Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
completed2021–2024
Hypersonic Structural Loading Resulting from Shock-Droplet Interaction
Multiscale simulation and experimental characterization of shock-droplet interactions at hypersonic conditions, including cavitation effects, to assess structural loading on high-speed vehicles encountering rain and atmospheric water droplets.
- Sponsor
- AFOSR (subcontract through Boston University)
- Funding
- $503,794
- Collaborators
- Boston University
Team
Related Publications
2026
Novel Methods for Evaluating Shock-Droplet Interactions
B Cavainolo, K Nguyen, R Forehand, R Shannon, M Kinzel, S Grace
AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 1733, 2026
2026
Water Droplet Breakup in a Hypersonic Shock Environment
M Lindsay, SM Briggs, AJ Aguilera, S Vasu, M Kinzel, S Grace, et al.
AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 1736, 2026
2026
Effect of Entrapped Non-condensable Gas on Shock-Driven Droplet Deformation: Implications for Hypersonic Rain Environments
JP Roldan, B Cavainolo, R Shannon, GA Jaramillo, S Grace, M Kinzel
27th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies …, 2026
2025
Strategies in CFD Modeling: Hypersonic Cargo Delivery Gliders Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
SA Lopez, ZA Miles, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 1923, 2025
2024
Onto modeling of cavitation inside a cylindrical water column exposed to high-speed shocks
KC Nguyen, R Forehand, SM Briggs, N Berube, S Vasu, MP Kinzel, et al.
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2195, 2024
2024
A Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Cavitation on Hypersonic Shock-Raindrop Interaction and Breakup
R Forehand, K Nguyen, SM Briggs, N Berube, S Vasu, MP Kinzel, et al.
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2192, 2024
2024
Investigation of cavitation in water droplet breakup from shock waves
SM Briggs, N Berube, DR Dyson, A Aguilera, KC Nguyen, R Forehand, et al.
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2191, 2024
2024
Understanding Heat Transfer Effects on Hypersonic Flow: Implications for Aerodynamic Design
K Pionessa, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 1971, 2024
2023
Multi-Scale modeling of Shock-Droplet interaction within a shock tube
R Forehand, KC Nguyen, C Anderson, SM Briggs, N Berube, S Vasu, et al.
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2304, 2023
2023
A numerical assessment of shock–droplet interaction modeling including cavitation
RW Forehand, KC Nguyen, CJ Anderson, R Shannon, SM Grace, et al.
Physics of Fluids 35 (2), 2023
2023
Numerical Modeling of Compression Waves for Hypersonic Shock-Cylinder Interaction with Cavitation
K Nguyen, R Forehand, M Kinzel, S Grace
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2023
2023
A Numerical Assessment of Hypersonic Raindrop Interaction: Understanding Cavitation-Induced Fragmentation
R Forehand, K Nguyen, M Kinzel
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2023
2022
Simulation of Cavitation during Shock-Droplet Interaction
K Nguyen, R Forehand, M Kinzel, S Grace
Bulletin of the American Physical Society 67, 2022
2022
Multi-Scale Modeling of a Shock Tube to Examine Shock-Droplet Interaction
RW Forehand, KC Nguyen, S Briggs, N Berube, CJ Anderson, MP Kinzel, et al.
75th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, 2022
2021
Shock-raindrop interaction and potential for cavitation-induced droplet breakup
C Anderson, M Kinzel
Proc., 11th Int. Symp. on Cavitation (CAV2021). Berlin: Springer, 2021
2021
Measurement and quantification of acoustic bulk cavitation extent
JJ Esplin, BJ Kim, MP Kinzel, RL Culver
Experiments in Fluids 62 (8), 158, 2021
2020
In-situ xrd characterization of multilayered ceramic composite systems for hypersonic applications
J Hernandez, Q Fouliard, C Anderson, M Northam, K Vo, J Clabaugh, et al.
23rd AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies …, 2020
2019
An assessment of computational fluid dynamics cavitation models using bubble growth theory and bubble transport modeling
MP Kinzel, JW Lindau, RF Kunz
Journal of Fluids Engineering 141 (4), 041301, 2019
2018
An Evaluation of CFD Cavitation Models using Streamline Data
MP Kinzel, JW Lindau, RF Kunz
Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2018), 51-56, 2018
2017
Lindau, and Robert Kunz. A Unified Model for Cavitation
MP Kinzel, W Jules
FEDSM17 2017 ASME, 2017
2017
A unified homogenous multiphase CFD model for cavitation
MP Kinzel, JW Lindau, RF Kunz
Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 58059, V01BT11A020, 2017
2017
An assessment of CFD cavitation models using bubble growth theory and bubble transport modeling
MP Kinzel, RF Kunz, JW Lindau
17th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating …, 2017
2016
Bulk cavitation extent modeling: An energy-based approach
JJ Esplin, BJ Kim, MP Kinzel, RL Culver
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140 (4), 2016
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
2009
A level-set approach for large scale cavitation
MP Kinzel, JW Lindau, RF Kunz
2009 DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users Group …, 2009
2008
Free-surface proximity effects in developed and super-cavitation
MP Kinzel, JW Lindau, RF Kunz
2008 DoD HPCMP Users Group Conference, 25-34, 2008
2006
CFD simulations of oscillating hydrofoils with cavitation
M Kinzel, S Willits, J Lindau, D Boger, R Kunz, R Medvitz, R Noack
44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 1279, 2006