Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
completed2025–2026
Real-Time Prediction of Helicopter Flight in Ship Airwake
Real-time simulation methods for predicting helicopter flight dynamics operating within the turbulent airwake behind a ship superstructure, supporting safer shipboard rotorcraft operations.
- Sponsor
- Navy (Phase I SBIR)
- Funding
- $140,000 (+$100,000 option)
- Collaborators
- The Pennsylvania State University
Team
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Related Publications
2026
Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Real-Time, Micro-scale Atmospheric Flow Prediction
S Sarker, B Cavainolo, M Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 1933, 2026
2026
A Study of Physics-Informed Neural Networks applied to Real-Time Atmospheric Flow Estimation for Glider Flight Planning
S Sarker, BA Cavainolo, JJ Bird, M Berk, MP Kinzel
2019
Coupled simulations of atmospheric turbulence-modified ship airwakes and helicopter flight dynamics
R Thedin, MP Kinzel, JF Horn, S Schmitz
Journal of Aircraft 56 (2), 812-824, 2019
2018
Simulation of a Helicopter-Ship Dynamic Interface Using Offline Database of Atmospheric Turbulence-Modified Airwake
R Thedin, M Kinzel, S Schmitz
Vertical Flight Society 74th Annual Forum and Technology Display, 2018
2018
An evaluation of the effects of resolved shear-driven atmospheric turbulence on ship airwakes
R Thedin, MP Kinzel, S Schmitz
Journal of the American Helicopter Society 63 (2), 1-16, 2018
2017
High-Fidelity Simulations of the Interaction of Atmospheric Turbulence with Ship Airwakes
R Thedin, M Kinzel, S Schmitz
Vertical Flight Society 73rd Annual Forum and Technology Display, 2017
2017
Numerical study of ship airwake characteristics immersed in atmospheric boundary-layer flow
R Thedin, M Kinzel, S Schmitz
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, F39. 005, 2017