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Author:: Ma, Fuhua
Title:: Thrust Chamber Dynamics and Propulsive Performance of Airbreathing Pulse Detonation Engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: propulsive performance
pulse detonation engine
supersonic inlet
multicycle
multitube
CE/SE method
File:: Download PhDThesis_Ma.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

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Author:: Tallman, James Albert
Title:: A Computational Study of Tip Desensitization in Axial Flow Turbines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Tip Treatment
Tip Desensitization
Leakage Vortex
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbine
Leakage Flow
Axial Flow Turbine
File:: Download James_Tallman_PhD_Thesis_2002.pdf
Committee Members:: Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
L Joel Peltier, Committee Member
Dr Edward Hall, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Jian
Title:: IGNITION TRANSIENT IN AN ETHYLENE FUELED SCRAMJET ENGINE WITH AIR THROTTLING
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: supersonic combustion
Scramjet
CFD
air throttling
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Jian_Li_March_27.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Liwei
Title:: FLOW DYNAMICS AND SCALAR MIXING OF TRANSVERSE JETS INTO CROSSFLOWS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: large eddy simulation
jet in crossflow
turbulent mixing
jet stability
external excitations
supersonic flow
File:: Download LiweiZhang_PhDthesis_2011.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

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Author:: Hoskins, Meghan E
Title:: Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamics Tool to Explore the Interactions between Cancer Cells and Leukocytes
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: computational fluid dynamics
cell adhesion
neutrophils
melanoma
computational structural mechanics
File:: Download Hoskins-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Cheng Dong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Keefe B Manning, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member

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Author:: Hill, Matthew John
Title:: A Computational Investigation of Gear Windage
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
gear windage
File:: Download mjhill-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Lyle Norman Long, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Surendra B Rao, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Kinzel, Michael Patrick
Title:: Computational Techniques and Analysis of Cavitating-Fluid Flows
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Cavitation
Multiphase flows
level set
overset grids
computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
File:: Download mpkThesisFinalDraft.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
David N Hill, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Member
Ralph W Noack, Committee Member

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Author:: Puri, Puneesh
Title:: Multi Scale Modeling of Ignition and Combustion of Micro and Nano Aluminum Particles
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Ignition and Combustion
Energetic Materials
Nano Scales
Aluminum
Modeling
Molecular Dynamics
File:: Download PhD_Thesis-Puneesh_Puri.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Dr Steve Son, Committee Member

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Author:: Medvitz, Richard B
Title:: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC METHODOLOGY FOR BLOOD PUMP DESIGN ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF THROMBUS POTENTIAL
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
File:: Download RichardMedvitz-Dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric G Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Leomard Joel Peltier, Committee Member

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