Satbir Singh

Computational Flow Physics and Engineering (CFPE) Lab
Mechanical Engineering Department
Carnegie Mellon University

Office: 3418 Wean Hall
            5000 Forbes Avenue
            Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Email: satbirs(AT)andrew.cmu.edu

RESEARCH INTERESTS : My research interests are in the development and application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models to predict multi-phase turbulent reacting flows in complex geometries. Predicting such flows is extremely challenging as it requires resolution of a wide range of temporal and spatial scales of turbulence and chemistry. Currently, my research is focused on development and application of large-eddy simulation (LES) models for turblent flows found in energy conversion applications.

TEACHING: ME 421 (Fall): Internal Combustion Engines

ME 721 (Fall): Advanced Thermodynamics

ME 744 (Spring): Applied Combustion

ME 332 (Spring): Potential Flow Aerodynamics

BIO: I received my B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College , Ludhiana in 2000, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alabama in 2002, and Ph.D.in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006. During Ph.D, I worked at Sandia National Labs-California as a visiting researcher from August 2004 to March 2005. From October 2006 to January 2010, I worked as a senior researcher in General Motors Research and Development in Warren, MI.


CURRICULUM VITAE

PUBLICATIONS

S. Singh and D. You (2012). A Dynamic Global-Coefficient Mixed Subgrid-Scale Model for Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flows. Under Review.

S. Singh, D. You, and and S. T. Bose (2012). Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Channel Flow using Explicit Filtering and Dynamic Mixed Models. Physics of Fluids. Vol. 24, 085105.

S. Singh, S. Liu, and H. Li (2012). Numerical Investigation of NO2- Formation Mechanism in H2-Diesel Dual-Fuel Engine. SAE 2012-01-0655.

A. Sifounakis, D. You and S. Singh (2011). A Fully-Conservative Finite-Volume Method for Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations on Locally-Refined Nested Cartesian Grids. 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Nov. 20-22, Baltimore, USA.

S. Singh and D. You (2011). A Multi-Block ADI Finite-Volume Method for Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations in Complex Geometries. Journal of Computational Physics. Vol. 230, No. 19, pp. 7400-7417.

S. Singh, S. T. Bose, and D. You (2011). Accuracy of Subfilter-Scale Models for Explicit Filter Large-Eddy Simulation in Turbulent Channel Flow. Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP-7), July 28-31, Ottawa, Canada.

P. Boggavarapu and S. Singh (2011). Computational Study of Injection Rate-Shaping for Emissions Control in Diesel Engines. SAE 2011-26-0081.

S. Singh and M. P. B. Musculus (2010). Numerical Modeling and Analysis of Entrainment in Turbulent Jets after the End of Injection. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 132, 081203.

S. Singh, M. P. B. Musculus, and R. D. Reitz (2009). Mixing and Flame Structures Inferred from OH-PLIF for Conventional and Low-Temperature Diesel Engine Combustion. Combustion and Flame, Vol. 156, pp. 1998-1908.

R. Diwakar and S. Singh (2009). Importance of Spray-Bowl Interaction in a DI Diesel Engine Operating Under PCCI Combustion Mode. SAE 2009-01-0711.

H. W. Won, A. Sharma, P. Hottenbach, M. Gauding, F. X. Robert, N. Peters, G. Gruenefeld, R. Durrett, A. Plazas, and S. Singh (2009). Investigation of Particulate Emissions from Cluster-Nozzle Concepts in DI Diesel Engines. ICLASS2009, .

S. Singh and M. P. B. Musculus (2009). Numerical Modeling Study of Entrainment and Mixing in a Decelarating Transient Gas-Jet. Presented at 6th U.S. National Meeting of the Combustion Institute, May 17-20, Ann Arbor, MI.

R. Diwakar and S. Singh (2008). NOx and Soot Reduction in Diesel Engine PCCI Combustion: A Computational Investigation. International Journal of Engine Research. Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 195-214.

M. P. B. Musculus, S. Singh, and R. D. Reitz (2008). Gradient Effects on Two-Color Soot Optical Pyrometry in a Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine. Combustion and Flame, 153, pp. 216-227.

S. Singh, M. P. B. Musculus, and R. D. Reitz (2008). Diesel Engine Autoignition and Flame Structure in High- and Low-Temperature Combustion Modes. Presented at 2008 Spring Technical of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, April 20-22, Tuscaloosa, Al.

T. Lachaux, M. P. B. Musculus, S. Singh, and R. D. Reitz (2008). Optical Diagnostics of Late Injection Low-Temperature Combustion in a Heavy Duty Diesel Engine. Trans. ASME, J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, Vol. 130, No. 3, pp. 1-9.

S. Singh, R. D. Reitz, M. P. B. Musculus, and T. Lachaux (2007). Investigation of Low-Temperature, Double-Injection Combustion using Simultaneous Optical Diagnostics in a Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine. Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 179, No. 11, pp. 2381-2414.

S. Singh, R. D. Reitz, M. P. B. Musculus, and T. Lachaux (2007). Validation of Engine Combustion Models against Detailed In-Cylinder Optical Diagnostics for a Heavy-Duty Compression-Ignition Engine. International Journal of Engine Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 97-126.

B. Hu, R. Jhavar, S. Singh, R. D. Reitz, and C. Rutland (2007). LES Combustion Modeling of Diesel Combustion with Partially Premixed Conditions. SAE 2007-01-0163.

S. Singh, R. D. Reitz, D. Wickman, D. W. Stanton, and Z. Tan (2007). Development of a Hybrid, Auto-Ignition/Flame-Propagation Model and Validation against Engine Experiments and Flame Liftoff. SAE 2007-01-0171. SAE Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems, 116(6).

K. K. Srinivasan, S. Krishnan, S. Singh, K. C. Midkiff, S. R. Bell, W. Gong, S. Fiveland, and M. Willi (2006). The Advanced Injection Low Pilot Ignited Natural Gas Engine - A Combustion Analysis. Trans. ASME, J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, Vol. 128, No. 1, pp. 213-218.

S. Singh, L. Liang, S-C Kong, and R. D. Reitz (2006). Development of a Flame Propagation Model for Dual-Fuel Partially Premixed Compression Ignition Engines. International Journal of Engine Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 65-76.

S. Singh, R. D. Reitz, and M. P. B. Musculus (2006). Comparison of the Characteristic Time (CTC), Representative Interactive Flamelet (RIF), and Direct Integration with Detailed Chemistry Combustion Models against Optical Diagnostics Data for Multi-Mode Combustion in a Heavy-Duty DI Diesel Engine. SAE 2006-01-0055. SAE Transactions Journal of Engines, 115(3), pp. 61-82.

S. Singh, R. D. Reitz, and M. P. B. Musculus (2005). Thermometry Experiments and High Speed Imaging of Multi-Mode Diesel Engine Combustion. SAE 2005-01-3842, SAE Transactions Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 114(4), pp. 1605-1621.

S. Singh, S. R. Krishnan, K. K. Srinivasan, K. C. Midkiff, and S. Bell (2004). Effect of Pilot Injection Timing, Pilot Quantity, and Intake Charge Conditions on Performance and NOx Emissions for an Advanced Low-Pilot-Ignited Natural Gas Engine. International Journal of Engine Research, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 329-348.

S. R. Krishnan, K. K. Srinivasan, S. Singh, S. Bell, K. C. Midkiff, W. Gong, S. Fiveland, and M. Willi (2004). Strategies for Reduced NOx Emissions in a Pilot Ignited Natural Gas Engine. Trans. ASME, J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, Vol. 126, No. 3, pp. 665-671.

S. Singh, S-C Kong, R. D. Reitz, S. R. Krishnan, and K. C. Midkiff (2004). Modeling and Experiments of Dual-Fuel Engine Combustion and Emissions. SAE 2004-01-0092, SAE Transactions Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 113(4), pp. 124-133.

S. Singh, and M. A. R. Sharif (2003). Mixed Convective Cooling of a Rectangular Cavity with Inlet and Exit Openings on Differentially Heated Side Walls. Journal of Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 233-253.