This research explores the idea of developing an optimal path generator that can be used in conjunction with a feedback steering controller to automate track testing experiment. This study specifically concentrates ...

This research performs an experimental study of a trailing edge blowing system that can adapt to variations in flow parameters and reduce the unsteady stator-rotor interaction at all engine operating conditions. The fan ...

Vehicles and mechanisms which must perform very precise tasks or maneuvers require controllers to compensate for their inherent structural flexibility. Many of these applications involve structures that have time-varying ...

Previous work has demonstrated the benefit of grouping actuators to increase the controllability of an active control system, without increasing the number of control channels. By driving two or more secondary sources ...

The objective of this research work was to develop a design tool to analyze and design undamped beam and rotor systems in two dimensions. Systems modeled in two dimensions, such as beams with different moments of inertia, ...

In this work, the potential of an active-skin is demonstrated for the reduction of broadband acoustic radiation from a vibrating structure. A simplified representation of the active-skin, employing acoustic monopoles as ...

The split Hopkinson bar test is the most commonly used method for determining material properties at high rates of strain. The theory governing the specifics of Hopkinson bar testing has been around for decades. It has ...

The correlation of cascade experimental data is one method for obtaining compressor stage characteristics. These correlations specify pressure loss and flow turning caused by the blades. Current open literature correlations ...

An experimental study of sooting characteristics of laminar underventillated ethylene non-premixed flames in hot vitiated environments was performed using a modified Wolfhard-Parker co-flowing slot burner. The burner could ...

Experiments at the University of Maryland Plasma Physics Laboratory have discovered an unusual temperature response in the form of a "thermal wave" which begins at the center and propagates towards the surface of a ...