Martin Summerfield

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Martin Summerfield

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Martin Summerfield's Degrees

PhD Physics Princeton University
Bachelors Physics Princeton University

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According to Wikipedia, Martin Summerfield was an American physicist and rocket scientist, a co-founder of Aerojet, head of Princeton University propulsion and combustion laboratory. Life and career Summerfield received B.S. degree in physics from Brooklyn College. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees at California Institute of Technology in 1937 and 1941, respectively. He was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1979.

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Injection and Mixing in Turbulent Flow (1980) (169)
Burning Mechanism of Ammonium Perchlorate Propellants (1960) (149)
Nonsteady burning phenomena of solid propellants - theory and experiments (1968) (135)
The Structure and Propagation Mechanism of Turbulent Flames in High Speed Flow (1955) (117)
Theory of combustion noise (1974) (112)
Nonsteady Burning and Combustion Stability of Solid Propellants (1992) (108)
Starting Transient of Solid-Propellant ocket Motors with High Internal Gas Velocities (1973) (103)
A Theory of Unstable Combustion in Liquid Propellant Rocket Systems (1951) (98)
Interior ballistics of guns (1979) (90)
Solid Propellant Rocket Research (1960) (85)
THE BURNING MECHANISM OF AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE-BASED COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANTS (1968) (83)
Measurement of Temperature Profiles through Solid- Propellant Flames Using Fine Thermocouples (1964) (74)
Theory of Flame Front Propagation in Porous Propellant Charges under Confinement (1973) (63)
Radiative Ignition of Double Base Propellants: I. Some Formulation Effects (1976) (59)
Radiative Ignition of Double Base Propellants: II. Pre-ignition Events and Source Effects (1973) (50)
Site and Mode of Action of Platonizers in Double Base Propellants (1974) (49)
Theoretical examination of assumptions commonly used for the gas phase surrounding a burning droplet (1978) (47)
The Problem of Escape from the Earth by Rocket (1947) (46)
Theory of dynamic extinguishment of solid propellants with special reference to nonsteady heat feedback law (1970) (45)
A thermophysical mathematical model of steady-draw smoking and predictions of overall cigarette behavior (1978) (44)
A Critical Analysis of Arc Image Ignition of Solid Propellants (1967) (43)
Progress in ASTRONAUTICS and ROCKETRY (1961) (42)
The mechanism of super-rate burning of catalyzed double base propellants* (1973) (41)
A study of some factors influencing the ignition of a liquid fuel pool (1970) (39)
Aluminized Solid Propellants Burning in a Rocket Motor Flowfield (1978) (38)
Radiative ignition of polymeric materials in oxygen/nitrogen mixtures (1971) (37)
Theory of Steady-State Burning of Gas-Permeable Propellants (1974) (36)
The ignition transient in solid propellant rocket motors. (1964) (34)
Dynamic effects on ignitability limits of solidpropellants subjected to radiative heating (1973) (31)
Studies with primaquine in vitro: superoxide radical formation and oxidation of haemoglobin. (1978) (30)
THE MECHANISM OF IGNITION OF COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANTS BY HOT GASES (1960) (29)
Theory of L-star combustion instability with temperature oscillations (1968) (28)
Theory of propellant ignition by heterogeneous reaction. (1969) (28)
Ignition of an evaporating fuel in a hot, stagnant gas containing an oxidizer (1964) (27)
The starting transient of solid propellant rocket motors with high internal gas velocities. Ph.D. Thesis (1972) (26)
Flame zone and sub-surface reaction model for deflagrating RDX (1977) (25)
The Physics of Rockets (1947) (24)
Steady Burning Rate and Affecting Factors: Experimental Results (1992) (23)
Entropy Waves Produced in Oscillatory Combustion of Solid Propellants (1968) (21)
Restart transients of hybrid rocket engines. (1973) (20)
Ignition of an evaporating fuel in a hot oxidizing gas, including the effect of heat feedback. (1966) (20)
Low Pressure Burning of Composite Solid Propellants (1969) (20)
Experimental study of ignition and subsequent flame spread of a solid fuel in a hot oxidizing gas stream (1975) (19)
Studies of Smoldering Combustion of Flexible Polyurethane Cushioning Materials (1978) (18)
Physics of Rockets: Dynamics of Long Range Rockets (1947) (18)
Solid Propellant Ignition and Other Unsteady Combustion Phenomena Induced by Radiation (1976) (17)
Theory of Nonsteady Burning and Combustion Stability of Solid Propellants by the Zeldovich-Novozhilov Method (1992) (17)
Extinguishment of solid propellants by depressurization - Effects ofpropellant parameters (1969) (17)
Dynamic Responses of Solid Rockets during Rapid Pressure Change (1973) (16)
Ignition and flame spreading over a solid fuel:Non-similar theory for a hot oxidizing boundary layer (1973) (16)
A Theoretical Study of the Burning of a Solid Propellant Sandwich (1960) (16)
Influence of Thermal Radiation on Solid Propellant Burning Rate (1975) (15)
High speed combustion of mobile granular solid propellants: Wave structure and the equivalent Rankine-Hugoniot relation* (1975) (15)
Technologies and Techniques for Instability Suppression in Motors (1992) (14)
Combustion Characteristics of Metal Particles (1960) (14)
Studies of the Mechanism of Flame Stabilization by a Spectral Intensity Method (1955) (14)
Some Research Problems in the Steady-State Burning of Composite Solid Propellants (1960) (13)
The Experimental Nature of the Combustion of Metallic Powders (1960) (12)
NON-STEADY BURNING PHENOMENA OF SOLID PROPELLANTS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS (1967) (12)
Radiative Ignition of Polymeric Fuels in an Oxidizing Gas (1969) (12)
Combustion of Metals: Physical Considerations (1960) (12)
Theoretical Studies of Diffusion Flame Structures (1969) (11)
A preliminary theoretical study of droplet extinction by depressurization (1978) (10)
Ignition of Polymers in a Hot Oxidizing Gas (1973) (9)
Servo-Stabilization of Combustion in Rocket Motors (9)
Quasi-steady gas phase assumption for a burning droplet (1976) (9)
EXTINGUISHMENT OF SOLID PROPELLANTS BY RAPID DEPRESSURIZATION (1969) (9)
The Role of Binder in Composite Propellant Combustion (1960) (8)
Development of a linear piston-type pulse power electric generator for powering electric guns (1993) (8)
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH ON THE MECHANISM OF IGNITION OF SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS (1963) (8)
Noise Characteristics of Combustion Augmented Jets at Midsubsonic Speeds (1974) (8)
Viscous-Inviscid Interactions (1980) (8)
Coal particle integrity in high-temperature solvents, with and without agitation (1977) (8)
Thermophysics of Stable Combustion Waves of Solid Propellants (1992) (8)
An effect of CO2 on the maximum safe direct decompression to 1 bar from oxygen-nitrogen saturation. (1986) (8)
Combustion mechanisms of fuel rich propellants in flow fields (1972) (8)
The Combustion of Elemental Boron (1960) (8)
Aluminized solid propellants burning in a rocket motor flow field (1977) (8)
Solid Propellant Rocket Motors as Acoustic Oscillators (1960) (7)
Heat Transfer to Water at High Flux Densities With and Without Surface Boiling (1949) (7)
Generation of an accelerated flame front in a porous propellant (1971) (7)
Erosive Effects of High-Pressure Combustion Gases on Steel Alloys (1976) (7)
Optical Evaluation of Combustion Noise Source Terms (1976) (7)
Solid Propellant Flammability Including Ignitability and Combustion Limits (1974) (7)
Erosion of Metals by High Pressure Combustion Gases: Inert and Reactive Erosion (1975) (7)
Experimental Study of Pressure Wave Propagation in Granular Propellant Bed (1975) (7)
Erosive Effects of High Pressure and High Temperature Gases on Steel (1977) (6)
Interrelations between combustion phenomena and mechanical properties in solid propellant rocket motors. (1967) (6)
Ex Daobus Unum (1963) (6)
Solid-propellant combustion instability (1961) (6)
SOLID PROPELLANT COMBUSTION INSTABILITY: OSCILLATORY BURNING OF SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS (1965) (6)
Role of Aluminum in Suppressing Instability in Solid Propellant Rocket Motors (1968) (6)
Unstable Burning Phenomenon in Double-Base Propellants (1960) (6)
A Theory of Oscillatory Burning of Solid Propellants Assuming a Constant Surface Temperature (1960) (6)
Combustion of Nitramine Propellants (1983) (6)
Solid Propellant Ignition Studies With High Flux Radiant Energy as a Thermal Source (1960) (5)
Solid propellant rocket research : a selection of technical papers based mainly on a symposium of the American Rocket Society, held at Princeton University, Jan. 28-29, 1960 (1960) (5)
Micro-Rocket Impulsive Thrusters (1971) (5)
Erosive effects of various pure and combustion-generated gases on metals. Part II. Final report, 1 June 1975-31 January 1976 (1975) (5)
Effects of Oxidizer Particle Size on Composite Solid Propellant Burning: Normal Burning, Plateau Burning and Intermediate Pressure Extinction (1967) (5)
RESEARCH ON SOLID PROPELLANT COMBUSTION INSTABILITY (1962) (5)
An Experimental Study of the Site and Mode of Action of Platonizers in Double Base Propellants (1974) (5)
Review of Experimental Research on Combustion Instability of Solid Propellants (1960) (5)
RADIATION AUGMENTED BURNING OF A SOLID PROPELLANT (1967) (5)
Energy-Efficient Pump Utilization (1977) (5)
Physics of Rockets: Liquid-Propellant Rockets (1947) (4)
Jet engine exhaust noise due to rough combustion and nonsteady aerodynamic sources (1974) (4)
Introduction to Nonsteady Burning and Combustion Stability (1992) (4)
Self-Sustained Oscillatory Burning of Solid Propellants: Experimental Results (1992) (4)
Model for Studying Unsteady Droplet Combustion (1977) (4)
On "Poisson's Ratio" in Linear Visco-Elastic Propellants (1960) (4)
Status and Prospects for Future Developments (1992) (4)
Noise generation by ducted combustion systems (1973) (4)
Aerothermochemistry of Metal Erosion by Hot Reactive Gases (1978) (3)
Noise characteristics of combustion augmented high speed jets. (1973) (3)
Propellant Burning Rate Uniformity Identified by Ultrasonic Acoustic Emissions (1977) (3)
Performance study of a ballistic compressor (1976) (3)
Flame Structure of Modern Solid Propellants (1992) (3)
Entropy wave observations in oscillatory combustion of solid propellants- a progress report (1964) (3)
Applications of Combustion-Stability Technology to Solid-Propellant Rocket Motors (1992) (3)
Research on Noise Generated by Ducted Air-Fuel Combustion Systems. (1973) (3)
I. The Effect of Pressure on the Infra-Red Absorption of Ozone. II. An "Ultra-Spectrometer" Technique for Infra-Red Bands (1941) (3)
Estimates of the Contribution to Jet Engine Exhaust Noise Made by Internal Sources (1973) (2)
Convective Heat Transfer Measurements in Cigarettes (1977) (2)
Experimental Investigations of Unstable Burning in Solid Propellant Rocket Motors (1960) (2)
Solid Propellant Combustion Mechanism Studies (1965) (2)
Solid propellant rocket motor responses evaluated by means of forcedlongitudinal waves (1977) (2)
Physics of Flames (1970) (2)
A study of the ignition of solid propellants in a small rocket motor (1964) (2)
Ignition Transients and Pressurization in Closed Chambers (1975) (2)
Ignition Dynamics of Double Base Propellants (1974) (2)
Combustion in Turbulent Flow - A Summary of Remarks at a Special Panel Meeting (1956) (2)
Combustion anomalies in stop-restart firing of hybrid rocket engines. (1970) (2)
Blast-noise environment of impulsive rocket firings (1974) (2)
Combustion Instability in Solid Rockets Using Propellants with Reactive Additives (1960) (2)
The Influence of Erosive Burning on Acoustic Instability in Solid Propellant Rocket Motors (1960) (2)
Pressure transients of solid rockets with slow gas phase reaction times (1973) (2)
Flows with Swirl (1980) (2)
Pressure Drop and Convective Heat Transfer With Surface Boiling at High Heat Flux; Data for Aniline and n-Butyl Alcohol (1950) (2)
Temperature Sensitivity of Solid Propellants and Affecting Factors: Experimental Results (1992) (2)
Coupling Between Nonsteady Burning and Structural Mechanics of Solid-Propellant Grains (1992) (2)
Heat Transfer Stability Analysis of Solid Propellant Rocket Motors (1960) (2)
Metal Combustion in Deflagrating Propellant (1960) (2)
Errata: Quasi-Steady Gas Phase Assumption for a Burning Droplet (1977) (2)
Fundamental Problems in Rocket Research (1950) (1)
Grain Design and Development Problems for Very Large Rocket Motors (1960) (1)
Combustion intensity and distribution relation to noise generation (1975) (1)
Particle Size Analysis of Ammonium Perchlorate by Liquid Sedimentation (1963) (1)
Spectrophotometric method applicable to in vitro studies of Heinz body formation in erythrocytes. (1979) (1)
Prediction of the Stability of Unsteady Motions in Solid-Propellant Rocket Motors (1992) (1)
NON-STEADY COMBUSTION OF SOLID PROPELLANTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ROCKET INSTABILITY. (1966) (1)
Radiation-Driven Transient Burning: Experimental Results (1992) (1)
INVESTIGATION OF HEAT TRANSFER AT HIGH HEAT FLUX- EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION DROP WITH N-BUTYL ALCOHOL IN AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED TUBE (1949) (1)
Danger Signs in American Higher Education: The Issue of Federal Aid to Colleges and Universities (1961) (1)
COMBUSTION CONTRIBUTION TO NOISE IN JET ENGINES (1976) (1)
Theory of steady-state burning of porous propellants by means of a gas-penetrative mechanism (1973) (1)
Progress in ASTRONAUTICS and ROCKETRY A series of volumes sponsored by (1962) (1)
Burning Rate Measurement of Thin Sheets of Double Base Propellant (HEN-12). (1975) (1)
A Feasibility Study of Command Control of Solid Propellant Burning Rate (1970) (1)
APPLICATIONS OF ROCKET PROPULSION (1945) (1)
Nonintrusive Diagnostic Techniques for Research on Nonsteady Burning of Solid Propellants (1992) (1)
An Experimental Investigation of Unstable Combustion in Solid Propellant Rocket Motors (1960) (1)
Theory of bubble dynamics in condensed explosive during start-up transient (1980) (1)
SOLID PROPELLANT BURNING (1961) (1)
Propellant Burning Rate and Combustion Uniformity Identified by Ultrasonic Acoustic Emissions. (1976) (0)
Definition of smolder experiments for Spacelab (1979) (0)
Space Propulsion by Intermittent Combustion (1984) (0)
Two-Phase Flows (1980) (0)
Analysis of Combustion Oscillations in Heterogeneous Systems. (1982) (0)
Evaluation of Additives to Reduce Solid Propellant Flammability in Ambient Air. (1975) (0)
Axial Pressure Gradients (1980) (0)
Three-Dimensional, Coaxial Jets (1980) (0)
RESEARCH ON NON-STEADY BURNING OF SOLID PROPELLANTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO COMBUSTION INSTABILITY. (1968) (0)
Power generation source for an electrothermal hypersonic wind tunnel (1992) (0)
Propellant Ignition by High Convective Heat Fluxes (1960) (0)
Ignition Dynamics in Relation to Combustion Dynamics of Double Base Propellants (1975) (0)
Definition of a national program in energy-efficient pump utilization. First bi-monthly progress report, May 10, 1976-July 10, 1976 (1976) (0)
Solid Propellant Ignition and Unsteady Combustion Processes. (1976) (0)
Mechanical Properties and the Design of Solid Propellant Motors (1960) (0)
Propellant burning rate uniformity identified by ultrasonic acousticemissions (1976) (0)
Transient Combustion of Solid Propellants: An Important Aspect of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition (1992) (0)
ASSOCIATE EDITORS C. F. WARNER—Jet Propulsion News A. F. BOCHENEK—ARS News H. S. SEIFERT—Literature Digest (1951) (0)
Analysis of solid propellant combustion in a closed vessel including secondary reaction (1980) (0)
Quasilinearization and Optimal Control Problems with Control Bounds (1977) (0)
Unsteady Transsonic Aerodynamics (1989) (0)
Aide-Memoire for Conference on Mechanism of Coupling of Combustion with Gas Dynamic Flow Fields, (1968) (0)
Solid Propellant Micromotors and Impulsive Thrusters (1971) (0)
Cross‐Correlation Evaluation of the Contribution to Engine Exhaust Noise Made by Internal Sources (1974) (0)
Compression-Ignition Sensitivity Studies of Liquid Propellants for Guns (1979) (0)
Closure to “Discussion of ‘Pressure Drop and Convective Heat Transfer With Surface Boiling at High Heat Flux; Data for Aniline and n-Butyl Alcohol’” (1950, Trans. ASME, 72, p. 878) (1950) (0)
Thrust transient prediction and control of solid rocket engines. (1968) (0)
Fast‐dump reactor: An apparatus to study coal dissolution at short reaction times (1977) (0)
Design and Fabrication of a Prototype Tracer Surveillance Tester (1983) (0)
A Method of Strength Analysis of Solid Propellant Rocket Grains (1960) (0)
RADIATIVE EVAPORATION OF OIL SPILLS ON SEAS OR RIVERS (1993) (0)
A model for studying unsteady droplet combustion (1976) (0)
Optimization of pyrolytic conversion of coal to clean fuel. Quarterly report, October--December 1976 (1977) (0)
Analysis of combustion oscillations in heterogeneous systems. Final report, 15 March 1981-14 March 1982 (1982) (0)
Stress and Strain Analysis of Cylindrical Case-Bonded Grains (1960) (0)
Closure to “Discussion of ‘Heat Transfer to Water at High Flux Densities With and Without Surface Boiling’” (1949, Trans. ASME, 71, p. 814) (1949) (0)
Investigation of the starting transients of high performance solid-propellant motors (1974) (0)
Parallel Jet in a Moving Stream (1980) (0)
Noise due to jet motion caused by internal unsteadiness (1974) (0)
Solid Propellant Combustion Mechanism Research 1975-1980. (1980) (0)
Definition of a national program in energy-efficient pump utilization. Volume II. Contract management. Second bi-monthly progress report, July 10-September 10, 1976 (1976) (0)
Buoyancy Force Effects (1980) (0)
NASA's contributions to space sciences and astronautics at Princeton University (1965) (0)
G. The Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine (1960) (0)
Proceedings of the Physiological Society, 4‐5 January 1985, Guy's Hospital Meeting: Communications (0)
EDITOR ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR STAFF EDITOR ART EDITOR (1963) (0)
High Temperatures: Propulsion (1954) (0)
Erosive Effects of Combustion Gases on Metallic Combustion Chambers. (1972) (0)
Intermediate-term energy programs to protect against crude-petroleum import interruptions: feasible alternatives, program costs, and operational methods of funding. [Five to ten years to 1985] (1974) (0)
Resonant Burning of Solid Propellants: Review of Causes, Cures and Effects (1960) (0)
Erosion of Powder Metallurgy Aluminum Alloys by Hot Propellant Gases (1977) (0)
Extinguishment of Solid Propellant Flames: A Theory Based on a New Feedback Law (Presentation Version) (1968) (0)
Cylindrical Spoiler Effects on the Sound Power of Subsonic Jets (1974) (0)
Sensitivity of Liquid Monopropellants to Compression Ignition (1982) (0)
Research on the Ignition of Solid Propellants. (1969) (0)
Noise of High Speed Jets with Rough Combustion (1973) (0)
Noise Generation by Cylindrical Spoilers Immersed in an Air Duct. (1973) (0)
A series of volumes sponsored by (1962) (0)
Intermediate-term energy programs to protect against crude-petroleum import interruptions: feasible alternatives, program costs, and operational methods of funding. Final report (1974) (0)
Overview of Policy Issues: Panel Report (1979) (0)
Numerical Computations of Solid-Propellant Nonsteady Burning in Open or Confined Volumes (1992) (0)
Optimization of pyrolytic conversion of coal to clean fuel. Quarterly report, January--March 1977 (1977) (0)
Experimental Study of Pressure Wave Propagation in Granular Propellant Bed (1975) (0)
Laboratory Test Methods for Combustion-Stability Properties of Solid Propellants (1992) (0)
Non-Steady Combustion of Solid Propellants, (1972) (0)
Fundamental and applied research on core engine/combustion noise of aircraft engines (1974) (0)
Noise generation by ducted combustion systems. [resonant oscillations] (1973) (0)
High Pressure Stand Burn Rate Tests of Polyvinylnitrate/Nitramine Propellants. (1987) (0)
Zero Net Momentum Defect Cases (1980) (0)
Solid Propellant Combustion Mechanism Research. 1977-1978. Annual Report. (1978) (0)

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