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Author:: Hirsh, Andrew
Title:: Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Piezoelectric T-Beam Actuator
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: T-Beam
Actuator
Piezoelectric
File:: Download Hirsh_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Santarelli, David
Title:: An Energy Harvesting Device for Powering Rotor Load Monitoring Sensors
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Energy Harvesting
Rotorcraft
Loads Monitoring
File:: Download THESIS_Santarelli.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Corl, Jonas Daniel
Title:: A COMPARISON OF HELICOPTER ACTIVE ROTOR GUST REJECTION AND VIBRATION ALLEVIATION METHODS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: helicopter
swashplate
active rotor
File:: Download JonasCorlMSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Quintangeli, Michael Vincent
Title:: AN ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE FOR POWERING ROTOR LOAD MONITORING SENSORS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: rotor
electromechanical
electromagnetic
pitch link
helicopter
energy harvesting
rod end
HUMS
File:: Download THESIS_Quintangeli.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Sen, Nilanjan
Title:: Inviscid Unsteady Aerodynamic Model of Airfoils Moving Near Boundaries
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Aerodynamic model
Conformal mapping
Potential Method
Clap-and-fling
File:: Download Nilanjan_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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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

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Author:: Li, Suyi
Title:: A Variable Transverse Stiffness Structure using Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite (F2MC)
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Fluidic flexible matrix composite
honeycomb structures
sandwich beam
variable stiffness
File:: Download Master_Thesis_Suyi_Li.pdf
Committee Members:: Kon Well Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Thole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Gottimukkala, Siva Sankara Varma
Title:: DESIGN OF CIRCULARLY TOWED CABLE-BODY SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: CIRCULARLY TOWED CABLE-BODY SYSTEMS
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Miller, Simon W
Title:: Experimental Characterization of Textile Energy Absorbers Exposed to Environmental Conditionings
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: textile
energy absorber
load limiter
tear webbing
stitch ripping device
environmental conditioning
quasi static
high rate
crashworthy
restraint
File:: Download Simon_W_Miller_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Andrew Yukish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Levard, Thomas
Title:: CORE-FREE ROLLED ACTUATORS FOR BRAILLE DISPLAYS USING ELECTROSTRICTIVE P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) TERPOLYMER
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: rolled actuator
ElectroActive Polymer
Braille display
File:: Download Thesis_-_Thomas_Levard.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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