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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

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

Author:

Schroeder, Robert Paul

Title:

Influence of In-Hole Roughness and High Freestream Turbulence on Film Cooling From a Shaped Hole

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

film cooling
rough wall
gas turbine heat transfer
detached jet
shaped hole
viscous sublayer

File:

Download SchroederDissertFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Brent Craven, Committee Member
James Heidmann, Special Member

Author:

Haussener, Tyler Kress

Title:

Determining the Effects of Increased Volume Fraction of Barium Hexaferrite as a Magnetic Filler in Magneto-Active Elastomers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Ferrite
X-ray Diffraction
Magneto-active elastomers
Vibrating Sample Magnetometry
Magneto-rheological elastomers
Magnetic Materials

File:

Download Haussener_Tyler_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

KANTAREDDY, SAI NITHIN REDDY

Title:

Designing for Metal Additive Manufacturing: Design Challenges with Three Industry Relevant Components

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laser-based powder bed fusion
Additive Manufacturing
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Topology Optimization
Lightweighting
Lattice Structures
Design Workflow

File:

Download Thesis-nithin-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Frecker, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Arora, Prashant

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR TO EVALUATE DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Driving Simulator
Autonomous Environments
Scenario Authoring

File:

Download Thesis_PrashantArora_Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Kenneth Phillip

Title:

Sealing Effectiveness of a Turbine Rim Seal at Engine-Relevant Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

turbomachinery
turbine
rim seals
hot gas ingestion
experimental
engine relevant

File:

Download Dissertation_Ken_Clark.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member

Author:

Pradeep Kumar, Arjun

Title:

EFFICIENT COMPUTATION OF FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF MULTI-DEGREE OF FREEDOM NON-LINEAR VIBRATIONAL SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

frequency sweep
interpolation
Padé’s interpolation technique
nonlinear systems
structural acoustics
structural dynamics
finite element method

File:

Download Thesis_ARJUN_PradeepKumar.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Papavizas, Nicholas Carroll

Title:

Modeling Dynamic Instability of Off-Highway Mining Dump Trucks

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Haul Trucks
Off-Highway Vehicles
Vibrations
Dynamic Instability
Mining Trucks
Vehicle Dynamics
Stability
Power Hop
OHVs

File:

Download Papavizas_Thesis_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Stimpson, Curtis Kent

Title:

Cooling Performance of Additively Manufactured Microchannels and Film Cooling Holes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Convection
Heat Transfer
Microchannel
Roughness
Film Cooling
Laser Powder Bed Fusion

File:

Download StimpsonPhDDissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Outside Member