THESES

Behavior of Materials

XIN, Y-B. The role of dislocation activities in the brittle-ductile transition in silicon single crystals. Ph.D. thesis, K. J. Hsia, adviser (1996).

Computational Mechanics

ASLAM, T. D. Investigations on detonation shock dynamics. Ph.D. thesis, D. S. Stewart, adviser (1996).
CORTESE, T. A. Investigation of mean flow and vertical vorticity in turbulent convection using spectral simulations on massively-parallel processors. Ph.D. thesis, S. Balachandar, adviser (1996).
XU, S. Modeling and numerical simulation of deflagration-to-detonation transition in porous energetic materials. Ph.D. thesis, D. S. Stewart, adviser (1996).

Dynamics, Vibrations, and Waves

SUNDERMEYER, J. N. Crack identification and characterization in beams by nonlinear vibration analysis. Ph.D. thesis, R. L. Weaver, adviser (1996).

Mechanics of Fluids

MARMANIS, H. Statistical vortex dynamics and two- dimensional turbulence. M.S. thesis, H. Aref, adviser (1996).
WU, J. W. Stability of rectangular duct flow. M.S. thesis, S. Balachandar, adviser (1996).
YAO, J. On the dynamics of multi-dimensional detonation. Ph.D. thesis, D. S. Stewart, adviser (1996).

Mechanics of Solids

LUFRANO, J. M. Hydrogen transport in hydride and non-hydride forming metals and the mechanistic implications for fracture behavior. Ph.D. thesis, P. Sofronis, adviser (1996).
ULYSSE, P. Modeling methods and die design in extrusion. Ph.D. thesis, R. E. Johnson, adviser (1996).