THESES

Aerodynamics

CUMMINGS, M. J. Airfoil boundary-layer transition due to large isolated 3 roughness elements in a favorable pressure gradient. M.S. thesis, M. B. Bragg, adviser (1995).
KERHO, M. F. Effect of large distributed roughness near an airfoil leading edge on boundary-layer development and transition. PhD. thesis, M. B. Bragg, adviser (1995).
RAUWOLF, G. A. Near-optimal low-thrust orbit transfers generated by a genetic algorithm. M.S. thesis, V. Coverstone-Carroll, adviser (1995).

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Aircraft Design

ZYCH, T. J. Preliminary design and cost analysis of a family of high altitude long endurance aircraft. M.S. thesis, M. S. Selig, adviser (1995).

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Astrodynamics

HERMAN, A. L. Improved collocation methods with application to direct trajectory optimization. Ph.D. thesis, B. A. Conway, adviser (1995).

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Computational Fluid Dynamics

EYI, S. Performance evaluation and improvement of CFD-based aerodynamic design optimization. Ph.D. thesis, K. D. Lee, adviser (1995).

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Materials and Structures

FORD, D. S. Thermomechanical behavior of 55Ni45Ti nitinol. M.S. thesis, S. R. White, adviser (1995).
HEBDA, D. A. Mechanical behavior of active composites with embedded nitinol wires. M.S. thesis, S. R. White, adviser (1995).
KIM, C. The theory of anisotropic thin- and thick-walled closed cross-section beams with coupled elastic deformations. Ph.D. thesis, S. R. White, adviser (1995).

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Structural Dynamics and Control

FIELD, JR., R. V. Probabilistic measures of stability robustness in controlled systems. M.S. thesis, L. A. Bergman, adviser (1995).

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Two-Phase Flow

OAKLEY, T. A cinematic particle image velocimetry study of bubble dispersion in a turbulent free shear layer. M.S. thesis, E. Loth, adviser (1995).
SIVIER, S. Unstructured grid simulations of shocks and detonations in two-phase flows. Ph.D. thesis, E. Loth, adviser (1995).
TAEIBI-RAHNI, M. Direct numerical simulation of large bubbles in a free shear layer. Ph.D. thesis, E. Loth, adviser (1995).