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Author:

Buschman III, Francis Xavier

Title:

Development of a Liquid Jet Model for Implementation in a 3-Dimensional Eulerian Analysis Tool

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

thermal-hydraulics
Two-phase flow
Liquid Jets
Condensation
COBRA-TF

File:

Download FX_Buschman_III_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
"David L Aumiller, Jr", Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Jeffrey David

Title:

Flame-spreading phenomena in a head-end fin-slot segment of a subscale motor simulating the space shuttle boosters

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

flame-spreading
fin-slot motor
head-end segment
RSRM

File:

Download Jeff_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Tajiri, Kazuya

Title:

Startup Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells under Subzero Temperatures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
cold start
automotive

File:

Download dissertation_kazuya_tajiri.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Habte, Melaku

Title:

Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Two Phase Closed thermosyphon Cooling System for New Cold Neutron Source Moderator of Breazeale Research Reactor at Penn State

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Dryout Temperature
Two-phase CFD Modeling
FLUENT
Cold Neutron Source
Moderator Cooling
Nucleate Boiling
CFD
Two-Phase Heat Transfer
Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon
Cryogenic Temperatrure
Thermodynamics of Thermosyphon
Liquid Neon Cooling

File:

Download MelakuHabteDissertation2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Xiantao Li, Committee Member

Author:

Mukherjee, Partha Pratim

Title:

PORE-SCALE MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF THE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL CATALYST LAYER

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Catalyst Layer
Transport
Pore-Scale Modeling
Macroscopic Analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Partha_P._Mukherjee.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member