Martinelli
Luigi Martinelli, Associate Professor
Ph.D.Princeton University ( 1987)
Profile
Professor Martinelli's primary interests are in simulation of viscous flow past complex configurations with application to aircraft and ship design.
Joint University Program for Air Transportation Research
Principal Research Efforts
- Computational Algorithms for Aerodynamic Analysis and Design, and Multidisciplinary Optimization (AFOSR)
- Fundamental Physiochemical Processes in High Reynolds Number Flows: Theory, Simulations, and Experiments (DARPA)
- Turbulent Reacting Flows at High Speed (URI/AFOSR)
Selected Publications
- (with A. Jameson, N. Pierce), "Optimum Aerodynamic Design Using the Navier-Stokes Calculations," AIAA 97-0101, 35th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, January 1997.
- (with A. Below), "Three-Dimensional Unsteady Incompressible Flow Computations Using Multigrid," AIAA 97-0443, 35th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, January 1997.
- (with A. Jameson and S. Sheffer), "Parallel Computation of Supersonic Reactive Flows with Detailed Chemistry", AIAA 97-0899, 35th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, January 1997.
- (with A. Jameson), "Mesh Refinement and Modeling Errors in Flow Simulations", AIAA 96-2050, 27th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, New Orleans, June 1996 (submitted to AIAA Journal, August 1996.)
- (with K. Xu, C. Kim and A. Jameson), "BGK-Based Schemes for the Simulation of Compressible Flow", IJCFD, Vol. 7, pp. 213-235, 1996.