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Author:: Modi, Anirudh
Title:: Real-Time Visualization of Aerospace Simulations using Comptutational Steering and Beowulf Clusters
Graduate Program:: Computer Science and Engineering
Keywords:: real-time systems
parallel simulations
visualization
computational steering
cfd
virtual reality
File:: Download phdthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Rajeev Sharma, Committee Member
Paul E Plassmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

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Author:: Bramesfeld, Goetz
Title:: A Higher Order Vortex-Lattice Method with a Force-Free Wake
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: vortex sheet
wakes
wings
potential flow
File:: Download Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member

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Author:: Kinzel, Michael Patrick
Title:: Computational Techniques and Analysis of Cavitating-Fluid Flows
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Cavitation
Multiphase flows
level set
overset grids
computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
File:: Download mpkThesisFinalDraft.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Francis Kunz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
David N Hill, Committee Member
Jules Washington Lindau V, Committee Member
Ralph W Noack, Committee 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:: 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:: Chakrabarty, Anjan
Title:: Energy Aware Path Planning in Complex Four Dimensional Environments
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: path planning
UAV
complex environment
energy aware
ground vehicle
wind
File:: Download Chakrabarty_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: Jack Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, 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:: Sikarwar, Nidhi
Title:: The Development of Three-dimensional Adjoint Method for Flow Control with Blowing in Convergent-Divergent Nozzle Flows
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Adjoint method
noise reduction
active flow control
adjoint boundary conditions
optimization
computational fluid dynamics.
File:: Download Thesis_2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, 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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