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Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Student Scholarship and Achievements

The following listings, reported by the graduate programs, reflect publications, abstracts, awards and honors of current graduate students or those recently graduated.  This scholarship relates to work by the students during their degree program.

 

Adsani, E. A., Shirazi, S. A., and Shadley, J. R., 1999, Mass Transfer Coefficient for Annular Flow, presented at the ASME/AIAA Oklahoma Symposium XIX, Oklahoma Christian University, Norman, OK.

Azouz, I. and Shirazi, S. A., 1998, Evaluation of Several Turbulence Models for Flow in Vertical and Inclined Wellbores, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, December, Vol. 120, pp. 268-275.

Burden, T. L., McLaury, B. S. and Shirazi, S. A., 1999, Verification of Turbulence Modeling with Laser Doppler Velocimeter for a Choke Geometry, presented at the ASME/AIAA Oklahoma Symposium XIX, Oklahoma Christian University, Norman, OK.

Edwards, J. K, Erdal, F. M., McLaury, B. S., and Shirazi, S. A., 1999, Validation of a CFD Code for Tangentially Injected Swirling Flows and Flows in 90 Degree Elbows, Proceedings of the 3rd ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference and FED Summer Meeting/Exposition, San Francisco, CA.

Edwards, J. K., McLaury, B. S., and Shirazi, S. A., 1998, Supplementing a CFD Code with Erosion Prediction Capabilities, ASME FED Summer Meeting, Paper No. FEDSM98-5229, Washington D.C.

Erdal, F. M. and Shirazi, S. A., 1999, CFD Simulations of Tangentially Injected Swirling Flows in Pipes, presented at the ASME/AIAA Oklahoma Symposium XIX, Oklahoma Christian University, Norman, OK.

Erdal, F. M., Mantilla, I., Shirazi, S. A., and Shoham, O., 1998, Simulation of Free Interface Shape and Complex Two-Phase Flow Behavior in a Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Separator, in Proceeding of the 1998 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM98-5206, Washington D.C.

Erdal, F. M., Shirazi, S. A., Mantilla, I., and Shoham, O., 1998, Bubble Trajectory Analysis for Design of Gas Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Separators, SPE Paper 49309, in Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, Production Operations and Engineering/General, New Orleans, LA.

Gomez, L. E., R. S. Mohan & O. Shoham, 1999, Design and Performance of Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC) Separators for Multiphase Production Systems, presented at The American Filtration and Separations Society Annual National Meeting and Exposition, Boston, MA.

Gomez, L. E., R. S. Mohan & O. Shoham,1999, A Computer Simulator for Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Separator Design, presented at the AIAA/ASME Oklahoma Symposium XIX, Oklahoma Christian University, Norman, OK.

Gomez, L. E., R. S. Mohan, O. Shoham, & G. E. Kouba, 1998, Enhanced Mechanistic Model and Field Application Design of Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Separators, presented at the 1998 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA.

Gomez, L. E., R. S. Mohan, O. Shoham, & G. E. Kouba, 1999, Aspect Ratio Modeling and Design Procedure for GLCC Compact Separators, presented at The Energy Sources Technology Conference and Exhibition (ETCE'99) of ASME Petroleum Division, Houston, TX.

Gomez, L. E., R. S. Mohan, O. Shoham, J. D. Marrelli, & G. E. Kouba, 1999, Aspect Ratio Modeling and Design Procedure for GLCC Compact Separators, ASME Transactions, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 121(1), pp. 49-55.

Lackner, G., Doty, D. R., Shirazi, S. A., and Schmidt, Z., 1999, Effect of Viscosity on Downhole Gas Separation in a Rotary Gas Separator, SPE Paper 52160, in Proceedings of the SPE Mid-Continent Operations Symposium, Oklahoma City, OK.

Mantilla, I., Shirazi, S.A., and Shoham, O., 1999, Flow Prediction and Bubble Trajectory Model in Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC) Separators, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, March, Vol. 121, pp. 9-14.

McGrann, R. T. R., Shadley, J. R., Rybicki, E. F., Kruecke, T. L., and Bodger, B. E., 1998, The Effect of Coating Residual Stress on the Fatigue Life of Thermal Spray Coated Steel and Aluminum, The Journal of Surface & Coatings Technology, Volumes 108-109, pp. 59-64.

Wilson, J. M., Kim, J., McGrann, R. T. R., Shadley, J. R., Rybicki, E. F., and Greving, D. J., 1999, Fatigue Comparison Between Tungsten Carbide Coatings and Hard Anodizing on Aluminum Bend Specimens, presented at the XIXth Annual AIAA/ASME Oklahoma Symposium, Oklahoma Baptist University, Edmond, OK.

Megat, I. R., Taber, H. F., Shadley, J. R., Rybicki, E. F., and Savarimuthu, A., 1999, Comparison of Wear Rates between Chrome Plating and Various HVOF Tungsten Carbide Coatings Applied against Bearing Materials, presented at the XIXth Annual AIAA/ASME Oklahoma Symposium, Oklahoma Baptist University, Edmond, OK.

Meyer, Laura, Henshaw, John M., Houston, Dan Q., and Hagerman, Ed, 1999, The Effects of Stressed Environmental Exposure on the Durability of Automotive Composite Materials, accepted for publication in Polymers and Polymer Composites. Volume 7, no. 4.

Momber, A. W., R. S. Mohan and R. Kovacevic, 1999, On-Line Analysis of Hydro-Abrasive Erosion of Pre-cracked Materials by Acoustic Emission, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 31, pp. 1-17.

Momber, A., R. Mohan and R. Kovacevic, 1999, An Acoustic Emission Study of Cutting Bauxite Refractory Ceramics by Abrasive Water Jets, ASM Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 8(4).

Sorem, J. R., Jr., Tipton, S. M., Rhodes, D. S., Draeger, B., and Bulatowicz, M., 1999, The Varying Modulus of Elasticity for Coiled Tubing Material, SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Roundtable, Houston, TX.

Rolovic, R. and Tipton, S. M., 1999, An Energy Based Critical Plane Approach to Multiaxial Fatigue Analysis, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Twenty-Ninth Volume, ASTM STP 1332, T.L. Panontin and S.D. Sheppard, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Mechanical, Conshohocken, PA, pp.599-613.

Savarimuthu, A. C., Burden, T., Tipton, S. M. and Sorem, J. R., Jr., 1999, Stress Relief Groove Geometries: Circumferential Grooves in Bending, Society of Automotive Engineers Fatigue Design and Evaluation Committee Meeting, Auburn Hills MI.

Savarimuthu, A. C., Taber, H. F., Megat, I. R., Shadley, J. R., and Rybicki, E. F., 1999, Residual Stresses, Fatigue Life and Wear Resistance of HVOF Tungsten Carbide Coatings, presented at the XIXth Annual AIAA/ASME Oklahoma Symposium, Oklahoma Baptist University, Edmond, OK.

Lebeck, A. O., Nygren, M. E., Shirazi, S. A. and Soulisa, R., 1998, Fluid Temperature and Film Coefficient Prediction and Measurement in Mechanical Face Seals – Experimental Results, Tribology Transactions, Vol. 41, pp. 411-422.

Shirazi, S. A., Soulisa, R., Lebeck, A. O., and Nygren, M. E., 1998, Fluid Temperature and Film Coefficient Prediction and Measurement in Mechanical Face Seals – Numerical Results, Tribology Transactions, Vol. 41, pp. 459-470.

Wang, S., R. S. Mohan & O. Shoham, 1999, Active Control System Design for Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Separators, presented at the AIAA/ASME Oklahoma Symposium XIX, Norman, OK.

Wang, S., R. S. Mohan, O. Shoham, & G. E. Kouba, 1998, Dynamic Simulation and Control System Design of Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Separators, presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA.

Willson, Kelly L., Henshaw, John M., 1998, Effects of Time, Stress, and Environmental Exposure on a Glass-Polyurethane Automotive Composite, TMS '98, Chicago, IL.

Wilson, J. M., Kim, J., Shadley, J. R., Rybicki, E. F., McGrann, R. T. R., Emery, W., Somerville, D., and Nuse, J., 1999, Fatigue Life of HVOF Tungsten Carbide Coated Aluminum and Hard Anodized Aluminum in Cyclic Bending and the Influence of Coating Residual Stresses, presented at the United Thermal Spray Conference, March 17-19, held in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Henshaw, John M., Wood, Victoria, and Hall, Aaron C., Failure Analysis of the Takata Seat Belt, 1999, Engineering Failure Analysis, pp. 13-26, Volume 6, no. 1, February.

 

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