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Re-Evaluation Of Resistance Prediction For High-Speed Round Bilge Hull Forms, Jae Won
Re-Evaluation Of Resistance Prediction For High-Speed Round Bilge Hull Forms, Jae Won
Theses and Dissertations
Predicting the resistance of a high-speed monohull has been of interest to Naval Architects for several decades. Even though considerable amount of research has been carried out in this area, there remains a degree of uncertainty in the accurate resistance prediction in the early design stage. This research thesis attempts to investigate a method for enhancing the accuracy of resistance prediction methods for high-speed round-bilge monohull form vessels for a wide range of volumetric Froude numbers (Fn). While a number of systematic series are in existence, their data are either not readily available or scattered in various internal reports and …
Computational Modeling Of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Nathaniel Lee Miller
Computational Modeling Of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes, Nathaniel Lee Miller
Theses and Dissertations
Ab initio self-consistent field (SCF) molecular orbital calculations were performed employing various basis sets to computationally predict methods to functionalize and solubilize carbon nanotubes. The structure and Restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF) or “total” energies of functionalized nanotubes of various configurations were determined via theoretical calculations. Total energies were used to determine preferences for adsorption on nanotube sur-faces. Various diameter carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were tested to determine where a transition from a non-wrapping to a wrapping approach was found likely to occur as a function of diameter. Further refinements to this method could be used to explore additional interactions as nanotube diameter …