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Author:

Kumar, Rakesh

Title:

Development of a Kinetic Particle-based Method to Model the Multi-scale Physics of Expanding Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
DSMC-ESBGK hybrid method
Particle-particle hybrid scheme
homogeneous condensation modeling

File:

Download DissertationRK.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Borner, Arnaud

Title:

Use of Advanced Particle Methods in Modeling Space Propulsion and its Supersonic Expansions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Dynamics
Water
Electrospray
DSMC
Electric Field
Ionic Liquid
Coarse-Grained

File:

Download AB-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Parsons, Neal S

Title:

Improved Molecular Collision Models for Nonequilibrium Rarefied Gases

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rarefied Gases
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo
Nonequilibrium Gases
Reacting Flows
Hypersonics
Planetary Science

File:

Download ParsonsDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member