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Doctoral Theses

Doctoral theses sorted by year. Follow each link for more information.

2013
Name Title
Krishnagoud Manda Mechanics and growth of articular cartilage around a localized metal implant

Alexander Sakowitz

Olle Bodin Simulations of compressible flows associated with internal combustion engines

2012
Name Title
Seif Dalil Safaei

Fredrik Laurantzon Flow measurements related to gas exchange applications

Natalia Kosterina Modelling of muscular force induced by non-isometric contraction

Malte Kjellander Energy concentration by converging shock waves in gases

Ruoli Wang Biomechanical Consequences of Gait Impairment at the Ankle and Foot: Injury, Malalignment, and Co-contraction

Florian von Stillfried Computational fluid-dynamics investigations of vortex generators for flow-separation control

Andreas Carlson Capillarity and dynamic wetting

2011
Name Title
Johan Malm Spectral-element simulations of turbulent wall-bounded flows including transition and separation

David Tempelmann Receptivity of crossflow-dominated boundary layers

Bengt Fallenius Experimental design and vortex analyses in turbulent wake flows

Qiang Li Direct and Large-eddy Simulations of Turbulent Boundary Layers with Heat Transfer

Outi Tammisola Numerical stability studies of one-phase and immiscible two-phase jets and wakes

Antonios Monokrousos Optimisation and control of shear flows

Gabriele Bellani

2010
Name Title
Andreas Vallgren Dynamic properties of two-dimensional and quasi-geostrophic turbulence

Lars-Uve Schrader Receptivity of Boundary-Layer Flows over Flat and Curved Walls

Thomas Kurian An experimental investigation of disturbance growth in boundary layer flows

Fredrik Hellström Numerical computations of the unsteady flow in turbochargers

Tobias Strömgren Model predictions of turbulent gas-particle shear flows

Lars Tysell Hybrid grid generation for viscous flow computations around complex geometries

Shervin Bagheri Analysis and control of transitional shear layers using global modes

2009
Name Title
Ramis Örlü Experimental studies in jet flows and zero pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layers

Allan Carlsson Near wall fibre orientation in flowing suspensions

Ola Lögdberg Turbulent boundary layer separation and control

2008
Name Title
Mattias Gärdsback Deployment Control of Spinning Space Webs and Membranes

Espen Åkervik Global stability and feedback control of boundary layer flows

Linus Marstorp Modelling of subgrid-scale stress and passive scalar flux in large eddy simulations of wall bounded turbulent flows

Yuan Lin Modeling of dielectrophoresis in micro and nano systems

Marko Hyensjö Fibre Orientation Modelling Applied to Contracting flows Related to Papermaking

2007
Name Title
Daniel Ahlman Numerical studies of turbulent wall-jets for mixing and combustion applications

Veronica Eliasson On focusing of shock waves

Walter Villanueva Diffuse-interface simulations of capillary phenomena

2006
Name Title
Luca Facciolo A study on axially rotating pipe and swirling jet flows

Olle Törnblom Experimental and computational studies of turbulent separating internal flows

Astrid Herbst Numerical studies of turbulent and separated flows

Carl-Ola Danielsson Electropermutation Assisted by Ion-Exchange Textile - Removal of Nitrate from Drinking Water

Gustaf Mårtensson Analysis of laminar and turbulent flows with turbomachinery, biotechnology and biomechanical applications

Jerome Hoepffner Stability and control of shear flows subject to stochastic disturbances

Olof Grundestam Modelling and simulation of turbulence subject to system rotation

Thomas Hällqvist Large Eddy Simulation of Impinging Jets with Heat Transfer

Davide Medici Experimental Studies of Wind Turbine Wakes - Power Optimisation and Meandering

Nulifer Ipek Mathematical modelling and experimental studies of the electrolytic pickling of stainless steel

2005
Name Title
Ori Levin Numerical studies of transition in wall-bounded flows

Federica De Magistris Wood fibre deformation in combined shear and compression

Olivier Macchion CFD in the design of gas quenching furnace

Tom Wright The linear and nonlinear biomechanics of the middle ear.

Anders Ahlström Aeroelastic Simulation of Wind Turbine Dynamics

Claes Holmqvist Mechanical Modelling of Blade Forming and Drainage of Flocculated Suspensions

Richard Holm Fluid mechanics of fibre suspensions related to papermaking

2004
Name Title
Johan Gullman-Strand Turbulence and scalar flux modelling applied to separated flows

Minh Do-Quang Parallel computations on fusion welding and floating zones

Mattias Chevalier Feedback and Adjoint Based Control of Boundary Layer Flows

Arnim Brüger A hybrid high order method for simulation of turbulent flow in complex geometries.

Jan Östlund Supersonic flow separation with application to rocket engine nozzles

Erik Birgersson Mathematical modelling of transport phenomena in polymer electrolyte and direct methanol fuel cells

2003
Name Title
Jens H. M. Fransson Flow control of boundary layers and wakes

Junichiro Shiomi Control of oscillatory thermocapillary convection

Jan Eriksson Experimental studies of the plane turbulent wall jet

Irina Loginova Phase-field modeling of diffusion controlled phase transformations

Jan  Pralits Optimal Design of Natural and Hybrid Laminar Flow Control on Wings

Henrik Sandqvist Theoretical studies of acoustic waves with consideration of nonlinearity, dispersion, dissipation and diffraction

Kristian P. Angele Experimental studies of turbulent boundary layer separation and control

Karl Borg Dynamics of bodies small compared to the mean free path

Luca Brandt Numerical studies of bypass transition in the Blasius boundary layer

Fredrik Lundell Experimental studies of bypass transition and its control

2002
Name Title
Björn Lindgren Flow facility design and experimental studies of wall-bounded turbulent shear-flows

Petri Piiroinen Recurrent Dynamics of Nonsmooth Systems with Application to Human Gait

Gunnar Tibert Deployable Tensegrity Structures for Space Applications

Jean-Marc Battini Co-rotational beam elements in instability problems

2001
Name Title
Markus Högberg Optimal Control of Boundary Layer Transition

Ruben Wedin Two-Phase Flows in Gas-Evolving Electrochemical Applications

Jesper Adolfsson Passive Control of Mechanical Systems: Bipedal Walking and Autobalancing

Pedro Olivas On the fluid mechanics of electrochemical coating and spray painting

Martin Skote Studies of turbulent boundary layer flow through direct numerical simulation

Mehran Parsheh Flow in contractions with application to headboxes

2000
Name Title
Ola Widlund Modeling of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence

Jukka Komminaho Direct numerical simulation of turbulent flow in plane and cylindrical geometries

Francois Gurniki Turbulent Convective Mass Transfer in Electrochemical Systems

Christian Winkler Thermocapillary convection in fusion welding and floatzones and the role of surfactants

Carl Häggmark Investigations of disturbances developing in a laminar separation bubble flow.

Stefan Wallin Engineering turbulence modelling for CFD with a focus on explicit algebraic Reynolds stress models

Koji Fukagata Large Eddy Simulation of Particulate Turbulent Channel Flows

Jafar Mahmoudi

1999
Name Title
Jens Österlund Experimental studies of zero pressure-gradient turbulent boundary layer flow

Paul Andersson Modelling of Boundary Layer Stability.

Krister Alvelius Studies of turbulence and its modelling through large eddy- and direct numerical simulation.

Daniel Söderberg Hydrodynamics of Plane Liquid Jets Aimed at Applications in Paper Manufacturing.

Anders Lennartsson Efficient Multibody Dynamics.

1998
Name Title
Robert Tönhardt Convective effects on Dendritic solidification

Petra Wikström Measurements, direct numerical simulation and modeling of passive scalar transport in turbulent flows

Mats Fredriksson Topics in impacting system dynamics

Stellan Berlin Oblique waves in boundary layer transition

Per Elofsson Experiments on oblique transition in wall bounded shear flows

1997
Name Title
Sima Zahrai On the fluid mechanics of twin-wire formers.

Lars-Göran Sundström Studies on mass transfer in electrochemical systems.

Torbjörn Sjögren Development and calibration of turbulence models through experiment and compucation

Johan Westin Laminar turbulent boundary layer transition influenced by free stream turbulenc

Magnus Olsson Large eddy simulation of turbulent jets.

1996
Name Title
Erik Lindborg Studies in classical turbulence theory

1995
Name Title
Ardeshir Hanifi Local and Non-local Stability Analysis and Transition Prediction of Compressible Boundary Layer Flows.

Nils Tillmark Experiments on transition and turbulence in plane couette flow.

1994
Name Title
Claes Hedberg Theoretical studies of nonlinear propagation of modulated harmonic sound waves

Mårten Levenstam Thermocapilllary Convection in Floatzones.

Elna Holmberg Evolution of Spherical Flames in Turbulence.

Bai Xue-Song On the Modeling of Turbulent Combustion at Low Mach Numbers.

1993
Name Title
John Matsson Channel flow instabilities induced by curvature and rotation.

Anders Lundbladh Simulation of bypass transition to turbulence in wall bounded shear flows.

Magnus Hallbäck Development of Reynolds Stress Closures of Homogeneous Turbulence through Physical and Numerical Experiments.

1992
Name Title
Arne Nordmark Grazing Bifurcations in a Two Degree of Freedom Oscillator.

Yohannes Ketema Studies of bifurcations and chaos in engineering mechanics.

Jiyuan Tu Three-dimensional overlapping grids and multigrid methods for flow calcuations in complex IC engine geometries.

Yuguo Li Simulation of flow and heat transfer in ventilated rooms.

1991
Name Title
Barbro Klingmann Laminar-turbulent transition in plane Poiseuille flow

Johan Groth On the modelling of homogeneous turbulence.

1988
Name Title
Dan Henningson The development of localized disturbances in plane Poiseuille flow.

Ingemar Lindblad Noise generation by rotors in the subsonic regime.

Per-Åke Lindberg The effect of interaction between long and short waves on the growth of wind generated water waves.

1987
Name Title
Shu-Ang Zhou Material multipole mechanics of electromagnetoelastic solids with defects.

1985
Name Title
Nicholas Apazidis Some problems of stability and structure of two-phase flow.

1983
Name Title
Göran Tolf Mechanical macro- and microproperties of fibercomposites.

John Stokes Field equations for flow trough poroua media and their relation to the microstructure.

Lars Lindbeck Biomechanical models of the human spine in equilibrium and leg under impact.

Claes Inge Cavitation and bubble oscillations in dilute polymer solutions.

Peter Simonsson The pinnate propeller.

1982
Name Title
Henrik Alfredsson An experimental study of turbulent channel flow using conditional sampling methods.

Arne Johansson An experimental study of the structure of turbulent channel flow.

1980
Name Title
Hernan Tinoco The hydrodynamic stability of fibre suspensions.

1979
Name Title
Torgny Lagerstedt An experimental study of the relation between turbulent drag reduction and anomalous flow behaviour of polymer solutions.

Christer Nyberg Remote sensing of double layers in the upper ionosphere by radio wave transmission.

1978
Name Title
Håkan Gustavsson On the evolution of disturbances in boundary layer flows.

Richard Hsieh Polar macrodeformation fields in micropolar media.

1977
Name Title
Kurt Berglund Studies in micropolar elasticity.

1974
Name Title
Fritz Bark On the wave structure of turbulent boundary layers with application to drag reduction.

1973
Name Title
Lars Thor Studies in the two-nucleon problem

1957
Name Title
Rune Lindgren The transition process and other flow phenomena in viscous flow.

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