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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

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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

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Author:: Dowler, Joshua Lyle
Title:: A Solution-based Stall Delay Model for Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Wind Turbine
Aerodynamics
Stall Delay
Rotational Augmentation
File:: Download JLD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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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

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Author:: Reich, David B
Title:: Water Tunnel Experiments on a Model Scale Helicopter Rotor Hub
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Fluids
Fluid Dynamics
Experimental Fluid Dynamics
Experimental
Rotor
Rotor Hub
Water Tunnel
File:: Download Reich-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Elbing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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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

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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

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Author:: Wang, Zhixiang
Title:: Modeling Wind Turbine / Tower Interactions within an Actuator Line Model
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: wind turbine aerodynamic
actuator line method
turbine tower modeling
File:: Download Master_thesis_zuw.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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