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The substance of this thesis is original work of the author and due reference and
acknowledgement has been made, whenever necessary, to the work of others cited in this
thesis. No part of the thesis has been submitted or accepted for any degree at the
Petroleum Institute or at any other institution worldwide and is not concurrently
submitted or will be submitted in candidature for any other degree.
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CONTENTS
DEDICATION ..................................................................................................................... i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................................. ii
CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................... iii
LIST OF FIGURES / ILLUSTRATIONS ......................................................................... iv
LIST OF TABLES ...............................................................................................................v
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS / NOTATIONS .................................................................. vi
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................... vii
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES ......................................................1
CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE .......................................................................7
2.1 Background………………………………………………………………....8
2.2 Summary of Previous Research ……...………………………………….....9
2.3 Defining the Research Topic…… ……………………………….…...10
CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY………………
…………………………..………..58
CHAPTER 4. RESULTS…………………………..……………………………..…..… 67
CHAPTER 5. DISCUSSION……………………………………………...………...…..90
CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE WORK………………………………………...…. 100
APPENDICES
1. PLOTS OF THE DATA………………………………………………………. 123
2. TABLES OF OBSERVED AND DERIVED PERAMETER……………… 140
REFERENCES………….……………………………………………………………. 199
PAPERS PUBLISHED/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS……………………… 200
CURRICULUM VITAE (OPTIONAL)…………………………………………… 214

LIST OF FIGURES / ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure
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1. Claude Monet, Water Lilies, about 1919-1926
(St. Louis Art Museum) .........................................................................................1
2. Georgia O’Keefe, Music Pink and Blue, II, 1919 ......................................................4
3. Ros Gonnella, Lemon and a Glass With Peppers Below, 1992
(MU Museum of Art & Archaeology) .................................................................10

LIST OF TABLES
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1. Table title ....................................................................................................................5
2. Table title .................................................................................................................32
3. (etc) ...........................................................................................................................56

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS / NOTATIONS

ABSTRACT
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CHAPTER 1
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REFERENCES
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Journals:
Castellino, N.: Title of the paper… , J. Name in Italics. 27 (1999) 28-43.
Volume no page nos.
Castellino, N., Aloj, S, and Whitehead, N. N.: Title of the paper, J. Technol. Prog., 29 (2001)
789-799.
Books:
Augustine, A. B.: Mechanical Engineering Analysis, Imaginary Press, New York, 2000.
Conference presentations:
Unseen, M. and Ronaldo, P. J.: A Futuristic View of Humanity, paper presented in
the International Conference on Humanity (Jan 12-15, 2008), Old Haven, CT,
USA.

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