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Author:

Isaacson, Aaron

Title:

A Strain Rate Sensitivity Investigation of Aerospace Steel Gear Teeth Via Instrumented Impact Testing

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

strain rate sensitivity
aerospace high hot hardness gear steels
instrumented impact testing

File:

Download Isaacson_Thesis_Final_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen M Copley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Surendra B Rao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mensch, Amy

Title:

A Study on the Sooting Tendency of Jet Fuel Surrogates Using the Threshold Soot Index

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

surrogate
smoke point
TSI
JP-8

File:

Download MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Litzinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bommareddi, Anveshan

Title:

AN ENGINE OIL LIFE ALGORITHM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

oil change interval
algorithm
operating conditions
driving conditions
simulations

File:

Download Anveshan_Bommareddi_MS_Thesis_09.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bansal, Ankit

Title:

CORRELATED-k METHOD FOR SOLVING ATOMIC RADIATION PROBLEM IN HYPERSONIC NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypersonic
shock-layer
nonequilibrium
radiation
k-distribution
spectral models
plasma

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael F Modest, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Prabhakar, Bhaskar

Title:

Effect of common rail pressure on the relationship between BSFC and BSPM at NOx parity.

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

injection timing
NOx
BSPM
BSFC
rail pressure

File:

Download Bhaskar_Prabhakar_MS_thesis_09.pdf

Committee Members:

Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Garneau, Christopher John

Title:

Investigation of Accommodation for Products Designed for Human Variability

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

accommodation
probability
preference
dfhv
dimensional optimization
anthropometry
design decision-making
visualization

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Santarelli, David

Title:

An Energy Harvesting Device for Powering Rotor Load Monitoring Sensors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Harvesting
Rotorcraft
Loads Monitoring

File:

Download THESIS_Santarelli.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Boyd, Eric R.

Title:

Ignition and Combustion of Nickel Coated and Uncoated Aluminum Particles in Hot Post-Flame Gas Environment

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nickel Coating
Gas Burner
Combustion
Aluminum

File:

Download E_Boyd_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zafred, Gianfranco Alexio

Title:

Electrochemical Conversion of Radioactive Gas Phase Species

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

radioactive
Electrochemical

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Musgrove, Grant Omer

Title:

Computational Predictions and Experimental Measurements of the Performance of a Louver Particle Separator for Use in Gas Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

louver
particle
sand
separator
turbine

File:

Download Grant_Musgrove_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Neely, Gaelyn L

Title:

HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATION IN RIB TURBULATED FLOW

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
friction factor
internal flow
ribs

File:

Download Gaelyn_Neely_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Corl, Jonas Daniel

Title:

A COMPARISON OF HELICOPTER ACTIVE ROTOR GUST REJECTION AND VIBRATION ALLEVIATION METHODS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
swashplate
active rotor

File:

Download JonasCorlMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Koncoski, Jeremy J

Title:

A REDUCED ORDER MODEL OF PROPELLER UNSTEADY FORCES FOR COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

propeller
unsteady force
model
CFD
computational fluid dynamics

File:

Download koncoski_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Eric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric G Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Slade, Jeffrey Lawrence

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OFF-ROAD RIGID RING MODEL FOR TRUCK TIRES USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Rigid ring model off-road truck tire finite elemen

File:

Download Jeff_Slade_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Moustafa El Gindy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin L Koudela, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stine, Jason S.

Title:

Analyzing Highway Median Safety Through Vehicle Dynamics Simulations

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vehicle dynamics
Median safety
Vehicle rollover
Cross-median collisions

File:

Download Stine_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Kevin

Title:

Computation of Viscous Multiphase Hydrodynamics and Ship Motions During Wave-Slap Events and Wave Excited Roll

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

wave breaking
tumblehome
oscillating cylinder
prescribed motion
RANS
CFD
VOF
6DOF
seakeeping
wave impact
wave model
free surface
sponge layer
numerical beach
dissipation zone
box barge
mesh motion
deep water
shallow water
non reflecting boundary condition
openfoam
finite volume method
wave dissipation
impact load scaling

File:

Download KevinSmithMSThesisPSUETDr2.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paterson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jerath, Kshitij

Title:

Impact of Adaptive Cruise Control on the Formation of Self-organized Traffic Jams on Highways

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

traffic jams
traffic
self-organized
self organization
adaptive cruise control
congestion
multi-agent systems

File:

Download Thesis_20100412_v6.3.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kane, Mangesh Ashok

Title:

STUDY OF GAS TURBINE BLADE CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER TO DETERMINE BLADE TEMPERATURES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

conjugate heat transfer
gas turbine

File:

Download Thesis_Mangesh_Kane.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yadav, Mohan Singh

Title:

Geometric Effects of Flow Restrictions and Configurations on Interfacial Structures in Two-Phase Flow

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Flow restrictions
two-phase bubbly flow
interfacial area concentration
void fraction

File:

Download YADAV_MS_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sheth, Preyank R.

Title:

VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS IN A HIGH-SPEED FLOW THROUGH A SQUARE DUCT CONTAINING A $90^circ$ BEND

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

square duct
experimental
90 degree bend
turbulent flow
Particle image velocimetry

File:

Download FinalMSThesis_PreyankSheth_Dec09.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Kendra Sharp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kendra V Sharp, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Buxton, Rebecca

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF POROUS SEA BOTTOMS ON THE PROPAGATION OF UNDERWATER SHOCK WAVES USING THE P-α EQUATION OF STATE

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

P-α equation of state
underwater explosion
shock reflection
porous media

File:

Download Buxton_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Hugo Koopmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Hugo Koopmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Naffin, Richard Keith

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYTICAL DESIGN TOOL FOR JOURNAL BEARINGS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

journal bearing design

File:

Download Naffin_FinalSubmit.pdf

Committee Members:

Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Liming Chang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Rong

Title:

Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Aluminum/Water Reaction Using Reactive Force Field

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum water reaction
reactive force field

File:

Download Thesis_Rong_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fakhri, Syed Abdul Khader

Title:

A STUDY ON THE ATOMIZATION AND SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS OF GELLED SIMULANTS FORMED BY TWO IMPINGING JETS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

GHP
Hypergolic
Proplellants
Gelled Hypergolic Propellants
Atomization
Spray
Nozzle
Sheet
Simulant
Nozzle Jet

File:

Download Thesis_-_Syed_Fakhri.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jongguen Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard A Yetter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Frymire, Stephen Paul

Title:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SECURITY-SCREENING PORTAL FOR HUMAN AERODYNAMIC WAKE SAMPLING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Trace Collection
Aerodynamic Sampling
Impactor

File:

Download Frymire2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Red Cloud-Owen, Susan S.

Title:

IMPACT OF CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY ON MIXED CULTURE SINGLE CHAMBER MICROBIAL FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE AND ANODIC BACTERIAL VIABILITY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

curve-crossing
microbial fuel cell
cyclic voltammetry
biofilm
MFC

File:

Download RED_CLOUD_OWEN_MS_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Suyi

Title:

A Variable Transverse Stiffness Structure using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC)

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fluidic flexible matrix composite
honeycomb structures
sandwich beam
variable stiffness

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Suyi_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kalaskar, Vickey Baliram

Title:

EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF JP-8, JP-900, FISCHER-TROPSCH (FT) AND JP-8/FT BLENDS IN A MODEL GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

jet fuels
coal-based
gas turbine
model combustor

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert John Santoro, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Argod, Vikas

Title:

MPI ENABLED SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF SOLID ISOTROPIC PLATES TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF AIR BLAST LOADING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Blast Loading
Shape Optimization
MPI

File:

Download thesis_vikas_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ashok D Belegundu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor