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An investigation of the strain field and inter-fragmentary movement of a broken hemi-pelvis
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Pelvic fracture is considered a common and sometimes fatal injury. There are still developments in novel pelvic fixations. In order to investigate the performance of these fixations, a specialized testing set-up is required. Typically, the strains of a few selected points and the changes in the...
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An Investigation of Using n-Si Piezoresistive Behavior to Develop a Three-Dimensional Stress Sensing Rosette
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This work involves the design, microfabrication, calibration, and testing of a new silicon-based piezoresistive rosette capable of extracting the three-dimensional (3D) stresses in the silicon upon deformation. A new 10-element piezoresistive rosette was devised to extract all stress components...
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Fall 2017
Currently the understanding of morphological evolution of soot aggregates under the influence of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and the process of SOA restructuring are not well known. As a consequence, the uncertainty in the estimation of the radiative forcing from soot aggregates is high. The...
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Spring 2016
Health care systems focus on fulfilling patient expectation and needs. However, the wide differences among various health care services make the understanding and use of patient satisfaction information challenging. Patient satisfaction can systematically be studied and analyzed through methods...
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An open-source two-phase non-isothermal mathematical model of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell
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A comprehensive open-source two-phase non-isothermal MEA model including the microporous layer and accounting for multi-step reaction kinetics for the ORR and HOR is developed for the first time. The model is integrated into openFCST, an open-source FEM based fuel cell simulation framework. All...
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An Oxygen Reduction Reaction Kinetic Model for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Based on Free Energies of Activation and Adsorption
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Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are a promising alternative technology to internal combustion engines used on vehicles. However, improvements on durability and performance are needed in order to boost the commercialization of this technology. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)...
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Fall 2018
The work within this thesis is concerned with an unsteady flow phenomenon known as vortex shedding. It is ubiquitous throughout engineering applications and leads to unwanted noise, vibration, and pressure drop in the afflicted systems. Vortex shedding is highly complex, and even with over a...