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Author:

Casadei, Gina Marie

Title:

Dynamic-Mesh Techniques For Unsteady Multiphase Surface-Ship Hydrodynamics

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Multiphase
Dynamic-Meshing Techniques
CFD
Turbulence Modeling

File:

Download GinaCasadeiThesisPSU10.pdf

Committee Members:

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

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 Rope
Draft Tube
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Turbulence Modeling
Hydaulic Turbine
Hydropower
Renewable Energy

File:

Download HoseinForoutan-PhDThesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Eric Paterson, Special Member

Author:

Jain, Naman

Title:

Second Moment Closure Modeling of Stratified Shear Layers and Wakes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulence Modeling
Second Moment Closure Modeling
RANS
DNS
Stratified Flow
Shear Layers
Mixing Layers
Wake
Anisotropic Turbulence Dissipation Rate
Turbulence Dissipation Modeling

File:

Download Jain_Naman_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura Pauley, Major Field Member
Robert Kunz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Krane, Outside Unit & Field Member
Xiang Yang, Major Field Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies