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Author:

Alpman, Emre

Title:

Reynolds Stress Modeling of Separated Turbulent Flows over Helicopters

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Reynolds Stress Model
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Parallel Processing
Helicopter Fuselage Aerodynamics
Separated Flow

File:

Download EmreAlpmanPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Yousry Y Azmy, 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:

Hook, Ryan Franklin

Title:

Aerodynamic Experiments of a Dual Ducted Fan Vehicle in Hover and Edgewise Flight

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Aerodynamics
Experimental
Ducted Fan / Rotor / Propeller
Shrouded Fan / Rotor / Propeller
Dual Duct
Tandem
Wind Tunnel

File:

Download Hook_Ryan_MS_Thesis_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Dennis Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liew, Yih-Pin

Title:

Computation of Interactions of Blast with Responding Solids using an "Embedded Solid" Approach

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Structured Grid
Evolving Grid method
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Method
Blast and Responding Solid Interactions

File:

Download Yih-Pin_Liew-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Andrea Schokker, Committee Member

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:

Hennes, Christopher Conrad

Title:

Computation of Interactional Aerodynamics for Noise Prediction of Heavy Lift Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Computational Fluid Dynamics

File:

Download HennesThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee 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:

Hanson, David Royal

Title:

Computational Investigation of Convective Heat Transfer on Ice-Roughened Aerodynamic Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Ice Accretion
Discrete Element Roughness Method
Convective Heat Transfer
Large Eddy Simulation
Surface Roughness

File:

Download Hanson_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Kinzel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Kinzel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Stephen M Lynch, Outside Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Member

Author:

Valenti, Justin D

Title:

Bounding Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics for use in a Sequential Decision Process

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Fluid Dynamics
Sequential Design Process
Trade Space Exploration
Design
Sequential Design
Bounding
Numerical Uncertainty
Discretization Uncertainty

File:

Download ValentiJ_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael P Kinzel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Walter Miller, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

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:

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