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Author:: Skidmore, Grant Marston
Title:: The Pulsation of Ventilated Supercavities
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Supercavitation
Pulsation
Cavitation
Oscillation
Resonance
Ventilated Supercavities
Two Phase Flow
File:: Download Skidmore-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jules Washington Lindau V, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy A Brungart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Brown, Christine Meredyth
Title:: Computational Modeling of Rotor Blade Performance Degradation Due to Ice Accretion
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: icing
CFD
turbulence modeling
mesh generation
File:: Download 1-CBrown_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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:: Ozdemir, Gurbuz Taha
Title:: In-flight Performance Optimization for Rotorcraft with Redundant Controls
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Rotorcraft
Redundant Controls
Optimization
Compound Helicopter
Flight Dynamics and Control
Performance
File:: Download Ozdemir_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Special Member

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Author:: Reich, David B
Title:: Water Tunnel Experiments on a Model Scale Helicopter Rotor Hub
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Fluids
Fluid Dynamics
Experimental Fluid Dynamics
Experimental
Rotor
Rotor Hub
Water Tunnel
File:: Download Reich-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian Elbing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Daugherty, Shawn Christopher
Title:: Improving Autonomous Soaring via Energy State Estimation and Extremum Seeking Control
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: autonomous soaring
uav
sb-xc
autonomous
thermal
thermal soaring
File:: Download Shawn_Daugherty-Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Hassa, Christopher Louis
Title:: Drag Coefficient Estimation using Satellite Attitude and Orbit Data
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Swift
coefficient of drag
spacecraft drag coefficient
File:: Download hassamsaersp.pdf
Committee Members:: David Bradley Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Bird, John Joseph
Title:: Wind Estimation and Closed-loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: soaring
uav
uas
drone
energy harvesting
bio-inspired
dynamic soaring
wind mapping
atmosphere
glider
File:: Download Bird-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jacob Willem Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Policelli, Michael J
Title:: Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization via Direct Collocation and Nonlinear Programming
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Direct
Collocation
Nonlinear Programming
Vertical
Takeoff
Landing
VTVL
moon
lunar
trajectory
optimization
spacecraft
File:: Download 2014_Policelli_M.S._Thesis_Final_Version__August_3_.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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