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• Mechanical response of spring films under compression and shear loading 

  Mott, Ryan Nicholas (2015-12-11)

  Thin films of discrete micro and nanostructures fabricated by the method of Glancing Angle Deposition (GLAD) provide a means to build compliant interfaces that maintain important properties of the constituent materials, ...

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• Autonomous visual-inertial navigation and absolute visual scale estimation 

  Deng, Xinke (2015-12-08)

  In this thesis, we present a system that uses a single camera and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to navigate an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in a previously unknown environment. The approach consists of two parts. ...

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• Shape optimization of cambered airfoils using a genetic algorithm and a multipoint inverse method 

  Tsai, Kyle (2015-12-11)

  This thesis presents a process to optimize a cambered airfoil with the MATLAB genetic algorithm (GA) and a multipoint inverse method called PROFOIL. XFOIL was used to evaluate the aerodynamic performance of each airfoil. ...

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• Development of an AMR Octree DSMC approach for shock dominated flows 

  Sawant, Saurabh S (2015-12-11)

  Key strategies used in the development of a scalable, three-dimensional direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) program are described. The code employs an Octree based adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) that gives flexibility ...

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• Measurement of unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of a subscale aerobatic aircraft in high angle-of-attack maneuvers 

  Dantsker, Or Daniel (2015-12-11)

  High angle-of-attack flight testing was performed using the UIUC Subscale Sukhoi, which is a 35% scale, 2.6 m (102 in) wingspan Sukhoi 29S electric model aircraft that was developed at the University of Illinois at ...

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