Alexander Kuznetsov

Tel: +972-4-829-4970
Fax: +972-4-829-5656
E-mail: akuzn@tx.technion.ac.il
alexander.n.kuznetsov@gmail.com

Biographical Data

  • b. USSR, Russia, 1945
  • M.Sc., Kazan Aircraft Institute, Russia, 1968
  • “Kazan Engine Design Bureau “SOYUZ”, Kazan, 1968 – 1995
  • SpaceCenter “Baykonur”, Kazakhstan, USSR, 1971 – 1973
  • PowerResearchCenter, Russian Academy of Science, Kazan, 1999
  • At Technion since 2000
  • Researcher

Thesis Topics

  • Solid – propellant, hybrid rocket and ramjet engines
  •  Internal ballistics
  •  Design of test facilities

Selected Publications

  • “Combustion experiments on hydrogen peroxide hybrid rocket motor”, 18th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, December 2002, Jerusalem, Book of abstracts, pp. 49-51 (with Rajesh K. K. and B. Natan).
  • “Experimental investigation on hydrogen peroxide/hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene hybrid rocket motor”, 43rd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences (IACAS), February 2003, Book of Abstracts, Section Propulsion I, p. 19, (with Rajesh K. K. and B. Natan).
  • “Design of a lab-scale hydrogen peroxide/hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene hybrid rocket motor”, AIAA Paper 2003 – 4744, 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 2003, Huntsville, Alabama (with Rajesh K.K. and B. Natan).
  • “Development of a lab-scale gel fuel ramjet combustor”, AIAA Paper 2010 – 7124, 46th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, July 2010, Nashville, Tennessee (with Y. Solomon and B. Natan).
  • “Development of a lab-scale gel fuel ramjet combustor”, 51st Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences (IACAS), February 2011, Book of Abstracts, Section Airbreathing Propulsion, p.45, (with Y. Solomon, D. Har-Lev and B. Natan).
  • “Development of a lab-scale gel fuel ramjet combustor”, ISABE-2011-1506, 20th ISABE Conference, September 2011, Gothenburg, Sweden (with Y. Solomon, G. Gafni, D. Har-Lev and B. Natan).
  • “Experimental investigation of a lab-scale aluminized gel fuel ramjet combustor”, 52nd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences (IACAS), February-March 2012, Section Airbreathing Propulsion, IACAS-2012-89,  p.p.664 – 678 (with G. Gafni, D. Har-Lev, Y. Solomon and B. Natan).
  • “Experimental investigation of a ramjet combustor using an aluminized hydrocarbon gel fuel”, 26th Annual Symposium of the Israeli Section of the Combustion Institute, December 2012, Tel Aviv, Book of abstracts, p. 22 (with G. Gafni, D. Har-Lev and B. Natan).
  • “Experimental investigation of a ramjet combustor using an aluminized hydrocarbon gel fuel”, 53rd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences (IACAS), March 2013, Section Airbreathing Propulsion, IACAS-2013-47, p.p. 533 – 552 (with G. Gafni, D. Har-Lev and B. Natan).
  • “Experimental investigation of a ramjet combustor using an aluminized hydrocarbon gel fuel”, AIAA Paper 2013 –3748, 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, July 2013, San Jose, California (with G. Gafni, D. Har-Lev and B. Natan).