The final part of this research involves study of the global bifurcations of the two gyroscopic systems. Using recently developed bifurcation methods, we detect the presence of multi-pulse orbits homoclinic to a slow ...

This dissertation presents a systematic study of the blast waves produced by axisymmetric detonation waves and constant velocity as well as accelerating deflagration waves propagating through homogeneous axisymmetric clouds ...

This research investigates the dynamic response, stability and bifurcation behavior of nonlinear dynamical systems subjected to deterministic and/or stochastic excitations which includes the following systems:

This thesis investigates the electrical conductivity of IM7 carbon fibers using two Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) –based techniques: Conductive AFM (C-AFM) and Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy (sMIM). Unidirectional ...

In this work, the tensile behavior of an additively manufactured (AM) alloy, titanium 6Al-4V, or Ti-6Al-4V (by wt. 90% titanium, 6% aluminum, 4% vanadium), is examined on multiple length scales using two-dimensional (2-D) ...

This research successfully develops a new numerical method for the problem of two-sided flight path optimization, that is, a method capable of finding trajectories satisfying the necessary condition of an open-loop ...

Multielement airfoil configurations have shown promise in improving the aerodynamic and structural characteristics of the inboard section of megawatt-scale wind turbine blades by increasing the lift coefficients and ...

Simulation of chemical lasers such as the chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL) is of timely interest due to the recent acceleration of the airborne laser military research program and ongoing commercial development programs. ...

This thesis presents the theory and implementation of a parallel software package for transferring data between non-matching planar interfaces. The method used for transferring data is based on the common refinement technique ...