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Title: Aviatar- An Augmented Reality System to Improve Pilot Performance for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Author: Abbott, Robert
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Aerospace engineering, Cognitive psychology
Description: In the modern airspace, small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) such as drones are becoming increasingly popular with both amateur enthusiasts as well as professional pilots. In the three years following the initiation of the small drone registratio...

Title: Development of CFD Simulation Frameworks For High Fidelity Predictions of Quadcopter Aerodynamics
Author: Madabushi, Karthik Srinivas
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Aerospace engineering
Description: External aerodynamic simulation of a rotor system is far more challenging compared to simulations involving fixed wing aircraft. This is because the surrounding flow field itself is far more complex. The rotating blades of the rotor system encount...

Title: HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS OF EJECTA PRODUCTION FROM SHOCKED METALLIC SURFACES
Author: Karkhanis, Varad
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Aerospace engineering
Description: The phenomenon of mass ejection into vacuum from a shocked metallic free surfaces can have a deleterious effect on the implosion phase of the Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) process. Often, the ejecta take the form of a cloud of particles that a...

Title: Improvement of Optical and Pressure sensing capabilities of the UNC Charlotte Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
Author: White, Michael
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Aerospace engineering
Description: The UNC Charlotte hypersonic wind tunnel was designed and made by a team of engineering students in 2019. The wind tunnel is capable of holding 1500 PSI and sending air through a test chamber with viewing windows at Mach 3 and 5. The construction ...

Title: NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE AERODYNAMICS OF GROUND VEHICLES IN PLATOON USING THE FASTBACK DRIVAER MODEL
Author: Rajasekar, Sudhan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction, Aerospace engineering
Description: Work concerning aerodynamic optimization of isolated vehicle shapes is available in abundance in existing literature, unlike vehicle interaction studies. Due to its simplicity, all previous studies aimed at understanding the aerodynamic interferen...

Title: Numerical Investigations on Factors Influencing Limit Loading for Transonic Turbine Airfoils
Author: Owen, Spencer
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Fluid mechanics, Mechanical engineering, Aerospace engineering
Description: To stay competitive within the gas turbine community, turbine aero designers strive to maximize the total work output of each turbine stage through a combination of airfoil design improvements and increased total pressure ratio. Although increasin...

Title: On Accelerating Road Vehicle Aerodynamics
Author: Peters, Brett
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Aerospace engineering, Fluid mechanics
Description: Road vehicle aerodynamics are primarily focused on developing and modeling performance at steady-state conditions, although this does not fully encompass the entire operating envelope. Considerable vehicle acceleration and deceleration occurs duri...

Title: PREDICTION OF DISC WING AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
Author: Honeycutt, Daniel
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Aerospace engineering
Description: The primary goal of the work presented in this thesis is to assess the effectiveness of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools in predicting flow fields around golf discs. The quantities of interest involve aerodynamic force and moment coefficie...

Title: Reduced Order Aerodynamic Model Development of Road/Race Vehicles
Author: Halterman, Jaclynn
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Automobiles--Design and construction, Aerospace engineering
Description: This research systematically develops a real-time capable reduced order aerodynamic model of a race vehicle to predict the aerodynamic characterization of a transient vehicle. The aerodynamic model modularly combines the quasi steady state aerodyn...

Title: SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR THIN PLATE DYNAMICS
Author: Menezes, Joyson
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Aerospace engineering
Description: Productivity when milling thin, monolithic components is often limited by regenerative chatter. The vibrations are partially controlled by the use of stability lobe diagrams, which enable the selection of spindle speed/axial depth combinations to ...

Title: The Social Context of the Aeronautical Education Experience of Civilian, Commercial, and Military Pilots
Author: Walker, Taurean
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Adult education, Aerospace engineering, Education and state
Description: The purpose of this research is to explore the social context (the nature and cultural environment) of the aeronautical training experience of African-American civilian, commercial, and military pilots. This research highlights the challenges Afri...