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Mark P. B. Musculus is affiliated with Sandia National Laboratories in the United States. Their research contributions are primarily situated in the fields of engineering and chemical engineering, with notable focus on subfields such as fluid flow and transfer processes, computational mechanics, and aerospace engineering.

The main topics of their work include advanced combustion engine technologies, combustion and flame dynamics, and combustion and detonation processes. They also have contributions in heat transfer and supercritical fluids, catalytic processes in materials science, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and spectroscopy and laser applications.

Musculus has multiple co-authors with whom they have frequently collaborated. These include:

  • Rajavasanth Rajasegar
  • Zheming Li
  • Yoichi Niki
  • José M García-Oliver
  • Ted Lind

Their publications have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series
  • Combustion and Flame
  • Fuel
  • International Journal of Engine Research
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Recent papers by Musculus highlight investigations on ignition and combustion processes under various experimental and modeling conditions:

  • Fundamental insights on ignition and combustion of natural gas in an active fueled pre-chamber spark-ignition system, 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • An experimental and one-dimensional modeling analysis of turbulent gas ejection in pre-chamber engines, 2021, Fuel
  • Verification of diesel spray ignition phenomenon in dual-fuel diesel-piloted premixed natural gas engine, 2020, International Journal of Engine Research
  • Influence of pilot-fuel mixing on the spatio-temporal progression of two-stage autoignition of diesel-sprays in low-reactivity ambient fuel-air mixture, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Spatio-Temporal Progression of Two-Stage Autoignition for Diesel Sprays in a Low-Reactivity Ambient: n-Heptane Pilot-Ignited Premixed Natural Gas, 2021, SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series

The research output of Mark P. B. Musculus integrates experimental and computational approaches to address complex phenomena in combustion and engine technologies. The focus on turbulent gas ejection, pilot-fuel mixing, and ignition characteristics reflects their engagement with dynamics critical to improving combustion efficiency and emissions in advanced engine systems.

Best Publications

  • Conceptual models for partially premixed low-temperature diesel combustion

    Mark P.B. Musculus;Paul C. Miles;Lyle M. Pickett

  • Relationship Between Diesel Fuel Spray Vapor Penetration/Dispersion and Local Fuel Mixture Fraction

    Lyle M. Pickett;Julien Manin;Caroline L. Genzale;Dennis L. Siebers

  • Entrainment Waves in Diesel Jets

    Mark P. B. Musculus;Kyle Kattke

  • End-of-Injection Over-Mixing and Unburned Hydrocarbon Emissions in Low-Temperature-Combustion Diesel Engines

    Mark P. B. Musculus;Thierry Lachaux;Lyle M. Pickett;Cherian A. Idicheria

  • Post injections for soot reduction in diesel engines: A review of current understanding

    Jacqueline O'Connor;Mark P. Musculus

  • Investigation of Fuel Reactivity Stratification for Controlling PCI Heat-Release Rates Using High-Speed Chemiluminescence Imaging and Fuel Tracer Fluorescence.

    Sage Kokjohn;Rolf D. Reitz;Derek Splitter;Mark Musculus

  • Evaluating temperature and fuel stratification for heat-release rate control in a reactivity-controlled compression-ignition engine using optical diagnostics and chemical kinetics modeling

    Sage L. Kokjohn;Mark P.B. Musculus;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Multiple Simultaneous Optical Diagnostic Imaging of Early-Injection Low-Temperature Combustion in a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine

    Mark P. B. Musculus

  • Comparison of the Characteristic Time (CTC), Representative Interactive Flamelet (RIF), and Direct Integration with Detailed Chemistry Combustion Models against Optical Diagnostic Data for Multi-Mode Combustion in a Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine

    Satbir Singh;Rolf D. Reitz;Mark P. B. Musculus

  • Effects of Piston Bowl Geometry on Mixture Development and Late-Injection Low-Temperature Combustion in a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine

    Caroline L. Genzale;Rolf D. Reitz;Mark P. B. Musculus

  • Diagnostic considerations for optical laser-extinction measurements of soot in high-pressure transient combustion environments

    Mark P.B. Musculus;Lyle M. Pickett

  • In-cylinder unburned hydrocarbon visualization during low-temperature compression-ignition engine combustion using formaldehyde PLIF

    Thierry Lachaux;Mark P.B. Musculus

  • Measurements of the Influence of Soot Radiation on In-Cylinder Temperatures and Exhaust NOx in a Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine

    Mark P. B. Musculus

  • Effect of Post Injections on In-Cylinder and Exhaust Soot for Low-Temperature Combustion in a Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine

    Mohan Bobba;Mark Musculus;Wiley Neel

  • Effects of Fuel Parameters and Diffusion Flame Lift-Off on Soot Formation in a Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine

    Mark P. Musculus;John E. Dec;Dale R. Tree

  • Glow Plug Assisted Ignition and Combustion of Methanol in an Optical DI Diesel Engine

    Charles J. Mueller;Mark P. Musculus

  • On the Correlation between NOx Emissions and the Diesel Premixed Burn

    Mark P. B. Musculus

  • Effect of Ignition Delay on In-Cylinder Soot Characteristics of a Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Operating at Low Temperature Conditions

    Mohan K. Bobba;Caroline L. Genzale;Mark P. B. Musculus

  • Mixing and flame structures inferred from OH-PLIF for conventional and low-temperature diesel engine combustion

    Satbir Singh;Mark P.B. Musculus;Rolf D. Reitz

  • Effects of the In-Cylinder Environment on Diffusion Flame Lift-Off in a DI Diesel Engine

    Mark P. B. Musculus

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf D. Reitz
Rolf D. Reitz University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lyle M. Pickett
Lyle M. Pickett Sandia National Laboratories
Sage L. Kokjohn
Sage L. Kokjohn University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sanghoon Kook
Sanghoon Kook University of New South Wales
Joseph C. Oefelein
Joseph C. Oefelein Georgia Institute of Technology
Derek A. Splitter
Derek A. Splitter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Gilles Bruneaux
Gilles Bruneaux French Institute of Petroleum
Charles J. Mueller
Charles J. Mueller Sandia National Laboratories
John E. Dec
John E. Dec Sandia National Laboratories
Harry M. Meyer
Harry M. Meyer Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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