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1. A Cartesian Immersed Boundary Method Study of Damaged and Undamaged Airfoil Performance

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Author:
Goss, Adam
Title:
A Cartesian Immersed Boundary Method Study of Damaged and Undamaged Airfoil Performance
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Performance
Damaged Airfoil
Survivability
Immersed Boundary
Cartesian
Computational Aerodynamics
File:
Download GossMSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip John Morris, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. The Aeromechanical Stability of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors

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Open Access
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

5. MODELING OF MICROSCALE GAS FLOWS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD

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Author:
Alexeenko, Alina A.
Title:
MODELING OF MICROSCALE GAS FLOWS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
microflow
direct simulation Monte Carlo
rarefied gas flow
finite element analysis
transient heat transfer
File:
Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:
Deborah Levin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
John Harlan Mahaffy, Committee Member

6. DUCTED FAN INLET/EXIT AND ROTOR TIP FLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR VERTICAL LIFT SYSTEMS

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Author:
Akturk, Ali
Title:
DUCTED FAN INLET/EXIT AND ROTOR TIP FLOW IMPROVEMENTS FOR VERTICAL LIFT SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Ducted fan
Inlet flow distortion
Tip leakage
Tip leakage mitigation
Double ducted fan
Pressure side platform
Fan rotor tip loss
Tip treatment
File:
Download Ali_Akturk-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

9. QUALIFICATION OF AIRFOIL TRANSITION MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN THE PENN STATE LOW-SPEED, LOW-TURBULENCE WIND TUNNEL

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Author:
Premi, Amandeep
Title:
QUALIFICATION OF AIRFOIL TRANSITION MEASUREMENTS TAKEN IN THE PENN STATE LOW-SPEED, LOW-TURBULENCE WIND TUNNEL
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
hot film
hot wire
wind-tunnel
transition
freestream spectrum
receptivity
File:
Download Amandeep-Premi_Masters-thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF BLAST-IMPACT PROBLEMS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD

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Author:
Sharma, Anupam
Title:
NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF BLAST-IMPACT PROBLEMS USING THE DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
shock
blast
DSMC
Blast-impact
parallel programming
OOP
File:
Download axs455_phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Dr Paul E Plassmann, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Dr Andrea J Schokker, Committee Member

13. A TIME ACCURATE PREDICTION OF THE VISCOUS FLOW IN A TURBINE STAGE INCLUDING A ROTOR IN MOTION

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Author:
Shavalikul, Akamol
Title:
A TIME ACCURATE PREDICTION OF THE VISCOUS FLOW IN A TURBINE STAGE INCLUDING A ROTOR IN MOTION
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
CFD
time accurate prediction
turbine flow simulation
tip leakage
File:
Download Akamol_thesis1.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cengiz Camci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Michael H Krane, Committee Member

14. An Investigation of the Aerodynamics of Miniature Trailing-Edge Effectors Applied to Rotorcraft

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Author:
Oliveira Vieira, Bernardo A
Title:
An Investigation of the Aerodynamics of Miniature Trailing-Edge Effectors Applied to Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
wind tunnel testing
active devices
Gurney flaps
unsteady aerodynamics
File:
Download MS_Thesis_MiTEs_Vieira.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS IN SUPERSONIC JETS WITH OPTICAL DEFLECTOMETRY

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Open Access
Author:
Day, Benjamin J
Title:
TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS IN SUPERSONIC JETS WITH OPTICAL DEFLECTOMETRY
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Jet Noise
Turbulence
supersonic
optical deflectometry
BBSAN
broadband shock associated noise
measurements
turbulence measurements
File:
Download BJD-Thesis-Aug3.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Health Monitoring Applications for Small Wind Turbines

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Open Access
Author:
Forshey, Brenton Ross
Title:
Health Monitoring Applications for Small Wind Turbines
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
bearing
detection
fault
condition
monitoring
health
energy
wind
imbalance
structural health monitoring
File:
Download Thesis_BRF_V10.pdf
Committee Members:
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mclaughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Planning with Direct Methods

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Author:
Geiger, Brian Raymond
Title:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Trajectory Planning with Direct Methods
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
direct collocation
uav
path planning
trajectory optimization
neural network
flight test
File:
Download BrianGeiger-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member