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Author:

McErlean, Michael Raymond

Title:

SCALABILITY OF THE FORCE OF A NORMALLY IMPACTING VORTEX RING ON A PLANAR SURFACE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

impact force
high-speed video
DPIV
vortex rings
surface pressure

File:

Download MRMThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael H Krane, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yoo, Min-Ji

Title:

Comparison of interlaminar fracture toughness of filament wound glass/epoxy composites by using MWCNTs or flexible resin

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Interlaminar fracture toughness
CNT
Mode I
II and mixed mode

File:

Download Minji_Master_Thesis_0803_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

SELLAMI, NADIA

Title:

WALL MODEL EFFECTS ON TWO PHASE FLOWS AND PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION IN NANOCHANNELS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Dynamics
Nanoflows
Surface interactions
Virial Pressure
Nanojets

File:

Download Final_Thesis-Nadia_Sellami.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member

Author:

Sikarwar, Nidhi

Title:

The Use of Adjoint Methods in Jet Nozzle Design

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Noise Reduction
Adjoint Method
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Nozzle Design

File:

Download Sikarwar_Nidhi_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Leon, Olivier

Title:

Reducing Helicopter Main Rotor Power Requirements Using Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps And Extendable Chord Sections

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

stall alleviation
helicopter power reduction
TEFs
trailing edge flaps
extendable chord
SETE
flight envelope expansion
rotor lift redistribution

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Leon_082009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Williams, Patrick

Title:

Using Numerical Optimization Techniques and General Perturbation Equations to Find Optimal Near-Earth Orbit Transfers

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Low-thrust
Optimization
Molniya Orbits
Evolutionary Comuptation
Satellite Toolkit

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_-_Patrick_Williams.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mohanamuraly, Pavanakumar

Title:

ACOUSTIC PREDICTION OF HEAVY LIFT ROTOR CONFIGURATIONS USING MOMENTUM SOURCE METHOD

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

momentum source
rotorcraft aeroacoustics
actuator model
interactional aeroacoustics

File:

Download Muraly-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Peterson-Burch, Shea Donald Forrest

Title:

A Reusable Spacecraft Command and Telemetry Storage Framework

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

spacecraft
commands
telemetry
command and telemetry database

File:

Download Thesis_Peterson-Burch.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lyle Norman Long, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gratiy, Sergey

Title:

Modeling Radiation from the Atmosphere of Io with Monte Carlo Methods

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Io
radiative transfer
spherical-shell atmospheres
atmospheric dynamics
spherical shell atmosphere

File:

Download disser_Gratiy_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Michael F Modest, Committee Member
David B Goldstein, Committee Member

Author:

Marlow, Sean Quinn

Title:

Local Terrain Mapping for Obstacle Avoidance using Monocular Vision

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

occupancy grid
optical flow
obstacle avoidance
rotorcraft

File:

Download SeanQuinnMarlow-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor