P. Barry Butler

Complete Curriculum Vitae (PDF File)

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:

• 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.

• Rahman, S., Smith, T.F., and P.B. Butler, "Overview and Expansion of Program for Enhanced Design Experience in 1998-88," 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, 2000, St. Louis, MO.

• 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.

• 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, "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.

• Cannon, J., Alkam, M. and P. B. Butler, "Efficiency of Pulsed Detonation Thermal Spraying," Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 17, No.4, 2008, pp. 456-464.

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; American Wind Energy Association.