11. A Two-material Topology Optimization Method for the Design of a Passive Thermal Control Interface Open Access Author: Thurier, Pierre F Title: A Two-material Topology Optimization Method for the Design of a Passive Thermal Control Interface Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Topology optimizationThermo-mechanicalThermal controlcontactcompliant mechanismstwo-materialdesign File: Download thesis_PT.pdf Committee Members: George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMary I Frecker, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJames Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
12. Nonlinear Active Vibration Based Damage Detection and Localization Open Access Author: Long, Justin Allan Title: Nonlinear Active Vibration Based Damage Detection and Localization Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: nonlinearvibrationdamagedetectionstructuralhealthmonitoringautomationairframerotorcraftlocalization File: Download JustinLong_MS_Thesis_FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEdward C Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
13. Development and Piloted Simulation Testing of Advanced Response Types for Ship-based Rotorcraft Open Access Author: Soneson, Gregory Lorentz Title: Development and Piloted Simulation Testing of Advanced Response Types for Ship-based Rotorcraft Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: HelicopterRotorcraftControlsSimulationHandling QualitiesShipboardResponse TypesNon-Linear Dynamic Inversion File: Download Soneson-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Joseph Francis Horn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJack W Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
14. A Numerical Algorithm for High Reynolds Number Fluid-structure Interaction Simulations Open Access Author: Lieberknecht, Erika Nikole Title: A Numerical Algorithm for High Reynolds Number Fluid-structure Interaction Simulations Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: high Reynolds numbersfluid-structure interactionStreamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkinturbulencefinite element method File: Download Lieberknecht-MastersDissertation.pdf Committee Members: Robert Francis Kunz, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJonathan S Pitt, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorScott Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
15. Vibration energy harvesting from rotorcraft drive systems using thermoelectric conversion of heat generated by mechanical damping Open Access Author: Mahmood, Raheel Sheikh Title: Vibration energy harvesting from rotorcraft drive systems using thermoelectric conversion of heat generated by mechanical damping Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: energy harvestingvibrationrotorcraft File: Download RaheelMahmood_MSThesis_Dec2014.pdf Committee Members: George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEdward A Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
16. Vibration Reduction of Sandwich Composites Via 3-D Manufactured Acoustic Metamaterial Cores Open Access Author: Yu, Tianliang Title: Vibration Reduction of Sandwich Composites Via 3-D Manufactured Acoustic Metamaterial Cores Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Vibration reductionacoustic metamaterialsandwich panel3-D manufacture File: Download MS_Thesis_Tianliang_Yu_Final_version.pdf Committee Members: George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
17. Computational Investigation of a Boundary-layer Ingestion Propulsion System for the Common Research Model Open Access Author: Blumenthal, Brennan Theodore Title: Computational Investigation of a Boundary-layer Ingestion Propulsion System for the Common Research Model Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Boundary-layer IngestionPropulsionCFDUSM3DNPSSCDISCCommon Research ModelCRM File: Download B_Blumenthal_MS_Thesis_V8-ZS.pdf Committee Members: Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
18. Ice Adhesion Strength Modeling Based on Surface Morphology Variations Open Access Author: Knuth, Taylor Dayton Title: Ice Adhesion Strength Modeling Based on Surface Morphology Variations Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: adhesion strengthsurface morphologypredictivetopographysurface geometryNewtonian mechanicstwo-dimensional loading File: Download Knuth_Taylor_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDouglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
19. Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction Open Access Author: Corle, Ethan Lewis Title: Optimization of Active Flap Deployment for Efficient In-plane Rotor Noise Reduction Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: active flaprotor noiseaeroacousticsgenetic algorithmhelicopter quieting File: Download Corle_MS_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGeorge A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
20. A PRELIMINARY ACOUSTIC INVESTIGATION OF A COAXIAL HELICOPTER IN HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT Open Access Author: Walsh, Gregory Daniel Title: A PRELIMINARY ACOUSTIC INVESTIGATION OF A COAXIAL HELICOPTER IN HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: AcousticsCoaxial HelicopterRotorcraftRotorcraft AcousticsHelicopter File: Download Walsh_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJacob Willem Langelaan, Committee MemberGeorge A Lesieutre, Committee Member