Publications

Recent publications are listed below. Please refer听to the links at听the sidebar for a more comprehensive listing.

Dissertations

  1. Aiken, T. T., "Detailed Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of Nonequilibrium Thermochemistry in Shock-Heated Gases,"听 Ph.D. Dissertation, University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, 2023.听听
  2. Kava, T. E., "Numerical Simulation of Magnetohydrodynamically Accelerated Hypersonic Channel Flows,"听Ph.D. Dissertation, University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, 2023.听听
  3. Sawicki, P., "Numerical Assessment of Plasma Formation and Potential Mitigation Approaches for Hypersonic Blackout,"听Ph.D. Dissertation, University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder, 2022.听听
  4. Hansson, K. B., "Electromagnetic Energy Transport Through Complex Media,"听Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2021.听听
  5. Vazsonyi, A. R., "Deterministic-Kinetic Computational Analyses of Expansion Flows and Current-Carrying Plasmas,"听Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2021.听听

Journals

  1. Aiken, T.T. and Boyd, I.D., 鈥淐ollisional-radiative modeling of shock-heated nitrogen mixtures,鈥 Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 135, No. 9, pp. 093301, 2024;
  2. Horing, J.A., Boyd, I.D., and Maute, K.K., 鈥淔ully Coupled Analysis of Aerothermoelastic Deformation of a Scramjet Inlet,鈥 Journal of Propulsion and Power, pp. 1-13, 2023;
  3. Aiken, T.T and Boyd, I.D., 鈥淭wo-Temperature Modeling of Nonequilibrium Relaxation and Dissociation in Shock-Heated Oxygen,鈥 Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 723-732, 2023;
  4. Chan, W.H.R. and Boyd, I.D., 鈥淕rid-point requirements for direct kinetic simulation of weakly collisional plasma pluma expansion,鈥 Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 475, pp. 111861, 2023;
  5. Chan, W.H.R and Boyd, I.D., 鈥淓nabling direct kinetic simulation of dense plasma plume expansion for laser ablation plasma thrusters,鈥 Journal of Electric Propulsion, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-26, 2022;
  6. Dang, Z. D., Stern, E. C., and Boyd, I. D., "Data-Driven Analysis of the Stiffness Degradation of a Woven Thermal Protection System,"听Journal of听 Spacecraft and Rockets, pp.1-11, 2022;听
  7. Holloway, M. E. and Boyd, I. D., "Sensitivity Analysis of Thermochemical Kinetics Modeling for Hypersonic Air Flows,"听Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2022;听
  8. Meyer, M. E., Byrne, M. P.,听Boyd, I. D., and Jorns, B. A., "Quantifying Uncertainty in Predictions of Spacecraft Erosion Induced by a Hall Thruster,"听Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021;听
  9. Sawicki, P., Chaudhry, R. S., and Boyd, I. D., "Influence听of Chemical Kinetic Models on Plasma Generation in Hypersonic Flight,"听AIAA Journal, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 31-40, 2021;听
  10. Holloway, M. E., Chaudhry, R. S., and Boyd, I. D., "Assessment of Hypersonic Double-Cone Experiments for Validation of Thermochemistry Models,"听Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021;听
  11. Boyd, I. D. and Josyula E., "Analysis of Associative Ionization Rates for Hypersonic Flows,"听Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, pp.1-10, 2020;听
  12. Vazsonyi, A. R., Hara, K., and听Boyd, I. D., "Non-monotonic double layers and electron two-stream instabilities resulting from intermittent ion acoustic wave growth,"听Physics of Plasmas, Vol.听27(11), No. 112303, 2020;听
  13. Dang, Z. D., Stern, E. C., and Boyd, I. D., "Structural Response Modeling of a Woven Thermal Protection System,"听Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, pp.1-8, 2020;听
  14. Dragnea, H. C., Ortega, A. L., Kamhawi, H., and Boyd, I. D., "Simulation of a Hall Effect Thruster Using Krypton Propellant,"听Journal of Propulsion and Power, pp.1-11, 2020;听
  15. Chen, S. Y. and Boyd, I. D., "Boundary-Layer Thermochemical Analysis During Passive and Active Oxidation of Silicon Carbide,"听Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, pp.1-12, 2020;听

Conferences

  1. Andrienko, D.A., Boyd, I.D., Streicher, J.W, and Hanson, R.K., 鈥"Evaluation of Thermal Relaxation and Extinction of Nitric Oxide Via a Master Equation Model,"听AIAA Paper , January 2024.
  2. Rataczak, J.A., Boyd, I.D., McMahon, J.W., 鈥淪urrogate Models for Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and Aerodynamics using Gaussian Process Regression,鈥 AIAA Paper , January 2024.
  3. Lipscomb, C.P., Boyd, I.D., Hansson, K.B., Eckels, J.D., Gorodetsky, A.A., "Simulation of Vacuum Chamber Pressure Distribution with Surrogate Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification," AIAA Paper , January 2024.
  4. Horing, J.A.,听Maute, K.K., and Boyd, I.D., 鈥淓ffects of a Deforming Scramjet Inlet on Hypersonic Vehicle Performance and Sensitivity,鈥 JANNAF Joint Meetings,听Salt Lake City, UT, December 2023.
  5. Aiken, T.A. and Boyd, I.D., "Analysis of Critical Rate Processes for Ionization in Shock-Heated Air," AIAA Paper , June 2023.
  6. Aiken, T.A. and Boyd, I.D., "Modeling of Electronic Excitation in Weakly Ionized Nitrogen Mixtures," AIAA Paper , June 2023.
  7. Chaudhry, R.S. and Boyd, I.D., "Parametric Comparison of the Park and MMT Chemical Kinetics Models with Multiple Freestream Speeds," AIAA-, June 2023.
  8. Horing, J.A., Maute, K.K., and Boyd, I.D., 鈥淚nfluence of Active Cooling on Engine Performance by Mitigating Aero-thermo-elastic Deformation of a Hypersonic Inlet,鈥 AIAA Paper , May 2023.
  9. Andrienko, D.A., Boyd, I.D., Maser, J.N., and Shepard, S.P., "Interaction of a High Energy Laser with Metals in Reacting Atmospheres," AIAA Paper , January 2023.听
  10. Sawicki, P.,听Campbell,听N.S., and听Boyd, I.D.,听"Effect of Water Vapor Injection on Plasma Reduction in Hypersonic Flow,鈥 AIAA Paper ,听January 2023.
  11. Rataczak, J.A., McMahon, J.W. and Boyd, I.D., 鈥淩eachability Analysis of a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Using Particle Swarm Optimization,鈥 AIAA Paper , January 2023.听
  12. Chan W. H. R. and Boyd, I. D., "Enabling Direct Kinetic Simulation of Dense Plasma Plume Expansion for Laser Ablation Plasma Thrusters,"听37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-, June听2022.听
  13. Taziny A., Chan W. H. R. and Boyd, I. D., "A Hybrid Continuum-Kinetic Framework to Model Ionic Liquid Ion Source Emission,"听37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-2022-233, June听2022.听
  14. Chaudhry, R. S.听and Boyd, I. D., "Parametric Comparison of the Park and MMT Chemical Kinetics Models for Hypersonic Blunt Cones,"听AIAA Aviation 2022听Forum, AIAA Paper , June 2022.听
  15. Andrienko, D. A.听and Boyd, I. D., "Modeling Oxidation Kinetics of SiC-Containing Zirconium Diborides,"听AIAA Aviation 2022听Forum, AIAA Paper , June 2022.听
  16. Aiken, T. A.听and Boyd, I. D., "Assessment of Detailed Thermochemistry and Excitation Models for Shock-Heated Oxygen Mixtures,"听AIAA Aviation 2022听Forum, AIAA Paper , June 2022.听
  17. Kava, T., Evans, J.,听and Boyd, I. D., "Three-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of Plasma Fueled Engines,"听AIAA Aviation 2022听Forum, AIAA Paper , June 2022.听
  18. Aiken, T. A.,听Boyd, I. D., Duan, L., and Huang, J.,听"Assessment of Reynolds Averaged Navier -Stokes Models for a Hypersonic Cold-Wall Turbulent Boundary Layer,"听AIAA Scitech 2022听Forum, AIAA Paper听, January 2022.
  19. Kava, T., Evans, J.,听and Boyd, I. D., "Numerical Simulation of Electron-Beam Powered Plasma Fueled Engines,"听AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2021听Forum, AIAA Paper听, August 2021.
  20. Campbell, N. S., Chen, S. Y., and听Boyd, I. D., "Unified Material-Environment Interaction Model for Binary UHTC Composites,"听AIAA Aviation 2021听Forum, AIAA Paper , August 2021.听