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Spring 2020

Kamble, Pavan

This experimental study investigates the effect of near-well fluid mechanics on the scaling failure mechanism specific to SAGD production well. The scaling failure mechanism can be triggered by the pressure drop phenomenon and causes the plugging of the slots in the oilfields. The scale formation...

Spring 2024

Islam, Saqeeb

The purpose of this thesis is to obtain a better understanding of the behavior of particles within a particle-laden turbulent channel flow, as well as evaluate the suitability of the flow facility to measure particle-laden flows. Suitability of the flow loop for measurements of particle-laden...

Fall 2020

Ahmadi Jokani, Farzad

The transportation of mixtures of particles and liquids using slurry pipelines plays a crucial role in the petroleum and mining industries. Slurry pipeline flows are typically turbulent and the presence of the particulate phase results in pipe wear and increased pumping cost. As a result, slurry...

Fall 2011

Sen, Debjyoti

An experimental technique to quantify velocity field at pore scale within micro porous media, formed by packing of micro glass spheres inside a glass micro-model, is presented. A scanning micro particle image velocimetry (µ-PIV) system is used to obtain two component two dimensional (2C2D)...

Fall 2019

Miller, David A

A Stirling engine was studied experimentally with two objectives. The first was to determine the effects of flywheel polar moment of inertia on the transient and steady-state performance of a Stirling engine. The second was to investigate the accuracy of a 2nd order thermodynamic model with a...

1973

Behan, Stephan

Spring 2017

Moallemi, Alireza

Formation and evolution of nano-particles in a laminar co-flow methane diffusion flame were investigated under two conditions: a pure methane flame and a methane flame doped with NaCl particles. Samples of nano-particles from different heights above the burner were extracted by a probe sampling...

Fall 2018

Gingras, Drew R.

Helicopters have proven to be a versatile air vehicle in today’s society and are used in a variety of applications. Many complexities arise in the aerodynamics of helicopters due to the presence of the main rotor downwash and the diverse range of flight conditions. The various uses of helicopters...

Spring 2024

Wang, Sen

Flow separation at the trailing-edge (TE) region of wings, known as trailing-edge separation, is a process where the boundary layer detaches from the wing surface under the effect of an adverse pressure gradient (APG). The phenomenon is known for reducing lift, increasing drag and producing...

Spring 2020

Wagih Abu Rowin

A reduction in skin-friction drag can lead to lower energy consumption in variety of transportation vehicles, and consequently results in a smaller environmental impact. Several methods have been presented to reduce the skin-fiction and one of these methods is to introduce an air layer at the...