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31. Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll

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Author:
Smith, Kevin
Title:
Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
wave breaking
tumblehome
oscillating cylinder
prescribed motion
RANS
CFD
VOF
6DOF
seakeeping
wave impact
wave model
free surface
sponge layer
numerical beach
dissipation zone
box barge
mesh motion
deep water
shallow water
non reflecting boundary condition
openfoam
finite volume method
wave dissipation
impact load scaling
File:
Download KevinSmithMSThesisPSUETDr2.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

32. DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND RADIATION MONTE CARLO FOR TURBULENCE−RADIATION INTERACTIONS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEMS

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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

33. Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways

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Author:
Jerath, Kshitij
Title:
Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
traffic jams
traffic
self-organized
self organization
adaptive cruise control
congestion
multi-agent systems
File:
Download Thesis_20100412_v6.3.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

34. Forced Response of Swirl Stabilized Flames in Hydrogen Enriched Gas Turbines

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Open Access
Author:
KIM, KYU TAE
Title:
Forced Response of Swirl Stabilized Flames in Hydrogen Enriched Gas Turbines
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
hydrogen
combustion instability
flame transfer function
partially premixed
swirl stabilized
File:
Download KTKim.pdf
Committee Members:
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Steven Lurie Garrett, Committee Member

35. SOUND ATTENUATIONS OF AXIAL FAN BLADE TONES USING FLOW-DRIVEN TUNABLE RESONATOR ARRAYS

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Author:
Gorny, Lee James
Title:
SOUND ATTENUATIONS OF AXIAL FAN BLADE TONES USING FLOW-DRIVEN TUNABLE RESONATOR ARRAYS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Rotor Stator
Dipole Source
Flow Driven Source
Axial
Resonators
Fan Noise
Interaction Noise
File:
Download Gorny_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Koopmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dean Capone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member
John Brian Fahnline, Committee Member

37. CHARACTERIZATION OF BLASTS FROM LABORATORY-SCALE COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES

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Author:
Biss, Matthew Michael
Title:
CHARACTERIZATION OF BLASTS FROM LABORATORY-SCALE COMPOSITE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Laboratory-scale
Booster charge
Composite explosive charges
Shadowgraph visualization
TNT equivalent
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation-Matthew_Michael_Biss.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Stuart Settles, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Daniel Linzell, Committee Member
Michael J Hargather, Committee Member

38. Geometric Effects of Flow Restrictions and Configurations on Interfacial Structures in Two-Phase Flow

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Author:
Yadav, Mohan Singh
Title:
Geometric Effects of Flow Restrictions and Configurations on Interfacial Structures in Two-Phase Flow
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Flow restrictions
two-phase bubbly flow
interfacial area concentration
void fraction
File:
Download YADAV_MS_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

39. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MODELING OF WATER AND THERMAL TRANSPORT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND STACK

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Author:
Khandelwal, Manish
Title:
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MODELING OF WATER AND THERMAL TRANSPORT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND STACK
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Fuel Cell
Modeling
Stack
two-phase
Thermo-osmosis
File:
Download khandelwal_PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

40. CHEMICAL EROSION OF GRAPHITE AND REFRACTORY METAL NOZZLES AND ITS MITIGATION IN SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS

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Author:
Thakre, Piyush K
Title:
CHEMICAL EROSION OF GRAPHITE AND REFRACTORY METAL NOZZLES AND ITS MITIGATION IN SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTORS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
refractory metal nozzles
solid-propellant rocket motors
erosion mitigation
graphite/carbon-carbon nozzles
nozzle erosion
File:
Download PhD-Thesis-Final__Piyush_Thakre_.pdf
Committee Members:
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member