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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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Author:: Mehta, Ranjan S.
Title:: Detailed Modeling of Soot Formation and Turbulence--Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Jet Flames
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Combustion
Turbulent Flames
Radiation
Soot Formation
PDF Methods
Turbulence-Radiation Interactions
Turbulence-Chemistry Interactions
Method of Moments
File:: Download Ranjan_Mehta_Dissertation_2008.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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Author:: Kirsch, Kathryn Louise
Title:: Pin Fin Surface Heat Transfer in Arrays of Oblong-shaped Pins
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: heat transfer
gas turbine
internal cooling
File:: Download Kirsch_MS_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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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Author:: Sarkar, Soumalya
Title:: Hierarchical Symbolic Perception in Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Symbolic Dynamics
Data Driven
Hierarchical approach
Multi-scale analysis
Combustion Instability
Fault detection
File:: Download Dissertation_Soumalya_Sarkar_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Shashi Phoha, Committee Member
Thomas Wettergren, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

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Author:: Gibson, Jeffrey Reed
Title:: Geometric Effects on Static Turbine Rim Seals
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Rim Seal
Hot Gas Ingress
Cavity
Flow field
Sealing Effectiveness
File:: Download Gibson_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

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Author:: Nabil, Mahdi
Title:: Computational Investigation of High-Flux Heating of Supercritical Fluids in Microscale Geometries
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Supercritical fluid
Carbon dioxide
Microchannels
Heat exchanger
Large eddy simulation
Mixed convection
Supercritical Fluid
Carbon Dioxide
Micro-pin-fins
Heat Exchanger
Large Eddy Simulation
Mixed Convection
File:: Download PhDDissertation_MNabil.pdf
Committee Members:: Alexander S Rattner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander S Rattner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Saltzman, David
Title:: An experimental investigation of the heat transfer and fluid mechanics of metal additively manufactured compact heat exchanger fins
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Metal additive manufacturing
heat exchanger
offset strip fin
LDV
File:: Download Dissertation_Saltzman_Revised_FormatReviewed_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen P Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member
Timothy W. Simpson, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Kazmouz, Samuel
Title:: Large-Eddy Simulations of Motored Flow and Combustion in a Stratified-Charge Direct-Injection Spark-Ignition Engine
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Internal Combustion Engines
Large-Eddy Simulation
Cycle-to-Cycle Variations
Stratified-Charge Combustion
Gasoline-Direct-Injection Engine
File:: Download SamuelJKazmouz-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Antonia O'Connor, Committee Member
Yuan Xuan, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Outside Member
Stephen R Turns, Special Member
Robert John Santoro, Special Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

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