Research Summary
Aerodynamics, wind energy and rotorcraft aeromechanics. His research interests further include developing best practices to help wind turbine operators adjust blade angle, pitch and speed so that the machines can ride out an ice storm and its aftermath with minimal damage and power degradation, and assessing the complex flows around helicopter rotor hubs using one-quarter scale models submerged in the Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel at ARL (the Applied Research Lab).
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Recent Publications
Analytical and Experimental Power Minimization for Fixed-Pitch Coaxial Rotors in Hover
Opazo, T. I., Raja Zahirudin, R. A., Palacios, J., Schmitz, S. & Langelaan, J. W., Mar 2023, In: Journal of Aircraft. 60, 2, p. 546-559 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Three Rotor Hub Flow Prediction Workshops (2016–2020): What Did We Learn and What’s Next?
Schmitz, S., Tierney, C., Reich, D., Jaffa, N., Centolanza, L. R. & Thomas, M. L., Jan 2023, In: Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 68, 1, 012005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Drag Decomposition Using Partial-Pressure Fields: ONERA M6 Wing
Hart, P. L. & Schmitz, S., 2022, In: AIAA journal. 60, 5, p. 2941-2952 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Partial Pressure Field for Airfoil Wave Drag
Hart, P. L. & Schmitz, S., Oct 2022, In: AIAA journal. 60, 10, p. 5791-5804 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fatigue study of an inverse-designed low induction rotor using open-source tools
Major, D., Churchfield, M. & Schmitz, S., Jun 2 2022, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2265, 4, 042034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Full-Scale Reynolds Number Testing of Rotor Hub Drag and Wake Turbulence
Reich, D. B., Krane, M. H., Willits, S. M. & Schmitz, S., Oct 2022, In: Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 67, 4, 042008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On the Influence of Inflow Model Selection for Time-Domain Tiltrotor Aeroelastic Analysis
Corle, E., Floros, M. & Schmitz, S., Jul 2021, In: Journal of the American Helicopter Society. 66, 3, 032009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Efficient computational fluid dynamics approach for coaxial rotor simulations in hover
Cornelius, J. K., Schmitz, S. & Kinzel, M. P., 2021, In: Journal of Aircraft. 58, 1, p. 197-202 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Large-Eddy Simulation of Titan's near-surface atmosphere: Convective turbulence and flow over dunes with application to Huygens and Dragonfly
Lavely, A., Lorenz, R. & Schmitz, S., Mar 15 2021, In: Icarus. 357, 114229.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prediction of aerodynamically-triggered condensation: Application to the Dragonfly rotorcraft in Titan's atmosphere
Lorenz, R. D., Schmitz, S. & Kinzel, M., Jul 2021, In: Aerospace Science and Technology. 114, 106738.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Aerodynamics of leading-edge protection tapes for wind turbine blades
Major, D., Palacios, J., Maughmer, M. & Schmitz, S., Oct 2021, In: Wind Engineering. 45, 5, p. 1296-1316 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Numerical Model for the Analysis of Leading-Edge Protection Tapes for Wind Turbine Blades
Major, D., Palacios, J., Maughmer, M. & Schmitz, S., Mar 3 2020, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1452, 1, 012058.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Effects of atmospheric turbulence unsteadiness on ship airwakes and helicopter dynamics
Thedin, R., Murman, S. M., Horn, J. & Schmitz, S., 2020, In: Journal of Aircraft. 57, 3, p. 534-546 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Drag decomposition using partial-pressure fields in the compressible Navier-Stokes equations
Schmitz, S., May 2019, In: AIAA journal. 57, 5, p. 2030-2038 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coupled simulations of atmospheric turbulence-modified ship airwakes and helicopter flight dynamics
Thedin, R., Kinzel, M. P., Horn, J. F. & Schmitz, S., 2019, In: Journal of Aircraft. 56, 2, p. 812-824 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review