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Author:

Thrift, Alan Albright

Title:

Cooling of a Turbine Vane Endwall Through Contouring and Flow Injection

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine Cooling
Endwall Contouring
Film Cooling
First Stage Vane

File:

Download Thrift_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Akturk, Ali

Title:

DUCTED FAN INLET/EXIT AND ROTOR TIP FLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR VERTICAL LIFT SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ducted fan
Inlet flow distortion
Tip leakage
Tip leakage mitigation
Double ducted fan
Pressure side platform
Fan rotor tip loss
Tip treatment

File:

Download Ali_Akturk-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Shavalikul, Akamol

Title:

A TIME ACCURATE PREDICTION OF THE VISCOUS FLOW IN A TURBINE STAGE INCLUDING A ROTOR IN MOTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
time accurate prediction
turbine flow simulation
tip leakage

File:

Download Akamol_thesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Akdeniz, Bedirhan

Title:

IMPROVED NEUTRON KINETICS FOR COUPLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL BOILING WATER REACTOR ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Neutron Kinetics
Delayed Neutron
Importance Factor
Parameterization Technique
BWR

File:

Download Akdeniz_PhDthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lawrence E Hochreiter, Committee Member
Yousry Y Azmy, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Erwin Müller, Committee Member
Dobromir Panayotov, Committee Member

Author:

Gumusel, Baris

Title:

AERODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER ASPECTS OF TIP AND CASING TREATMENTS USED FOR TURBINE TIP LEAKAGE CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbine Tip Leakage Control
Inclined Squealer Tip
Blade Tip Shape
Casing Treatment
Shroud Heat Transfer
Tip Leakage Desensitization

File:

Download Gumusel.Baris.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Bong Gun

Title:

PREDICTION OF SAND PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES AND SAND EROSION DAMAGE ON HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Particle Trajectory
Sand Erosion
Helicopter rotor blade

File:

Download Dissertation_BongGun_Aerospace_Engineering_May_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Debashis

Title:

AERODYNAMIC TIP DESENSITIZATION IN AXIAL FLOW TURBINES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine
turbomachinery heat transfer
turbomachinery aerodynamics
tip leakage

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Sastrapradja, Debbie

Title:

Rayleigh Streaming Simulation Using The Vorticity Transport Equation

Graduate Program:

Acoustics

Keywords:

Rayleigh streaming
acoustic streaming
nonlinear acoustics
vorticity transport equation
stream function

File:

Download Debbie-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Kumbur, Emin Caglan

Title:

Fundamental Characterization of Multi-Phase Transport in Thin-Film Fuel Cell Diffusion Media

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell
Diffusion Media
Capillary Transport
Multi-Phase Transport
Porous Media
Water Management

File:

Download Kumbur-PhD-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Kendra V Sharp, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Buschman III, Francis Xavier

Title:

Development of a Liquid Jet Model for Implementation in a 3-Dimensional Eulerian Analysis Tool

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

thermal-hydraulics
Two-phase flow
Liquid Jets
Condensation
COBRA-TF

File:

Download FX_Buschman_III_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
"David L Aumiller, Jr", Committee Member

Author:

Sohn, Ilyoup

Title:

Modeling and Simulation of Radiation from Hypersonic Flows using Monte Carlo Methods

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Radiation
Hypersonic
Monte Carlo Methods
Nonequilibrium

File:

Download mythesis_Sohn_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Michael F Modest, Committee Member

Author:

Palacios, Jose Luis

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an Ultrasonic De-Icing System for Helicopter Rotor Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

dispersion curves
icing rotor blades
ice protection
anti-icing
de-icing
ultrasound
wave structure
high power ultrasound

File:

Download Palacios_PhD_Thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Veltin, Jeremy

Title:

On the Characterization of Noise Sources in Supersonic Shock Containing Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

jet noise
aeroacoustic
supersonic pitot
schlieren
optical deflectometry
mach wave
correlation

File:

Download Thesis_J_Veltin_Vf.pdf

Committee Members:

D.K. McLaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
D.K. McLaughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Zhong, Jiaqiang

Title:

The Modeling of Homogeneous Condensation in Free-expanding Plumes with the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

free-expanding plume
condensation
DSMC

File:

Download Zhong-Jiaqiang-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Member

Author:

Meholic, Michael James

Title:

The Development of a Non-Equilibrium Dispersed Flow Film Boiling Heat Transfer Modeling Package

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

mechanistic modeling
DFFB
heat transfer
film boiling
dispersed flow
post-CHF
COBRA-TF

File:

Download Meholic_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Avramova, Maria Nikolova

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE SPACER GRID MODEL UTILIZING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS WITHIN A SUBCHANNEL ANALYSIS TOOL

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal-hydraulics
sub-channel analysis
CFD
F-COBRA-TF
spacer grids

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_MariaAvramova_Fall2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lauewnce E Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member
Markus Glueck, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Rao, Nikhil Molahally

Title:

DESENSITIZATION OF OVER TIP LEAKAGE IN AN AXIAL TURBINE ROTOR BY TIP SURFACE COOLANT INJECTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Axial turbine
over tip leakage
tip leakage flow
tip surface coolant injection
turbine tip desensitization

File:

Download NikhilThesisF.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy F Miiler, Committee Member

Author:

Turgut, Ozhan Hulusi

Title:

NONAXISYMMETRIC ENDWALL CONTOURING AND LEADING EDGE MODIFICATIONS ON TURBINE NOZZLE GUIDE VANES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

nonaxisymmetric endwall contouring
secondary flows
gas turbine
leading edge fillets

File:

Download OzhanTurgut-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member

Author:

Lawson, Seth A

Title:

Simulations of Multi-Phase Particle Deposition on Film-Cooled Turbine Sections

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

adiabatic effectiveness
heat transfer
gas turbine
particle deposition

File:

Download Slawson_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Ergun, Sule

Title:

MODELING OF DISPERSED FLOW FILM BOILING WITH TWO FLOW, FIVE FIELD EULERIAN- EULERIAN APPROACH AND EFFECTS OF SPACER GRIDS ON HEAT TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

two phase flow modeling
dispersed flow film boiling
spacer grids
COBRA-TF

File:

Download Sule_Ergun_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence E Hochreiter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Kostadin Nikolov Ivanov, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Gokce, Zeki Ozgur

Title:

COMPARATIVE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF FLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF ENDWALL FENCES UPSTREAM OF A VERTICAL CYLINDER IN CROSS FLOW

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

horseshoe vortex formation around a vertical cylin
upstream endwall fences

File:

Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ostanek, Jason

Title:

Flowfield Interactions in Low Aspect Ratio Pin-fin Arrays

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
turbulence
heat exchangers
pin-fins

File:

Download Ostanek_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Marr, Conor Matthew

Title:

Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Damper
Fluidlastic
Hydraulic
CFD
Modeling
Multi-State
Bypass
Passive Damping
Lead-Lag Damper
Ground Resonance

File:

Download CMarrPhDThesis2012FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

Author:

Town, Jason Edward

Title:

An Automated Calibration and a Correction Scheme for Total Pressure Gradient Effects of Subminiature Five-Hole Probe

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Five-hole probe
automated
calibration
correction
total pressure gradient

File:

Download JasonTown_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gokce, Zeki Ozgur

Title:

ENDWALL SHAPE MODIFICATION USING VORTEX GENERATORS AND FENCES TO IMPROVE GAS TURBINE COOLING AND EFFECTIVENESS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Vortex generator
heat transfer enhancement
gas turbine cooling channel flow

File:

Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_PhD_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Topcuoglu, Ilker

Title:

Aerodynamic Loss Models and Multi-Dimensional Prediction of Discrete Hole Film Cooling on Gas Turbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Film cooling
gas turbine cooling
aerodynamic loss prediction
total pressure loss model

File:

Download IlkerTopcuoglu-_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Oruc, Ilker

Title:

Implementation Of Ducted Fans On A Low Cost Semi-autonomous Lighter-than-air Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

airship
blimp
arduino
autopiot
ducted
fans
electric
uninhabited
aerial
vehicle
unmanned
control
sensors
lighter-than-air

File:

Download Ilker_Oruc_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Szedlmayer, Michael Thomas

Title:

An Experimental Study of the Velocity-Forced Flame Response of Lean-Fremixed Multi-Nozzle Can Combustor for Gas Turbines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

combustion instability
natural gas turbine
acoustics
thermodynamics
vortex formation

File:

Download Szedlmayer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Horatio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member

Author:

Herwig, Nicholas Lee

Title:

A Numerical Analysis of 3d Flow in a Transonic Turbine Cascade Facility for Aerodynamic Loss Minimization

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

turbine cascade facility
wind-tunnel
stagnation chamber
linear cascacde

File:

Download nicholas_herwig_graduate_thesis_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Averbach, Michael Alec

Title:

Simulation and Experimental Validation of the Wheel Space of the Axial Flow Turbine Research Facility Under Low Purge Flow Conditions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbines
Axial Flow Turbine
AFTRF
Wheel Space
Purge Flow
Ingress

File:

Download Michael_Averbach_MS_Thesis_Sp2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kafaee Razavi, Abbas

Title:

A Flow Temperature Independent Hot-wire Calibration method and its Implementation in Turbomachinery Air Flow

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbomachinery
Turbulence
Hot-Film
Hot-Wire
Fluid Dynamics

File:

Download Thesis_AbbasKafaeeRazavi.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yang, Junjie

Title:

The Development Of A Numerical Model Applicable To Dual Porosity Hydrocarbon Reservoirs With Complex Well Structures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multilateral wells
Local grid refinement
Numerical simulation

File:

Download Dissertation_Junjie_Yang_v3.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

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:

Riley, Michael Patrick

Title:

Spacer Grid Induced Heat Transfer Enhancement In A Rod Bundle Under Reflood Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Reflood
Dispersed Flow Film Boiling
Spacer Grid
Heat Transfer Enhancement
Two-Phase Flow
Loss of Coolant Accident

File:

Download Michael_Rileys_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Stephen Bajorek, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member

Author:

Town, Jason Edward

Title:

An Investigation of Rim Seal/Disk Cavity Flow and its Interaction with High Pressure Turbine Rotor Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rim Seal Cavity
Gas Turbine
Secondary Flow
Rotor Blade Tip Treatments
Rim Seal Cavity Purge

File:

Download Jason_Town_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Lurie, Michael Brian

Title:

The Prediction of Unsteady Aerodynamic Loading in High Aspect Ratio Wall Bounded Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerospace
Vibrations
CFD
Computational
Acoustics
Experiment
Turbulence
Free Jet
Wall Jet
Nozzle

File:

Download Lurie-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Stephen A Hambric, Special Member

Author:

Myers, Leighton Montgomery

Title:

Investigation of the Flow-field of Two Parallel Round Jets Impinging Normal to a Flat Surface

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

STOVL Aerodynamics
V/STOL Aerodynamics
Experimental Aerodynamics
Impinging Jet
High Speed Jet

File:

Download LeightonMyers-Dissertation-v350z.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
David Findlay, Special Member

Author:

Zhu, Tong

Title:

Modeling of Energy Transfer in Hypersonic Shocks using High Fidelity Models

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO
HYPERSONIC SHOCK FLOWS
NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOWS
RADIATION FROM SHOCKS
RELAXATIONS OF NITROGEN

File:

Download Modeling_of_Energy_Transfer_in_Hypersonic_Shocks_using_High_Fidelity_Models.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Marco Panesi, Special Member

Author:

Zhu, Mengyao

Title:

NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THRUST PRODUCED BY A HOBBY–SCALE PULSEJET ENGINE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

pulsejet
lax-wendroff
numerical simulation
experiment
thrust
operating frequency

File:

Download Master_thesis_by_Mengyao_Zhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mohanta, Lokanath

Title:

Theoretical and experimental study of inverted annular film boiling and regime transition during reflood transients

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Two-phase heat transfer
Subcooled flow film boiling
Regime Transition
Rod bundle
Spacer Grid
Stability of Co-axial jets

File:

Download Lokanath_PhD_Dissertation_Expt_Theory_IAFB_Regime_Transition.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Stephen M Bajorek, Special Member

Author:

Andichamy, Veerandra Chakkarava

Title:

STUDY OF MITIGATION OF TURBINE BLADE TIP LEAKAGE FLOWS USING TIP LEAKAGE INTERRUPTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbine blade tip
Tip leakage flows
leakage vortex
Leakage vortex mitigation
turbine blade tip design
blade tip modification

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Veerandra_AUG_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sadagopan, Aravinth

Title:

A design strategy for a 6:1 supersonic mixed-flow compressor stage and its viscous flow-based performance analysis

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

mixed-flow compressor
mean-line design
turbomachinery
computational fluid dynamics
shock stability
aerospace propulsion
Bezier curves
NASA Rotor 37
Supersonic Diffuser
6:1
pressure-ratio
blade optimization

File:

Download MS_thesis_Aravinth_Sadagopan_May_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jin, Yue

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF TWO-PHASE FLOW THERMAL-HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR IN ROD BUNDLE DURING REFLOOD TRANSIENTS BASED ON THE RBHT EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

Two-Phase Flow
Heat Transfer
Reflood
Liquid Droplets
Mass Quality
DFFB

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Final_Yue_Jin_-2222222.pdf

Committee Members:

Fan-Bill B Cheung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fan-Bill B Cheung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Outside Member
Kostadin Ivanov, Special Member
Maria Avramova, Special Member
Bao-Wen Yang, Special Member
Stephen Bajorek, Special Member

Author:

Ranka, Amrat Arvind

Title:

Conceptual development of casing Patterns to reduce the aerodynamic losses in an axial turbine stage

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbines
axial gas turbine
casing grooves
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
Tip-Leakage losses
Tip-mitigation studies
Turbomachinery
AFTRF
leakage Vortex
Horseshoe Vortex

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Prasad, Chitrarth

Title:

SIMULATION OF SUPERSONIC JET NOISE REDUCTION USING FLUID INSERTS FOR LOW BYPASS RATIO TURBOFANS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

supersonic
noise reduction
Large eddy simulation
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Doak's Momentum Potential Theory

File:

Download Simulation_of_supersonic_jet_noise_Prasad_dissertation_PSU.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Andichamy, Veerandra Chakkarava

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION OF USING TIP LEAKAGE INTERRUPTER AND BLADE SLIT TO MITIGATE AERODYNAMIC LOSSES IN AXIAL TURBINE STAGE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Axial Turbines
Tip Leakage Flow
Blade Slit
TLI
Turbomachinery

File:

Download Thesis_draft_Veerandra_Andichamy_Dec_4.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Outside Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Yong W Kim, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hromisin, Scott Michael

Title:

Aeroacoustic Characterization of Dual-Stream, Supersonic, Rectangular Exhaust Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aeroacoustics
Jet Noise
Supersonic jets
Multi-stream jets

File:

Download Hromisin_PhD_Dissertation_-_26Nov19_edit.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Feiyan

Title:

Improvements to Turbulence Models for Better Simulations of Film Cooling Flow Field and Heat Transfer

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine
Film Cooling
Heat Transfer
Turbulent Flow
Detached Eddy Simulation

File:

Download Feiyan_Thesis_Writing_Mar_04_r1.pdf

Committee Members:

Savas Yavuzkurt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Outside Member
Karen Ann Thole, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yan, Sihong

Title:

PHYSICS-BASED SHAPE EVOLUTION, TRAJECTORY AND SURFACE MASS AND ENERGY MODEL OF MIXED-PHASE ICING

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Aircraft Icing
Multiphase Flow
Wind Tunnel Experiment
Melting Process of Ice Crystals

File:

Download PHYSICS-BASED_SHAPE_EVOLUTION__TRAJECTORY_AND_SURFACE_MASS_AND_ENERGY_MODEL_OF_MIXED-PHASE_ICING_V2.1.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jose Palacios, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Major Field Member
Michael Kinzel, Major Field Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khokhar, Gohar

Title:

An Aerothermal Study of Ejector-Based, Coandă-Surface-Driven, Gas Turbine Tip Leakage Mitigation Schemes: A Computational and Experimental Approach

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Ejector-Based
Coandă-Surface-Driven
Gas Turbine Tip Leakage Mitigation
Gas Turbine
Tip Leakage
Ejector
Coanda Surface

File:

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Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Major Field Member
Michael Krane, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jose Palacios, Major Field Member
Cengiz Camci, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Special Member
Amy Pritchett, Program Head/Chair