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Author:

Reese, Marc Christian

Title:

Vibration and Damping of Hydrofoils in Uniform Flow

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
structural vibration
acoustics
cantilever plate
fluid loading
added mass
hydrodynamic damping
hydrodynamic stiffness
flow visualization
water tunnel

File:

Download Reese_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A Hambric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ghosh, Sudip Kumar

Title:

Modeling, Mechanics and Physiology of the Esophagus and Lower Sphincter

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fundoplication surgery
esophageal transition zone
acid reflux disease
hiatal hernia
mathematical modeling
fluid-structure interaction
muscle mechanics
lubrication theory

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Kahrilas, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
James S Ultman, Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member

Author:

Campo, Elizabeth Theresa

Title:

The Effect of Vocal Fold Geometry on the Fluid Structure Acoustic Interactions in an Experimental Model of the Human Airway

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
aeroacoustics
biofluids
phonation
voice production
vocal fold geometry

File:

Download Campo_MSThesis_FINAL_12_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Roy, Saswati

Title:

Numerical simulation using the generalized immersed finite element method: An application to hydrocephalus

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
immersed finite element method
hydrocephalus
computational biomechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_Saswati_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Corina Stefania Drapaca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Luca Heltai, Special Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Special Member
Francesco Costanzo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sheldon, Jason Paul

Title:

A comparison of fluid-structure interaction coupling algorithms using the finite element method

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
coupling
finite element
algorithms
monolithic
partitioned

File:

Download JasonSheldon-MastersDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Panagiotis Michaleris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lieberknecht, Erika Nikole

Title:

A Numerical Algorithm for High Reynolds Number Fluid-structure Interaction Simulations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

high Reynolds numbers
fluid-structure interaction
Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin
turbulence
finite element method

File:

Download Lieberknecht-MastersDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shaw, Matthew David

Title:

Predicting Vibratory Stresses from Aero-acoustic Loads

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Structural vibration
vibroacoustics
fatigue
fluid-structure interaction

File:

Download MShaw-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen A Hambric, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen A Hambric, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Lee Campbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member

Author:

Motta-mena, Jose Javier

Title:

Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations of a Wind Turbine with Consideration of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

wind turbines
fluid-structure interaction
atmospheric boundary layer turbulence
actuator line method
bend-twist coupling

File:

Download MottaMena-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Lee Campbell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yang, Kai

Title:

Stable discretization and robust preconditioning for fluid-structure interaction

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

fluid-structure interaction
poroelasticity
block preconditioner

File:

Download KaiYang-Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jinchao Xu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Anna L Mazzucato, Committee Member
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

Author:

Good, Bryan C

Title:

TOWARDS A FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION MODEL OF THE PENN STATE PNEUMATIC PULSATILE PEDIATRIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

pediatric
fluid-structure interaction
ventricular assist device
computational

File:

Download Thesis_Good_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Keefe Manning, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Keefe Manning, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Butler, Committee Member
William Weiss, Committee Member
Robert Campbell, Outside Member