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Author:: Botre, Mrunali
Title:: Rotorcraft noise prediction system validation and analysis for generating noise abatement procedures
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Acoustics
PSU-WOPWOP
Validation
File:: Download Dissertation.pdfDownload Appendices.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Topcuoglu, Ilker
Title:: Fully Implicit Schemes for Low Mach Number Flows
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: computational fluid dynamics
navier-stokes
thermally driven flows
confined flows
fully implicit solution of navier-stokes equations
newton linearization of navier-stokes equations
block algebraic multigrid
fully coupled solution of navier-stokes equations
momentum continuity energy coupling
block coupled solution of navier-stokes
finite volume method
File:: Download itopcuoglu_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Francis Kunz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
David M Williams, Outside Member
Michael Kinzel, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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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

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Author:: Blessington, Ryan
Title:: Passive Balancer Development for Rotor Systems in Icing Conditions
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Passive
Balancing
Passive Balancer
Structural
Dynamics
Structural Dynamics
Icing
Adverse environment
Rotor
rotorcraft
helicopter
imbalance
mass balance
File:: Download Blessington_MS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

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Author:: Rosenberger, Tyler
Title:: An Open-Loop Trajectory Implementation for Free Fall to Powered Flight Transition for Multirotor Aircraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Particle Swarm Optimization
Trajectory Design
PSO
Heuristic
Quadcopter
Quadrotor
Gazebo
ROS
Controls
Implementation
Free Fall
Optimization
Open-Loop
File:: Download Tyler_Rosenberger_Open-Loop_Free_Fall_to_Powered_Flight_Transition.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Puneet Singla, Committee Member

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Author:: Crouse, Jacob
Title:: Linear Model Predictive Control with Envelope Detection for Aerial Vehicle-Ship Intercept Scenarios
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: control systems
model predictive control
signal processing
ship motion
multirotor
digital control
optimal control
MATLAB
path planning
File:: Download JacobCrouse-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric N. Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Jaworski, Thomas
Title:: Development of an Acoustic Prediction System for Conceptual Design and Analysis of Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Aerospace
BVI
HSI
Noise
File:: Download Thomas_Jaworski_Thesis_2020_Release.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Lanari, Valentin
Title:: Benchtop and rotating tests of a fluidic flexible matrix composite lag damper for stiff-inplane hingeless rotor blades
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Fluidic flexible matrix composite
lag damper
hingeless
stiff-inplane
soft-inplane
rotor blade
lead-lag
damped absorber
benchtop
rotor stand
experimental testing
Adverse environment rotor test stand
File:: Download Valentin_Lanari_-_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Prakash, Keerti
Title:: Fiber Reinforced Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Structural Damping of a Rotorcraft Blade
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: composites
rotorcraft
carbobnanotubes
hybrid-nanocomposite
damping
File:: Download Prakash_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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