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Author:: Borawski, Brian
Title:: Multilayer Erosion Resistant Coatings for the Protection of Aerospace Components
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: impact
coating
thin film
fracture
mechanics
ceramics
erosion
physical vapor deposition
titanium nitride
File:: Download Dissertation_July_03.pdf
Committee Members:: Judith Todd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Savage, Heather M.
Title:: The effects of friction on earthquake triggering and fault zone evolution
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction experiments
earthquake triggering
transient stress
fault damage zone
fracture
File:: Download savage_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrisnan, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Michele Cooke, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Amirineni, Krishna C
Title:: Fracture Properties of Fiber Reinforced Concrete
Graduate Program:: Civil Engineering
Keywords:: notch
crack width
optimization
inverse analysis
crack opening
stress
fracture
softening
File:: Download Masters_Thesis_-_Amirineni_-_Submitted-mar_25.pdf
Committee Members:: Maria De Los Angeles Lopez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Abrams, Matthew Benjamin
Title:: Crack Propagation and Fracture in Engineered Stress Profile Glass
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: ion exchange
r-curve
crack growth
fracture
glass
File:: Download 050704_R4_Full_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: David John Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Raynaud, Patrick A.C.
Title:: Crack Growth Through the Thickness of Thin-Sheet Hydrided Zircaloy-4
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: zircaloy
cladding
fracture
toughness
hydride
crack
thickness
RIA
sheet
hydrogen
File:: Download Patrick_AC_Raynaud_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Kwai S Chan, Committee Member

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Author:: Pavlacka, Robert Joseph
Title:: Processing and Properties of Al2O3 Microstructure Composites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: texture
templated grain growth
non-catastrophic failure
fracture
alumina
microstructure composite
composite
File:: Download ThesisMasterFINALrevised.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Daum, Robert Scott
Title:: Hydride-induced Embrittlement of Zircaloy-4 Cladding under Plane-strain Tension
Graduate Program:: Materials
Keywords:: hydrides
hydrogen
embrittlement
Zircaloy-4
phases
synchrotron diffraction
tension
ductility
fracture
File:: Download Daum_PhD_Thesis__final__041607.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Michael C Billone, Committee Member

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Author:: Abah, Alphonsus Igoche
Title:: Effect of Multi-phase Flow on Recovery of Fracture Fluid and Gas in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: Hydraulic
fracture
fracturing
marcellus
proppant
multi-phase flow
shut-in
capillary pressure
File:: Download EFFECT_OF_MULTI-PHASE_FLOW_ON_LONG_TERM_GAS_RECOVERY_BY_ALPHONSUS_ABAH.pdf
Committee Members:: Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Liang, Wentao
Title:: in situ TEM study on anode materials in lithium-ion batteries
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: in situ TEM
lithium ion battery
gallium nanodroplets
nanovoid
germanium nanoparticles
fracture
File:: Download doctoral_dissertation_wentaoliang.pdf
Committee Members:: Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Tianji
Title:: Numerical Investigation of Fractured Cement Degradation by Carbonated Brine Injection in A Tortuous Rough-Walled Fracture
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: cement
CO2
degradation
chemical
flow
fracture
File:: Download Thesis_ver4_.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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