OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Combustion Theory and Modelling is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
An improved stiff-ODE solving framework for reacting flow simulations with detailed chemistry in OpenFOAM	28
Unifying definition of the local equivalence ratio for complex mixtures and the concept of bonding fraction	18
Optimisation method for automatic selection of rate constants of global reaction mechanisms	17
Physics-informed machine learning models for shock initiation criteria of reactive metamaterials	15
Comparative study of combustion processes generated by the use of different fuels: energy and exergy analysis	12
Verification and validation of detonation-shock-dynamics relations for explosives described by general equation of state and chemical reaction models	11
An iterative methodology for REDIM reduced chemistry generation and its validation for partially-premixed combustion	11
Correction	10
Explosion evolution characteristic of methane-acetylene mixtures under constant volume space	10
Application of machine learning in low-order manifold representation of chemistry in turbulent flames	9
Diffusive-thermal instabilities of a planar premixed flame aligned with a shear flow	9
Effect of hydrogen addition on the consumption speed of lean premixed laminar methane flames exposed to combined strain and heat loss	8
Assessing diffusion model impacts on enstrophy and flame structure in turbulent lean premixed flames	8
Flame spread over thin circular PMMA rods: numerical modelling	8
Analysis of an innovative sampling strategy based on k-means clustering algorithm for POD and POD-DEIM reduced order models of a 2-D reaction-diffusion system	7
Low-order modelling of the light-round ignition transient in a premixed annular combustor	7
Large-eddy simulation of split injection strategies in RCCI conditions	7
A fast uncertainty quantification methodology and sampling technique for joint probability distribution of the Arrhenius rate expression: a case study applied to H ₂	7
Effects of artificial flame front thickening on intermediate minor species prediction using the LES–FGM method	6
Development of a turbulence dissipation based reaction rate model for progress variable in turbulent premixed flames	6
Reaction zone structure of spontaneous reaction wave at steady subsonic and supersonic speeds	6
Flame stabilisation by a highly conductive body: multiple steady-state solutions and time-dependent dynamics	6
Explosion limits of lithium-ion batteries vent gases containing dimethyl carbonate and di (2, 2, 2trifluoroethyl) carbonate	6
LES of premixed jet flames subjected to extreme turbulence using flamelet-generated manifolds: a comparison of unstrained and strained flamelets	6
Nonlinear analysis of flame hydrodynamic instability at large gas expansion ratio	6

Asymptotic analysis of detonation development at SI engine conditions using computational singular perturbation	5
Three-dimensional shock–flame interactions: effect of wall friction	5
Flame-acoustic interactions in high-pressure H ₂ /air diffusion flames	5
A cross-scale hotspot ignition optimisation model based on void collapse and its interaction	5
Three-dimensional vorticity effects on extinction behaviour of laminar flamelets	5
Impact of a discretisation method and chemical kinetics on the accuracy of simulation of a lifted hydrogen flame	5
Numerical investigation on lean methane combustion with modified effective thermal conductivity of the porous media	5
The spectral characterisation of reduced order models in chemical kinetic systems	5
Chemical dynamics of the autoignition of near-stoichiometric and rich methanol/air mixtures	5
Stochastic characterisation of unstable lean hydrogen–air annular premixed flames	5
Investigation of coarse-graining parameters for super-grid LEM closure applied to LES of practical bluff-body flames	5
A multi-resolution sparse hash table strategy for efficient numerical integration of stiff combustion systems using the G-Scheme	4
Scale-similarity models for the chemical source terms in large eddy simulation	4
Quenching modes of local flame–wall interaction for turbulent premixed methane combustion in a constant volume vessel	4
Updated asymptotic structure of cool diffusion flames	4
Computational assessment of soot models in ethylene/air laminar diffusion flames	4
Numerical simulation of turbulent premixed flames with the conditional source-term estimation model using Bernstein polynomial expansion	4
Numerical investigation of the effects of the porous medium on a compression ignition engine fueled with ammonia	4
Conditional space evaluation of progress variable definitions for Cambridge/Sandia swirl flames	4
Experimental study and thermodynamic analysis of coal spontaneous combustion characteristics	4
Modelling extinction/re-ignition processes in fire plumes under oxygen-diluted conditions using flamelet tabulation approaches	4
Comparison of combustion duration and end-gas autoignition in inwardly and outwardly propagating flames induced by different ignition configurations	4
Molecular dynamics study on the effect of pressure on the combustion of NEPE propellant	4
A simplified two-mixture-fraction-based flamelet modelling and its validation on a non-premixed staged combustion system	4
Determining the global activation energy of methane–air premixed flames	4
Two-dimensional structure and dynamics of a flame stabilised on a flat porous burner	3
Construction of reduced chemical mechanisms orientated toward specific applications: a case study of primary reference fuel	3
Development and validation of skeletal/global mechanisms describing TMP-based flame inhibition	3
Smouldering combustion in cellulose and hemicellulose mixtures: Examining the roles of density, fuel composition, oxygen concentration, and moisture content	3
Differential diffusion modelling for LES of premixed and partially premixed flames with presumed FDF	3
A data-driven framework to predict ignition delays of straight-chain alkanes	3
Numerical modeling and parametric analysis of performance of a monopropellant thruster using a single-part catalyst bed model	3
Response of one-dimensional ionised layer to oscillatory electric fields	3
LES of autoignition process in a turbulent droplet-laden mixing layer – impact of an evaporation model and discretisation method	3
Analysis of droplet vaporisation in pulsating counterflows	3
Experimental investigation of the impact of different flame holder materials on the flame stability and flame characteristics using double-layered combustor wall material	3
Examination of probability distribution of mixture fraction in LES/FDF modelling of a turbulent partially premixed jet flame	2
A theoretical study on the relationship between pressure rise and the Damköhler number of end-gas auto-ignition in spark-ignited engines	2
Flame speed in diffusion dominated premixed flames	2
Structure and similarity properties of the laminar counterflow spray flame	2
Prediction of lower explosion limit of liquid fuel aerosol	2
Simulation of reaction initiation in powder compacting from the surface with composite formation in equivalent reaction cell	2
Recent advances in co-firing of biomass and other fuels in fluidised systems: a review	2
Direct numerical simulation of nanosecond repetitively pulsed discharges for plasma-assisted flame stabilisation in flowing environments	2
Coflow filtration combustion waves	2
Numerical investigation of two-phase ethanol ignition in uniform droplet-laden weakly turbulent flows	2
Effect of flame radiation on aluminium particle combustion time	2
Stochastic modelling for the effects of micromixing on soot in turbulent non-premixed flames	2
Investigation of conditional source-term estimation coupled with a semi-empirical model for soot predictions in two turbulent flames	2
Modelling of opposed flame spread over thin electric wires: estimation of flame spread rates and limiting oxygen concentrations	2

A Tsuji burner in a counterflow	2
Autoignition of isolated n-heptane droplets in air and hot combustion products at microturbine conditions	2
Accelerated integration of stiff reactive systems using gradient-informed autoencoder and neural ordinary differential equation	2
Experimental investigation on critical slowing down of premixed combustion in a backward-facing step combustor	2
Evolution mechanism of coal–oxygen adsorption in underground coal fires: from physisorption to chemisorption	2
Assessment of optimal reaction progress variable characteristics for partially premixed flames	2
Flamelet/transported PDF simulations of ethylene/air jet turbulent non-premixed flame using a three-equation PAH-based soot production model	2
Insights into and the evolution of a novel predictive model for free burning wooden cribs	2
Inward swirling flamelet model	2