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Author:: Oliveira Vieira, Bernardo A
Title:: Consideration of Unsteady Aerodynamics and Boundary-Layer Transition in Rotorcraft Airfoil Design
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Airfoil Design
Boundary-Layer Transition
Unsteady Aerodynamics
Dynamic Stall
Helicopter Aerodynamics
Transonic Flow
Compressible Flow
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD
File:: Download Bernardo_Vieira_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark D. Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark D. Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C. Smith, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Michael P. Kinzel, Special Member

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Author:: Stanko, Jason D
Title:: Automated Design and Evaluation of Airfoils for Rotorcraft Applications
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: parameterization
orthogonal
automation
airfoil performance table
multicollinearity
design
class shape transformation
genetic algorithm
CFD
Legendre Polynomial
CMA-ES
UH60
OVERFLOW
airfoil shape optimization
C81
Augmented Lagrange
File:: Download StankoThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Reich, David B
Title:: Experimental Investigation of A Helicopter Rotor Hub Flow
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Helicopter
Rotorcraft
Aerodynamics
Rotor Hub
Hub Drag
Rotor Hub Drag
Rotorcraft Aerodynamics
Rotorcraft Aeromechanics
Unsteady Aerodynamics
File:: Download Reich-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Outside Member

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Author:: Metkowski, Leonard P
Title:: Experimental study of wake impingement on a horizontal stabalizer
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: Aerodynamics
Helicopter
Hubs
Empennage
Experimental
Interactional Aerodynamics
Helicopter Hub Drag
Experimental Design
Helicopter Hub Experiments
Horizontal Stabilizer
Helicopter Stabilizer
Experiments on Helicopter Stabilizers
Wake Impingement
File:: Download Metkowski_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

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Author:: Axten, Christopher Joseph
Title:: Utilizing Transitional CFD to Analyze the Performance of a Racing Sailplane
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: computational fluid dynamics
sailplane
boundary layer transition
aircraft performance
aircraft design
File:: Download Axten_C_Master_Thesis_Draft_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark David Maughmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Zolbayar, Bolor Erdene
Title:: Investigation Noise from Electric, Low-Tip-Speed Aircraft Propellers
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: propeller noise
low-tip-speed propeller noise
unsteady loading
electric low-tip-speed propeller noise
File:: Download Zolbayar_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth S. Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy R. Pritchett, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

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Author:: Cornelius, Jason
Title:: Efficient CFD Approaches for Coaxial Rotor Simulations
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Multicopter
Multicopters
Coaxial Rotor
Coaxial Rotors
CFD Simulation
Rotorcraft
Helicopter
STAR-CCM+
RotCFD
Mixing-Plane
Blade-Element
Time-Accurate
Blade-Resolved
Blade-Modeled
Quadcopter
File:: Download Jason_Cornelius_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Santos Thedin, Regis
Title:: An Investigation of coupled atmospheric turbulence and ship airwakes for helicopter-ship dynamic interface simulations
Graduate Program:: Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:: CFD
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Ship Airwakes
Flight Dynamics
Rotorcraft
File:: Download thedin2019phdthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Sven Schmitz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member
Michael P Kinzel, Committee Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

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