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Christopher L. Rumsey

Christopher L. Rumsey

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
49
Citations
8647
World Ranking
1227
National Ranking
497

Overview

Christopher L. Rumsey is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States. Their research contributions lie primarily within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. They have also worked in Applied Mathematics, Environmental Engineering, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The main topics addressed in their research include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows, Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Model Reduction and Neural Networks, and Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis.

Rumsey has published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • AIAA Journal
  • Journal of Aircraft
  • AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM
  • AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum

Several recent papers authored or coauthored by Rumsey are:

  • Improvements to the Quadratic Constitutive Relation Based on NASA Juncture Flow Data, 2020, AIAA Journal
  • Requirements and Challenges for CFD Validation within the High-Lift Common Research Model Ecosystem, 2020, AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM
  • Fourth High-Lift Prediction/Third Geometry and Mesh Generation Workshops: Overview and Summary, 2023, Journal of Aircraft
  • Length-Scale Correction for Reynolds-Stress Modeling, 2020, AIAA Journal
  • In Search of Data-Driven Improvements to RANS Models Applied to Separated Flows, 2022, AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum

Rumsey's frequent coauthors include Thomas H. Pulliam, Nashat N. Ahmad, Philippe R. Spalart, Jeffrey P. Slotnick, and Bernhard Eisfeld.

Best Publications

  • Effective Inflow Conditions for Turbulence Models in Aerodynamic Calculations

    Philippe R. Spalart;Christopher L. Rumsey

  • Prediction of high lift: review of present CFD capability

    Christopher L. Rumsey;Susan X. Ying

  • Assessment of two-equation turbulence models for transonic flows

    Florian Menter;Christopher Rumsey

  • Overview and Summary of the Third AIAA High Lift Prediction Workshop.

    Christopher L Rumsey;Jeffrey P Slotnick;Anthony J Sclafani

  • Summary of the First AIAA CFD High-Lift Prediction Workshop

    C. L. Rumsey;J. P. Slotnick;M. Long;R. A. Stuever

  • A natural low-frequency oscillation of the flow over an airfoil near stalling conditions

    K. B. M. Q. Zaman;D. J. Mckinzie;C. L. Rumsey

  • Overview and Summary of the Second AIAA High-Lift Prediction Workshop

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  • Turbulence Model Behavior in Low Reynolds Number Regions of Aerodynamic Flowfields

    Christopher L. Rumsey;Philippe R. Spalart

  • Apparent Transition Behavior of Widely-Used Turbulence Models

    Christopher L. Rumsey

  • Summary of Data from the Fifth Computational Fluid Dynamics Drag Prediction Workshop

    David W. Levy;Kelly R. Laflin;Edward N. Tinoco;John C. Vassberg

  • Summary of the 2004 Cfd Validation Workshop on Synthetic Jets and Turbulent Separation Control

    Christopher Rumsey;Thomas Gatski;William Sellers;Veer Vatsa

  • Computation of Vortex Shedding and Radiated Sound for a Circular Cylinder: Subcritical to Transcritical Reynolds Numbers

    Jared S. Cox;Kenneth Steven Brentner;Christopher L. Rumsey

  • Summary of the 2004 Computational Fluid Dynamics Validation Workshop on Synthetic Jets

    Christopher L. Rumsey;T. B. Gatski;W. L. Sellers;V. N. Vasta

  • Description of a Website Resource for Turbulence Modeling Verification and Validation

    Christopher L. Rumsey;Brian R. Smith;George P. Huang

  • Recent Turbulence Model Advances Applied to Multi-Element Airfoil Computations

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  • Verification and Validation of a Second-Moment-Closure Model

    Bernhard Eisfeld;Christopher Rumsey;Vamshi Togiti

  • Summary of Data from the Fifth AIAA CFD Drag Prediction Workshop

    David W. Levy;Kelly R. Laflin;Edward N. Tinoco;John C. Vassberg

  • Turbulence Model Predictions of Strongly Curved Flow in a U-Duct

    Christopher L. Rumsey;Thomas B. Gatski;Joseph H. Morrison

  • Uncertainty Quantification of Turbulence Model Closure Coefficients for Transonic Wall-Bounded Flows

    John Schaefer;Serhat Hosder;Thomas K. West Iv;Christopher Rumsey

  • Numerical study of turbulent separation bubbles with varying pressure gradient and Reynolds number.

    G. N. Coleman;C. L. Rumsey;P. R. Spalart

  • Prediction of Nonequilibrium Turbulent Flows with Explicit Algebraic Stress Models

    Ridha Abid;Christopher Rumsey;Thomas Gatski

  • Towards Verification of Unstructured-Grid Solvers

    James L. Thomas;Boris Diskin;Christopher L. Rumsey

  • CFL3D: Its History and Some Recent Applications

    C L Rumsey;R T Biedron;J L Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Gnoffo
Peter A. Gnoffo Langley Research Center
Philippe R. Spalart
Philippe R. Spalart Boeing (United States)
Khairul Q. Zaman
Khairul Q. Zaman Glenn Research Center
David Greenblatt
David Greenblatt Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Jack R. Edwards
Jack R. Edwards North Carolina State University
Paul G. Tucker
Paul G. Tucker University of Cambridge
Dimitri J. Mavriplis
Dimitri J. Mavriplis University of Wyoming
William L. Oberkampf
William L. Oberkampf Sandia National Laboratories
Israel J Wygnanski
Israel J Wygnanski University of Arizona

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