Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Modeling Consultant (1178)
Expertise
Combustion, explosion and the detonation of solids, liquids and gases.
Solid propellants used for rocket and gun propulsion.
Interior ballistics processes: Combustion, ignition, combustion-instability and suppression.
Noise generated by shock propagation from weapon systems (large and small caliber guns) and suppression.
Biomass gasification, energy and activation including pyrolysis and fluid-bed processing.
Biomass raw materials including paper mill, sludge, agri-wastes, chicken manure.
Biogas cracking technology and catalyst.
Experience
Independent Consultant, 1984 - Present.
Developed interactive technical software products, involving all aspects of physical modeling, derivation, numerical algorithm design, code execution, testing and implementation.
Conceived of a unique burn-rate formula for nitramines (RDX, HMX).
Developed software for PC computational fluid dynamics to simulate specific combustion and flow processes, in particular in the areas of ignition, instability, and quasi-steady burning of solid propellants in interior-ballistic systems.
Modeled compressed-gas driven air-bags; and rapid hydraulic actuation as in ballistic brakes.
Expert in combustion system noise and blast noise, cavitation in liquid propellants, and chemically reacting flows in combustion systems such as fluidized beds.
Developed catalytic cartridge technology for ultra-clean residential gas-burning heaters.
Assisted in the conversion of lingo-cellulosic waste (such as biomass, olive pits, walnut shells, and creosoted wood) to activated carbon and gas energy, involving catalytic gasification of char.
Invented a proprietary rapid activation/gasification technology for biomass-derived chars, for which a full-scale beta site gasifier has been constructed.
Princeton Combustion Research Labs, Inc. 1979 - 1984
Research scientist focused on combustion modeling and numerical analysis problems.
Aeronautic Research Associates of Princeton (ARAP) 1977
Consultant focused on the modeling of solid propellant combustion.
Fusion Energy Corp. 1975 - 1976
Analytical prediction of charged particle (Migma) orbits.
Solved the problem of intersecting plasma orbits by a small-perturbation approach (Krylov-Bogoliubov) whereby an analytical series derivation has saved hundreds of hours of raw mainframe computing time in orbit simulation, with superior accuracy.
Princeton University, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,1974 -1979
Research work included solid propellant combustion modeling and numerical analysis of chemically-reactive flow systems in solid propellant rocket motors.
Officer, Israeli Air Force; engineering team leader, structural design.1969 - 1973
Honors & Publications
Many professional publications
Education
Ph.D., Princeton University, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
B.Sc. Aerospace Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa