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Author:

Thrift, Alan Albright

Title:

Cooling of a Turbine Vane Endwall Through Contouring and Flow Injection

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine Cooling
Endwall Contouring
Film Cooling
First Stage Vane

File:

Download Thrift_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Breneman, Duane L

Title:

Effects of Rust Deposition at the Axial Seal Pin Between Two Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

seal pin
leakage flow
secondary flow
rust particle deposition
gas turbine
rotating orifice

File:

Download Duane_Breneman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Musgrove, Grant Omer

Title:

Computational Predictions and Experimental Measurements of the Performance of a Louver Particle Separator for Use in Gas Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

louver
particle
sand
separator
turbine

File:

Download Grant_Musgrove_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Neely, Gaelyn L

Title:

HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATION IN RIB TURBULATED FLOW

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
friction factor
internal flow
ribs

File:

Download Gaelyn_Neely_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ostanek, Jason

Title:

ESTABLISHING A METHODOLOGY FOR RESOLVING CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER FROM COMPLEX GEOMETRIES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rib turbulators
internal cooling
gas turbine heat transfer
ribbed channels

File:

Download Ostanek_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Kandler A.

Title:

Electrochemical Modeling, Estimation and Control of Lithium Ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

lithium ion
battery
hybrid electric vehicle
model order reduction
diffusion systems
state of charge estimation

File:

Download Dissertation_KandlerSmith2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Deshmukh, Kshitij

Title:

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND RADIATION MONTE CARLO FOR TURBULENCE−RADIATION INTERACTIONS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Spherical Harmonics Method
Turbulence--Radiation Interactions
Combustion systems
Direct Numerical Simulation
Photon Monte Carlo methods

File:

Download Kshitij_Deshmukh_Dissertation_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert J Levin, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

KIM, KYU TAE

Title:

Forced Response of Swirl Stabilized Flames in Hydrogen Enriched Gas Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydrogen
combustion instability
flame transfer function
partially premixed
swirl stabilized

File:

Download KTKim.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Kyu Taek

Title:

Study of multiphase water transport and removal phenomena from fuel cell during gas purge

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
water management
gas purge
evaporation
gas diffusion media
neutron radiography

File:

Download dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Lawson, Michael J

Title:

A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE AIRFLOW AND ODORANT TRANSPORT PHENOMENA OF CANINE OLFACTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
flow visualization
canine olfaction

File:

Download dissertation.Michael_Lawson.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Ranjan S.

Title:

Detailed Modeling of Soot Formation and Turbulence--Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Jet Flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
Turbulent Flames
Radiation
Soot Formation
PDF Methods
Turbulence-Radiation Interactions
Turbulence-Chemistry Interactions
Method of Moments

File:

Download Ranjan_Mehta_Dissertation_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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:

Weaver, Stephen A

Title:

Heat Transfer And Pressure Drop Augmentation In Micro Channels With Pin Fins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

None

File:

Download Stephen_Weaver_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lapapong, Sittikorn

Title:

Vehicle Rollover Prediction for Banked Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rollover Prediction
Vehicle Rollover
Vehicle Dynamics
Vehicle
Zero-Moment Point

File:

Download SittikornLapapong_PhDThesis_2010_11_20.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Eric Todd Donnell, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Suyi

Title:

A Variable Transverse Stiffness Structure using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC)

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fluidic flexible matrix composite
honeycomb structures
sandwich beam
variable stiffness

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Suyi_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sarkar, Soumik

Title:

AUTONOMOUS PERCEPTION AND DECISION MAKING IN CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Machine learning
Fault diagnosis
Gas turbine engine
Network science

File:

Download soumik_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Mark Levi, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, 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:

Mahdavi, Arash

Title:

Mechanics Of Low-dimensional Carbon Nanostructures: Atomistic, Continuum, And Multi-scale Approaches

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element
Nanomechanics
Carbon Nanotube
Multisclae
Nonlinear
Continuum Mechanics

File:

Download Thesis_Arash_Mahdavi.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric M Mockensturm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

Author:

Nadadur, Gopal

Title:

Anthropometry-based Sustainable Design for Multiple Global Populations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Anthropometry
Global Design
User Populations
Design Strategies
Design for Human Variability
Sustainable Design

File:

Download Dissertation_Gopal_Nadadur.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy William Simpson, Committee Member
Jeremy J Michalek, Special Member
Arvind Rangaswamy, Committee Member
Ling Rothrock, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Garrett Powell

Title:

Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Particles at Ultra-high Pressures and Heating Rates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum combustion
nickel coating
ballistic compressor
particle ignition
thermobaric weapon modeling

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Pauley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor