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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:: 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:: Guo, Wei
Title:: Flight Control Design for Rotorcraft with Variable Rotor Speed
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: rotorcraft
flight control
variable rotor speed
rotor state feedback
File:: Download Dissertation_WeiGuo.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Saribay, Zihni Burcay
Title:: ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PERICYCLIC VARIABLE-SPEED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTER MAIN-GEARBOX
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Helicopter Transmission
face-gear
pericyclic variable-speed transmission
elastohydrodynamic lubrication
File:: Download Analytical_Investigation_of_the_Pericyclic_Variable_Speed_Transmission_system_for_helicopter_main-gearbox.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Surendra B Rao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Charles Bill, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Liming Chang, Committee Member

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