1. HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATION IN RIB TURBULATED FLOW Open Access Author: Neely, Gaelyn L Title: HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATION IN RIB TURBULATED FLOW Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: heat transferfriction factorinternal flowribs File: Download Gaelyn_Neely_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKaren Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Inverted Annular Film Boiling Model Analysis Open Access Author: Li, Zhiyu Title: Inverted Annular Film Boiling Model Analysis Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: heat transfertwo-phase heat transferinverted annular film boilingheat transfertwo-phase heat transferinverted annular film boilingheat transfertwo-phase heat transferinverted annular film boiling File: Download Zhiyu_Li_thesis.pdf Committee Members: Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Pin Fin Surface Heat Transfer in Arrays of Oblong-shaped Pins Open Access Author: Kirsch, Kathryn Louise Title: Pin Fin Surface Heat Transfer in Arrays of Oblong-shaped Pins Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: heat transfergas turbineinternal cooling File: Download Kirsch_MS_Thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorHoracio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDaniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Experimental Study of Downward Facing Boiling under IVR-ERVC Conditions Open Access Author: Gorman, Nicolas Stephen Title: Experimental Study of Downward Facing Boiling under IVR-ERVC Conditions Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: IVRERVCBoilingTwo-phaseheat transfernucleate boiling File: Download gorman_masters_corrected.pdf Committee Members: Fan Bill B Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGita Talmage, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. A Higher-Order Numerical Method for Solid Conductive Heat Transfer Open Access Author: Nelson, Cameron Stuart Title: A Higher-Order Numerical Method for Solid Conductive Heat Transfer Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: higher-orderfinite volumenumericalconductionheat transfer File: Download MASTERS_THESIS_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: John Michael Cimbala, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDaniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF PARAMETRIC EFFECTS ON THE TRANSITION BOILING REGIME FOR FLOW BOILING IN A ROD BUNDLE UNDER LOSS OF COOLANT CONDITIONS Open Access Author: Kumru, Hanife Tugba Title: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF PARAMETRIC EFFECTS ON THE TRANSITION BOILING REGIME FOR FLOW BOILING IN A ROD BUNDLE UNDER LOSS OF COOLANT CONDITIONS Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: minimum film boiling temperaturetransition boiling regimeRBHTspacer gridheat transfer File: Download Hanife_Tugba_Kumru_MSc_thesis.pdf Committee Members: Fan-Bill Cheung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
7. Implementation of High FST Turbulent Kinetic Energy Diffusion Model in OpenFOAM Code for Simulation of Heat Transfer over a Gas Turbine Blade Open Access Author: Chittlangia, Vedant Rajiv Title: Implementation of High FST Turbulent Kinetic Energy Diffusion Model in OpenFOAM Code for Simulation of Heat Transfer over a Gas Turbine Blade Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: turbulencehigh FSTOpenFOAMC3Xturbine bladeheat transferlow reynolds number modelLaunder Sharma modeldiffusion File: Download Chittlangia_Vedant_MasterThesis.pdf Committee Members: Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
8. EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND REYNOLDS NUMBER ON HEAT TRANSFER IN PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS Open Access Author: Masters, Sarah Renee Title: EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION AND REYNOLDS NUMBER ON HEAT TRANSFER IN PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Particle-laden flowparticle concentrationsolids loadingNusselt numberheat transfer File: Download Thesis_PSU_MSME_Masters.pdf Committee Members: Michael P Manahan Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMary I Frecker, Committee MemberStephen P Lynch, Committee Member
9. Dust Feed and Weave Topology Effects in Gas Turbine Cooling Open Access Author: Cory, Trevor Title: Dust Feed and Weave Topology Effects in Gas Turbine Cooling Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: gas turbinedepositionceramic matrix compositeinternal flowheat transferweave surfacedust feedeffusion flow File: Download Cory_Thesis_Dec_2020.pdf Committee Members: Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorStephen P Lynch, Committee MemberDaniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair