Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
completed2016–2021
Ship-Airwake/Helicopter Interaction Modeling in a Turbulent Atmospheric Boundary Layer
High-fidelity simulation of ship airwakes modified by atmospheric boundary-layer turbulence and their effect on helicopter flight dynamics during shipboard operations.
- Sponsor
- National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC)
- Funding
- $1,200,000
- Collaborators
- The Pennsylvania State University
Team
Related Publications
2026
CFD Analysis of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Measurements on Planetary Rotorcraft
J Asiatico, M Kinzel
2026
Evaluation of Turbulence Modeling Effects on Ground Shear Stress and Tip Vortex Dynamics for the Dragonfly Rotor in Ground Effect
M Marques, J Asiatico, R Lorenz, M Kinzel
2020
Measuring atmospheric boundary layer profiles using uav control data
G Loubimov, MP Kinzel, S Bhattacharya
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 1978, 2020
2020
Measuring atmospheric boundary layer profiles using uav dynamic response
W Farrell, G Loubimov, C Kaminski, MP Kinzel
AIAA Scitech Forum, 2020, 2020
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
2018
An Investigation of Tip-Vortex Turbulence Structure using Large-Eddy Simulation
D Hanson, M Kinzel, K Sinding, M Krane
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
2011
Influences of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence Structure on the Space-time Variability in Wind Turbine Blade and Shaft Loadings
G Vijayakumar, A Lavely, M Kinzel, E Paterson, J Brasseur
6th AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3300, 2011
2011
Space-time loadings on wind turbine blades driven by atmospheric boundary layer turbulence
A Lavely, G Vijayakumar, M Kinzel, J Brasseur, E Paterson
49th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and …, 2011
2011
Inherent Variability in Short-time Wind Turbine Statistics from Turbulence Structure in the Atmospheric Surface Layer
A Lavely, G Vijayakumar, J Brasseur, E Paterson, M Kinzel
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, G27. 006, 2011