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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

Author:

Abaa, Kelvin Nder

Title:

Laboratory Investigation of Multiphase Permeability Evolution due to Fracturing Fluid Filtrate in Tight Gas Sandstones

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multiphase
Filtrate
Fracturing
Permeability
Sandstones

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Special Member

Author:

Soomro, Muzammil

Title:

Pore-scale modeling of multicomponent, multiphase geofluids exhibiting partial miscibility – a fugacity-based lattice Boltzmann approach

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Lattice Boltzmann Method
Thermodynamics
Phase Behavior
Black Oil
Fugacity
Gibbs Adsorption Isotherm
Adsorption
Multicomponent
Multiphase

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yashar Mehmani, Major Field Member
Russell Johns, Major Field Member