JAMES C. KECK

(1924-2010)

 

Doctoral Thesis and

 Publications in Edited Books and

Proceedings of National and International Conferences

 

 

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Keck, J.C.

      The Production of Energetic Protons in Nuclei Exposed to 300-MeV Bremsstrahlung

      Ph.D. Thesis, Cornell University, June 1951

 

Keck, J.C.; Littauer, R.

      Production of Photomesons from Deuterium

      Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, New York City, January 31, February 1-2, 1952

      Physical Review, Vol. 86, 602 (1952)

 

Perry, A.M.; Keck, J.C.

      Excitation Functions for Photoprotons from Carbon

      Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, New York City, January 31, February 1-2, 1952

      Physical Review, Vol. 86, 629 (1952)

 

Bacher, R.F.; Keck, J.C.; Peterson, V.Z.; Teasdale, J.G.; Tollestrup, A.V.; Walker, R.L.; Worlock, R.M.

      Photoproduction of Positive Mesons from Hydrogen - Results

      Physical Review, Vol. 92, 1090 (1953)

 

Keck, J.C.; Kivel, B; Wentink, T., Jr.

      Emissivity of High Temperature Air

      Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Inst., Preprints of Papers, Stanford Univ. Press, pp.279-294 (1957)

 

Taylor, R.L.; Keck, J.C.; Washburn W.K.; Leonard, D.A.; Melcher, II, B.W.; Carbone, R.M.

      Techniques for Radiation Measurements and Flow Visualization of Self-Luminous Hypersonic Wakes

      Presented at the 7th Ballistic Missile and Space Technology Symposium, August 13-16, 1962.

 

Keck, J.C.

      General Discussion

      Discussions Faraday Society, Vol. 33, 291 (1962)

 

Kantrowitz, A.R.; Keck, J.C.

      Summary of Variational Theory of Three-Atom Recombination

      Presented at the Institute International de Chimie, Solvay, Nov. 1962

 

Keck, J.C.

      Ablation of an Insulator by a Current Parallel to Its Surface

      Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., Vol.8, No.5, 436 (1963)

 

Keck, J.C.

      Current Speed in Magnetic Annular Shock Tube

      Research Report 152, AVCO-Everett Research Laboratory, a division of AVCO CORPORATION, Everett, Massachusetts, May 1963

 

Makin, B.; Keck, J.C.

      Phase Space Calculation of Three Body Electron-Ion Recombination Rates

      Presented at the Third International Conference on Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, London, England, July 22-26, 1963

 

Logan, R.M.; Keck, J.C.; Stickney, R.E.

      Simple Classical Model for the Scattering of Gas Atoms from a Solid Surface: Additional Analyses and Comparisons

      in Rarefied Gas Dynamics, C.L. Brundin, Editor, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium, Oxford, Academic Press, 1966

 

Stickney, R.E.; Logan, R.M.; Yamaroto, S.; Keck, J.C.

      Simple Classical Model for the Scattering of Gas Atoms from a Solid Surface: Analyses for Monoenergetic Beams and Lock-in Detector Signals

      in Fundamentals of Gas-Surface Interactions, H. Saltsburg et al., Editors, Academic Press, N.Y., pp. 422-434 (1967)

 

Pagni, P.J.; Keck, J.C.

      Desorption Rate Theory for Adsorped Atoms on Solid Surfaces

      Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Vol. 15, 27 (1970)

 

Shui, V.H.; Appleton, J.P.; Keck, J.C.

      The Three-Body Recombination and Dissociation of Diatomic Molecules: a Comparison between Theory and Experiment

      Proceedings of the 13th Symposium (International) Meeting on Combustion, The Combustion Institute, p. 21, 1971

 

Heywood, J.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Nitric Oxide Formation in Spark-Ignition Engines

      Presented at International Combustion Engineering Conference, Bucharest, June 1970

 

Keck, J.C.

      Mechanism of Air Pollutant Formation in Internal Combustion Engines

      Proceedings of the International Meeting on Problems of the Piedmomt Region, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Italy, September 7-11, 1970

 

Keck, J.C.

      An Approximate Analytic Technique for Determining the Operating Characteristics of Thermionic Converters in the Ignited Model

      Proceedings of the 1970 Thermionic Conversion Specialists Conference,  Miami, Florida, October 26-29, 1970

 

Tabaczynski, R.J.; Heywood, J.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Time-Resolved Measurements of Hydrocarbon Mass Flowrate in the Exhaust of a Spark Ignition Engine

      SAE Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, MI, Jan. 1972

      SAE paper number 720112

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 81 (1972)

 

Blizard, N.C.; Keck, J.C.

      Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of a Turbulent Burning Model for Internal Combustion Engines

      SAE Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1974

      SAE paper number 740191

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 83 (1974)

 

Danieli, G.A.; Ferguson, C.R.; Heywood, J.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Predicting the Emissions and Performance Characteristics of a Wankel Engine

      SAE Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1974

      SAE paper number 740186

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 83 (1974)

 

Hicks, E.R.; Probstein, R.F.; Keck, J.C.

      A Model of Quench Layer Entrainment During Blowdown and Exhaust of the Cylinder of an Internal Combustion Engine

      SAE Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1975

      SAE paper number 750009

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 84 (1975)

 

Ferguson, C.R.; Danieli, G.A.; Heywood, J.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Time Resolved Measurements of Exhaust Composition and Flow Rate in a Wankel Engine

      SAE Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1975

      SAE paper number 750024

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 84 (1975)

 

Keck, J.C.

      Semi-Classical Theory of Atomic and Molecular Excitation and Dissociation

      SIAM-AMS Proceedings, Vol. 8, 139 (1974)

 

Delichatsios, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations of CO and NO Freezing in Internal Combustion Engines

      ACS Symposia Preprints, Vol. 20, 105 (1975)

 

Danieli, G.A.; Ferguson, C.R.; Heywood, J.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Analysis of Performance Losses in a Wankel Engine

      Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (England), Vol. C98, 155 (1975)

 

Jain, B.C.; Keck, J.C.; Rife, J.M.

      A Performance Model of the Texaco Controlled Combustion, Stratified Charge Engine

      SAE Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1976

      SAE paper number 760116

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 85 (1976)

 

Danieli, G.A.; Keck, J.C.; Heywood, J.B.

      Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Wankel Engine Performance

      SAE Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1978

      SAE paper number 780416

 

Keck, J.C. 

      Rate-controlled constrained equilibrium method for treating reactions in complex systems

      In The Maximum Entropy Principle; Levine, R.D.; Tribus, M.; Editors; MIT Press: Cambridge, MA,  1979, 219-245

 

Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Laminar Burning Velocity of Isooctane-Air, Methane-Air and Methanol-Air Mixtures at High Temperatures and Pressures

      Proceedings of the Eastern Section of the Combustion Institute, East Hartford, CT, Nov. 1977

 

Foster, D.E.; Keck, J.C.

      A Control Strategy for NOx from Fuel Nitrogen

      Paper number CSS/CI-79-21, Proceedings of the Spring Meeting, Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Columbus, IN, April 9-10, 1979

 

Weiss, P.; Wroebel, A.K.; Keck, J.C.

      A Parametric Study of Quench Layer Hydrocarbons Using a Fast Sampling Valve

      Paper number CSS/CI-79-16, Proceedings of the Spring Meeting, Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Columbus, IN, April 9-10, 1979

 

Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Laminar Burning Velocity or Propane-Air Mixtures at High Temperature and Pressure

      Paper number CSS/CI-79-04, Proceedings of the Spring Meeting, Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Columbus, IN, April 9-10, 1979

 

Beretta, G.P.; Rashidi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Thermodynamic Analysis of Turbulent Canbustion in a Spark-Ignition Engine. Experimental Evidence

      Paper number WSS/CI-80-20, Proceedings of the Spring Meeting, Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Irvine, CA, April 21-22, 1980

 

Giovanetti, A.J.; Hoult, D.P.; Keck, J.C.; Sarofim, A.F.

      Flame Luminosity and Unburned Hydrocarbon Measurements in Swirling Combustion

      The Energy Laboratory, MIT, Topical Report prepared for the US Deptartment of Energy, under contract EX-76-A-01-2295, July 1980

 

Sellnau, M.C.; Springer, G.S.; Keck, J.C.

      Measurements of Hydrocarbon Concentrations in the Exhaust Products from a Spherical Combustion Bomb

      SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1981

      SAE paper number 810148

 

Weiss, P.; Keck J.C.

      Fast Sampling Valve Measurements of Hydrocarbons in the Cylinder of a CFR Engine

      SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI Feb. 1981

      SAE paper number 810149

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 90 (1981)

 

Keck, J.C.

      Turbulent Flame Structure and Speed in Spark-Ignition Engines

      Proceedings of the Nineteenth Symposium (International) on Combustion/The Combustion Institute, Vol. 19, 1451 (1982)

 

Rhodes, D.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Laminar Burning Speed Measurements of Indolene-Air-Diluent Mixtures at High Pressures and Temperatures

      SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1985

      SAE paper number 850047

 

Beretta, G.P.; Keck, J.C.

      The constrained-equilibrium approach to nonequilibrium dynamics

      Review paper at the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, December 7-12, 1986

      in Computer-Aided Engineering of Energy Systems, Second Law Analysis and Modeling, Gaggioli, R.A., Editor, ASME Book H0341C, Proceedings of the Advanced Energy Systems division of the ASME, Vol. 3, 135 (1986)

 

Keck, J.C.; Hu, H.

      Explosions of Adiabatically Compressed Gases in a Constant Volume Bomb

      Proceedings of the Twenty-first Symposium (International) on Combustion/The Combustion Institute, Vol. 21, 521 (1986)

 

Keck, J.C.; Heywood, J.B.; Noske, G.

      Early Flame Development and Burning Rates in Spark Ignition Engines and Their Cyclic Variability

      SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1987

      SAE paper number 870164

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 96 (1987)

 

Hu, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Autoignition of Adiabatically Compressed Gas Mixtures

      SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1987

      SAE paper number 872110

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 96 (1987)

 

Hoult, D.P.; Hamiroune, D.; Keck, J.C.

      Heat Transfer in the End Gas (of an Internal Combustion Engine)

      SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1987

      SAE paper number 870168

 

Law, R.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      A program for calculating constrained equilibrium gas composition

      SIAM Conference on Numerical Combustion, San Francisco, CA, 1987

 

Chun, K.H.; Heywood, J.B.; Keck J.C.

      Prediction of Knock Occurrence in a Spark Ignition Engine

      Proceedings of the Twenty-second Symposium (International) on Combustion/The Combustion Institute, Vol. 22, 455 (1988)

 

Law, R.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations of Ignition Delay Times in Hydrogen-Oxygen Mixtures

      Proceedings of the Twenty-second Symposium (International) on Combustion/The Combustion Institute, Vol. 22, 1705 (1988)

 

Park, P.; Keck, J.C.

      Rapid Compression Machine Measurements of Ignition Delay Times for Primary Reference Fuel Mixtures

      SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Feb. 1990

      SAE paper number 900027

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 99, 11 (1990)

 

Cowart, J.S.; Keck, J.C.; Heywood, J.B.; Westbrook, C.K.; Pitz, W.J.

      Engine Knock Predictions Using a Fully-Detailed and a Reduced Chemical Kinetic Mechanism

      Proceedings of the Twenty-third Symposium (International) on Combustion/The Combustion Institute, Vol. 23, 1055 (1990)

 

Brussovansky, S.; Heywood, J.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Predicting the Effects of Air and Coolant Temperature, Deposits, Spark Timing, and Speed on Knock in Spark Ignition Engines

      SAE International Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 1992

      SAE paper number 922324

      SAE Transactions, Vol. 101 (1992)

 

Hu, H.; Kennedy, L.A; Keck, J.C.

      Experimental Studies of Laminar Burning Velocity and Autoignition of Hydrocarbon Fuels

      in Combustion fundamentals and applications, Proceedings of the Spring Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 1992, p.483

 

Hamiroune, D.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Using Constraint Potentials Applied to Formaldehyde-Oxygen System

      Proceedings of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Princeton, NJ, October 1993

 

Lee, D.; Hochgreb, S.; Keck, J.C.

      Autoignition of Alcohols and Ethers in a Rapid Compression Machine

      SAE International Fuels and Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, San Philadelphia, PA, October 1993

      SAE paper number 932755

 

Hamiroune, D.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Using Constraint Potentials Applied to Hydrogen-Oxygen System

      Proceedings of the Advanced Energy Systems division of the ASME, New Orleans, Vol. 33, 103 (1993)

      Proceedings of the Heat Transfer division of the ASME, Vol. 266 (1993)

 

Bishnu, P.; Hamiroune, D.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculation Using GNASA and GSTANJAN Equilibrium Codes

      Proceedings of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Worcester, MA, October 1995

 

Hamiroune, D.; Bishnu, P.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Using Constraint Potentials Applied to Hydrogen-Oxygen System

      Proceedings of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Worcester, MA, October 1995

 

Mankarios, E.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Ordered Species List, Based on Valence Bonds, for use in Hydrocarbon Combustion Models

      Proceedings of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Worcester, MA, October 1995

 

Bishnu, P.; Hamiroune, D.; Metgalchi, M.; Keck J.C.

      Development of Constrained-Equilibrium Codes and Their Application in Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

      Proceedings of the Advanced Energy Systems division of the ASME, Atlanta, Vol. 36, 213 (1996)

      J. Energy Resour. Technol., Vol. 123, 214 (2001)

 

Hamiroune, J.; Bishnu, P.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations Using Constraint Potentials Applied to the Hydrogen-Air System

      Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Advanced Computation and Analysis of Combustion, Moscow, May 1997 (Roy, G.D.; Frolov, S.M.; P. Givi, P.; Editors) ENAS Publishers, Moscow, Russia, 1997

 

He, H.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Estimation of the Thermodynamic Properties of CHO Species

      Proceeding of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Hartford, CT, October 1997

 

He, H.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Estimation of the Thermodynamic Properties of Hydrocarbons

      Proceedings of the Advanced Energy Systems division of the ASME, Vol. 38, Anaheim, CA, 1998

 

Hamiroune, J.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Method Applied to Formaldehyde-Oxygen Mixture

      Proceedings of the Joint Technical Meeting of the US Sections of the Combustion Institute, George Washington University, Washington, DC, March 1999

 

He, H.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Estimation of the Thermodynamic Properties for Branched Hydrocarbons

      Proceedings of the Advanced Energy Systems division of the ASME, Vol. 39, Nashville, TN, 1999

 

Gao, Y.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations of Formaldehyde-Oxygen Induction Times

      Proceedings of the Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, South Carolina, December 2001

 

Rahim, F.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Development of Reaction Mechanism and Measurement of Burning Speeds of Methane/Oxidizer/Diluent Mixtures at Low Temperatures and High Pressures

      Proceedings of the Technical Meeting of the Western Section of the Combustion Institute, La Jolla, CA, March 2002

 

Ugarte, S.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Methane Oxidation Modeling Using the Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Method

      Proceedings of the Technical Meeting of the Eastern Section of the Combustion Institute, Penn State, PE, Oct. 2003

 

Gao, Y.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium (RCCE) Calculation of Formaldehyde Oxidation

      Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of the US Sections of The Combustion Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, March 2003

 

Ugarte, S.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Methanol Oxidation Induction Times Using the Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Method

      Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2003), Washington, DC, Nov. 2003, in Energy Conversion and Resources: Fuels and Combustion Technology, Energy, Nuclear Engineering, and Solar Engineering, ASME Paper no. IMECE2003-55289, pp. 107-116 (2003)

 

Rahim, F.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Regions of Instabilities in Outwardly Propagating Methane-Oxidizer-Diluent Mixtures

      Proceedings of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, UCLA, CA, October 2003

 

Ugarte, S.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Modeling of Combustion of Mono-Carbon Fuels Using the Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Method

      Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2004),

Anaheim, CA, Nov. 2004 in Energy Conversion and Resources: Fuels and Combustion Technologies, Energy, Nuclear Engineering, Paper no. IMECE2004-62504, pp. 159-166 (2004)

 

Topinka, J.A.; Gerty, M.D.; Heywood, J.B.; Keck, J.C.

      Knock Behavior of a Lean-Burn, H2 and CO2 Enhanced, SI Gasoline Engine Concept

      SAE World Congress, Detroit, MI, Mar. 2004

      SAE paper number 2004-01-0975

 

Goldthwaite, D.; Metghalchi, M.; Keck, J.C.

      Refinement of Reduced Chemical Mechanisms for the Modeling of the Rapid Compression Combustion of Heptane and Octane

      Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2005), Orlando, FL, Nov. 2005, in Energy Conversion and Resources, ASME Paper no. IMECE2005-81368 pp. 295-299 (2005)

 

Janbozorgi, M.; Gao, Y.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations of Ethanol-Oxygen Mixture

      Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2006), Chicago, IL, Nov. 2006, in Energy Conversion and Resources, ASME Paper no. IMECE2006-15667 pp. 305-314 (2006)

 

Janbozorgi, M.; Goldthwaite, D.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations of the Combustion Products in the Expansion Stroke of an Internal Combustion Engine

      Proceedings of the Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, University of Virginia, October 21-24, 2007

 

Goldthwaite, D.; Janbozorgi, M.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      The Application of the Rate-Controlled Constrained Equilibrium Technique to a Reduced Chemical Mechanism for Iso-Octane

      Proceedings of the 5th US Combustion Meeting Organized by the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Paper no. C16, University of California at San Diego, March 25-28, 2007

 

Janbozorgi, M.; Goldthwaite, D.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations of Methanol-Oxygen Kinetics Using Reduced Chemistry

      Proceedings of the 5th US Combustion Meeting Organized by the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Paper no. C30, University of California at San Diego, March 25-28, 2007

 

Janbozorgi, M.; Goldthwaite, D.; Metghalchi, H.; Keck, J.C.

      Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Calculations of Methanol-Oxygen Kinetics Using Reduced Chemistry

      Proceedings of ECOS'07, the 20th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Paper no. J03, Padova, Italy June 25-28, 2007

 

Silbey, R.; Ao, P.; Beretta, G.P.; Cengel, Y.; Foley, A.; Freedman, S.; Graeff, R.; Keck, J.C.; Lloyd, S.; Maroney, O.; Nieuwenhuizen, T.M.; Weissman, M.

      Discussion on Foundations of the Second Law

      Meeting the Entropy Challenge, AIP Conf. Proc. Series, Vol. 1033, 198 (2008)

 

Silbey, R.; Beretta, G.P.; Cengel, Y.; Foley, A.; Gyftopoulos, E.P.; Hatsopoulos, G.N.; Keck, J.C.; Lewins, J.; Lior, N.; Nieuwenhuizen, T.M.; Steinfeld, J.; Von Spakovsky, M.R.; Wang, L.S.; Zanchini, E.

      Discussion on Teaching the Second Law

      Meeting the Entropy Challenge, AIP Conf. Proc. Series, Vol. 1033, 309 (2008)

 

Lloyd, S.; Banerjee, D.; Beian, A.; Beretta, G.P.; Geskin, E.; Ghoniem, A.; Gutowski, T.G.; Gyftopoulos, E.P.; Keck, J.C.; Lior, N.; Miller, S.; Nieuwenhuizen, T.M.; Peterson, R.; Salamon, P.; Williamson, L.

      Discussion on The Second Law and Energy

      Meeting the Entropy Challenge, AIP Conf. Proc. Series, Vol. 1033, 374 (2008)