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Author:

Duling, Christopher Thomas

Title:

FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS ON PRIMARY HELICOPTER CONTROL USING TRAILING EDGE FLAPS

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

trailing edge flaps
swashplateless rotors

File:

Download Duling_MS_Aero_SP09.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Paik, Jinho

Title:

The Aeroelastic Stability Improvements of Soft-Inplane Tiltrotors By Active and Passive Approaches

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

design optimization
whirl flutter
soft-inplane rotor
tiltrotor aircraft
feedback control

File:

Download Jinho-Paik-Dissertation-Aug09.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Olympio, Kingnidé Raymond

Title:

Compliant Load-Bearing Skins and Structures for Morphing Aircraft Applications

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

multiobjective optimization
topology optimization
morphing skin
honeycomb
hybrid multiobjective genetic algorithm

File:

Download Olympio-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member
Fabrizio Scarpa, Committee Member

Author:

Leon, Olivier

Title:

Reducing Helicopter Main Rotor Power Requirements Using Multiple Trailing Edge Flaps And Extendable Chord Sections

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

stall alleviation
helicopter power reduction
TEFs
trailing edge flaps
extendable chord
SETE
flight envelope expansion
rotor lift redistribution

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Leon_082009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor