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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:

Kroninger, Christopher Matthew

Title:

CHARACTERISTICS OF A ROTOR OPTIMIZED FOR HOVER AND FORWARD FLIGHT

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

circulation
optimization
rotorcraft

File:

Download Thesis_v16.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coder, James George

Title:

CFD INVESTIGATION OF UNSTEADY ROTORCRAFT AIRFOIL AERODYNAMICS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

gurney flap
mite
airfoil
unsteady
aerodynamics
blade
rotor
helicopter
rotorcraft
CFD
aerospace engineering
grid
overset
RANS
DES

File:

Download CoderThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Austruy, Julien

Title:

ROTOR HUB VIBRATION AND BLADE LOADS REDUCTION, AND ENERGY HARVESTING VIA EMBEDDED RADIAL OSCILLATOR

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

vibration control
rotorcraft
energy harvesting

File:

Download Dissertation_JulienAustruy_Dec2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Member

Author:

Montanye, Pamela L.

Title:

Shipboard Helicopter Gust Response Alleviation Using Active Trailing Edge Flaps

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

helicopter
rotorcraft
trailing edge flap
active rotor
flight dynamics
gust
gust response
shipboard
dynamic interface

File:

Download PamMontanyeMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Roedts II, Robert Lee

Title:

Rotorcraft Performance Enhancements Due to a Lower-Surface Miniature Effector

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

performance
aerodynamics
rotorcraft

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Marlow, Sean Quinn

Title:

Local Terrain Mapping for Obstacle Avoidance using Monocular Vision

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

occupancy grid
optical flow
obstacle avoidance
rotorcraft

File:

Download SeanQuinnMarlow-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Guo, Wei

Title:

Flight Control Design for Rotorcraft with Variable Rotor Speed

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
flight control
variable rotor speed
rotor state feedback

File:

Download Dissertation_WeiGuo.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Mistry, Mihir

Title:

Quasi-static rotor morphing concepts for rotorcraft performance improvements

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
rotor
morphing
smart structure
blade
span
camber
RPM
rotor speed
variation
rotating wing
warping
twist

File:

Download PhD_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Miller, Special Member

Author:

Barron, Heather Marie

Title:

Acoustic Analysis of Compound Helicopters with Trim Variations

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Helicopter
rotorcraft
rotor
craft
acoustic
WOPWOP
PSU-WOPWOP
aerospace
compound
analysis

File:

Download Barron_Thesis_v10.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

Author:

Caudle, David Burdette

Title:

Damage Mitigation for Rotorcraft through Load Alleviating Control

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
helicopter
damage mitigation
control
load alleviation

File:

Download Caudle_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Author:

Prakash, Keerti

Title:

MODELING FOR POLYMER/ CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE TO ESTIMATE STRUCTURAL DAMPING IN A ROTOCRAFT BLADE

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
damping
carbon nanotubes
interfacial slip
stick-slip
randomly oriented
rotor blade
rotorcraft

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Keerti_Prakash.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Saetti, Umberto

Title:

Rotorcraft Flight Control Design with Alleviation of Unsteady Rotor Loads

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

rotorcraft
flight controls
flight dynamics and control
flight dynamics
simulation
aerospace
aircraft
rotorcraft control
aircraft control
load alleviation
automatica flight control system
AFCS
control systems

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_rev6.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Puneet Singla, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Stephanie Stockar, Outside Member
J.V.R. Prasad, Outside Member
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Special Member

Author:

Volpe, Marc

Title:

Design, Development, and Field Testing of the GlacierHawk: an Unmanned Aerial System for Geoscience Data Retrieval

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Unmanned Aerial System
glaciology
geoscience
aircraft design
aerospace engineering
rotorcraft
flight
Greenland
Helheim
glacier
geoPebble
sensor

File:

Download MarcVolpe-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member

Author:

Corle, Ethan Lewis

Title:

Time-Domain Aeroelastic Stability Predictions of a Semi-Span Tiltrotor

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

tiltrotor
whirl flutter
aeroelastic
stability analysis
rotorcraft
vortex particle method
time-domain stability

File:

Download corle-dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Robert Lee Campbell, Outside Member
Dr. Matthew Floros, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Blessington, Ryan

Title:

Passive Balancer Development for Rotor Systems in Icing Conditions

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Passive
Balancing
Passive Balancer
Structural
Dynamics
Structural Dynamics
Icing
Adverse environment
Rotor
rotorcraft
helicopter
imbalance
mass balance

File:

Download Blessington_MS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

Author:

Prakash, Keerti

Title:

Fiber Reinforced Composites with Carbon Nanotubes for Structural Damping of a Rotorcraft Blade

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

composites
rotorcraft
carbobnanotubes
hybrid-nanocomposite
damping

File:

Download Prakash_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Reddington, Jacob

Title:

Design, Development, and Tuning of a Gimbaled Coaxial UAV

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aircraft design
aerospace engineering
rotorcraft
co-axial tilting-head rotor
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
flight test

File:

Download Design__Development__and_Tuning_of_a_Gimbaled_Coaxial_UAV_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Greenwood, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair