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Author:

Mentey, Jeswanth

Title:

Time dependent actuator disk model for a helicopter rotor in hover

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

time dependent actuator disk
actuator surface
actuator line
momentum source
CFD analysis of rotor
UFVS
hybrid method

File:

Download JeswanthMentey_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Kim, Seung Pil

Title:

Optimal Trajectories For Constrained Station Change in Geo Using A Legendre Pseudospectral Method

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

station change
Legendre pseudospectral methods
low-thrust

File:

Download 1-Seunp_P_Final_2012.pdfDownload Errata_Ph_d__Thesis_Aerospace_Engineering_Aug_2012_Seung_Pil_Kim.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Graham Melton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

Author:

Marr, Conor Matthew

Title:

Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Damper
Fluidlastic
Hydraulic
CFD
Modeling
Multi-State
Bypass
Passive Damping
Lead-Lag Damper
Ground Resonance

File:

Download CMarrPhDThesis2012FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

Author:

Town, Jason Edward

Title:

An Automated Calibration and a Correction Scheme for Total Pressure Gradient Effects of Subminiature Five-Hole Probe

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Five-hole probe
automated
calibration
correction
total pressure gradient

File:

Download JasonTown_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Saxena, Swati

Title:

The Prediction of Noise and Installation Effects of High-subsonic Dual-stream Jets in Flight

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroacoustics
subsonic jet noise
dual-stream jets
forward flight
installation effects
turbulence modeling
DES

File:

Download Swati-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

Author:

Taylor, Brian Dale

Title:

Transient Evaporation Induced by High Energy Laser-matter Interaction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Transient Evaporation
Evaporation Rate
Laser-Matter Interaction
Mass Transfer
High Energy Laser

File:

Download Brian_Taylor_M.S._Thesis_May_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Vladimir Semak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ahn, Young Tae

Title:

Attitude Dynamics and Control of a Spacecraft Using Shifting Mass Distribution

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

spacecraft attitude dynamics
attitude control
combinatorial optimization theory

File:

Download youngtaeahn_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Herzog, Jan Rampada

Title:

Experimental Method to Measure Pressure-coupled Responses of Induced Solid Rocket Instabilities Using a Next-generation Magnetic Flowmeter

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

solid rocket instabilities
pressure-coupled response
magnetic flowmeter

File:

Download J._R._Herzog_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Taunay, Pierre-Yves

Title:

Testing and optimizaton of a miniature microwave ion thruster

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave ion thruster
MMIT
electric propulsion
electron cyclotron resonance heating
miniature microwave ion thruster

File:

Download PY_Taunay_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor