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  • Development of a remotely piloted aircraft for the Design/Build/Fly competition as a capstone engineering design project

    Creator:
    Wilcox, Joshua R.
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    The Design/Build/Fly competition (DBF) is an annual aerospace engineering competition hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Oregon State University's AIAA chapter competed for the first time at DBF in 2013 and finished in the top 25% which is a respectable finish for a first year team....
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    coupled with a breakdown of the aspects necessary to produce the best possible plane and technical

  • Numerical Analysis of Experimental Impacts on Wind Turbine Blades

    Creator:
    Fleiger-Holmes, Kahlan
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    Wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable forms of energy in the United States and the world. However, interactions between wind turbines and wildlife have the possibility to injure animals such as birds and bats. Strategies to assess and minimize wind turbine interactions with wildlife are critical for...
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    4.3: Accelerometer vibration plots on two blades with no evident spike for a documented projectile

  • Flax as a Structural Reinforcement for Polymers

    Creator:
    McGeorge, Haley K.
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    Flax fibers are frequently used as a sustainable and recyclable reinforcement for composite materials in aesthetic applications (ex. car interiors). Flax fibers are biodegradable and can be sustainably harvested. Furthermore, the question of how to dispose of flax reinforced materials after the end of their lifetime can be solved in...
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    design team notes that an added gel coating is suggested for more intense applications, although no

  • Design and Testing of a Tethered, Coaxial Rotor Micro Air Vehicle

    Creator:
    Shryer, Jacob R.
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    Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) technology is a rapidly developing technological marketspace. This thesis focuses on micro, tethered, coaxial UASs and the development of an electrically-tethered observation platform (ETOP). The thesis details the current status of the technology as well as current products on the market. Stability considerations, critical when adding...
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    environment to the user. It is important to note that while image capturing is the primary goal of the ETOP

  • Bird and bat interaction vision-based detection system for wind turbines

    Creator:
    Maurer, William Gage
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    Bird and bat collisions with wind turbine blades are an occurrence which are extremely variable in frequency. With the expansion of wind farms, determining the true quantity of collisions and the species involved is imperative for preventing ecological damage. Explored in this thesis is a blade mounted camera for wirelessly...
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    , acoustic emission sensors were found to be the optimal choice, since there is no need for on blade