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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:

Akturk, Ali

Title:

DUCTED FAN INLET/EXIT AND ROTOR TIP FLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR VERTICAL LIFT SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ducted fan
Inlet flow distortion
Tip leakage
Tip leakage mitigation
Double ducted fan
Pressure side platform
Fan rotor tip loss
Tip treatment

File:

Download Ali_Akturk-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Shavalikul, Akamol

Title:

A TIME ACCURATE PREDICTION OF THE VISCOUS FLOW IN A TURBINE STAGE INCLUDING A ROTOR IN MOTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
time accurate prediction
turbine flow simulation
tip leakage

File:

Download Akamol_thesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Akdeniz, Bedirhan

Title:

IMPROVED NEUTRON KINETICS FOR COUPLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOILING WATER REACTOR ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Neutron Kinetics
Delayed Neutron
Importance Factor
Parameterization Technique
BWR

File:

Download Akdeniz_PhDthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence E Hochreiter, Committee Member
Yousry Y Azmy, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Erwin Müller, Committee Member
Dobromir Panayotov, Committee Member

Author:

Gumusel, Baris

Title:

AERODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER ASPECTS OF TIP AND CASING TREATMENTS USED FOR TURBINE TIP LEAKAGE CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbine Tip Leakage Control
Inclined Squealer Tip
Blade Tip Shape
Casing Treatment
Shroud Heat Transfer
Tip Leakage Desensitization

File:

Download Gumusel.Baris.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Bong Gun

Title:

PREDICTION OF SAND PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES AND SAND EROSION DAMAGE ON HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Particle Trajectory
Sand Erosion
Helicopter rotor blade

File:

Download Dissertation_BongGun_Aerospace_Engineering_May_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Debashis

Title:

AERODYNAMIC TIP DESENSITIZATION IN AXIAL FLOW TURBINES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine
turbomachinery heat transfer
turbomachinery aerodynamics
tip leakage

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Sastrapradja, Debbie

Title:

Rayleigh Streaming Simulation Using The Vorticity Transport Equation

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Rayleigh streaming
acoustic streaming
nonlinear acoustics
vorticity transport equation
stream function

File:

Download Debbie-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Kumbur, Emin Caglan

Title:

Fundamental Characterization of Multi-Phase Transport in Thin-Film Fuel Cell Diffusion Media

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Diffusion Media
Capillary Transport
Multi-Phase Transport
Porous Media
Water Management

File:

Download Kumbur-PhD-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kendra V Sharp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Buschman III, Francis Xavier

Title:

Development of a Liquid Jet Model for Implementation in a 3-Dimensional Eulerian Analysis Tool

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

thermal-hydraulics
Two-phase flow
Liquid Jets
Condensation
COBRA-TF

File:

Download FX_Buschman_III_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
"David L Aumiller, Jr", Committee Member

Author:

Sohn, Ilyoup

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Radiation from Hypersonic Flows using Monte Carlo Methods

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Radiation
Hypersonic
Monte Carlo Methods
Nonequilibrium

File:

Download mythesis_Sohn_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Michael F Modest, Committee Member

Author:

Palacios, Jose Luis

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an Ultrasonic De-Icing System for Helicopter Rotor Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

dispersion curves
icing rotor blades
ice protection
anti-icing
de-icing
ultrasound
wave structure
high power ultrasound

File:

Download Palacios_PhD_Thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Veltin, Jeremy

Title:

On the Characterization of Noise Sources in Supersonic Shock Containing Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

jet noise
aeroacoustic
supersonic pitot
schlieren
optical deflectometry
mach wave
correlation

File:

Download Thesis_J_Veltin_Vf.pdf

Committee Members:

D.K. McLaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
D.K. McLaughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Zhong, Jiaqiang

Title:

The Modeling of Homogeneous Condensation in Free-expanding Plumes with the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

free-expanding plume
condensation
DSMC

File:

Download Zhong-Jiaqiang-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member

Author:

Meholic, Michael James

Title:

The Development of a Non-Equilibrium Dispersed Flow Film Boiling Heat Transfer Modeling Package

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

mechanistic modeling
DFFB
heat transfer
film boiling
dispersed flow
post-CHF
COBRA-TF

File:

Download Meholic_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Avramova, Maria Nikolova

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE SPACER GRID MODEL UTILIZING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS WITHIN A SUBCHANNEL ANALYSIS TOOL

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal-hydraulics
sub-channel analysis
CFD
F-COBRA-TF
spacer grids

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_MariaAvramova_Fall2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lauewnce E Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Markus Glueck, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Rao, Nikhil Molahally

Title:

DESENSITIZATION OF OVER TIP LEAKAGE IN AN AXIAL TURBINE ROTOR BY TIP SURFACE COOLANT INJECTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Axial turbine
over tip leakage
tip leakage flow
tip surface coolant injection
turbine tip desensitization

File:

Download NikhilThesisF.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy F Miiler, Committee Member

Author:

Turgut, Ozhan Hulusi

Title:

NONAXISYMMETRIC ENDWALL CONTOURING AND LEADING EDGE MODIFICATIONS ON TURBINE NOZZLE GUIDE VANES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

nonaxisymmetric endwall contouring
secondary flows
gas turbine
leading edge fillets

File:

Download OzhanTurgut-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, 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:

Ergun, Sule

Title:

MODELING OF DISPERSED FLOW FILM BOILING WITH TWO FLOW, FIVE FIELD EULERIAN- EULERIAN APPROACH AND EFFECTS OF SPACER GRIDS ON HEAT TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

two phase flow modeling
dispersed flow film boiling
spacer grids
COBRA-TF

File:

Download Sule_Ergun_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence E Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member