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Author:

Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas

Title:

Advanced grid-stiffened composite shells for applications in heavy-lift helicopter rotor blade spars

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

composites
structures
rotor blades
grid-stiffened
grid
spar
heavy-lift rotor blade
buckling
stiffness
strength

File:

Download Sreeni_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Tiwari, Chandrashekhar

Title:

Innovative Energy Absorbing Devices Based on Composite Tubes

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Energy Absorbing
Extension Twist Coupling
Crush Tubes
Sandwich Core Device
Non-linear Model
Rate Effects
Foam Model

File:

Download Chandrashekhar_Tiwari_PhD_Thesis_AUG_2012_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Reginald Felix Hamilton, Special Member

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