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A NUMERICAL STUDY OF INTERFACIAL INSTABILITIES IN SHOCKED MATERIALS WITH SURFACE TENSION
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Author
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Bigdelou, Pedram
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Fluid mechanics, Physics
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Description
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Shock-driven multi-material flows occur in several applications including shock wave lithotripsy, underwater explosions, droplet combustion, propeller cavitation and ejection of material from surfaces subject to blast loading. Such flows are highl...
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An Evaluation of Teaching Methods in the Introductory Physics Classroom
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Author
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Savage, Lauren
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Physics, Educational evaluation
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Description
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The introductory physics mechanics course at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has a history of relatively high DFW rates. In 2011, the course was redesigned from the traditional lecture format to the inverted classroom format (flipped...
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Analysis of a Low Enriched Uranium Centrifugal Gas Core Reactor
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Author
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Leer, Darrin
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Fluid mechanics, Physics, Radiation, Nuclear physics
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Description
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With the new NASA directive of returning to the Moon in 2024 as a stepping stone to missions to Mars and beyond, there is a renewed interest in developing nuclear thermal rockets (NTR) to reduce trip times. This thesis will focus on the analysis o...
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Characterization of Individual Straight and Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires
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Author
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Cui, Zhiguang
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Materials science, Nanoscience, Physics
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Description
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Boron carbides represent a class of ceramic materials with p-type semiconductor natures, complex structures and a wide homogeneous range of carbon compositions. Bulk boron carbides have long been projected as promising high temperature thermoelect...
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Discrete Element Simulations of Powder Spreading in Additive Manufacturing
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Author
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Amrapurkar, Parth
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Engineering, Physics
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Description
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Powder spreading plays a critical role in the quality of parts produced with selective laser sintering (SLS). Some of the important parameters that influence the quality of the powder bed are the powder particle size and distribution, blade speed,...
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ELUCIDATING FUNCTIONAL MECHANISMS IN PROTEINS USING THE DISTANCE CONSTRAINT MODEL
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Author
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Singer, Christopher
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Physics
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Description
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Protein thermodynamics has been shown to be insightful and illuminating to the functional mechanisms behind biological function. By characterizing proteins and protein families according to their enthalpy and entropy we can make inferences to the ...
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ENHANCED THERMALLY MANAGED PACKAGING OF III-NITRIDE LIGHT EMITTERS
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Author
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Kudsieh, Nicolas
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics
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Description
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In this Dissertation our work on `enhanced thermally managed packaging of high power semiconductor light sources for solid state lighting (SSL)' is presented. The motivation of this research and development is to design thermally high stable cost-...
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Title
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ESSENTIAL DYNAMICS OF PROTEINS USING GEOMETRICAL SIMULATIONS AND SUBSPACE ANALYSIS
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Author
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David, Charles
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Bioinformatics, Biophysics
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Description
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Essential dynamics is the application of principal component analysis to a dynamic trajectory derived from a simulation protocol in order to extract biologically relevant information contained in the high dimensional data. In this work, we apply t...
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Evaluation of curved surfaces with x-ray reflectometry
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Author
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Cole, Jacob
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Physics
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Description
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This dissertation presents a body of work developing novel models and methods for surface evaluation with X-ray reflectometry (XRR). At the time of this work, XRR is a highly used tool for the measurement of flat wafers and laminated semiconductor...
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Exploring The Self Assembly of Cadmium Selenide Nanoparticles In Langmuir Films
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Author
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Giles, Alexander
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Materials science, Nanoscience, Physics
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Description
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The assembly of semiconductor nanocrystals into close packed films suitable for device engineering is critical to the development of next generation electronic and optoelectronic devices. These nanocrystals have nanometer dimensions and can be pre...
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Extending Topological Constraint Theory to Glass Networks with Hydrogen Bonding
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Author
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Bloom, Austin
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Condensed matter
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Description
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Topological constraint theory has been successful in providing a simple model forthe liquid-glass transition in covalent bond bending networks. However, it is lim- ited to networks where all bonds are quenched and possess equivalent potential well...
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Functional Dynamics in Beta-Lactamase: Insights into Substrate Recognition and Inhibition
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Author
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Avery, Christopher
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Physics
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Description
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Beta-lactamase proteins are among the most prominent causes of antibiotic resistance. These enzymes confer resistance to beta lactam antibiotics, which are commonly used to treat bacterial infections. In recent years, novel beta-lactamase have eme...