1. Development of a Pressure Sensing System for a Left Ventricular Assist Device Open Access Author: Fritz, Bryan Title: Development of a Pressure Sensing System for a Left Ventricular Assist Device Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: inlet pressureblood pressurenon-invasiveLVAD File: Download Master_Thesis_Bryan_Fritz.pdfDownload Fritz_-_Revised_Chapter_4.pdf Committee Members: Drs Gerson Rosenberg/Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGerson Rosenberg, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll Open Access 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 breakingtumblehomeoscillating cylinderprescribed motionRANSCFDVOF6DOFseakeepingwave impactwave modelfree surfacesponge layernumerical beachdissipation zonebox bargemesh motiondeep watershallow waternon reflecting boundary conditionopenfoamfinite volume methodwave dissipationimpact load scaling File: Download KevinSmithMSThesisPSUETDr2.pdf Committee Members: Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF SINGLE PHASE AND CAVITATING FLOWS USING AN OPEN SOURCE CFD TOOL Open Access Author: Erney, Robert Wade Title: VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF SINGLE PHASE AND CAVITATING FLOWS USING AN OPEN SOURCE CFD TOOL Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: validationverificationopenFOAMcfdcavitationhydrodynamic benchmark File: Download RobertErneyThesis.pdf Committee Members: Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Effect of Grid Topology and Resolution on Computation of Steady and Unsteady Internal Flows Open Access Author: McHale, Steven Patrick Title: Effect of Grid Topology and Resolution on Computation of Steady and Unsteady Internal Flows Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: openfoampulsatileinternal flowgrid topologygrid study File: Download MastersThesis.pdf Committee Members: Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. Modeling Laser-generated Cavitation Bubbles Open Access Author: Christian, Cinnamon Maria Title: Modeling Laser-generated Cavitation Bubbles Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: cavitationlaser-generated bubblesCFDmultiphase flow File: Download Cinnamon_M_Christian-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorArnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. Cavitation Inception for Non-elliptically Loaded Fins Open Access Author: Hanson, David Royal Title: Cavitation Inception for Non-elliptically Loaded Fins Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: CavitationVortex Lattice TheoryTip Vortex CavitationParticle Image VelocimetryAcoustic Measurements File: Download DavidHansonThesisFinal.pdf Committee Members: Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor