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Author:

Green, Darren Vincent

Title:

Development of a Piezoelectric Micro Engine Using Pulsed Catalytic Combustion

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

micro engine
piezoelectric
catalytic combustion
micro power

File:

Download D_Green_Thesis_2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kendra Sharp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyung Ju

Title:

COMBUSTION INSTABILITY MECHANISMS IN A LEAN PREMIXED GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
gas turbine combustor
lean premixed
turbulent combustion
flame-vortex interactions
equivalence ratio flucutaitons

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Hyung_Ju_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member

Author:

Casiano, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Extensions to the Time Lag Models for Practical Application to Rocket Engine Stability Design

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

concentrated combustion
helium injection
time lag models
combustion stability
throttling
damping

File:

Download CasianoDissertationFinaleTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Tomas E Nesman, Committee Member

Author:

Orawannukul, Poravee

Title:

An experimental study of forced flame response in technically premixed flame in a lean premixed gas turbine combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Forced flame response
technically premixed flames
combustion instabilities
flame transfer function

File:

Download Poravee_Orawannukul.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

Author:

Szedlmayer, Michael Thomas

Title:

An Experimental Study of the Velocity-Forced Flame Response of Lean-Fremixed Multi-Nozzle Can Combustor for Gas Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
natural gas turbine
acoustics
thermodynamics
vortex formation

File:

Download Szedlmayer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Horatio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member

Author:

De Rosa, Alexander John

Title:

The effect of confinement on lean-premixed, swirl stabilized flame response

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion dynamics
combustion instability
combustion confinement
instability confinement

File:

Download DeRosa-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

O'meara, Bridget C

Title:

An experimental study of the effect of a pilot flame on technically pre-mixed, self-excited combustion instabilities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
combustion dynamics
pilot flame
technically pre-mixed
self-excited instabilities

File:

Download BridgetOMeara_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Sim, Hyung Sub

Title:

Understanding the role of multifunctional nanoengineered particulate additives on supercritical pyrolysis and combustion of hydrocarbon fuels/propellants

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Supercritical Pyrolysis
Supercritical Combustion
Particulate Fuel Additives
Graphene
Platinum Nanoparticles
Hydrocarbons

File:

Download Hyung_Sub_Sim_-_Final_PhD_Thesis_May_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member