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  • Steady-State Diffusion in a Spatially Varying Porous Medium

    Creator:
    Ferrero, Peter T.
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    Heterogeneous porous material represents a persistent challenge in the field of engineering. Microscale properties such as the porosity and microchannel torturosity significantly control the macroscale transport characteristics of homogeneous porous medium. Additional complexity is introduced when these small-scale features vary in space. Examples of heterogeneous porous systems include artificial body...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Diffusion in a Spatially Varying Porous Medium Abstract approved: Brian D. Wood Heterogeneous porous

  • Preasymptotic Dispersion : A Theory that Includes Evolution from the Initial Condition

    Creator:
    Taghizadeh, Ehsan
    Abstract:
    The objective of this study is to investigate the dispersion of solute matter introduced into a fully developed laminar flow in a circular capillary tube under preasymptotic regimes. For this purpose, we have used the method of volume averaging to upscale microscale balance equations for the case of diffusion-convection transport...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Dispersion: A Theory that Includes Evolution from the Initial Condition Abstract approved: Brian D. Wood

  • A multiscale approach to bacterial adhesion

    Creator:
    Ostvar, Sassan
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    This work is an attempt to develop a simple physical description for the initial interactions between a bacterial cell and a substrate surface. This is done by adopting a view that regards bacterial surface biomolecules not as secondary and add-on contributors to the potential energy function that characterizes the overall...
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    to Bacterial Adhesion Abstract approved: Brian D. Wood This work is an attempt to develop a simple

  • Investigation of transport phenomena in a highly heterogeneous porous medium

    Creator:
    Vogler, Daniel
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    This work focuses on solute mass transport in a highly heterogeneous two-region porous medium consisting of spherical low-hydraulic conductivity inclusions, embedded in a high-hydraulic conductivity matrix. The transport processes occuring in the system are described by three distinct time scales. The first time scale reflects the characteristic time for convective...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Phenomena in a Highly Heterogeneous Porous Medium Abstract approved: Brian D. Wood This work focuses on

  • Numerical Methods for Upscaling Complex Transport Phenomena

    Creator:
    Taghizadeh, Ehsan
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    Transport phenomena specially the ones that occur in the various engineering disciplines such as tissue engineering and natural environment are often complex to analyze mostly due to the dynamic and geometric complexities; as such, they have been the subject of an active and intense area of research in past decades....
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    Dissertation
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    : Numerical Methods for Upscaling Complex Transport Phenomena Abstract approved: Brian D. Wood Transport