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Author:: Sheth, Preyank R.
Title:: VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS IN A HIGH-SPEED FLOW THROUGH A SQUARE DUCT CONTAINING A $90^circ$ BEND
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: square duct
experimental
90 degree bend
turbulent flow
Particle image velocimetry
File:: Download FinalMSThesis_PreyankSheth_Dec09.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kendra Sharp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kendra V Sharp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Khare, Prashant
Title:: DECOMPOSITION AND IGNITION OF HAN-BASED MONOPROPELLANTS BY ELECTROLYSIS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: HAN
Constant-pressure homogeneous reactor
Electrolytic Ignition
File:: Download Prashant_Khare_Spring_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Vigor Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vigor Yang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Buxton, Rebecca
Title:: THE EFFECTS OF POROUS SEA BOTTOMS ON THE PROPAGATION OF UNDERWATER SHOCK WAVES USING THE P-α EQUATION OF STATE
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: P-α equation of state
underwater explosion
shock reflection
porous media
File:: Download Buxton_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Hugo Koopmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Lescoe, Ryan
Title:: Improvement of Soil Modeling in a Tire-Soil Interaction Using Finite Element Analysis and Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: smoothed
smooth particle hydrodynamics
FEA
finite element analysis
tire-soil interaction
soil modeling
SPH
PAM-Crash
PAM-Shock
pneumatic tire
rigid tire
File:: Download Ryan-Lescoe_MS-Thesis-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Naffin, Richard Keith
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYTICAL DESIGN TOOL FOR JOURNAL BEARINGS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: journal bearing design
File:: Download Naffin_FinalSubmit.pdf
Committee Members:: Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Bigger, Rory
Title:: Chemical Vapor Plume Detection Using the Schlieren Optical Method
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: vapor detection
standard method
quantitative schlieren
homeland security
schlieren
plume buoyancy
File:: Download thesis_main_rpb.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Stuart Settles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Erney, Robert Wade
Title:: VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF SINGLE PHASE AND CAVITATING FLOWS USING AN OPEN SOURCE CFD TOOL
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: validation
verification
openFOAM
cfd
cavitation
hydrodynamic benchmark
File:: Download RobertErneyThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Li, Rong
Title:: Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Aluminum/Water Reaction Using Reactive Force Field
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: aluminum water reaction
reactive force field
File:: Download Thesis_Rong_Li.pdf
Committee Members:: Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Cirone, Samantha Ann
Title:: Design, Fabrication and Testing of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms with Curved Walls
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: stress relief
contact-aided compliant mechanism
cellular structure
micro fabrication
ceramic
File:: Download Samantha_Cirone_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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