What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Thermodynamics
- Mechanics
- Mechanical engineering
Wolfgang Polifke mainly investigates Mechanics, Premixed flame, Combustor, Combustion and Turbulence.
Wolfgang Polifke usually deals with Mechanics and limits it to topics linked to Classical mechanics and Volumetric flow rate.
His Premixed flame research integrates issues from Transfer function, Diffusion flame, Laminar flow and Acoustic wave.
His Combustor research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Acoustics, Fuel injection, Nozzle, Plenum space and Combustion chamber.
When carried out as part of a general Combustion research project, his work on Flame speed is frequently linked to work in Reaction rate, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.
His Turbulence research includes elements of Computational fluid dynamics and Flame structure.
His most cited work include:
- Impact of Swirl Fluctuations on the Flame Response of a Perfectly Premixed Swirl Burner (156 citations)
- An efficient computational model for premixed turbulent combustion at high reynolds numbers based on a turbulent flame speed closure (155 citations)
- RECONSTRUCTION OF ACOUSTIC TRANSFER MATRICES BY INSTATIONARY COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (134 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Wolfgang Polifke spends much of his time researching Mechanics, Combustion, Combustor, Acoustics and Turbulence.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Premixed flame and Transfer function in addition to Mechanics.
His studies deal with areas such as Waste management, Gas turbines, Analytical chemistry and Thermodynamics as well as Combustion.
The concepts of his Combustor study are interwoven with issues in Mechanical engineering, Fuel injection, Instability, Sound pressure and Combustion chamber.
His work in the fields of Acoustic wave overlaps with other areas such as System identification.
His Turbulence research incorporates themes from Statistical physics and Flow.
He most often published in these fields:
- Mechanics (46.32%)
- Combustion (23.16%)
- Combustor (21.80%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?
- Mechanics (46.32%)
- Turbulence (17.44%)
- Transfer function (8.45%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Mechanics, Turbulence, Transfer function, Combustion chamber and Large eddy simulation.
His study in Mechanics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Combustor, Combustion, Premixed flame and Boundary value problem.
He has researched Combustor in several fields, including Sound pressure, Turbulence kinetic energy and Stability.
The various areas that Wolfgang Polifke examines in his Premixed flame study include Particle velocity, Computational fluid dynamics and Impulse response.
His work deals with themes such as Flow and Sensitivity, which intersect with Turbulence.
He works mostly in the field of Combustion chamber, limiting it down to topics relating to Acoustics and, in certain cases, Gas compressor and Signal-to-noise ratio.
Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Prediction of combustion noise of an enclosed flame by simultaneous identification of noise source and flame dynamics (18 citations)
- Intrinsic thermoacoustic feedback loop in turbulent spray flames (15 citations)
- Inclusion of higher harmonics in the flame describing function for predicting limit cycles of self-excited combustion instabilities (15 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Thermodynamics
- Mechanics
- Statistics
Wolfgang Polifke mainly investigates Mechanics, Transfer function, Turbulence, Laminar flow and Premixed flame.
His Mechanics research incorporates elements of Combustor and Sensitivity.
Combustor is a subfield of Combustion that Wolfgang Polifke investigates.
His Transfer function research focuses on subjects like Describing function, which are linked to Amplitude, Limit cycle, Limit, Computer simulation and Frequency domain.
His research integrates issues of Incompressible flow, Convective heat transfer and Phase in his study of Turbulence.
As part of one scientific family, Wolfgang Polifke deals mainly with the area of Laminar flow, narrowing it down to issues related to the Computational fluid dynamics, and often Excitation, Signal-to-noise ratio and Finite element method.
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