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Author:: Robert, Ashish
Title:: Fundamental physics underlying polymer drag reduction from DNS of homogeneous shear and isotropic turbulence with the FENE-P model
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Homogeneous isotropic turbulence
Homogeneous shear turbulence
Polymer drag reduction
DNS
File:: Download PhD_Thesis_of_Ashish_Robert.pdf
Committee Members:: James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Anquan
Title:: Investigation of Turbulence-Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Flames Using a Hybrid Finite Volume/Monte Carlo Approach
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: gas radiative properties
flame
turbulence-radiation interactions
combustion
thermal radiation
composition PDF
Monte Carlo methods
File:: Download Anquan-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Paul E Plassmann, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member

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Author:: Gupta, Ankur
Title:: Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flames with Radiation Heat Transfer
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Filtered-density function
Photon Monte Carlo
Turbulence-radiation interaction
Large-eddy simulation
Combustion
Thermal radiation
Turbulence-chemistry interaction
Probability density function
File:: Download Ankur_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

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Author:: Kung, Eugene Hans
Title:: PDF-Based Modeling of Autoignition and Emissions for Advanced Direct-Injection Engines
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Emissions Modeling
Internal Combustion Engine
PDF Method
NOx
CO
Hydrocarbon
Soot
Turbulence/Chemistry Interactions
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Pal, Gopalendu
Title:: SPECTRAL MODELING OF RADIATION IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: k-distribution methods
radiation transport equation
turbulence-radiation interactions
nonpremixed jet flames
spectral model
File:: Download Dissertation_Gopalendu_pal.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael F Modest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member

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Author:: Huo, Hongfa
Title:: LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND COMBUSTION
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Turbulent combustion
Supercritical combustion
swirl coaxial injector
LOX/Methane combustion
Supercritical mixing
shear coaxial injector
File:: Download Hongfa_Huo_PhD_dissertation_final_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Jaishree, Jaishree
Title:: LAGRANGIAN AND EULERIAN PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION METHODS FOR TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Nonpremixed turbulent flames; Probability density
File:: Download Jaishree-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, 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:: Bhatia, Krishan Kumar
Title:: STUDY OF A METHANOL REFORMING POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: fuel cell
hybrid vehicle
reforming
CO poisoning
File:: Download Krishan_Kumar_Bhatia_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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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

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