1. Structural and Hydrodynamic Design Optimization Enhancements with Application to Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades Open Access Author: Trudeau, Matthew George Title: Structural and Hydrodynamic Design Optimization Enhancements with Application to Marine Hydrokinetic Turbine Blades Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Renewable EnergyTurbine Blade DesignMarine EnergyWind Energy File: Download Trudeau-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSavas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorArnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Simulation, Analysis, and Mitigation of Vortex Rope Formation in the Draft Tube of Hydraulic Turbines Open Access Author: Foroutan, Hosein Title: Simulation, Analysis, and Mitigation of Vortex Rope Formation in the Draft Tube of Hydraulic Turbines Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: Vortex RopeDraft TubeComputational Fluid DynamicsTurbulence ModelingHydaulic TurbineHydropowerRenewable Energy File: Download HoseinForoutan-PhDThesis_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Savas Yavuzkurt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorSavas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJohn Michael Cimbala, Committee MemberGita Talmage, Committee MemberCengiz Camci, Committee MemberEric Paterson, Special Member
