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Author:

Lawson, Seth A

Title:

Simulations of Multi-Phase Particle Deposition on Film-Cooled Turbine Sections

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

adiabatic effectiveness
heat transfer
gas turbine
particle deposition

File:

Download Slawson_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Ostanek, Jason

Title:

Flowfield Interactions in Low Aspect Ratio Pin-fin Arrays

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
turbulence
heat exchangers
pin-fins

File:

Download Ostanek_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Kirsch, Kathryn Louise

Title:

Exploring Microchannel Cooling Designs through the uses of Numerical Optimization and Additive Manufacturing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
optimization
additive manufacturing
internal cooling
adjoint method

File:

Download Kirsch_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

Author:

Haydt, Shane Elliott

Title:

A Detailed Investigation of the Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Related to Injection from a Compound Angled Shaped Film Cooling Hole

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

film cooling
heat transfer
fluid dynamics
gas turbines
turbomachinery
heat transfer augmentation
particle image velocimetry
ir thermography

File:

Download Shane_Haydt_-_Dissertation_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

Author:

Snyder, Jacob

Title:

Improving Turbine Cooling Through Control of Surface Roughness in the Additive Manufacturing Process

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

L-PBF
gas turbines
heat transfer
additive manufacturing
surface roughness
DMLS
SLM
fluid flow
film cooling
process parameters

File:

Download SnyderDissertation_FinalSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Reid Adam Berdanier, Special Member

Author:

Adhikari, Sanjay

Title:

A Study on Heat Transfer in Dropwise Condensation

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
dropwise condensation
high heat flux
experiment
surface temperature measurements
simulation
contact angle hysteresis
drop

File:

Download AdhikariSanjay_Dissertation_Submit3.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander S Rattner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan-Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair