Lu, Tianfeng

Tianfeng Lu

Professor, School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering

Email tianfeng.lu@uconn.edu
Phone 860 486-3942
Mailing Address School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Connecticut, 191 Auditorium Rd. U-3139, Storrs, CT 06269
Campus Storrs
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Brief Bio

Dr. Tianfeng Lu joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 2008. Dr. Lu received his B.S. (1994) and M.S. (1997) in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University and Ph.D. (2004) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, where he has been a research associate from 2004 and a research staff from 2005. His primary research interests include computational fluid dynamics with detailed chemistry as well as reduction of large chemical kinetic mechanisms for computationally efficient simulation of complex multidimensional, turbulent flows and other engineering systems. He was appointed as United Technologies Associate Professor of Engineering Innovation in 2016.

  • Chemical Kinetics
  • combustion
  • computational fluid dynamics
  • Energy Systems
A directed relation graph method for mechanism reduction
T Lu, CK Law
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 30 (1), 1333-1341
Toward accommodating realistic fuel chemistry in large-scale computations
T Lu, CK Law
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 35 (2), 192-215
Comprehensive chemical kinetic modeling of the oxidation of 2-methylalkanes from C7 to C20
SM Sarathy, CK Westbrook, M Mehl, WJ Pitz, C Togbe, P Dagaut, H Wang, ...
Combustion and flame 158 (12), 2338-2357
Structure of a spatially developing turbulent lean methane–air Bunsen flame
R Sankaran, ER Hawkes, JH Chen, T Lu, CK Law
Proceedings of the combustion institute 31 (1), 1291-1298
Linear time reduction of large kinetic mechanisms with directed relation graph: n-Heptane and iso-octane
T Lu, CK Law
Combustion and flame 144 (1-2), 24-36
A criterion based on computational singular perturbation for the identification of quasi steady state species: A reduced mechanism for methane oxidation with NO chemistry
T Lu, CK Law
Combustion and Flame 154 (4), 761-774
Three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of a turbulent lifted hydrogen jet flame in heated coflow: a chemical explosive mode analysis
TF Lu, CS Yoo, JH Chen, CK Law
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 652, 45-64
A physics-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry–II. Reaction kinetic models of jet and rocket fuels
R Xu, K Wang, S Banerjee, J Shao, T Parise, Y Zhu, S Wang, A Movaghar, ...
Combustion and Flame 193, 520-537
Direct numerical simulations of ignition of a lean n-heptane/air mixture with temperature inhomogeneities at constant volume: Parametric study
CS Yoo, T Lu, JH Chen, CK Law
Combustion and Flame 158 (9), 1727-1741
Strategies for mechanism reduction for large hydrocarbons: n-heptane
T Lu, CK Law
Combustion and flame 154 (1-2), 153-163
Chemical explosive mode analysis for a turbulent lifted ethylene jet flame in highly-heated coflow
Z Luo, CS Yoo, ES Richardson, JH Chen, CK Law, T Lu
Combustion and Flame 159 (1), 265-274
Complex CSP for chemistry reduction and analysis
T Lu, Y Ju, CK Law
Combustion and Flame 126 (1-2), 1445-1455
On the applicability of directed relation graphs to the reduction of reaction mechanisms
T Lu, CK Law
Combustion and Flame 146 (3), 472-483
A compact skeletal mechanism for n-dodecane with optimized semi-global low-temperature chemistry for diesel engine simulations
T Yao, Y Pei, BJ Zhong, S Som, T Lu, KH Luo
Fuel 191, 339-349
Experimental counterflow ignition temperatures and reaction mechanisms of 1, 3-butadiene
XL Zheng, TF Lu, CK Law
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 31 (1), 367-375
A comprehensive iso-octane combustion model with improved thermochemistry and chemical kinetics
N Atef, G Kukkadapu, SY Mohamed, M Al Rashidi, C Banyon, M Mehl, ...
Combustion and Flame 178, 111-134
The effect of flame structure on soot formation and transport in turbulent nonpremixed flames using direct numerical simulation
DO Lignell, JH Chen, PJ Smith, T Lu, CK Law
Combustion and Flame 151 (1-2), 2-28
Development and validation of an n-dodecane skeletal mechanism for spray combustion applications
Z Luo, S Som, SM Sarathy, M Plomer, WJ Pitz, DE Longman, T Lu
Combustion theory and modelling 18 (2), 187-203
Experimental and kinetic modeling study of extinction and ignition of methyl decanoate in laminar non-premixed flows
K Seshadri, T Lu, O Herbinet, S Humer, U Niemann, WJ Pitz, R Seiser, ...
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 32 (1), 1067-1074
Development of comprehensive detailed and reduced reaction mechanisms for combustion modeling
CK Law, CJ Sung, H Wang, TF Lu
AIAA journal 41 (9), 1629-1646