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Author:

Narayanan Nampy, Sreenivas

Title:

Advanced grid-stiffened composite shells for applications in heavy-lift helicopter rotor blade spars

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

composites
structures
rotor blades
grid-stiffened
grid
spar
heavy-lift rotor blade
buckling
stiffness
strength

File:

Download Sreeni_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward C Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward C Smith, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Farhan S Gandhi, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Terrence

Title:

BISTABLE DEVICES FOR MORPHING ROTOR BLADES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

bistable
morphing
rotor blades

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandhi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Eric M Mockensturm, 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