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Investigating the effects of transportation infrastructure development on energy consumption and emissions
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This study outlines the development of an emissions modeling process in which tractive power based emissions functions are applied to microscopic traffic simulation data. The model enables transportation planners to evaluate the effects of transportation infrastructure projects on emissions and...
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Investigating the Performance of Randomly Patterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces in Laminar and Turbulent Channel Flows
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Superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) have been investigated based on their success in water repellency, anti-fouling, and drag reducing effects seen in nature (Neinhuis & Bartlott 1997; Kreuz et al. 2001). SHSs utilize a low surface energy material with a microscale surface roughness to prevent water...
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Fall 2018
Dual-fuel Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) combustion is investigated as an efficient combustion mode on a modified 4-cylinder production Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engine. RCCI uses Low-Temperature Combustion (LTC) to provide high efficiency combustion while avoiding NOx...
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Investigation of a Drive Mechanism Modification to Increase Thermodynamic Power of a Low Temperature Differential Gamma Type Stirling Engine
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This work presents the findings of an investigation into the modification of the drive mechanism of a low temperature differential gamma type Stirling engine with the aim of improving the thermodynamic performance and power production. A drive mechanism was conceptualized that could modify the...
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Fall 2015
An investigation of the velocity profile in a microscale (<5mm) channel using micro PIV technique is presented. Measuring the velocity profile in the microchannel becomes increasingly important with the improved attention to microscale devices. Theory dictates that flow in the channel has a...
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Fall 2009
Effervescent atomization has been a topic of considerable investigation in the literature due to its important advantages over other atomization mechanisms. This work contributes to the development of both effervescent atomizers and also laser-based techniques for spray investigation In order to...
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Investigation of Failure Modes of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Flywheel Rotors for Energy Storage Systems
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High-velocity and long-lifetime operating conditions of modern high-speed energy storage flywheel rotors may create the necessary conditions for failure modes not included in current quasi-static failure analyses. The central hypothesis for this thesis research is that (i) viscoelastic effects...
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Investigation of Mechanical Properties, Porosity and Geometric Deviation of Lattice Structures Manufactured by Additive Manufacturing
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This thesis reports fabrication, mechanical characterization, finite element modeling, and geometric analysis of lattice structures. A net-shaped 316L stainless steel lattice structure composed of diamond unit cells was fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM). The cavities in the lattice...