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45
Citations
8700
World Ranking
1518
National Ranking
593

Overview

Joseph E. Shepherd is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research work is primarily situated within the field of engineering, with a focus on several subfields including aerospace engineering, computational mechanics, fluid flow and transfer processes, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to combustion and detonation processes. These include combustion and flame dynamics, advanced combustion engine technologies, fire dynamics and safety research, energetic materials and combustion, rocket and propulsion systems research, and heat transfer and supercritical fluids.

Joseph E. Shepherd has contributed to multiple scholarly publications. Some selected recent papers include:

  • Statistical analysis of detonation wave structure, 2022, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Time-resolved imaging of the cellular structure of methane and natural gas detonations, 2022, Shock Waves
  • Low temperature autoignition of Jet A and surrogate jet fuel, 2021, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
  • Ignition of stoichiometric hydrogen-oxygen by water hammer, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Reactive processes following transverse wave interaction, 2024, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

The venues in which they frequently publish include:

  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
  • Shock Waves
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Fuel

Joseph E. Shepherd often collaborates with several coauthors, notably:

  • Mark Frederick
  • Rohan Gejji
  • Carson D. Slabaugh
  • Branson Davis
  • Rémy Mével

Best Publications

  • Flammability limits, ignition energy, and flame speeds in H2–CH4–NH3–N2O–O2–N2 mixtures

    U.J Pfahl;M.C Ross;J.E Shepherd;K.O Pasamehmetoglu

  • Rapid evaporation at the superheat limit

    J. E. Shepherd;B. Sturtevant

  • Detonation in gases

    J.E. Shepherd

  • Direct Experimental Impulse Measurements for Detonations and Deflagrations

    M. Cooper;S. Jackson;J. Austin;E. Wintenberger

  • Analytical Model for the Impulse of Single-Cycle Pulse Detonation Tube

    E. Wintenberger;J. M. Austin;M. Cooper;S. Jackson

  • Direct observations of reaction zone structure in propagating detonations

    F. Pintgen;C. A. Eckett;J. M. Austin;J. E. Shepherd

  • A level set approach to Eulerian-Lagrangian coupling

    Marco Arienti;Patrick Hung;Eric Morano;Joseph E. Shepherd

  • Validation of Detailed Reaction Mechanisms for Detonation Simulation

    E. Schultz;J. Shepherd

  • The role of unsteadiness in direct initiation of gaseous detonations

    Chris A. Eckett;James J. Quirk;Joseph E. Shepherd

  • Reaction zones in highly unstable detonations

    J.M. Austin;F. Pintgen;J.E. Shepherd

  • Detonations in hydrocarbon fuel blends

    J. M. Austin;J. E. Shepherd

  • Thermodynamic Cycle Analysis for Propagating Detonations

    E. Wintenberger;J. E. Shepherd

  • LINEAR ELASTIC RESPONSE OF TUBES TO INTERNAL DETONATION LOADING

    W.M. Beltman;J.E. Shepherd

  • Differential Interferometric Measurement of Instability in a Hypervelocity Boundary Layer

    N. J. Parziale;J. E. Shepherd;H. G. Hornung

  • Stability of highly cooled hypervelocity boundary layers

    N. P. Bitter;J. E. Shepherd

  • A numerical study of detonation diffraction

    Marco Arienti;J. E. Shepherd

  • Detonation diffraction in gases

    F. Pintgen;J.E. Shepherd

  • T-Jump/FT-IR Spectroscopy: A New Entry into the Rapid, Isothermal Pyrolysis Chemistry of Solids and Liquids

    T. B. Brill;P. J. Brush;K. J. James;J. E. Shepherd

  • Observations of hypervelocity boundary-layer instability

    N. J. Parziale;J. E. Shepherd;H. G. Hornung

  • An adaptive high-order hybrid scheme for compressive, viscous flows with detailed chemistry

    Jack L Ziegler;Ralf Deiterding;Joseph E Shepherd;Dale I Pullin

  • Structural Response of Piping to Internal Gas Detonation

    Joseph E. Shepherd

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans G. Hornung
Hans G. Hornung California Institute of Technology
Ralf Deiterding
Ralf Deiterding University of Southampton
Michael Ortiz
Michael Ortiz California Institute of Technology
Graham V. Candler
Graham V. Candler University of Minnesota
John H.S. Lee
John H.S. Lee McGill University
D. I. Pullin
D. I. Pullin California Institute of Technology
Tim Colonius
Tim Colonius California Institute of Technology
Christopher E. Brennen
Christopher E. Brennen California Institute of Technology
Alexis Rusinek
Alexis Rusinek University of Lorraine
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology

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