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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:: Evans, Brian
Title:: Nozzle Erosion Characterization and Minimization for High-Pressure Rocket Motor Applications
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Carbon/Carbon Composites
Erosion Mitigation
Solid Propellant
Nozzle Erosion
Graphite
Rocket Motor Simulator
File:: Download BE_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: You, Danning
Title:: A THREE-DIMENSIONAL LINEAR ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF GAS-TURBINE COMBUSTION INSTABILITY
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: combustion instability
pressure wave
gas turbine
acoustics
liner
stability
File:: Download thesis-revised.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

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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:: Kudva, Gautam Narendra
Title:: A Study of Laser and Pressure-Driven Response Measurements for Solid Propellants at Low Pressure
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: laser-driven
response measurements
solid propellants
pressure-driven
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, 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:: Lee, Hyung Ju
Title:: COMBUSTION INSTABILITY MECHANISMS IN A LEAN PREMIXED GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: combustion instability
gas turbine combustor
lean premixed
turbulent combustion
flame-vortex interactions
equivalence ratio flucutaitons
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Hyung_Ju_Lee.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

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Author:: Boyer, J Eric
Title:: Combustion Characteristics and Flame Structure of Nitromethane Liquid Monopropellant
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: monopropellant
liquid propellant
nitromethane
combustion
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member

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Author:: Sabourin, Justin Leo
Title:: High Temperature Heterogeneous Reaction Kinetics and Mechanisms of Tungsten Oxidation
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: rocket nozzles
thermogravimetry
kinetics
oxidation
tungsten
metal oxidation
graphite
File:: Download Written_Dissertation_-_Justin_Sabourin.pdf
Committee Members:: Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Grant Alexander Risha, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, 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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