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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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Author:: Bhattacharjee, Subhasish
Title:: Pdf Modeling of High-pressure Turbulent Spray Combustion under Diesel-engine-like Conditions
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Turbulence
Combustion
TCI
WSR
PDF
File:: Download Subhasish-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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Author:: Gott, Kevin Nathaniel
Title:: A Hybrid CFD-DSMC Model Designed to Simulate Rapidly Rarefying Flow Fields and its Application to Physical Vapor Deposition
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Physical Vapor Deposition
CFD
DSMC
Multi-physics Modeling
Vacuum
Coatings
File:: Download KGott_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

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Author:: Prabhakar, Bhaskar
Title:: Examination of Egr Cooler Fouling and Engine Efficiency Improvement in Compression Ignition Engines
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: EGR Cooler Fouling
High Efficiency Combustion
Dual Fuel Combustion
Clean Diesel Technology
File:: Download Bhaskar_Prabhakar_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

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Author:: Bunce, Nicholas Allen
Title:: Flame transfer function measurements and mechanisms in a single-nozzle combustor
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: combustion
gas turbine
flame response
swirling
File:: Download NicholasBunce-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

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Author:: Feldick, Andrew Mark
Title:: Coupled Nonequilibrium Flow, Energy And Radiation Transport For Hypersonic Planetary Entry
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Radiation
Hypersonic Flow
Hypersonic
RTE
Monte Carlo
File:: Download AndrewFeldick-Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah Levin, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Roy, Somesh Prasad
Title:: Aerosol-dynamics-based soot modeling of flames
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: soot modeling
discrete sectional model
method of moments
aerosol dynamics
laminar flame
direct numerical simulation
File:: Download spr177-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhao, Xinyu
Title:: Transported Probability Density Function Methods for Coal Combustion: Toward High Temperature Oxy-coal for Direct Power Extraction
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: oxy-coal combustion
combustion modeling
probability density function method
spectral photon Monte Carlo
finite-rate chemistry
File:: Download xzz105-dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

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Author:: Ji, Yan
Title:: Low-temperature Operation of Li-ion Batteries for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: lithium
battery
electrochemistry
modeling
low temperature
electric vehicles
File:: Download YanJi_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Special Member

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Author:: Barrientos, Eduardo Jose
Title:: Impact of Oxygenated Fuels on Sooting Tendency and Soot Oxidative Reactivity with Application to Biofuels
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Oxygenated Fuels
Sooting Tendency
Soot Oxidative Reactivity
Smoke Point
Diffusion Flames
PM emissions
File:: Download Barrientos_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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