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  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his substantial and enduring original contributions to turbulence dynamics, turbulent mixing, and turbulent combustion, and for his insightful technical leadership among peers and students

Overview

Alan R. Kerstein is affiliated with Sandia National Laboratories in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in engineering, focusing primarily on computational mechanics and fluid dynamics. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including fluid flow and transfer processes, ocean engineering, aerospace engineering, and environmental engineering.

The research topics covered by Kerstein include:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Aeolian processes and effects

Kerstein has published multiple papers in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions to Physical Review Fluids, Combustion and Flame, Combustion Theory and Modelling, Fluids, and Fuel. Their recent papers include:

  • Reduced Numerical Modeling of Turbulent Flow with Fully Resolved Time Advancement. Part 1. Theory and Physical Interpretation (2022, Fluids)
  • Modeling of high-speed, methane-air, turbulent combustion, Part II: Reduced methane oxidation chemistry (2024, Combustion and Flame)
  • Turbulence modulation in particle-laden stationary homogeneous isotropic turbulence using one-dimensional turbulence (2020, Physical Review Fluids)
  • Turbulence modulation in particle-laden stationary homogeneous shear turbulence using one-dimensional turbulence (2020, Physical Review Fluids)
  • A super-grid approach for LES combustion closure using the Linear Eddy Model (2023, Combustion Theory and Modelling)

Their collaborations include work with scientists such as Michael Oevermann, Nidal Doubiani, Rui Xu, Sai Sandeep Dammati, and Zoltan Jozefik, with repeated co-authorship reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Kerstein's contributions to fluid turbulence and turbulent combustion research were recognized through the designation as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2001. The citation for this fellowship highlights their substantial and enduring original work in turbulence dynamics, turbulent mixing, and turbulent combustion, as well as their technical leadership within the field.

Best Publications

  • Alignment of vorticity and scalar gradient with strain rate in simulated Navier-Stokes turbulence

    Wm. T. Ashurst;A. R. Kerstein;R. M. Kerr;C. H. Gibson

  • Chemical model of coal devolatilization using percolation lattice statistics

    David M. Grant;Ronald J. Pugmire;Thomas H. Fletcher;Alan R. Kerstein

  • Field equation for interface propagation in an unsteady homogeneous flow field.

    Alan R. Kerstein;William T. Ashurst;Forman A. Williams

  • Chemical percolation model for devolatilization. 3. Direct use of carbon-13 NMR data to predict effects of coal type

    Thomas H. Fletcher;Alan R. Kerstein;Ronald J. Pugmire;Mark S. Solum

  • Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    J Cuxart;A A M Holtslag;R J Beare;E Bazile

  • A linear-eddy model of turbulent scalar transport and mixing

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • Chemical percolation model for devolatilization. 2. Temperature and heating rate effects on product yields

    Thomas H. Fletcher;Alan R. Kerstein;Ronald J. Pugmire;David M. Grant

  • One-dimensional turbulence: model formulation and application to homogeneous turbulence, shear flows, and buoyant stratified flows

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • FLASHCHAIN theory for rapid coal devolatilization kinetics. 1. Formulation

    Stephen Niksa;Alan R. Kerstein

  • Linear-eddy modelling of turbulent transport. Part 6. Microstructure of diffusive scalar mixing fields

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • Linear-eddy modeling of turbulent transport. II: Application to shear layer mixing

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • A petascale direct numerical simulation study of the modelling of flame wrinkling for large-eddy simulations in intense turbulence

    Evatt R. Hawkes;Obulesu Chatakonda;Hemanth Kolla;Alan R. Kerstein

  • Linear-eddy modelling of turbulent transport. Part 7. Finite-rate chemistry and multi-stream mixing

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • Critical Properties of the Void Percolation Problem for Spheres

    W. T. Elam;A. R. Kerstein;J. J. Rehr

  • One-dimensional turbulence: vector formulation and application to free shear flows

    Alan R. Kerstein;W. T. Ashurst;Scott Wunsch;Vebjorn Nilsen

  • Linear-eddy modelling of turbulent transport. Part 3. Mixing and differential molecular diffusion in round jets

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • ‘One-dimensional turbulence’ simulation of turbulent jet diffusion flames: model formulation and illustrative applications

    Tarek Echekki;Alan R Kerstein;Thomas D Dreeben;Jyh-Yuan Chen

  • Advances and challenges in modeling high-speed turbulent combustion in propulsion systems

    Esteban D. Gonzalez-Juez;Alan R. Kerstein;R. Ranjan;S. Menon

  • Linear-Eddy Modeling of Turbulent Transport. Part 4. Structure of Diffusion Flames

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • Fractal Dimension of Turbulent Premixed Flames

    Alan R. Kerstein

  • Type Ia Supernova: Calculations of Turbulent Flames Using the Linear Eddy Model

    S. E. Woosley;A. R. Kerstein;V. Sankaran;F. K. Roepke

Frequent Co-Authors

Suresh Menon
Suresh Menon Georgia Institute of Technology
Evatt R. Hawkes
Evatt R. Hawkes University of New South Wales
Steven K. Krueger
Steven K. Krueger University of Utah
Jacqueline H. Chen
Jacqueline H. Chen Sandia National Laboratories
Thomas H. Fletcher
Thomas H. Fletcher Brigham Young University
Jost O.L. Wendt
Jost O.L. Wendt University of Utah
John B. Bell
John B. Bell Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ronald J. Pugmire
Ronald J. Pugmire University of Utah
Nedunchezhian Swaminathan
Nedunchezhian Swaminathan University of Cambridge
Rupert Klein
Rupert Klein Freie Universität Berlin

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