flames and the Impact of Fuel Chemistry,” Combustion Science and Technology (2023).
  1. M. Carter, D. Blunck, “pypbomb: A Python pakcage with tools for the design of detonation tubes,” The Journal of Open Source Software, Vol. 7, 14143 (2022).
  2. M. Carter, D. Blunck, “Direct Comparison of Schlieren and Soot Foil Measurements of Detonation Cell Sizes,” The Frontiers in Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 1, 892330 (2022).
  3. A. Ross, D. Blunck, “Influence of Particle Size in Influencing Smoldering Behavior Through Porous Wood Fuel Beds,” Combustion Science and Technology (2022)
  4. H. Fazeli, W. Jolly, D. Blunck, “Stages and time-scales of ignition and burning of live fuels for different convective fluxes,” Fuel, Vol. 324, 124490 (2022).
  5. K. Teope, D. Blunck, “Effect of Turbulence on Forced Ignition of Jet-A/Air Mixtures,” Journal or Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. Vol. 146 061001 (2022).
  6. D. Blunck “Review: Applications of Infrared Thermography for Studying Flows with Participating Media,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 130, 110502, (2022).
  1. D. Caplan, D. Blunck, “Temperature of spark kernels at subatmospheric pressures,” AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power. 1-9 (2021).
  2. D. Bean, D. Blunck, “Sensitivity of Porous Beds and Plates to Ignition by Firebrands,” Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 7 (2021)
  3. S. Adusumilli, J. Chaplen, D. Blunck, “Firebrand Generation Rates at the Source for Trees and a Shrub,” Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 7 (2021).
  4. V. Katta, J. Bonebrake, D. Blunck, T. Ombrello, “Propagation of ignition kernel in CO2-diluted, CH4/air mixtures,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 229, (2021).
  5. S. Adusumilli, T. Hudson, N. Gardner, D. Blunck, “Quantifying production of hot firebrands using a fire-resistant fabric,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 30, pp 154-159 (2021)
  1. J. Bonebrake, T. Ombrello, D. Blunck, “The Effect of CO2 Dilution on Force Ignition and Development of CH4/air Ignition Kernels,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 222, pp. 242-251 (2020).
  2. T. Hudson, R. Bray, D. Blunck, W. Page, B. Butler “Effects of Tree Morphology on Ember Generation Characteristics Tree-scales,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 29, pp. 1042-1051 (2020).
  3. D. Cowan, W. Page, B. Butler, D. Blunck, “Effects of Fuel Characteristics on Spread Rate and Surface Temperatures of Smoldering Duff,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 29 pp. 820-831 (2020).
  1. T. Hudson, D. Blunck, “Effects of Fuel Characteristics on Ember Generation Characteristics at Branch-scales,” International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 28, pp. 941-950 (2019).
  2. P. Weide, D. Blunck, “Liftoff height and CH2O Emissions from Jet-A and a Surrogate Fuel Burning Under MILD Conditions” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 206. pp. 438-440 (2019).
  3. J. Bonebrake, D. Blunck, J. Lefkowitzb, T. Ombrello, “The Effect of Nanosecond Pulsed High Frequency Discharges on the Temperature Evolution of Ignition Kernels,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 37, pp. 5561-5568 (2019).
  4. W. Paige, N. Wagenbrenner, B. Butler, D. Blunck, “An Analysis of Spotting Distances During the 2017 Fire Season in the Northern Rockies,” Canadian Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 49, pp. 317-325 (2019).
  5. B. Smucker, T. Mulky, D. Cowan, K. Niemeyer, D. Blunck, “Effects of Fuel Content and Density on the Smoldering Characteristics of Cellulose and Hemicellulose,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 37, pp. 4107-4116 (2019).
  1. E. Zeuthen, D. Blunck, “Radiation Emissions from Turbulent Diffusion Flames Burning Vaporized Jet and Jet-like Fuels,” Energy and Fuels, Vol. 31, pp. 14150-14160 (2018).
  1. S. Okhovat, J. Hauth, D. Blunck, “Temperatures of Spark Kernels Discharging into Quiescent or Cross-flow Conditions,” AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 120 – 129 (2017).
  1. T. Ombrello, D. Blunck, M. Resor, “Quantified Infrared Imaging of Ignition and Combustion in a Supersonic Flow,” Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 57, pp. 1-12 (2016).
  2. D. Richardson, N. Jiang, D. Blunck, J. Gord, S. Roy, “Characterization of Inverse Diffusion Flames with Vitiated Cross Flows via Two-Photon Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence of CO and 2-D Thermometry,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 168, pp. 270-285 (2016).
  1. V. Katta, D. Blunck, N. Jiang, A. Lynch, J. Gord, S. Roy, “On Flames Established with Air Jet in Cross-flow of Fuel-Rich Combustion Products,” Fuels, Vol. 150, pp. 360-369 (2015).
  2. A. Briones, B. Sekar, D. Blunck, T. Erdmann, “Reacting Flows in Ultra-Compact Combustors with Combined-Diffuser Flameholder,” AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 238-252 (2015).
  1. M. Rhoby, D. Blunck, K. Gross, “Mid-IR hyperspectral imaging of laminar flames for 2-D scalar values,” Optics Express, Vol. 22, No. 18 pp. 21600-21617 (2014).
  2. J. Harley, K. Gross, D. Blunck, B. Rankin, J. Gore, “Imaging Fourier-transform Spectrometer Measurements of a Turbulent Jet Flame,” Optics Letters, Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 2350 – 2353 (2014).\
  3. D. Blunck, D. Shouse, C. Neuroth, R. Battelle, A. Lynch, B. Sekar, J. Zelina, T. Erdmann, D. Burrus, A. Briones, D. Richardson, A. Caswell, “Experimental and Computational Studies of an Ultra-Compact Combustor,” Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 136, 091505-1 (2014).
  4. P. Medwell, D. Blunck, B. Dally, “The Role of Precursors on the Stablisation of Jet Flames Issuing into a Hot Environment,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 161, pp. 465-474, (2014).
  5. B. Bohan, D. Blunck, M. Polanka, S. Kostka, N. Jiang “Impact of an Upstream Film-cooling Row on Mitigation of Secondary Combustion in a High Fuel Environment,” Journal of Turbomachinery, Vol. 135, 031998-1 (2014).
  1. Cain, J., M. DeWitt, D. Blunck, E. Corporan, R. Striebich, D. Anneken, C. Klingshirn, W. Roquemore, R. Vander Wal, “Characterization of Gaseous and particulate Emissions from a Turboshaft Engine Burning Conventional, Alternative, and Surrogate Fuels,” Energy and Fuels, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 2290-2302, (2013).
  2. Rankin, D. Blunck, J. Gore, “Infrared Imaging and Spatiotemporal Radiation Properties of a Turbulent Non-Premixed Jet Flame and Plume,” ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 135, p. 021201 (2013).
  1. D. Blunck, M. Harvazinski, C. Merkle, J. Gore, “Influence of Turbulent Fluctuations on the Radiation Intensity Emitted from Exhaust Plumes,” AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 581-589, (2012).
  2. B. Rankin, D. Blunck, J. Monfort, B. Kiel, J. Gore, “Infrared Radiation and Acoustic Characteristics of Combustion Instabilities in Turbulent Premixed Flames,” AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 862-865, (2012).
  3. B. Rankin, D. Blunck, V. Katta, S. Stouffer, “Experimental and Computational Infrared Imaging of Bluff Body Stabilized Laminar Diffusion Flames,” Combustion and Flame, Vol. 159, pp. 2841-2843, (2012).
  4. D. Blunck, B. Kiel, L. Goss, A. Lynch, , “Spatial Development and Temperature of Spark Kernels Exiting into Quiescent Air,” AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 458- 465, (2012).
  5. D. Blunck, M. Harvazinski, B. Rankin, C. Merkle, J. Gore, “Turbulent Radiation Statistics of Exhaust Plumes Exiting from a Subsonic Axisymmetric Nozzle,” AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 286-293, (2012).
  6. D. Blunck, B. Rankin, J. Gore, “The Effect of Swirl on the Radiation Intensity Emitted from Subsonic Rectangular Nozzle Plumes,” JANNAF Journal of Propulsion and Energetics, Vol. 5, No. 1 pp. 11-22, (2012).
  1. V. Katta, M. Roquemore, S. Stouffer, D. Blunck, “Dynamic Lifted Flame in Centerbody Burner,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1187-1194, (2011).
  2. D. Blunck, J. Gore, “A Study of Narrowband Radiation Intensity Measurements from Subsonic Exhaust Plumes,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 227-235, (2011).
  1. D. Blunck, S. Basu, Y. Zheng, V. Katta, J. Gore, “Simultaneous Water Vapor and Temperature Measurements in Unsteady Hydrogen Flames,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 32, pp. 2527-2534, (2009).