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  • Evaluation of desktop learning modules in civil engineering classrooms to promote inductive and interactive learning

    Creator:
    Buker, Kamilah E.
    Abstract:
    Students in undergraduate engineering programs typically do not synthesize content learned from disparate course work until the end of their final terms of college. As an example, in undergraduate civil engineering programs, transportation engineering concepts (e.g., geometric alignment, asphalt design procedures) and geotechnical engineering concepts (e.g., shear strength of soils,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    strength of soils, soil compaction) are not often integrated until senior design, if then. This Thesis

  • GPU-Based Fluid-Structure Interaction using Immersed Boundary Methods

    Creator:
    Minar, Christopher
    Abstract:
    Engineering applications often require fast, accurate solutions of fluid flow around freely moving bodies. The massive parallelism enabled by graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture enables high performance, offering a promising alternative to traditional solver acceleration via multicore central processing units (CPU). However, fully harnessing GPU parallelism requires specialized algorithms and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Fluid-Structure Interaction using Immersed Boundary Methods Abstract approved: Kyle Niemeyer

  • An Approach to Modeling Fuel Plate Deformations in Fluid-Structure Interactions

    Creator:
    Howard, Trevor
    Abstract:
    As computational power increases, so does the desire to use fluid-structure interaction (FSI) software to design complex systems and components such as fuel plates. Presently, an effort is underway to support the design and qualification of a new nuclear fuel material which is intended for applications in select, plate-type, research...
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    Masters Thesis
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    necessity. Fluid structure interaction simulations provide a wealth of information regarding flow patterns