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Author:

Breneman, Duane L

Title:

Effects of Rust Deposition at the Axial Seal Pin Between Two Blades

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

seal pin
leakage flow
secondary flow
rust particle deposition
gas turbine
rotating orifice

File:

Download Duane_Breneman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Musgrove, Grant Omer

Title:

Computational Predictions and Experimental Measurements of the Performance of a Louver Particle Separator for Use in Gas Turbine Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

louver
particle
sand
separator
turbine

File:

Download Grant_Musgrove_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Neely, Gaelyn L

Title:

HEAT TRANSFER AND FRICTION FACTOR AUGMENTATION IN RIB TURBULATED FLOW

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
friction factor
internal flow
ribs

File:

Download Gaelyn_Neely_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ostanek, Jason

Title:

ESTABLISHING A METHODOLOGY FOR RESOLVING CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER FROM COMPLEX GEOMETRIES

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

rib turbulators
internal cooling
gas turbine heat transfer
ribbed channels

File:

Download Ostanek_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Weaver, Stephen A

Title:

Heat Transfer And Pressure Drop Augmentation In Micro Channels With Pin Fins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

None

File:

Download Stephen_Weaver_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Li, Suyi

Title:

A Variable Transverse Stiffness Structure using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC)

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fluidic flexible matrix composite
honeycomb structures
sandwich beam
variable stiffness

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Suyi_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Kon Well Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lee, Garrett Powell

Title:

Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Particles at Ultra-high Pressures and Heating Rates

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum combustion
nickel coating
ballistic compressor
particle ignition
thermobaric weapon modeling

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth K Kuo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Laura Pauley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Eberly, Molly Kate

Title:

Time-resolved Studies of High Density Ratio Film-cooling Flows

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Film-Cooling
High Density Ratio
Heat Transfer
Turbomachinery

File:

Download Eberly_FullThesis_d10.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kirsch, Kathryn Louise

Title:

Pin Fin Surface Heat Transfer in Arrays of Oblong-shaped Pins

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

heat transfer
gas turbine
internal cooling

File:

Download Kirsch_MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Whitfield, Christopher A

Title:

Effects of Blockages on the Effectiveness of Cylindrical Film Cooling Holes

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Gas Turbine Heat Transfer
Film Cooling
TBC
Blockages
Thermal Barrier Coating

File:

Download Whitfield_MastersThesis_Dec2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wheeler, Joshua Edward

Title:

Experimental Studies on the Effects of a Spacer Grid in a 1x3 Rod Bundle Single and Two-phase Flow

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

spacer grid
rod bundle
two-phase flow
air-water
conductivity probe
laser Doppler anemometry
interfacial area concentration

File:

Download Wheeler_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Seungjin Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Horacio Perez Blanco, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Durrant, Chad Bredthauer

Title:

Characterization of Italian tile samples using comparative neutron activation analysis in the Penn State Breazeale Nuclear Reactor

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

neutron activation analysis
comparative NAA

File:

Download Durrant_Thesis_Final_Draft2.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amanda Melia Johnsen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Haussener, Tyler Kress

Title:

Determining the Effects of Increased Volume Fraction of Barium Hexaferrite as a Magnetic Filler in Magneto-Active Elastomers

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Ferrite
X-ray Diffraction
Magneto-active elastomers
Vibrating Sample Magnetometry
Magneto-rheological elastomers
Magnetic Materials

File:

Download Haussener_Tyler_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

KANTAREDDY, SAI NITHIN REDDY

Title:

Designing for Metal Additive Manufacturing: Design Challenges with Three Industry Relevant Components

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Laser-based powder bed fusion
Additive Manufacturing
Design for Additive Manufacturing
Topology Optimization
Lightweighting
Lattice Structures
Design Workflow

File:

Download Thesis-nithin-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy William Simpson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Frecker, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Arora, Prashant

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPEN-SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR TO EVALUATE DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Driving Simulator
Autonomous Environments
Scenario Authoring

File:

Download Thesis_PrashantArora_Masters_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Pradeep Kumar, Arjun

Title:

EFFICIENT COMPUTATION OF FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF MULTI-DEGREE OF FREEDOM NON-LINEAR VIBRATIONAL SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

frequency sweep
interpolation
Padé’s interpolation technique
nonlinear systems
structural acoustics
structural dynamics
finite element method

File:

Download Thesis_ARJUN_PradeepKumar.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Papavizas, Nicholas Carroll

Title:

Modeling Dynamic Instability of Off-Highway Mining Dump Trucks

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Haul Trucks
Off-Highway Vehicles
Vibrations
Dynamic Instability
Mining Trucks
Vehicle Dynamics
Stability
Power Hop
OHVs

File:

Download Papavizas_Thesis_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Shrager, Adam Cole

Title:

Effect of Effusion Cooling Pattern Near the Dilution Hole for a Double-Walled Combustor Liner

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustor
Combustor Liner
Gas Turbine Engine
Effusion Cooling
Dilution Hole
Heat Transfer
Flowfield Visualization
Particle Image Velocimetry

File:

Download Shrager_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen P Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Elahi, Syed Samiul

Title:

Heat Transfer Measurement of Junction Flow With Variable Reynolds Number and Freestream Turbulence

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Junction flow
Reynolds number
Turbulence
Unsteady heat flux
Junction flow
Horseshoe vortex
Reynolds number
Freestream turbulence
Heat transfer

File:

Download M.S._Thesis-Syed_Elahi-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen P Lynch, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Topper, Stefan Andreas

Title:

A Proposed Method for Investigating the Effects of Friction Supply on Driver Speed Selection on Horizontal Curves

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Friction
Vehicle Dynamics
Risk Perception
Horizontal Curves
Driving Behavior

File:

Download Topper_MS_Thesis_2018_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean N Brennan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B Parkinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member