ORTA DOGU TEKNIK UNIVERSITESI MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
HAVACILIK VE UZAY MUHENDISLIGI BOLUMU DEPARTMENT OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Altan Kayran
Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY
Ph.D THESIS SUPERVISED
Supervisor: Touraj Farsadi, Aeroelastic Analysis of Composite Wings and Wind Turbine Blades Including Geometrical Nonlinearity and Compressibility, April 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Emrah H. Konokman, Vulnerability Assessment and Survivability Analysis of Aircraft, February 2015, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
MS THESIS SUPERVISED
Co-supervisor: Utku Yurtsever, Nonlinear aeroservoelastic modelling and analysis of aircraft with control surface freeplay, November 2022, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Kaan Cimen, Optimization of variable stiffness curved composite panels utilizing Nurbs reference paths, May 2022, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Halime Gul Demirer, Static and dynamic aeroelastic analysis of a very light aircraft, September 2021, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Bali Ihsan Ozturan, Multibody simulation of helicopter rotor with structural flexibility, September 2019, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Gokcen Cicek, Aeroelastic Modeling and Analysis of High Aspect Ratio Wings with Different Fidelity Structural Models, December 2019, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Sohrab Heidari, Development of a Regression Model for the Fatigue Life Assessment of Open-Hole Specimens with Double Through the Thickness Cracks, July 2019, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Gurzap Ismail Demirel, Vibration Fatigue Analysis and Testing of Notched Beams, May 2019, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Bertan Arpacioglu, Structural Optimization of Composite and Aluminum Horizontal Tail Plane of a Helicopter, May 2019, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Mesut Mert, A Preliminary Sizing Tool for Minimum Weight Aircraft Wingbox Structural Design, September 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Basak Okumus, The Effect of Structural Layout on the Supersonic Flutter Characteristics of a Fighter Wing, August 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Gulce Ozturk, Design and Analysis of Fixed Crushable Column Type Energy Absorbing Mechanism for a Helicopter Seat, August 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Principal Supervisor, Co-Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ismail H. Tuncer: Semih Soganci, Coupling of a Multi-Body Simulation Tool for the Analysis of Rotary Systems with a Panel Based Flow Solver and a Navier-Stokes Flow Solver, June 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Ugur Hayirli, Reduced Order Modeling of Helicopter Substructures for Dynamic Analysis, June 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Alperen Ayberk Isik, Structural Optimization of Composite Helicopter Rotor Blades, May 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Enes Aydin, Post-Buckling Behaviour of Metallic Skin-Stringer Assemblies and Buckling of Composite Flat Panels, March 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Volkan Sanli, Development of Artificial Neural Network Based Design Tool for Aircraft Engine Bolted Flange Connection Subject to Combined Axial and Moment Load, January 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Meryem Nisa Atac, Comparative Study of Finite Element Analysis and Geometrically Exact Beam Analysis of a Composite Helicopter Blade, January 2018, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Ezgi Akel, The Effect of Blade Torsional Elasticity on Helicopter Flight Dynamics, October 2017, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Ozgun Sener, Determination of the Bending Twisting Coupling Potential of Composite Materials via Digital Image Correlation and its Implementation in Wind Turbine Blades, September 2017, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Ozge Ozkaya, Nonlinear Static Aeroelastic Behaviour of Composite Missile Fin with Interlaminar and Intralaminar Damage, September 2017, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Omer Erdolu, Damage Analysis and Assessment in Bridge-Like Structures due to High Explosive Blast Load, December 2016, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Busra Bartan Kumbasar, Progressive Interlaminar Failure Analysis in Composite Missile Structures / SAYP project, September 2016, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Latif Kesemen, Material Characterization at High Strain Rates Using Modified Taylor Impact Test and Velocity Interferometry, September 2016, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Alpay Demircan, Aerodynamic and Structural Design and Analysis of an Electric Powered Mini UAV, May 2015 Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Samet Emre Yılmaz, Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Bolted Flange Connections,Samet Emre Yılmaz, , September 2015, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU. (Thesis study is based on SANTEZ project with TEI and jointly supervised by Dr. Ercan Gürses and Dr. Demirkan Çoker)
Supervisor: Alper Yıldırım, Development of Bolted Flange Design Tool Based on Finite Element Analysis and Artificial Neural Network, September 2015, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU. (Thesis study is based on SANTEZ project with TEI and jointly supervised by Dr. Ercan Gürses and Dr. Demirkan Çoker)
Supervisor: Emre Ünay, Load Analysis of Aircraft Using Simplified Aerodynamic and Structural Models, February 2015, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Oğuzhan Dede, Investigation of Effects of Bird Strike on Wing Leading Edge by Using Explicit Finite Element Method, February 2015, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Co-Supervisor: Kerem Furkan Çiçek, Experimental and Numerical Study of Spring-In Angle in Corner Shaped Composite Parts, September 2014, Principal Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Merve Erdal, Department of Mechanical Eng., METU.
Supervisor: M.Ozan Gözcü, Investigation of the Effect of Bending Twisting Coupling on the Loads in Wind Turbines with Superelement Blade Definition, July 2014, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Hakan Sargın, Comparative Study of Transient and Quasi-Steady Aeroelastic Analysis of a Wind Turbine Blade in Steady Wind Conditions, February 2014, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Sedat Güldü, Analysis and Optimization of Cylindrical Structures Manufactured by Automated Fiber Placement Technique, January 2014, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Süleyman Cem Yeniceli, Design Optimization of Whiffletree Systems for Wind Turbine Blade Testing, January 2014, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Co-Supervisor: Okan Çınar, Evaluation of Effective Elastic Properties of Honeycomb Sandwich Structures by Optimization Involving Modal Behaviour, January 2014, Principal Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Merve Erdal, Department of Mechanical Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Mehmet Ozan Nalcı, Aeroservoelastic Modelling of a Missile Control Fin, February 2013, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Dilek Ünalmış, Design Optimization of Truss Structures Using Genetic Algorithms, September 2012, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Taner Birtan Balevi, Flutter Analysis and Simulated Flutter Test of Wings, September 2012, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Mert Atasoy, Determination of Prying Load on Bolted Connections, February 2012, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Hasan İnci, Discrete Fiber Angle and Continuous Fiber Path Optimization in Composite Structures, February 2012, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Burak Sayar, Determination of Stress Intensity Factors in Cracked Panels Reinforced with Riveted Stringers, February 2012, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Murat Günel, Linear and Nonlinear Progressive Failure Analysis of Laminated Composite Aerospace Structures, January 2012, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Sedat Özöztürk, Structural and Aeroelastic Analyses of a Composite Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle, September 2011, Co-advisor: Prof.Dr. Nafiz Alemdaroğlu, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Odeh Dababneh, Design, Analysis and Optimization of Thin Walled Semi-Monocoque Wing Structures Using Different Structural Idealization in the Preliminary Design Phase, August 2011.
Supervisor: Can Serkan İbrahimoğlu, Investigation of the Effect of Semi-Geodesic Winding on the Vibration Characteristics of Filament Wound Shells of Revolution, September 2010.
Co-Supervisor: Erkut Başkut, Development of a Closely Coupled Approach for Solution of Static and Dynamic Aeroelastic Problems, METU, June, 2010.
Supervisor: Serhan Yüksel, Low Velocity Impact Analysis of a Composite Mini Unmanned Air Vehicle During Belly Landing, May 2009.
Supervisor: Mustafa Ekren, Structural Optimization Strategies via Different Optimization and Solver Codes and Aerospace Applications, December 2008.
Supervisor: Özgür Sinan Oygür, Semi Analytical Study of Stress And Deformation Analysis of Anisotropic Shells of Revolution Including First Order Transverse Shear Deformation, September 2008, Co-advisor: Dr. Özge Şen; Tübitak SAGE.
Supervisor: Sercan Soysal, Structural Design, Analysis and Composite Manufacturing Applications for a Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle, May 2008, Co-advisor: Prof.Dr. Nafiz Alemdaroğlu, Department of Aerospace Eng., METU.
Supervisor: Yücel Devellioğlu, Electronic Packaging and Environmental Test and Analysis of an EMI Shielded Electronic Unit for Naval Platform, April 2008.
Supervisor: Emrah H. Konakman, Development of Lagrangian Hydrocode for High Speed Impact Analysis and Its Experimental Verification, February 2008, Co-advisor: M. Murat Çoruh; Tübitak SAGE.
Supervisor: İlke Aydıncak, Investigation of Design and Analysis Principles of Honeycomb Structures, November 2007.
Supervisor: Tahir Turgut, Manufacturing and Structural Analysis of a Lightweight Sandwich Composite Wing, September 2007.
Supervisor: Halil Kutay, Stacking Sequence Optimization of a Pressure Vessel by Genetic Algorithm, September 2007.
Supervisor: Karaca Efe Kafdağlı, Development of a Sabot Design Tool for Aeroballistic Range Testing, METU, September, 2006.
Supervisor: Erdem Yavuzbalkan, Free Vibration Analysis of Anisotropic Laminated Composite Shells of Revolution, METU, August, 2005.
Co-Supervisor: Taylan Ercan, Structural and Thermodynamic Design and Analysis of a Novel Turbo Rotary engine, METU, September, 2005.
Co-Supervisor: Caner Taş, Structural Analysis of an Airborne, Stiffened, Cylindrical External Store, METU, October 2002.
Co-Supervisor: Melin Şahin, Wing Structural Characteristics of a Medium Range Transport Aircraft, Supervised on behalf of Aselsan Inc. September 1999.