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Author:

Zhao, Wei

Title:

Modeling of Large-format Li-ion Cell Performance and Safety

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Li-ion cell
battery
modeling
safety

File:

Download PHD_thesis__Wei_Zhao_.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Scarborough, Lloyd Harmon

Title:

Dynamics of Fluidic Devices with Applications to Rotor Pitch Links

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

vibration isolation
pitch link loads
fluidic pitch link
rotorcraft vibration
helicopter vibration
rotorcraft performance

File:

Download Scarborough_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kevin L Koudela, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member

Author:

Vishwakarma, Vinod

Title:

Reduced order modeling, statistical analysis and system identification for a bladed rotor with geometric mistuning

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

turbine
mistuning
system identification
reduced order modeling
force response
random permutation
monte carlo

File:

Download thesis_vinod.pdf

Committee Members:

Alok Sinha, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Hosam Kadry Fathy, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Bin

Title:

Modeling, Design, and Experimental Testing of Integrated Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite Structures

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Vibration Control
Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composite
Passive Vibration Suppression
Harmonic Resonance
Damping Treatment

File:

Download Bin_Zhu_PhD_Thesis__June_1_2014_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Special Member

Author:

Pentzer, Jesse Lorenzo

Title:

Utilization of ICR Kinematics in Estimation, Control, and Energy-Aware Mission Planning for Skid-Steer Vehicles

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ground robotics
robot performance
motion estimation
state estimation
skid-steer robotics
path planning

File:

Download Pentzer_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sean Brennan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sean Brennan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Martin Reichard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry Joseph Sommer Iii, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member