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Günter Brenn is affiliated with the Graz University of Technology in Austria and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a strong focus on computational mechanics. Their research spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, biomedical engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics primarily centered on fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Other major research areas include electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, turbulent flows within fluid dynamics, rheology and fluid dynamics studies, plant surface properties and treatments, and wind and air flow studies.

Brenn has published multiple papers in notable scientific venues. Key recent publications include:

  • "Wind-tunnel analysis of natural ventilation in a generic building in sheltered and unsheltered conditions: Impact of Reynolds number and wind direction," 2020, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • "On the molecular mechanism behind the bubble rise velocity jump discontinuity in viscoelastic liquids," 2022, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • "Self-similar pressure-atomized sprays," 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Miscibility and wettability: how interfacial tension influences droplet impact onto thin wall films," 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Effects of viscosity on liquid structures produced by in-air microfluidics," 2020, Physical Review Fluids

The Graz University of Technology's open library serves as a principal publication venue, along with journals such as Atomization and Sprays and the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Brenn has also contributed to the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering and Physical Review Fluids.

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Their most common coauthors include Helfried Steiner, Wolfgang von der Linden, Thomas Stephan Müller, Christoph Irrenfried, and Ursula Windberger.

The breadth of Brenn's research encompasses computational mechanics as a core area, supplemented by work in biomedical and aerospace engineering fields. This multidisciplinary approach underlines expertise in both theoretical and applied aspects of fluid mechanics and engineering sciences.

Best Publications

  • Evaporation of Acoustically Levitated Droplets

    Alexander L. Yarin;G. Brenn;O. Kastner;D. Rensink

  • Interactions between particles with an undulated contact line at a fluid interface: capillary multipoles of arbitrary order.

    Krassimir D. Danov;Peter A. Kralchevsky;Boris N. Naydenov;Günter Brenn

  • Validation and application of a novel elongational device for polymer solutions

    M. Stelter;Günter Brenn;A.L. Yarin;R.P. Singh

  • Evaporation of acoustically levitated multi-component liquid droplets

    Günter Brenn;L.J. Deviprasath;Franz Durst;Clemens Fink

  • Investigation of the elongational behavior of polymer solutions by means of an elongational rheometer

    M. Stelter;Günter Brenn;A.L. Yarin;R.P. Singh

  • The formation of satellite droplets by unstable binary drop collisions

    Günter Brenn;D. Valkovska;K.D. Danov

  • Drop size spectra in sprays from pressure-swirl atomizers

    Andreas Tratnig;Günter Brenn

  • Linear analysis of the temporal instability of axisymmetrical non-Newtonian liquid jets

    Günter Brenn;Zhengbai Liu;Franz Durst

  • Drying of acoustically levitated droplets of liquid–solid suspensions: Evaporation and crust formation

    Alexander Yarin;G. Brenn;O. Kastner;C. Tropea

  • Experiments and numerical simulations on the aerodynamics of the Ahmed body

    Walter Meile;Günter Brenn;Aaron Reppenhagen;Bernhard Lechner

  • Collision and merging of two equal droplets of propanol

    Günter Brenn;A. Frohn

  • Evaporation of acoustically levitated droplets of binary liquid mixtures

    Alexander L. Yarin;Günter Brenn;Dirk Rensink

  • Linear analysis of the instability of two-dimensional non-Newtonian liquid sheets

    Zhengbai Liu;Günter Brenn;Franz Durst

  • Acoustically levitated drops: drop oscillation and break-up driven by ultrasound modulation

    A.L. Yarin;A.L. Yarin;D.A. Weiss;D.A. Weiss;Günter Brenn;D. Rensink

  • On the critical bubble volume at the rise velocity jump discontinuity in viscoelastic liquids

    Christian Pilz;Günter Brenn

  • Aerodynamics of ski jumping: experiments and CFD simulations

    Walter Meile;Ewald Reisenberger;M. Mayer;B. Schmölzer

  • Evaluation of the effect of droplet collisions on spray mixing

    M. Gavaises;A. Theodorakakos;G. Bergeles;Günter Brenn

  • Satellite droplet formation by unstable binary drop collisions

    Günter Brenn;Vladimir Kolobaric

  • Formation of O/W emulsions by static mixers for pharmaceutical applications

    Nikolett Kiss;Günter Brenn;Hannes Pucher;Juliana Wieser

  • Monodisperse Sprays for Various Purposes — Their production and characteristics

    Günter Brenn;Franz Durst;Cameron Tropea

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard A. Holzapfel
Gerhard A. Holzapfel Graz University of Technology
Franz Durst
Franz Durst FMP Technology (Germany)
Alexander L. Yarin
Alexander L. Yarin University of Illinois at Chicago
Cameron Tropea
Cameron Tropea Technical University of Darmstadt
Johannes Khinast
Johannes Khinast Graz University of Technology
F. Durst
F. Durst FMP Technology (Germany)
Ram Prakash Singh
Ram Prakash Singh Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
Krassimir D. Danov
Krassimir D. Danov Sofia University
Bernhard Weigand
Bernhard Weigand University of Stuttgart
Peter A. Kralchevsky
Peter A. Kralchevsky Sofia University

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