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Author:

Kim, Jun-Sik

Title:

Design and Analysis of Rotor Systems with Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps and Resonant Actuators

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter dynamics
vibration reduction
trailing edge flap
piezoelectric
resonant actuator

File:

Download JSKIM-Dissertation-2005-DEC.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Sahani, Nilesh A.

Title:

Envelope Protection Systems for Piloted and Unmanned Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Envelope protection
Limit avoidance
Rotorcraft
Pilot cueing
Adaptive control
Integrator windup

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Asok Ray, 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:

Sparbanie, Sade M

Title:

MODELING AND IDENTIFICATION OF UNSTEADY AIRWAKE DISTURBANCES ON ROTORCRAFT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Unsteady Airwake
Genhel
Ship Airwake
Shipboard Landing

File:

Download Sade_Sparbanie_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Yomchinda, Thanan

Title:

Integrated Flight Control Design and Handling Qualities Analysis for a Tiltrotor Aircraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Model Inversion Control Law
Flight Control
Aircraft Handling Qualities

File:

Download Thanan_Yomchinda_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Guo, Wei

Title:

Flight Control Design for Rotorcraft with Variable Rotor Speed

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
flight control
variable rotor speed
rotor state feedback

File:

Download Dissertation_WeiGuo.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Saribay, Zihni Burcay

Title:

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PERICYCLIC VARIABLE-SPEED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTER MAIN-GEARBOX

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Helicopter Transmission
face-gear
pericyclic variable-speed transmission
elastohydrodynamic lubrication

File:

Download Analytical_Investigation_of_the_Pericyclic_Variable_Speed_Transmission_system_for_helicopter_main-gearbox.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Surendra B Rao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Charles Bill, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Liming Chang, Committee Member

Author:

DeAngelo, Mark Patrick

Title:

Optimal Search Strategies for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

search
UAV
UAVs
UAS
optimal
unmanned
aerial
vehicles
camera
cameras
airplane
optimization
surveillance

File:

Download DeAngeloMSthesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khoshlahjeh Mozafar, Maryam

Title:

Extendable chord rotors for helicopter performance improvement and flight envelope expansion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

chord extension
helicopter performance
Trailing Edge Plate
Flight envelope expansion
High lift device
variable rotor speed

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Maryam_Khoshlahjeh.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member