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Author:

Palacios, Jose Luis

Title:

Design, Fabrication, and Testing of an Ultrasonic De-Icing System for Helicopter Rotor Blades

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

dispersion curves
icing rotor blades
ice protection
anti-icing
de-icing
ultrasound
wave structure
high power ultrasound

File:

Download Palacios_PhD_Thesis_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward A Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Member
Cengiz Camci, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Kon Well Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Overmeyer, Austin David

Title:

Actuator Bondline Optimization and Experimental Deicing of a Rotor Blade Ultrasonic Deicing System

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

deicing
de-icing
icing
ultrasonic
electro-thermal
low power
ice protection
helicopter
rotor blades

File:

Download Overmeyer_MS_Thesis_2012_FINAL_V4.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Borigo, Cody J

Title:

A Novel Actuator Phasing Method for Ultrasonic De-icing of Aircraft Structures

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

de-icing
aircraft
ultrasound
ultrasonic
vibration
ice protection
anti-icing
phasing
piezoelectric

File:

Download Borigo_PhD_Dissertation_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph Lawrence Rose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Lawrence Rose, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Edward C Smith, Committee Member