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Author:: Borawski, Brian
Title:: Multilayer Erosion Resistant Coatings for the Protection of Aerospace Components
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: impact
coating
thin film
fracture
mechanics
ceramics
erosion
physical vapor deposition
titanium nitride
File:: Download Dissertation_July_03.pdf
Committee Members:: Judith Todd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Savage, Heather M.
Title:: The effects of friction on earthquake triggering and fault zone evolution
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction experiments
earthquake triggering
transient stress
fault damage zone
fracture
File:: Download savage_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrisnan, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Michele Cooke, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Abrams, Matthew Benjamin
Title:: Crack Propagation and Fracture in Engineered Stress Profile Glass
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: ion exchange
r-curve
crack growth
fracture
glass
File:: Download 050704_R4_Full_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: David John Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Raynaud, Patrick A.C.
Title:: Crack Growth Through the Thickness of Thin-Sheet Hydrided Zircaloy-4
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: zircaloy
cladding
fracture
toughness
hydride
crack
thickness
RIA
sheet
hydrogen
File:: Download Patrick_AC_Raynaud_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Kwai S Chan, Committee Member

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Author:: Pavlacka, Robert Joseph
Title:: Processing and Properties of Al2O3 Microstructure Composites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: texture
templated grain growth
non-catastrophic failure
fracture
alumina
microstructure composite
composite
File:: Download ThesisMasterFINALrevised.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

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Author:: Daum, Robert Scott
Title:: Hydride-induced Embrittlement of Zircaloy-4 Cladding under Plane-strain Tension
Graduate Program:: Materials
Keywords:: hydrides
hydrogen
embrittlement
Zircaloy-4
phases
synchrotron diffraction
tension
ductility
fracture
File:: Download Daum_PhD_Thesis__final__041607.pdf
Committee Members:: Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Michael C Billone, Committee Member

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Author:: Liang, Wentao
Title:: in situ TEM study on anode materials in lithium-ion batteries
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: in situ TEM
lithium ion battery
gallium nanodroplets
nanovoid
germanium nanoparticles
fracture
File:: Download doctoral_dissertation_wentaoliang.pdf
Committee Members:: Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Titunick, Michelle Beth
Title:: Blockade of the OGF-OGFr Axis Enhances Repair Processes in Diabetic Skin and Bone
Graduate Program:: Anatomy
Keywords:: bone
skin
fracture
repair
Opioid Growth Factor
Naltrexone
File:: Download Dissertation_Titunick.pdf
Committee Members:: Patricia Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Mclaughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Stuart Zagon, Committee Member
Gregory Stephen Lewis, Committee Member
Christopher Niyibizi, Outside Member

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Author:: Madara, Benjamin James
Title:: Laboratory Studies of Permeability Evolution: Roles of Fracture, Shear, Dynamic Stressing, and Reservoir Rock Properties
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: permeability evolution
permeability
dynamic stressing
fracture
shear
permeability enhancement
File:: Download Dissertation_Madara.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

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Author:: Rezwan, Aashique Alam
Title:: Multi-scale simulation of advanced reactor fuel and cladding concepts
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: multi-scale simulation
MOOSE
BISON
phase-field
fracture
composite cladding
light water reactor
nuclear fuel performance
anisotropic thermal expansion
alpha-uranium
mesoscale modeling
irradiation growth
File:: Download Dissertation_Rezwan_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Reuben H Kraft, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reuben H Kraft, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Jing Du, Committee Member
Arthur Thompson Motta, Outside Member
Michael R Tonks, Special Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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