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Author:

Robert, Ashish

Title:

Fundamental physics underlying polymer drag reduction from DNS of homogeneous shear and isotropic turbulence with the FENE-P model

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Homogeneous isotropic turbulence
Homogeneous shear turbulence
Polymer drag reduction
DNS

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_of_Ashish_Robert.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Zong, Nan

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Cryogenic Fluid Injection and Mixing Dynamics under Supercritical Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

General Fluid Thermodynamics
Supercritical Jet
Mixing Layer
Preconditioning Method

File:

Download Thesis_Final_EDIT.pdf

Committee Members:

Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shanwu

Title:

VORTICAL FLOW DYNAMICS AND ACOUSTIC RESPONSE OF GAS-TURBINE SWIRL-STABILIZED INJECTORS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Swirling Flows
injector dynamics
POD
mode competition
large eddy simulation
mode competition
acoustic admittance
acoustic respons
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
vortex breakdown

File:

Download Shanwu_Wang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member