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Author:: Gumusel, Baris
Title:: AERODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER ASPECTS OF TIP AND CASING TREATMENTS USED FOR TURBINE TIP LEAKAGE CONTROL
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Turbine Tip Leakage Control
Inclined Squealer Tip
Blade Tip Shape
Casing Treatment
Shroud Heat Transfer
Tip Leakage Desensitization
File:: Download Gumusel.Baris.Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

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Author:: Petitjean, Benoit Philippe
Title:: On the Nonlinearities in the Noise Radiated from High-Speed Model Jets
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: aeroacoustics
jet noise
nonlinear acoustics
File:: Download eTD_B_Petitjean.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Atli Veltin, Bilim
Title:: EFFECT OF GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS ON THE IN-PLANE CRUSHING BEHAVIOR OF HONEYCOMBS AND HONEYCOMBS WITH FACESHEETS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: honeycomb crushing
energy absorption
cellular honeycombs
File:: Download Thesis_Bilim.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan S Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Shin, Bong Gun
Title:: PREDICTION OF SAND PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES AND SAND EROSION DAMAGE ON HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Particle Trajectory
Sand Erosion
Helicopter rotor blade
File:: Download Dissertation_BongGun_Aerospace_Engineering_May_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

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Author:: DeForce Jr. , Christopher Allen
Title:: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: microwave electrothermal thruster
MET
computational modeling
COMSOL
Chris DeForce
electromagnetics
fluid mechanics
plasma
electric propulsion
deforce
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Chris_DeForce.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Polito, Christopher
Title:: The Effect of Variable Initial Uncertainty on the Probability of Asteroid-Earth Collisions
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: position uncertainty ellipsoid
NEO Collision Probability
File:: Download Polito_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Scott, Christopher James
Title:: Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: circular restricted three body problem
Astrodynamics
CR3BP
satellite capture
File:: Download Diss.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr David B Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

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Author:: Duling, Christopher Thomas
Title:: FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ON PRIMARY HELICOPTER CONTROL USING TRAILING EDGE FLAPS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: trailing edge flaps
swashplateless rotors
File:: Download Duling_MS_Aero_SP09.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Tu, Chenmeng
Title:: Application of a Homotopy Method to Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Trajectory Optimization
Low-Thrust
Homotopy Method
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Tiwari, Chandrashekhar
Title:: INNOVATIVE ENERGY ABSORBING AND LOAD LIMITING DEVICES BASED ON COMPOSITE TUBES
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: composite tubes
energy absorption
load limiting
extension-twist
stitch ripping
foam crushing
File:: Download Chandrashekhar_Tiwari_MS_Thesis_AUG09.pdf
Committee Members:: Prof Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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