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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

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Author:: Lotfi Gaskarimahalle, Amir
Title:: VIBRATION CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS AND FLUIDIC FLEXIBLE MATRIX COMPOSITES
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Semi-active Control
Tuned Vibration Absorbers
Variable Stiffness Systems
Input Shaping
Vibration Control
File:: Download AmirLotfi-Dissertation_7.29.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Qian Wang, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Petitjean, Benoit Philippe
Title:: On the Nonlinearities in the Noise Radiated from High-Speed Model Jets
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: aeroacoustics
jet noise
nonlinear acoustics
File:: Download eTD_B_Petitjean.pdf
Committee Members:: Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Victor Ward Sparrow, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Atli Veltin, Bilim
Title:: EFFECT OF GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS ON THE IN-PLANE CRUSHING BEHAVIOR OF HONEYCOMBS AND HONEYCOMBS WITH FACESHEETS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: honeycomb crushing
energy absorption
cellular honeycombs
File:: Download Thesis_Bilim.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan S Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Ashok D Belegundu, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Luo, Cheng
Title:: Active Energy Harvesting for Piezoelectric Dynamic Systems
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: Full-bridge Converter
Piezoelectric
Energy Harvesting
Adaptive Control
File:: Download ChengLuo-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Heath Hofmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heath F Hofmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
John Douglas Mitchell, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Ramrakhyani, Deepak Shyamlal
Title:: Morphing Aricraft Structures using Tendon Actuated Compliant Cellular Truss
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Morphing structures
active structures
shape change
compliant joint
bird wing
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member

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Author:: Trivedi, Deepak
Title:: Modeling, Optimal Design, Shape Estimation and Workspace Analysis of Soft Robotic Manipulators
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: continuum mechanics
design optimization cosserat rod
soft robotic manipulators
pneumatic air muscles
File:: Download DeepakTrivediDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Rahn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric M Mockensturm, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member

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Author:: Semperlotti, Fabio
Title:: STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DETECTION VIA NONLINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND STRUCTURAL INTENSITY METHODS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Structural Surface Intensity
Structural Intensity
model free
baseline free
damage localization
HHRS
subharmonics
superharmonics
higher order harmonics
Nonlinear Structural Surface Intensity
Nonlinear Structural Intensity
File:: Download THESIS_FS_finalrev_3_combined.pdf
Committee Members:: Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Martin Wesley Trethewey, Committee Member

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Author:: Kim, Gi-Woo
Title:: DESIGN AND NONLINEAR FORCE CONTROL OF A POWER-BY-WIRE PIEZOELECTRIC-HYDRAULIC PUMP ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Piezoelectric-Hydraulic Pump
Automotive Transmission
Nonlinear Force Control
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Kon Well Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kon Well Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Rahn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member

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Author:: Kang, Hao
Title:: ROTOR BLADE LAG DAMPING USING EMBEDDED CHORDWISE ABSORBERS
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: ROTOR
BLADE
DAMPING
ABSORBER
AEROMECHANICAL STABILITY
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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