Dr Robert Woolley
Multidisciplinary Engineering Education
Senior Lecturer
Rob.Woolley@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4335
+44 114 222 4335
The Diamond
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Dr Robert Woolley
Multidisciplinary Engineering Education
The Diamond
32 Leavygreave Road
91Ö±²¥
S3 7RD
Multidisciplinary Engineering Education
The Diamond
32 Leavygreave Road
91Ö±²¥
S3 7RD
- Profile
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I graduated with a PhD from the Department of Fuel and Energy at the University of Leeds in 1992. I then joined the School of Mechanical Engineering again at the University of Leeds and was a Research Fellow there from 1992 to 2006. I became a lecturer at the University of 91Ö±²¥ in 2006 and have since become a Senior Lecturer.
- Qualifications
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Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence 2021 (HEA)
- Research interests
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- Laminar and turbulent premixed combustion – ignition, flame stability, high pressure combustion
- Laser ignition
- Engine combustion
- Laser diagnostics
- Regenerative heat transfer in Stirling engines
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education.
- . International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 108(B), 1439-1448.
- . Fuel, 189, 66-78.
- . Fuel, 185, 500-507.
- . Fuel, 167, 347-356.
- . Fuel, 167, 357-365.
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35(2), 2075-2082.
- . Journal of Materials Research, 28(17), 2474-2482.
- . Combustion Science and Technology, 184(10-11), 1818-1837.
- . COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 159(5), 1949-1959.
- . COMBUST FLAME, 156(4), 780-790.
- Laminar burning behaviour of biomass gasification-derived producer gas. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(2), 851-862.
- . COMBUST FLAME, 151(4), 601-622.
- . Combustion and Flame, 149(1-2), 162-172.
- . Combustion Science and Technology, 180(2), 296-313.
- . Atomization and Sprays, 16(6), 687-704.
- . Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 6(1/2/3), 158-158.
- Study of non-evaporating diesel sprays in a fan-stirred turbulent vessel. Atomization and Sprays, 16(6).
- . Combustion Science and Technology, 178(10-11), 1771-1802.
- . Combustion Science and Technology, 177(7), 1273-1289.
- . Combustion and Flame, 138(1-2), 55-77.
- . Combustion and Flame, 133(4), 415-430.
- . Combustion and Flame, 131(1-2), 1-15.
- Visualisation of high pressure diesel fuel injection into various flow fields. MTZ Motortechnische Zeitschrift, 61(9), 610-616.
- . The Proceedings of Conference of Chugoku-Shikoku Branch, 005.2(0), 243-244.
- . MTZ - Motortechnische Zeitschrift, 61(9), 610-616.
- . Combustion and Flame, 122(1-2), 195-209.
- . Combustion and Flame, 121(1-2), 41-58.
- . Combustion and Flame, 115(1-2), 126-144.
- . Fuel, 72(4), 497-503.
- . Combustion and Flame, 89(2), 157-166.
- . Journal of Visualized Experiments(94).
Conference proceedings papers
- . IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 243 (pp 012018-012018)
- The quenching of premixed turbulent flames of iso-octane, methane and hydrogen at high pressures. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31 (pp 1393-1400)
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31(1) (pp 1443-1450)
- Effects of droplets on the flame speed of laminar Iso-octane and air aerosols. 10th International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, ICLASS 2006
- Analysis of kinetic mechanism performance in conditional moment closure modelling of turbulent, non-premixed methane flames. 4th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Vol. 2 (pp 623-628)
- Laminar and unstable burning velocities and Markstein lengths of hydrogen-air mixtures at engine-like conditions. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30 (pp 209-216)
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30(1) (pp 225-232)
- Measurement of unstable burning velocities of isooctane-air mixtures at high pressure and the derivation of laminar burning velocities. International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Accepted Papers (pp 43-44)
- On the nature of autoignition and knock in HCCI engines. SAE Paper 2002-01-2831. San Diego
- Aspects of laminar and turbulent burning velocity relevant to SI engines. Journal of Engines / SAE Transactions, Vol. 109 (pp 13-33)
- Investigation of Ignition Probability in a Gas Turbine Combustor using Laser Ignition. ASME paper no 99-GT-116. Indianapolis,USA
- Towards a general correlation of turbulent premixed flame wrinkling. Engineering turbulence modelling and experiments, Vol. 4
- Methane as an engine fuel. ImechE Seminar, ‘Using Natural Gas in Engines’. London
- Darrieus-Landau and Thermo-acoustic Instabilities in Closed Vessel Explosions. 20th ICDERS. Montreal, 31 July 2005 - 5 August 2005.
- Measurements of laminar burning velocities in explosions and implosions in a spherical bomb. The Fourth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards. Ulster, 2004.
- The influence of fuel air ratio on the turbulent burning velocity of iso-octane air flames. Fourth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards. Ulster, 2004.
- Unstable explosion flames and acoustic oscillations. 18th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems. Seattle, 29 July 2001 - 3 August 2001.
- Three-dimensional mapping of turbulent flame fronts. Ninth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, 13 July 1998 - 16 July 1998.
- PIV in spherically expanding laminar cellular flames. Ninth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, 13 July 1998 - 16 July 1998.
- The cracking of laminar flames. Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, British, Spanish and Swedish Sections of the Combustion Institute. Madeira, 1 April 1996 - 4 April 1996.
- The Development of spark-ignited turbulent flames. Eighth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, 8 July 2006 - 11 July 2006.
- The Influence of Simulated Residual and NO Concentrations on Knock Onset for PRFs and Gasolines. SAE Transactions Fuels and Lubricants, Vol. 113 (pp 1873-1889)
- . Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 28(1) (pp 59-65)
Reports