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Author:: Geiger, Brian Raymond
Title:: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Planning with Direct Methods
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: direct collocation
uav
path planning
trajectory optimization
neural network
flight test
File:: Download BrianGeiger-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Dooyong
Title:: Simulation and Control of a Helicopter Operating in a Ship Airwake
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter simulation
stochastic airwake
pilot model
validation
SAS optimization
File:: Download DooyongLee_thesis_etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Hathaway, Eric L
Title:: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: aeroelastic stability
whirl flutter
tiltrotor
active control
optimization
File:: Download hathaway_phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Chen, Hsuan-nien
Title:: Rotor Noise in Maneuvering Flight
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Maneuvering
Rotor noise
Helicopter
File:: Download Thesis_Aero_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy A Brungart, Committee Member

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Author:: Paik, Jinho
Title:: The Aeroelastic Stability Improvements of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors By Active and Passive Approaches
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: design optimization
whirl flutter
soft-inplane rotor
tiltrotor aircraft
feedback control
File:: Download Jinho-Paik-Dissertation-Aug09.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Jun-Sik
Title:: Design and Analysis of Rotor Systems with Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps and Resonant Actuators
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter dynamics
vibration reduction
trailing edge flap
piezoelectric
resonant actuator
File:: Download JSKIM-Dissertation-2005-DEC.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Sahani, Nilesh A.
Title:: Envelope Protection Systems for Piloted and Unmanned Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Envelope protection
Limit avoidance
Rotorcraft
Pilot cueing
Adaptive control
Integrator windup
File:: Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Asok Ray, Committee Member

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Author:: Sezer-Uzol, Nilay
Title:: UNSTEADY FLOW SIMULATIONS AROUND COMPLEX GEOMETRIES USING STATIONARY OR ROTATING UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: unsteady flow
ship airwake
wind turbine
large eddy simulation
LES
unstructured
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
File:: Download NilayPhDThesis-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Yousry Azmy, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Seung Pil
Title:: Optimal Trajectories For Constrained Station Change in Geo Using A Legendre Pseudospectral Method
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: station change
Legendre pseudospectral methods
low-thrust
File:: Download 1-Seunp_P_Final_2012.pdfDownload Errata_Ph_d__Thesis_Aerospace_Engineering_Aug_2012_Seung_Pil_Kim.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Graham Melton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member

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