Dr Ali Heidari

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 Kingston 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.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer - Admissions Recruitment & Outreach Tutor

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)

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

Research student supervision

Publications

Number of items: 41.

Article

Carraro, Michael, De Vanna, Francesco, Zweiri, Feras, Benini, Ernesto, Heidari, Ali and Hadavinia, Homayoun (2022) CFD modeling of wind turbine blades with eroded leading edge. Fluids, 7(9), p. 302. ISSN (online) 2311-5521

Ukairo, Okorie, Dembele, Siaka, Heidari, Ali, Pretrel, Hugues and Wen, Jennifer (2021) Investigation of fires in a mechanically ventilated compartment using the CFD code FireFOAM Nuclear Engineering and Design. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 384, p. 111515. ISSN (print) 0029-5493

Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X. (2020) Numerical studies of flame acceleration and onset of detonation in homogenous and inhomogeneous mixture. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 64, p. 104063. ISSN (print) 0950-4230

Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali, Boeck, Lorenz R. and Wen, Jennifer X. (2019) The effect of concentration gradients on deflagration-to-detonation transition in a rectangular channel with and without obstructions : a numerical study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(13), pp. 7032-7040. ISSN (online) 0360-3199

Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X. (2018) A computational fluid dynamic investigation of inhomogeneous hydrogen flame acceleration and transition to detonation. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 101(4), pp. 1009-1021. ISSN (print) 1386-6184

Azadboni, Reza Khodadadi, Wen, Jennifer X., Heidari, Ali and Wang, Changjian (2017) Numerical modelling of deflagration to detonation transition in inhomogeneous hydrogen/air mixtures. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 49(B), pp. 722-730. ISSN (print) 0950-4230

Heidari, A. and Wen, J. (2017) Numerical simulation of detonation failure and re-initiation in bifurcated tubes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42(11), pp. 7353-7359. ISSN (print) 0360-3199

Macchi, Marco, Wen, Jennifer X., Volkov, Konstantin, Heidari, Ali and Chung, Yongmann M. (2016) Modeling liquid fuel cascades with OpenFOAM. Process Safety Progress, 35(2), pp. 179-184. ISSN (print) 1066-8527

Bahrami, Mehdi, Heidari, Ali and Pierscionek, Barbara K. (2016) Alteration in refractive index profile during accommodation based on mechanical modelling. Biomedical Optics Express, 7(1), pp. 99-110. ISSN (online) 2156-7085

Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X. (2014) Numerical simulation of flame acceleration and deflagration to detonation transition in hydrogen-air mixture. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(36), pp. 21317-21327. ISSN (print) 0360-3199

Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer (2014) Flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation in hydrogen explosions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(11), pp. 6184-6200. ISSN (print) 0360-3199

Wen, Jennifer, Heidari, Ali, Xu, Baopeng and Jie, Hongen (2013) Dispersion of carbon dioxide from vertical vent and horizontal releases - a numerical study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 227(2), pp. 125-139.

Wen, J.X., Heidari, A., Ferraris, S. and Tam, V.H.Y. (2011) Numerical simulation of propane detonation in medium and large scale geometries. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 24(2), pp. 187-193. ISSN (print) 0950-4230

Heidari, A., Ferraris, S., Wen, J.X. and Tam, V.H.Y. (2011) Numerical simulation of large scale hydrogen detonation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36(3), pp. 2538-2544. ISSN (print) 0360-3199

Heidari, A. and Mazaheri, K. (2008) Determination of the equilibrium parameters of gaseous detonation using a genetic algorithm. Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 5(3), pp. 3-13. ISSN (print) 1735-5397

Conference or Workshop Item

Vasudevan, Sooraj P.M., Muppala, Siva, Madhov Rao, Vendra C., Heidari, Ali and Dembele, Siaka (2022) RANS studies of minimum ignition energy of stoichiometric laminar methane/air fuel mixtures. In: 16th International Combustion Symposium (INCOS) 2022; 8-10 Sep 2022, Aydin, Turkey. (Unpublished)

Vasudevan, Sooraj PM, Muppala, Siva PR, Vendra, C. Madhav Rao, Heidari, Ali and Dembele, Siaka (2021) Analytical study of minimum ignition energy of single and dual fuels : a short review. In: 10th European Combustion Meeting (ECM); 14-15 Apr 2021, Napoli, Italy (Held online).

Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Wen, Jennifer and Heidari, Ali (2017) A computational fluid dynamic investigation of inhomogeneous hydrogen flame acceleration and transition to detonation. In: 10th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium (MCS-10); 17-21 Sep 2017, Naples, Italy. (Unpublished)

Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X (2017) Numerical modelling of flame acceleration and transition to detonation in hydrogen/air mixtures with concentration gradient. In: International Conference On Hydrogen Safety (ICHS 2017); 11-13 Sep 2017, Hamburg, Germany. (Unpublished)

Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer X. (2017) CFD analysis of deflagration to detonation transition in homogenous and inhomogeneous hydrogen-air mixtures. In: UK Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows (UKCTRF) Annual Meeting; 07-08 Sep 2017, Southampton, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Khodadadi Azadboni, Reza, Heidari, Ali, Boeck, Lorenz R. and Wen, Jennifer X. (2017) Numerical study of deflagration-to-detonation transition in homogenous and inhomogeneous hydrogen-air mixtures. In: The International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS); 30 Jul – 04 Aug 2017, Boston, U.S.. (Unpublished)

Khodadadiazadboni, R., Wen, J.X., Heidari, A., Muppala, S. and Wang, C.J. (2016) CFD modelling of non-uniform hydrogen flame propagating across obstacles and inducing detonation. In: United Kingdom Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows (UKCTRF); 15 - 16 Sep 2016, Durham, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Khodadadiazadboni, Reza, Wen, Jennifer, Heidari, Ali and Wang, Changjian (2016) Numerical modelling of deflagration to detonation transition in inhomogeneous hydrogen/air mixtures. In: 11th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention, and Mitigation of Industrial Explosion (ISHPMIE); 24-29 Jul 2016, Dalian, China. (Unpublished)

KhodadadiAzadboni, R, Wen, J, Heidari, A, Muppala, S and Wang, C (2016) Numerical simulation of flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation using OpenFOAM. In: The 11th OpenFOAM Workshop; 26 - 30 Jun 2016, Guimaraes, Portugal.

Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer (2015) Numerical simulation of detonation failure and re-initiation in bifurcated tubes. In: The 6th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (ICHS 2015); 19-21 Oct, 2015, Yokohama, Japan.

Heidari, Ali and Wen, Jennifer (2015) Numerical simulation of diverging detonation in hydrogen air mixtures. In: The 6th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety (ICHS 2015); 19-21 Oct 2015, Yokohama, Japan.

Macchi, M., Wen, J., Volkov, K., Heidari, A. and Chung, Y. (2015) Modelling liquid fuel cascades with OpenFOAM. In: 11th Global Congress on Process Safety; 27-29 Apr 2015, Texas, USA.

Udechukwu, Izunna, Dembele, Siaka, Heidari, Ali, Volkov, Konstantin and Wen, Jennifer (2014) Investigation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) dispersion using computational fluid dynamics. In: 6th. European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD VI); 20-25 Jul 2014, Barcelona, Spain.

Udechukwu, Izunna D, Dembele, Siaka, Heidari, Ali, Volkov, Konstantin N and Wen, Jennifer X (2014) Computational fluid dynamics simulation of LNG dispersion using openFOAM. In: 22nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada; 1-4 Jun 2014, Toronto, Canada.

Heidari, Ali, Xu, Baopeng, Jie, Hongen and Wen, Jennifer (2012) Numerical simulation of carbon dioxide dispersion from vertical vent release. In: Third International Forum on Transportation of CO2 by Pipeline; 20-21 June 2012, Newcastle, U.K..

Heidari, A. and Wen, J.X. (2011) Flame acceleration and transition from deflagration to detonation in hydrogen explosions. In: 4th International Conference on Hydrogen Safety, ICHS; 12 - 14 Sept 2011, San Francisco, U.S.A..

Heidari, A. and Wen, J.X. (2011) Numerical simulations of large scale hemispherical and pancake cloud detonation. In: International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems (ICDERS), University of California, Irvine; 24-29 July 2011, Irvine, U.S.A..

Heidari, A., Pereira, J.M., Wen, J., Tam, V., Ghasemnejad, H., Shariff, H., Donchev, T. and Johnson, M (2011) Towards understanding the Buncefield explosion through advanced numerical analysis and experimental investigations. In: Hazards XXII - process safety and environmental protection; 11-14 Apr 2011, Liverpool, U.K..

Heidari, A., Ferraris, S., Wen, J.X. and Tam, V.H.Y. (2011) Numerical simulation of large scale hydrogen detonation. In: 3rd International Conference on Hydrogen Safety; 16-18 Sept 2009, Ajaccio-Corsica, France.

Wen, Jennifer, Heidari, Ali, Ferraris, Sergio and Tam, Vincent (2011) Predicting flame acceleration using a coherent flame model. In: 22nd International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems; 27-31 July 2009, Minsk, Belarus. (ICDERS 2011)

Wen, J.X., Heidari, A., Madhav Rao, V.C., Ferraris, S.A. and Tam, V.H.Y. (2010) Simulating flame propagation in obstructed channels with OpenFOAM. In: 6th International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards; 11-16 April 2010, Leeds, UK.

Rao, V.C.M., Heidari, A, Wen, J.X. and Tam, V.H.Y. (2009) Numerical study of large scale hydrogen explosions and detonation. In: Hazards XXI - Process safety and environmental protection in a changing world; 10-12 Nov 2009, Manchester, UK. ISBN 9780852955369

Heidari, Ali, Ferraris, Sergio, Wen, Jennifer and Tam, Vincent (2008) Flame acceleration around obstacles : numerical simulation with OPENFOAM. In: 41st Meeting United Kingdom Explosion Liaison Group; 13 May 2008, Thornton, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Heidari, Ali and Mazaheri, Kiumars (2007) Determination of detonation equilibrium parameters using genetic algorithm. In: 15th Annual Conference (International) on Mechanical Engineering; 15 - 17 May 2007, Tehran, Iran.

Mazaheri, K. and Heidari, A. (2006) Determining the equilibrium composition of combustion products. In: 1th National Iranian Congress of Chemical Engineering; 28 - 30 Nov 2006, Tehran, Iran.

Thesis

Heidari, Ali (2012) Numerical simulation of deflagration to detonation transition in hydrogen explosion. (PhD thesis), Kingston University, .

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