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Wheel loader powertrain modeling for real-time vehicle dynamic simulation
An exergy-based analysis of gasification and oxyburn processes
An investigation of the combustion of oil sand derived bitumen-in-water emulsions
Design of new root-form endosseous dental implant and evaluation of fatigue strength using finite element analysis
Effects of waves and the free surface on a surface-piercing flat-plate turbulent boundary layer and wake
Wind turbine vibration study: A data driven methodology
Full-scale two-phase flow measurements using optical probes on Athena II research vessel
Multiresolution analysis for adaptive refinement of multiphase flow computations
Simulation based design for high speed sea lift with waterjets by high fidelity URANS approach
Method for determination of octane rating by flame quenching experiments
Electrical and thermal behavior of IM7/977-3 carbon fiber polymer matrix composites subjected to time-varying and steady electric currents
A computational study of two dimensional laminar premixed combustion of methane and some biofuels
Artificial neural network for behavior learning from meso-scale simulations, application to multi-scale multimaterial flows
Gas evolution of corn kernels, oat hulls, and paper sludge from biomass gasification
Model predictive control for adaptive digital human modeling
Computational modeling of the combustion and gasification zones in a downdraft gasifier
Road variability and its effect on vehicle dynamics simulation
Characterization of carbon fiber polymer matrix composites subjected to simultaneous application of electric current pulse and low velocity impact
The effects of quasi-steady loading on a virtual spur gear model
Measurement of gas evolution from PUNB bonded sand as a function of temperature
Effects of headwinds on towing tank resistance and PMM tests for ONR Tumblehome
Multiobjective simulation and optimization of an occupied university building
Variable screening method using statistical sensitivity analysis in RBDO
Multibody dynamics of mechanism with secondary system
Investigation of electrical and impact properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites with carbon nanotube buckypaper layers
Combustion instabilities: An experimental investigation on the effects of hydrogen in a lean premixed combustor
Design and application of an instrumented pendulum device for measuring energy absorption during fracture insult in large animal joints in vivo
Stability analysis of atomic structures
Modeling and simulation of electrolyte transport in alkaline fuel cells
Temperature-dependent homogenization technique and nanoscale meshfree particle methods
Multidimensional CFD model of catalytic monolith reactor
Inverse elastostatic stress analysis for biological structures
Mining wavelet transformed boiler data sets
Reliability modeling for linear sensor systems
Reliability-based design optimization and robust design optimization using univariate dimension reduction method
Four dimensional data assimilation of dual doppler lidar observations of the urban boundary layer
Stochastic models for micromechanics and multiscale fracture analysis of functionally graded materials
A modeling and experimental study of deformation and hot tearing in steel
Optimization-based dynamic human walking prediction
Pointwise identification of elastic properties in nonlinear heterogeneous membranes, and application to soft tissues
Discrete gradient method in solid mechanics
Discrete-element model of red blood cell aggregation in blood flow
URANS and DES simulations of static and dynamic maneuvering for surface combatant
Patient-specific hexahedral mesh generation for orthopaedic surgical planning of cervical laminoplasty
Experimental investigation of free dendritic growth of succinonitrile-acetone alloys
Input model uncertainty and reliablity-based design optimization with associated confidence level
CFD prediction of ship capsize: Parametric rolling, broaching, surf-riding, and periodic motions
Phase-averaged stereo-PIV flow field and force/moment/motion measurements for surface combatant in PMM maneuvers
Simulation of fluid-structure interaction for surface ships with linear/nonlinear deformations
A sharp interface Cartesian grid hydrocode
Measuring and modeling the anisotropic, nonlinear and hysteretic behavior of woven fabrics
Image based modeling of complex boundaries
MDCT-based dynamic, subject-specific lung models via image registration for CFD-based interrogation of regional lung function
Study of airflow and particle transport in acinar airways of the human lung
Reliability-based design optimization using surrogate model with assessment of confidence level
Three dimensional sharp interface Eulerian computations of multi-material flows
Numerical modeling of biomass combustion in a stoker boiler
A study of optimization-based predictive dynamics method for digital human modeling
Performance monitoring of wind turbines: A data-mining approach
A massively parallel adaptive sharp interface solver with application to mechanical heart valve simulations