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Title
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A Cut-Cell Based Ghost Fluid Method for Multi-Component Compressible Flows
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Author
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Liu, Chen
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Fluid mechanics
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Description
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Multi-material compressible flows are observed in several applications of practical relevance including combustion, cavitation and shock lithotripsy. To solve such flows numerically with improved efficiency and accuracy, the use of the Ghost Fluid...
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Aerodynamics of UAV Ground Effect Interactions
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Author
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Timms, William
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Fluid mechanics
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Description
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With the advent of quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) becoming more prevalent for military and commercial applications, gaining a better understanding of their aerodynamic characteristics is critical. No matter the application, each operatio...
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CFD simulation of an overtaking maneuver using simplified vehicle bodies
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Author
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Chellaram, Arune
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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When two vehicle bodies are involved in a passing maneuver, interesting and intricate aerodynamic interactions occur between them. This has been an area of active interest in Motorsports for quite some time. The existing literature shows only few ...
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CFD-URANS ANALYSIS OF THE WATER FLOW IN AN ALGAE MAGNETIC SEPARATOR
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Author
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Joshi, Shreyas
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering
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Description
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Crude oil is one of the major sources for energy production. One barrel could produce up to 50% of gasoline. Almost, 75% of a crude oil barrel can be converted to petroleum products which are the most consumable energy sources over the world. With...
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PREDICTION OF DISC WING AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
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Author
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Honeycutt, Daniel
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Aerospace engineering
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Description
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The primary goal of the work presented in this thesis is to assess the effectiveness of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools in predicting flow fields around golf discs. The quantities of interest involve aerodynamic force and moment coefficie...