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Author:

Huo, Hongfa

Title:

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUID FLOW AND COMBUSTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulent combustion
Supercritical combustion
swirl coaxial injector
LOX/Methane combustion
Supercritical mixing
shear coaxial injector

File:

Download Hongfa_Huo_PhD_dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Jian

Title:

IGNITION TRANSIENT IN AN ETHYLENE FUELED SCRAMJET ENGINE WITH AIR THROTTLING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

supersonic combustion
Scramjet
CFD
air throttling

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Jian_Li_March_27.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Liangyu

Title:

DETAILED CHEMISTRY, SOOT, AND RADIATION CALCULATIONS IN TURBULENT REACTING FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oxygen-enriched combustion
thermal radiation
soot modeling
detailed chemistry
turbulent combustion

File:

Download thesis_liangyu.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard C Benson, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Zhang, Liwei

Title:

FLOW DYNAMICS AND SCALAR MIXING OF TRANSVERSE JETS INTO CROSSFLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

large eddy simulation
jet in crossflow
turbulent mixing
jet stability
external excitations
supersonic flow

File:

Download LiweiZhang_PhDthesis_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Tao

Title:

SHEAR-COAXIAL INJECTION AND MIXING OF CRYOGENIC FLUIDS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

LES
supercritical
jet
turbulence

File:

Download ThesisMaster-Tao_Liu_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

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

Author:

Roy, Somesh Prasad

Title:

Aerosol-dynamics-based soot modeling of flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soot modeling
discrete sectional model
method of moments
aerosol dynamics
laminar flame
direct numerical simulation

File:

Download spr177-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

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

Author:

Wang, Yefu

Title:

effects of fuel molecular structures on pollutants in co-flow laminar flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fuel
molecular structure
co-flow laminar flame
soot
aromatic species
LII
LIF
laser diagnostics

File:

Download EFFECTS_OF_FUEL_MOLECULAR_STRUCTURES_ON_POLLUTANTS_IN_CO-FLOW_LAMINAR_FLAMES.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Litzinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Donald Richards, Committee Member

Author:

Dasgupta, Adhiraj Kishore

Title:

Numerical Simulation of AxiSymmetric Laminar Diffusion Flames with Soot

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

soot
laminar flames
OpenFOAM
diffusion flames
CFD modeling

File:

Download akd144_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Special Member

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