Chunpei Cai

Contact

ccai@mtu.edu
906-487-3286
R. L. Smith 1013

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

PhD, Aerospace Engineering, the University of Michigan (2005)
MS, Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University (1999)
MS, Fluid Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1997)
BEng, Naval Architecture, Harbin Engineering University (1994)

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Areas of Expertise

Fluid dynamics
Aerospace and space engineering
Computational fluid dynamics

Research Interests

Rarefied and non-equilibrium gas dynamics
Plasma simulations
Electric propulsion
Computational fluid dynamics

Recent Publications

Cai, Shan, Cai, Chunpei, Li, J. "Jet Loads on a Plate with Different Knudsen Numbers," Physics of Fluids, Vol. 30, No. 12, Dec 2018, Article 127101, 5 pages. DOI:10.1063/1.5064710
Zhang, Kai, Cai, Chunpei, "Simple Relations for Electron Temperature and Potential in Dilute Cold Plasma Flows," Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, No. 1, Dec 2018, Article 12128, DOI:10.1063/1.5010768
Zhang, Kai, Cai, Chunpei, and Cooke, David, "Simple Relations for Electron Temperature and Potential in Dilute Cold Plasma Flows," Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Article 012128, 7 pages, online Jan 2018. DOI: 10.1063/1.5010768
Cai, Chunpei, He, Xin, Zhang, Kai, "Comprehensive Studies on Rarefied Jet and Jet Impingement Flows with Gaskinetic Methods," Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 712-741, Sep 2017. DOI:10.4208/cicp.OA-2016-0165
Cai, S., Cai, Chunpei, Zhang, K., "Rarefication Effects on Jet Impingement Loads," Aerospace, Vol. 4, No. 3, Article 4030048 11 pages, Sep 2017. DOI: 10.3390/aerospace40300
Cai, C., and He, X., "Detailed Flowfield and Surface Properties for High Knudsen Number Planar Jet Impingement at an Inclined Flat Plate," Physics of Fluids, Vol 28, No. 5, Article No. 056103, 30 pages, May 2016. DOI: 10.1063/1.4948365
Cai, C., "Numerical Simulations of High Enthalpy Flows Around Entry Bodies," Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, Vol 29, No.2, pp.326-334,, April, 2016. DOI:10.1016/j.cja.2016.02.009
Cai, C., and Cooke, D., "A Simple Model For Electron Temperature In Dilute Plasma Flows", Physics of Plasma, Vol.23, 103513October, 2016. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4965229
Cai, C., He, X., and Zhang, K., "Comprehensive Studies on Rarefied Jet and Jet Impingement Flows With Gaskinetic Methods", Communication in Computational Physics, Vol.23, No.3, pp.712-741, Sept.2017.
Cai, C., "A New Gaskinetic Model to Analyze Facility or Dilute Background Flow Effects on Weak Gaseous Jet Flows From Electric Propulsion Devices", Aerospace, Vol.4, No.5.
Cai, C., "Gaskinetic Modeling on Dilute Gaseous Plume Impingement Flows", Aerospace, Vol.3, No.4, pp.43. doi:10.3390/aerospace3040043.
He, X., and Cai, C., "Near Continuum Velocity and Temperature Coupled Compressible Boundary Layer Flow over a Flat Plate", Brazilian Journal of Physics, available on line, Feb.2017. doi:10.1007/s13538-017-0488-x
Cai, C., "An Improved Electron Pre-Sheath Model for TSS-1R Current Enhancement Computation", Vol.4, No.15, 2017. doi:10.3390/aerospace4010016.
Li, J., and Cai, C., "Numerical Studies on Thermal Transpiration Flows", Physics of Fluids, under review.
Cai, C., Zhang, K., and Cooke, D., "Two Simple Relations For Electron Temperature and Potentials in Unsteady, Cold Plasma Flows," Physics of Plasma, under review.

Teaching Statement

Dr. Cai is interested in fluid dynamics, aerospace and space engineering, gas dynamics, and electric propulsion.