RESUMÉ

Kemal Bulent YUCEIL

DEGREES

Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, December 1995
Dissertation: An Experimental Investigation of a Forward-Facing Nose Cavity on a Blunt Body at Mach 5.
(Prof. Dr. David S. Dolling / Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dennis Wilson)

M.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1989

Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interaction induced by Cylindrical Obstacles.
(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oktay Ozcan / Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fevzi Unal)

B.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 1987

EMPLOYMENT

Trisonic Research Center, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey  1999 - present                          

• Director
   

Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey                                     1998 - present                          

• Assistant Professor

Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey                                     1988 - 1998

• Research Assistant

Institute for Advanced Technology, Austin, TX                                                  1992 - 1996

• Research Assistant
• Performed experimental study on reduction of nose heating in hypervelocity projectiles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PIV and pitot pressure measurements in Highly Underexpanded Sonic/Supersonic Jet Flows

Supersonic wind tunnel testing and operation

Shock-wave / Turbulent Boundary-Layer Interaction

Aerothermodynamics of hypervelocity projectiles

Reduction of blunt nose heating using forward-facing cavity

Using high-speed data acquisition systems

Performed measurements using high-frequency response pressure transducers

Performed temperature measurements using IR camera in supersonic flow

Performed experiments of shock wave visualization using PLMS (Planar Laser Mie Scattering) in supersonic air flow.

Used standard and high-order statistical methods for analysis of random data

Code development for reduction and analysis of experimental data

2-D Euler code using Finite Volume Method

UNIX, MacOS, Windows

FORTRAN, QuickBasic

MSWord, DeltaGraph (plotting and charting)

PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL
ARTICLES

K. Bülent Yüceil and M. Volkan Ötügen, “Scaling Parameters for Underexpanded Supersonic Jets,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 4206-4215, December 2002.

K.B. Yüceil and D.S. Dolling, “Infrared Imaging and Shock Visualization of Flow over Concave Blunt Bodies,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 375-383, July-September 1997.

Oktay Özcan and K. Bülent Yüceil, “Comment on “Supersonic Separation with Obstructions”,” Reader’s Forum, AIAA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 8,. pp. 1423-1424, August 1997.

W.A. Engblom, B. Yüceil, D.B. Goldstein, D.S. Dolling, “Experimental and Numerical Study of Hypersonic Forward-Facing Cavity Flow,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 353-359, May-June 1996.

K.B. Yüceil and D.S. Dolling, “Nose Cavity Effects on Blunt Body Pressure and Temperatures at Mach 5,” Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 612-619, October-December 1995.

Oktay Özcan and Bülent K. Yüceil, “Cylinder-Induced Shock-Wave Boundary Layer Interaction,” Technical Note, AIAA Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4,. pp. 1130-1132, April 1992.
 

PAPERS (INTERNATIONAL)

K.B. Yüceil, M.V. Ötügen, and E. Arik, “Interferometric Rayleigh Scattering and PIV Measurements in the Near Field of Underexpanded Sonic Jets,” AIAA Paper 2003-0917, January 2003.

K.B. Yüceil, and M.V. Ötügen, “Scaling Parameters for Underexpanded Sonic Jets,” AIAA Paper 2001-1052, January 2001.

K.B. Yuceil, M.V. Otugen and E. Arik, “Underexpanded sonic jets: A PIV study,” 10^th International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, Lisbon, 10-13 July, 2000.

K.B. Yuceil and D.S. Dolling, “IR Imaging and Shock Visualization of Flow over a Blunt Body with a Nose Cavity,” AIAA Paper 96-0232, January 1996.

W.A. Engblom, B. Yüceil, D.B. Goldstein, and D.S. Dolling, “Hypersonic Forward-Facing Cavity Flow: An Experimental and Numerical Study,” AIAA Paper 95-0293, January 1995.

B. Yuceil and D.S. Dolling, “Effects of a Nose Cavity on Heat Transfer and Flowfield Over a Blunt Body at Mach 5,” AIAA Paper 94-2050, June 1994.

B. Yuceil, D.S.Dolling, and D. Wilson, “A Preliminary Investigation of the Helmholtz Resonator Concept for Heat Flux Reduction,” AIAA Paper 93-2742, July 1993.

B. Yuceil and D.S. Dolling, “Use of an Inframetrics 600 Imaging System for Temperature Measurements in a Mach 5 Blowdown Tunnel,” Presented at 79^th Meeting of Supersonic Tunnel Association at the University of Texas at Arlington, March 28-30, 1993.

Ü. Gülçat, B. Yüceil and H. Kul, “Numerical Flow Simulation and Visualization with Computer Generated Imagery,” Proceedings of the IASTED International Symposium Applied Simulation and Modelling- ASM ‘90 held in Lugano, Switzerland, Ed. M.H. Hamza, pp. 135-138, June 18-20, 1990.

 

PAPERS (NATIONAL)

                    İ Fenercioğlu, T. Balkan, K.B. Yüceil ve F.O. Edis, “Ucunda Oyuk Bulunan Küt Burunlu bir Cismin Süpersonik Hızlarda Deneysel ve Hesaplamalı Olarak İncelenmesi,” Kayseri IV. Havacılık Sempozyumu, Kayseri, 13-                15 Mayıs 2002.

Oktay Özcan ve Bülent K. Yüceil, “Silindirik bir Çıkıntı üzerindeki Süpersonik Akım,” ODTÜ Havacılık Mühendisliği Bölümü’nün Onuncu Kuruluş Yılı Sempozyumu, ODTÜ, Ankara, Türkiye, 177-186, 22-26 Haziran 1992.

HONOURS, AWARDS

Scholarship awarded to Research Assistants for Ph..D. in the U.S.A. by the Turkish Higher Education Council

Full Coverage 1991-1995

Second Place in the 1990 Competition for Scientific Publication by the Turkish Air Association

Ankara, 1990

REFERENCES

Dr. David S. Dolling
Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1085
Phone: (512) 471-4470, Fax: (512) 471-3788
E-mail:ddolling@mail.utexas.edu

Dr. Volkan Otugen
Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Phone: (718) 260-3217/3160, Fax: (718) 260-3532
E-mail: votugen@poly.edu

Dr. Oktay Özcan
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Yildiz Technical University, Besiktas, Istanbul 34349, Turkey
Phone: +90 (212) 259-7070 ext-2624, Fax: +90 (212) 261-6659
E-mail: oktayo@yildiz.edu.tr

PERSONAL

Date and place of birth: 13 July 1966, Zonguldak, Turkey

Address: Istanbul Technical University
               Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics
               Maslak, Istanbul 34469, Turkey

Phone: +90 (212) 285-3137 (work), +90 (212) 285-7011 (home)
Fax:     +90 (212) 285-3139

E-mail: yuceil@itu.edu.tr

Updated 3/5/2004

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