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Author:

Kern, Ludwig August

Title:

FLUENT CFD MODELING IN DESIGN OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL DRY STORAGE CASK

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Fluent
fluent modeling
cfd
cfd modeling
fluent model
cfd model
computational fluid dynamics
nuclear
nuclear engineering
dry storage
dry storage cask
spent fuel
spent nuclear fuel
nuclear fuel
rbmk
chernobyl
holtec
thermal
heat transfer
natural convection
convection
natural convective flow
annular
prototype
full-scale
validation
cfd code
navier-stokes
navier-stokes equation

File:

Download Kern_MS_NucE_Thesis_2009_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yan, Yan

Title:

A Thermal Hydrodynamic Lubrication Model of Pivoted Plane-Pad Thrust Bearings

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermal
hydrodynamic lubrication
pivoted slider bearing

File:

Download thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Russo, Benjamin Marc

Title:

Thermal noise in condenser microphone back volumes

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

microphone
transducer
noise
thermal
condenser

File:

Download Russo_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Thompson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Daugherty, Shawn Christopher

Title:

Improving Autonomous Soaring via Energy State Estimation and Extremum Seeking Control

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

autonomous soaring
uav
sb-xc
autonomous
thermal
thermal soaring

File:

Download Shawn_Daugherty-Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Makovkin, Dmitriy

Title:

Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Coordinated Soaring

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Persistent
monitoring
surveillance
thermalling
thermal
glider
soaring
MacCready
optimal
cruise
airspeed
aggregate
departure

File:

Download Dmitriy_Makovkin_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hopkins, Isaac E

Title:

Soil hydrology at the Living Filter: Analysis of preferential flow and moisture-temperature dynamics under wastewater irrigation

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

VWC
soil temperature
preferential flow
thermal
diffusivity
living filter
soil hydrology
hydrology
soil physics
soil

File:

Download Hopkins_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Hangsheng Lin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kimmel, Nathan

Title:

A Method for the Exploitation of Microlift for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

autonomy
soaring
microlift
thermal
thermal wall
thermal stream
thermal strand
autonomous
uav
autonomous soaring

File:

Download Nathan_Kimmel_A_Method_for_the_Exploitation_of_Microlift_for_Unmanned_Aerial_Vehicles.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member