Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Mechanical Engineering Department faculty.
Submissions from 2008
Numerical Study of Sulfur Trioxide Decomposition in Bayonet Type Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer with Porous Media Zone and Different Packed Bed Designs, Vijaisri Nagarajan, Valery Ponyavin, Yitung Chen, Milton E. Vernon, Paul Pickard, and Anthony Hechanova
A Cost-Effective Operating Strategy to Reduce Energy Consumption in a HVAC System, Nabil Nassif and Samir Moujaes
A New Operating Strategy for Economizer Dampers of VAV System, Nabil Nassif and Samir Moujaes
Development and Validation of a New Field Measurement Technique for Estimating the Local and Total Air Duct Leakage in Residential Buildings, Nabil Nassif and Samir Moujaes
Self-Tuning Dynamic Models of HVAC System Components, Nabil Nassif, Samir Moujaes, and M. Zaheeruddin
Characterization of a Unidirectional Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composite for Prototype Design, S. M. Nelson, Brendan O'Toole, and Jagadeep Thota
A Photoelectrochemical Model of Proton Exchange Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production, J. H. Nie, Yi-Tung Chen, Robert F. Boehm, and Shanthi Katukota
Velocity and Temperature Distributions in Bipolar Plate of PEM Electrolysis Cell, J. H. Nie, S. Cohen, and Y. Chen
Explorations of Improving Flow Uniformity in the Bipolar Plate of a PEM Electrolysis Cell Using Different Designs, Jian H. Nie, Yitung Chen, Jianfei Wu, and K. M. Veepuri
A New Bipolar plate of PEM Electrolysis Cell With Uniform Flow and Heat Transfer Fields, Jianhu Nie, K. M. Veepuri, Yitung Chen, and Jianfei Wu
Numerical Simulations of Coupled Flow and Heat Transfer Distributions in a Bipolar Plate of the PEM Electrolysis Cell, Jianhu Nie, Jianfei Wu, Steve Cohen, Blake D. Carter, and Yitung Chen
High Temperature Properties of State-Change Tooling Materials, Brendan J. O'Toole, S. Rahman, and J. Malpica
An HP-Adaptive Finite Element Model for Heat Transfer within Partitioned Enclosures, Darrell Pepper and Xiuling Wang
A Self-Adapting Model for Assessing Hazardous Environmental Releases, Darrell Pepper and Xiuling Wang
Calculation of Fluid Flow Distribution Inside a Compact Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer, Valery Ponyavin, Yitung Chen, James Cutts, Anthony Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson
Numerical Modeling of Compact High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer for Hydrogen Production, Valery Ponyavin, Yitung Chen, Anthony Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson
Parametric study of sulfuric acid decomposer for hydrogen production, Valery Ponyavin, Yitung Chen, Taha Mohamed, Mohamed Trabia, Anthony Hechanova, and Merrill Wilson
A New Method of Synthesizing Black Birnessite Nanoparticles: From Brown to Black Birnessite with Nanostructures, Shizhi Qian, Marcos A. Cheney, Pradip K. Bhowmik, Sang W. Joo, Wensheng Hou, and Joseph M. Okoh
Analysis of Self-Electrophoretic Motion of a Spherical Particle in a Nanotube: Effect of Nonuniform Surface Charge Density, Shizhi Qian and Sang W. Joo
Electrophoretic Motion of a Spherical Particle with a Symmetric Nonuniform Surface Charge Distribution in a Nanotube, Shizhi Qian, Sang W. Joo, Wensheng Hou, and Xuxin Zhao
Materials and Technologies Applicable to Generation IV Nuclear Reactor Systems, W. Ren, B. Swinderman, and A. K. Roy
Comparison of Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Results For a Simplified CPU/Heatsink model, Russel Robinson Jr., Mike Genova, and Daniel P. Cook
Tensile Deformation of a Nickel-Base Superalloy for Application in Hydrogen Generation, Ajit K. Roy, Rama S. Koripelli, and Joydeep Pal
The Role of Silicon Content on Environmental Degradations of T91 Steels, Ajit K. Roy, D. Maitra, and Pankaj Kumar
Corrigendum to "Dynamic Strain Ageing of an Austenitic Superalloy-Temperature and Strain Rate Effects, Ajit K. Roy, Joydeep Pal, and Chandan K. Mukhopadhyay
Dynamic Strain Ageing of an Austenitic Superalloy: Temperature and Strain Rate Effects, Ajit K. Roy, Joydeep Pal, and Chandan K. Mukhopadhyay
Tensile Deformation of a Nickel-Base Alloy at Elevated Temperatures, Ajit K. Roy, Anand Venkatesh, and Vikram Marthandam
Residual Stress Measurements in Welded and Plastically Deformed Target Structural Materials, A K. Roy, Anand Venkatesh, and S. Dronavalli
Update to ANSI/ANS-6.4.3-1991 Gamma-Ray Buildup Factors for High-Z Engineering Materials (Part I), Lawrence P. Ruggieri and Charlotta Sanders
Spacing Analysis of an Inclined Solar Collector Field, S. B. Sadineni, Robert F. Boehm, and Rick A. Hurt
Theory and Experimental Investigation of a Weir-Type Inclined Solar Still, Suresh B. Sadineni, Rick A. Hurt, Christopher K. Halford, and Robert F. Boehm
Optimization of a Vehicle Space Frame Under Ballistic Impact Loading, Umakanth Sakaray, Mohamed B. Trabia, and Brendan J. O'Toole
Shielding Analysis of Yucca Mountain Aging Casks using MAVRIC, Steven P. Simmer and Charlotta E. Sanders
Simulation of Pulsed Neutron Source Reactivity Measurements and Calculation of Kinetic Parameters with MCNP, E. Y. Stankovskiy, C. C. Jammes, and Denis Beller
Simulation of the Neutron Source Created in the Target of Electron Accelerator using MCNP, E. Y. Stankovskiy, C. C. Jammes, and Denis E. Beller
Modeling of a Diffusion Controlling Oxidation Process with Scale Removal in Oxygen-Containing Liquid Flow, Taide Tan, Yi-tung Chen, and Huajun Chen
A Diffusion Controlling Duplex-Layer Oxidation Model with Scale Removal in Oxygen Containing Liquid Metal Flow, Taide Tan, Yitung Chen, and Huajun Chen
An Improved Mesoscopic Oxidation Model of Metals in Lead Bismuth Eutectic, Taide Tan, Yitung Chen, and Huajun Chen
Theoretical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of the Corrosion and Precipitation in Non-Isothermal Liquid Lead Alloy pipe/loop Systems, Taide Tan, Yitung Chen, and Huajun Chen
Natural Convection Induced Oxygen Transport in Liquid Lead Bismuth Eutectic, Taide Tan, Yitung Chen, and Xianfang Tan
Optimization of a Light-Weight Composite Blast Containment Vessel Structural Response, Jagadeep Thota, Ashok K. Ayyaswamy, Mohamed B. Trabia, and Brendan J. O'Toole
Optimization of a Military Vehicle Space Frame Subject to High Impact Loading, Jagadeep Thota, Mohamed B. Trabia, and Brendan J. O'Toole
Incorporating Rapid Prototyping Machine in Teaching Mechanical Engineering Design, Mohamed B. Trabia and Kevin Nelson
Finite Element Modeling of a Light-Weight Composite Blast Containment Vessel, Mohamed Trabia, Brendan O'Toole, Jagadeep Thota, and Kiran K. Matta
Generalized Design of an Anti-Swing Fuzzy Logic Controller for an Overhead Crane with Hoist, Mohamed Trabia, Jamil M. Renno, and Kamal A.F. Moustafa
Particle Attrition Analysis in a High Temperature Rotating Drum, B. R. Vijayarangan, Samir Moujaes, and M. Flores
Constructing 3-D wind fields for Nellis Dunes in Nevada, Xiuling Wang and Darrell W. Pepper
Numerical Simulation of Contaminant Dispersion Within an Aircraft Interior, Xiuling Wang and Darrell W. Pepper
Three-Dimensional Fluid Flow and Coupled Heat Transfer in Simplified Bipolar Plates, J. Wu, Jian H. Nie, and Y. Chen
Submissions from 2007
Evaluation of a Fuel Cell for Powering the Electrical Load of ICE Vehicles, Yahia Baghzouz, R. Hurt, and Robert F. Boehm
A Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Corrosion Behavior and Oxygen Transport in the Natural Convection Lead-Alloy Flow, Huajun Chen, Yitung Chen, Hsuan-Tsung Hsieh, and Jinsuo Zhang
Developing Turbulent Forced Convection in Two-Dimensional Duct, Yi-Tung Chen, J. H. Nie, B. F. Armaly, Hsuan-Tsung Hsieh, and Robert F. Boehm
Modeling Permanent Mold Casting of Aluminum, Daniel P. Cook, Sachin S. Deshmukh, and David P. Carey
Thermal Tug-o-War: A Competitive, Hands-On Approach to Learning Basic Heat Exchanger Design, Daniel P. Cook and Sidney Lowe
Fluid Interaction of Segmented Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites Under Water, Deniz Dogruer, Joon S. Lee, Woosoon Yim, and Kwang J. Kim
Tensile Behavior of Nb7.5Ta for Heat-Exchanger Applications, Arindam Ghosh, Venkateswarlu Kondur, and Ajit K. Roy
Modeling of phase change material peak load shifting, Christopher K. Halford and Robert F. Boehm
Thermal transient flow rate sensor for high temperature liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor, Yingtao Jiang, Jian Ma, and Rohit Reddy Saddi
Modeling RedOx-Based Magnetohydrodynamics in Three-Dimensional Microfluidic Channels, Hussameddine S. Kabbani, Aihua Wang, Xiaobing Luo, and Shizhi Qian
Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites for Underwater Operation, Kwang J. Kim, Woosoon Yim, Jason W. Paquette, and Doyeon Kim
Motion Planning and Control of Artificial Muscle Actuated Underwater Vehicle Using Nonlinear Neural Oscillator, Joon S. Lee, Woosoon Yim, and Kwang J. Kim
Behavior Pattern and Parametric Characterization for Low Density Crushable Foams, Qunli Liu and Brendan J. O'Toole
Effect of Soft Honeycomb Core on Flexural Vibration of Sandwich Panel using Low Order and High Order Shear Deformation Models, Qunli Liu and Yi Zhao
Acoustic Emission (AE) Monitoring of Open Die and Closed Die Forging Processes of Al Alloy, C. K. Mukhopadhyay, S. Venugopal, T. Jayakumar, S. L. Mannan, Baldev Raj, B. Chatterji, R.. Srinivasan, V. Gopalakrishnan, G. Madhusudan, and R. S. Tripathi
A Tunable Vibration Isolator Using a Magnetorheological Elastomer With a Field Induced Modulus Bias, Saul Opie and Woosoon Yim
Effect of Microsphere and Binder Properties on State-Change Material Performance, Brendan J. O'Toole, S Rahman, and J Malpica
High Temperature Properties of a State-Change Material, Brendan J. O'Toole, S Rahman, and J Malpica
Application of an H-Adaptive Finite Element Model for Wind Energy Assessment in Nevada, Darrell Pepper and Xiuling Wang
An Advanced Numerical Model for Assessing 3-D Wind Fields, Darrell W. Pepper and Xiuling Wang
Transient Analysis of a Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer, Valery Ponyavin, Taha M.R. Mohamed, Mohamed Trabia, Yitung Chen, and Anthony Hechanova
Transient Analysis of a Ceramic High Temperature Heat Exchanger and Chemical Decomposer, Valery Ponyavin, Taha Mohamed, Mohamed B. Trabia, Yitung Chen, and Anthony E. Hechanova
Transient analysis of aceramic high temperature heat exchanger and chemical decomposer, Valery Ponyavin, Mohamed B. Trabia, Taha Mohamed, Yi-tung Chen, and Anthony E. Hechanova
Diffusioosmotic Flows in Slit Nanochannels, Shizhi Qian, Biswajit Das, and Xiaobing Luo
Residual Stress Characterization of Welded Specimens by Non-Destructive Activation Technique, Ajit K. Roy, S. Chanda, Douglas P. Wells, A. Ghosh, and Chandan K. Mukhopadhyay
Residual Stress Measurements in Welded and Plastically Deformed Target Structural Materials, Ajit K. Roy, Anand Venkatesh, Satish Dronavalli, Vikram Marthandam, Douglas P. Wells, Farida Selim, and Ronald Rogge
Performance of Alloy 800H for High-Temperature Heat Exchanger Applications, Ajit K. Roy and Vinay Virupaksha
Optimization of a light-weight composite blast containment vessel structural response, Jagadeep Thota, Ashok K. Ayyaswamy, Mohamed B. Trabia, and Brendan O’Toole
Control of a Projectile Smart Fin Using an Inverse Dynamics-Based Fuzzy Logic Controller, Mohamed B. Trabia, Woosoon Yim, Paul Weinacht, and Venkat Mudupu
The Evaluation of the Cracking Susceptibility of Alloy 718 in an Acidic Solution, Anand Venkatesh and Ajit K. Roy
Application of an Hp-Adaptive FEM for Solving Thermal Flow Problems, Xiuling Wang and Darrell Pepper
HP-Adaptive Finite Element Simulations of Viscous Flow Including Convective Heat Transfer, Xiuling Wang and Darrell Pepper
Numerical Simulation for Under-Floor Air Distribution System with Swirl Diffusers, Xiuling Wang and Darrell Pepper
An Adaptive Finite Element Model for Simulating Natural Convective Effects of Multiple Obstructions, Xiuling Wang and Darrell W. Pepper
Application of H-, P- and HP-Adaptation for Convective Heat Transfer Problems, Xiuling Wang and Darrell W. Pepper
Construction Materials Development in Sulfur-Iodine Thermochemical Water-Splitting Process for Hydrogen Production, B. Wong, R. T. Buckingham, L. C. Brown, B. E. Russ, Gottfried Besenbruch, Ancila V. Kaiparambil, Radhakrishnan Santhanakrishnan, and Ajit K. Roy
Submissions from 2006
Racing to Win the Public Communications Competition, Denis Beller, E. H. Wachs, P. L. Newman, and S. Kerrick
Development of a Renewably-Based Hydrogen Generation/Utilization System, Robert F. Boehm, Yahia Baghzouz, R. Hurt, R. Mauldin, E. Bulla, R. Fifield, J. Gardner, and T. Maloney
Prediction of Gross Parameters during Enclosed Incineration of Energetic Materials, Robert F. Boehm, Jennifer Politano, and Zoran Stefanoski
Shock Reduction for Electronic Components Within a Projectile, Vinod Chakka, Mohamed Trabia, Brendan O'Toole, Srujanbabu Sridharala, Samaan G. Ladkany, and Mostafiz Chowdhury
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Gas-Particle Flow within a Solid-Particle Solar Receiver, Huajun Chen, Yitung Chen, Hsuan-Tsung Hsieh, and Nathan Siegel
Viscoelastic Flow in Rotating Curved Pipes, Yitung Chen, Huajun Chen, Jinsuo Zhang, and Benzhao Zhang
Turbulent Separated Convection Flow Adjacent to Backward-Facing Step-Effects of Step Height, Yitung Chen, J. H. Nie, B. F. Armaly, and Hsuan-Tsung Hsieh
Three-Dimensional Convection Flow Adjacent to Inclined Backward-Facing Step, Yitung Chen, J. H. Nie, Hsuan-Tsung Hsieh, and L. J. Sun
Materials Science and Fabrication Techniques in the Entertainment Industry: A Collaboration Between Fine arts and Engineering, Daniel P. Cook and Robert Wysocki
Numerical modeling of em pump efficiency, D. Cook, Jian Ma, H. Chen, Y. Chen, and L. J. Ratliff
Design of Grid Connected-PV System For a Hydrogen Refueling Station, Sachin S. Deshmukh, Yahia Baghzouz, and Robert F. Boehm
Mathematical Modeling of Solar-Hydrogen System for Residential Applications, Sachin S. Deshmukh and Robert F. Boehm
Fluid Interaction of Segmented Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites Under Water, Deniz Dogruer, Kwang J. Kim, and Woosoon Yim
Structural Mechanisms in the Abolishment of VEGF-Induced Microvascular Hyperpermeability by cAMP, Bingmei M. Fu, Shang Shen, and Bin Chen
Attracting Cracks for Arrestment in Bone-Like Composites, Jinhua Huang, Andrew J. Rapoff, and Raphael T. Haftka