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321. Modeling Gas Purge and Three-phase Transients in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

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Author:
Nandy, Ashis
Title:
Modeling Gas Purge and Three-phase Transients in a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
PEM Fuel Cell
Three-phase transients
Cold start
Gas purge
Catalyst layer
File:
Download Ashis_Nandy_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

322. modeling and analysis of lead-acid batteries with hybrid lead and carbon negative electrodes

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Open Access
Author:
Gou, Jun
Title:
modeling and analysis of lead-acid batteries with hybrid lead and carbon negative electrodes
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
modeling
lead-acid batteries
carbon electrodes
hybrid electrodes
gassing
current partitioning
File:
Download Jun_Gou_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

323. Situation Awareness and Adaptive Decision-Making in Autonomous Systems via Symbolic Learning

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Open Access
Author:
Jin, Xin
Title:
Situation Awareness and Adaptive Decision-Making in Autonomous Systems via Symbolic Learning
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
situation awareness
decision making
autonomous system
machine learning
autonomous navigation
sensor fusion
File:
Download Dissertation_XinJin_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Special Member

324. Effect of Aromatic Components in Surrogate Fuels on Soot in Co-flow Flames and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor

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Author:
Iyer, Venkatesh Ramasubramanian
Title:
Effect of Aromatic Components in Surrogate Fuels on Soot in Co-flow Flames and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Soot
diffusion flames
surrogate fuels
Threshold Soot Index
smoke point
aromatic compounds.
File:
Download Thesis_Venkatesh_Iyer.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Litzinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

325. Computational Exploration of High Power Operation in Porous Flow Field Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells with a Validated Model

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Open Access
Author:
Zheng, Lijuan
Title:
Computational Exploration of High Power Operation in Porous Flow Field Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells with a Validated Model
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer electrolyte fuel cell
porous flow field
multi-phase model
high power density operation
anode dry-out
net water drag
File:
Download Final_Dissertation_03_05_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew M Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member

326. Effects of turbulence-chemistry interactions in direct-injection compression-ignition engines

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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

327. Pdf Modeling of High-pressure Turbulent Spray Combustion under Diesel-engine-like Conditions

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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

329. Erosion of Carbon-cloth Phenolic Nozzles in Rocket Motors with Aluminized Solid Propellant

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Open Access
Author:
Cortopassi, Andrew Claude
Title:
Erosion of Carbon-cloth Phenolic Nozzles in Rocket Motors with Aluminized Solid Propellant
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
nozzle erosion
carbon-cloth phenolic
real-time X-ray radiograph
File:
Download Cortopassi_Dec_2012.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth K Kuo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Deborah Levin, Committee Member

330. A Hybrid CFD-DSMC Model Designed to Simulate Rapidly Rarefying Flow Fields and its Application to Physical Vapor Deposition

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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