Department of Mechanical Engineering

Theses and Dissertations

Student Author	Faculty Advisor	Graduation Date	Title (Click the title to view)	Keywords
Liechty, Brian C	Webb	August, 2008	Material Flow Behavior in Friction Stir Welding	friction stir welding, plasticine, material flow, plasticity, viscoplasticity, FEA/FEM
Frankman, David	Webb	August, 2009	Radiation and Convection Heat Transfer in Wildland Fire Environments	heat transfer, radiation, convection, forest fire, SLW, exchange factor, view factor, radiation ignition, spectral content, heat flux
Yue Xu	W. Edward Red	December, 2010	A Flexible Context Architecture for a Multi-User GUI	Yue Xu, multi-user CAx, multi-user GUI, collaborative design
Blanchard, Ryan P	Tree	August, 2008	Measurements and Modeling of Coal Ash Deposition in an Entrained-Flow Reactor	coal, ash, deposit, deposition, fly ash, fragmentation, particulate, sinter, slag, slagging, UDF, fluent, CFD, impaction, inertial, particle, capture
Larsen, Kyle Frederick	Tree	August, 2007	Investigation of Particle Velocity and Drag with Spherical and Non-Spherical Particles Through a Backward Facing Step	Numerous practical applications exist where dispersed solid particles are transported within a turbulent accelerating or decelerating gaseous flow. The large density variation between phases creates
Scott, Nathan	Tree	December, 2008	High-level, Product Type-specific Programmatic Operations for Streamlining Associative Computer-aided Design	mechanical engineering, CAD, design, automation, interface design, NX, unigraphics, pressure vessel, rocket, interstage, streamlining, programmatic operations, features
Salt, Thomas	Tree	August, 2009	Evaluation of the Benefits of Oxy-combustion on Emissions from a Compression Ignition Engine	NOx, particulate, soot, diesel, oxygen addition, oxygen-enhancement, EGR, emissions control
Katherine Kuykendall	Tracy W. Nelson	August, 2011	An Evaluation of Constitutive Laws and their Ability to Predict Flow Stress over Large Variations in Temperature, Strain, and Strain Rate Characteristic of Friction Stir Welding	friction stir welding, constitutive law, modeling, flow stress, stacking fault energy
Jian Lu	Tracy W. Nelson	December, 2011	Microstructure Evolution in 304L Stainless Steel Subjected to Hot Torsion at Elevated Temperature	friction stir welding FSW, 304L stainless steel, hot torsion, dynamic recovery DRV, continuous dynamic recrystallization CDRX, dislocation structures DSs, low angle boundaries LABs, high angle boundaries HABs
Andersen, Brian S.	Todd	August, 2007	An Investigation of a Positive Engagement, Continuously Variable Transmission	CVT, transmission, meshing
Montierth, Jacob Ross	Todd	August, 2007	Elliptical Rolling Link Toggle Mechanisms for Passive Force Closures with Self-Adjustment	rolling link mechanisms, elliptical rolling contact joints, toggle linkages, passive force closures, self-adjustment, high quality force transmission, no-slip condition, mechanical advantage, self-locking reliability, contact angles, precision output, ele
Dalling, Ryan R.	Todd	May, 2008	An Investigation of Positive Engagement, Continuously Variable Transmissions	positive engagement, PECVT, meshing, embodiment, non-integer tooth problem, product development process, transmission ratio
George, Jonathan	Todd	April, 2010	Development of a Plasma Arc Manufacturing Process and Machine to Create Metal Oxide Particles in Water From Wire Feedstock	EDM, PID, plasma arc, nano-particles, dielectric, process machine, copper, electrical discharge, water, wire
Jacob Lowell Bishop	Tim W. McLain	December, 2010	Search Pattern Generation and Path Management for Search over Rough Terrain with a Small UAV	UAV, search and rescue, coverage, 3-D, path planning
Brett Wayne Millar	Tim W. McLain	June, 2011	Multi-Resolution Obstacle Mapping with Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree Path Planning for Unmanned Air Vehicles	UAV, map building, quadtree, rapidly-exploring random tree, path planning

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Theses and Dissertations