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Modeling and Control of Passive Chilled Beams with Underfloor Air Distribution of Ventilation in Office Buildings in Humid Climates
(2015-08-10)
This dissertation presents the results of a study to determine the operational control, energy performance and comfort conditions associated with passive chilled beams for office buildings in a humid climate and to develop ...
Comparative Study and Improvements on Mesh-free Lagrangian Computational Fluid Dynamics
(2015-08-10)
Mesh-free Lagrangian Computational Fluid Dynamics is a numerical scheme where the computational points are represented by freely-moving finite particles that have a constant mass. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) and ...
Computational Modeling for Dense Gas Dispersion for Variable Stability Classes
(2015-05-21)
The spill of many chemicals such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on land or water results in its rapid vaporization and the formation of a dense cloud. The performance of a risk assessment for the spill of flammable chemicals ...
Micro-Scale Complex Flows Enables Robust DNA Replication, Enhanced Transport and Tunable Fluid-Particle Interactions
(2015-03-27)
The ability of convective flows in micro-scale confinement to direct chemical processes along accelerated kinetic pathways has been recognized for some time. However, practical applications have been slow to emerge because ...
Numerical Fluid Dynamics and Combustion Study of Emulsified Canola Oil Droplets in a Swirl Promoted Combustion Chamber
(2015-08-27)
Recently, straight vegetable oils (SVO) have been considered as combustion fuels due to their relatively high heating value and negligible content of sulfur and nitrogen, which is beneficial from the combustion point of ...
Numerical Study of Cavitation within Orifice Flow
(2015-12-11)
Cavitation generally occurs when the pressure at certain location drops to the vapor pressure and the liquid water evaporates as a consequence. For the past several decades, numerous experimental researches have been ...
Evaluation of Instantaneous Pressure Measurements on a Rod Surface in a 5 x 5 Bundle and Validation Through CFD
(2015-05-12)
Grid-To-Rod-Fretting (GTRF) in PWR fuel assemblies is a major issue of concern to vendors and utilities. Instantaneous pressure fluctuations on a fuel rod surface can help characterize the GTRF potential within a fuel ...