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Start Over Degree PHD Committee Member Kon Well Wang

1. The Aeromechanical Stability of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors

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Author:
Howard, Anna Kathleen Tyler
Title:
The Aeromechanical Stability of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
full-span
whirl flutter
semi-span
civil tiltrotor
aeromechanical stability
rotorcraft
helicopter
pitch-lag coupling
ground resonance
pitch-flap coupling
air resonance
aeroelastic couplings
stability
tiltrotor
File:
Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

2. ANALYSIS OF DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES

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Open Access
Author:
Liu, Ailin
Title:
ANALYSIS OF DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES CONTAINING CARBON NANOTUBES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
multiscale model
interfacial friction
carbon nanotube
polymeric composite
damping
File:
Download AilinLiu_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member

3. A MODULAR APPROACH TO THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX ROBOT SYSTEMS

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Open Access
Author:
Bonaventura, Clifford S.
Title:
A MODULAR APPROACH TO THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX ROBOT SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robotics
forward dynamics
dynamic simulation
constrained motion
File:
Download Thesis_Bonaventura.pdf
Committee Members:
Kathryn Weed Jablokow, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
H Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
David J Cannon, Committee Member
Keith W Buffinton, Committee Member

4. Optimal Actuator Placement and Active Structure Design for Control of Helicopter Airframe Vibrations

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Open Access
Author:
Heverly II, David E.
Title:
Optimal Actuator Placement and Active Structure Design for Control of Helicopter Airframe Vibrations
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
piezoelectric
smart structures
active control
helicopter
vibrations
actuator placement
structural design
optimization
File:
Download dehthesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

5. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DETECTION VIA NONLINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL INTENSITY METHODS

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Author:
Semperlotti, Fabio
Title:
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DETECTION VIA NONLINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL INTENSITY METHODS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Structural Surface Intensity
Structural Intensity
model free
baseline free
damage localization
HHRS
subharmonics
superharmonics
higher order harmonics
Nonlinear Structural Surface Intensity
Nonlinear Structural Intensity
File:
Download THESIS_FS_finalrev_3_combined.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member

6. DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS

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Author:
Kim, Gi-Woo
Title:
DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control
File:
Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

7. ROBUST-ADAPTIVE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL OF ALLOY AND FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITE ROTORCRAFT DRIVELINES VIA MAGNETIC BEARINGS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

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Open Access
Author:
DeSmidt, Hans A.
Title:
ROBUST-ADAPTIVE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL OF ALLOY AND FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITE ROTORCRAFT DRIVELINES VIA MAGNETIC BEARINGS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
Adaptive Control
Magnetic Bearings
Driveline Active Vibration Contol
Helicopter Driveline
Flexible Matrix Composite
Periodic Time-Varying System
File:
Download thesis_desmidt.pdf
Committee Members:
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Alfred Scott Lewis, Committee Member
Richard C Benson, Committee Member

8. DIMENSIONAL TRANFORMATION: A NOVEL METHOD FOR GAIN-SCHEDULING AND ROBUST CONTROL

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Open Access
Author:
Hailu, Haftay
Title:
DIMENSIONAL TRANFORMATION: A NOVEL METHOD FOR GAIN-SCHEDULING AND ROBUST CONTROL
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
robust control
gain-scheduling
dimensional transformation
dimensional analysis
File:
Download Hailu_PhD_Dissertation2006.pdf
Committee Members:
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Mario Sznaier, Committee Member
Barbara E Kulakowski, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

10. PIEZOELECTRIC NETWORKING FOR MODE DELOCALIZATION AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSION OF NEARLY PERIODIC STRUCTURES

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Author:
YU, HONGBIAO
Title:
PIEZOELECTRIC NETWORKING FOR MODE DELOCALIZATION AND VIBRATION SUPPRESSION OF NEARLY PERIODIC STRUCTURES
Graduate Program:
Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:
VIBRATION CONTROL
PERIODIC STRUCTURE
VIBRATION LOCALIZATION
PIEZOELECTRIC
File:
Download Yu_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member