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Author:: He, Suhao
Title:: MODELING OF FROST HEAVE DURING FREEZING IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: degradation
Stefan problem
porous media flow
polymer electrolyte fuel cells
unfrozen water flow
frost heave modeling
MEMS
sensor
temperature measurement
File:: Download SuhaoHE_PHD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, 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:: HUANG, YING
Title:: Modeling and Simulation of Combustion Dynamics in Lean-Premixed Swirl-Stabilized Gas-Turbine Engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Combustion Instabilities
Large Eddy Simulation
Level Set Flamelet Approach
Triple Decomposition Techniques
File:: Download Thesis-YingHuang.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Yanxing
Title:: A Numerical Study of Combustion in Meso-Scale Vortex Chambers
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: numerical study
combustion
meso-scale
swirling flow
File:: Download YanxingWangThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member

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Author:: ZHANG, Yongzhe
Title:: HYBRID PARTICLE/FINITE-VOLUME PDF METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-DEPENDENT FLOWS IN COMPLEX GEOMETRIES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: particle methods
hybrid PDF methods
turbulent combustion modeling
HCCI engine
consistency algorithms
finite-volume methods
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Paul E Plassmann, 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:: Nandy, Ashis
Title:: Modeling Gas Purge and Three-phase Transients in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: PEM Fuel Cell
Three-phase transients
Cold start
Gas purge
Catalyst layer
File:: Download Ashis_Nandy_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, 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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