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Thermo-Fluid Dynamics
Prof. Wolfgang
Polifke, Ph.D.
Contact
www.tfd.mw.tum.de polifke@tum.dePhone 0049.89.289.16216
Administrative Staff
Helga Bassett
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Sigrid Schulz-Reichwald
Research Scientists
Alp Albayrak, M.Sc.
Alexander Avdonin, M.Sc.
Kilian Förner, M.Sc.
Abdualla Ghani, Ph.D.
Shuai Guo, M.Sc.
Matthias Härniger, M.Sc.
Alfredo Hernandez, M.Sc.
Christian Lang, M.Sc.
Joohwa Sarah Lee, M.Sc.
Max Meindl, M.Sc.
Malte Merk, M.Sc.
Driek Rouwenhorst, M.Sc.
Dipl.-Ing. Felix Schily
Camilo Silva, Ph.D.
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Steinbacher
Simon van Buren, M.Sc.
Dipl.-Ing. Armin Witte
Research Focus
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Thermo- and aeroacoustics
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Turbulent reacting flow
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Heat and mass transfer
Research Competence
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Modelling and simulation
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Stability analysis
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System identification
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Model reduction
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Uncertainty quantification
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AVBP, OpenFOAM
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taX
Courses
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Engineering Thermodynamics (MSE)
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Wärmetransportphänomene
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Wärme- und Stoffübertragung
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Grundlagen der Mehrphasenströmung
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Grundlagen der numerischen TFD
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Computational Thermo-Fluid Dynamics
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Simulation of Thermofluids with
OpenSource Tools
Selected Publications 2017
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Albayrak, A., Steinbacher, T., Komarek,
T., and Polifke, W., ‘Convective
Scaling of Intrinsic Thermo-Acoustic
Eigenfrequencies of a Premixed Swirl
Combustor,’ J. Eng. Gas Turbines
and Power, vol. 140, 2017, DOI
10.1115/1.4038083, pp. 041510-
041510-9
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Avdonin, A., Jaensch, S., Silva, C.
F., Češnovar, M., and Polifke, W.,
‘Uncertainty quantification and
sensitivity analysis of thermoacoustic
stability with non-intrusive polynomial
chaos expansion’, Combustion and
Flame, vol. 189, Mar. 2018, DOI
10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.11.001,
pp. 300–310
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Emmert, T., Bomberg, S., Jaensch,
S., and Polifke, W., ‘Acoustic and
Intrinsic Thermoacoustic Modes of a
Premixed Combustor’, Proceedings
of the Combustion Institute, vol. 36,
2017, DOI 10.1016/j.proci.2016.08.002,
pp. 3835-3842
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Silva, C. F., Magri, L., Runte, T., and
Polifke, W., ‘Uncertainty quantification
of growth rates of thermoacoustic
instability by an adjoint Helmholtz
solver’, J. Eng. Gas Turbines
and Power, vol. 139, 2017, DOI
10.1115/1.4034203, p. 011901
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Silva, C. F., Merk, M., Komarek, T.,
and Polifke, W., ‘The Contribution of
Intrinsic Thermoacoustic Feedback to
Combustion Noise and Resonances
of a Confined Turbulent Premixed
Flame’, Combustion and Flame,
vol. 182, 2017, DOI 10.1016/j.
combustflame.2017.04.015,
pp. 269-278




