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382. Conceptual development of casing Patterns to reduce the aerodynamic losses in an axial turbine stage

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Author:
Ranka, Amrat Arvind
Title:
Conceptual development of casing Patterns to reduce the aerodynamic losses in an axial turbine stage
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Turbines
axial gas turbine
casing grooves
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
Tip-Leakage losses
Tip-mitigation studies
Turbomachinery
AFTRF
leakage Vortex
Horseshoe Vortex
File:
Download Final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

384. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Non-ionized Dipole Gases for Electromagnetic Propulsion

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Author:
Contri, Jeffrey
Title:
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Non-ionized Dipole Gases for Electromagnetic Propulsion
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
molecular dynamics
simulation
water
electric propulsion
electromagnetic propulsion
Abraham effect
island hopping
File:
Download MS_Thesis_moldyn_-_Draft_5.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Michael Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Amy Pritchett, Committee Member
Dr. Sven Bilen, Committee Member

385. OPTIMAL LANDING TRAJECTORIES ON THE MOON USING LAMBERT TARGETING AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION

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Author:
Patel, Khushboo
Title:
OPTIMAL LANDING TRAJECTORIES ON THE MOON USING LAMBERT TARGETING AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Multiple precision landings
Optimal trajectories
File:
Download Patel_Khushboo_MS_thesis_August_2019.pdf
Committee Members:
David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

387. Semi-Analytical Solutions for Proximity Operations in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem

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Author:
Conte, Davide
Title:
Semi-Analytical Solutions for Proximity Operations in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Astrodynamics
Moon
Mars
Phobos
Proximity Operations
Relative Motion
Semi-Analytical
File:
Download DavideConte-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David Bradley Spencer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Bradley Spencer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member

388. Rotorcraft Flight Control Design with Alleviation of Unsteady Rotor Loads

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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

389. Atmospherically Aware Aircraft Guidance Using In Situ Observations

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Author:
Bird, John Joseph
Title:
Atmospherically Aware Aircraft Guidance Using In Situ Observations
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
UAV
drone
atmospherically aware
autonomy
reinforcement learning
flight planning
soaring
File:
Download bird_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Sean N Brennan, Committee Member
George Spencer Young, Outside Member

390. SIMULATION OF SUPERSONIC JET NOISE REDUCTION USING FLUID INSERTS FOR LOW BYPASS RATIO TURBOFANS

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Author:
Prasad, Chitrarth
Title:
SIMULATION OF SUPERSONIC JET NOISE REDUCTION USING FLUID INSERTS FOR LOW BYPASS RATIO TURBOFANS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
supersonic
noise reduction
Large eddy simulation
Proper Orthogonal Decomposition
Doak's Momentum Potential Theory
File:
Download Simulation_of_supersonic_jet_noise_Prasad_dissertation_PSU.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Outside Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair