Lab Director / Associate Professor
Michael P. Kinzel
Computational fluid dynamics, multiphase flow, rotorcraft and hypersonic aerodynamics
active2025–2027
Design of Aerothermal Protection Systems for Cargo Downmassing
Design and analysis of thermal protection systems for high-speed atmospheric entry vehicles used to return cargo to Earth, addressing aerothermal loading during hypersonic reentry.
- Sponsor
- U.S. Air Force (subcontract through Cardinal Engineering)
- Funding
- $295,000
- Collaborators
- Cardinal Engineering
Team
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Related Publications
2026
A Semi-Empirical Model of the Heatshield Separation: Application to Titan
EG Clutter, M Kinzel, P do Vale Pereira
AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 0702, 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
2025
Dragonfly: An Evaluation of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Heatshield Separation on Titan
EG Clutter, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 2549, 2025
2025
Entry Capsule Heatshield Transpiration Cooling Effects Observed in Boundary Layer
C Anderson, MP Kinzel, AJ Brune
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 1038, 2025
2024
Numerical Implementation of Source Terms to Evaluate Active Porosity Control using a Transpiration Cooled Thermal Protection System
C Anderson, M Kinzel, AJ Brune
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, 3542, 2024
2024
DragonFly: A Study of the Effect of the Heatshield Separation
EG Clutter, M Kinzel
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, 3935, 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
Understanding Heat Transfer Effects on Hypersonic Flow: Implications for Aerodynamic Design
K Pionessa, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 1971, 2024
2024
Data-driven modeling to predict aerodynamic loads on reentry vehicles
ZA Miles, M Kinzel, S Lopez
AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, 4410, 2024
2023
Numerical Evaluation of Entry System Trajectory Control via Active Porosity Control of Transpiration Cooled Thermal Protection System
C Anderson, MP Kinzel
AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 0391, 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
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