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  • Flight Characterization of Small Scale UAV

    Creator:
    Scheer, Jacob
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    The purpose of this thesis was to understand the relation between the actual performance and the design performance of the manufacturing plane which was designed for the 2016 Design/Build/Fly competition. The actual performance was determined using an Arduino Uno based system with data from an accelerometer, gyroscope and pitot tube....
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    Honors College Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Dr. Nancy Squires The purpose of this thesis was to understand the relation between the

  • Design, Manufacturing, and Integration of Fins for 2017-2018 OSU ESRA 30k Rocket

    Creator:
    Fraley, Emma R.
    Abstract:
    The Oregon State University (OSU) Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA) 30k Rocket Team is a student run rocket team that competes in the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition at Spaceport America. The goal of the competition is to launch a student designed, manufactured, and tested experimental sounding rocket to 30,000 ft...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    :_____________________________________________________ Nancy Squires The Oregon State University (OSU) Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA

  • Female Mold Fabrication Process Development with Pre-Impregnated Composite Materials for Application to Sub-Orbital Rockets

    Creator:
    Hayden, Muriel A.
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    The leading edge of a sub-orbital, sounding rocket dictates an aerodynamically optimal profile which is difficult to manufacture. The university level offers no current standard to produce rocket nose cones made with pre-impregnated composites. Of particular interest is the molding technique used to fabricate a nose cone. The focus of...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Sub-Orbital Rockets Abstract approved: Nancy Squires The leading edge of a sub-orbital, sounding

  • Development of Human Body Flight

    Creator:
    Kelsay, Connor Bryce
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    Human body flight is a relatively young sport with a largely undocumented history. Human body flight is an umbrella term for any sport involving maneuvering one’s body in a meaningful way through a column of relative wind. Human body flight includes skydiving, which was the origin of human body flight,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    : ______________________________________________________ Nancy Squires Human body flight is a relatively young sport with a largely undocumented

  • Cooling System Analysis of the Thrust Chamber

    Creator:
    Sazonov, Gleb
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    The purpose of the study was to analyze the possible combination of cooling systems, which are film cooling and regenerative cooling, and obtain the initial estimates of possible temperature reduction. The analysis was conducted in Ansys Fluent. The methodology includes four main steps that are the following: flow simulation, combustion...
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    Capstone Project
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    graduate project to any reader upon request. Gleb Sazonov, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Dr. Nancy Squires

  • Effects of thermal stressing on the turbulent flame speed of jet fuel

    Creator:
    Alkhalifa, Ammar M.
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    Gas turbine engines for propulsion applications can use fuel as a coolant, exposing the fuel to high temperatures well within the ranges associated with thermal decomposition. Species produced as a result of these processes have been shown to correlate with changes in the combustion performance of the fuels. In this...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Manufacturing Engineering _____________________________________________________________________ Nancy

  • Bio-Inspired Design of Vehicles that Operate in Complex Environments

    Creator:
    Jackson, Danielle M.
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    This dissertation focuses on defining underlying mechanisms to enable the bio-inspired design of aerodynamic and/or hydrodynamic vehicles that operate within complex environments. This dissertation introduces four overarching research gaps found in current bio-inspired design research and four corresponding approach questions that guide the framework of the presented research. This research...
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    Dissertation
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    in design within mechanical engineering. I would like to thank Dr. Nancy Squires, my professor

  • Practical Application of the Finite Element Method for Vehicle System Loads Analysis

    Creator:
    Weitzman, Paul M.
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    This work develops the loads, boundary conditions, and model construction techniques used to create a high-level vehicle analysis model. The loads are derived from the overall performance parameters of the vehicle, which include 3 axis accelerations and aerodynamic forces from Computational Fluid Dynamics outputs. The boundary condition of the analysis...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Paul M

  • Practical application of steady-state 6-DoF aerodynamic model for vehicle system loads analysis

    Creator:
    Torris, Connor J.
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    This work develops the Global Formula Racing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model in StarCCM+ to allow for vehicle attitude studies to be ran to evaluate Formula Student (FS) vehicle aerodynamic loads. Attitudes that this model allows to be studied include roll, pitch, yaw, heave, tire angle, and vehicle speed. The...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ...................... 43 Figure 35: Heave 20 mm Y=0.4 m velocity around front wing (Left) Heave 25 mm Y=0.4 m velocity

  • Lift Enhancement of Pliant Wings Through Bio-Mimicry

    Creator:
    Osterberg, Nathaniel Brent
    Abstract:
    Flexible aerodynamic surfaces have been shown to favorably influence flight characteristics at low Reynolds numbers by increasing lift, angle of attack at stall, and resistance to perturbation. The objective of the research presented within this thesis is to investigate the influence of two aspects of flight observed in biological flyers,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    adviser Dr. Roberto Albertani and my com- mittee members Dr. Nancy Squires and Dr. Brian Bay. Throughout