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Laszlo Fuchs

Professor
Phone: +46 8 790 71 55
Fax: +46 8 796 76 54
E-mail: lf@mech.kth.se
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Education

PhD in Gasdynamics KTH 1977. Docent KTH 1980. M.D., Karolinska Institute, 1984.

Professional history

Adj. Professor. Applied CFD (50%), KTH 1989-1994 IBM Sweden (50%) 1989-1992.
Professor Fluid Mechanics LTH 1994-. Guest Professor (30%) at the Mechanics Department,
KTH 1994-2006 Professor of Fluid Mechanics, KTH, 2007--

Research and Professional Activities

Multiphase flows. Applied fluid dynamics relevant to multiphase and reacting flows.

Publications

Please note that this list might not be complete. Follow each article link for additional authors.
Year Title
2012 Airframe Installation Effects on the Jet exhausting a Coaxial Nozzle System of a Gas Turbine Engine
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2012 GT2012-69631 
2012 Assessment of Turbulence Models for Predicting Coaxial Jets Relevant to Turbofan Engines
In the Proc. of The 15th International Conference on Fluid Flow Technologies (CMFF'12), J. Vad (Ed.) 2 716-723
2012 Numerical Investigation of Fluidic Control on Supersonic Jet of a Gas Turbine Engine
In the Proc. of The 20th International Shock Interaction Symposium  161-164
2012 Modeling of EGR Mixing in an engine intake manifold using LES
In the Proc. of Int. Conf. on LES for Internal Combustion Engine Flows (LES4ICE)  
2012 LES of the exhaust flow in a heavy-duty engine
In the Proc. of Int. Conf. on LES for Internal Combustion Engine Flows (LES4ICE)  
2012 Effect of Microjets Injection on the Shock Structure and Acoustics of a Supersonic Jet
In the Proc. of The 20th International Shock Interaction Symposium  67
2011 Haemodynamics in a 3D 90-degree bifurcation
Proc. of the ECCOMAS Thematic International Conference on Simulation and Modeling of Biological Flows (SIMBIO 2011), Sept. 21 -23, 2011, VUB, Brussels, Belgium  
2010 Virtual Surgery: a Computational Engineering Approach to a Medical Problem.
3rd Int. Conf. on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, Sept 27-30, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA  
2009 Numerical computation of the pulsatile flow in a turbocharger with realistic inflow conditions from an exhaust manifold.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2009  
2009 Importance of paranasal sinuses in computational modeling of nasal air flow
47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan 5-8, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA  
2009 Importance of Paranasal Sinuses in Computational Modeling of Nasal Airflow.
47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan 5-8, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA AIAA 2009-772 10 pages
2008 Numerical Computations of Pulsatile Flow in a Turbo-Charger
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 7-10 January 2008, Reno, Nevada AIAA-2008-735 
2008 Near field dynamics of a turbulent round jet with moderate swirl.
Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow 29 675-686
2008 Effects of inlet conditions on the turbine performance of a radial turbine
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2008  
2008 Sphere wake dynamics
2nd Int. Conf. on Jets, Wakes and Separated Flows, Sept 16-19, 2008, Berlin, Germany  
2007 Numerical computations of steady and unsteady flow in bended pipes.
37th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, June 25-28, Miami, Florida AIAA 2007-4350 
2007 A Comparison between a Single- and Multiphase Jet in Crossflow Using LES
J. Eng. Gas Turbines and Power 129 61-68
2007 Dosin® –a new pump device. Its construction and function
Upsala J Med Sci  112 83-93
2007 Study of a confined turbulent jet: influence of combustion and pressure on the flow
AIAA Journal 45  624-639
2007 Consistency Issues of Lagrangian Particle Tracking Applied to a Spray Jet in Crossflow
Int. J. Multiphase Flow 33 394–410
2007 Large Eddy Simulation of vortex breakdown/ flame interaction.
Physics of Fluids 19 075103
2007 Large Eddy Simulation of turbulent premixed combustion using a Marker Field
Combustion Science and Technology 179 2135-2152
2007 Computational Aeroacoustics of a Separate Flow Exhaust System with Eccentric Inner Nozzle
 AIAA 45th AIAA-2007-0013
2007 Numerical Study of Fluidic Injection for Noise Reduction
 AIAA 44th AIAA-2007-0011
2007 Flow and Acoustics Simulations Based on LES and an Acoustic Analogy; an Application to Laryngeal Airflow.
 AIAA 45th AIAA-2007-0919
2007 Large Eddy Simulation of a Turbulent Flow Past a symmetric backward-facing steps: a sensitivity analysis
 AIAA 45th AIAA-2007-0916
2007 LES of Spray Dispersion and Mixing in a Swirl Stabilized GT Burner.
 AIAA 45th AIAA-2007-0924
2007 Computational Aero-acoustics of the coaxial flow exhaust system of gas turbine engine.
 ASME IGTI ASME GT2007-28193
2007 Study of the vortex breakdown in a conical swirler using LDV, LES and POD
 ASME IGTI ASME GT2007-27006
2007 Numerical computations of steady and unsteady flow in bended pipes
 AIAA CFD AIAA-2007-4466
2007 Pressure- Based Multidimensional Upwind Residual Distributive Scheme for All- Speed Flow Simulations
 AIAA CFD  AIAA-2007-4466
2007 On the interaction between two fixed spherical particles.
Int. J. Multiphase Flow 33 707–725
2007 Pressure- Based Multidimensional Upwind Residual Distributive Scheme for All- Speed Flow Simulations
 AIAA CFD AIAA-2007-4466
2007 Large Eddy Simulation of an unsteady lifted flame
 TSFP-5 
2007 Large-Eddy Simulation of Spray-Originated Turbulence Production and Dissipation.
 ICMF-2007 S4_Tue_A_14
2007 A different approach of handling large bubbles in a square cross-sectioned bubble column combining Large Eddy Simulation with Lagrangian Particle Tracking
 ICMF-2007 PS6_10
2007 Droplet Deformation Effects in Lagrangian Particle Tracking of a Spray Jet in Crossflow.
 ICMF-2007 PS4-4
2007 The interaction among two fixed spherical particles in an oscillatory flow
5th Conf. on Bluff Body Wakes and Vortex-Induced Vibrations, Dec 12-15, 2007, Bahia, Brazil  
2007 Computational Aeroacoustics of a Separate Flow Exhaust System with Eccentric Inner Nozzle.
45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2007-13 12 pages
2007 Flow and Acoustics Simulations Based on LES and an Acoustic Analogy; an Application to Laryngeal Airflow.
45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2007-919 13 pages
2007 Computational Aeroacoustics of the Coaxial Flow Exhaust System of a Gas Turbine Engine.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2007. 6 1531-1539
2007 Flow and Acoustics Characteristics of Chevron Nozzles in Coaxial Jets – LES and Acoustic Analogy Investigation.
13th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (28th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference). AIAA 2007-3609 12 pages
2006 Interaction among droplets in a uniform flow at intermediate Reynolds numbers
44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan 9-12, 2006, Reno, Nevada, USA  
2006 Computation of the Acoustic Field in an Annular Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber Using a Hybrid Approach.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2006. 6 1615-1624
2006 Flow and Acoustics of a Coaxial Nozzle: a Sensitivity Study to the Inlet Boundary Conditions.
44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2006-619 19 pages
2006 Parallel Computation of the Flow- and Acoustics Fields in a Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber.
Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, Elsevier ISBN 978-0-444-52206-1. Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics  445-452
2006 Interaction among droplets in a uniform flow at intermediate Reynolds numbers
44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Jan 9-12, 2006, Reno, Nevada, USA  
2005 A study of the dynamics of dual-particles settling close to a vertical wall
4th Int. Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, June 27-29, 2005, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA  
2005 Numerical Investigations of the Acoustics of a Coaxial Nozzle.
43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. AIAA 2005-420 10 pages
2005 Numerical Study of Thermo-acoustic Waves Generation by a Swirling Flame Using a New Approach Based on LES.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2005. 2 67-75
2005 Flow and Noise Investigations of a Separate Flow Exhaust System.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2005. 6 1221-1229
2005 Coaxial Jet Noise Prediction: Grid Resolution Effect on the Numerical Solution.
11th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (26th AIAA Aeroacoustics Conference) AIAA 2005-3087 10 pages
2004 Noise Computation of a Turbo-Engine Jet Exhaust Based on LES and Lighthill's Acoustic Analogy.
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2004. 5 1723-1731
2004 Sound Generated by an Unsteady Flow Field, Using a Hybrid Method.
Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-22031-3. Modeling Fluid Flow-The State of the Art. 169-178
2003 Numerical Computation of the Acoustical Field around Wind-Turbines.
Proceedings of The Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration. The International Institute of Acoustics and Vibrations. 3 1489-1496
1998 The interaction of spherical particels.
Proc, of ECCOMAS.  
1998 Large Eddy simulation of a forced semi-confined circular impining jet.
Phys. Fluids 10 476-486
1998 Large Eddy Simulation of a forced semi-confined circular impinging jet.
Phys. Fluids 10 476-486
1998 Mixing in a confined turbulent impinging jet using Planar Laser Induced fluorescence.
Exp. in Fluids 25 143-150
1998 The interaction of spherical particles in a fluid flow governed by the Navier-Stokes equations
Proc. of 4th ECCOMAS Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference  180-185
1998 Large Eddy Simulation of Mixing in an Impinging Jet
Proc. of 4th ECCOMAS Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference  
1997 Ampflied frequencies and SGS-models in the proximal region of a circular jet, in "Direct nand Large eddy simulation II'
Kluwer Academic Publishers  23-34
1996 Simulation of the flow past multiple spheres.
Proceedings of the third ECCOMAS computational fluid dynamics conference.  78-84
1995 Evaluation of three-dimensional overlapping grids and multigrid methods for calculation of flows.
J. Num. Meth. In Eng. 38 259-282
1995 Large eddy simulation of a spatially developing circular jet using a dynamic SGS-model.
Phys. Fluids  
1995 Evaluation of three-dimensional overlapping grids and Multigrid methods for calculation of flows.
J. Num. Meth. In Eng. 38 259-282
1995 Adaptive solution of transonic flows.
Proc. of ICES´95 conference on efficient numerical methods  
1995 Large eddy simulation of a spatially developing circular jet using a dynamic SGS-model.
Phys. Fluids  
1994 Turbulent reaction flows past bluff bodies: Assessment of accuracy and efficency.
Computers and Fluids 23 407-412
1994 Computation of turbulent reacting flows with thermal radiation in gasturbine combuston chambers.
Information missing  
1994 Turbulent reacting flow modelling in gas-turbine combustors.
Proc. of the 2:nd european computational fluid dynamics conference.  807-814
1994 Numerical computation of turbulent combustion and thermal radiation in gas-turbine combustion chambers.
ICAS-94-6.6.1  
1994 Numerical simulation of heat- and Mass-transfer and flow past tube-arrays
AIAA-94-133  
1994 Numerical simulation of shock-induced separation on wings by a zonal method.
Proc. of the 2:nd european computational fluid dynamics conference.  
1994 Inviscid/viscous coupling including shock-induced separation in transonic flows.
ICAS-94-10.3.1  
1994 Simulation of co-annular swirling jet using a dynamic SGS-model.
AIAA-94-654.  
1994 Significant in dynamic SGS-modeling. In Direct and large-eddy simulation I.
Proc. 1:st ERCOFTAC workshop on direct and Large eddy simulation  73-83
1994 Turbulent reaction flows past bluff bodies: Assessment of accuracy and efficiency.
Computers and fluids  
1994 Evaluation of three-dimensional overlapping grids and multigrid methods for calculation of flows.
J. Num. Meth. In Eng.  
1994 Turbulent reacting flow modelling in gas-turbine combustors
Proc. of the 2:nd european computational fluid dynamics conference.  
1994 Computation of turbulent reacting flows with thermal radiation in gasturbine combustion chambers.
AIAA-94-782  
1994 Numerical computation of turbulent combustion and thermal radiation in gas-turbine combustion chambers.
ICAS-94-6.6.1  
1994 Numerical simulation of heat and masstransfer and flow past tube-arrays.
AIAA-94-133  
1994 Numerical simulation of shock induced separation on wings by a zonal method.
Proc. of the 2:nd european computational fluid dynamics conference.  
1994 Inviscid/viscous coupling including shock-induced separation in transonic flows.
ICAS-94-10.3.1  
1994 Simulation of co-annular swirling jet using a dynamic SGS-model. AIAA-94-654.
AIAA-94-654.  
1994 Significiant terms in dynamic SGS-modelling.
Proc. 1:st ERCOFTAC workshop on direct and Large eddy simulation  
1993 Numerical methods for the calculation of turbulent combustion of propane in furnaces.
J. Numerical method in fluids 17 221-239
1993 Radiative effects on airflow with displacement ventilation: Numerical predictions.
Energy and buildings 20 27-43
1993 Radiative effects on airflow with displacement ventilation: An experimental investigation.
Energy and buildings 19 263-274
1993 A new iterative technique of the finite-element method for the analysisnof the steady state incompressible viscous flow based on the transformation of variables.
J. Comp mech. 12 181-196
1993 Numerical study of viscous flow in a rotating rectangular channel
Int. J. Engng. Sci. 31 873-881
1993 A multi-grid method for calculation of turbulence and combustion.
Proc. 4:th European multi-grid conference.  131-142
1993 Multi-grid computation of turbulent reacting flows with thermal radiation.
Pineridge press.  1337-1348
1993 Calculation of Nox and combustion in turbulent flow.
Proc. Workshop on pulsating combustion.  
1993 Inproved efficiency of combustion in furnaces with flow redistributors.
Proc. 2:nd int. Conference on combustion technologies for a clean e…  
1993 Turbulence modeling as multi-level approach.
Proc. 4:th European multi-grid conference.  35-42
1993 Calculation of flows past multi-component objects.
Proc. 5:th Int. Symposium on Refined flow modelling and turbulence measurements. Ed, P.L. Viollet  801-808
1993 Multi-grid prediction of conjugate heat-transfer amd air flow in buildings.
Building simulation ´93.  449-455
1993 A dynamic SGS-model applied to a co-annular swirling jet. Proc. 5:th Int. Symposium on refined flow modelling and turbulent measurements. Ed. P.L. Viollet.
Proc. 5:th Int. Symposium on Refined flow modelling and turbulence measurements. Ed, P.L. Viollet  545-552
1993 A fast multi-grid method for 3-d turbulent incompressible flows
J. Numerical methods for heat and fluid flow 2 127-137
1993 Turbulent reaction flows past bluff bodies: Assessment of accuracy and efficiency.
Computers and Fluids  
1993 Numerical methods for the calculation of turbulent combustion of propane in furnaces.
J. Numerical Method in Fluids. 17 221-239
1993 Radiative effects on airflow with displacement ventilation: Numerical predictions.
Energy and buildings 20 27-43
1993 Radiative effects on air flow with displacement ventilation: An experimental investigation.
Energy and buildings 19 263-274
1993 A new interative technique of the finite-element method for the analysis of the steady state incompressible viscous flow based on the transformation of variables.
J. Comp mech. 12 181-196
1993 Evaluation of three-dimensional overlapping grids and multigrid methods for calculation of flows.
J. Num. Meth. In eng.  
1993 Numerical study of viscous flow in a rotating rectangular channel.
Int. J. Engng. Sci. 31 873-881
1993 A multigrid method for calculation of turbulence and combustion.
Proc. 4:th European multi-grid conference.  131-142
1993 Multigrid computation of turbulent reacting flows with thermal radiation.
Numerical methods in laminar and turbulent flows  1337-1348
1993 Calculation of NOx and combustion in turbulent flow.
Proc. Workshop on pulsating combustion  
1993 Inproved wefficiency of combustion in furnaces with flow redistributors.
Proc. 2:nd int. Conference on combustion technologies for a clean e…  22.2
1993 Turbulence Modelling as a Multi-level Approach.
Proc. 4:th European multi-grid conference.  35-42
1993 Calculation of flows past multi component objects.
Proc. 5:th Int. Symposium on Refined flow modelling and turbulence measurements. Ed, P.L. Viollet  801-808
1993 Multi-grid prediction of conjugate heat-transfer amd air flow in buildings.
Building simulation ´93.  449-455
1993 A dynamic SGS-model applied to a co-annular swirling jet.
Proc. 5:th Int. Symposium on Refined flow modelling and turbulence measurements. Ed, P.L. Viollet  545-552
1992 Vertical temperature profiles in rooms ventilated by displacement: Full-scale measurements and nodal modelling.
Indoor Air 2 225-243
1992 Overlapping grids and multigrid methods for three-dimensional unsteady flow calculations in IC-engines.
J. Numerical method in fluids 15 693-714
1992 Numerical simulation of flows around flame holders.
AIAA-92-0557.  
1992 Numerical model for turbulent diffusion flames with applications.
Computational fluid dynamics `92.  169-176
1992 Numerical simulation of turbulent reacting flows in combustion chambers.
18th ICAS congress.  
1992 Prediction of 3D indoor airflow-radiation interactions by discrete transfer method.
Proc. 3:rd int. Conference on air distribution in rooms (ROOMVENT`92), ISBN 87-982652-6-1.  317-333
1992 Methods for predicting air-change efficiency.
Conference on air distribution in rooms (ROOMVENT`92), ISBN 87-982652-6-1.  255-271
1992 Three-dimensional unsteady flow calculations in both intake port and combustion chamber.
AIAA 92-0833.  
1992 Three-dimensional overlapping grids for internal combustion engine geometries.
Computational fluid dynamics `92.  573-580

Projects

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Period Title Area
1994- Numerical Simulation of Flows of Fluids Containing Small Particles. Fluid mechanics
1992-1998 Large Eddy Simulation of swirling jets. Fluid mechanics
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