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Author:

DeGraw, Jason W.

Title:

Computational Study of Particle Deposition, Resuspension, and Transport

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

immersed boundary method
resuspension
particle deposition
human walking

File:

Download jasondegraw2008.pdf

Committee Members:

John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Laura Pauley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Corry Wyngaard, Committee Member

Author:

Aycock, Kenneth Iven

Title:

Towards Patient-Specific Modeling of Inferior Vena Cava Filter Performance

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

IVC filter
nitinol
pulmonary embolism
immersed boundary method
six degrees of freedom
inferior vena cava
computational fluid dynamics
finite element analysis
non-Newtonian
hemorheology
hemodynamics
patient-specific
computational modeling
embolus transport
coupled CFD/6-DOF
fictitious domain method

File:

Download 2016_Aycock_Kenneth_Penn_State_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe B. Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert L. Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Michael Krane, Committee Member
Donna H. Korzick, Outside Member
Brent A. Craven, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe B. Manning, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Xu, Yuncheng

Title:

3D numerical modelling of hydrodynamics and morphodynamics around in-stream structures

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

immersed boundary method
OpenFOAM
CFD
scour modeling
sediment transport
in-stream structure
large woody debris

File:

Download Xu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaofeng Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Member
Roman Alexander Dibiase, Outside Member