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Author:: Gokce, Zeki Ozgur
Title:: ENDWALL SHAPE MODIFICATION USING VORTEX GENERATORS AND FENCES TO IMPROVE GAS TURBINE COOLING AND EFFECTIVENESS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Vortex generator
heat transfer enhancement
gas turbine cooling channel flow
File:: Download Zeki_Ozgur_Gokce_PhD_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf
Committee Members:: Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

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Author:: Maniaci, David Charles
Title:: Wind Turbine Design Using A Free-wake Vortex Method With Winglet Application
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Wind turbine
winglet
free-wake
vortex method
rotor aerodynamics
blade design
File:: Download psu-thesis-Dmaniaci-18m_FIN_4-5-13_DateChange.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

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Author:: Hennes, Christopher Conrad
Title:: Computation of Interactional Aerodynamics for Noise Prediction of Heavy Lift Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Computational Fluid Dynamics
File:: Download HennesThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

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Author:: Coder, James George
Title:: Development of a CFD-Compatible Transition Model Based on Linear Stability Theory
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Aerodynamics
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
transition
turbulence
File:: Download JamesGCoder_Dissertation_07272014.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Jonathan S Pitt, Committee Member

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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

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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

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Author:: Choephel, Tenzin
Title:: Aerodynamic Analysis of Helicopter Rotors Using a Higher-Order, Free-Wake Method
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Free-Wake
Inflow
Hover
Helicopter Rotor
Rotor Downwash
File:: Download Choephel_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark D. Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Outside Member
Goetz Bramesfeld, Special Member

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Author:: Yang, Tianxiao
Title:: STUDY OF ACTIVE ROTOR CONTROL FOR IN-PLANE ROTOR NOISE REDUCTION
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: rotor noise
noise reduction
active control
File:: Download Yang_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth S. Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth S. Brentner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Anthony A. Atchley, Outside Member

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Author:: Cole, Julia A
Title:: A Higher-Order Free-Wake Method for Aerodynamic Performance Prediction of Propeller-Wing Systems
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Aerodynamic analysis
free-wake method
propeller-wing interaction
File:: Download jcole_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Gul Kremer, Outside Member
Goetz Bramesfeld, Special Member

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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

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