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Author:

Howard, Anna Kathleen Tyler

Title:

The Aeromechanical Stability of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

full-span
whirl flutter
semi-span
civil tiltrotor
aeromechanical stability
rotorcraft
helicopter
pitch-lag coupling
ground resonance
pitch-flap coupling
air resonance
aeroelastic couplings
stability
tiltrotor

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Alexeenko, Alina A.

Title:

MODELING OF MICROSCALE GAS FLOWS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microflow
direct simulation Monte Carlo
rarefied gas flow
finite element analysis
transient heat transfer

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

Author:

Akturk, Ali

Title:

DUCTED FAN INLET/EXIT AND ROTOR TIP FLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR VERTICAL LIFT SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Ducted fan
Inlet flow distortion
Tip leakage
Tip leakage mitigation
Double ducted fan
Pressure side platform
Fan rotor tip loss
Tip treatment

File:

Download Ali_Akturk-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Agarwal, Anurag

Title:

The Prediction of Tonal and Broadband Slat Noise

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroacoustics
airframe noise
slat noise
high-lift devices
hydrodynamic instability
jet noise

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Sharma, Anupam

Title:

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF BLAST-IMPACT PROBLEMS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

shock
blast
DSMC
Blast-impact
parallel programming
OOP

File:

Download axs455_phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Dr Paul E Plassmann, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Dr Andrea J Schokker, Committee Member

Author:

Shavalikul, Akamol

Title:

A TIME ACCURATE PREDICTION OF THE VISCOUS FLOW IN A TURBINE STAGE INCLUDING A ROTOR IN MOTION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
time accurate prediction
turbine flow simulation
tip leakage

File:

Download Akamol_thesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

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

Author:

Gumusel, Baris

Title:

AERODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER ASPECTS OF TIP AND CASING TREATMENTS USED FOR TURBINE TIP LEAKAGE CONTROL

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Turbine Tip Leakage Control
Inclined Squealer Tip
Blade Tip Shape
Casing Treatment
Shroud Heat Transfer
Tip Leakage Desensitization

File:

Download Gumusel.Baris.Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Petitjean, Benoit Philippe

Title:

On the Nonlinearities in the Noise Radiated from High-Speed Model Jets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroacoustics
jet noise
nonlinear acoustics

File:

Download eTD_B_Petitjean.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Atli Veltin, Bilim

Title:

EFFECT OF GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS ON THE IN-PLANE CRUSHING BEHAVIOR OF HONEYCOMBS AND HONEYCOMBS WITH FACESHEETS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

honeycomb crushing
energy absorption
cellular honeycombs

File:

Download Thesis_Bilim.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan S Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Bong Gun

Title:

PREDICTION OF SAND PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES AND SAND EROSION DAMAGE ON HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Particle Trajectory
Sand Erosion
Helicopter rotor blade

File:

Download Dissertation_BongGun_Aerospace_Engineering_May_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

Author:

Scott, Christopher James

Title:

Transfer and Capture into Distant Retrograde Orbits

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

circular restricted three body problem
Astrodynamics
CR3BP
satellite capture

File:

Download Diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr David B Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member

Author:

Kuo, Ching-Wen

Title:

EXTENDING ACOUSTIC DATA MEASURED WITH SMALL-SCALE SUPERSONIC MODEL JETS TO PRACTICAL AIRCRAFT EXHAUST JETS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

acoustic measurements
jet noise

File:

Download PS_Thesis_CWK_Vh_Upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Dennis K Mclaughlin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Clemens, Daniel E

Title:

Performance Evaluation of the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Using Nitrogen, Simulated Hydrazine, and Ammonia

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

plasma
thrust measurements
electric field
numerical modeling
analytical modeling

File:

Download Clemens-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
David Spencer, Committee Member

Author:

Ramrakhyani, Deepak Shyamlal

Title:

Morphing Aricraft Structures using Tendon Actuated Compliant Cellular Truss

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Morphing structures
active structures
shape change
compliant joint
bird wing

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Dooyong

Title:

Simulation and Control of a Helicopter Operating in a Ship Airwake

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter simulation
stochastic airwake
pilot model
validation
SAS optimization

File:

Download DooyongLee_thesis_etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Debashis

Title:

AERODYNAMIC TIP DESENSITIZATION IN AXIAL FLOW TURBINES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

gas turbine
turbomachinery heat transfer
turbomachinery aerodynamics
tip leakage

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Hathaway, Eric L

Title:

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroelastic stability
whirl flutter
tiltrotor
active control
optimization

File:

Download hathaway_phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Titov, Evgeny Vladimirovich

Title:

APPLICATION OF THE DSMC METHOD TO HIGH DENSITY MICRO-FLOWS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

DSMC
Continuum flow
Rarefied gas
CFD

File:

Download titov_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Deborah A Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Yoursry Y Azmy, Committee Member

Author:

Alpman, Emre

Title:

Reynolds Stress Modeling of Separated Turbulent Flows over Helicopters

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Reynolds Stress Model
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Parallel Processing
Helicopter Fuselage Aerodynamics
Separated Flow

File:

Download EmreAlpmanPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Yousry Y Azmy, Committee Member