Masters Theses

Date of Award

12-2000

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Mechanical Engineering

Major Professor

Basil N. Antar

Committee Members

Frank S. Collins

Abstract

This thesis is an exploration of the numerical capabilities of the commercial software package, F1DAP, to simulate a high viscosity fluid The interest was in modeling the free surface as well as the internal fluid dynamics of a high viscosity liquid under an axial load Two cases were examined aliquid bridge subject to an axial load, and the coalescence of two liquid drops Both simulations were run under zero gravity conditions Results are compared to experiments run onboard NASA's KC-135 airplane

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