Russell Cummings works on computational aerodynamics and simulation of maneuvering aircraft, which requires the use of state-of-the-art supercomputers. He also works in high speed flight and aircraft design, and is active in engineering education reform.
Articles
Assessment of Sting Effect on X-31 Aircraft Model Using CFD (with Adam Jirásek), 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (2010)
The article describes the computational evaluation of the effect a belly mounted sting on the...
Improved Methodologies for Maneuver Design of Aircraft Stability and Control Simulations (with Adam Jirásek, Tiger L. Jeans, Mathew Martenson, and Keith Bergeron), 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition (2010)
With many modern fighter aircraft experiencing unpredicted flight dynamics during flight tests, recent research has...
Lessons Learned from the Numerical Investigations on the VFE-2 Configuration (with Willy Fritz), Report: Understanding and Modeling Vortical Flows to Improve the Technology Readiness Level for Military Aircraft (2009)
The Second International Vortex Flow Experiment provided a variety of experimental data for a 65°...
Numerical Solutions for the CAWAPI Configuration on Unstructured Grids at USAFA, United States (with Scott A. Morton and David R. McDaniel), Report: Understanding and Modeling Vortical Flows to Improve the Technology Readiness Level for Military Aircraft (2009)
Numerical Solutions for the VFE-2 Configuration on Unstructured Grids at USAFA, United States (with Andreas Schϋtte), Report: Understanding and Modeling Vortical Flows to Improve the Technology Readiness Level for Military Aircraft (2009)
The numerical simulation of the flow for the VFE-2 configuration with rounded leading edges is...