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Author:

Kung, Eugene Hans

Title:

PDF-Based Modeling of Autoignition and Emissions for Advanced Direct-Injection Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Emissions Modeling
Internal Combustion Engine
PDF Method
NOx
CO
Hydrocarbon
Soot
Turbulence/Chemistry Interactions

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Zhang, Liwei

Title:

FLOW DYNAMICS AND SCALAR MIXING OF TRANSVERSE JETS INTO CROSSFLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

large eddy simulation
jet in crossflow
turbulent mixing
jet stability
external excitations
supersonic flow

File:

Download LiweiZhang_PhDthesis_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shanwu

Title:

VORTICAL FLOW DYNAMICS AND ACOUSTIC RESPONSE OF GAS-TURBINE SWIRL-STABILIZED INJECTORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Swirling Flows
injector dynamics
POD
mode competition
large eddy simulation
mode competition
acoustic admittance
acoustic respons
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
vortex breakdown

File:

Download Shanwu_Wang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

HUANG, YING

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Combustion Dynamics in Lean-Premixed Swirl-Stabilized Gas-Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion Instabilities
Large Eddy Simulation
Level Set Flamelet Approach
Triple Decomposition Techniques

File:

Download Thesis-YingHuang.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Bunce, Nicholas Allen

Title:

Flame transfer function measurements and mechanisms in a single-nozzle combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion
gas turbine
flame response
swirling

File:

Download NicholasBunce-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member