P. Barry Butler

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Joined the College of Engineering: 1984

Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1984
M.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981
B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1979

Special Fields of Knowledge:
Thermophysics of condensed-phase energetic materials; multiphase reactive flow; shock physics; thermodynamics of reactive processes

Present Research Interests:
Ignition phenomena in energetic materials; real-gas thermochemical processes; reaction in supercritical water medium; detonation of gas and condensed-phase media

Selected Publications:
Ramadan, K., and P. B. Butler, "Analysis of Gas Flow Evolution and Shock Wave Decay in Detonation Thermal Spraying Systems," Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 13, No.2, 2004, pp. 239-247.

Ramadan, K., and P. B. Butler, "Analysis of Particle Dynamics and Heat Transfer in Detonation Thermal Spraying Systems," Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2004, pp. 248-257.

Ramadan, K., and P. B. Butler, "A Two-Dimensional Axisymmetric Flow Model for the Analysis of Pulsed Detonation Thermal Spraying," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 175, No. 9, 2003, pp. 1649-1677.

Alkam, M.K., and Butler, P.B., "Impingement Heating and Ignition of Condensed-Phase Energetic Material," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 16, No. 6, 2000, pp. 1075-1082.

Alkam, M.K., and Butler, P.B., "Analysis of a Pulsed Detonation Thermal Spray Device," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 159, 2000, pp. 17-37.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Member, The Combustion Institute; American Society for Engineering Education; Society of Automotive Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Pi Tau Sigma