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Author:

Brouwers, Edward William

Title:

The Experimental Investigation of a Rotor Icing Model with Shedding

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Rotorcraft
icing
Adverse Environment Rotor Test Stand
AERTS
LEWICE
shedding
ice accretion
impingment limits
torque degradation

File:

Download Ed__Brouwers_Masters_Thesis_2010_rev2.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Brillembourg, Dwight David

Title:

Wind Turbines Under Atmospheric Icing Conditions - Ice Accretion Modeling, Aerodynamics, and Control Strategies for Mitigating Performance Degradation

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

wind turbine
icing

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brown, Christine Meredyth

Title:

Computational Modeling of Rotor Blade Performance Degradation Due to Ice Accretion

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

icing
CFD
turbulence modeling
mesh generation

File:

Download 1-CBrown_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Steven Brentner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Blasco, Peter Michael

Title:

An Experimental and Computational Approach to Iced Wind Turbine Aerodynamics

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

wind
turbine
aerodynamics
icing
iced
wind-tunnel
AERTS
experiments
utility-scale
rotor
blade
XTurb

File:

Download Thesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven Schmitz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alvarez Tiburcio, Miguel

Title:

Experimental Evaluation of the Impact Behavior of Partially Melted Ice Particles

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Engine icing
icing
glaciated conditions
mixed phase icing
ice particles impact

File:

Download MiguelAlvarez_MS_Thesis_final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Douglass, Rebekah

Title:

Effects of Strain Rate Variation on the Shear Adhesion Strength of Impact Ice

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

strain rate
adhesion
icing

File:

Download DOUGLASS_FINAL_THESIS_4-1-19.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Forry, Carter Michael

Title:

MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A HYBRID IMPULSIVE-PNEUMATIC DE-ICING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

De-icing
icing
impulsive
pneumatic

File:

Download CarterForry-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Getz, David

Title:

Design, Modeling and Testing of an Electro-Thermal Ice Protection System for Wind Turbines

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

electrothermal
deicing
antiicing
ice protection system
wind turbines
thermodynamics
icing

File:

Download Getz_thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amy Ruth Pritchett, Program Head/Chair
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member