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Author:

Gumusel, Baris

Title:

AERODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER ASPECTS OF TIP AND CASING TREATMENTS USED FOR TURBINE TIP LEAKAGE CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbine Tip Leakage Control
Inclined Squealer Tip
Blade Tip Shape
Casing Treatment
Shroud Heat Transfer
Tip Leakage Desensitization

File:

Download Gumusel.Baris.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Clemens, Daniel E

Title:

Performance Evaluation of the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Using Nitrogen, Simulated Hydrazine, and Ammonia

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

plasma
thrust measurements
electric field
numerical modeling
analytical modeling

File:

Download Clemens-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
David Spencer, Committee Member

Author:

Palacios, Jose Luis

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an Ultrasonic De-Icing System for Helicopter Rotor Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

dispersion curves
icing rotor blades
ice protection
anti-icing
de-icing
ultrasound
wave structure
high power ultrasound

File:

Download Palacios_PhD_Thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Veltin, Jeremy

Title:

On the Characterization of Noise Sources in Supersonic Shock Containing Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

jet noise
aeroacoustic
supersonic pitot
schlieren
optical deflectometry
mach wave
correlation

File:

Download Thesis_J_Veltin_Vf.pdf

Committee Members:

D.K. McLaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
D.K. McLaughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

Author:

Kinzel, Michael Patrick

Title:

Computational Techniques and Analysis of Cavitating-Fluid Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Cavitation
Multiphase flows
level set
overset grids
computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

File:

Download mpkThesisFinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
David N Hill, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Member
Ralph W Noack, Committee Member