1. Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Flow Geometries for Laminar and Turbulent Heat Transfer to a Gas with Temperature Dependent Properties Open Access Author: LeRose, Nicholas Ryan Title: Experimental Analysis of the Impact of Flow Geometries for Laminar and Turbulent Heat Transfer to a Gas with Temperature Dependent Properties Graduate Program: Nuclear Engineering Keywords: TurbulentHeat TransferExperimentalFlow GeometryLaminar File: Download LeRose_Thesis_-_PSU_04-29-2007.pdf Committee Members: Dr Lawrence Hochreiter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. Aerodynamic Experiments of a Dual Ducted Fan Vehicle in Hover and Edgewise Flight Open Access Author: Hook, Ryan Franklin Title: Aerodynamic Experiments of a Dual Ducted Fan Vehicle in Hover and Edgewise Flight Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: Computational Fluid DynamicsAerodynamicsExperimentalDucted Fan / Rotor / PropellerShrouded Fan / Rotor / PropellerDual DuctTandemWind Tunnel File: Download Hook_Ryan_MS_Thesis_v2.pdf Committee Members: Dr Dennis Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Water Tunnel Experiments on a Model Scale Helicopter Rotor Hub Open Access Author: Reich, David B Title: Water Tunnel Experiments on a Model Scale Helicopter Rotor Hub Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: HelicopterRotorcraftFluidsFluid DynamicsExperimental Fluid DynamicsExperimentalRotorRotor HubWater Tunnel File: Download Reich-Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorBrian Elbing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. Experimental study of wake impingement on a horizontal stabalizer Open Access Author: Metkowski, Leonard P Title: Experimental study of wake impingement on a horizontal stabalizer Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: AerodynamicsHelicopterHubsEmpennageExperimentalInteractional AerodynamicsHelicopter Hub DragExperimental DesignHelicopter Hub ExperimentsHorizontal StabilizerHelicopter StabilizerExperiments on Helicopter StabilizersWake Impingement File: Download Metkowski_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMark David Maughmer, Committee MemberAmy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member
5. Design and Experimental Testing of a Microtracking Concentrating Photovoltaic Skylight Open Access Author: Lenko, Matthew Title: Design and Experimental Testing of a Microtracking Concentrating Photovoltaic Skylight Graduate Program: Mechanical Engineering Keywords: SkylightCPVPhotovoltaicDaylightingMicrotrackingConcentratingExperimentalDesign File: Download MatthewLenko_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Christopher D. Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorBo Cheng, Committee Member
6. Experimental Scaling of Hovering Rotorcraft Aerodynamics in Hyperbaric Conditions Open Access Author: Kandias, Constantinos Title: Experimental Scaling of Hovering Rotorcraft Aerodynamics in Hyperbaric Conditions Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: RotorcraftExperimentalAerospaceEngineeringAerospace EngineeringAerodynamics File: Download kandias-thesis-ms.pdf Committee Members: Mark A Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEric Greenwood, Committee MemberAmy Pritchett, Program Head/ChairSven Schmitz, Committee Member
7. An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sonic Fatigue in Embedded Jet Exhausts Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Douglas, Darryl Andrew Title: An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Sonic Fatigue in Embedded Jet Exhausts Graduate Program: Acoustics Keywords: AcousticsCFDTurbulenceJet NoiseSonic FatigueEmbedded ExhaustsSupersonic JetsAft-DeckRectangular NozzleExperimentalComputationalShock Boundary Layer Interaction File: Login to Download Committee Members: Jacqueline O'Connor, Outside Unit & Field MemberEric Greenwood, Major Field MemberPhilip Morris, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorVictor Sparrow, Major Field MemberAndrew Barnard, Program Head/Chair