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Author:

Boger, David

Title:

A Continuous Adjoint Approach to Design Optimization in Multiphase Flow

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

continuous adjoint
multiphase flow
cavitation
shape optimization
barotropic model
transport-equation-based model

File:

Download Boger_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric G Paterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric G Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Luigi Martinelli, Special Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Aslan, Erhan

Title:

Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coalbed methane
local grid refinement
coalbed methane simulator
shrinkage and swelling
parallel processing

File:

Download Erhan_Aslan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Bunce, Nicholas Allen

Title:

Flame transfer function measurements and mechanisms in a single-nozzle combustor

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion
gas turbine
flame response
swirling

File:

Download NicholasBunce-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member