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Author:

Medvitz, Richard B

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC METHODOLOGY FOR BLOOD PUMP DESIGN ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF THROMBUS POTENTIAL

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD

File:

Download RichardMedvitz-Dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric G Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Leomard Joel Peltier, Committee Member

Author:

Wouden, Alex Michael

Title:

A Phase-Lag Approach to Incompressible CFD Simulations with Emphasis on the Unsteady Interaction of Hydroturbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

hydropower
hydroturbine
CFD
chorochronic
phase-lag
incompressible
openfoam

File:

Download AlexMWouden-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Michael Cimbala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Leonard, Daniel Joseph

Title:

Computation and Analysis of Cavitating Flow in Francis-class Hydraulic Turbines

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Multiphase
Cavitation
Hydroturbine
RANS
DES
Performance Breakdown
Francis turbine

File:

Download DanielLeonard_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jules Washington Lindau V, Special Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Member
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Brent A Craven, Committee Member