Dr Ali Heidari
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- School of Engineering and the Environment
- Roehampton Vale
Senior Lecturer - Admissions Recruitment & Outreach Tutor
- Email:
- a.heidari@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am the Admissions Recruitment & Outreach Tutor at the Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering. I have been working at Kingston University since 2007 and I was awarded a PhD in Fluid Dynamics from the University.
Currently I am a senior lecturer specialising in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), heat and mass transfer, combustion and energy engineering, aerodynamics and high performance computing (HPC).
I have been involved in various research projects on fire and explosion studies carried out on behalf of leading gas and oil companies. I am also a member of the Fire, Explosion and Fluid Dynamics (FEFD) research team at Kingston University and teach thermofluids to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Qualifications
- PhD Mechanical Engineering
- MSc Aerospace Engineering
- BSc (Eng) Mechanical Engineering
- FHEA (Fellow Higher Education Academy)
- CEng, MIMechE (Chartered Engineer, member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers)
Domains
Course director
Courses taught
Publications
CFD modeling of wind turbine blades with eroded leading edge
Carraro, Michael, De Vanna, Francesco, Zweiri, Feras, Benini, Ernesto, Heidari, Ali and Hadavinia, Homayoun, 2022, Fluids (7), 9, pp 302
Investigation of fires in a mechanically ventilated compartment using the CFD code FireFOAM Nuclear Engineering and Design
Ukairo, Okorie, Dembele, Siaka, Heidari, Ali, Pretrel, Hugues and Wen, Jennifer, 2021, Nuclear Engineering and Design (384), pp 111515
Numerical studies of flame acceleration and onset of detonation in homogenous and inhomogeneous mixture
Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X., 2020, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (64), pp 104063
The effect of concentration gradients on deflagration-to-detonation transition in a rectangular channel with and without obstructions : a numerical study
Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali, Boeck, Lorenz R. and Wen, Jennifer X., 2019, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (44), 13, pp 7032-7040
A computational fluid dynamic investigation of inhomogeneous hydrogen flame acceleration and transition to detonation
Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X., 2018, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion (101), 4, pp 1009-1021
Numerical modelling of deflagration to detonation transition in inhomogeneous hydrogen/air mixtures
Azadboni, Reza Khodadadi, Wen, Jennifer X., Heidari, Ali and Wang, Changjian, 2017, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (49), B, pp 722-730
Numerical simulation of detonation failure and re-initiation in bifurcated tubes
Heidari, A. and Wen, J., 2017, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (42), 11, pp 7353-7359
Modeling liquid fuel cascades with OpenFOAM
Macchi, Marco, Wen, Jennifer X., Volkov, Konstantin, Heidari, Ali and Chung, Yongmann M., 2016, Process Safety Progress (35), 2, pp 179-184
Alteration in refractive index profile during accommodation based on mechanical modelling
Bahrami, Mehdi, Heidari, Ali and Pierscionek, Barbara K., 2016, Biomedical Optics Express (7), 1, pp 99-110
Numerical simulation of flame acceleration and deflagration to detonation transition in hydrogen-air mixture
Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X., 2014, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (39), 36, pp 21317-21327
Flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation in hydrogen explosions
Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer, 2014, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (39), 11, pp 6184-6200
Dispersion of carbon dioxide from vertical vent and horizontal releases - a numerical study
Wen, Jennifer, Heidari, Ali, Xu, Baopeng and Jie, Hongen, 2013, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (227), 2, pp 125-139
Numerical simulation of propane detonation in medium and large scale geometries
Wen, J.X., Heidari, A., Ferraris, S. and Tam, V.H.Y., 2011, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (24), 2, pp 187-193
Numerical simulation of large scale hydrogen detonation
Heidari, A., Ferraris, S., Wen, J.X. and Tam, V.H.Y., 2011, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (36), 3, pp 2538-2544
Determination of the equilibrium parameters of gaseous detonation using a genetic algorithm
Heidari, A. and Mazaheri, K., 2008, Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering (5), 3, pp 3-13
RANS studies of minimum ignition energy of stoichiometric laminar methane/air fuel mixtures
Vasudevan, Sooraj P.M., Muppala, Siva, Madhov Rao, Vendra C., Heidari, Ali and Dembele, Siaka(2022). In: 16th International Combustion Symposium (INCOS) 2022, 8-10 Sep 2022 :Aydin, Turkey
Analytical study of minimum ignition energy of single and dual fuels : a short review
Vasudevan, Sooraj PM, Muppala, Siva PR, Vendra, C. Madhav Rao, Heidari, Ali and Dembele, Siaka(2021). In: 10th European Combustion Meeting (ECM), 14-15 Apr 2021 :Napoli, Italy (Held online)
A computational fluid dynamic investigation of inhomogeneous hydrogen flame acceleration and transition to detonation
Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Wen, Jennifer and Heidari, Ali(2017). In: 10th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium (MCS-10), 17-21 Sep 2017 :Naples, Italy
Numerical modelling of flame acceleration and transition to detonation in hydrogen/air mixtures with concentration gradient
Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X(2017). In: International Conference On Hydrogen Safety (ICHS 2017), 11-13 Sep 2017 :Hamburg, Germany
CFD analysis of deflagration to detonation transition in homogenous and inhomogeneous hydrogen-air mixtures
Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X.(2017). In: UK Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows (UKCTRF) Annual Meeting, 07-08 Sep 2017 :Southampton, U.K.
Numerical study of deflagration-to-detonation transition in homogenous and inhomogeneous hydrogen-air mixtures
Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali, Boeck, Lorenz R. and Wen, Jennifer X.(2017). In: The International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS), 30 Jul – 04 Aug 2017 :Boston, U.S.
CFD modelling of non-uniform hydrogen flame propagating across obstacles and inducing detonation
Khodadadiazadboni, R., Wen, J.X., Heidari, A., Muppala, S. and Wang, C.J.(2016). In: United Kingdom Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows (UKCTRF), 15 - 16 Sep 2016 :Durham, U.K.
Numerical modelling of deflagration to detonation transition in inhomogeneous hydrogen/air mixtures
Khodadadiazadboni, Reza, Wen, Jennifer, Heidari, Ali and Wang, Changjian(2016). In: 11th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosion (ISHPMIE), 24-29 Jul 2016 :Dalian, China
Numerical simulation of flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation using OpenFOAM
KhodadadiAzadboni, R, Wen, J, Heidari, A, Muppala, S and Wang, C(2016). In: The 11th OpenFOAM Workshop, 26 - 30 Jun 2016 :Guimaraes, Portugal
Numerical simulation of detonation failure and re-initiation in bifurcated tubes
Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer(2015). In: The 6th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (ICHS 2015), 19-21 Oct, 2015 :Yokohama, Japan
Numerical simulation of diverging detonation in hydrogen air mixtures
Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer(2015). In: The 6th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (ICHS 2015), 19-21 Oct 2015 :Yokohama, Japan
Modelling liquid fuel cascades with OpenFOAM
Macchi, M., Wen, J., Volkov, K., Heidari, A. and Chung, Y.(2015). In: 11th Global Congress on Process Safety, 27-29 Apr 2015 :Texas, USA
Investigation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) dispersion using computational fluid dynamics
Udechukwu, Izunna, Dembele, Siaka, Heidari, Ali, Volkov, Konstantin and Wen, Jennifer(2014). In: 6th. European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI), 20-25 Jul 2014 :Barcelona, Spain
Computational fluid dynamics simulation of LNG dispersion using openFOAM
Udechukwu, Izunna D, Dembele, Siaka, Heidari, Ali, Volkov, Konstantin N and Wen, Jennifer X(2014). In: 22nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, 1-4 Jun 2014 :Toronto, Canada
Numerical simulation of carbon dioxide dispersion from vertical vent release
Heidari, Ali, Xu, Baopeng, Jie, Hongen and Wen, Jennifer(2012). In: Third International Forum on Transportation of CO2 by Pipeline, 20-21 June 2012 :Newcastle, U.K.
Flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation in hydrogen explosions
Heidari, A. and Wen, J.X.(2011). In: 4th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, ICHS, 12 - 14 Sept 2011 :San Francisco, U.S.A.
Numerical simulations of large scale hemispherical and pancake cloud detonation
Heidari, A. and Wen, J.X.(2011). In: International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS), University of California, Irvine, 24-29 July 2011 :Irvine, U.S.A.
Towards understanding the Buncefield explosion through advanced numerical analysis and experimental investigations
Heidari, A., Pereira, J.M., Wen, J., Tam, V., Ghasemnejad, H., Shariff, H., Donchev, T. and Johnson, M(2011). In: Hazards XXII - process safety and environmental protection, 11-14 Apr 2011 :Liverpool, U.K.
Numerical simulation of large scale hydrogen detonation
Heidari, A., Ferraris, S., Wen, J.X. and Tam, V.H.Y.(2011). In: 3rd International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, 16-18 Sept 2009 :Ajaccio-Corsica, France
Predicting flame acceleration using a coherent flame model
Wen, Jennifer, Heidari, Ali, Ferraris, Sergio and Tam, Vincent(2011). In: 22nd International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, 27-31 July 2009 :Minsk, Belarus
Simulating flame propagation in obstructed channels with OpenFOAM
Wen, J.X., Heidari, A., Madhav Rao, V.C., Ferraris, S.A. and Tam, V.H.Y.(2010). In: 6th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards, 11-16 April 2010 :Leeds, UK
Numerical study of large scale hydrogen explosions and detonation
Rao, V.C.M., Heidari, A, Wen, J.X. and Tam, V.H.Y.(2009). In: Hazards XXI - Process safety and environmental protection in a changing world, 10-12 Nov 2009 :Manchester, UK
Flame acceleration around obstacles : numerical simulation with OPENFOAM
Heidari, Ali, Ferraris, Sergio, Wen, Jennifer and Tam, Vincent(2008). In: 41st Meeting United Kingdom Explosion Liaison Group, 13 May 2008 :Thornton, U.K.
Determination of detonation equilibrium parameters using genetic algorithm
Heidari, Ali and Mazaheri, Kiumars(2007). In: 15th Annual Conference (International) on Mechanical Engineering, 15 - 17 May 2007 :Tehran, Iran
Determining the equilibrium composition of combustion products
Mazaheri, K. and Heidari, A.(2006). In: 1th National Iranian Congress of Chemical Engineering, 28 - 30 Nov 2006 :Tehran, Iran
Numerical simulation of deflagration to detonation transition in hydrogen explosion
Heidari, Ali (2012), PhD thesis, Kingston University