MEMSDUKEPRATT School of engineering

Education

  • PhD, University of Michigan, 1996
Jeffrey P Thomas
  • Office Location: 237 Hudson Eng Ctr
  • Office Phone: (919) 660-5173
  • Email Address: jthomas@duke.edu
  • Web Page: http://www.duke.edu/~jthomas

    • Dr. Thomas' field of research is computational aeroelasticity. This is the study of fluid and structural interaction. Dr. Thomas develops numerical methods to simulate complex physical phenomena.

    Specialties
    Aerodynamics

    Recent Publications More Publications

    1. Thomas, Jeffrey P. and Dowell, Earl H. and Hall, Kenneth C., Static/dynamic correction approach for reduced-order modeling of unsteady aerodynamics, Journal of Aircraft, vol. 43 no. 4 (2006), ppt. 865 - 878 [abs]
    2. Thomas, Jeffrey P. and Dowell, Earl H. and Hall, Kenneth C., Using automatic differentiation to create a nonlinear reduced order model of a computational fluid dynamic solver, Collection of Technical Papers - 11th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, vol. 4 (2006), ppt. 2437 - 2449 [abs]
    3. Hall, Kenneth C. and Kielb, Robert E. and Ekici, Kivanc and Thomas, Jeffrey P. and Clark, William S., Recent advancements in turbomachinery aeroelastic design analysis, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers, (2005), ppt. 11253 - 11274 [abs]
    4. Thomas, Jeffrey P. and Hall, Kenneth C. and Dowell, Earl H., Discrete adjoint approach for modeling unsteady aerodynamic design sensitivities, AIAA Journal, vol. 43 no. 9 (2005), ppt. 1931 - 1936 [abs]
    5. Thomas, Jeffrey P. and Dowell, Earl H. and Hall, Kenneth C. and Denegri Jr., Charles M., Further investigation of modeling limit cycle oscillation behavior of the F-16 fighter using a harmonic balance approach, Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, vol. 3 (2005), ppt. 1457 - 1466 [abs]

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