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Author:

Gupta, Ankur

Title:

Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flames with Radiation Heat Transfer

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Filtered-density function
Photon Monte Carlo
Turbulence-radiation interaction
Large-eddy simulation
Combustion
Thermal radiation
Turbulence-chemistry interaction
Probability density function

File:

Download Ankur_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Ranjan S.

Title:

Detailed Modeling of Soot Formation and Turbulence--Radiation Interactions in Turbulent Jet Flames

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
Turbulent Flames
Radiation
Soot Formation
PDF Methods
Turbulence-Radiation Interactions
Turbulence-Chemistry Interactions
Method of Moments

File:

Download Ranjan_Mehta_Dissertation_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael F Modest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Bhattacharjee, Subhasish

Title:

Pdf Modeling of High-pressure Turbulent Spray Combustion under Diesel-engine-like Conditions

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Turbulence
Combustion
TCI
WSR
PDF

File:

Download Subhasish-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

Author:

Saksena, Pulkit

Title:

Study of Condensed Phase Reactions Between Hypergolic Propellants using Microreactors

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Hypergolic
Propellants
Combustion
Microfluidic
Microreactor

File:

Download Dissertation_PulkitSaksena.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Parimi, Venkata

Title:

Characterization of Porous Silicon for Micropyrotechnic Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoenergetic materials
Micropyrotechnics
Porous silicon
Combustion

File:

Download Parimi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard A Yetter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member

Author:

O'meara, Bridget C

Title:

An experimental study of the effect of a pilot flame on technically pre-mixed, self-excited combustion instabilities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion
combustion dynamics
pilot flame
technically pre-mixed
self-excited instabilities

File:

Download BridgetOMeara_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Domenic Adam Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Jacqueline Antonia O'connor, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member

Author:

Ashraf, Chowdhury Mahbub

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF REAXFF REACTIVE FORCE FIELD SIMULATIONS IN COMBUSTION: FROM KINETICS TO DYNAMICS

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular dynamics
ReaxFF
Combustion
Chemical Kinetics
Pyrolysis
Oxidation

File:

Download dissertation_Chowdhury.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof. Adri van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof. Adri van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof. Richard Yetter, Committee Member
Prof. Jacqueline O'Connor, Committee Member
Prof. Lasse Jensen, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Jihang

Title:

An Experimental Study of the Effect of a Pilot Flame on Combustion Instabilities

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Combustion Instability
Gas Turbine
Combustion
Pilot Flame
Flame Transfer Function

File:

Download Dissertation_Jihang_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Domenic Santavicca, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Daniel Haworth, Committee Member
Dr. Jacqueline O'connor, Committee Member
Dr. Michel Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sircar, Arpan

Title:

CFD Modeling of In-Cylinder Heat Transfer in Piston Engines

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Combustion
Turbulence
Radiation
Boundary Layer
IC Engines

File:

Download Arpan_Sircar_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Connell Haworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert J Santoro, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Patidar, Lalit

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion of RDX and HMX: Thermolysis experiments and molecular modeling

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Energetic Materials
Thermal Decomposition
Combustion
Quantum mechanics

File:

Download Dissertation_LalitPatidar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair