Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Tezleri: Recent submissions

  • Experimentally verified numerical simulation of single crystal growth process with a low melt height and an axial vibration 
    Sheikhi, Aidin. (Thesis (Ph.D.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    This Ph.D. dissertation investigates experimental and numerical crystal growth of antimony-doped germanium (Ge-Sb) single crystals. The investigation is a part of the TUBITAK project 212M030. The single crystal growth of ...
  • Integrated computational alloy design, single crystal growth, and characterization of nickel base superalloys 
    Montakhabrazlighi, Mehdi. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    This dissertation is formed by a part of work conducted in a TUBITAK project (112M783). In the dissertation, first alloy design of a third generation superalloy, and then its production as single crystals, heat treatments, ...
  • Shape and topology optimization of intertial amplification induced phononic band GAP structures 
    Yüksel, Osman. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    Inertial amplification is a novel phononic band gap generation method in which wide vibration stop bands can be obtained at low frequency regions. The engineering importance for this novelty comes from the fact that the ...
  • Characterisation of failure in composite materials with acoustic emission and correlation with micromechanics 
    Öz, Fatih Ertuğrul. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    Polymer composites fail through complex damage mechanisms. It is not easy to determine stress levels for onset of various damage mechanisms with a single uniaxial tension test, since their stress-strain responses do not ...
  • Molecular dynamics study of water-HBN nanofluid 
    Akıner, Tolga. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    This study considers the molecular simulations of nanofluids and the goal is to investigate the thermomechanical mechanisms in nanoscale thermal transport. The enhanced thermal conductivity and limited shear viscosity ...
  • Design of spectrally selective coatings for high efficiency power generation devices 
    Khosroshahi, Ferhad Kazemi. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2017., 2018.)
    This thesis is aimed at designing and optimizing spectrally selective emitters/ filters for optical or thermal applications such as thermophotovoltaic (TPV) devices. Using spectrally selective emitters/filters in these devices ...
  • Advanced coating technologies with spectral alteration for solar applications 
    Yalçın, Refet Ali. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2018., 2018.)
    Spectrally selective coatings are used to maximize the efficiency of solar thermal systems and they are designed based on the application. This study focuses on two solar applications; solar thermal energy systems and ...
  • A deterministic approach to transition to turbulance in plane shear flows 
    Atalık, Salim Kunt. (Thesis (Ph.D.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 1999., 1999.)
    In this work, a parametrical study of the transition to turbulence in two-dimensional shear flows has been conducted. For this purpose, the solutions of the full two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations have been investigated ...
  • Damage phenomenon in highly filled elastomers 
    Tunç, Birkan. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2017., 2017.)
    The complete pathway to construct a constitutive model well suited for nite element analysis of highly lled elastomeric materials undergoing large deformation and damage was studied. The e ects of viscoelasticity, ...
  • Creating multi-touch haptic feedback on an electrostatic tactile display 
    Sarkandi, Gholamreza Ilkhani. (TThesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2017., 2017.)
    This study is composed of two main parts. In the first part, we present single touch electrostatic tactile display analysis and modelling together with some prelim inary observation on conventional rendering methods. ...
  • Computational and experimental investigation of low frequency noise in passenger vehicles 
    Oktav, Akın. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2016., 2016.)
    In this study, low frequency noise characteristics of passenger vehicles are addressed. Vehicle noise variability and dominant paths that cause low frequency booms are investigated. To diagnose the cause of variability, a ...
  • Design and analysis of three-dimensional phononic band gap structures with embedded intertial amplification mechanisms 
    Tanıker, Semih. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2015., 2015.)
    In this study, three-dimensional (3D) phononic band gap structures are investigated. First, in nite and nite periodic simple cubic, body centered cubic and face centered cubic lattices with and without inertial ampli ...
  • Convergence acceleration procedures for the computation of 2-D transonic flows 
    Türk, Uğur (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2014., 2014.)
    This study addresses a novel adaptive time stepping procedure, which leads to selection of larger time steps allowed by the physics of the problem. Information about the gradients of the flow variables can be regarded as ...
  • Production of antibacterial hydroxyapatite 
    İpekoğlu, Mehmet. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2011., 2011.)
    Hydroxyapatite was produced by rapid microwave synthesis method. Effects of microwave power and duration were examined on the powder morphology of the hydroxyapatite powder during the synthesis process and microwave aging ...
  • Numerical investigation of isothermal and non-isothermal viscoelastic flow in lid-driven polar cavity 
    Mercan, Hatice. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2012., 2012.)
    The isothermal and non-isothermal viscoelastic ow of Phan-Thien-Tanner (PTT) uids is considered in lid-driven polar cavity geometry, with stationary and oscillatory lid motion, using a numerical solution method with ...
  • Theoretical and numerical analysis of fracture of shape memory alloys 
    Hazar, İbrahim Selçuk. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2014., 2014.)
    The subject of this thesis is theoretical and numerical analysis of the fracture of SMAs. First, the size of the martensitic region surrounding the tip of an edge-crack in a SMA plate is calculated analytically using the ...
  • Shape optimization of thin-walled tubes under high-velocity axial and transverse impact loadings 
    Tanlak, Niyazi. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2014., 2014.)
    Thin-walled tubes are one of the most commonly used parts in structural ap- plications. More specifically, they are used as passive safety measures in vehicles like bumper-beams and crash-boxes. They take loads either ...
  • Multi-objective robust control of rotor / active magnetic bearing systems 
    Kuseyri, İbrahim Sina. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2011., 2011.)
    This dissertation considers the application of recent robust linear control techniques to rotors with active magnetic bearings. Rotors suspended with electromagnetic bearings are inherently unstable; therefore feedback ...
  • Fabrication and characterization of Al, AlMgSi, and AlSi foams 
    Mahmutyazıcıoğlu, Nazım. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2010., 2010.)
    Manufacturing of metal foams by using powder compact melting (PCM) method, with the most important considerations like material and method selection, powder blending, cold compaction, hot compaction and hot extrusion and ...
  • Failure criteria for functionally graded materials and application of GTN model using finite elements 
    Oral, Alpay. (Thesis (Ph.D.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 2010., 2010.)
    Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) are special composites with a point to point continuous property variation. In this failure of laboratory scale FGMs is modeled using Gurson - Tvergaard -Needleman (GTN) model. Stress, ...

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