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1. A Numerical Algorithm for High Reynolds Number Fluid-structure Interaction Simulations

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Author:
Lieberknecht, Erika Nikole
Title:
A Numerical Algorithm for High Reynolds Number Fluid-structure Interaction Simulations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
high Reynolds numbers
fluid-structure interaction
Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin
turbulence
finite element method
File:
Download Lieberknecht-MastersDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan S Pitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

5. Determining Optimum Conditions For Dual Time Stepping Using Convergence Acceleration Techniques in Computational Aeroacoustics

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Author:
Rout, Vikram
Title:
Determining Optimum Conditions For Dual Time Stepping Using Convergence Acceleration Techniques in Computational Aeroacoustics
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
DRP
Dual Time Stepping
Implicit Residual Smoothing
Multigrid
File:
Download Thesis_Vikram_Rout_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. An Investigation of Rim Seal/Disk Cavity Flow and its Interaction with High Pressure Turbine Rotor Flows

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Author:
Town, Jason Edward
Title:
An Investigation of Rim Seal/Disk Cavity Flow and its Interaction with High Pressure Turbine Rotor Flows
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rim Seal Cavity
Gas Turbine
Secondary Flow
Rotor Blade Tip Treatments
Rim Seal Cavity Purge
File:
Download Jason_Town_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Horacio Perez Blanco, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

13. simulations of the flow generated by fluidic inserts for supersonic jet noise reduction based on steady RANS simulations

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Author:
Kapusta, Matthew Joseph
Title:
simulations of the flow generated by fluidic inserts for supersonic jet noise reduction based on steady RANS simulations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
jet noise reduction
fluidic inserts
supersonic nozzle
supersonic jet flow field
fluid injection
File:
Download Kapusta_MS.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Experimental Investigation of the Noise Reduction of Supersonic Exhaust Jets with Fluidic Inserts

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Author:
Powers, Russell
Title:
Experimental Investigation of the Noise Reduction of Supersonic Exhaust Jets with Fluidic Inserts
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Jet Noise
Supersonic
Aeroacoustics
Noise Reduction
File:
Download RWP_Dissertation_v12-1.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member

17. The Prediction of Unsteady Aerodynamic Loading in High Aspect Ratio Wall Bounded Jets

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Author:
Lurie, Michael Brian
Title:
The Prediction of Unsteady Aerodynamic Loading in High Aspect Ratio Wall Bounded Jets
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Aerospace
Vibrations
CFD
Computational
Acoustics
Experiment
Turbulence
Free Jet
Wall Jet
Nozzle
File:
Download Lurie-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Stephen A Hambric, Special Member

18. Development Of A Scalable Gas-dynamics Solver With Adaptive Mesh Refinement

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Author:
Korkut, Burak
Title:
Development Of A Scalable Gas-dynamics Solver With Adaptive Mesh Refinement
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Numerical Simulation
High Performance Computing
Gas Dynamics
Adaptive Mesh Refinement
File:
Download mythesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Deborah A Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Deborah Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member

19. Investigation of the Flow-field of Two Parallel Round Jets Impinging Normal to a Flat Surface

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Author:
Myers, Leighton Montgomery
Title:
Investigation of the Flow-field of Two Parallel Round Jets Impinging Normal to a Flat Surface
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
STOVL Aerodynamics
V/STOL Aerodynamics
Experimental Aerodynamics
Impinging Jet
High Speed Jet
File:
Download LeightonMyers-Dissertation-v350z.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
David Findlay, Special Member

22. Characterization of Wake Turbulence in a Wind Turbine Array Submerged in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow

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Author:
Jha, Pankaj Kumar
Title:
Characterization of Wake Turbulence in a Wind Turbine Array Submerged in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flow
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
aerodynamics
fluid dynamics
wind farm
turbine
atmospheric boundary layer. turbulence
actuator line
actuator curve
File:
Download PankajJha_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Member

23. Modeling of Energy Transfer in Hypersonic Shocks using High Fidelity Models

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Author:
Zhu, Tong
Title:
Modeling of Energy Transfer in Hypersonic Shocks using High Fidelity Models
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO
HYPERSONIC SHOCK FLOWS
NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOWS
RADIATION FROM SHOCKS
RELAXATIONS OF NITROGEN
File:
Download Modeling_of_Energy_Transfer_in_Hypersonic_Shocks_using_High_Fidelity_Models.pdf
Committee Members:
Deborah Levin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Deborah Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Marco Panesi, Special Member

24. NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THRUST PRODUCED BY A HOBBY–SCALE PULSEJET ENGINE

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Author:
Zhu, Mengyao
Title:
NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THRUST PRODUCED BY A HOBBY–SCALE PULSEJET ENGINE
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
pulsejet
lax-wendroff
numerical simulation
experiment
thrust
operating frequency
File:
Download Master_thesis_by_Mengyao_Zhu.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

27. Ice Adhesion Strength Modeling Based on Surface Morphology Variations

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Author:
Knuth, Taylor Dayton
Title:
Ice Adhesion Strength Modeling Based on Surface Morphology Variations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
adhesion strength
surface morphology
predictive
topography
surface geometry
Newtonian mechanics
two-dimensional loading
File:
Download Knuth_Taylor_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

28. Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction

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Author:
Corle, Ethan Lewis
Title:
Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
active flap
rotor noise
aeroacoustics
genetic algorithm
helicopter quieting
File:
Download Corle_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. Small Wind Turbine Performance Evaluation using Field Test Data and a Coupled Aero-electro-mechanical Model

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Author:
Wallace, Brian David
Title:
Small Wind Turbine Performance Evaluation using Field Test Data and a Coupled Aero-electro-mechanical Model
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
wind turbine
PMSG
alternative energy
wind energy
File:
Download BrianWallace-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member

32. Investigation of Bandwidth and Disturbance Rejection Properties of a Dynamic Inversion Control Law for Ship-Based Rotorcraft

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Author:
Zheng, Albert
Title:
Investigation of Bandwidth and Disturbance Rejection Properties of a Dynamic Inversion Control Law for Ship-Based Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Flight Controls
Simulation
Handling Qualities
Shipboard
Bandwidth
Disturbance Rejection
Pilot
File:
Download 1-Albert_Zheng_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. Comprehensive Model and Experimental Validation of Passive Vibration Suppression for Supercritical Rotary Machines

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Author:
Haidar, Ahmad M
Title:
Comprehensive Model and Experimental Validation of Passive Vibration Suppression for Supercritical Rotary Machines
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
structural dynamics
rotorcraft
passive balancing
passive vibration suppression
supercritical shaft
File:
Download AhmadHaidar-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor