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Author:

Sikarwar, Nidhi

Title:

The Development of Three-dimensional Adjoint Method for Flow Control with Blowing in Convergent-Divergent Nozzle Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Adjoint method
noise reduction
active flow control
adjoint boundary conditions
optimization
computational fluid dynamics.

File:

Download Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Nandi, Tarak Nath

Title:

EFFECTS OF BLADE BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITION AND DAYTIME ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE ON WIND TURBINE PERFORMANCE ANALYZED WITH BLADE-RESOLVED SIMULATION AND FIELD DATA

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Fluid Mechanics
CFD
turbulence
transition
atmospheric boundary layer
actuator line method
RANS
LES
Wind Energy

File:

Download Penn_State_University_Dissertation_forSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

James Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Outside Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Eric G. Paterson, Special Member