V'yacheslav Akkerman

V'yacheslav Akkerman

Research Staff
akkerman@princeton.edu
  • Hometown
    • Vinnitsa, Ukraine
  • Education
    • Ph.D. Degree in Physics, Umeå University, Umeå , Sweden, June 2007
    • C.Sc. (equivalent of Ph.D.) Degree in Physics and Mathematics, Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBRAE RAS), Moscow, Russia, April 2006
    • Phil. Lic. Degree in Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, January 2005
    • M. Sc. Thesis in Engineering Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, March 2004
    • M. Sc. Degree in Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics (diploma of honor), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia, June 2003
    • M. Sc. Thesis in Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, April 2003
    • B. Sc. Degree in Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics (diploma of honor) Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia, June 2001
  • Main Research Interests

    Theory and modelling of laminar and turbulent reactive flows including:

    • combustion in SI-engines, gas turbines and other industrial / laboratory applications
    • intrinsic flame instabilities (Darrieus-Landau, Rayleigh-Taylor, thermal-diffusion etc.)
    • turbulence, flame turbulization and flame propagation in an external turbulent flow
    • flame interaction with sound waves and with the walls of the burning chamber
    • flame acceleration, deflagration-to-detonation transition, and related phenomena

  • Experience
    • Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University / NASA Ames Research Center, Stanford, CA, USA, 6/2007 - 11/2008
    • Visiting Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2007
    • Ph. D. – student, Department of Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, 2003 - 2007
    • Ph. D. – student, Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBRAE RAS), Moscow, Russia, 2003 - 2006
    • Guest researcher / exchange student, Department of Physics, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, 2002 - 2003
    • Master-student, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia, 2001 - 2003
    • Engineer-researcher, Troitsk Institute of Innovation and Fusion Research, Troitsk, Moscow region, Russia, 2000 - 2003
    • Student, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia, 1997 - 2001
  • Journal Publications
    1. V. Bychkov, M. Zaytsev, V. Akkerman, Coordinate-Free Description of Corrugated Flames with Realistic Gas Expansion, Phys. Rev. E 68, 026312 (2003).
    2. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Turbulent Flame and the Darrieus-Landau Instability in a Three Dimensional Flow, Combust. Theory Modelling 7, 767–794 (2003).
    3. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Velocity of Weakly Turbulent Flames of Finite Thickness, Combust. Theory Modelling 9, 323 – 351 (2005).
    4. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Flames with Realistic Thermal Expansion in a Time-Dependent Turbulent Flow, Combust. Exp. Shock Waves 41, 363–374 (2005).
    5. V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, Theory and Modeling of Accelerating Flames in Tubes, Phys. Rev. E 72, 046307 (2005).
    6. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, L.E. Eriksson, Accelerating Flames in Cylindrical Tubes with Non-Slip at the Walls, Combust. Flame 145, 206–219 (2006).
    7. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, L.E. Eriksson, Flame Oscillations in Tubes with Non- Slip at the Walls, Combust. Flame 145, 675–687 (2006).
    8. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, Explosion Triggering by an Accelerating Flame, Phys. Rev. E 73, 066305 (2006).
    9. A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, Violent Folding of a Flame Front in a Flame-Acoustic Resonance, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 164501 (2006).
    10. V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, V. Akkerman, On the Theory of Turbulent Flame Velocity, Combust. Sci. Tech. 179, 137–151 (2007).
    11. A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, Flame-Sound Interaction in Tubes with Non-Slip walls, Combust. Flame 149, 418–434 (2007).
    12. V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, V. Akkerman, Increase of Flame Velocity in a Rotating Gas and the Renormalization Approach to Turbulent Burning, Combust. Sci. Tech. 179, 1231–1259 (2007).
    13. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, G. Fru, L.E. Eriksson, A. Petchenko, Flame Acceleration at the Early Stages of Burning in Tubes, Combust. Flame 150, 263–276 (2007). 14. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, L.E. Eriksson, Numerical Study of Turbulent
    14. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, L.E. Eriksson, Numerical Study of Turbulent Flame Velocity, Combust. Flame 151, 452–471 (2007).
    15. V. Bychkov, M. Modestov, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Laser Fusion, Astrophysical Plasma and Flames, Plasma Phys. Contr. Fusion 49, B513–B520 (2007).
    16. V.B. Akkerman, V.V. Bychkov, R.J.M. Bastiaans, L.P.H. de Goey, J.A. van Oijen, L.E. Eriksson, Flow-Flame Interaction in a Closed Chamber, Phys. Fluids 20, 055107 (2008).
    17. D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, M. Marklund, Heating of the Fuel Mixture due to Viscous Stress Ahead of Accelerating Flames in Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition, Phys. Lett. A 372, 4850–4857 (2008).
    18. V. Akkerman, M. Ivanov, V. Bychkov, Turbulent Flow Produced by Piston Motion in a Spark- Ignition Engine, Flow Turb. Combust. 82, 317-337 (2009)
    19. M. L. Zaytsev, V. B. Akkerman, A Nonlinear Theory for the Motion of Hydrodynamic Discontinuity Surfaces, J. Exp. Teor. Phys. 108, 699-717 (2009)
    20. D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L. E. Eriksson, Different Stages of Flame Acceleration from Slow Burning to Chapman-Jouguet Deflagration, Phys. Rev. E, accepted for publication
    21. V. Akkerman, C. K. Law, V. Bychkov, L. E. Eriksson, Analysis of Flame Acceleration Induced by Wall Friction in Open Tubes, Phys. Fluids, submitted.
    22. V. Akkerman, C. K. Law, Explosion Triggering by a Centrally-Ignited Outwardly-Accelerating Flame, Phys. Rev. Lett., submitted.
    23. D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, C. K. Law, L. E. Eriksson, Flame Acceleration in Channels with Obstacles in the Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition, Combust. Flame, submitted.
    24. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, D. Valiev, C. K. Law, The Role of Compressibility in Moderating Flame Acceleration in Tubes, Phys. Rev. E, submitted.
  • Invited Refereed Publications
    1. V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, V. Akkerman, The Role of Bubble Motion for Turbulent Burning in Taylor-Couette Flow, pp. 187–207 in “Focus on Combustion Research”, Sung Z. Jiang (ed.), Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, 2006.
    2. V. Akkerman, H. Pitsch, Effect of scale-dependent corrections to flow intensity on turbulent burning rate, Annual Research Briefs 2007, pp. 207-218, Center for Turbulence Research, NASA Ames / Stanford University.
  • Conference Publications
    1. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Turbulent Flames with Realistically Large Density Drop at the Front, International Workshop “Nonlinear processes in Combustion and Plasma based Technologies”, Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 22–26, 2004.
    2. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Influence of External Turbulence and the Darrieus-Landau instability on the flame velocity, Proceedings of International Conference on Combustion and Detonation “Zel’dovich Memorial II”, Moscow, Russia, Aug. 30 – Sep. 3, 2004.
    3. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Effect of External Turbulence and the Darrieus-Landau Instability on the Velocity of Flames of Finite Thickness, 13th Symposium on Combustion and Detonation, Chernogolovka, Russia, Feb. 7–11, 2005.
    4. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Weakly Turbulent, Premixed Flames and the Darrieus-Landau Instability, European Combustion Meeting “ECM2005”, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Apr. 3–6, 2005.
    5. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, Accelerating Flames in Tubes with Non-slip at the Walls, Fourth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium ”MCS-4”, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 6–10, 2005.
    6. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, A. Petchenko, On the Theory of Turbulent Flame Velocity, Fourth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium ”MCS-4”, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 6–10, 2005.
    7. A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, Flame Propagation along the Vortex Axis, Fourth Mediterranean Combustion Symposium ”MCS-4”, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 6–10, 2005.
    8. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, M. Ivanov, Numerical Modelling of Ethanol Combustion in S.I.- Engines, Open Seminar “Alternative Fuels for Engines”, Gothenburg, Sweden, Nov. 15, 2006.
    9. V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, L.E. Eriksson, Modeling of Turbulent Burning in Tubes, European Combustion Meeting “ECM2007”, Chania, Crete, Greece, Apr. 11–13, 2007.
    10. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, A. Petchenko, L.E. Eriksson, Flame Acceleration and Explosion Triggering, European Combustion Meeting “ECM2007”, Chania, Crete, Greece, Apr 11–13, 2007.
    11. A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, Study of Flame-Acoustic Interaction, European Combustion Meeting “ECM2007”, Chania, Crete, Greece, Apr. 11–13, 2007.
    12. V. Bychkov, M. Modestov, V. Akkerman, Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Laser Fusion, Astrophysical Plasma and Flames, European Physical Society, Conference on Plasma Physics, Warsaw, Poland, July 2–6, 2007.
    13. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, A. Petchenko, L.E. Eriksson, Detonation Triggering by Accelerating Flames, International Colloquium “Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems”, Poitiers, France, July 23–27, 2007.
    14. V.B. Akkerman, V.V. Bychkov, R.J.M. Bastiaans, L.P.H. de Goey, J.A. van Oijen, L.E. Eriksson, Similarity and difference of flame-flow interactions in an open tube and in a closed chamber, Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA, Oct. 16–17, 2007.
    15. D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, Slowdown of Flame Acceleration because of Gas Compression, 7th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7-11, 2008.
    16. D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.E. Eriksson, M. Marklund, Numerical study of DDT due to viscous heating ahead of the deflagration front, DNS and LES of Reacting Flows, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Oct. 22-24, 2008.
    17. V.B. Akkerman, V.V. Bychkov, R.J.M. Bastiaans, L.P.H. de Goey, J.A. van Oijen, L.E. Eriksson, D. Valiev, M. Marklund, DNS of flow-flame interaction at constant volume burning, DNS and LES of Reacting Flows, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Oct. 22-24, 2008.
    18. V. B. Akkerman, C. K. Law, Explosion triggering by centrally-ignited outwardly-propagating accelerating flames, 6th U. S. National Combustion Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 17-20, 2009.
    19. V. B. Akkerman, C. K. Law, V. V. Bychkov, L. E. Eriksson, Analysis of Flame Acceleration Induced by Wall Friction in Open Tubes, 6th U. S. National Combustion Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 17-20, 2009.
    20. V. B. Akkerman, C. K. Law, V. V. Bychkov, D. M. Valiev, The Effect of Compressibility on Flame Acceleration in Tubes, Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, College Park, MD, USA, Oct. 18-21, 2009.
    21. V. B. Akkerman, C. K. Law, D. M. Valiev, V. V. Bychkov, L. E. Eriksson, Mechanism of Fast Flame Acceleration in Cylindrical Tubes with Obstacles, Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, College Park, MD, USA, Oct. 18-21, 2009.
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