Dr Robert Woolley

Journal articles

• Bangert K, Bates J, Beck SBM, Bishop ZK, Di Benedetti M, Fullwood J, Funnell AC, Garrard A, Hayes SA, Howard T , Johnson C et al (2022) Remote practicals in the time of coronavirus, a multidisciplinary approach. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 50(2), 219-239. View this article in WRRO
• Abuserwal AF, Elizondo Luna EM, Goodall R & Woolley R (2017) The effective thermal conductivity of open cell replicated aluminium metal sponges. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 108(B), 1439-1448. View this article in WRRO
• Burluka AA, Gaughan RG, Griffiths JF, Mandilas C, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2017) Experimental observations on the influence of hydrogen atoms diffusion on laminar and turbulent premixed burning velocities. Fuel, 189, 66-78. View this article in WRRO
• Wang Y, Zheng L, Woolley R & Zhang Y (2016) Investigation of ignition process from visible to infrared by a high speed colour camera. Fuel, 185, 500-507. View this article in WRRO
• Burluka AA, Gaughan RG, Griffiths JF, Mandilas C, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2016) Turbulent burning rates of gasoline components, Part 1 – Effect of fuel structure of C6 hydrocarbons. Fuel, 167, 347-356.
• Burluka AA, Gaughan RG, Griffiths JF, Mandilas C, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2016) Turbulent burning rates of gasoline components, Part 2 – Effect of carbon number. Fuel, 167, 357-365.
• Yang J, Mossa FMS, Huang HW, Wang Q, Woolley R & Zhang Y (2015) Oscillating flames in open tubes. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35(2), 2075-2082. View this article in WRRO
• Woolley R, Barari F, Luna E & Goodall R (2013) Metal Foam Regenerators; heat transfer and storage in porous materials. Journal of Materials Research, 28(17), 2474-2482.
• Harker MR, Hattrell T, Lawes M, Sheppard CGW, Tripathi N & Woolley R (2012) Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of flames at low turbulence. Combustion Science and Technology, 184(10-11), 1818-1837.
• Lawes M, Ormsby MP, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2012) The turbulent burning velocity of iso-octane/air mixtures. COMBUSTION AND FLAME, 159(5), 1949-1959.
• Fairweather M, Ormsby MP, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2009) Turbulent burning rates of methane and methane-hydrogen mixtures. COMBUST FLAME, 156(4), 780-790.
• Woolley R, Serrano C, Hernández JJ, Mandilas C & Sheppard CGW (2008) Laminar burning behaviour of biomass gasification-derived producer gas. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(2), 851-862.
• Lockett RD & Woolley R (2007) Instabilities and soot formation in high-pressure, rich, iso-octane-air explosion flames - 1. Dynamical structure. COMBUST FLAME, 151(4), 601-622.
• Bradley D, Lawes M, Liu K, Verhelst S & Woolley R (2007) Laminar burning velocities of lean hydrogen-air mixtures at pressures up to 1.0 MPa. Combustion and Flame, 149(1-2), 162-172.
• Woolley R, Lawes M, Lee Y & Mokhtar AS (2007) Laser ignition of iso-octane air aerosols. Combustion Science and Technology, 180(2), 296-313.
• Al-Shahrany AS, Bradley D, Lawes M, Liu K & Woolley R (2006) Darrieus-landau and thermo-acoustic instabilities in closed vessel explosions. Combustion Science and Technology, 178(10-11), 1771-1802.
• Fairweather M & Woolley RM (2006) Prediction of turbulent non-premixed hydrogen flames using second-order conditional moment closure modelling. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 6(1/2/3), 158-158.
• Jakubik T, Lawes M, Woolley R & Jicha M (2006) STUDY OF AMBIENT TURBULENCE EFFECTS ON DIESEL SPRAYS IN A FAN-STIRRED VESSEL. Atomization and Sprays, 16(6), 687-704.
• Woolley R, Jakubik T, Miroslav Jicha M & Lawes M (2006) Study of non-evaporating diesel sprays in a fan-stirred turbulent vessel. Atomization and Sprays, 16(6).
• Lawes M, Ormsby MP, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2005) Variation of turbulent burning rate of methane, methanol, and iso-octane air mixtures with equivalence ratio at elevated pressure. Combustion Science and Technology, 177(7), 1273-1289.
• Bradley D, Sheppard CGW, Suardjaja IM & Woolley R (2004) Fundamentals of high-energy spark ignition with lasers. Combustion and Flame, 138(1-2), 55-77.
• Bradley D, Haq MZ, Hicks RA, Kitagawa T, Lawes M, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2003) Turbulent burning velocity, burned gas distribution, and associated flame surface definition. Combustion and Flame, 133(4), 415-430.
• Haq MZ, Sheppard CGW, Woolley R, Greenhalgh DA & Lockett RD (2002) Wrinkling and curvature of laminar and turbulent premixed flames. Combustion and Flame, 131(1-2), 1-15.
• KITAGAWA T, Bradley D, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (2000) 806 Turbulent Combustion of Premixed Mixture under High Pressure. The Proceedings of Conference of Chugoku-Shikoku Branch, 005.2(0), 243-244.
• Atzler F, Woolley R & Lawes M (2000) Bilderfassung der Hochdruckeinspritzung in turbulente Atmosphäre. MTZ - Motortechnische Zeitschrift, 61(9), 610-616.
• Atzler F, Woolley R & Lawes M (2000) Visualisation of high pressure diesel fuel injection into various flow fields. MTZ Motortechnische Zeitschrift, 61(9), 610-616.
• Bradley D, Sheppart CGW, Woolley R, Greenhalgh DA & Lockett RD (2000) The development and structure of flame instabilities and cellularity at low Markstein numbers in explosions. Combustion and Flame, 122(1-2), 195-209.
• Gu XJ, Haq MZ, Lawes M & Woolley R (2000) Laminar burning velocity and Markstein lengths of methane-air mixtures. Combustion and Flame, 121(1-2), 41-58.
• Bradley D, Hicks RA, Lawes M, Sheppard CGW & Woolley R (1998) The measurement of laminar burning velocities and Markstein numbers for iso-octane-air and iso-octane-n-heptane-air mixtures at elevated temperatures and pressures in an explosion bomb. Combustion and Flame, 115(1-2), 126-144.
• Dupont V, Pourkashanian M, Williams A & Woolley R (1993) The reduction of NOx formation in natural gas burner flames. Fuel, 72(4), 497-503.
• Williams A, Woolley R & Lawes M (1992) The formation of NOx in surface burners. Combustion and Flame, 89(2), 157-166.
• Elizondo Luna EM, Barari F, Woolley R & Goodall R () Casting Protocols for the Production of Open Cell Aluminum Foams by the Replication Technique and the Effect on Porosity. Journal of Visualized Experiments(94).

Conference proceedings

• Nyong O, Woolley R, Blakey S & Alborzi E (2017) Optimal piston crevice study in a rapid compression machine. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 243(1012018). Songhkla, Thailand, 3 August 2017 - 3 August 2017. View this article in WRRO
• Woolley R, Bradley D, Liu K & Lawes M (2007) The quenching of premixed turbulent flames of iso-octane, methane and hydrogen at high pressures. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31 (pp 1393-1400)
• Woolley R, Mandilas C, Ormsby MP & Sheppard CGW (2007) Effects of hydrogen addition on laminar and turbulent premixed methane and iso-octane–air flames. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31(1) (pp 1443-1450)
• Atzler F, Lawes M, Sulaiman SA & Woolley R (2006) Effects of droplets on the flame speed of laminar Iso-octane and air aerosols. 10th International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems Iclass 2006
• Fairweather M & Woolley RM (2005) Analysis of kinetic mechanism performance in conditional moment closure modelling of turbulent, non-premixed methane flames. 4th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Vol. 2 (pp 623-628)
• Woolley R, Verhelst S, Lawes M & Sierens R (2005) Laminar and unstable burning velocities and Markstein lengths of hydrogen-air mixtures at engine-like conditions. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30 (pp 209-216)
• Woolley R, Al-Shahrany AS, Lawes M & Bradley D (2005) Measurement of unstable burning velocities of iso-octane–air mixtures at high pressure and the derivation of laminar burning velocities. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30(1) (pp 225-232)
• Al-Shahrany AS, Bradley D, Lawes M & Woolley R (2004) Measurement of unstable burning velocities of isooctane-air mixtures at high pressure and the derivation of laminar burning velocities. International Symposium on Combustion Abstracts of Accepted Papers (pp 43-44)
• Woolley R, Sheppard CGW & Tolegano S (2002) On the nature of autoignition and knock in HCCI engines. SAE Paper 2002-01-2831. San Diego
• Woolley R, Gillespie L, Lawes M & Sheppard CGW (2001) Aspects of laminar and turbulent burning velocity relevant to SI engines. Journal of Engines / SAE Transactions, Vol. 109 (pp 13-33)
• Wilson CW, Hicks RA, Sheppard CGW, Woolley R & Wyatt J (1999) Investigation of Ignition Probability in a Gas Turbine Combustor using Laser Ignition. ASME paper no 99-GT-116. Indianapolis,USA
• Woolley R, Atashkari K, Lawes M & Sheppard CGW (1999) Towards a general correlation of turbulent premixed flame wrinkling. Engineering turbulence modelling and experiments, Vol. 4
• Woolley R, Bradley D, Lawes M & Sheppard CGW (1996) Methane as an engine fuel. ImechE Seminar, ‘Using Natural Gas in Engines’. London
• Woolley R, Hicks RA, Sheppard CGW & Lawes M () The Development of spark-ignited turbulent flames. Eighth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, 8 July 2006 - 11 July 2006.
• Woolley R, Al-Shahrany AS, Bradley D, Lawes M & Liu K () Darrieus-Landau and Thermo-acoustic Instabilities in Closed Vessel Explosions. 20th ICDERS. Montreal, 31 July 2005 - 5 August 2005.
• Woolley R, Burluka AA, Liu K, Sheppard CGW & Smallbone AJ () The Influence of Simulated Residual and NO Concentrations on Knock Onset for PRFs and Gasolines. SAE Transactions Fuels and Lubricants, Vol. 113 (pp 1873-1889)
• Woolley R, Al-Shahrany AS, Bradley D & Lawes M () Measurements of laminar burning velocities in explosions and implosions in a spherical bomb. The Fourth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards. Ulster, 2004.
• Woolley R, Ormsby M & Sheppard CGW () The influence of fuel air ratio on the turbulent burning velocity of iso-octane air flames. Fourth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards. Ulster, 2004.
• Woolley R, Bradley D & Sheppard CGW () Unstable explosion flames and acoustic oscillations. 18th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems. Seattle, 29 July 2001 - 3 August 2001.
• Woolley R, Nwagwe IK, Weller H, Tabor G, Gosman AD & Sheppard CGW () Measurements and large eddy simulations of turbulent premixed flame kernel growth. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 28(1) (pp 59-65)
• Woolley R, Lawes M & Sheppard CGW () Three-dimensional mapping of turbulent flame fronts. Ninth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, 13 July 1998 - 16 July 1998.
• Woolley R, Sheppard CGW & Lawes M () PIV in spherically expanding laminar cellular flames. Ninth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics. Lisbon, 13 July 1998 - 16 July 1998.
• Woolley R () The cracking of laminar flames. Joint Meeting of the Portuguese, British, Spanish and Swedish Sections of the Combustion Institute. Madeira, 1 April 1996 - 4 April 1996.

Reports

• Atzler F, Lawes M, Lee Y, Marquez N & Woolley R (2000) Flame development and interactions between the flame and droplet speeds in two phase flow