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Fall 2015
Interactions between stars are crucial for diverse areas of astrophysics, but they are not yet fully understood. These interactions come in forms as diverse as a direct physical collision, matter transfer from one star to another, and a "common envelope" (CE). The CE phase is a short period of...
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Fall 2020
We investigate the production of fast ejecta from the contact interface in coalescing binary neutron stars. This ejecta expands rapidly enough (velocities > 0.6c) that the r-process freezes out, generating an ultraviolet precursor to the kilonova powered by the decay of free neutrons. Previous...
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Influence of Venturi Tube Geometry and Particle Properties on the Hydrodynamic Cavitation for Fine Particle Flotation
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In this study, the influences of both Venturi tube geometry and particle properties on the hydrodynamic cavitation are investigated. In the geometry study, we investigated numerically and experimentally the influence of several geometrical parameters on the cavitation inception and bubble...
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Fall 2016
Fluidized beds offer efficient solutions for segregation of clay and bitumen pellets in the oil production industry. However, the hydrodynamics of these systems is not well-known and they are mostly operated as ``black box''. The removal of clay pellets in the mechanical separation of oil sands...
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Spring 2023
Wet ponds and wetlands can improve stormwater quality by removing sediment before being discharged into receiving water bodies. Despite a large amount of published information, their optimal design, operation, and management have not yet been determined due to the lack of adequately monitored...
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Spring 2010
Heterogeneity of surfaces is often included in mathematical treatments of colloid transport and deposition as an afterthought, if at all. Most previous models of colloid transport and deposition have employed idealizations and simplifications such as assuming smooth collector surfaces with...