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Start Over Graduate Program Aerospace Engineering Committee Member Sven Schmitz

1. ENDWALL SHAPE MODIFICATION USING VORTEX GENERATORS AND FENCES TO IMPROVE GAS TURBINE COOLING AND EFFECTIVENESS

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Author:
Gokce, Zeki Ozgur
Title:
ENDWALL SHAPE MODIFICATION USING VORTEX GENERATORS AND FENCES TO IMPROVE GAS TURBINE COOLING AND EFFECTIVENESS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Vortex generator
heat transfer enhancement
gas turbine cooling channel flow
File:
Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_PhD_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

2. Wind Turbine Design Using A Free-wake Vortex Method With Winglet Application

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Author:
Maniaci, David Charles
Title:
Wind Turbine Design Using A Free-wake Vortex Method With Winglet Application
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Wind turbine
winglet
free-wake
vortex method
rotor aerodynamics
blade design
File:
Download psu-thesis-Dmaniaci-18m_FIN_4-5-13_DateChange.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

4. Wind Turbines Under Atmospheric Icing Conditions - Ice Accretion Modeling, Aerodynamics, and Control Strategies for Mitigating Performance Degradation

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Author:
Brillembourg, Dwight David
Title:
Wind Turbines Under Atmospheric Icing Conditions - Ice Accretion Modeling, Aerodynamics, and Control Strategies for Mitigating Performance Degradation
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
wind turbine
icing
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Computation of Interactional Aerodynamics for Noise Prediction of Heavy Lift Rotorcraft

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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

7. FORMULA 1 RACE CAR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BY OPTIMIZATION OF THE AERODYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR WINGS

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Author:
Bhatnagar, Unmukt Rajeev
Title:
FORMULA 1 RACE CAR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BY OPTIMIZATION OF THE AERODYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR WINGS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Formula 1
Aerodynamics
Optimization
Lift Coefficient
Drag Coefficient
Lap Simulation
Genetic Algorithms
File:
Download 1-Masters_Thesis_for_Aerospace-_Unmukt_Bhatngar.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Development of a CFD-Compatible Transition Model Based on Linear Stability Theory

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Author:
Coder, James George
Title:
Development of a CFD-Compatible Transition Model Based on Linear Stability Theory
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Aerodynamics
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
transition
turbulence
File:
Download JamesGCoder_Dissertation_07272014.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Member

9. Computational Investigation of a Boundary-layer Ingestion Propulsion System for the Common Research Model

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Author:
Blumenthal, Brennan Theodore
Title:
Computational Investigation of a Boundary-layer Ingestion Propulsion System for the Common Research Model
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Boundary-layer Ingestion
Propulsion
CFD
USM3D
NPSS
CDISC
Common Research Model
CRM
File:
Download B_Blumenthal_MS_Thesis_V8-ZS.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Characterization of Wake Turbulence in a Wind Turbine Array Submerged in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow

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Author:
Jha, Pankaj Kumar
Title:
Characterization of Wake Turbulence in a Wind Turbine Array Submerged in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
aerodynamics
fluid dynamics
wind farm
turbine
atmospheric boundary layer. turbulence
actuator line
actuator curve
File:
Download PankajJha_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member

13. Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction

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Author:
Corle, Ethan Lewis
Title:
Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
active flap
rotor noise
aeroacoustics
genetic algorithm
helicopter quieting
File:
Download Corle_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Small Wind Turbine Performance Evaluation using Field Test Data and a Coupled Aero-electro-mechanical Model

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Author:
Wallace, Brian David
Title:
Small Wind Turbine Performance Evaluation using Field Test Data and a Coupled Aero-electro-mechanical Model
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
wind turbine
PMSG
alternative energy
wind energy
File:
Download BrianWallace-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member

15. Aerodynamic Analysis of Helicopter Rotors Using a Higher-Order, Free-Wake Method

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Author:
Choephel, Tenzin
Title:
Aerodynamic Analysis of Helicopter Rotors Using a Higher-Order, Free-Wake Method
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Free-Wake
Inflow
Hover
Helicopter Rotor
Rotor Downwash
File:
Download Choephel_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark D. Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Outside Member
Goetz Bramesfeld, Special Member

16. STUDY OF ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL FOR IN-PLANE ROTOR NOISE REDUCTION

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Author:
Yang, Tianxiao
Title:
STUDY OF ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL FOR IN-PLANE ROTOR NOISE REDUCTION
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
rotor noise
noise reduction
active control
File:
Download Yang_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth S. Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Anthony A. Atchley, Outside Member

17. A Higher-Order Free-Wake Method for Aerodynamic Performance Prediction of Propeller-Wing Systems

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Author:
Cole, Julia A
Title:
A Higher-Order Free-Wake Method for Aerodynamic Performance Prediction of Propeller-Wing Systems
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Aerodynamic analysis
free-wake method
propeller-wing interaction
File:
Download jcole_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Outside Member
Goetz Bramesfeld, Special Member

18. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE MXS-R WINGLETS AND AIRFOILS TO IMPROVE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE RED BULL AIR RACES

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Author:
Grasser, Nicholas Jared
Title:
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE MXS-R WINGLETS AND AIRFOILS TO IMPROVE AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE RED BULL AIR RACES
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Aircraft Design
Aerodynamics
Airplane Simulation
Winglets
Airfoils
Red Bull
Air Racing
MXS-R
Airplane Performance
Airplane Design
File:
Download Grasser_-_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

19. Towards Real-Time Pilot-in-the-Loop Simulation of Rotorcraft with Fully-Coupled CFD Solutions of Rotor / Terrain Interactions

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Author:
Oruc, Ilker
Title:
Towards Real-Time Pilot-in-the-Loop Simulation of Rotorcraft with Fully-Coupled CFD Solutions of Rotor / Terrain Interactions
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
modeling
simulation
pilot-in-the-loop
rotorcraft
terrain
ship airwake
dynamic interface
DI
helicopter/ship
coupled
fully-coupled
fully coupled
ground effect
CFD
aerodynamics
flight control
flight dynamics
ship landing
ship approach
computational
fluid
dynamics
real-time
manned
sloped
partial ground
acceleration
helicopter simulation
high-performance-computing
flight simulator
MPI
helicopter dynamics
SFS2
MPMD
actuator disk
ADM
ALM
simple frigate ship
non-linear
NLDI
UH-60
flight performance
one-way coupled
two-way coupled
recirculation
coupled simulation
coupling interface
IGE
OGE
hover
GENHEL
GENHEL-PSU
Navier-Stokes
Gaussian
File:
Download IlkerOruc-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Outside Member

20. Effects of Daytime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence on the Generation of Nonsteady Wind turbine Loadings and Predictive Accuracy of Lower Order Models

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Author:
Lavely, Adam Wesley
Title:
Effects of Daytime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence on the Generation of Nonsteady Wind turbine Loadings and Predictive Accuracy of Lower Order Models
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Wind Turbine
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Engineering-Design Models
File:
Download AdamLavely-Dissertation-v20.pdf
Committee Members:
James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip Morris, Committee Member
Eric Paterson, Outside Member
Dan Haworth, Committee Member

21. Consideration of Unsteady Aerodynamics and Boundary-Layer Transition in Rotorcraft Airfoil Design

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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

22. Automated Design and Evaluation of Airfoils for Rotorcraft Applications

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Author:
Stanko, Jason D
Title:
Automated Design and Evaluation of Airfoils for Rotorcraft Applications
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
parameterization
orthogonal
automation
airfoil performance table
multicollinearity
design
class shape transformation
genetic algorithm
CFD
Legendre Polynomial
CMA-ES
UH60
OVERFLOW
airfoil shape optimization
C81
Augmented Lagrange
File:
Download StankoThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Experimental Investigation of A Helicopter Rotor Hub Flow

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Author:
Reich, David B
Title:
Experimental Investigation of A Helicopter Rotor Hub Flow
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Rotor Hub
Hub Drag
Rotor Hub Drag
Rotorcraft Aerodynamics
Rotorcraft Aeromechanics
Unsteady Aerodynamics
File:
Download Reich-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Outside Member

24. Experimental study of wake impingement on a horizontal stabalizer

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Author:
Metkowski, Leonard P
Title:
Experimental study of wake impingement on a horizontal stabalizer
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Aerodynamics
Helicopter
Hubs
Empennage
Experimental
Interactional Aerodynamics
Helicopter Hub Drag
Experimental Design
Helicopter Hub Experiments
Horizontal Stabilizer
Helicopter Stabilizer
Experiments on Helicopter Stabilizers
Wake Impingement
File:
Download Metkowski_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

25. Utilizing Transitional CFD to Analyze the Performance of a Racing Sailplane

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Author:
Axten, Christopher Joseph
Title:
Utilizing Transitional CFD to Analyze the Performance of a Racing Sailplane
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
computational fluid dynamics
sailplane
boundary layer transition
aircraft performance
aircraft design
File:
Download Axten_C_Master_Thesis_Draft_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

26. Investigation Noise from Electric, Low-Tip-Speed Aircraft Propellers

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Author:
Zolbayar, Bolor Erdene
Title:
Investigation Noise from Electric, Low-Tip-Speed Aircraft Propellers
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
propeller noise
low-tip-speed propeller noise
unsteady loading
electric low-tip-speed propeller noise
File:
Download Zolbayar_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth S. Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy R. Pritchett, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

27. Efficient CFD Approaches for Coaxial Rotor Simulations

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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

28. Design, Analysis, and Testing of Leading-Edge Protection Tapes for Wind Turbine Blades

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Author:
Major, Desirae
Title:
Design, Analysis, and Testing of Leading-Edge Protection Tapes for Wind Turbine Blades
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Annual Energy Production
Leading-edge Protection Tape
Wind Turbine Leading-edge Erosion
File:
Download PSU_Masters_Thesis_Final_Desirae_Major.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

30. An Investigation of coupled atmospheric turbulence and ship airwakes for helicopter-ship dynamic interface simulations

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Author:
Santos Thedin, Regis
Title:
An Investigation of coupled atmospheric turbulence and ship airwakes for helicopter-ship dynamic interface simulations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Ship Airwakes
Flight Dynamics
Rotorcraft
File:
Download thedin2019phdthesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

31. Time-Domain Aeroelastic Stability Predictions of a Semi-Span Tiltrotor

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Open Access
Author:
Corle, Ethan Lewis
Title:
Time-Domain Aeroelastic Stability Predictions of a Semi-Span Tiltrotor
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
tiltrotor
whirl flutter
aeroelastic
stability analysis
rotorcraft
vortex particle method
time-domain stability
File:
Download corle-dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Outside Member
Dr. Matthew Floros, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

32. Fully Implicit Schemes for Low Mach Number Flows

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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

33. Large Eddy Simulations of Scaled Wind-Tunnel Experiments for Ship Airwake Analysis

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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

34. Simulation of a Helicopter Operating in a Turbulent Airwake with Atmospheric Boundary Layer Effects

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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