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3. Wind Turbine Design Using A Free-wake Vortex Method With Winglet Application

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Author:
Maniaci, David Charles
Title:
Wind Turbine Design Using A Free-wake Vortex Method With Winglet Application
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Wind turbine
winglet
free-wake
vortex method
rotor aerodynamics
blade design
File:
Download psu-thesis-Dmaniaci-18m_FIN_4-5-13_DateChange.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark David Maughmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark David Maughmer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barnes Warnock Mccormick Jr., Committee Member
Dennis K Mc Laughlin, Committee Member
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Committee Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Committee Member
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member

4. Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation

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Author:
Yomchinda, Thanan
Title:
Real-time Path Planning and Autonomous Control for Helicopter Autorotation
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Autorotation
Path Planning
Helicopter Control
Dynamic Inversion
Trajectory Tracking
File:
Download ThananYomchindaDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Francis Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward C Smith, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Special Member

6. Development of an Optimized Lambert Problem Solver for Targeting Elliptical Orbits

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Open Access
Author:
Shank, Brian Steven
Title:
Development of an Optimized Lambert Problem Solver for Targeting Elliptical Orbits
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Lambert's Problem
Pork Chop Plot
ATSV
Visual Data Techniques
Orbital Mechanics
Astrodynamics
Mission Planning
Propulsion Optimization
File:
Download BrianShank_FinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr David B Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Structural and Aerodynamic Considerations of an Active Piezoelectric Trailing-edge Tab on a Helicopter Rotor

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Author:
Murray, Gabriel Jon
Title:
Structural and Aerodynamic Considerations of an Active Piezoelectric Trailing-edge Tab on a Helicopter Rotor
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Trailing-edge Tab
Helicopter
Smart Materials
Piezoelectric
Macro Fiber Composite
File:
Download gjm_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Farhan Gandhi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farhan Gandh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward A Smith, Committee Member
Joseph Francis Horn, Committee Member
Timothy Francis Miller, Committee Member

8. Ponderomotive force corrections in laser ablation and melt formation in ultra-short pulse laser drilling.

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Author:
Moore, Russell David
Title:
Ponderomotive force corrections in laser ablation and melt formation in ultra-short pulse laser drilling.
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Laser Ablation
Melt Dynamics
Ultra-short Pulse
Ponderomotive Force
Two-Temperature Model
File:
Download Moore_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Vladimir Semak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Igor Jovanovic, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Design, Analysis, and Characterization of Lead Magnesium Niobate - Lead Titanate (PMN-PT) Single Crystal Energy Harvesters for Rotorcraft Wireless Sensor Applications

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Author:
Wozniak, Michael Vincent
Title:
Design, Analysis, and Characterization of Lead Magnesium Niobate - Lead Titanate (PMN-PT) Single Crystal Energy Harvesters for Rotorcraft Wireless Sensor Applications
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
PMN-PT
Single Crystal
Energy Harvester
Piezoelectric
Rotorcraft
Wireless Sensor
Lead
Magnesium
Niobate
Titanate
File:
Download Wozniak_Full_Thesis_Final_July_12_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Stephen Clarke Conlon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Smith, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Martin Reichard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Aerodynamic Loss Models and Multi-Dimensional Prediction of Discrete Hole Film Cooling on Gas Turbine Blades

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Author:
Topcuoglu, Ilker
Title:
Aerodynamic Loss Models and Multi-Dimensional Prediction of Discrete Hole Film Cooling on Gas Turbine Blades
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Film cooling
gas turbine cooling
aerodynamic loss prediction
total pressure loss model
File:
Download IlkerTopcuoglu-_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Tissue Segmentation in Hydrocephalic Patients via Three Dimensional Level Set Method

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Author:
Raic, Zeljko
Title:
Cerebrospinal Fluid and Brain Tissue Segmentation in Hydrocephalic Patients via Three Dimensional Level Set Method
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
3D level set
hydrocephalus
volume segmentation
medical image segmentation
level set method
File:
Download ZeljkoRaic-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jack Langelaan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Design and Testing of an Erosion Resistant Ultrasonic De-icing System for Rotorcraft Blades

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Author:
Soltis, Jared T
Title:
Design and Testing of an Erosion Resistant Ultrasonic De-icing System for Rotorcraft Blades
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
aircraft icing
de-icing systems
ice adhesion strength
ultrasonic de-icing
erosion resistant materials
File:
Download Soltis_MS_Thesis_Final_V3.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose Palacios, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. Implementation Of Ducted Fans On A Low Cost Semi-autonomous Lighter-than-air Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle

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Author:
Oruc, Ilker
Title:
Implementation Of Ducted Fans On A Low Cost Semi-autonomous Lighter-than-air Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
airship
blimp
arduino
autopiot
ducted
fans
electric
uninhabited
aerial
vehicle
unmanned
control
sensors
lighter-than-air
File:
Download Ilker_Oruc_-_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Cengiz Camci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Evolutionary Computation for Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization

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Author:
Sottile, Brad Joseph
Title:
Evolutionary Computation for Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Astrodynamics
Evolutionary Algorithms
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Strategies
Optimization
Spacecraft Trajectory
File:
Download Sottile_-_Evolutionary_Computation_for_Spacecraft_Trajectory_Optimization.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Graham Melton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

22. Design of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms for Use as Passive Variable Thermal Conductivity Structures

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Author:
Stavely, Rebecca Lee
Title:
Design of Contact-aided Compliant Cellular Mechanisms for Use as Passive Variable Thermal Conductivity Structures
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
passive thermal switch
thermal contact resistance
compliant mechanism
thermal conductivity
File:
Download Stavely_Rebecca_Thesis_CORRECTED.pdf
Committee Members:
George A Lesieutre, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

26. Characterization and Gas Temperature Measurements of a Waveguide-based Microwave Plasma Torch

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Author:
Hammond, Peter J
Title:
Characterization and Gas Temperature Measurements of a Waveguide-based Microwave Plasma Torch
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Microwave
plasma
torch
File:
Download PHammond_-_Dissertation__Final_.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Matthew Micci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Dr Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member

30. Computation of Interactional Aerodynamics for Noise Prediction of Heavy Lift Rotorcraft

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Open Access
Author:
Hennes, Christopher Conrad
Title:
Computation of Interactional Aerodynamics for Noise Prediction of Heavy Lift Rotorcraft
Graduate Program:
Aerospace Engineering
Keywords:
Acoustics
Rotorcraft
Computational Fluid Dynamics
File:
Download HennesThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth Steven Brentner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven Schmitz, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member

31. In-flight Performance Optimization for Rotorcraft with Redundant Controls

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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