eTD Explore

Open Access

Author:: Long, Justin Allan
Title:: Nonlinear Active Vibration Based Damage Detection and Localization
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: nonlinear
vibration
damage
detection
structural
health
monitoring
automation
airframe
rotorcraft
localization
File:: Download JustinLong_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Open Access

Author:: Thorsen, Adam Thomas
Title:: Assessment of Control Allocation Optimization on Performance and Dynamic Response Enhancement of a Compound Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: compound
rotorcraft
performance
dynamic response
File:: Download Thorsen_Thesis_Aerospace.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Open Access

Open Access

Author:: Mahmood, Raheel Sheikh
Title:: Vibration energy harvesting from rotorcraft drive systems using thermoelectric conversion of heat generated by mechanical damping
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: energy harvesting
vibration
rotorcraft
File:: Download RaheelMahmood_MSThesis_Dec2014.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Open Access

Author:: Costa, Guillermo Jorge
Title:: Design, Fabrication, Test, and Evaluation of Small-scale Tiltrotor Whirl Flutter Wind Tunnel Models
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: tiltrotor
rotorcraft
aeroelasticity
wind tunnel testing
whirl flutter
File:: Download Costa_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Open Access

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

Open Access

Author:: Saetti, Umberto
Title:: Rotorcraft Simulations with Coupled Flight Dynamics, Free Wake, and Acoustics
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: rotorcraft
noise
control
control systems
dynamic inversion
feedback
flight dynamics
free wake
CHARM
PSUHeloSim
PSUWOPWOP
File:: Download UmbertoSaetti_Thesis_v9.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Thorsen, Adam Thomas
Title:: A UNIFIED FLIGHT CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR A COMPOUND ROTORCRAFT IN FUNDAMENTAL AND AEROBATIC MANEUVERING FLIGHT
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: compound
rotorcraft
aerobatic
maneuvers
unified control
flight control
redundant controls
flight path generation
trajectory optimization
energy management
File:: Download Thorsen_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Open Access

Author:: Schneeberger, Grant M
Title:: ICE PROJECTILE LENGTH PREDICTION OF SHED ICE FROM ROTOR BLADES
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: ice
rotorcraft
shedding
File:: Download GrantSchneeberger-MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Randolph Auhl, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member

Open Access

Author:: Oruc, Ilker
Title:: Towards Real-Time Pilot-in-the-Loop Simulation of Rotorcraft with Fully-Coupled CFD Solutions of Rotor / Terrain Interactions
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: modeling
simulation
pilot-in-the-loop
rotorcraft
terrain
ship airwake
dynamic interface
DI
helicopter/ship
coupled
fully-coupled
fully coupled
ground effect
CFD
aerodynamics
flight control
flight dynamics
ship landing
ship approach
computational
fluid
dynamics
real-time
manned
sloped
partial ground
acceleration
helicopter simulation
high-performance-computing
flight simulator
MPI
helicopter dynamics
SFS2
MPMD
actuator disk
ADM
ALM
simple frigate ship
non-linear
NLDI
UH-60
flight performance
one-way coupled
two-way coupled
recirculation
coupled simulation
coupling interface
IGE
OGE
hover
GENHEL
GENHEL-PSU
Navier-Stokes
Gaussian
File:: Download IlkerOruc-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph F. Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph F. Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Outside Member

Search