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Franziska Tuttas

M.Sc.

Research Associate
Institute of Space Systems
Numerical Simulation

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

  1. 2025

    1. 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. 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.
  2. 2024

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
  3. 2022

    1. 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.
    2. 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
  4. 2020

    1. 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.
  5. 2019

    1. 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.
  6. 2018

    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  7. 2017

    1. 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

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