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Author:: Anusonti-Inthra, Phuriwat
Title:: SEMI-ACTIVE CONTROL OF HELICOPTER VIBRATION USING CONTROLLABLE STIFFNESS AND DAMPING DEVICES
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: controllable damper
controllable stiffness
semi-active control
helicopter vibration reduction
File:: Download Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

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Author:: Miller, Steven Arthur Eric
Title:: The Prediction of Broadband Shock-Associated Noise Using Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes Solutions
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Jet
Noise
Supersonic
Fluid Dynamics
Shock
Broadband
File:: Download SAEMiller-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Liew, Yih-Pin
Title:: Computation of Interactions of Blast with Responding Solids using an "Embedded Solid" Approach
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Structured Grid
Evolving Grid method
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Immersed Boundary Method
Blast and Responding Solid Interactions
File:: Download Yih-Pin_Liew-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Andrea Schokker, Committee Member

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Author:: Marr, Conor Matthew
Title:: Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Damper
Fluidlastic
Hydraulic
CFD
Modeling
Multi-State
Bypass
Passive Damping
Lead-Lag Damper
Ground Resonance
File:: Download CMarrPhDThesis2012FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

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Author:: Bae, Eui Sung
Title:: The Reduction of Rotorcraft Power and Vibration Using Optimally Controlled Active Gurney Flap
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Performnce Improvement
vibration Reduction
Gurney flap
MiTEs
microflap
vibration
power
File:: Download ESBae_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Kauffman, Jeffrey Lynn
Title:: Vibration Reduction of Integrally Bladed Rotors Using Piezoelectric Materials
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: resonance frequency detuning
vibration reduction
turbomachinery damping
piezoelectric device
rotating structures
File:: Download KauffmanPhD.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Kirsten P Duffy, Special Member
Heath F Hofmann, Special Member

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Author:: Malovrh, Brendon
Title:: Non-harmonic Root-pitch Individual-blade Control for the Reduction of Blade-vortex Interaction Noise in Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Blade-Vortex Interaction
BVI
noise
acoustic
helicopter
File:: Download MalovrhDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Kevin James Noonan, Special Member

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Author:: Henry, Todd Carl
Title:: Optimized Design and Structural Mechanics of a Single-piece Composite Helicopter Driveshaft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Flexible Matrix Composites
Optimization
Helicopter Driveshaft
Filament Winding
File:: Download 20140716_Henry_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

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Author:: Haidar, Ahmad M
Title:: Vibration Control of Shafts via Automatic Passive Balancing
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: structural dynamics
vibration control
rotordynamics
aerospace engineering
automatic passive balancing
File:: Download AhmadHaidar-PhD-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member

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Author:: Yildiz, Kaan
Title:: Cable Actuated Tensegrity Structures for Deployable Space Booms with Enhanced Stiffness
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: tensegrity structures
space structures
deployment
optimization
effective stiffness
deployable booms
form finding
force finding
transformation
cylindrical tensegrity booms
File:: Download kaanyildiz_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

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