N Swaminathan is interested in taking PhD students.
University of Cambridge
Department of Engineering
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
Department of Engineering
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
Email:
ns341 [ AT ] cam [ DOT ] ac [ DOT ] uk
Office Phone:
+44 (0)1223 332586
Subject groups/Research projects
- Ignition: Experiments and Simulations:
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Combustion Physics, Combustion Modelling, Chemical Kinetics, Turbulent combustion
- Spark Ignition in inhomogeneous mixture: a DNS study:
Departments and Institutes
Teaching
Lecturer on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer.
- Convective Heat Transfer
- Mass Transfer
- Example paper 3
- Example paper 4
- Solutions are not available from this website.
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Key Publications
- N. Swaminathan and K. N. C. Bray (Editors) (2011). Turbulent Premixed Flames, ISBN - 9780521769617, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Z. M. Nicolaou, J. Y. Chen and N. Swaminathan (2013). A 5 step reduced mechanism for the combustion of CO/H2/H2O/CH4/CO2 mixtures with low hydrogen/methane and high H2O content. Combust. Flame, 160(1), 56-75, DOI: /10.1016/j.combustflame.2012.09.010.
- T. Leung, N. Swaminathan and P. A. Davidson (2012). Geometry and interaction of structures in homogeneous isotropic turbulence. J. Fluid Mech., 710, 453-481, DOI:10.1017/jfm.2012.373.
- T. D. Dunstan, N. Swaminatha, and K.N.C. Bray (2012). Influence of flame geometry on turbulent premixed flame propagation: A DNS investigation. J. Fluid Mech., 709, 191-222, DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.328.
- N. Swaminathan, G. Xu, A. P. Dowling, and R. Balachandran (2011). Heat release rate correlation and combustion noise, J. Fluid Mech., 681, 80-115, DOI:10.1017/jfm.2011.232
- H. Kolla, J. W. Rogerson, N. Chakraborty and N. Swaminathan (2009). Scalar dissipation rate modelling and its validation. Combust. Sci. Tech., 181(4) 518 – 535.
- H. Kolla and N. Swaminathan (2010). Strained flamelets for turbulent premixed flames, II: Laboratory flame results. Combust. Flame, 157, 1274-1289. ISSN 0010-2180.
Full list is at http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/research_db/publications/ns341
Courses:
- Combustion and IC Engines
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- Solar Thermal Power Generation