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Author:: Liu, Ailin
Title:: ANALYSIS OF DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: multiscale model
interfacial friction
carbon nanotube
polymeric composite
damping
File:: Download AilinLiu_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

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Author:: Bonaventura, Clifford S.
Title:: A MODULAR APPROACH TO THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX ROBOT SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: robotics
forward dynamics
dynamic simulation
constrained motion
File:: Download Thesis_Bonaventura.pdf
Committee Members:: Kathryn Weed Jablokow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
David J Cannon, Committee Member
Keith W Buffinton, Committee Member

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Author:: Heverly II, David E.
Title:: Optimal Actuator Placement and Active Structure Design for Control of Helicopter Airframe Vibrations
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: piezoelectric
smart structures
active control
helicopter
vibrations
actuator placement
structural design
optimization
File:: Download dehthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: Kim, Gi-Woo
Title:: DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: DeSmidt, Hans A.
Title:: ROBUST-ADAPTIVE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL OF ALLOY AND FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITE ROTORCRAFT DRIVELINES VIA MAGNETIC BEARINGS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Adaptive Control
Magnetic Bearings
Driveline Active Vibration Contol
Helicopter Driveline
Flexible Matrix Composite
Periodic Time-Varying System
File:: Download thesis_desmidt.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alfred Scott Lewis, Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member

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Author:: Hailu, Haftay
Title:: DIMENSIONAL TRANFORMATION: A NOVEL METHOD FOR GAIN-SCHEDULING AND ROBUST CONTROL
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: robust control
gain-scheduling
dimensional transformation
dimensional analysis
File:: Download Hailu_PhD_Dissertation2006.pdf
Committee Members:: Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mario Sznaier, Committee Member
Barbara E Kulakowski, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: YU, HONGBIAO
Title:: PIEZOELECTRIC NETWORKING FOR MODE DELOCALIZATION AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSION OF NEARLY PERIODIC STRUCTURES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: VIBRATION CONTROL
PERIODIC STRUCTURE
VIBRATION LOCALIZATION
PIEZOELECTRIC
File:: Download Yu_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhao, Haiyu
Title:: Passive, Iterative, and Repetitive Control for Flexible Distributed Parameter Systems
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Feedforward control
flexible distributed parameter systems
vibration control
BIBO stability
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member

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Author:: Martin, Jay Dean
Title:: A Methodology for Evaluating System-Level Uncertainty in the Conceptual Design of Complex Multidisciplinary Systems
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: conceptual design
uncertainty assessment
sensitivity analysis
kriging models
File:: Download JayDMartin-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Timothy William Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Russell Richard Barton, Committee Member
Mark Thomas Traband, Committee Member
Runze Li, Committee Member

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Author:: Jiang, Lijun
Title:: Vibration-Based Structural Damage Identification Enhancement via Piezoelectric Circuitry Network and Active Feedback Control
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Structural Health Monitoring
Structural Damage Detection
Vibration
Smart Structures
Piezoelectric Circuitry
Active Control
File:: Download Thesis-LijunJiang-2007.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Heath F Hofmann, Committee Member

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