Albert Ratner

Research Highlights

Research Link:
Combustion & High Speed Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Joined the College of Engineering: 2003

Education:
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 2000
M.S., Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1999
M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1996
B.S., Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, 1995

Special Fields of Knowledge:
Combustion; laser diagnostics; reacting and unsteady flows; combustion instability; reaction layer dynamics

Present Research Interests:
Flame front dynamics; impact of fuel mixing on combustion instabilities; effectiveness of diagnostic techniques in accurately assessing flame state variables; hydrocarbon-based liquid rockets

Selected Publications:
Ratner, A., Palm, S. L., Pun, W., and Culick, F. E. C., "Phase-Resolved NO Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence of a Jet Flame in an Acoustic Chamber with Excitation at Frequencies <60 Hz," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, pp. 85-90, 2002.

Ratner, A., Driscoll, J. F., Huh, H., and Bryant, A. B., "Combustion Efficiency of Supersonic Flames," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 301-307, 2001.

Ratner, A., Driscoll, J. F., Donbar, J. M., Carter, C. D. and Mullin, J. A., "Reaction Zone Structure of Non-premixed Turbulent Flames in the Intensely Wrinkled Regime," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 28, pp. 245-252, 2000.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
The Combustion Institute, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics