Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Old Dominion University since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Dissertation: Development of Vibration and Sensitivity Analysis Capability Using the Theory of Structural Variations, Ting-Yu Rong
Dissertation: Simulation of Active Control of Asymmetric Flows Around Slender Pointed Forebodies, Hazem Sharaf El-Din
Thesis: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Iosipescu Shear Test for Composite Materials, Barry Stuart Spigel
Dissertation: The Development of a Method to Extract High Purity Oxygen From the Martian Atmosphere, Dongchuan Wu
Dissertation: Unsteady Flow Simulations About Moving Boundary Configurations Using Dynamic Domain Decomposition Techniques, Guan-Wei Yen
Dissertation: Finite Element Analysis for Nonlinear Flutter Suppression of Composite Panels at Elevated Temperatures Using Piezoelectric Materials, Run Chen Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Dissertation: Boundary Layer influences on the Subsonic Near-Wake of a Family of Three-Dimensional Bluff Bodies, Charles Willliam Alcorn
Dissertation: Studies on Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Supersonic Chemically Reacting Flows, Rajnish Chandrasekhar
Dissertation: Theoretical Results Supporting the Use of Passive Damping as Augmentation to the Active Control of Flexible Structures, Joseph Vincent Harrell
Dissertation: Navier-Stokes Simulation of Quasi-Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Supersonic Vortex Breakdown, Hamdy A. Kandil
Dissertation: Robust Control of Nonlinear Multibody Flexible Space Structures, Atul G. Kelkar
Dissertation: Grid Sensitivity for Aerodynamic Optimization and Flow Analysis, Ideen Sadrehaghighi
Dissertation: Fiber Enhanced Viscoelastic Damping Polymers and Their Application to Passive Vibration Control, Houchun Xia
Dissertation: The Influence of Reynolds Number and Atmospheric Effects on Aircraft Wake Vortices Near the Ground, Zhongquan Charlie Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Dissertation: Runge-Kutta Upwind Multigrid Multi-Block Three-Dimensional Thin Layer Navier-Stokes Solver, Frank E. Cannizzaro
Dissertation: Laminar and Turbulent Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Trombe Wall Channels, Tony D. T. Chen
Dissertation: Shape Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Skeletal Structures and Geometrically Nonlinear Solids, Ching-Hung Chuang
Dissertation: A Computational Aerodynamic Design Optimization Method Using Sensitivity Analysis, Mohamed E. Eleshaky
Dissertation: Explicit Multistage Schemes for the Solution of the Three-Dimensional Compressible Euler/Navier-Stokes Equations, Alaa Ahmed Elmiligui
Dissertation: Control of Low-Speed Turbulent Separated Flow Over a Backward-Facing Ramp, John C. Lin
Dissertation: Unsteady Euler and Navier-Stokes Computations Around Oscillating Delta Wing Including Dynamics, Ahmed Abd-El-Bar Ahmed Salman
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Dissertation: Integrated System Identification and Adaptive State Estimation for Control of Flexible Space Structures, Chung-Wen Chen
Dissertation: Large-Amplitude Finite Element Flutter Analysis of Composite Panels in Hypersonic Flow, Carl E. Gray Jr.
Dissertation: Numerical Modeling of Flame Lift-Off Phenomenon and Calculation of Thermal Loads on a Methane Fuel Injector With Complex Geometry, Taj O. Mohieldin
Dissertation: Two-Dimensional Heat Loss From a Building Slab Including Convective Effects in Saturated Soil, William W. Rust III
Dissertation: Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Distributed Parameter Models of Large Beam-Like Structures, Ji Yao Shen
Dissertation: Kinematic Synthesis of Deployable-Foldable Truss Structures Using Graph Theory, Dirk B. Warnaar
Dissertation: Prediction and Control of Asymmetric Vortical Flows Around Slender Bodies Using Navier-Stokes Equations, Tin-Chee Wong
Dissertation: Finite Element Frequency Domain Solution of Nonlinear Panel Flutter With Temperature Effects and Fatigue Life Analysis, David Yongxiang Xue
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Dissertation: Navier-Stokes Simulations of Flows About Complex Configurations Using Domain Decomposition Techniques, Kamran Fouladi-Semnani
Dissertation: An Experimental Study of an Axisymmetric Turbulent Boundary Layer Disturbed By a Periodic Freestream, Chithrabhanu Koodalattupuram
Dissertation: Effect of Passive Flow-Control Devices on Turbulent Low-Speed Base Flow, Farid Heidari Miandoab
Dissertation: Integrated Control of Thermally Distorted Large Space Antennas, Robert H. Tolson
Dissertation: Control and Mechanism Interaction for Ground-Based Testing of Space Structures, Li-Farn Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Dissertation: Low Speed Flowfield Characterization by Infrared Measurements of Surface Temperatures, Ehud Gartenberg
Dissertation: Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Separation and Flow Control at a Wing/Body Junction, Balakrishnan Lakshmanan
Dissertation: Effects of Nose Bluntness and Shock-Shock Interactions on Blunt Bodies in Viscous Hypersonic Flows, Dal J. Singh
Dissertation: An Adaptive Remeshing Finite Element Method for High-Speed Compressible Flows Using Quadrilateral and Triangular Elements, Gururaja R. Vemaganti
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Dissertation: Integral Equation Solution of the Full Potential Equation for Three-Dimensional, Steady, Transonic Wing Flows, Li-Chuan Chu
Dissertation: Full-Potential Integral Solutions for Steady and Unsteady Transonic Airfoils With and Without Embedded Euler Domains, Hong Hu
Dissertation: Application of Advanced Grid Generation Techniques for Flow Field Computations About Complex Configurations, Monchai Kathong
Dissertation: Viscous Shock Layer Analysis of Hypersonic Flows Over Long Slender Vehicles, Kam-Pui Lee
Dissertation: A Finite Element Formulation for the Large Deflection Random Response of Thermally Buckled Structures, James Eugene Locke
Dissertation: Investigation of Supersonic Chemically Reacting and Radiating Channel Flow, Mortaza Mani
Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows Past Three-Dimensional Cavities, Shivakumar Srinivasan
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Dissertation: Topology and Grid Adaption for High-Speed Flow Computations, Jamshid Samareh Abolhassani
Dissertation: Direct Simulation of Hypersonic Transitional Flows Over Blunt Slender Bodies, Vincent Cuda Jr.
Dissertation: Finite Element Methodology for Nonlinear Free and Harmonic Forced Vibrations of Beam and Plate Structures, Kamolphan Decha-Umphai
Dissertation: The Effects of Nonlinear Damping on the Large Deflection Response of Structures Subjected to Random Excitation, Chunchu Bhavani Prasad
Dissertation: A Study of Flow Separation in Transonic Flow Using Inviscid and Viscous CFD Schemes, James Andrew Rhodes
Dissertation: A Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Vortex Breakdown, Robert Edward Spall
Dissertation: Experimental Study of Shock Wave Interference Heating on a Cylindrical Leading Edge, Allan R. Wieting
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Dissertation: Three-Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Fatique Crack Growth and Closure, Rahmatollah G. Chermahini
Dissertation: An Analytical and Experimental Study of Clearance and Bearing-Bypass Load Effects in Composite Bolted Joints, Rajiv Vikas Arun Naik
Dissertation: Investigation of Vscous/Inviscid Interaction in Transonic Flow Over Airfoils With Suction, Chadra S. Vemuru
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Dissertation: Unsteady Transonic Flow Over Slender Bodies, Cevdet Aydun
Dissertation: Analyses of Quasi-Isotropic Composite Plates Under Quasi-Static Point Loads Simulating Low-Velocity Impact Phenomena, Ajit Dhundiraj Kelkar
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Dissertation: An Investigation of Refractive Index of Solutions of Ammonia and Water at Various Concentrations and Temperatures, Effendy Arif
Dissertation: Studies on the Interference of Wings and Propeller Slipstreams, Ramadas K. Prabhu
Thesis: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Iosipescu Shear Test for Composite Materials, Barry Stuart Spigel
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Dissertation: On the Space Shuttle Wing Thermal-Structural Analysis, Kumar Krishna Tamma
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Dissertation: Improved Finite Element Methodology for Integrated Thermal-Structural Analysis, Pramote Dechaumphai
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Dissertation: Effects of Multiple Scattering and Surface Albedo on the Photochemistry of the Troposphere, Tommy Reinhold Robert Augustsson
Dissertation: Sound Absorption in N2-H2O Gas Mixtures at Room Temperature and Low Frequency/Pressure Ratios, William Axam Griffin
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Thesis: Finite Element Model of a Timoshenko Beam with Structural Damping, Louis Ablen Roussos
Dissertation: Analytic and Experimental Studies of a True Airspeed Sensor, Joseph Yao-Cheng Shen
Dissertation: Influence of Nonequilibrium Radiation and Shape Change on the Flowfield of a Jupiter Probe With Ablation and Mass Injection, Sundaresa Venkata Subramanian
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Dissertation: Curing and Flow of Thermosetting Resins for Composite Materials Pultrusion, Howard L. Price Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Dissertation: Design, Calibration, and Application of a Sensor for Measuring Time Dependent Angle of Attack of Helicopter Blades, Weiyuan Henry Liu
Dissertation: Crack Propagation in Aluminum Sheets Reinforced With Boron-Epoxy, George Lawrence Roderick
Thesis: Effect of Precursor Heating on Radiating and Chemically Reacting Viscous Flow Around a Jovian Entry Body, Kuo Yen Szema
Dissertation: Analysis of Moisture Absorption and Diffusion in Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Resin-Matrix Composite Materials, Stephen Stern Tompkins
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Dissertation: Evaluation of Hydrogen as a Cryogenic Wind Tunnel Test Gas, Richard Carl Haut II
Dissertation: Optimal Control of a Large Space Telescope Using an Annular Momentum Control Device, Arun Anant Nadkarni
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Dissertation: Similitude of Mass Transfer Processes in Distorted Froude Model of an Estuary, Carvel Hall Blair