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Author:

Shavalikul, Akamol

Title:

A TIME ACCURATE PREDICTION OF THE VISCOUS FLOW IN A TURBINE STAGE INCLUDING A ROTOR IN MOTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
time accurate prediction
turbine flow simulation
tip leakage

File:

Download Akamol_thesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Peña, Christopher

Title:

Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of AxWJ-2 Propulsor Cavitation Breakdown

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Cavitation
CFD

File:

Download PenaThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Titov, Evgeny Vladimirovich

Title:

APPLICATION OF THE DSMC METHOD TO HIGH DENSITY MICRO-FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

DSMC
Continuum flow
Rarefied gas
CFD

File:

Download titov_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Yoursry Y Azmy, Committee Member

Author:

Coder, James George

Title:

CFD INVESTIGATION OF UNSTEADY ROTORCRAFT AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

gurney flap
mite
airfoil
unsteady
aerodynamics
blade
rotor
helicopter
rotorcraft
CFD
aerospace engineering
grid
overset
RANS
DES

File:

Download CoderThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zentichko, Jacob S

Title:

Acoustics of Ducted Rotors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Ducted
Rotors
CFD
FLUENT
PSUWOPWOP
FSC
ESM
Fast Scattering Code
Fwocs
Williams
Hawkings

File:

Download Thesis_Jacob_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hill, Matthew John

Title:

A Computational Investigation of Gear Windage

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
gear windage

File:

Download mjhill-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Surendra B Rao, Committee Member

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

Author:

Padala, V Santhosh

Title:

Noise generation mechanisms in short ducted rotors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aerodynamic noise
ducted rotors
unsteady loading response
strut wake
CFD

File:

Download SANTHOSH_MSTHESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Halwick, Jason Michael

Title:

Implementation of Blade Element Theory in CFD Analysis of Edgewise Ducted Fan Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ducted Fan
CFD
Blade Element Theory
Aerodynamics

File:

Download JHalwick_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dogan, Gulkiz

Title:

Modeling Of Human Respiratory Flow

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
pulsatile flow
pipe flow
CFD solver
human respiratory flow
lung geometry
nphase
medical image

File:

Download MSThesis_Gulkiz_Dogan.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Shanks, Matthew Ferrell

Title:

Cavitation Modeling on the Automotive Torque Converter using Computational Fluid Dynamics with a Mixing Plane Approach

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Cavitation
Torque Converter
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Mixing Plane

File:

Download MattShanks-Thesis-Jul22-NoRedGreen.pdf

Committee Members:

Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brown, Christine Meredyth

Title:

Computational Modeling of Rotor Blade Performance Degradation Due to Ice Accretion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

icing
CFD
turbulence modeling
mesh generation

File:

Download 1-CBrown_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coder, James George

Title:

Development of a CFD-Compatible Transition Model Based on Linear Stability Theory

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerodynamics
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
transition
turbulence

File:

Download JamesGCoder_Dissertation_07272014.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Member

Author:

Jain, Abhishek

Title:

Trailing Edge Noise Prediction Using the Non-Linear Disturbance Equations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CAA
CFD
Trailing Edge
Turbulence
Synthetic Eddy Method
Inflow Boundary Conditions

File:

Download Thesis_AJ_final1.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Blumenthal, Brennan Theodore

Title:

Computational Investigation of a Boundary-layer Ingestion Propulsion System for the Common Research Model

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Boundary-layer Ingestion
Propulsion
CFD
USM3D
NPSS
CDISC
Common Research Model
CRM

File:

Download B_Blumenthal_MS_Thesis_V8-ZS.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lurie, Michael Brian

Title:

The Prediction of Unsteady Aerodynamic Loading in High Aspect Ratio Wall Bounded Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Aerospace
Vibrations
CFD
Computational
Acoustics
Experiment
Turbulence
Free Jet
Wall Jet
Nozzle

File:

Download Lurie-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Stephen A Hambric, Special Member

Author:

Jha, Pankaj Kumar

Title:

Characterization of Wake Turbulence in a Wind Turbine Array Submerged in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
aerodynamics
fluid dynamics
wind farm
turbine
atmospheric boundary layer. turbulence
actuator line
actuator curve

File:

Download PankajJha_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member

Author:

McIntyre, Sean Michael

Title:

A multi-scale model for geared transmission aero-thermodynamics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
conjugate heat transfer
gearbox
multi-scale model

File:

Download SeanMcIntyre-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member

Author:

Skidmore, Grant Marston

Title:

The mitigation of pulsation in ventilated supercavities

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Supercavitation
Cavitation
Pulsation
Ventilated Supercavities
Multiphase Flow
CFD
Noise
Acoustics

File:

Download 1-Skidmore-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jules Washington Lindau V, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Member
Toan Nguyen, Committee Member

Author:

Lampenfield, Jacob John

Title:

Simulations of the flow generated by fluidic inserts in a converging diverging nozzle

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
computational fluid dynamics
converging
diverging
nozzle
aeroacoustics
noise reduction

File:

Download Lampenfield_MS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ananthanarayanan, Sagar Sangameswaran

Title:

CFD analysis of ozone reaction with human surface: influence of indoor air flow conditions and surface reactivity

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ozone
CFD
Ventilation
Indoor Air Quality

File:

Download Sagar_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Oruc, Ilker

Title:

Towards Real-Time Pilot-in-the-Loop Simulation of Rotorcraft with Fully-Coupled CFD Solutions of Rotor / Terrain Interactions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

modeling
simulation
pilot-in-the-loop
rotorcraft
terrain
ship airwake
dynamic interface
DI
helicopter/ship
coupled
fully-coupled
fully coupled
ground effect
CFD
aerodynamics
flight control
flight dynamics
ship landing
ship approach
computational
fluid
dynamics
real-time
manned
sloped
partial ground
acceleration
helicopter simulation
high-performance-computing
flight simulator
MPI
helicopter dynamics
SFS2
MPMD
actuator disk
ADM
ALM
simple frigate ship
non-linear
NLDI
UH-60
flight performance
one-way coupled
two-way coupled
recirculation
coupled simulation
coupling interface
IGE
OGE
hover
GENHEL
GENHEL-PSU
Navier-Stokes
Gaussian

File:

Download IlkerOruc-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Outside Member

Author:

Oliveira Vieira, Bernardo A

Title:

Consideration of Unsteady Aerodynamics and Boundary-Layer Transition in Rotorcraft Airfoil Design

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Airfoil Design
Boundary-Layer Transition
Unsteady Aerodynamics
Dynamic Stall
Helicopter Aerodynamics
Transonic Flow
Compressible Flow
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD

File:

Download Bernardo_Vieira_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark D. Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Michael P. Kinzel, Special Member

Author:

Stanko, Jason D

Title:

Automated Design and Evaluation of Airfoils for Rotorcraft Applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

parameterization
orthogonal
automation
airfoil performance table
multicollinearity
design
class shape transformation
genetic algorithm
CFD
Legendre Polynomial
CMA-ES
UH60
OVERFLOW
airfoil shape optimization
C81
Augmented Lagrange

File:

Download StankoThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Doshi, Mitansh Sharad

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTION OF A LARGE-SCALE HP TURBINE FLOW AGAINST MEASURED AERODYNAMIC DATA

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbine
CFD
Validation
NGV
Rotor
AFTRF
Turbulence model
K-Omega
Efficiency

File:

Download Thesis__MitanshDoshi_FA2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Cornelius, Jason

Title:

Efficient CFD Approaches for Coaxial Rotor Simulations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Multicopter
Multicopters
Coaxial Rotor
Coaxial Rotors
CFD Simulation
Rotorcraft
Helicopter
STAR-CCM+
RotCFD
Mixing-Plane
Blade-Element
Time-Accurate
Blade-Resolved
Blade-Modeled
Quadcopter

File:

Download Jason_Cornelius_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Ranka, Amrat Arvind

Title:

Conceptual development of casing Patterns to reduce the aerodynamic losses in an axial turbine stage

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbines
axial gas turbine
casing grooves
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
Tip-Leakage losses
Tip-mitigation studies
Turbomachinery
AFTRF
leakage Vortex
Horseshoe Vortex

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Santos Thedin, Regis

Title:

An Investigation of coupled atmospheric turbulence and ship airwakes for helicopter-ship dynamic interface simulations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Ship Airwakes
Flight Dynamics
Rotorcraft

File:

Download thedin2019phdthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Farish, David

Title:

Large Eddy Simulations of Scaled Wind-Tunnel Experiments for Ship Airwake Analysis

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Large Eddy Simulations
LES
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
Ship Airwake
Aerodynamics
Wind Tunnel Validation

File:

Download davidFarish-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Christoffel, Tyler T

Title:

Simulation of a Helicopter Operating in a Turbulent Airwake with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Effects

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft Simulation
CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Aerospace Engineering
Turbulent Airwake
OpenFOAM
MATLAB
SIMULINK

File:

Download Tyler_Christoffel_ThesisFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jules Washington Lindau, V, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair