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Research & Publications

Dr. Eric Besnard

One of Dr. Besnard's current interests is the aerodynamic optimization of aircraft high-lift systems. This work involves developing efficient CFD methods for predicting flows about complex three-dimensional configurations as well as advancing the current state of the art in numerical optimization methods for MDO and CFD applications. He was a key player in CSULB's team in the conceptual design of hydrofoils for fast ships, in contract with the Office of Naval Research. Previously, Eric conducted studies related to Hybrid and Natural Laminar Flow Control for McDonnell Douglas and has also worked on aircraft icing.

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters and Journal Articles

1. T. Cebeci, E. Besnard, and H.H. Chen, "An Interactive Boundary Layer Method for Multielement Airfoils," Computers & Fluids, Vol. 27, No. 5-6, pp. 651-661, 1998 (paper in Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, September 1995).
2. T. Cebeci and E. Besnard, "An Efficient and Accurate Approach for Analysis and Design of High Lift Configurations", Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, Vol. 44, No. 4, December 1998 (invited paper in Proceedings of the Sixth Aerodynamic Symposium, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, Toronto, Canada, April 1997).
3. T. Cebeci, E. Besnard and H.H. Chen, "The Role of Zarf in Predicting Transition in Three-Dimensional Flows with the Saddle-Point Method", in Transitional Boundary Layers in Aeronautics, R.A.W.M. Henkes and J.L. Van Ingen (Editors), 1996 (invited paper at a colloquium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 1995).
4. E. Besnard, Prediction of High Lift Flows with Separation, Ph.D. Dissertation, Claremont Graduate University and California State University, Long Beach, CA, May 1998.
   
   
   

Papers at Conferences

1. Eric Besnard, Bastien Puech, Daniil Ivshin, Orhan Kural, and Tuncer Cebeci, "Prediction of Stall and Post-Stall in Two- and Three-Dimensional Flows," AIAA Paper No. 00-0979, January 2000.
2. E. Besnard, N. Cordier-Lallouet, A. Schmitz, O. Kural, and H.P. Chen, "Design and Optimization with Advanced Simulated Annealing," AIAA Paper No. 99-0186, January 1999.
3. E. Besnard, O. Kural, and T. Cebeci, " Flow Predictions about Three-Dimensional High Lift Systems," AIAA Paper No. 99-0543, January 1999.
4. E. Besnard, A. Schmitz, K. Kaups, G. Tzong, H. Hefazi, H.H. Chen, O. Kural, and T. Cebeci, "Hydrofoil Design and Optimization for Fast Ships," Proceedings of the 1998 ASME International Congress and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, November 1998.
5. E. Besnard, A. Schmitz, E. Boscher, N. Garcia, and T. Cebeci, " Two-dimensional Aircraft High-Lift System Design and Optimization," AIAA Paper No. 98-404, 1998.
6. E. Besnard, G. Reboul, T. Vermeersch, A. Schmitz, and T. Cebeci, "Prediction of Wing Flows with Separation," AIAA Paper No. 98-404, 1998.
7. T. Cebeci, E. Besnard, and H.H. Chen, " Calculation of Multi-Element Airfoil Flows, Including Flap Wells," AIAA Paper No. 96-0056, January 1996.
8. T. Cebeci, E. Besnard, and S. Messié , "A Stability/Transition-Interactive-Boundary-Layer Approach to Multi-Element Wings at High Lift," AIAA Paper No. 94-0292, January 2994.
9. T. Cebeci and E. Besnard, "Prediction of the Performance Degradation of an Aircraft in Natural Icing Conditions," AIAA Paper No. 94-0487, January 1994, and invited paper in Proceedings of the First Bombardier International Workshop, Montréal, Canada, September 1993. Also, Eric Besnard, MS Thesis, CSULB, December 1992.