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Author:

Matthews, Peter Joseph

Title:

Modeling Continuous-fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites for Exploration of Damage Tolerant Concepts

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

composites
delamination
damage

File:

Download MatthewsDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kevin L Koudela, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF SOLID-STATE SINTERING OF METAL POWDER COMPACT DOMINATED BY GRAIN BOUNDARY DIFFUSION

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

sintering simulation
finite element method
viscoelasticity
stainless steel 316L
metallography

File:

Download RuiZhang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Renata S Engel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randall M German, Committee Member
Nicholas John Salamon, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

Author:

Harris, Jason Thomas

Title:

Interface Characterization and Defect Evolution of Coated Samples Under Thermal and Pressure Transients

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

gun tube
coating
gun barrel
interface characterization
thermal and pressure transient
explicit
cohesive zone

File:

Download Jason_Harris_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Eliot Segall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Rob Carter, Special Member

Author:

Roy, Saswati

Title:

Numerical simulation using the generalized immersed finite element method: An application to hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
immersed finite element method
hydrocephalus
computational biomechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_Saswati_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Corina Stefania Drapaca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Luca Heltai, Special Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Special Member
Francesco Costanzo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sheldon, Jason Paul

Title:

A comparison of fluid-structure interaction coupling algorithms using the finite element method

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
coupling
finite element
algorithms
monolithic
partitioned

File:

Download JasonSheldon-MastersDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Panagiotis Michaleris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chillara, Vamshi Krishna

Title:

Towards improved Nde and Shm methodologies incorporating nonlinear structural features

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

NDE
SHM
Nonlinear ultrasonics
nonlinear guided waves
micromechanics
microstructure characterization
homogenization;

File:

Download Vamshi_Chillara-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member

Author:

Sheldon, Jason Paul

Title:

A Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Method For Modeling Fluid–structure Interaction

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin
Fluid-Structure Interaction
Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Navier-Stokes
Elastodynamics

File:

Download JasonSheldon-PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan S Pitt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Paris R Vonlockette, Special Member