Browsing by Author "Ranjan, Devesh"
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Belisle, Michael Joseph (2013-11-08)This work describes and compares processes for swept-wing laminar flow control (SWLFC) aerody-namic design. It focuses on results obtained during the preliminary outer-mold-line (OML) design of the Subsonic Aircraft ...
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Sekaran, Aarthi 1985- (2012-11-21)The determination of the leakage and consequently the friction factor is an important part of analyzing the flow through a seal. This is done experimentally by means of a flat plate tester, which allows for the simplified ...
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Kreitz, Kevin R. (2012-02-14)Presented in this thesis is a study of the effects of nano-sized particles used as a catalytic additive in composite solid propellant. This study was done with titanium oxide (titania)-based particles, but much of the ...
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Khambhampati, Tejasvi Krishna (2013-12-10)Blood, the most significant biological fluids plays a very vital role in the human mechanism, in terms of supplying the required nutrients to different parts of the human body, removing waste products and defending the ...
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Karimi, Mona (2015-06-05)The objective of the thesis is to analyze, understand and explicate the various physical mechanisms underlying the suppression of instability and mixing in compressible mixing layers. The investigation comprises of three ...
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Tang, Yingjie (2012-07-16)In this work, various aerosol particle transport and deposition mechanisms were studied through the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling, including inertial impaction, gravitational effect, lift force, interception, ...
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Anumolu, Pratima (2014-08-06)Over the last decade, soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are being exposed to blasts from powerful explosives with improvised detonation techniques. These blasts put them at high risk of closed head non-impact ...
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McFarland, Jacob A.; Greenough, Jeffrey A.; Ranjan, Devesh (Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 2011)
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Pidaparti, Sandeep R (2013-11-26)To meet future energy needs the use of alternative fuel sources are gaining popularity. The supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle has been proposed as a possible cycle for next generation nuclear and concentrated solar ...
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Matsuo, Bryce (2013-02-04)There has been an ever-increasing demand for power generation, which is predicted to grow as society becomes more advanced. However, tradition fossil fuels are beginning to deplete, and there is a great necessity for ...
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Marchetti, Joseph Michael (2013-12-10)With the advent of aging oilfields and extraction in extreme conditions, artificial lift has become a necessity to make certain fields technically and economically feasible. One artificial lift method which has high ...
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The Development of an Accuracy of a Doppler Global System for One Dimensional Velocity Measurement Karabacak, Mustafa (2014-05-23)The development of a Doppler Global System for one dimensional velocity measurement including both hardware and software development is described. The Doppler Global Velocimetry (DGV) system is a whole field measurement ...
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Corson, James (2011-08-08)High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors (HTGRs) can provide clean electricity,as well as process heat that can be used to produce hydrogen for transportation and other sectors. A prototypic HTGR, the Next Generation Nuclear ...
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Dercher, Andrew Steven (2012-10-19)Worldwide, multiple countries are investing a great deal of time and energy towards developing a new class of technologically advanced nuclear reactors. These new reactors have come to be known as the Generation IV (Gen ...
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Zhang, Qi (2014-05-22)Sea surface temperature accessible through use of remote sensing techniques (IR imaging, etc.) suggests abundant flow and thermal field information at the ocean surface that is closely related to subsurface turbulent ...
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Thanapal, Siva S (2014-04-25)Mesquite and juniper can be beneficially utilized for gasification and combustion applications. Torrefaction has been considered to be one of the thermal pretreatment options to improve the chemical (e.g. heat content) and ...
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Placette, Beth (2012-10-19)The effect of initial conditions in combined shear- and buoyancy- driven mixing was investigated through the use of an implicit large eddy simulation code under active development at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Texas ...
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The Effect of Nanoparticle Concentration on Thermo-physical Properties of Alumina-nitrate Nanofluid Shao, Qian (2013-02-15)The objective of this study was to determine how Al2O3 nanoparticle concentration affected the specific heat, heat of fusion, melting point, thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity of Alumina-Nitrate nanofluids. Al2O3 ...
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Eseltine, Dustin E. (2012-02-14)The research presented focuses on the use of Carbon-dioxide (CO₂), Nitrogen (N₂) and Argon (Ar) as purge gases for torrefaction. Torrefaction using CO₂ as a purge gas may further improve the fuel characteristics of the ...
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Doron, Yuval (2011-02-22)The effect of single mode initial conditions at the interface of Rayleigh-Taylor(RT) mixing are experimentally examined utilizing the low Atwood number water channel facility at Texas A&M. The water channel convects two ...