P. Barry Butler
Professor
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
3100 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1527
Telephone: (319) 335-5766
Fax: (319) 335-6086
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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:
- Freesmeier, J.J., and Butler, P.B., "Analysis of a Hybrid Dual Combustion Chamber Solid Propellant Gas Generator, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 2, 1999.
- Saurel, R., Cocchi, J.P., and Butler, P.B., "A Numerical Study of Cavitation in the Wake of a Hypervelocity Underwater Projectile," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 513-522, 1999.
- Alkam, M.K., and Butler, P.B., "Impingement Heating and Ignition of Condensed-Phase Energetic Material," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 1999.
- Ramadan, K. and Butler, P.B., "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 Butler, P.B., "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 Butler, P.B., "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.
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.