School of Aerospace Engineering Theses and Dissertations
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Runway Safety Improvements Through a Data Driven Approach for Risk Flight Prediction and Simulation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-19)Runway overrun is one of the most frequently occurring flight accident types threatening the safety of aviation. Sensors have been improved with recent technological advancements and allow data collection during flights. ... -
Framework for the design and operations of sustainable on-orbit servicing infrastructures dedicated to geosynchronous satellites
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-15)After being a concept for decades, the on-orbit servicing industry is finally taking off, with national space agencies and private organizations developing and planning soon-to-be-launched space infrastructures that will ... -
Hybrid Sensor Networks for Active Monitoring: Collaboration, Optimization, And Resilience
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-14)Hybrid sensor networks (HSN) consist of both static and mobile sensors deployed to fulfill a common monitoring task. The hybrid structure generalizes the network’s design problem and offers a rich set of possibilities for ... -
A Methodology for the Design and Operational Safety Assessment of Unmanned Aerial Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-15)Efforts are underway to introduce Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into routine cargo operations within the National Airspace System (NAS). Such systems have the potential to increase transport system flexibility by mitigating ... -
Inter-scale energy transfer in turbulent premixed combustion
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-07)Turbulent premixed combustion is widely used for energy conversion in power generation and propulsion devices. However, our understanding of the underlying fluid dynamics, combustion, and their interaction is still incomplete. ... -
The design, education and evolution of a robotic baby
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-13)Inspired by Alan Turing’s idea of a child machine, I introduce the formal definition of a robotic baby, an integrated system with minimal world knowledge at birth, capable of learning incrementally and interactively, and ... -
A Methodology to Enable Concurrent Trade Space Exploration of Space Campaigns and Transportation Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-02)Space exploration campaigns detail the ways and means to achieve goals for our human spaceflight programs. Significant strategic, financial, and programmatic investments over long timescales are required to execute them, ... -
An analysis on the application of algebraic geometry in Initial Orbit Determination problems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-12-01)Initial Orbit Determination (IOD) is a classical problem in astrodynamics. The space around Earth is crowded by a great many objects whose orbits are unknown, and the number of space debris is constantly increasing because ... -
Numerical Simulations of the HVAB Rotor in Hover
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11-29)Numerical simulations of compressible viscous flow over the Hover Validation and Acoustic Baseline (HVAB) rotor in hover are presented. The commercial flow solver, ANSYS Fluent, has been employed. The effects of transition ... -
A Controller Development Methodology Incorporating Unsteady, Coupled Aerodynamics and Flight Control Modeling for Atmospheric Entry Vehicles
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-11-01)Atmospheric entry vehicle aerodynamics, flight dynamics, and control mechanisms are inherently coupled and unsteady. The state-of-the-art disciplinary models used for Mars entry vehicle simulation do not directly account ... -
A Framework for Offline Risk-aware Planning of Low-altitude Aerial Flights during Urban Disaster Response
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-10-05)Disaster response missions are dynamic and dangerous events for first responders. Active situational awareness is critical for effective decision-making, and unmanned aerial assets have successfully extended the range and ... -
A reduced order modeling methodology for the parametric estimation and optimization of aviation noise
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-23)The successful mitigation of aviation noise is one of the key enablers of sustainable aviation growth. Technological improvements for noise reduction at the source have been countered by increasing number of operations at ... -
Rotor Fatigue Life Prediction and Design for Revolutionary Vertical Lift Concepts
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-08)Despite recent technological advancements, rotorcraft still lag behind their fixed-wing counterparts in the areas of flight safety and operating cost. Competition with fixed-wing aircraft is difficult for applications where ... -
The Improvement of Multi-Satellite Orbit Determination Through the Incorporation of Intersatellite Ranging Observations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-12-14)For many satellite remote sensing and communications missions, particularly those involving a formation or constellation of satellites, having precise knowledge of the satellites’ positions in both an absolute and relative ... -
Subgrid scale modeling for large eddy simulation of supercritical mixing and combustion
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021-11-11)Large eddy simulation (LES) is a widely used modeling and simulation technique in turbulent flow research. While the LES methodology and accompanying subgrid scale (SGS) modeling have been developed and applied over decades, ... -
Model-Based Life Extending Control for Rotorcraft
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-02)Rotorcraft are subjected to fatigue loads that not only limit the fatigue life of components but also add to their cost. Most of the fatigue-critical rotorcraft components are located in the rotor system, creating challenges ... -
Characterization of Non-volatile Particulate Matter in Pressurized Premixed Laminar Jet-A Flames Via Thermophoretic Sampling
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-16)Production and subsequent emissions of non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM) pose a challenge for both optical diagnostics and physical probing, especially at conditions relevant to practical combustors. Key to enabling ... -
Design and Operations of Satellite Constellations for Complex Regional Coverage
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-01)Fueled by recent technological advancements in small and capable satellites, satellite constellations are now shaping the new era of space commercialization creating new forms of services that span from Earth observations ... -
Generalized Heuristic Search Algorithms with Applications to Motion Planning and Multi-Agent Path Finding Problems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-08-01)This thesis investigates novel ways of leveraging generalized interpretations of heuristics to solve complex motion planning problems with completeness and bounded suboptimality guarantees. A set of heuristic search ... -
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES: TRAJECTORY PLANNING AND ROUTING IN THE ERA OF ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022-07-28)Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a revolutionary concept that enables on-demand air mobility, cargo delivery, and emergency services via an integrated and connected multimodal transportation network. In the era of AAM, ...
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