Dr Robert Woolley

Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Senior Lecturer

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Dr Robert Woolley
Multidisciplinary Engineering Education
The Diamond
32 Leavygreave Road
Sheffield
S3 7RD
Profile

I graduated with a PhD from the Department of Fuel and Energy at the University of Leeds in 1992. I then joined the School of Mechanical Engineering again at the University of Leeds and was a Research Fellow there from 1992 to 2006. I became a lecturer at the University of Sheffield in 2006 and have since become a Senior Lecturer.

Qualifications

Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence 2021 (HEA)

Research interests
  • Laminar and turbulent premixed combustion – ignition, flame stability, high pressure combustion
  • Laser ignition
  • Engine combustion
  • Laser diagnostics
  • Regenerative heat transfer in Stirling engines
Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

  • 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 (pp 012018-012018) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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 RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolley R, Sheppard CGW & Tolegano S (2002) On the nature of autoignition and knock in HCCI engines. SAE Paper 2002-01-2831. San Diego RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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 RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolley R, Bradley D, Lawes M & Sheppard CGW (1996) Methane as an engine fuel. ImechE Seminar, ‘Using Natural Gas in Engines’. London RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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. RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download
  • 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) RIS download Bibtex download

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 RIS download Bibtex download