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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

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Author:: Huo, Hongfa
Title:: LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND COMBUSTION
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Turbulent combustion
Supercritical combustion
swirl coaxial injector
LOX/Methane combustion
Supercritical mixing
shear coaxial injector
File:: Download Hongfa_Huo_PhD_dissertation_final_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Bhatia, Krishan Kumar
Title:: STUDY OF A METHANOL REFORMING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: fuel cell
hybrid vehicle
reforming
CO poisoning
File:: Download Krishan_Kumar_Bhatia_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Liangyu
Title:: DETAILED CHEMISTRY, SOOT, AND RADIATION CALCULATIONS IN TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: oxygen-enriched combustion
thermal radiation
soot modeling
detailed chemistry
turbulent combustion
File:: Download thesis_liangyu.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard C Benson, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Acharya, Ragini
Title:: MODELING AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INTERIOR BALLISTIC PROCESSES IN A 120mm MORTAR SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Granular bed combustion
Two-phase flows
Riemann solvers
Modeling
Numerical simulation
Interior ballistics
Compressible flows
File:: Download Thesis16Apr09.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Liu, Tao
Title:: SHEAR-COAXIAL INJECTION AND MIXING OF CRYOGENIC FLUIDS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: LES
supercritical
jet
turbulence
File:: Download ThesisMaster-Tao_Liu_2007.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

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Author:: Liu, Kai
Title:: Large-Eddy Simulation of in-cylinder flows in motored reciprocating-piston internal combustion engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Turbulence
Large-eddy simulation
Internal Combustion engine
Proper orthogonal decomposition
Cycle-to-cycle variations
File:: Download Kai_Liu_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member

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Author:: Iyer, Venkatesh Ramasubramanian
Title:: Effect of Aromatic Components in Surrogate Fuels on Soot in Co-flow Flames and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Soot
diffusion flames
surrogate fuels
Threshold Soot Index
smoke point
aromatic compounds.
File:: Download Thesis_Venkatesh_Iyer.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Litzinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Hedan
Title:: Effects of turbulence-chemistry interactions in direct-injection compression-ignition engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: turbulence-chemistry interactions
probability density function
diesel engine
NOx
n-heptane
File:: Download thesis_Hedan_fina.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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