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Author:: Vadvadgi, Aneesh Sridhar
Title:: CALCULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN GAS TURBINE ROTOR-STATOR CAVITIES USING CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
Conjugate heat transfer
gas turbine
File:: Download Calculation_of_Temperatures_in_Gas_Turbine_Rotor_Stator_Cavities_Using_Conjugate_Heat_Transfer.pdf
Committee Members:: Savash Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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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

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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

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Author:: Radespiel, Eduardo
Title:: A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL DESCRIBING TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR IN HORIZONTAL WELLS: INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF USING A DOWNHOLE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: wellbore temperature
flux vector splitting
wellbore-reservoir coupling
black-oil
reservoir simulation
non-isothermal
horizontal well
File:: Download 2010_PhD_Radespiel.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin / Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Ronaldo Vicente, Committee Member

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Author:: Alpman, Emre
Title:: Reynolds Stress Modeling of Separated Turbulent Flows over Helicopters
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Reynolds Stress Model
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Parallel Processing
Helicopter Fuselage Aerodynamics
Separated Flow
File:: Download EmreAlpmanPhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Yousry Y Azmy, Committee Member

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Author:: Ozden, Hatice Ozlem
Title:: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF REDUCTION IN FOULING BY LOW ENERGY SURFACES
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: protein denaturation
Fouling
contact angle
FLUENT
plate heat exchanger
beta lactoglobulin
milk pasteurization
wettability
File:: Download Hatice_O_Ozden_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Virendra Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

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Author:: Wu, Haijun
Title:: NUMERICAL MODEL FOR ISOBARIC STEAM HEATING OF INITIALLY SATURATED PACKED BEDS
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: Numerical Modeling
Heat and Mass Transfer
Saturated Steam
Segmented-Flow Aseptic Processing
Packed Beds
File:: Download Dissertation_Haijun_Wu.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Walker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Walker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, 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:: Kane, Mangesh Ashok
Title:: STUDY OF GAS TURBINE BLADE CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER TO DETERMINE BLADE TEMPERATURES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: conjugate heat transfer
gas turbine
File:: Download Thesis_Mangesh_Kane.pdf
Committee Members:: Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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