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Author:: Major, Desirae
Title:: Design, Analysis, and Testing of Leading-Edge Protection Tapes for Wind Turbine Blades
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Annual Energy Production
Leading-edge Protection Tape
Wind Turbine Leading-edge Erosion
File:: Download PSU_Masters_Thesis_Final_Desirae_Major.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

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Author:: Getz, David
Title:: Design, Modeling and Testing of an Electro-Thermal Ice Protection System for Wind Turbines
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: electrothermal
deicing
antiicing
ice protection system
wind turbines
thermodynamics
icing
File:: Download Getz_thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member

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Author:: Andichamy, Veerandra Chakkarava
Title:: AN INVESTIGATION OF USING TIP LEAKAGE INTERRUPTER AND BLADE SLIT TO MITIGATE AERODYNAMIC LOSSES IN AXIAL TURBINE STAGE
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Axial Turbines
Tip Leakage Flow
Blade Slit
TLI
Turbomachinery
File:: Download Thesis_draft_Veerandra_Andichamy_Dec_4.pdf
Committee Members:: Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Outside Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Yong W Kim, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Hromisin, Scott Michael
Title:: Aeroacoustic Characterization of Dual-Stream, Supersonic, Rectangular Exhaust Jets
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Aeroacoustics
Jet Noise
Supersonic jets
Multi-stream jets
File:: Download Hromisin_PhD_Dissertation_-_26Nov19_edit.pdf
Committee Members:: Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Robert Francis Kunz, Outside Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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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

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Author:: Lanari, Valentin
Title:: Benchtop and rotating tests of a fluidic flexible matrix composite lag damper for stiff-inplane hingeless rotor blades
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Fluidic flexible matrix composite
lag damper
hingeless
stiff-inplane
soft-inplane
rotor blade
lead-lag
damped absorber
benchtop
rotor stand
experimental testing
Adverse environment rotor test stand
File:: Download Valentin_Lanari_-_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Scroger, Shawn
Title:: Urban Air Mobility Rotor Icing Performance Degradation
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Urban Air Mobility
Advanced Aerial Mobility
Icing
Rotorcraft Icing
Performance Degradation
UAV
UAM
AAM
Performance Prediction
File:: Download ShawnScroger_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yiqiang Han, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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