Guillaume Blanquart
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Ecole Polytechnique, France, 2002;
M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Ecole Polytechnique, France, 2002;
M.Sc. in Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University, 2004;
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2008

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Research

Professor Blanquart's research focuses on the modeling of multi-physics and multi-scale fluid mechanics problems resulting from the interaction between combustion processes and turbulent flows. At the center of the work are fundamental problems such as the formation of pollutants, the effects of turbulence on the dynamics of nano-particles and liquid droplets, and various hydrodynamic and flame instabilities. To build a better understanding of these complex flows, the research relies on high-fidelity numerical simulations and targets all scales, from the quantum level to the size of a vehicle, and all types of flows, from homogeneous mixtures to turbulent flows. For instance, the formation of soot particles is studied at the molecular level where the interactions between hydrocarbon species lead to the inception of the first soot particle, and throughout the cycle of an engine where the particles are transported in the turbulent field and slowly oxidized away by chemical reactions. The applications are diverse and include internal combustion engines, gas turbines, flow around reentry vehicles, inertial confinement fusion, fires, and paint industry.

Selected Publications

Blanquart, G., Pitsch, H. Analyzing the Effects of Temperature on Soot Formation with a Joint Volume-Surface-Hydrogen Model, Comb. Flame (2009), 156, 1614-1626.

Blanquart, G., Pepiot-Desjardins, P., Pitsch, H. Chemical mechanism for high temperature combustion of engine relevant fuels with emphasis on soot precursors, Comb. Flame (2008), 156, 588-607.

Desjardins, O., Blanquart, G., Balarac, G., Pitsch, H. High order conservative finite difference scheme for variable density low Mach number turbulent flows, J. Comp. Phys. (2008), 227, 7125-7159.

Blanquart, G., Pitsch, H.  Thermochemical properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) from G3MP2B3 calculations, J. Phys. Chem. A (2007), 111, 6510-6520.

Herrmann, M., Blanquart, G., Raman, V. Flux corrected finite volume scheme for preserving scalar boundedness in reacting Large-Eddy Simulations, AIAA J. (2006), 44, 2879-2886.