Browsing Aeronautics and Astronautics - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Near-optimal stochastic terminal controllers.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971) -
Near-wall reaction effects on film-cooled surface heat transfer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)As commercial and military aircraft engines approach higher total temperatures and increasing overall fuel-to-air ratios, there exists a potential for significant heat release to occur in the turbine if energetic species ... -
Network navigation with scheduling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Network navigation is a promising paradigm for enabling location-awareness in dynamic wireless networks. A wireless navigation network consists of agents (mobile with unknown locations) and anchors (possibly mobile with ... -
Network optimization in adversarial environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Stochastic models have been dominant in network optimization theory for over two decades, due to their analytical tractability. However, an increasing number of real-world networked systems exhibit complex behaviors that ... -
Network protection with service guarantees
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)With the increasing importance of communication networks comes an increasing need to protect against network failures. Traditional network protection has been an "all-or-nothing" approach: after any failure, all network ... -
Networked control of aircraft operations at airports and in terminal areas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)The goal of this thesis is to develop a control strategy for airport operations that integrates the management of arrivals and departures. The strategy is based on four central ideas: (1) the objective of reducing aircraft ... -
Neuromorphic control of dynamic systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Arguably, the agility of a robotic system is dictated by the speed of its processing pipeline, i.e., the speed of data acquisition plus data processing from a robot's on-board vision sensors. Specifically, one ideally hopes ... -
A new approach to risk analysis with a focus on organizational risk factors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Preventing accidents in complex socio-technical systems requires an approach to risk management that continuously monitors risk and identifies potential areas of concern before they lead to hazards, and constrains hazards ... -
A new concept in strapdown inertial navigation.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969) -
New decentralized algorithms for spacecraft formation control based on a cyclic approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)When considering the formation control problem for large number of spacecraft, the advantages of implementing control approaches with a centralized coordination mechanism can be outpaced by the risks associated with having ... -
A new technique for calibrating strapdown inertial reference units with large errors.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979) -
A new technique for identification and control of systems with unknown parameters.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971) -
A new technique for the optimal smoothing of data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967) -
Newton solution of steady two-dimensional transonic flow
(Gas Turbine Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
Newton solution of steady two-dimensional transonic flow
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
Non-CO₂ environmental impacts of transportation fuel use and production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Transportation represents one of the largest contributors to anthropogenic air pollution and global climate change. This thesis aims to quantify three specific environmental impacts from transportation fuel combustion and ... -
Non-deterministic design and analysis of parameterized optical structures during conceptual design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The next generation of space observatories will use larger mirrors while meeting tighter optical performance requirements than current space telescopes. The spacecraft designs must satisfy the drive for low-mass, low-cost ... -
Non-linear large deflection boundary value problems of rectangular plates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1944) -
Non-thermal plasmas in flames and other inhomogeneous environments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Non-thermal plasmas in non-uniform gases appear in several technological applications (plasma assisted combustion and aerodynamics, and plasma jets), as well as in natural phenomena (sprites). Whereas in the case of plasma ... -
Nonconforming discretizations and a posteriori error estimators for adaptive spectral element techniques
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
