With this preprint series the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science provides the opportunity for interested parties to keep abreast of the latest research carried out in the Department. To receive a copy of one of our preprints, please send a message to mems@rice.edu.

1999-001   M. Behr and T. Tezduyar

Shear-Slip Mesh Update in 3D Computation of Complex Flow Problems with Rotating Mechanical Component

1999-002   A. Johnson and T. Tezduyar

Methods for 3D Computation of Fluid-Object Interactions in Spatially-Periodic Flows

1999-003   T. Tezduyar

CFD Methods for 3D Computation of Complex Flow Problems

1999-004   R.B. McLellan and D. Zang

Statistical Mechanics of Hydrogen in F.C.C. Solid Solutions

1999-005   D. Zang and R.B. McLellan

A Finite Difference Calculation of Vacancy Migration under None-steady State Conditions

1999-006   D. Zang and R.B. McLellan

Concentration-Distance Profiles Resulting from the Hydrogen-Charging of Metal Lattices under High Fugacity Conditions

1999-007   D. Zang, P. Maroevic, and R.B. McLellan

Hydrogen-Induced Vacancies on Metal Surfaces

1999-008   J.E. Akin, N.R. Dove and S.K. Smith

Asymmetric Nozzle Hydraulics Improve Bit Performance

1999-009   Y. Bayazitoglu, S. Maruyama, and P. Hos

Phase Change Studies with Molecular Dynamics: A Computer Simulation

1999-010   Y. Wang and Y. Bayazitoglu

Wavelets and the Discrete Ordinate Method for Radiative Heat Transfer in a Two-Dimensional Rectangular Enclosure with a Nongray Medium

1999-011   A. Fuentes and Y. Bayazitoglu

Effect of the Non-spherical Shape on the Oscillations of Levitated Droplets

1999-012   M. Dubec, F.R. Brotzen, and C.F. Dunn

Electrostatic Adhesion Testing of Thin Metallic Layers

1999-013   F. Ghorbel, P.S. Gandhi, and F. Altpeter

On the Kinematic Error in Harmonic Drive Gears

1999-014   Y. Chang and S.S. Collis

Active Control of Turbulent Channel Flows Based on Large Eddy Simulation

1999-015   S.S. Collis and S.K. Lele

Receptivity to Surface Roughness Near a Swept Leading-edge

1999-016   J.E. Akin, N.R. Dove, S.K. Smith and L.M. Smith

Review of Drilling Performance with Fluid Nozzles

1999-017   X. Zhong and Y. Bayazitoglu

Electromagnetic Field and Lifting Capacity for Longitudinal Electromagnetic Levitator

1999-018   P.S. Spanos and V.R.S. Rao

Random Field Representation in a Biorthogonal Wavelet Basis

1999-019   T. Tezduyar and Y. Osawa

Methods for Parallel Computation of Complex Flow Problems

1999-020   K. Stein, R. Benney, T. Tezduyar, V. Kalro, J. Leonard and M. Accorsi

3-D Computation of Parachute Fluid-Structure Interactions: Performance and Control

1999-021   K. Stein, R. Benney, T. Tezduyar, V. Kalro, J. Potvin and T. Bretl

Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulation of a Cross Parachute: Comparison of Numerical Predictions with Wind Tunnel Data

1999-022   Y. Osawa and T. Tezduyar

A Multi-Domain Method for 3D Computation of Wake Flow Behind a Circular Cylinder

1999-023   J. E. Akin

Object Oriented Programming via Fortran 90

1999-024   K. Kashiyama, S. Sugano, M. Behr, and T. Tezduyar

Space-Time Finite Element Method for Shallow Water Flows Considering Moving Boundaries

1999-025   S. Collis and Y. Chang

On the Use of LES with a Dynamic Subgrid-Scale Model for Optimal Control of Wall Bounded Turbulence

1999-026   Y. Osawa and T. Tezduyar

3D Simulation and Visualization of Unsteady Wake Flow Behind a Cylinder

1999-027   T. Tezduyar and Y. Osawa

Finite Element Stabilization Parameters Computed from Element Matrices and Vectors

1999-028   M. Behr, D. Pressel, and W. Sturek, Sr.

Comments on CFD Code Performance on Scalable Architectures

1999-029   V. Kalro and T. Tezduyar

A Parallel 3D Computational Method for Fluid-Structure Interactions in Parachute Systems

1999-030   S. Ray, G. Wren, and T. Tezduyar

Fluid-Object Interactions in Interior Ballistics

1999-031   S. Collis and A. Dobrinsky

Evaluation of Adjoint Based Methods for the Prediction of Receptivity