Academic Education

Articles in refereed journals:
Published Items in Each Year Citations in Each Year (h = 10)

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2003

V. Bychkov*, M. Zaytsev, V. Akkerman, Coordinate-Free Description of Corrugated Flames with Realistic Gas Expansion, Phys. Rev. E 68 (2), 026312 (2003).
http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v68/i2/e026312
V. Akkerman*, V. Bychkov, Turbulent Flame and the Darrieus-Landau Instability in a Three Dimensional Flow, Combust. Theory Modelling 7 (4), 767–794 (2003).
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a713736458

2005

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov*, Velocity of Weakly Turbulent Flames of Finite Thickness, Combust. Theory Modelling 9 (2), 323–351 (2005). http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a748091658

2006

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, L.-E. Eriksson, Accelerating Flames in Cylindrical Tubes with Non-Slip at the Walls, Combust. Flame 145 (1-2), 206–219 (2006).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2005.10.011
V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, L.-E. Eriksson, Flame Oscillations in Tubes with Non-Slip at the Walls, Combust. Flame 145 (4), 675–687 (2006).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2006.01.013
V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, Explosion Triggering by an Accelerating Flame, Phys. Rev. E 73 (6), 066305 (2006).
http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v73/i6/e066305
A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, Violent Folding of a Flame Front in a Flame-Acoustic Resonance, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (16), 164501 (2006).
http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v97/i16/e164501

2007

V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, V. Akkerman, On the Theory of Turbulent Flame Velocity, Combust. Sci. Tech. 179 (1), 137–151 (2007).

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a764570051

A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, Flame-Sound Interaction in Tubes with Non-Slip Walls, Combust. Flame 149 (4), 418–434 (2007).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2007.02.003

V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, V. Akkerman, Increase of Flame Velocity in a Rotating Gas and the Renormalization Approach to Turbulent Burning, Combust. Sci. Tech. 179 (7), 1231–1259 (2007).

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a779287637

V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, G. Fru, A. Petchenko, L.-E. Eriksson, Flame Acceleration at the Early Stages of Burning in Tubes, Combust. Flame 150 (4), 263–276 (2007).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2007.01.004

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, L.-E. Eriksson, Numerical Study of Turbulent Flame Velocity, Combust. Flame 151 (3), 452–471 (2007).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2007.07.002

V. Bychkov, M. Modestov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Laser Fusion, Astrophysical Plasma and Flames, Plasma Phys. Contr. Fusion 49 (12B), B513–B520 (2007).

http://iopscience.iop.org/0741-3335/49/12B/S49
2008

V.B. Akkerman, V.V. Bychkov, R.J.M. Bastiaans, L.P.H. de Goey, J.A. van Oijen, L.-E. Eriksson, Flow-Flame Interaction in a Closed Chamber, Phys. Fluids 20 (5), 055107 (2008).

http://pof.aip.org/resource/1/phfle6/v20/i5/p055107_s1

D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, M. Marklund, Heating of the Fuel Mixture due to Viscous Stress Ahead of Accelerating Flames in Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition, Phys. Lett. A 372 (27-28), 4850–4857 (2008).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.04.066
2009

V. Akkerman, M. Ivanov, V. Bychkov, Turbulent Flow Produced by Piston Motion in a Spark-Ignition Engine, Flow Turb. Combust. 82 (3), 317–337 (2009).

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p12888855xh44426

M.L. Zaytsev, V.B. Akkerman, A Nonlinear Theory for the Motion of Hydrodynamic Discontinuity Surfaces, J. Exp. Teor. Phys. 108 (4), 699–717 (2009). Translated from ЖЭТФ 135 (4), 800–819 (2009).

http://www.springerlink.com/content/u7t117p612640658

D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, Different Stages of Flame Acceleration from Slow Burning to Chapman-Jouguet Deflagration, Phys. Rev. E 80 (3), 036317 (2009).

http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v80/i3/e036317
2010

V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, D. Valiev, C.K. Law, Role of Compressibility in Moderating Flame Acceleration in Tubes, Phys. Rev. E 81 (2), 026309 (2010).

http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v81/i2/e026309

D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, L.-E. Eriksson, Flame Acceleration in Channels with Obstacles in the Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition, Combust. Flame 157 (5), 1012-1021 (2010).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.12.021

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, V. Bychkov, L.-E. Eriksson, Analysis of Flame Acceleration Induced by Wall Friction in Open Tubes, Phys. Fluids 22 (5), 053606 (2010).

http://pof.aip.org/resource/1/phfle6/v22/i5/p053606_s1

V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, D. Valiev, C.K. Law, Influence of Gas Compression on Flame Acceleration in Channels with Obstacles, Combust. Flame 157 (10), 2008–2011 (2010).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2010.06.006

M.L. Zaytsev, V.B. Akkerman, Method for Describing the Steady-State Reaction Front in a Two-Dimensional Flow, J. Exp. Teor. Phys. Letters 92 (11), 731–734 (2010). Translated from Письма в ЖЭТФ 92 (11), 813–816 (2010).

http://www.springerlink.com/content/7382164666h9371p
2011

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, V. Bychkov, Self-Similar Accelerative Propagation of Expanding Wrinkled Flames and Explosion Triggering, Phys. Rev. E 83 (2), 026305 (2011).

http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v83/i2/e026305

M.L. Zaytsev, V.B. Akkerman, Laminar Flame and Acoustic Waves in Two-Dimensional Flow, J. Exp. Teor. Phys. 112 (3), 535–541 (2011). Translated from ЖЭТФ 139 (3), 613–620 (2011).

http://www.springerlink.com/content/r3p5u5g552r0312l

D. Kobyakov, V. Bychkov, E. Lundh, A. Bezett, V. Akkerman, M. Marklund, Interface Dynamics of a Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensate Driven by an External Force,Phys. Rev. A 83 (4), 043623 (2011).

http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v83/i4/e043623

V. Bychkov, P. Matyba, V. Akkerman, M. Modestov, D. Valiev, G. Brodin, C.K. Law, M. Marklund, L. Edman, Speedup of Doping Fronts in Organic Semiconductors through Plasma Instability, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (1), 016103 (2011).

http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v107/i1/e016103

S. Chaudhuri, V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Spectral Formulation of Turbulent Flame Speed with Consideration of Hydrodynamic Instability, Phys. Rev. E 84 (2), 026322 (2011).

http://pre.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v84/i2/e026322

V.B. Akkerman, M.L. Zaytsev, Dimension Reduction in Fluid Dynamics Equations, Comp. Math. Math. Phys. 51 (8), 1418–1430 (2011). Translated from ЖВММФ 51 (8), 1518–1530 (2011).

http://www.springerlink.com/content/d3tu9m4354nk520t

M.L. Zaytsev, V.B. Akkerman, Free Surface and Flow Problem in a Viscid Liquid, J. Exp. Teor. Phys. 113 (4), 709–713 (2011). Translated from ЖЭТФ 140 (4), 814–819 (2011).

http://www.springerlink.com/content/v2737681r3177588
2012
33. V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, D. Valiev, C.K. Law, Gas Compression Moderates Flame Acceleration in Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition, Combust. Sci. Tech. 184 (7-8), 1066–1079 (2012).
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00102202.2012.663995

D. Valiev, V. Akkerman, M. Kuznetsov, L.-E. Eriksson, C.K. Law, V. Bychkov, Influence of Gas Compression on Flame Acceleration in the Early Stage of Burning in Tubes, Combust. Flame 160 (1), 97–111 (2013).

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2012.09.002

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Flame Dynamics and Consideration of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Central Gravitational Field, Proc. Combust. Inst., in press.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Effect of Acoustic Coupling on Power-Law Flame Acceleration in Spherical Confinement, Phys. Fluids, in press.

V. Akkerman, S. Chaudhuri, C.K. Law, Accelerative Propagation and Explosion Triggering by Expanding Turbulent Premixed Flames, Phys. Rev. E, in press.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Flame-Sound Interaction and Combustion Instability in Premixed Segments of Triple Flames, Combust. Flame, in review.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Evolution of Flame Acceleration in Micro-Tubes: Comparison of Theory and Experiments, Combust. Flame, in review.

M. Zaytsev, V. Akkerman, Laminar Flames in Weakly-Compressible, Reacting Flows, Combust. Expl. Shock Waves, in review.

Contributions into conference proceedings:

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Turbulent Flames with Realistically Large Density Drop at the Front, International Workshop “Nonlinear processes in Combustion andPlasma based Technologies”, Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 22–26, 2004.

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Influence of External Turbulence and the Darrieus-Landau instability on the flame velocity, Proceedings of International Conference on Combustion andDetonation “Zel’dovich Memorial II”, Moscow, Russia, Aug. 30 – Sep. 3, 2004.

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Effect of External Turbulence and the Darrieus-Landau Instability on the Velocity of Flames of Finite Thickness, 13th Symposium on Combustion and Detonation, Chernogolovka, Russia, Feb. 7–11, 2005.

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, Weakly Turbulent, Premixed Flames and Darrieus-Landau Instability, European Combustion Meeting, “ECM2005” Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Apr. 3–6, 2005.

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, Accelerating Flames in Tubes with Non-slip at the Walls, 4th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium ”MCS-4”, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 6–10, 2005.

V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, A. Petchenko, On the Theory of Turbulent Flame Velocity, 4th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium ”MCS-4”, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 6–10, 2005.

A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, Flame Propagation along the Vortex Axis, 4th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium ”MCS-4”, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 6–10, 2005.

V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, M. Ivanov, Numerical Modelling of Ethanol Combustion in S.I.-Engines, Open Seminar “Alternative Fuels for Engines”, Gothenburg, Sweden, Nov. 15, 2006.

V. Akkerman, V. Bychkov, A. Petchenko, L.-E. Eriksson, Modeling of Turbulent Burning in Tubes, European Combustion Meeting “ECM2007”, Chania, Crete, Greece, Apr. 11–13, 2007.

V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, A. Petchenko, L.-E. Eriksson, Flame Acceleration and Explosion Triggering, European Combustion Meeting “ECM2007”, Chania, Crete, Greece, Apr 11–13, 2007.

A. Petchenko, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, Study of Flame-Acoustic Interaction, European Combustion Meeting “ECM2007”, Chania, Crete, Greece, Apr. 11–13, 2007.

V. Bychkov, M. Modestov, V. Akkerman, Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Laser Fusion, Astrophysical Plasma and Flames, European Physical Society, Conference on Plasma Physics, Warsaw, Poland, July 2–6, 2007.

V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, A. Petchenko, L.-E. Eriksson, Theory and Modeling of Flame Acceleration and Explosion Triggering in Tubes, XXI International Colloquium “Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems” (ISDERS), Poitiers, France, July 23–27, 2007.

V.B. Akkerman, V.V. Bychkov, R.J.M. Bastiaans, L.P.H. de Goey, J.A. van Oijen, L.-E. Eriksson, Similarity and Difference of Flame-Flow Interactions in an Open Tube and in a Closed Chamber, Fall Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA, Oct. 16–17, 2007.

D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, Slowdown of Flame Acceleration because of Gas Compression,7th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7–11, 2008.

D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, M. Marklund, Numerical Study of DDT due to Viscous Heating ahead of the Deflagration Front, DNS and LES of Reacting Flows, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Oct. 22–24, 2008.

V.B. Akkerman, V.V. Bychkov, R.J.M. Bastiaans, L.P.H. de Goey, J.A. van Oijen, L.-E. Eriksson, D. Valiev, M. Marklund, DNS of Flow-Flame Interaction at Constant Volume Burning, DNS and LES of Reacting Flows, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Oct. 22–24, 2008.

V.B. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Explosion Triggering by Centrally-Ignited Outwardly-Propagating Accelerating Flames, 6th US National Combustion Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 17–20, 2009.

V.B. Akkerman, C.K. Law, V.V. Bychkov, L.-E. Eriksson, Analysis of Flame Acceleration Induced by Wall Friction in Open Tubes,6th US National Combustion Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 17–20, 2009.

V.B. Akkerman, C.K. Law, V.V. Bychkov, D.M. Valiev, The Effect of Compressibility on Flame Acceleration in Tubes,Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, College Park, MD, USA, Oct. 18–21, 2009.

V.B. Akkerman, C.K. Law, D.M. Valiev, V.V. Bychkov, L.-E. Eriksson, Mechanism of Fast Flame Acceleration in Cylindrical Tubes with Obstacles, Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, College Park, MD, USA, Oct. 18–21, 2009.

V. Bychkov, D. Valiev, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, C.K. Law, Ultra-Fast Mechanism of Flame Acceleration and Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Tubes with Obstacles, 8th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, Yokohama, Japan, Sept. 5–10, 2010.

D. Valiev, V. Bychkov, V. Akkerman, L.-E. Eriksson, Stationary Deflagration Regimes in the Process of Flame Acceleration and DDT, 8th International Symposium on Hazards, Prevention and Mitigation of Industrial Explosions, Yokohama, Japan, 5–10 September 2010.

S. Chaudhuri, V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Modification of Turbulent Combustion Regime Diagram and Turbulent Flame Speed by Darrieus-Landau Instability, 7th US National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, Mar. 20–23, 2011.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Analysis of Flame-Sound Interaction and Combustion Instability in the Premixed Segment of a Triple Flame, 7th US National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, Mar. 20–23, 2011.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Theory of Flame-Acoustic Interaction for Flame Propagation in Spherical Chamber, 7th US National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, Mar. 20–23, 2011.

V. Bychkov, D. Valiev, V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Flame Acceleration in Tubes with Obstacles in Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition, 13th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Corfu, Greece, Apr. 27–29, 2011.

V. Bychkov, D. Valiev, V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Gas Compression Moderates Flame Acceleration in Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition, 7th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium “MCS-7”, Chia Laguna, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Sept. 11–15, 2011.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Analysis of Intrinsic Flamefront Instabilities in Response to External Acoustic Forcing, Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Storrs, CT, USA, Oct. 9–12, 2011.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Darrieus–Landau and Rayleigh–Taylor Instabilities in Outwardly-Propagating, Accelerating Flames, Fall Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, Storrs, CT, USA, Oct. 9–12, 2011.

V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Role of Intrinsic Flame Instability in the Excitation of Combustion Chamber Instability, 64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, MD, USA, Nov. 20–22, 2011.

32. V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Flame Dynamics and Consideration of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Central Gravitational Field, oral presentation, 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, Poland, July 29 – Aug 3, 2012.

33. V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Evolution of Flame Acceleration in Micro-Tubes: Theory and Experimental Comparison, poster presentation, 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, Poland, July 29 – Aug 3, 2012.

34. V. Akkerman, C.K. Law, Propagation of Expanding Laminar and Turbulent Flames in Free Space and Spherical Confinement, poster presentation, 34th International Symposium on Combustion, Warsaw, Poland, July 29 – Aug 3, 2012.

35. M. Quinlan, Y.J. Kim, M. Baroncelli, C. Dumitrache, B. Zinn, V. Yang, C.K. Law, V. Akkerman, Theoretical, Numerical and Experimental Investigations of the Fundamental Processes Driving Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Rocket Engines, AFOSR Space Propulsion and Power Program Review, Arlington VA, USA, Sept. 10–13, 2012.

Dr. V’yacheslav (Slava) Akkerman

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
West Virginia University

Vyacheslav.Akkerman@mail.wvu.edu
(+1) 304-293-0802

Dr. V’yacheslav (Slava) Akkerman

Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering West Virginia University Vyacheslav.Akkerman@mail.wvu.edu (+1) 304-293-0802

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
West Virginia University

Vyacheslav.Akkerman@mail.wvu.edu
(+1) 304-293-0802