Search Results - "Bourham, M.A."

New functionalities of PA6,6 fabric modified by atmospheric pressure plasma and grafted glycidyl methacrylate derivatives by Gawish, S.M, Ramadan, A.M, Cornelius, C.E, Bourham, M.A, Matthews, S.R, McCord, M.G, Wafa, D.M, Breidt, F

“…Oxidative atmospheric pressure plasma was utilized to activate surface of PA 6,6 fabrics followed by graft copolymerization of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and…”
Get full text

Surface analysis of cotton fabrics fluorinated in radio-frequency plasma by McCord, M. G., Hwang, Y. J., Qiu, Y., Hughes, L. K., Bourham, M. A.

“…Cotton fabrics were treated by radio‐frequency plasma with tetrafluoromethane (CF4) and hexafluoropropene (C3F6) gases under different exposure times,…”
Get full text

Vapor shielding and erosion of surfaces exposed to a high heat load in an electrothermal accelerator by Bourham, M.A., Hankins, O.E., Auciello, O., Stock, J.M., Wehring, B.W., Mohanti, R.B., Gilligan, J.G.

“…The experimental and theoretical verification of the vapour shield concept in an electrothermal accelerator is reported. Measurements of the ablation mass loss…”
Get full text

Simulation of γ-ray spectrometry of failed TRISO fuel by Harp, J.M., Hawari, A.I., Bourham, M.A.

“…Very High Temperature Reactors (VHTR) utilize the TRISO microsphere as the fundamental fuel unit in the core. To understand better its behavior under in-core…”
Get full text

Modifying Nylon and Polypropylene Fabrics with Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas by McCord, M.G., Hwang, Y.J., Hauser, P.J., Qiu, Y., Cuomo, J.J., Hankins, O.E., Bourham, M.A., Canup, L.K.

“…Polypropylene and nylon 66 fabrics are subjected to atmospheric pressure He and He-O2 plasmas for selected exposure time intervals. Scanning electron…”
Get full text

Measurement of Electrical Conductivity of Weakly Nonideal Multicomponent Plasma Mixtures Generated From Dielectric Materials by Zaghloul, M.R., Al Na'imi, M.S., Bourham, M.A.

“…Nonideal complex multicomponent plasmas generated from dielectric compound materials are of crucial importance to many critical technologies, and the need to…”
Get full text

Generation and characterization of micron and sub-micron particulate using an electrothermal source by Magid, K.R., Bourham, M.A.

“…Summary form only given. The Surface Interaction Research Experiment at N.C. State (SIRENS) produces a pulsed (/spl sim/100 ms), low temperature (0.1- 3 eV),…”
Get full text

Effects of Temperature and Molecular Oxygen on the Use of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma as a Novel Method for Insect Control by Donohue, Kevin V, Bures, Brian L, Bourham, Mohamed A, Roe, R. Michael

“…Helium atmospheric pressure plasma discharge (APPD) was previously shown to have insecticidal activity with a possible site of action on the insect nervous,…”
Get full text

Nonchemical dielectric barrier discharge treatment as a method of insect control by Bures, B.L., Donohue, K.V., Roe, R.M., Bourham, M.A.

“…The spread of insects due to trade of agricultural commodities and travel of humans is a significant problem in many countries. Limiting the movement of pest…”
Get full text

Measurement of electrical conductivity of high-temperature weakly nonideal insulator vapors by Zaghloul, M.R., Al-Naiemy, M., Bourham, M.A.

“…Summary form only given. Successful measurements of the electrical conductivity of weakly non-ideal partially ionized complex plasma mixtures generated from…”
Get full text

Visualization of helium dielectric barrier discharge treatment of green peach aphids on tobacco leaves by Bures, B.L., Donohue, K.V., Roe, R.M., Bourham, M.A.

“…Nonthermal nonchemical dielectric barrier discharge treatment of green peach aphids has shown to be an effective method of insect control when the insects are…”
Get full text

Mode of Action of a Novel Nonchemical Method of Insect Control: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Discharge by Donohue, Kevin V., Bures, Brian L., Bourham, Mohamed A., Roe, R. Michael

“…Atmospheric pressure plasma discharge (APPD) has been applied to a number of industrial applications, including the bacterial sterilization of medical…”
Get full text

Modeling of particulate production in the SIRENS plasma disruption simulator by Sharpe, J.P., Merrill, B.J., Petti, D.A., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…Modeling of the complex interplay among plasma physics, fluid mechanics, and aerosol dynamics is critical to providing a detailed understanding of the…”
Get full text

Pulse power system characterization of the plasma interactions with propellants experiment (PIPE) electrothermal plasma gun by Dale, G.E., Bourham, M.A.

“…The plasma interactions with propellants experiment (PIPE) facility is designed for the study of materials and propellants exposed to a pulsed, high-heat flux…”
Get full text

Melt-layer erosion experiments for electric launchers and tokamak fusion reactors by Dale, G.E., Bourham, M.A.

“…Summary form only given, as follows. Melt-layer erosion is a major concern in electric launchers and fusion reactors, where components are exposed to high heat…”
Get full text

Physics of laser ablation plasma plumes for deposition of diamond-like carbon films under magnetized and field-free conditions by Haverkamp, J.D., Bourham, M.A., Narayan, J.

“…Summary form only given. Pulsed laser deposition has been proven to be a useful technique for the synthesis of high quality diamond-like carbon films. In order…”
Get full text

Energy generation and transport in an atmospheric pressure, audio frequency discharge by Gray, T.K., Bures, B.L., Bourham, M.A.

“…Summary form only given. Optical emission spectroscopy, using a neutral Bremsstrahlung technique, has been used to determine the plasma temperature and density…”
Get full text

Plume expansion of pulsed laser ablated zinc oxide by Gray, T.K., Narayan, J., Bourham, M.A.

“…Summary form only given. High quality zinc oxide thin films have been deposited in the past using pulsed laser ablation. It has been shown that a laser energy…”
Get full text

Experimental studies of the plasma-propellant interface for electrothermal-chemical launchers by Edwards, C.M., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…A plasma-propellant interaction experiment "PIPE" has been constructed to investigate the plasma-propellant interface physics, and plasma augmentation to the…”
Get full text

Numerical simulation and experiment of plasma flow in the electrothermal launcher SIRENS by Hurley, J.D., Bourham, M.A., Gilligan, J.G.

“…An electrothermal plasma source (ET) may be used as a launcher by itself, or as a preinjector for electromagnetic launchers (railguns) or…”
Get full text