David W. Riggins Associate Professor Aerospace Engineering |
David W. Riggins 443 Dougherty Hall |
Teaching Aerospace Propulsion |
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Education Ph.D 1988, Virginia Tech |
Research Hypersonic Propulsion Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Fluid dynamics, aerospace propulsion, hypersonics, aerospace engine performance, combustion modeling, computational fluid dynamics, numerical methods.
| 1999 - Present | Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Science Department, University of Tennessee |
| 1996 - 1999 | Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, University of Missouri - Rolla. |
| 1990-1996 | Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, University of Missouri - Rolla. |
| 1988-1990 | Research Scientist, Analytical Services and Materials, Hampton, VA. |
| 1985-1988 | Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech. |
| 1982-1985 | Mechanical Engineer, Vehicle Technology Division, Naval Coastal Systems Center, Panama City, Florida. |
| 1981-1982: | Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech. |
| 1980 | Test Engineer, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia. |
| AIAA, JANNAF, Sigma Gamma Tau (Professional Society for Aeronautical Engineering) |
Riggins, D. W. and Nelson, H. F., "Hypersonic Flow Control Using Upstream Focused
Energy Deposition", submitted to AIAA Journal, accepted pending revision, January
1999.
Scott, T. and Riggins, D.W., "Work Interaction in Quasi-One-Dimensional Flows",
submitted to
AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, accepted pending revision, September 1999.
Riggins, D. W., Nelson, H. F., and Johnson, E., "Blunt Body Wave Drag Reduction Using
Focused Energy Deposition", AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 460-467, 1999.
Riggins, D. W., McClinton, C. R., and Vitt, P. H., "Thrust Losses in Hypersonic
Engines Part 1: Methodology, AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.
281-287, 1997.
Riggins, D. W., "Thrust Losses in Hypersonic Engines Part 2: Applications, AIAA
Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 288-295, 1997.
Riggins, D. W., "Evaluation of Performance Loss Methods for High-Speed Engines and
Engine Components", AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.
296-304, 1997.
Riggins, D. W. and Vitt, P. H., "Vortex Generation and Mixing in Three-Dimensional
Supersonic Combustors," AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp.
419-426, 1995.
Riggins, D. W., McClinton, C. R., Bittner, R. D. and Rogers, C. R., "Investigation of
Scramjet Injection Strategies for High Mach Number Flows," AIAA Journal of Propulsion
and Power, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 409-418, 1995.
Riggins, D. W., Underwood, M., McMillin, B., Reeves, L., and Lu, E., "Modeling of
Supersonic Combustor Flows Using Parallel Computing," Computing Systems in
Engineering Journal, Vol. 3, Nos. 1-4, pp. 217-229, 1992.
Drummond, J. P., Carpenter, M. H., and Riggins, D. W., "Mixing and Mixing Enhancement
in Supersonic Reacting Flowfields," Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series;
High-Speed Flight Propulsion Systems, Vol. 137, pp. 383-455, 1991.
Riggins, D. W., Walters, R. W., and Pelletier, D., "Efficient Use of Direct Solvers
for the Calculation of Compressible Flows," American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics Journal, 29, 2, 311, February 1991.
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