Theses

Computational Analysis of a Slotted, Natural-Laminar-Flow Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft Configuration

    Cody Perkins, MS Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, December 2022.

        Manuscript (14.4 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (7 Mbyte pdf)

Development of a High-Fidelity Aero-Thermo-Elastic Analysis and Design Capability

    Soudeh Kamali, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, August 2021.

        Manuscript (7.3 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (2.6 Mbyte pdf)

Tangent and Adjoint Problems in Partially Converged Flows

    Emmett Padway, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, September 2021.

        Manuscript (18 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (7.3 Mbyte pdf)

Large Eddy Simulation in a Split Form Discontinuous Galerkin Method for the Compressible Navier-Stokes

    Anthony Edmonds, MS Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, September 2020.

        Manuscript (7.3 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (2.6 Mbyte pdf)

Development of an Open-Source Capability for High-Fidelity Thermoelastic Modeling and Adjoint-Based Sensitivity Analysis of Structures

    Evan Anderson, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, December 2019.

        Manuscript (5.8 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (4.7 Mbyte pdf)

An Order NlogN Parallel Time Spectral Solver for Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Problems

    Donya Ramezanian, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, August 2019.

        Manuscript (5.8 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (4.7 Mbyte pdf)

Enabling High-Order Methods for Extreme-Scale Simulations

    Andrew Kirby, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, February 2018.

        Manuscript (35.7 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (7.7 Mbyte pdf)

Multidisciplinary Adjoint-based Design Optimization Techniques for Helicopter Rotors

    Enrico Fabiano, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 2017.

      Manuscript (2.1 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (7.2 Mbyte pdf)

Adjoint based, Error Controlled, Loosely Coupled, Unstructured Design Optimization and Adaptive Mesh Refinement Using FUN3D

    Troy Lake, MS Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 2017.

      Manuscript (7.6 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (8.1 Mbyte pdf)

The Development of a Robust Efficient Solver for Spectral and Spectral-Element Time Discretizations

    Nathan Mundis, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 2014.

      Manuscript (6 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (25 Mbyte pptx)

Gradient-based Approaches for Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification within Hypersonic Flows
    Brian Lockwood, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 2012.

      Manuscript (8.5 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (4.5 Mbyte pdf)

An Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Solver for Aerodynamic Flows
    Nick Burgess, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, December 2011.

    Manuscript (40 Mbyte pdf)

Techniques for Application of the Discrete Adjoint Method to Coupled Multidisciplinary Unsteady Flow Problems for Error Estimation and Optimization
    Karthik Mani, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 2009

      Manuscript (5 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (12 Mbyte pptx)

Techniques for High-Order Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Discretizations in Fluid Dynamics
    Li Wang, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 2009.

      Manuscript (16 Mbyte pdf)
        Final defense presentation (15 Mbyte pptx)