Contact
Pfaffenwaldring 29
70569 Stuttgart
Deutschland
Room: 2.34
Subject
Numerical simulation of rarefied gases with PICLas
- Stochastic, particle-based multiscale methods for simulating gases in thermochemical non-equilibrium
- Multispecies problems and chemically reactive gas mixtures
- Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook and Fokker-Planck methods
Projects
2025
- 1. F. Tuttas and M. Pfeiffer, “Modeling of Particle-Based BGK Methods for the Simulation of Chemically Reactive Gas Mixtures in Multi-Scale Flows,” in 3rd International Conference on Flight Vehicles, Aerothermodynamics and Re-entry (FAR), Arcachon, France, May 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391316219_Modeling_of_Particle-Based_BGK_Methods_for_the_Simulation_of_Chemically_Reactive_Gas_Mixtures_in_Multi-Scale_Flows
- 2. F. Tuttas and M. Pfeiffer, “Multi-Scale Gas Kinetic Simulations for Chemically Reactive Flows,” 22nd International Planetary Probe Workshop, 2025. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16441.28000.
2024
- 3. G. Herdrich et al., “System design study of a VLEO satellite platform using the IRS RF helicon-based plasma thruster,” Acta Astronautica, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.11.009.
- 4. F. Hild and M. Pfeiffer, “Multi-species modeling in the particle-based ellipsoidal statistical Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook method including internal degrees of freedom,” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 514, p. 113226, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113226.
- 5. F. Hild and M. Pfeiffer, “Simulation of Multi-species Non-equilibrium Gas Flows with the Particle-based Ellipsoidal Statistical Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook Method,” in 32nd International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, R. S. Myong, K. Xu, and J.-S. Wu, Eds., in AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2996. American Institute of Physics, 2024, p. 60001. doi: 10.1063/5.0187423.
2022
- 6. F. Hild, C. Traub, M. Pfeiffer, J. Beyer, and S. Fasoulas, “Optimisation of satellite geometries in Very Low Earth Orbits for drag minimisation and lifetime extension,” Acta astronautica, vol. 201, Art. no. December, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.09.032.
- 7. F. Hild, M. Pfeiffer, C. Traub, J. Beyer, and S. Fasoulas, “Results of a VLEO Satellite Design Optimisation for Drag Minimisation,” in 2nd International Conference on Flight Vehicles, Aerothermodynamics and Re-entry Missions & Engineering (FAR), Heilbronn, Germany, Jun. 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362620800_Results_of_a_VLEO_Satellite_Design_Optimisation_for_Drag_Minimisation
2020
- 8. F. Hild, M. Ehresmann, and G. Herdrich, “Concept design of an in-orbit propulsion system based on magnetofluids,” in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2020.
2019
- 9. M. Ehresmann et al., “Experiment results and post-flight analysis of the ISS student experiment PAPELL,” in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2019.
2018
- 10. A. Causevic, P. Sahli, F. Hild, K. Grunwald, M. Ehresmann, and G. Herdrich, “Papell: Interaction study of ferrofluid with electromagnets of an experiment on the international space station,” in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2018.
- 11. F. Hild et al., “PAPELL: Final student experiment design of a non-mechanical pumping system on the ISS,” in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2018.
2017
- 12. J. Weppler et al., “Überflieger - A student competition for iss experiments,” in Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2017, pp. 11157–11168.
Tutorial "Thermal Rockets" for Lecture "Space Systems", B. Sc. Aerospace Engineering, 5th Semester