Dr. Harish Gopalakrishnan

Projects

• Scientific Insights Into H2 Combustion Under Elevated Pressure Conditions / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Combustion dynamics of spray flames operating on sustainable aviation fuels / Project leader / completed
• Thermoacoustic analysis of freely-propagating hydrogen and flames in micro and meso-scale combustion systems / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Gopalakrishnan, H. et al. (2026) 'Laminar premixed hydrogen flame transfer functions : comparison between flow solvers and transport models', International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics. doi: 10.1177/17568277261447901.
• Gopalakrishnan, H. and Bothien, M. (2026) 'Influence of thermo-diffusive effects and pressure on laminar premixed hydrogen flame transfer functions', Combustion and Flame, 289(115008). doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2026.115008.
• Heinzmann, S. et al. (2025) 'Linear stability analysis of transversal thermoacoustic modes in reheat combustors', Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 147(12), p. 121019. doi: 10.1115/1.4069453.
• Heinzmann, S. M. et al. (2025) 'Development and validation of a framework to predict the linear stability of transverse thermoacoustic modes of a reheat combustor', Combustion and Flame, 275(114010). doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2025.114010.
• Gopalakrishnan, H. S. et al. (2024) 'A reactor-network framework to model performance and emissions of a longitudinally staged combustion system for carbon-free fuels', Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 146(12), p. 121012. doi: 10.1115/1.4066164.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Gopalakrishnan, H. S., Gruber, A. and Bothien, M. R. (2025) 'Dynamics of premixed hydrogen flames forced by harmonic velocity oscillations : scaling and prediction of transfer functions', in National Aerospace Propulsion Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 20-22 January 2025. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32147.
• Heinzmann, S. M., Gopalakrishnan, H. S. and Bothien, M. R. (2025) 'Novel framework to predict the linear stability of transverse thermoacoustic modes in reheat combustors', in 32. Deutscher Flammentag, Paderborn, Deutschland, 15.-17. September 2025. Winterthur: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35935.
• Gopalakrishnan, H. S. et al. (2025) 'Laminar premixed flame transfer functions of carbon-free fuels : comparison between flow solvers and transport models', in Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion (SoTiC), Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 September 2025. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34501.
• Gopalakrishnan, H. S. et al. (2025) 'Laminar premixed flame transfer functions of carbon-free fuels : computations and transfer function scaling', in Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion (SoTiC), Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 September 2025. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34502.
• Heinzmann, S. M. et al. (2025) 'Thermoacoustic FEM modeling of partly autoignition and propagation-stabilized flames', in Symposium on Thermoacoustics in Combustion: Industry meets Academia (SoTiC), Trondheim, Norway, 8-11 September 2025. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34241.
• Heinzmann, S. et al. (2025) 'Linear stability analysis of transversal thermoacoustic modes in reheat combustors'. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, p. V03AT04A051. doi: 10.1115/GT2025-152879.
• Gopalakrishnan, H. et al. (2024) 'A reactor-network framework to model performance and emissions of a longitudinally-staged combustion system for carbon-free fuels', in Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2024: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition: Volume 3B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions. doi: 10.1115/GT2024-129095.

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