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Arthur M. Mellor
Centennial Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus

Office: 336E OH
Phone: 615-343-6214
Fax: 615-343-6687

Research Interests
Combustion, fuel Spray processes and turbulence in air-breathing engines, hazard initiation for solid rocket propellants and explosives involving mechanical and electrostatic discharge initiation.

For a description of current research topics, go to the Combustion and Propulsion group homepage.

Teaching Interests
Thermodynamics and combustion.

Education
B.S., Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, 1963
M.S., Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, 1965
Ph.D., Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, 1968

Publications
Easley, W.E., Plee, S.L and Mellor, A.M., (1999), “NO formation and decomposition models for DI Diesel engines,” accepted for SAE 2000 Congress, (1999).

Easley, W.L. and Mellor, A.M., (1999), “NO decomposition in Diesel engines” accepted for SAE Fall Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, (1999).

Mello, J.P. and Mellor, A.M., (1999) “ A study of NOx emissions from lean premixed turbine combustors with swirling and non-uniform fuel/air mixtures,” AIAA Paper No. 99-2773, (1999).

Mellor, A.M. (1999) “Predicting effectiveness of H2O injection for NOx reduction in stationary gas turbines,” AIAA Paper No. 99-2774; submitted to AIAA Joint Propulsion Power, (1999).

Mello, J.P., and Mellor, A.M., (1998), "A study of NOx emissions from lean premixed turbine combustors with swirling and non-uniform fuel/air mixtures," submitted to AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference.

Mello, J.P., and Mellor, A.M. (1998), "NOx emissions from direct injection Diesel engines with water/steam injection," accepted for SAE Congress..

Duffy, K.P., and Mellor, A.M. (1998), "Further developments on a characteristic time model for NOx emissions from Diesel engines," SAE Paper 982460.

Mello, J.P. and Mellor, A.M. (1998), "Skeletal mechanism for NOx chemistry in lean-premixed combustors," 1998 Technical Meeting, Central States Section/The Combustion Institute.

Duffy, K.P., Easley, W.L., Faulkner, J.C., Mello, J.P., and Mellor, A.M. (1998), "Skeletal mechanism for NOx chemistry in Diesel engines," SAE Paper No. 981450.

Psota, M.A., Easley, W.L., Fort, T.H., and Mellor, A.M. (1997), "Water injection effects on NOx emissions for engines utilizing diffusion flame combustion," SAE Paper No. 971657, (1997); accepted for SAE Trans., (1998).

Barnes, J.C. and Mellor, A.M. (1998) "Quantifying unmixedness in lean premixed combustors operating at high pressure, fired conditions," AIAA J. Propulsion Power 14, 974-980.

Barnes, J.C. and Mellor, A.M., "Effects of unmixedness in piloted-lean premixed gas turbine combustors," AIAA J. Propulsion Power 14, 967-973.

 

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