2001 to 2005 Research

Unsteady, Turbulent, Separated Flow Around Helicopter Fuselages
Faculty PI: Lyle Long, Earl Duque; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Tilrotor Aeromechanical Stability Analysis
Faculty PIs: Edward Smith; Sponsor: Bell Helicopter

Experimental and Computational Instrumentation for Rotorcraft at the Penn State Rotorcraft Center
Faculty PIs: Edward Smith, Lyle Long, Joseph Horn, Kenneth Brentner, Cengiz Camci; Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Army

Data Fusion for Rotorcraft Health Monitoring Systems
Faculty PI: Karl Reichard; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Acquisition of Advanced Parallel Computational and Graphical Facilities
Faculty PIs: Lyle Long; Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Active Tiltrotor Aeroelastic and Aeromechanical Stability Augmentation
Faculty PI: Farhan Gandhi; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Active Control of Rotorcraft Noise and Vibration
Faculty PIs: Edward Smith, Lyle Long, Farhan Gandhi; Sponsor: University of Maryland

Passive and Semi-Active Reduction of Gearbox Vibration and Noise
Faculty PI: George Lesieutre, Edward Smith, William Mark; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Demonstration of Low Cost Advanced Parallel Computers to Large Scale Particle Simulations Methods
Faculty PI: Kenneth Brentner, Deborah Levin, and Michael Micci; Sponsor: U.S. Department of Army

The Development of Aeroacoustic Modules for the CD Adapco Group
Faculty PI: Philip Morris, Kenneth Brentner; Sponsor: CD Adapco Group

Carefree Maneuvering Control Laws for Rotorcraft
Faculty PI: Joseph Horn; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Training for Use of the Simulation of the Transient Analysis of Rotorcraft Startups and Shutdowns Program
Faculty PIs: Edward Smith; Sponsor: U.S. Navy

Tendon-Actuated Compliant Cellular Truss: Controlled Conformity in 3-D Shape-Changing Structures
Faculty PI: George Lesieutre, Mary Frecker; Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Simulation/Control of Helicopter Shipboard Launch/Recovery
Faculty PI: Joseph Horn; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Maneuver and High-Speed Rotor Acoustic Analysis Development
Faculty PIs: Kenneth Brentner; Sponsor: National Aeronautics & Space Administration

Optimization and Design of Advanced Low-Weight Rotor System
Faculty PIs: Edward Smith; Sponsor: National Aeronautics & Space Administration

Elastomeric Tuned Mass Dampers for Lag Damping
Faculty PIs: George Lesieutre, Edward Smith; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA) and Lord Corporation

Composite Blade Modeling and Aeroelastic Analysis

Faculty PIs: Edward Smith; Sponsor: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Development of Modifications to the ASDE X Antenna to Minimize Excessive Vibration and Noise
Faculty PIs: Dennis McLaughlin, Kenneth Brentner, Cengiz Camci; Sponsor: Trios Associates, Inc.

Modeling of Rotorcraft Noise in Maneuvering Flight
Faculty PI: Kenneth Brentner; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Aeroacoustics of Wind Turbines
Faculty PIs:Kenneth Brentner, Lyle Long, Philip Morris; Sponsor: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Flexible Rotorcraft Driveshafts using Flexible Matrix Composites and Active Bearing Control
Faculty PIs: Kon-Well Wang, Charles Bakis, Edward Smith; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

A Component-Based Method for the Prediction of Noise from Landing Gear
Faculty PIs: Philip Morris, Kenneth Brentner; Sponsor: National Aeronautics & Space Administration Langley Research Center

Development of a Smart Materials Based Actively Conformable Rotor Airfoil
Faculty PIs: Mary Frecker, Farhan Gandhi; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Flight Control Design for Future Generation Compound Rotorcraft
Faculty PIs: Joseph Horn; Sponsor: Piasecki Aircraft Corporation

Advanced Analysis, Design, and Experimental Testing of Hybrid Active-Passive Rotor Systems for Vibration Reduction and Performance Enhancement
Faculty PIs: Edward Smith, Kon-Well Wang, Mark Maughmer, George Lesieutre; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Acquisition of Vibration Reality and Visualization Facilities for Advanced Scientific and Engineering Computation
Faculty PIs: Lyle Long; Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Rotary-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicles
Faculty PIs: Lyle Long, Joseph Horn; Sponsor: NRTC (Army & NASA)

Pennsylvania State Consortium for Education in Many-Body Applications
Faculty PIs: Lyle Long, James Anderson, Jayanth Banavar, Wenwu Cao, Kristen Fichthorn, Jain Jainendra, Sanat Kumar, Ken Merz Jr., and Paul Plassmann; Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Design Technology for Quiet UAV Propellers
Faculty PIs: Kenneth Brentner; Sponsor: SBIR Phase I for Naval Surface Warfare Center

Demonstration of Low Cost Advanced Parallel Computers to Large-Scale Particle Simulations Methods
Faculty PIs: Kenneth Brentner, Deborah Levin, and Michael Micci; Sponsor: Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Application of Low Cost Advanced Parallel Computers to Large-Scale Particle Simulations Methods
Faculty PIs: Kenneth Brentner; Sponsor: Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) and Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Active Vibration Control of a Coupled Tailboom-Driveshaft Structure
Faculty PIs: Edward Smith, and Kon-Well Wang; Sponsor: NASA Glenn Research Center