Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
completed2013–2019
Cavity Rocket Interaction
High-fidelity prediction of the interaction between a rocket exhaust plume and a gaseous cavity for supercavitating high-speed underwater vehicles.
- Sponsor
- ONR
- Funding
- $650,000
- Collaborators
- The Pennsylvania State University
Team
Related Publications
2025
Optimization of logistical models for rocket-based cargo delivery
KC Nguyen, M Elkamel, L Rabelo, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 1922, 2025
2022
Effect of Aluminum Particle Size on Solid Rocket Combustion
C Cabrera, C Inastrilla, M Kinzel
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67, 2022
2020
Analysis of rocket jet particulate using euler-lagrange and euler-euler approaches
DH Fontes, D Mikkelsen, MP Kinzel
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 1797, 2020
2017
Finite volume, computational fluid dynamics-based investigation of supercavity pulsations
GM Skidmore, JW Lindau, TA Brungart, MJ Moeny, MP Kinzel
Journal of Fluids Engineering 139 (9), 091301, 2017
2015
A Numerical Investigation of a Gaseous Jet Interacting with a Supercavity
M Kinzel, M Moeny, M Krane, I Kirschner
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, L36. 001, 2015
2015
Measurements of Jet Effect on a Ventilated Cavity
I Kirschner, M Moeny, M Krane, M Kinzel
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, R25. 008, 2015
2015
Jet-supercavity interaction: Insights from experiments
MJ Moeny, MH Krane, IN Kirschner, MP Kinzel
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 656 (1), 012162, 2015
2015
An Assessment of Supercavitation Transition using Computational Fluid Dynamics
M Fronzeo, M Kinzel
68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2015
2015
Jet-supercavity interaction: Insights from physics analysis
IN Kirschner, MJ Moeny, MH Krane, MP Kinzel
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 656 (1), 012156, 2015
2015
Jet-supercavity interaction: Insights from CFD
M Kinzel, M Moeny, M Krane, I Kirschner
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 656 (1), 012133, 2015
2015
Finite volume computation of the mitigation of cavity pulsation
J Lindau, G Skidmore, T Brungart, M Moeny, M Kinzel
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 656 (1), 012158, 2015