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Overview

Stephen D. Heister is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, as well as Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics explored in their work include combustion and detonation processes, energetic materials and combustion, fire dynamics and safety research, risk and safety analysis, rocket and propulsion systems research, combustion and flame dynamics, and advanced thermodynamic systems and engines.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Flow and performance analysis of a natural gas-air rotating detonation engine with high-speed velocimetry, 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • Operability of a Natural Gas-Air Rotating Detonation Engine, 2020, Journal of Propulsion and Power
  • Performance Characterization of a Natural Gas-Air Rotating Detonation Engine, 2020, Journal of Propulsion and Power
  • Current State of NASA Continuously Rotating Detonation Cycle Engine Development, 2023, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum
  • Computational and Experimental Study of Nozzle Performance for Rotating Detonation Rocket Engines, 2021, Journal of Propulsion and Power

Frequent coauthors working alongside Stephen D. Heister include:

  • Alexis Harroun
  • Carson D. Slabaugh
  • Kevin Dille
  • Ariana Martinez
  • Dasheng Lim

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in specialized venues such as the Journal of Propulsion and Power, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, and AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum.

Best Publications

  • Thermoelectric Generators for Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Systems Part I: Numerical Modeling and Baseline Model Analysis

    Sumeet Kumar;Stephen D. Heister;Xianfan Xu;James R. Salvador

  • A Numerical Treatment for Attached Cavitation

    Yongliang Chen;Stephen D. Heister

  • Modeling Hydrodynamic Nonequilibrium in Cavitating Flows

    Yongliang Chen;S. D. Heister

  • Droplet size control in liquid jet breakup

    James H. Hilbing;Stephen D. Heister

  • Combustion Experiments in Hydrogen Peroxide/Polyethylene Hybrid Rocket with Catalytic Ignition

    E. J. Wernimont;S. D. Heister

  • Two-phase modeling of cavitated flows

    Yongliang Chen;Stephen D. Heister

  • Thermoelectric Generators for Automotive Waste Heat Recovery Systems Part II: Parametric Evaluation and Topological Studies

    Sumeet Kumar;Stephen D. Heister;Xianfan Xu;James R. Salvador

  • Characterization of Pintle Engine Performance for Nontoxic Hypergolic Bipropellants

    B. L. Austin;S. D. Heister;W. E. Anderson

  • Amine-boranes: green hypergolic fuels with consistently low ignition delays.

    P. Veeraraghavan Ramachandran;Ameya S. Kulkarni;Mark A. Pfeil;Jacob D. Dennis

  • Rocket Grade Hydrogen Peroxide (RGHP) for use in Propulsion and Power Devices - Historical Discussion of Hazards

    Mark Ventura;Eric Wernimont;Stephen Heister;Steve Yuan

  • Application of a Genetic Algorithm to the Optimization of Hybrid Rockets

    P. L. Schoonover;W. A. Crossley;S. D. Heister

  • Supersonic Nozzle Flow Simulations for Particle Coating Applications: Effects of Shockwaves, Nozzle Geometry, Ambient Pressure, and Substrate Location upon Flow Characteristics

    Jung Jae Park;Min Wook Lee;Sam S. Yoon;Ho Young Kim

  • Rotating Detonation Engine Performance Model for Rocket Applications

    David P. Stechmann;Stephen D. Heister;Alexis J. Harroun

  • Nonlinear modeling of jet atomization in the wind-induced regime

    Christopher A. Spangler;James H. Hilbing;Stephen D. Heister

  • Nonlinear modeling of an infinite electrified jet

    E.R. Setiawan;S.D. Heister

  • Self-sustained, high-frequency detonation wave generation in a semi-bounded channel

    Kyle Schwinn;Rohan Gejji;Brandon Kan;Swanand Sardeshmukh

  • Solid Amine–Boranes as High-Performance and Hypergolic Hybrid Rocket Fuels

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  • Three-Dimensional Unsteady Simulation of Cavitating Flows in Injector Passages

    R. A. Bunnell;S. D. Heister

  • Flow and performance analysis of a natural gas-air rotating detonation engine with high-speed velocimetry

    Ian V. Walters;Rohan M. Gejji;Stephen D. Heister;Carson D. Slabaugh

  • Operability of a Natural Gas–Air Rotating Detonation Engine

    Ian V. Walters;Christopher L. Journell;Aaron Lemcherfi;Rohan M. Gejji

  • Hydrogen Peroxide as an Alternate Oxidizer for a Hybrid Rocket Booster

    M. C. Ventura;S. D. Heister

  • Optimization of hybrid-rocket-booster fuel-grain design

    D. J. Vonderwell;I. F. Murray;S. D. Heister

Frequent Co-Authors

Sam S. Yoon
Sam S. Yoon Korea University
Steven F. Son
Steven F. Son Purdue University West Lafayette
Xianfan Xu
Xianfan Xu Purdue University West Lafayette
Timothy S. Fisher
Timothy S. Fisher University of California, Los Angeles
Sanjeev Chandra
Sanjeev Chandra University of Toronto
Jungho Ryu
Jungho Ryu Yeungnam University
Cheng Huang
Cheng Huang Sichuan University
David P. Schmidt
David P. Schmidt University of Massachusetts Amherst

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