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  • Data-Driven Environmentally Sustainable Product Design: A Shift Toward Increased use of Sustainable Design Activities in the Early Design Phase

    Creator:
    Ferrero, Vincenzo J.
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    Modern product design drives the boundaries of innovation by encompassing complex Design-for-X objectives, and the inclusion of multidimensional stakeholders. This growing complexity in product design has left design teams unequipped, as classical design theory is bounded by designer experience, expertise, and cognition. One novel approach to tackling product complexity is...
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    Dissertation
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering presented on April 13, 2021. Title

  • Evaluating Stiffness Metrics for Predicting the Cost of Chemical Kinetics Integration

    Creator:
    Alferman, Andrew Thomas
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    Simulations of combustion and reacting flows often encounter stiffness in the equations governing chemical kinetics. Explicit solvers for these ordinary differential equations offer low computational expense, but typically cannot efficiently handle stiff systems. In contrast, implicit methods demand greater expense but offer unconditional stability—as a result, most reactive-flow solvers rely...
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    Masters Thesis
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    degree of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering presented on June 13, 2018. Title: Evaluating

  • Modeling the thermal effects of fabricated fuel-to-cladding gap in fast reactor fuel

    Creator:
    Baker, Ronald Blair
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    This report presents a refined method for the calculation of fuel centerline temperatures and the linear-heat-rating-to-incipient melting, ' Q'[subscript m], of mixed-oxide fuel typical of that to be used in the Fast Flux Test Facility and in Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactors. Of primary concern are the effects of the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering presented on December 13, 1976. Title: Modeling the Thermal

  • The Influence of Gas Extraction on Bubble Dynamics

    Creator:
    Juarez, Corey D.
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    A new thermal management method for hotspots on microprocessors is under development that employs confined pool boiling with vapor extraction at pre-determined nucleation sites. Extraction is accomplished by locating a vacuum chamber constructed out of a glass tube and a hydrophobic membrane directly above a nucleation site. In order to...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    , Randall, and Dr. Liburdy on a weekly basis to discuss our research. I would also like to thank Cameron

  • Design and preliminary characterization of thermally-actuated pumps utilizing Marangoni and Leidenfrost effects

    Creator:
    Sedler, Stephen Joseph
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    Design and preliminarily characterization of two thermally-actuated pumps is presented in this thesis. The unique feature of both pumps is the presence of periodic asymmetrical structures on the channel walls. Two heat transfer effects are used with surface asymmetry to generate forces that drive the fluid in a preferential direction...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    the vapor path from liquid to vapor channels..............................13 7. Picture of

  • Feasibility of utilizing an integrating nephelometer to measure visibility

    Creator:
    Nelson, William George
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    An integrating nephelometer was set up at the Eugene Airport which is located five miles north of Eugene, Oregon, on Highway 99 West. Continuous atmospheric scattering coefficient readings were obtained from July 1, 1969, to August 28, 1969. These data are converted to meteorological range through the use of the...
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    Masters Thesis
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  • Partial recirculation of diesel engine exhaust for the reduction of oxides of nitrogen

    Creator:
    Addicott, Donald James
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    Oxides of nitrogen are a concern as effluents to atmospheres because they participate in photochemical reactions which produce smog, because they attenuate sunlight which gives the atmosphere a reddish brown cast, and because of their toxic properties and the health hazards associated with the photochemical products they produce. Oxides of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    added to the conditioner for an enclosed location (20, p. 13. 1). However it has been shown that no

  • A multiagent approach to identifying innovation in design components

    Creator:
    Rebhuhn, Carrie M.
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    Innovation is a key element for a product to achieve market success, but identifying it within product or even defining the term is a difficult task. Identifying innovation has been approached in many different ways. Experts in design engineering may identify innovative designs based on an analysis of a product's...
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    Masters Thesis
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    in Mechanical Engineering presented on May 13, 2013. Title: A Multiagent Approach to Identifying

  • Simulation of drag reduction due to multi-aligned spheres

    Creator:
    Lindqvist, Varna
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    A method was sought to predict the flight paths and collisions for closely spaced ink droplets of various sizes as a design aid for ink-jet printing development. Computational fluid dynamics models of two rigid aligned spheres, as a proxy for ink droplets, were initiated in atmospheric pressure air at constant...
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    Masters Thesis
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    presented on September 13, 2011. Title: Simulation of Drag Reduction due to Multi-Aligned Spheres

  • Finite element simulation of heat transfer in Pacific whiting surimi paste during ohmic and conventional heating

    Creator:
    AbuDagga, Yaser
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    The viability of using ohmic "resistance" heating as a process alternative to inactivating the heat-stable softening enzyme in Pacific whiting surimi was investigated. A fast heating rate through the enzyme-active temperature range would reduce the damage to the gelling network in surimi-based products. Simulating the ohmic heating process in surimi...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the degree of Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering presented December 13, 1995. Title