Principal Investigator Bio
Dr. Schuyler Hinman completed his PhD in 2017 at the University of Calgary in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing engineering. Dr. Hinman was published numerous papers on topics ranging from high speed gas dynamics, diagnostics, CFD methods, and design optimization. Upon leaving the university he began consulting for private industry through his firm STF Solutions. Clients were primarily in aerospace and renewable energy. In 2019, Schuyler joined a former client Atlantis Research Labs as a Senior R&D engineer. At Atlantis he worked to advance their patented ramjet intake system, and aided the development of their waste gas incinerators for greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
Finally, in 2021, Schuyler took an opportunity to return to the University of Calgary as an Assistant Professor in the department where he received his PhD. Ongoing research in the Applied CFD and Aero Design Lab are in 3 main areas (i) Applied Aerodynamics and Design (ii) Hypersonics and (iii) industrial thermo fluids. These three areas are inspired by Dr. Hinman’s passion for fluid dynamics, aerospace, and his background and experiences in the traditional mechanical engineering industry.
Students and researchers
The Applied CFD & Aero-Design lab is currently seeking qualified and enthusiastic individuals looking to pursue a Master’s or PhD at the University of Calgary in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, as well as undergraduate research assistants already enrolled at the U of C.
For more info, please contact us through our contact form.
Software tools and resources
OpenFOAM
OpenFOAM is the 3rd most widely used CFD platform in the world and is becoming more popular every day. Our group utilizes OpenFOAM as it is widely validated, easily parallelized, and highly customizable.
Salome & Code-Aster
For tetrahedral meshing and pre-processing Salome is an excellent tool. As well, the available direct integration of Code-Aster into Salome-Meca allows our group to implement FEA into our analysis and workflows when we need it.
Fusion 360
We use the Fusion 360 Python API to its fullest potential allowing us to create custom features and scripts to optimize our workflow. Fusion 360 is an ideal solid modelling companion to CFD and FEA analyses.
cfMesh
There are numerous meshing tools available for CFD. In the open source domain, cfMesh stands out among the best. High quality hex-dominant grid resulting in low non-orthogonality and skew lead to fast convergence and stable dependable results.
Matlab & Python
Much of our work is done using custom codes and user created online toolboxes. Matlab and Python offer ideal development environments and built in tools for cutting edge aerospace analysis. Optimization toolboxes in both Matlab and Python are particularly useful.
HPC & Linux
CFD and numerical analysis are computationally expensive. In our lab, we have a local computer cluster for smaller cases. For larger cases, our lab has access to the University of Calgary HPC resources on ARC, as well as the HPC compute resource from Westgrid and Compute Canada.
Publications
PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
Ward, R., Readman, B., O’yeung, B., Hinman, W. S., (2023) “Conceptual optimization of remotely piloted amphibious aircraft for wildfire air attack”, Drone Systems and Applications, Vol. 11, pp. 1-16
McDougall, C., Hinman, W. S., Johansen C. T., Bathel, B., Inman, J., Danehy, P., (2020) “Evaluation of Nitric Oxide Laser-Induced Fluorescence Thermometry Techniques in a Hypersonic Boundary Layer”, Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 61, pp. 1-19
Jagannathan, R., Hinman, W.S., and Johansen, C., (2019), “Solution Verification of Multiphase Flows with One-Way Coupling”, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 42, pp. 1-13
Jagannathan, R., Hinman, W.S., and Johansen, C., (2019) “Performance assessment of supersonic and hypersonic intake systems with nano-particle injection,” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 159, pp. 609-621
Edwards, J., Hinman, W., Johansen, C. (2019) “Extracting mole fraction measurements from the visualization of a shock reflection” Journal of Visualization, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 35-49
Hinman, W., Johansen, C. (2018) “Mechanisms in the hypersonic laminar near wake of blunt body,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 839, pp. 33-75
Hinman, W., Johansen, C., and Rodi, P. (2017) “Optimization and analysis of hypersonic leading edge geometries,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 70, pp. 549-558
Hinman, W. and Johansen, C., (2017) “Reynolds and Mach number dependence of hypersonic blunt body laminar near wakes,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 500- 508
Hinman, W. and Johansen, C., (2016) "Rapid prediction of hypersonic blunt body flows for parametric design studies," Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 58, pp. 48-59
Hinman, W. and Johansen, C.T., (2015) “Interaction theory of hypersonic laminar near wake flow behind an adiabatic circular cylinder,” Shock Waves, Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 717-727
CONFERENCES
Bergen, W., Chan, M., & Hinman, W. S. (2024). Simulations of Slender Hypersonic Geometries with Blunt Leading Edges Using rhoCentralFoam. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 0669).
De Alwis, A., Ward, R., & Hinman, W. S. (2024). Updated Aerodynamic Analysis of Outboard Horizontal Stabilizers. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 2336).
Stannard, D., Hinman W., Johansen, C., (2019) “Visualization of two-phase CO2 flow across an orifice”,2019 Okanagan Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Canmore, Alberta
Doerksen, G., Hinman W., Ziade, P., Korobenko, A., Johansen, C. (2019) “A One-Dimensional Model for Incompressible Coaxial Confined Jet Entrainment”, Okanagan Fluids Meeting, Canmore, Alberta
Hill, C., Doerksen, G., Stannard, D., Hinman, W., Quinn, D., Johansen, C., (2018) “Development and Testing of a 4.4 kN Paraffin-based Hybrid Rocket Motor and Test Facility” (AIAA2018-4837), 2018 AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
Jagannathan, R., Hinman, W., Johansen, C., (2018) “Inter-Phase Momentum and Energy Transfer Effects of Nano-Aerosols on the Performance of Supersonic Intake Systems” (AIAA 2018-4936), 20th AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
McDougall CC, Hinman W., Johansen, C., Bathel, B., Inman, J, Danehy, P. (2018) “Nitric Oxide Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence Thermometry Measurements in a Hypersonic Boundary Layer”, 2018 Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
McDougall, C., Hinman, W.S., Johansen, C., Bathel, B., Inman, J., and Danehy, P., (2018) “Quantitative analysis of planar laser-induced fluorescence measurements in a hypersonic boundary layer,” International Symposia on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, Portugal
Hinman, W., and Johansen, C., (2017) “Laminar near wake of a hypersonic blunt body,” Okanagan Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Kelowna, Canada
Hinman, W., and Johansen, C., (2017) “Aft-body effects on lip shock-wave laminar free interaction,” 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves, Nagoya, Japan 2015
Hinman, W., Schmitt, S., Johansen, C., and Rodi, P., (2015) “Computational fluid dynamics study of optimized hypersonic leading edge geometries,” 20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Glasgow, Scotland
Hinman, W., Johansen, C., and Wilson, S. (2015) “Application of simplified numerical and analytical methods for rapid analysis in atmospheric entry vehicle design,” AIAA SciTech Kissimmee FL
Hinman, W., Johansen, C., Arisman, C., and Galuppo, W., (2014) “Numerical investigation of laminar near wake separation on circular cylinders at supersonic velocities,” Paper 2014-0597, 29th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Hinman, W.S., Wilson, S.J., and Johansen, C.T., (2014) “Prediction of hypersonic near-wake separation on circular cylinders,” CFD Society of Canada, Toronto, Canada