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Author:: Paik, Jinho
Title:: The Aeroelastic Stability Improvements of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors By Active and Passive Approaches
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: design optimization
whirl flutter
soft-inplane rotor
tiltrotor aircraft
feedback control
File:: Download Jinho-Paik-Dissertation-Aug09.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Jun-Sik
Title:: Design and Analysis of Rotor Systems with Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps and Resonant Actuators
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter dynamics
vibration reduction
trailing edge flap
piezoelectric
resonant actuator
File:: Download JSKIM-Dissertation-2005-DEC.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Byers, Lynn Karen
Title:: Helicopter Rotor Lag Damping Augmentation Based on a Radial Absorber and Coriolis Coupling
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: lag damping
vibration absorber
File:: Download Lynn_Byers_Thesis_Final_June_2006.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Sean Brennan, Committee Member

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Author:: Sahani, Nilesh A.
Title:: Envelope Protection Systems for Piloted and Unmanned Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Envelope protection
Limit avoidance
Rotorcraft
Pilot cueing
Adaptive control
Integrator windup
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Committee Member

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Author:: Sezer-Uzol, Nilay
Title:: UNSTEADY FLOW SIMULATIONS AROUND COMPLEX GEOMETRIES USING STATIONARY OR ROTATING UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: unsteady flow
ship airwake
wind turbine
large eddy simulation
LES
unstructured
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
File:: Download NilayPhDThesis-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Yousry Azmy, Committee Member

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Author:: Montanye, Pamela L.
Title:: Shipboard Helicopter Gust Response Alleviation Using Active Trailing Edge Flaps
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter
rotorcraft
trailing edge flap
active rotor
flight dynamics
gust
gust response
shipboard
dynamic interface
File:: Download PamMontanyeMSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Anusonti-Inthra, Phuriwat
Title:: SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL OF HELICOPTER VIBRATION USING CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS AND DAMPING DEVICES
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: controllable damper
controllable stiffness
semi-active control
helicopter vibration reduction
File:: Download Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: WANG, SHENGLAN
Title:: EMBEDDED INERTIAL DAMPERS FOR CONTROL OF TRANSIENT ROTOR LOADS DURING RESONANCE CROSSING
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Inertial Damper
transient loads reduction
File:: Download Shenglan_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Lee, Seongkyu
Title:: Prediction of Acoustic Scattering in the Time Domain and its Applications to Rotorcraft Noise
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: acoustic scattering
helicopter noise
equivalent source method
pressure gradient
aeroacoustics
File:: Download Lee_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

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Author:: Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas
Title:: Advanced grid-stiffened composite shells for applications in heavy-lift helicopter rotor blade spars
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: composites
structures
rotor blades
grid-stiffened
grid
spar
heavy-lift rotor blade
buckling
stiffness
strength
File:: Download Sreeni_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

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