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Author:

Hathaway, Eric L

Title:

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR TILTROTOR AEROELASTIC STABILITY AUGMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

aeroelastic stability
whirl flutter
tiltrotor
active control
optimization

File:

Download hathaway_phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member

Author:

Sikarwar, Nidhi

Title:

The Development of Three-dimensional Adjoint Method for Flow Control with Blowing in Convergent-Divergent Nozzle Flows

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Adjoint method
noise reduction
active flow control
adjoint boundary conditions
optimization
computational fluid dynamics.

File:

Download Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip John Morris, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Committee Member

Author:

Kambampati, Sandilya

Title:

Optimization of Composite Tiltrotor Wings with Extensions and Winglets

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

optimization
tiltrotor
winglet
whirl flutter
composite material
wing extensions
aircraft design

File:

Download Sandilya_Kambampati_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose Palacios, Committee Member
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Author:

Yildiz, Kaan

Title:

Cable Actuated Tensegrity Structures for Deployable Space Booms with Enhanced Stiffness

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

tensegrity structures
space structures
deployment
optimization
effective stiffness
deployable booms
form finding
force finding
transformation
cylindrical tensegrity booms

File:

Download kaanyildiz_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

George A Lesieutre, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Outside Member