Oran, Elaine
individual record
Professor
Positions:
- O`Donnell Foundation Chair VI and Professor, Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
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education and training
- Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Sciences, Yale University - (New Haven, Connecticut, United States) 1972
selected publications
Academic Articles229
- Lu, X., Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2022). Transition to detonation in inhomogeneous hydrogen-air mixtures: The importance of gradients in detonation cell size. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute.
- Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2022). Analysis of the Ambipolar Diffusion Approximation in Hypersonic Ionizing Reentry Flows. JOURNAL OF THERMOPHYSICS AND HEAT TRANSFER. 36(3), 734-744.
- Hariharan, S. B., Farahani, H. F., Rangwala, A. S., Oran, E. S., & Gollner, M. J. (2022). Effects of Natural and Forced Entrainment on PM Emissions from Fire Whirls.. Environ Sci Technol. 56(6), 3480-3491.
- Lu, X., Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2022). Predictions of flame acceleration, transition to detonation, and detonation propagation using the Chemical-Diffusive Model. COMBUSTION AND FLAME. 235, 111705-111705.
- Lu, X., Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2021). An efficient and accurate optimization method for the chemical-diffusive model. COMBUSTION AND FLAME. 232, 111517-111517.
Books1
- Oran, E. S., & Boris, J. P. (2000). Numerical Simulation of Reactive Flow. Cambridge University Press (CUP).
Chapters24
- Gamezo, V. N., Oran, E. S., & Khokhlov, A. M. (2004). Numerical simulations of Type Ia supernovae: deflagrations and detonations. Cosmic Explosions in Three Dimensions. 121-131. Cambridge University Press (CUP).
- Oran, E. S., & Boris, J. P. (2002). Fluid Dynamics. Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology. 31-43. Elsevier.
- Lefebvre, M. H., Weber, J. W., & Oran, E. S. (1997). Numerical Simulations of a Marginal Detonation: Wave Velocities and Transverse Wave Structure. IUTAM Symposium on Combustion in Supersonic Flows. 347-358. Springer Nature.
- Khokhlov, A. M., Oran, E. S., & Wheeler, J. C. (1997). Three-Dimensional Combustion in Type Ia Supernovae. Thermonuclear Supernovae. 475-484. Springer Nature.
- Oran, E. S., & DeVore, C. R. (1995). The Stability of Imploding Detonations. Shock Waves @ Marseille IV. 459-464. Springer Nature.
Conference Papers103
- Lu, X., Kaplan, C., & Oran, E. (2022). Numerical predictions for deflagration-to-detonation transition of hydrogen-air mixtures with varying stoichiometry in small channels. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum.
- Thomas, J. C., Rodriguez, F. A., Teitge, D. S., Browne, Z. K., Ahumada, C. B., Kunka, L. N., ... Oran, E. S. (2021). Development of a New Lab-Scale, Open-Ended Detonation Tube Facility at Texas A&M University. Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Symposium, Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Symposium. 1-8.
- Lu, X., Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2021). Calibrating the chemical-diffusive model using the detonation cell data. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum.
- Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2021). Correction: Quasi-Neutrality in Hypersonic Ionizing Reentry Flows. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum.
- Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2021). Quasi-Neutrality in Hypersonic Ionizing Reentry Flows. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum.
Repository Documents / Preprints14
- Chung, J. D., Zhang, X., Kaplan, C. R., & Oran, E. S. (2019). The structure of the blue whirl revealed.
- Goodwin, G. B., & Oran, E. S. (2017). Flame Instability and Transition to Detonation in Supersonic Reactive Flows.
- Kaplan, C. R., Ozgen, A., & Oran, E. S. (2017). Chemical-Diffusive Models for Flame Acceleration and Transition to Detonation: Genetic Algorithm and Optimization Procedure.
- Xiao, H., Gollner, M. J., & Oran, E. S. (2016). From fire whirls to blue whirls and combustion without pollution.
- Houim, R. W., & Oran, E. S. (2013). A Technique for Computing Dense Granular Compressible Flows with Shock Waves.
recent teaching activities
- AERO491 Hnr-research Instructor
- AERO491 Research Instructor
- AERO685 Directed Studies Instructor
- AERO685 Directed Studies Instructor
- AERO685 Directed Studies: In-ab Instructor
Email
eoran@tamu.edu
First Name
Elaine
Last Name
Oran
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