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Author:

Ozdemir, Gurbuz Taha

Title:

In-flight Performance Optimization for Rotorcraft with Redundant Controls

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Redundant Controls
Optimization
Compound Helicopter
Flight Dynamics and Control
Performance

File:

Download Ozdemir_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Farhan Gandhi, Special Member

Author:

Berger, Tom

Title:

Handling Qualities Requirements and Control Design for High-Speed Rotorcraft

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
Handling Qualities
Flight Control System
Control Laws
Tiltrotor
Compound Helicopter

File:

Download TomBerger-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Norman Johnson, Committee Member
Edward Smith, Committee Member
Christopher D. Rahn, Outside Member
Mark B. Tischler, Special Member
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Iyer, Venkatakrishnan

Title:

Nonlinear Yaw Control of a Compound Helicopter

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Dynamic Inversion
Helicopter Modeling
Automatic Flight Control System
Adaptive Control
Vectored Thrust Ducted propeller
Compound Helicopter
Pseudo Control Hedging
Feedback Linearization Using Neural Networks
Neural Networks
Feedback Linearization

File:

Download Nonlinear_Yaw_Control_of_a_Compound_Helicopter.pdf

Committee Members:

Minghui Zhu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Member
Eric Norman Johnson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair