Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

Articles where I am the corresponding author are indicated with a * symbol.

  1. Brewer C., Poovathingal S.J.*, Pyrolysis front detection in carbon phenolic composites using x-ray computed tomography, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 2024, 187, 108444. doi

  2. Kim D., Gollihue J., Poovathingal S.J.,* DeBolt S., Detailed three-dimensional analyses of tyloses in oak used for bourbon and wine barrels through X-ray computed tomography, Scientific Reports 2024, 14, 17044. doi 

  3. Lui D., Chen C., Chacon L., Mohan Ramu V.B., Poovathingal S.J., Micro-CT image-based computation of effective thermal and mechanical properties of fibrous porous material, Composites B: Engineering 2024, 281, 111502. doi. 

  4. Chacon L., Deaton B., Bessiere B.D., Poovathingal S.J.,* Chemical and structural degradation of room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone at high temperatures, Polymer Degradation and Stability 2024, 220,110661. doi

  5. Yassin A.H., Poovathingal S.J.,* Characterization of directional and anisotropic scattering dependency of emissivity for fibrous ablators under non-isothermal conditions, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2024, 220, 124859. doi

  6. Tacchi B., Stoffel T.D., Martin A., Poovathingal S.J.,* Reconstruction of the Kentucky Re-entry Universal Payload System (KRUPS) hypersonic flight trajectory, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 2024, 60 (2), 438-447. doi 

  7. Xu C., Murray V.J., Pillinski M., Schwartzentruber T.E., Poovathingal S.J.,* Minton T.K., Gas concentration in rarefied flows: experiments and modeling, Aerospace Science and Technology 2023, Vol. 142 Part A, 108568. doi

  8. Mohan Ramu V.B., Chacon L., Poovathingal S.J.,* Development of a supervised learning model to predict length scale dependent permeability of porous carbon composites, Transport in Porous Media 2023, 150, 157-176. doi

  9. Stoffel T.D., Barrios-Lobelle A., Schmidt J.D., Martin A., Poovathingal S.J.,* Computational fluid dynamics analysis of Kentucky Re-Entry Universal Payload System, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 2023, 60 (4), 1150-1159. doi  

  10. Mohan Ramu V.B., Chacon L., Brewer C., Poovathingal, S.J.,* Development of a Supervised Learning Model to Predict Permeability of Porous Carbon Composites, AIAA Journal 2023, 61 (2), 843-858. doi

  11. Banerjee A., Yassin A.H., Davuluri R.S., Martin A., Poovathingal S.J.,* Radiative Coefficients and Their Influence on In-Depth Heating of Porous Ablators, AIAA Journal 2022, 60 (12), 6520-6535. doi

  12. Poovathingal S.J.,* Chen H., Microscale modeling of particle impact on thermal protection system materials during high-speed entry, AIAA Journal 2022, 60 (8), 4976-4990. doi 

  13. Poovathingal S.J.,* Soto, B.M., Brewer C., Effective permeability of carbon composites under re-entry conditions, AIAA Journal 2022, 60 (3), 1293-1302. doi 

  14. Poovathingal S.J.,* Qian M., Murray V.J., Minton T.K., Reactive and inelastic scattering dynamics of hyperthermal O and O2 from a carbon fiber network, Carbon 2021, 183 (15), 277-290. doi

  15. Poovathingal S.J., Minton T.K., Szilagyi R.K., Systematic evaluation of density functionals for electronic and geometric Structures: chemical speciation of mononuclear Ru-Cl-H-PR3 complexes, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2019, 123 (1), 343-358. doi

  16. Murray V.J., Xu C., Poovathingal S.J., Minton T.K., Scattering dynamics of nitromethane and methyl formate on HOPG, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122 (28), 16178–16188. doi

  17. Swaminathan-Gopalan K., Borner A., Stephani K.A., Murray V.J., Poovathingal S.J., Minton T.K., Mansour N. N., Development and validation of a finite-rate model for carbon oxidation by atomic oxygen, Carbon 2018, 137, 313-332. doi 

  18. Smoll E.J., Poovathingal S.J., Murray V.J., Session viewpoints on the 2017 dynamics of molecular collisions conference, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2018, 122 (4), 882–889. doi

  19. Poovathingal S.J., Stern E.C., Nompelis I., Candler G.V., Nonequilibrium flow through porous thermal protection materials, Part II: oxidation and pyrolysis, Journal of Computational Physics 2019, 380, 427-441. doi

  20. Stern E.C., Poovathingal S.J., Nompelis I., Schwartzentruber T.E., Candler G.V., Nonequilibrium flow through porous thermal protection materials, Part I: numerical methods, Journal of Computational Physics 2019, 380, 408-426. doi

  21. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Murray V.J., Minton T.K., Candler, G.V, Finite-rate oxidation model for carbon surfaces from molecular beam experiments, AIAA Journal 2017, 55 (5), 1644-1658. doi

  22. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Murray V.J., Minton T.K., Molecular simulation of carbon ablation using beam experiments and resolved microstructure, AIAA Journal 2016, 54 (3), 999-1010. doi

  23. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Srinivasan S.G., van Duin A.C.T., Large scale computational chemistry modeling of the oxidation of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2013, 117 (13), 2692-2703. doi

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. Chacon L.A., Banerjee A., Kim D., Bybee B.K., Mohan Ramu V.B., Yassin A.H., Poovathingal S.J., Mesoscale Toolkit Software To Capture Variability in Effective Properties of Carbon Based Thermal Protection System, AIAA Aviation 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-3651. doi

  2. Ghasimi S.D., Rabinovitch J., Chacon L.A., Poovathingal S.J., Phillippe C., Foster C., Mattei M., Roca L.V., Panerai F., As'ad F., Avery P., Farhat C., Lobbia M., Ataei N., Permeability modeling of Mars parachute broadcloth materials, AIAA Aviation 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-4224. doi

  3. Cochell T.J., Unocic R.R., Bessire B.K., Poovathingal S.J., Martin A., In-situ nanoscale ablation, AIAA Aviation 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-3729. doi
  4. Mohan Ramu V. B., Poovathingal S.J., Development of a custom supervised learning network to determine the recession rate of ablative thermal protection systems materials, AIAA Aviation 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-4031. doi
  5. Yassin A.H., Bybee B., Banerjee A., Poovathingal S.J., Development of a Reverse Monte Carlo Ray-Tracing Method for Heterogeneous Scattering Media, AIAA Aviation 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-3731. doi 
  6. Ruffner, M.P., Ford K.F., Craig L.M., Tacchi B.D., Schmidt J.D., Poovathingal S.J., Smith W.T., Martin A., Overview of the Hypersonic Test Flight KREPE-2, AIAA Aviation 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-3561. doi 

  7. Huff E.H., Chen H., Poovathingal S.J., A Fluid-Structure computational framework for atmospheric ice in hypersonic environments, AIAA SciTech 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-1561. doi

  8. Yassin A.H., Poovathingal S.J., Modified radiative terms for surface energy balance in material response solvers, AIAA SciTech 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-1294. doi

  9. Banerjee A., Chacon L., Hakim Y., Yassin, A.H., Renfro, M. and Poovathingal, S.J., Statistical variance in radiative properties of porous materials, AIAA SciTech 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024 – 0864. doi

  10. Barrios-Lobelle A., Haas F.M., Poovathingal S.J., Martin A., Characterization of hypersonic flow over slender bodies at sea-level, AIAA SciTech 2024 Forum, AIAA 2024-1688. doi

  11. Tacchi B.D., Martin A., Poovathingal S.J., Inverse estimation of the Kentucky Re-entry Universal Payload System (KRUPS) flight trajectory, AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum, AIAA 2023-3733. doi

  12. Huff E.H., Poovathingal S.J., Verhoff A.M., Effects of Vibrational Thermal Accommodation in Hypersonic Flows over Spheres, AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum, AIAA 2023-3332. doi

  13. Poovathingal S.J., Stoffel T.D., Tacchi B., Martin A., Aerothermal analysis of the KRUPS space capsules, 25th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, AIAA 2023-3082. doi

  14. Mohan Ramu V.B., Cheng Q., Poovathingal S.J., Development of a custom supervised learning network to model ablation of TPS materials, AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum, AIAA 2023-3618. doi

  15. Stoffel T.D., Viqueira-Moreira M., Brehm C., Poovathingal S.J., Application of a Diffuse Interface Multiphase Method for High Temperature and Hypersonic Flows with Phase Change, AIAA Aviation 2023 Forum, AIAA 2023-4250. doi

  16. Yassin A.H., Poovathingal S.J., Validation of the reverse Monte Carlo ray-tracing method and coupling with material response, AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, AIAA 2023-2086. doi

  17. Chacon L., Deaton B., Poovathingal, S. J., Decomposition and permeability of room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) silicone, AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, AIAA 2023- 2716. doi

  18. Chacon L., Mohan Ramu V.B., Poovathingal S.J., A supervised learning model to predict length-scale dependent permeability of porous carbon composites, AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, AIAA 2022-4007. doi

  19. Viqueira-Moreira M., Stoffel T.D., Poovathingal S.J., Brehm C., Validation of a High-Order Diffuse Interface Multi-Phase Method for High-Speed Droplet Shock Interaction and Impingement, AIAA Aviation 2022 Forum, AIAA 2022-3922. doi

  20. Banerjee A., Martin A., Poovathingal S.J., Estimating effective radiative properties and in-depth radiative heating of porous ablators, AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, AIAA 2022-1640. doi

  21. Poovathingal S.J., Chen H., Modeling the damage process of dust particle impacts at microscale during high-speed entry, AIAA Aviation 2021 Forum, AIAA 2021-3146. doi

  22. Stoffel T.D., Barrios-Lobelle A., Schmidt J.D., Martin A., Poovathingal S.J., Computational fluid dynamics analysis of the orbital flight of the Kentucky Re-Entry Universal Payload System (KRUPS), AIAA Aviation 2021 Forum, AIAA 2021-3148. doi

  23. Banerjee A., Poovathingal S.J., Investigation of in-depth penetration of radiative heating in thermal protection system (TPS), AIAA SciTech 2021 Forum, AIAA 2021-1631. doi

  24. Hansson K., Carroll A., Poovathingal S.J., Boyd I.D., Analysis of chemical kinetic parameters for hydrogen atmospheres, AIAA SciTech 2021 Forum, AIAA 2021-0706. doi

  25. Barrios-Lobelle A., Davuluri R., Fu. R, Martin A., Poovathingal S.J., Surface oxidation of carbon/carbon composites in hypersonic environments, AIAA SciTech 2021 Forum, AIAA 2021-1173. doi

  26. Poovathingal S.J., Kruszelnicki, J., Boyd, I. D., Kushner, M. J., Non-equilibrium processes in plasma torches of inductively coupled plasma facilities, AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum, AIAA 2019-3566. doi

  27. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Minton T.K., Gas-surface model in DSMC for molecules passing through a funnel-type gas concentrator, AIAA Aviation 2019 Forum, AIAA 2019-1281. doi

  28. Swaminathan-Gopalan K., Borner A., Stephani K.A., Murray V.J., Poovathingal S.J., Minton T.K., Mansour N.N., DSMC analysis of molecular beam experiments for oxidation of carbon-based ablators, 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2017, AIAA 2017-1845. doi

  29. Borner A., Swaminathan-Gopalan K., Stephani K.A., Murray V.J., Poovathingal S.J., Minton T.K., Panerai F., Mansour N.N., DSMC analysis of molecular beam experiments on light-weight carbon preform ablators, 47th AIAA Thermophysics Conference 2017, AIAA 2017-3687. doi

  30. Singh N., Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., DSMC acceleration techniques applied to shock heated and recirculating flows, 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2017, AIAA 2017-1843. doi

  31. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Murray V.J., Minton T.K., Candler G.V., Finite-rate oxidation model for carbon surfaces from molecular beam experiments, 46th AIAA Thermophysics Conference 2017, AIAA 2016-3842. doi

  32. Schwartzentruber T.E., Poovathingal S.J., Stern E.C., Molecular simulation of oxygen reactions with realistic carbon and silica surfaces at high temperature, 20th AIAA International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference 2015, AIAA 2015-3567. doi

  33. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Murray V.J., Minton T.K., Molecular simulations of surface ablation using reaction probabilities from molecular beam experiments and realistic microstructure, 53rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2015, AIAA 2015-1449. doi

  34. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Effect of microstructure on carbon-based surface ablators using DSMC, 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum 2014, AIAA 2014-1210. doi

  35. Poovathingal S.J., Schwartzentruber T.E., Computational chemistry modeling of the oxidation of Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG), 43rd AIAA Thermophysics Conference 2012, AIAA 2012-3099. doi