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Start Over Year 2012 Committee Member Christopher Rahn Committee Member George A Lesieutre

1. Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper

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Open Access
Author:
Marr, Conor Matthew
Title:
Conceptualization, Modeling, and Characterization of a Cf Driven Multi-State Lead-lag Bypass Damper
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Damper
Fluidlastic
Hydraulic
CFD
Modeling
Multi-State
Bypass
Passive Damping
Lead-Lag Damper
Ground Resonance
File:
Download CMarrPhDThesis2012FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

2. Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators

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Open Access
Author:
Mateti, Kiron
Title:
Flapping Wing Mechanisms for Pico Air Vehicles Using Piezoelectric Actuators
Graduate Program:
Electrical Engineering
Keywords:
MEMS
compliant mechanisms
piezoelectric actuators
flapping wing air vehicles
biologically inspired robotics
File:
Download PennStateNAV.wmvDownload LF07_oblique.wmvDownload LF12.wmvDownload LF1203split.wmvDownload 1-KironMateti-FinalDissertation.pdfDownload 1-PennStateNAV.wmvDownload 1-LF07_oblique.wmvDownload 1-LF12.wmvDownload 1-LF1203split.wmv
Committee Members:
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

3. The Reduction of Rotorcraft Power and Vibration Using Optimally Controlled Active Gurney Flap

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Open Access
Author:
Bae, Eui Sung
Title:
The Reduction of Rotorcraft Power and Vibration Using Optimally Controlled Active Gurney Flap
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Rotorcraft
Performnce Improvement
vibration Reduction
Gurney flap
MiTEs
microflap
vibration
power
File:
Download ESBae_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

4. Non-harmonic Root-pitch Individual-blade Control for the Reduction of Blade-vortex Interaction Noise in Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Malovrh, Brendon
Title:
Non-harmonic Root-pitch Individual-blade Control for the Reduction of Blade-vortex Interaction Noise in Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Blade-Vortex Interaction
BVI
noise
acoustic
helicopter
File:
Download MalovrhDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Kevin James Noonan, Special Member