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Author:

Albanese, Leonardo Charles

Title:

Adaptive Geometry Wind Turbine Blades for Increased Performance and Load Reduction

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Adaptable Structures
Wind Turbines

File:

Download Albanese_Thesis_v4_update.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vijayakumar, Ganesh

Title:

Non-steady Dynamics of Atmospheric Turbulence Interaction with Wind Turbine Loadings through Blade-boundary-layer-resolved CFD

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Atmosphere
Wind Turbines
LES
Hybrid URANS-LES
ABL
Atmospheric Boundary Layer

File:

Download Ganesh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gordon Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member

Author:

Major, Desirae

Title:

Design, Analysis, and Testing of Leading-Edge Protection Tapes for Wind Turbine Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Annual Energy Production
Leading-edge Protection Tape
Wind Turbine Leading-edge Erosion

File:

Download PSU_Masters_Thesis_Final_Desirae_Major.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member