In this thesis, large-eddy simulation (LES) is used to simulate both Newtonian and non-Newtonian physiological pulsatile flows in constricted channels to gain insights into the physical phenomenon of laminar-turbulent flow transition due to the presence of an artificial arterial stenosis. The advanced dynamic nonlinear subgrid-scale stress (SGS) model of Wang and Bergstrom (DNM) was utilized to conduct numerical simulations and its predictive performance was examined in comparison with that of the conventional dynamic model (DM) of Lilly. An in-house LES code has been modified to conduct the unsteady numerical simulations, and the results obtained have been validated against available experimental and direct numerical simulation (DNS) results. The physical characteristics of the flow field have been thoroughly studied in terms of the resolved mean velocity, turbulence kinetic energy, viscous wall shear stress, and turbulence energy spectra along the central streamline of the domain.

Direct solution for three dimensional electric or magnetic field vectors throughout the frequency spectrum is accomplished by a finite element formulation which includes displacement and conduction currents, and requires no special treatment for material interfaces. Analysis of bus bar and Bath cube eddy current problems demonstrate the capabilities of the method. / Spurious components in solutions to vector field problems are shown to corrupt deterministic solutions. These corruptions are identifiable with spurious modes familiar to high frequency modal analysis. Spectrally correct mixed order finite elements are demonstrated to retrieve accuracy in deterministic analyses. / The formulation may be limited by computer round-off at matrix assembly which affects the solenoidality of vector fields. Furthermore, extreme values encountered in low frequency eddy current analysis lead to ill conditioning and unreliable solutions. These numerical instabilities are overcome by parametric adjustment of permittivities. Error estimates are established to monitor inaccuracies introduced by permittivity adjustment.

Thesis (M.Eng.)--University of South Australia, 1998.

Dissertation (Ph. D.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. / "December, 2008." Title from electronic dissertation title page (viewed 12/29/2008) Advisor, Nathan Ida; Committee members, Robert J. Veillette, George C. Giakos, Jiang John Zhe, Gerald W. Young; Department Chair, Jose Alexis De Abreu-Garcia; Dean of the College, George K. Haritos; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.

Proefschrift--Amsterdam. / "Literatuuroverzicht": p. 303-315.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--Wageningen University, 2001. / "July 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-49). Also available via the World Wide Web. http://www.geocities.com/gjsteeneveld

Thesis (M. S.)--Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Zinn, Ben T.; Committee Member: Book, Wayne; Committee Member: Glezer, Ari; Committee Member: Neumeier, Yedidia; Committee Member: Seitzman, Jerry.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. / Yeung, Pui-Kuen, Committee Member ; Lieuwen, Tim, Committee Member ; Menon, Suresh, Committee Chair ; Seitzman, Jerry, Committee Member ; Syed, Saadat, Committee Member.

Proefschrift--Amsterdam. / "Literatuuroverzicht": p. 303-315.