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Spring 2015
Biabangard Oskouyi, Amirhossein
In this thesis, a novel three-dimensional continuum percolation model based on Monte Carlo simulation approach was developed and employed to investigate the percolation behavior of the electrically insulating matrix reinforced with conductive nanoplatelet fillers such as graphene. The...
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Design for Polymer Additive Manufacturing Processes with Coupled Process Responses Using Novel Numerical and Empirical Based Modelling and Optimization Tools
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Additive manufacturing (AM) is a process of joining materials to make parts from 3D model data by successive layer by layer material addition. AM has triggered a paradigm shift towards parts and assemblies design methodologies, materials development and utilization, and additional part...
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Spring 2016
The current study investigates the drag reduction (DR) using high molecular weight polymers such as commercial polyacrylamide, polysaccharides and thermo-responsive polymers. A Taylor-Couette (TC) setup was designed and fabricated to examine the abovementioned polymers for drag reduction, and to...
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Spring 2013
An alternative method of manipulating fragile MEMS devices during fabrication has been developed. A specialized manual or robotic end effector utilizing a gecko inspired adhesive can replace the slow and costly manual tweezers used by the MEMS foundry Micralyne Inc. Improving the adhesive...
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Investigation Using Polymer Additives to Mitigate Erosion in Multiphase Turbulent Pipe Flow
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Long chained polymers were evaluated for their impact on reducing pipe erosion during two-phase flow. The research study was compartmentalized into three categories. One of the components of this study investigated the erosion of different materials in an attempt to find a faster eroding...
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Spring 2022
This thesis research concerns controlling viscous fingering instability when a less-viscous fluid pushes another more-viscous one in a porous medium. This instability is called the Saffman-Taylor instability and has been extensively studied, primarily for simple Newtonian fluids. The resultant of...