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TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 1 Turboelectric Distributed Propulsion System Modelling for Hybrid-Wing-Body Aircraft ......................................................................1 Chengyuan Liu, Georgios Doulgeris, Panagiotis Laskaridis, Riti Singh Sensitivity of Mission Energy Consumption to Turboelectric Distributed Propulsion Design Assumptions on the N3-X Hybrid Wing Body Aircraft ..................................................................................................................................................................14 James Felder, Julio Chu, Michael Tong Hybrid Axial and Cross-Flow Fan Propulsion for Transonic Blended Wing Body Aircraft ..................................................................28 Joseph Kummer, Jimmie Allred, James Felder Development of a Wave Disk Engine Experimental Facility.......................................................................................................................54 P. Parraga-Ramirez, M. Varney, E. Tarkleson, Norbert Müller, Pezhman Akbari, Janusz Piechna Thermodynamics of the Wave Disk Engine ..................................................................................................................................................66 G. Sun, Pezhman Akbari, B. Gower, Norbert Müller Experimental Optimization of Static Valveless Self-Aspiration of a Pulse Detonation Engine...............................................................80 William Stoddard, Andrew St. George, Robert Driscoll, Ephraim Gutmark Experimental Study of Shock Transfer in a Multiple Pulse Detonation-Crossover System....................................................................90 Robert Driscoll, William Stoddard, Andrew St. George, Bradley Romanchuk, David Munday, Ephraim Gutmark Current Status of Superheat Spray Modeling with NCC ............................................................................................................................99 Manthena Raju, Dan Bulzan Theoretical Prediction of Droplet Diameters Based on Energy Conservation Law ...............................................................................120 Chihiro Inoue, Toshinori Watanabe, Takehiro Himeno, Seiji Uzawa, Mitsuo Koshi Nanopropulsion from High-Energy Particle Beams via Dispersion Forces in Nanotubes.....................................................................135 Fabrizio Pinto USAF High Energy Laser (HEL) Systems: Multi-Spectral Algorithm Efficiencies Susceptibilities During Missile Staging [Case: GHADR 110 MOD 2 (SEJIL-2)].........................................................................................................................................166 Clifford Paiva, H. Slusher Phase-Change Thermal Energy Storage and Conversion: Development and Analysis for Solar Thermal Propulsion .....................187 David Scharfe, Matthew Gilpin, Marcus Young Effect of Nuclear Side Reactions on Magnetic Fusion Reactors in Space................................................................................................198 Georg Herdrich, Roland Gabrielli, Hans-Peter Röser, Sebastian Haid, Martin Heyn, Dejan Petkow Shape of Characteristics of a Transonic Compressor ................................................................................................................................215 Christian Pixberg, Martin Müller, Sebastian Leichtfuss, Heinz-Peter Schiffer The Sensitivity of Multistage Compressor Performance to Inlet Boundary Conditions........................................................................227 John Brossman, Patrick Ball, Natalie Smith, Jeanne Methel, Nicole Key Performance Measurements of a Low-Speed Single-Stage Axial-Flow Compressor .............................................................................239 Bradley Butler, Vincent Capece Effect of Diminishing Particle Size on Solid Rocket Combustion Instability Symptom Suppression ..................................................245 David Greatrix Studies on Effect of Head Cavity on Resonance Damping Characteristics in Solid Rocket Motors ....................................................261 Qiao Zhang, Junwei Li, Wanxing Su, Yan Zhang, Ningfei Wang Reaction Rate Analysis for Selected Solid-to-Solid-Reaction Pyrotechnic Compositions......................................................................285 Lien Yang A Particle Level-set Based Eulerian Method for Simulating Explosively Driven Metal Pipe ...............................................................324 Kihong Kim, Bohoon Kim, Jack Yoh The Effects of Background Pressure on Hall Thruster Operation ...........................................................................................................341 Kevin Diamant, Rotislav Spektor, Edward Beiting, Jason Young, Thomas Curtiss Analysis of a Plasma Test Cell Including Non-neutrality and Complex Collision Mechanisms ...........................................................354 Paul Giuliano, Iain Boyd A Step Towards Electric Propulsion Testing Standards: Pressure Measurements and Effective Pumping Speeds ..........................367 John Dankanich, Michael Swiatek, John Yim Capillary Extraction of the Ionic Liquid [Bmim][DCA] for Variable Flow Rate Operations...............................................................380 Benjamin Prince, Shawn Miller, Joshua Rovey Demonstration of an Automated Mass Flow Control System for Condensable Propellant Hall-effect Thrusters .............................393 Mark Hopkins, Lyon King Power and Propulsion Options for Piloted Solar System Exploration.....................................................................................................404 Brice Cassenti An Overview of the NASA Ames Millimeter-Wave Thermal Launch System........................................................................................412 David Murakami, Kevin Parkin Atmospheric Mining in the Outer Solar System: Resource Capturing, Storage, and Utilization.........................................................422 Bryan Palaszewski Ground Testing a Nuclear Thermal Rocket: Design of a Sub-scale Demonstration Experiment.........................................................435 Steven Howe, David Bedsun, Deborah Lee, Margaret Townsend, Clay Cooper, Jenny Chapman, Mel Bulman, Ronald Samborski, Daniel Brasuell, Stanley Borowski Simulation of a Shear Coaxial GO2/GH2 Rocket Injector with DES and LES Using Flamelet Models..............................................445 Siddharth Thakur, Jeffrey Wright, Matthias Ihme, Kevin Tucker The Impinging-type Injector Design of MMH/NTO Liquid Rocket Engine ...........................................................................................462 Tony Yuan, Cetera Chen, Berlin Huang, Marx Tang, Yu-Ta Chen A Mechanistic Assessment of Swirl Injection and Atomization by X-ray Radiographic and Optical Techniques.............................474 Chad Eberhart, David Lineberry, Robert Frederick Jr., Alan L. Kastengren Experimental Evaluation of a Reverse Engineering Swirl Atomizer .......................................................................................................486 M. Ziraksaz, F. Ommi, D. Ganji, M. Ashjaee Numerical Investigation of Hybrid Motors for the EU FP7 SPARTAN Program..................................................................................496 Marta Lazzarin, Nicolas Bellomo, Francesco Barato, Martina Faenza, Davide Rondini, Marco Manente, Alberto Bettella, Daniele Pavarin Combustion Modeling and Analysis of Hybrid Rocket Motor Internal Ballistics ..................................................................................519 Yensen Chen, Y. Y. Lian, L. Yang, B. Wu, T. H. Chou, J. S. Wu Numerical Modeling of Paraffin-Based Fuels Behavior ............................................................................................................................530 Francesco Barato, N. Bellomo, M. Lazzarin, F. Moretto, Alberto Bettella, Daniele Pavarin Fundamental Jet Noise Reduction Science and Technology......................................................................................................................549 Kailas Kailasanath, J. H. Liu, A. Corrigan, R. Ramamurti Jet Noise Reduction Potential from Emerging Variable Cycle Technologies..........................................................................................556 Brenda Henderson, James Bridges, Mark Wernet The Structure of Near Field Pressure Fluctuations Surrounding a Supersonic Jet ...............................................................................571 Dean Long Feasible Study on Low Frequency Plasma Jet as Ignition System for HAN Based Propellant.............................................................584 Toshiaki IIzuka, Minori Komatsu, Toru Tajika,