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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
15125
World Ranking
882
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for seminal research on the burning velocities in laminar and turbulent flames, and the effects of strain and curvature
  • 2016 - James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1988 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Derek Bradley is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering. Their research focuses primarily on topics related to combustion and flame dynamics as well as fire safety.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Auto-ignition and detonation of n-butanol and toluene reference fuel blends (TRF)", 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • "Conversion of natural gas jet flame burners to hydrogen", 2021, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "Combustion-induced turbulent flow fields in premixed flames", 2021, Fuel
  • "Facial Expression Synthesis using a Global-Local Multilinear Framework", 2020, Computer Graphics Forum
  • "Interactive Sculpting of Digital Faces Using an Anatomical Modeling Paradigm", 2020, Computer Graphics Forum

Frequent co-authors in their research work include:

  • Adriana Palacios (8 publications)
  • Thabo Beeler (2 publications)
  • Longhua Hu (2 publications)
  • Tawfiq Abdul-Aziz-Al-Mughanam (2 publications)
  • Inna Gorbatenko (1 publication)

Bradley's publication venues demonstrate a focus on combustion science and computer graphics, including:

  • Combustion and Flame (3 publications)
  • Computer Graphics Forum (2 publications)
  • Fire Safety Journal (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (1 publication)
  • Fuel (1 publication)

The main field of study is engineering, with subfields covering aerospace engineering, computational mechanics, safety, risk and reliability, fluid flow and transfer processes, and computer vision and pattern recognition. This multidisciplinary approach underpins their exploration of combustion, fire dynamics, and generating realistic digital faces.

Key topics Derek Bradley works on include:

  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Fire Dynamics and Safety Research
  • Combustion and Flame Dynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Face Recognition and Analysis
  • Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion

Awards received by Bradley comprise:

  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute (2018), for seminal research on burning velocities in laminar and turbulent flames and the effects of strain and curvature
  • James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2016)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1988)

Best Publications

  • Burning Velocities, Markstein Lengths, and Flame Quenching for Spherical Methane-Air Flames: A Computational Study

    Derek Bradley;P.H. Gaskell;X.J. Gu

  • The measurement of laminar burning velocities and Markstein numbers for iso-octane-air and iso-octane-n-heptane-air mixtures at elevated temperatures and pressures in an explosion bomb

    D. Bradley;R.A. Hicks;M. Lawes;C.G.W. Sheppard

  • The burning velocity of methane-air mixtures

    G.E. Andrews;D. Bradley

  • Turbulent burning velocities: a general correlation in terms of straining rates

    R. G. Abdel-Gayed;Derek Bradley;M. Lawes

  • Determination of burning velocities: A critical review

    G.E. Andrews;D. Bradley

  • Flame stretch rate as a determinant of turbulent burning velocity

    D. Bradley;A. K. C. Lau;M. Lawes;F. T. Smith

  • Fundamentals of high-energy spark ignition with lasers

    D. Bradley;C.G.W. Sheppard;I.M. Suardjaja;R. Woolley

  • Modes of reaction front propagation from hot spots

    X.J. Gu;D.R. Emerson;D. Bradley

  • Measurement of High Gas Temperatures with Fine Wire Thermocouples

    D. Bradley;K. J. Matthews

  • How fast can we burn

    Derek Bradley

  • Laminar burning velocities of lean hydrogen-air mixtures at pressures up to 1.0 MPa

    D Bradley;M Lawes;K Liu;Sebastian Verhelst

  • Pre-ignition and 'super-knock' in turbo-charged spark-ignition engines

    Gautam T Kalghatgi;Derek Bradley

  • The venting of gaseous explosions in spherical vessels. I—Theory

    Derek Bradley;Alan Mitcheson

  • Turbulent Burning Velocities and Flame Straining in Explosions

    R. G. Abdel-Gayed;K. J. Al-Khishali;Derek Bradley

  • The development and structure of flame instabilities and cellularity at low Markstein numbers in explosions

    D. Bradley;C.G.W. Sheppart;R. Woolley;D.A. Greenhalgh

  • Combustion regimes and the straining of turbulent premixed flames

    R.G. Abdel-Gayed;Derek Bradley;F.K.-K. Lung

  • Mathematical solutions for explosions in spherical vessels

    Derek Bradley;Alan Mitcheson

  • Turbulence and turbulent flame propagation—A critical appraisal

    G.E. Andrews;D. Bradley;S.B. Lwakabamba

  • Lewis number effects on turbulent burning velocity

    R.G. Abdel-Gayed;D. Bradley;M.N. Hamid;M. Lawes

  • Explosion bomb measurements of ethanol-air laminar gaseous flame characteristics at pressures up to 1.4 MPa

    D. Bradley;M. Lawes;M.S. Mansour

  • Turbulent burning velocity, burned gas distribution, and associated flame surface definition

    D. Bradley;M.Z. Haq;R.A. Hicks;T. Kitagawa

Frequent Co-Authors

David Emerson
David Emerson Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Gautam Kalghatgi
Gautam Kalghatgi Independent Scientist / Consultant, UK
Gordon E. Andrews
Gordon E. Andrews University of Leeds
Joaquim Casal
Joaquim Casal Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Alison S. Tomlin
Alison S. Tomlin University of Leeds
Longhua Hu
Longhua Hu University of Science and Technology of China
Norbert Peters
Norbert Peters RWTH Aachen University
Ahmad Sedaghat
Ahmad Sedaghat Australian University Kuwait
Roger Cracknell
Roger Cracknell Shell (Netherlands)
Sebastian Verhelst
Sebastian Verhelst Ghent University

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