Jones Aerodynamics Laboratory

Selected Articles

Gementzopoulos, A., Sedky, G., and Jones, A. R. (2024). Role of Vorticity Distribution in the Rise and Fall of Lift During a Transverse Gust Encounter. To appear in Physical Review Fluids.
Xu, X., Gementzopoulos, A., Sedky, G., Jones, A. R., and Lagor, F. D. (2023). Optimal Wing Maneuvers Design in a Transverse Gust Encounter Using Iterative Input-Output Optimization. To appear in Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Towne, A., Dawson, S. T. M., and Brès, G. A., Lozano-Durán, A., Saxton-Fox, T., Parthasarathy, A., Jones, A.R., Biler, H., Yeh, C.-A., Patel, H.D., and Taira, K. (2023). A Database for Reduced-Complexity Modeling of Fluid Flows. AIAA Journal. Online May 2023. doi: 10.2514/1.J062203
Sedky, G., Gementzopoulos, A., Lagor, F. D., and Jones, A. R. (2023). Experimental Mitigation of Large-Amplitude Transverse Gusts via Closed-Loop Pitch Control. Physical Review Fluids, 8(6). Online June 8, 2023. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.064701
Wild, O. D. and Jones, A. R. (2023). Vortex Identification and Quantification on Blunt Trailing-Edged Rotor Blades in Reverse Flow. AIAA Journal. Online April 2, 2023. doi: /10.2514/1.J062576
Gardner, T., Jones, A., Mulleners, K., Naughton, J., and Smith, M. (2023). Review of Rotating Wing Dynamic Stall: Experiments and Flow Control. Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 137. Online February 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2023.100887
Xu, X., Gementzopoulos, A., Sedky, G., Jones, A. R., and Lagor, F. D. (2023). Iterative Maneuver Optimization in a Transverse Gust Encounter. AIAA Journal, 61(5). Online February 2023. doi:10.2514/1.J062404
Mohamed, A., Marino, M., Watkins, S., Jaworski, J., and Jones, A. R. (2023). Gusts Encountered by Flying Vehicles in Proximity to Buildings. Drones, 7(1), 22. Online December 2022. doi: 10.3390/drones7010022
Sedky, G., Gementzopoulos, A., Andreu Angulo, I., Lagor, F. D., and Jones, A. R. (2022). Physics of Gust Response Mitigation in Open-Loop Pitching Maneuvers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 944(A38). Online July 2022. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2022.509
Sedky, G., Biler, H., and Jones, A. R. (2022). Experimental Comparison of a Sinusoidal and Trapezoidal Transverse Gust. AIAA Journal, 60(5). Online January 11, 2022. doi: 10.2514/1.J061365
Badrya, C., Jones, A. R., and Baeder, J. D. (2022). Unsteady Aerodynamic Response of a Flat-Plate Encountering Large-Amplitude Sharp-Edged Gust. AIAA Journal, 60(3). Online September 28, 2021. doi: 10.2514/1.J060683.
Jones, A. R., Cetiner, O., and Smith, M. (2022, January). Physics and Modeling of Large Flow Disturbances: Discrete Gust Encounters for Modern Air Vehicles. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 54. pp. 469–493. Online November 1, 2021. doi: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-031621-085520
Jones, A. R. and Cetiner, O. (2021). Unsteady Aerodynamics of Gust Encounters: Introduction to the Virtual Collection. AIAA Journal, 59 (3), pp. 764–764. doi: 10.2514/1.J060379
Jones, A. R. and Cetiner, O. (2021). Overview of Unsteady Aerodynamic Response of Rigid Wings in Gust Encounters. AIAA Journal, 59(2). AIAA Journal, 57(8), pp. 731–736. Online November 19, 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.J059602
Lidard, J. M., Goswami, D., Snyder, D., Sedky, G., Jones, A. R., and Paley, D. A. (2021). Feedback Control and Parameter Estimation for Lift Maximization of a Pitching Airfoil. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 44(3). pp. 587–594. Online January 11, 2021. doi: 10.2514/1.G005441
Biler, H., Sedky, G., Jones, A. R., Saritas, M., and Cetiner, O. (2021). Experimental Comparison of Transverse and Vortex Gust Encounters at Low Reynolds Numbers. AIAA Journal, 59(3), pp. 786–799. Online December 29, 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.J059658
Moriche, M., Sedky, G., Jones, A. R., Flores, O., and García-Villalba, M. (2021). Characterization of Aerodynamic Forces on Wings in Plunge Maneuvers. AIAA Journal, 59(2), pp. 751-762. Online December 1, 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.J059689
Badrya, C., Biler, H., Jones, A. R., and Baeder, J. (2021). The Effect of Gust Width on Flat-Plate Response in Large Transverse Gust at Low Reynolds Number. AIAA Journal, 59(1), pp 49–64. Online December 1, 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.J059678
Jones, A. R. (2020, November). Gust Encounters of Rigid Wings: Taming the Parameter Space (Invited). Physical Review Fluids, 5 (11). Online November 24, 2020. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.110513
Andreu Angulo, I., Babinsky, H., Biler, H., Sedky, G. and Jones, A. R. The Effect of Transverse Gust Velocity Profiles. (2020). AIAA Journal. Online October 31, 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.J059665
Smith, L. and Jones, A. R. (2020). Vortex Formation on a Pitching Aerofoil at High Surging Amplitudes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 905(A22). Online October 27, 2020. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2020.741
Mohamed, A., Watkins, S., Ol, M., and Jones, A. R. (2020). Flight-Relevant Gusts: Computation-Derived Guidelines for MAV Ground Test Unsteady Aerodynamics. Journal of Aircraft. Online October 8, 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.C035920
Sedky, G., Lagor, F. D., and Jones, A. R. (2020). Unsteady Aerodynamics of Lift Regulation during a Transverse Gust Encounter. Physical Review Fluids, 5 (7). Online July 1, 2020. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.074701
Sedky, G., Jones, A. R., and Lagor, F. D. (2020). Lift Regulation During Transverse Gust Encounters Using a Modified Goman Khrabrov Model. AIAA Journal, 58(9), pp. 3788–3798. Online April 30, 2020. doi: 10.2514/1.J059127
Smith, L., Jung, Y.-S., Baeder, J., and Jones, A. R. (2019). The Role of Rotary Motion on Vortices in Reverse Flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 880, pp. 723–742. Online October 15, 2019. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2019.728
Biler, H., Badrya, C., and Jones, A. R. (2019). Experimental and Computational Investigation of Transverse Gust Encounters. AIAA Journal, 57 (11), pp. 4608–4622. Online July 25, 2019. doi: 10.2514/1.J057646
Badrya, C., Baeder, J., and Jones, A. R. (2019). Application of the Field Velocity Method to a Large-Amplitude Flat Plate Gust Encounter. AIAA Journal, 57 (8), pp. 3261–3273. Online June 24, 2019. doi: 10.2514/1.J057978
Gomez, D. F., Lagor, F. D., Kirk, P. B., Lind, A., Jones, A. R., and Paley, D. A. (2019). Data-Driven Estimation of the Unsteady Flowfield Near an Actuated Airfoil. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 42 (10), pp. 2279–2287. Online June 24, 2019. doi: 10.2514/1.G004339
Lefebvre, J. N. and Jones, A. R. (2019). Experimental Investigation of Airfoil Performance in the Wake of a Circular Cylinder. AIAA Journal, 57 (7), pp. 2808–2818. Online June 2, 2019. doi: 10.2514/1.J057468
Smith, L., Lind, A., and Jones, A. R. (2019). Measurements on a Yawed Model Rotor Blade Pitching in Reverse Flow. Physical Review Fluids, 4(3). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.034703
Manar, F. and Jones, A. R. (2019). An Evaluation of Potential Flow Models for Unsteady Separated Flow with Respect to Experimental Data. Physical Review Fluids, 4(3). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.034702
Mancini, P., Medina, A., and Jones, A. R. (2019). Experimental and Analyt- ical Investigation into Lift Prediction on Large Trailing Edge Flaps. Physics of Fluids, 31(1). doi: 10.1063/1.5063265
Eldredge, J. and Jones, A. R. (2019). Leading Edge Vortices: Mechanics and Modeling. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 51, pp. 75-104. Accessible at
http://www.annualreviews.org/eprint/KU8nGZH9bA6FAenxUUJ5/full/10.1146/annurev-fluid-010518-040334
Lind, A., Trollinger, L., Manar, F., Chopra, I. and Jones, A. R. (2018). Flowfield Measurements of Reverse Flow on a High Advance Ratio Rotor. Experiments in Fluids, 59(185). doi:10.1007/s00348-018-2638-5
Kirk, P. B. and Jones, A. R. (2018). Vortex Formation on Surging Aerofoils with Application to Reverse Flow Modelling. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 859, pp. 59-88. doi:10.1017/jfm.2018.800
Perrotta, G. and Jones, A. R. (2018). Quasi-Steady Approximation of Forces on a Flat Plate Due to Large-Amplitude Plunging Maneuvers. AIAA Journal. doi:10.2514/1.J057194
Stevens, P. R. R. J., Babinsky, H., Manar, F., Mancini, P., Jones, A. R., Nakata, T., Phillips, N., Bomphrey, R. J., Gozukara, A. C., Granlund, K. O., and Ol, M. V. (2017). Experiments and Computations on the Lift of Accelerating Flat Pates at Incidence. AIAA Journal. doi: 10.2514/1.J055323
Manar, F. and Jones, A. R. (2017). Transient Response of a Single Degree-of-Freedom Wing at High Angle of Attack and Low Reynolds Number. AIAA Journal. doi: 10.2514/1.J055708
Perrotta, G. and Jones, A. R. (2017) Unsteady Forcing on a Flat Plate Wing in Large Transverse Gusts. Experiments in Fluids, 58, (101). doi: 10.1007/s00348-017-2385-z
Medina, A., Ol, M., Mancini, P., and Jones, A. R. (2017). Revisiting Conventional Flaps at High Deflection-Rate. AIAA Journal. doi: 10.2514/1.J055754
Mulleners, K., Mancini, P., and Jones, A. R. (2017). Flow Development on a Flat Plate Wing in a Stream-Wise Gust Encounter. AIAA Journal. doi: 10.2514/1.J051609
Medina, A. and Jones, A. R. (2016). Leading-Edge Vortex Burst on a Low Aspect Ratio Rotating Flat Plate. Physical Review Fluids, 1, (4). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.1.044501
Lind, A., Smith, L., Milluzzo, J., and Jones, A. R., (2016). Reynolds Number Effects on Rotor Blade Sections in Reverse Flow. Journal of Aircraft, 53,(5), pp. 1248–1260. doi: 10.2514/1.C033556
Lind, A. and Jones, A. R. (2016). Unsteady Aerodynamics of Reverse Flow Dynamic Stall on Oscillating Blade Sections. Physics of Fluids, 28(7). doi: 10.1063/1.4958334
Hodara, J., Lind, A., Jones, A. R., and Smith, M. (2016). Collaborative Investigation of the Aerodynamic Behavior of Airfoils in Reverse Flow. Journal of the American Helicopter Society, 61(3), pp. 1–15. doi: 10.4050/JAHS.61.032001.
Lind, A., Smith, L., Milluzzo, J., and Jones, A. R., (2016). Reynolds Number Effects on Sharp and Blunt Trailing-Edged Rotor Blade Sections in Reverse Flow. To appear in Journal of Aircraft.
Granlund, K., Ol., M., and Jones, A. R. (2016). Streamwise Oscillation of Airfoils into Reverse Flow. AIAA Journal, 2016, accessed January 8, 2016. doi: http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.J054674
Mancini, P., Manar, F., Granlund, K., Ol, M., and Jones, A. R. (2015). Unsteady Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Translating Rigid Wing at Low Reynolds Number. Physics of Fluids, 27(2). doi: 10.1063/1.4936396
Manar, F., Mancini, P., Mayo, D. B., and Jones, A. R. (2015). A Comparison of Rotating and Translating Wings: Force Production and Vortex Characteristics. AIAA Journal, 2015, accessed December 1, 2015. doi: http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.J054422
Perrotta, G., Glucksman-Glaser, M., and Jones, A. R. (2015). Similarity Parameters for the Characterization of Sediment Mobilization by Unsteady Rotor Wakes. Journal of Aircraft, 52(6), pp. 2090-2095.
Lind, A. H. and Jones, A. R. (2015). Vortex Shedding from Airfoils in Reverse Flow. AIAA Journal, 53(9), pp. 2621-2633.
Mancini, P., Jones, A. R., Granlund, K., and Ol, M. (2015). Unsteady Aerodynamic Response of a Rapidly Started Flexible Wing. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 7(2), pp. 147-157.
Beals, N. and Jones, A. R. (2015). Lift Production on a Passively Flexible Rotating Wing. AIAA Journal, 53(10), pp. 2995-3005.
Lind, A. H., Lefebvre, J., and Jones, A. R. (2014). Time-Averaged Aerodynamics of Sharp and Blunt Trailing Edge Static Airfoils in Reverse Flow. AIAA Journal, 52(12), pp. 2751-2761.
Lind, A. H., Jarugumilli, T., Benedict, M., Lakshminarayan, V. K., Jones, A. R., and Chopra, I. (2014). Flow Field Studies on a Micro Air Vehicle-Scale Cycloidal Rotor in Forward Flight. Experiments in Fluids, 55(12).
Manar, F., Medina, A., and Jones, A. R. (2014). Effect of Wall Proximity on Rotating Wings. Experiments in Fluids, 55(9), pp. 1-18.
Schlueter, K., Jones, A. R., Granlund, K., and Ol, M. (2014). Effect of Root Cutout on the Lift Produced by a Rotating Wing. AIAA Journal, 52(6), pp. 1322-1325.
Kolluru Venkata, S. and Jones, A. R. (2013). Leading Edge Vortex Structure over Multiple Revolutions of a Rotating Wing. AIAA Journal, 50(4), pp. 1312-1316.
Jones, A. R. and Babinsky, H. (2011). Reynolds Number Effects on Leading Edge Vortex Development on a Waving Wing. Experiments in Fluids, 51(1), pp. 197–210.
Jones, A. R., Pitt Ford, C. W., and Babinsky, H. (2011). Three-Dimensional Effects on Sliding and Waving Wings. Journal of Aircraft, 48(2), pp. 633–644.
Jones, A. R. and Babinsky, H. (2010). Unsteady Lift Generation on Rotating Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers. Journal of Aircraft, 47(3), pp. 1013–1021.
Hileman, J. I., Spakovszky, Z. S., Drela, M., Sargeant, M. A., and Jones, A. (2010). Airframe Design for Silent Fuel-Efficient Aircraft. Journal of Aircraft, 47(3), pp. 956–969.
Jones, A. R., Bakhtian, N. M., and Babinsky, H. (2008). Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics of Leading-Edge Flaps. Journal of Aircraft, 45(1), pp. 342–345.

Selected publications

Selected Articles