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Christer Fureby

Christer Fureby

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
50
Citations
15414
World Ranking
1144
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Christer Fureby is a researcher affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their work primarily focuses on engineering, with particular expertise in computational mechanics, aerospace engineering, fluid flow and transfer processes, and mechanical engineering. The scientist has contributed extensively to research in combustion and flame dynamics, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, and advanced combustion engine technologies.

Fureby's research topics include:

  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Fluid dynamics and turbulent flows
  • Advanced combustion engine technologies
  • Computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics
  • Heat transfer mechanisms
  • Combustion and detonation processes
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids

They have published a variety of papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Subgrid Models, Reaction Mechanisms, and Combustion Models in Large-Eddy Simulation of Supersonic Combustion, 2020, AIAA Journal
  • LES of H2-air jet combustion in high enthalpy supersonic crossflow, 2021, Physics of Fluids
  • Assessment and application of optical flow in background-oriented schlieren for compressible flows, 2022, Experiments in Fluids
  • Evaluation of Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Methane Combustion: A Review from a CFD Perspective, 2021, Fuels
  • A reduced chemical kinetic reaction mechanism for kerosene-air combustion, 2020, Fuel

Fureby collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Himani Garg
  • Thommie Nilsson
  • Elna J. K. Nilsson
  • Niklas Zettervall
  • Arvid Åkerblom

Their work appears regularly in established scientific venues, with a strong presence in:

  • Physics of Fluids
  • AIAA Journal
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • Aerospace
  • Flow Turbulence and Combustion

Christer Fureby's academic contributions focus strongly on the intersection of experimental and computational techniques applied to combustion and fluid dynamics. Their research includes the development and assessment of models for combustion simulations, advancing the understanding of supersonic combustion, and improving chemical kinetic mechanisms relevant to fuel combustion processes.

Best Publications

  • A tensorial approach to computational continuum mechanics using object-oriented techniques

    H. G. Weller;G. Tabor;H. Jasak;C. Fureby

  • Large-Eddy Simulation: Current Capabilities, Recommended Practices, and Future Research

    Nicholas J. Georgiadis;Donald P. Rizzetta;Christer Fureby

  • Monotonically integrated large eddy simulation of free shear flows

    C. Fureby;F. F. Grinstein

  • Large Eddy simulation of high-Reynolds-number free and wall-bounded flows

    Christer Fureby;Fernando F. Grinstein

  • A comparative study of subgrid scale models in homogeneous isotropic turbulence

    C. Fureby;G. Tabor;H. G. Weller;A. D. Gosman

  • Application of a flame-wrinkling les combustion model to a turbulent mixing layer

    H.G. Weller;G. Tabor;A.D. Gosman;C. Fureby

  • LES of supersonic combustion in a scramjet engine model

    Magnus Berglund;C Fureby

  • Simulation of transition and turbulence decay in the Taylor–Green vortex

    Dimitris Drikakis;Christer Fureby;Fernando F. Grinstein;David Youngs

  • Recent Progress on MILES for High Reynolds Number Flows

    F. F. Grinstein;C. Fureby

  • A fractal flame-wrinkling large eddy simulation model for premixed turbulent combustion

    C. Fureby

  • Finite Rate Chemistry Large-Eddy Simulation of Self-Ignition in a Supersonic Combustion Ramjet

    M. Berglund;E. Fedina;C. Fureby;J. Tegnér

  • Mathematical and Physical Constraints on Large-Eddy Simulations

    C. Fureby;G. Tabor

  • LES combustion modeling for high Re flames using a multi-phase analogy

    Vladimir Sabelnikov;Christer Fureby

  • Large eddy simulation and laser diagnostic studies on a low swirl stratified premixed flame

    K.-J. Nogenmyr;C. Fureby;X.S. Bai;P. Petersson

  • On large eddy simulation of high Reynolds number wall bounded flows

    C. Fureby;N. Alin;N. Wikström;S. Menon

  • Large Eddy Simulation of Reacting Flows Applied to Bluff Body Stabilized Flames

    Christer Fureby;Sven-Inge Möller

  • A computational study of supersonic combustion in strut injector and hypermixer flow fields

    C. Fureby;K. Nordin-Bates;K. Petterson;A. Bresson

  • CFD Analysis of the HyShot II scramjet combustor

    C. Fureby;M. Chapuis;E. Fedina;Sebastian Karl

  • Large-eddy simulations of bluff body stabilized flames

    C. Fureby;C. Löfström

  • On subgrid scale modeling in large eddy simulations of compressible fluid flow

    C. Fureby

  • Large Eddy simulation of turbulent non premixed flame

    Marco Kupiainen;Christer Fureby

Frequent Co-Authors

Fernando F. Grinstein
Fernando F. Grinstein Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dimitris Drikakis
Dimitris Drikakis University of Nicosia
Xue-Song Bai
Xue-Song Bai Lund University
Zhongshan Li
Zhongshan Li Lund University
Wolfgang Meier
Wolfgang Meier University of Basel
Anders Larsson
Anders Larsson Uppsala University
Suresh Menon
Suresh Menon Georgia Institute of Technology
Ephraim Gutmark
Ephraim Gutmark University of Cincinnati

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