PUBLICATIONS

1. Sinai Y.L., “Similarity Solution of the Axisymmetric Burgers Equation”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 19, pp 1059-1060, 1976.

2. Sinai Y.L., “Sonic booms in relaxing gases”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 59, Issue S1, p S92. See also Proc. Seventh International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Ed. A H Nayfeh & J E Kaiser, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 19-21 August 1976.

3. Clarke J.F. and Sinai Y.L., “The Wave System Attached to a Slender Body in a Supersonic Relaxing Gas Stream.  Basic Results:  The Cone”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 79, pp 499-524, 1977.

4. Sinai Y.L. and Clarke J.F., “The Wave System attached to a Finite Body in a Supersonic Relaxing Gas Stream”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 84, pp 717-741, 1978.

5. Sinai Y.L., “The Generation of Combustion Noise by Chemical Inhomogeneities in Steady, Low-Mach-number Duct Flows”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 99, pp 383-397, 1980.

6. Sinai Y.L., “Two Dimensional Acoustic Wave Propagation in Elastic Ducts”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 76, pp 517-528, 1981.

7. Sinai Y.L., “The Influence of a Bubble Layer on Sound Radiation from a Plate”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 78, pp 531-553, 1981.  Also, author’s reply to comments to above, M C Junger and J E Cole, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 82, p 597, 1982.

8. Sinai Y.L., “A Charnock-based Estimate of Interfacial Resistance and Roughness for Internal Fully-developed, Stratified, Two-phase Horizontal Flow”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 9, pp 13-19, 1983.

9. Sinai Y.L., “The Application of a Charnock-based Estimate of Interfacial Stress to some Near-Horizontal, Stratified, Two-phase Flows”, Thermal-Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactors, Edited by M Merilo, Vol. 1, pp 226-234, ANS, 1983.  Proceedings of Second International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Santa Barbara, United States of America, January 11-14, 1983.

10. Sinai Y.L., “Acoustic Speeds for Stratified, Two-phase Fluids in Rectangular Ducts”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 10, pp 415-423, 1984.

11. Sinai Y.L., “Interfacial Phenomena of Fully-developed, Stratified, Two-phase Flows”.  Encyclopaedia of Fluid Mechanics, Edited by N P Cheremisinoff, Vol. 3, (Gas-Liquid flows), pp 475-491, 1986.

12. Sinai Y.L., “A Second-order Wall Function for the Temperature Variance in Turbulent Flow Adjacent to a Diabatic Wall”.  Heat Transfer 1986, Vol. 3, pp 1127-1131.  Proceedings of the Eighth International Heat Transfer Conference, San Francisco, United States of America, August 17-22, 1986.  Hemisphere, Washington.

13. Sinai Y.L., “On the Pool Height for Transient Pool Boil-up”,  Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp 2507-2515, 1986.

14. Sinai Y.L., “An Extended Charnock Estimate of Interfacial Stress in Stratified, Two-phase Flows”.  International Journal of Multiphase Flows, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp 839-44, 1986.

15. Sinai Y.L., “An Asymptotic Estimate of Boundary-Layer Development over Rough Water”.  Proceedings of the Fourth Miami International Symposium on Multiphase Transport and Particulate Phenomena, Miami, 15-17 December 1986.  Clean Energy Research Institute, Coral Gables, Florida.

16. Sinai Y.L., “A Model of Interfacial Stress and Spray Generation by Gas Flowing over a Deep, Wavy Pool”.  Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 179, pp 327-344, 1987.  Also in proceedings Aerosols - Their Generation, Behaviour and Applications.  First Conference of the Aerosol Society, Loughborough University, 31 March-1 April 1987.  The Aerosol Society, United Kingdom.

17. Sinai Y.L., “A Wall Function for the Temperature Variance in Turbulent Flow Adjacent to a Diabatic Wall”.  Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 109, pp 861-865, 1987.

18. Sinai Y.L., “A Unified Integral Model of Buoyant, Plane, Free or Wall-Jets in a Stratified Environment”.  In “Nureth-4”, Edited by U Muller et al, Vol. 2, pp 769-773, G Braun, Karlsruhe, 1989.  Proceedings Fourth International Topic Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Karlsruhe, FRG, October 10-13, 1989.

19. Sinai Y.L., O’Connor J.F. and Smith M.R..  “Some Free-surface and Internal Wave Phenomena in a Fast Reactor Hot Pool”.  Proceedings Seminar on Thermal-Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactors, London, 6 December 1990.  IMechE.

20. Sinai Y.L., “A Modal Analysis of Free-surface and Internal Gravity Waves in a Fast Reactor Hot Pool”.  Nuclear Engineering and Design, 126, pp 207-220, 1991.  Also, in “Nureth-4”, Edited by U Muller et al, Vol. 2, pp 1370-1375, G Braun, Karlsruhe, 1989.  Proceedings Fourth International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Karlsruhe, FRG, October 10-13, 1989.

21. Sinai Y.L., “On Buoyant Jets in Plena, Ambient Stratification and Internal Gravity Waves”.  In ‘Waves and Turbulence in Stratified Flows’, Edited by S D Mobbs and J C King.  Proceedings Third IMA Conference on Stably Stratified Flows, Leeds, 18-20 December 1989, pp 447-465.  Oxford University Press, 1993.

22. Sinai Y.L., Owens M.P., Askari A. and Fry C.J., “Field Modelling of Fire and Smoke Movement”. Proc. “Offshore Structural Design Against Extreme Loads”, London, 3-4 November 1993, pp 7.3.1-7.3.10, ERA, 1993.

23. Sinai Y.L., Ford I.J., Barrett J.C. and Clement C.F., “Prediction of Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer in the Fast Reactor Cover Gas: the C-GAS Code”. Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 140, No. 2, pp 159-192, 1993.

24. Costigan G., Roberts D.N. and Sinai Y.L., “Measurements and Predictions of Heat and Mass Transfer from a Hot Sodium Pool in an Argon Filled Enclosure”. Proceedings Tenth International Heat Transfer Conference, Brighton, 14-18 August 1994, IChemE.

25. Owens M.P. and Sinai Y.L., “Comments on CFD Modelling of Pool Fires”. Proceedings Tenth International Heat Transfer Conference, Brighton, 14-18 August 1994, IChemE.

26. Sinai Y.L. & Owens Y.L., “CFD Modelling of Pool Fires in the Absence of Cross-Wind”. Proc. First European Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Zurich, 21-23 August 1996, ETH.

27. Sinai Y.L. and Owens M.P., “Validation of CFD Modelling of Unconfined Pool Fires with Cross-wind: Flame Geometry”.  Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 24, pp 1-34, 1995.

28. Sinai Y.L., Owens M.P. and Smith P., “Advances in CFD Assessment of Fire and Smoke Movement”. Proceedings - Fourteenth International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE’95), Copenhagen, 18-24 June 1995, ASME.

29. Gregory J., Walls A.H., Sinai Y.L. and Owens M.P., “CFD Modelling of the Dispersion and Burning of a Limited Oil Inventory from an Offshore Installation”. SPE 35806, presented at the International SPE Conference, New Orleans, June 1996.

30. Guilbert P.W., Jones I.P., Owens M.P. and Sinai Y.L., “Advances in Hazard Analysis Using CFD”. Proc. HAZARDS XIII, UMIST, 22-24 April 1997, IChemE.

31. Sinai Y.L. and Barrett J., “Remediation of Gas Explosion Hazards in Gas Turbine Enclosures”. Prevention & Control of Gas Explosions in CCGT and Steam Plants, IMechE HQ, London, 8 October 1997.

32. Lea C.J., Hambleton R.T., Hawksworth S.J., Sinai Y.L. and Owens M.P., “Assessment of Gas Dispersion in CCGT Enclosures: Measurement and CFD Modelling Using the CFX Software”. Prevention & Control of Gas Explosions in CCGT and Steam Plants, IMechE HQ, London, 8 October 1997.

33. Hinks R., Matts D.K., Stephenson P.L. & Sinai Y.L., “The Use of CFD by National Power in the Assessment of Leak Hazards and Remediation in Enclosures”. Presented at “CHP 2000”,  IMechE, London, 18-19 February 1998.

34. Sinai Y.L. & Barrett J., “Remediation of Gas Explosion Hazards in Gas Turbine Enclosures”. ASME Paper 98-GT-321, presented at “ASME Turbo Expo ‘98”, 43rd ASME Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress, Exposition and Users’ Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-5 June 1998.

35. Sinai Y.L., “Comments on the role of leakages in field modelling of under-ventilated compartment fires”. Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 33, pp 11-20, 1999.

36. Santon R.C., Lea C.J., Lewis M.J., Pritchard D.K., Thyer A. & Sinai Y.L., “Studies into the role of ventilation and the consequences of leaks in gas turbine power plant acoustic enclosures and turbine halls “, Trans IChemE,  Vol. 78, Part B, pp 175-183, May 2000. Also Proc. HAZARDS XV, UMIST, April 2000, IChemE.

37. Sinai Y.L., “CFD prediction of pool fire pulsations without cross-wind: Influence of differencing scheme”, Proc. Third International Seminar on Fire & Explosion Hazards, Windermere, UK, 10-14 April 2000, pp 435-442, University of Central Lancashire, 2001.

38. Montavon C., Sinai Y.L. & Stopford P.J., “Review of applications of the CFX software to environmental flows:- Case studies”, presented 93rd Annual Meeting of the Air & Waste Management Association, Salt Lake City, USA, 18-22 June 2000, AWMA.

39. Sinai Y.L., “Exploratory CFD modelling of pool fire instabilities without cross-wind”, Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 35 No. 1, pp 51-61, July 2000.

40. Sinai Y.L., Owens M.P. & McLaughlin A., “Case study: CFD modelling of HVAC in the Greenwich Millennium Dome”, Proc. “Air Distribution in Rooms, ROOMVENT 2000”, Reading, UK, 9-12 July 2000, Vol. 2, pp 1165-1170, Elsevier, 2000.

41. Sinai Y.L., Stopford P.J., Edwards M. & Watkins S., “CFD Modelling of Fire Suppression by Water Spray: A Feasibility Study Examining a Pool Fire in a Simple Enclosure”. Proc. Interflam 2001, 17-19 September 2001, Edinburgh, Vol. 2, pp 1445-1451, Interscience, 2001. Also presented at Third Conference of the International Water Mist Association, Madrid, 22-24 September 2003, IWMA.

42. Sinai Y.L., “A Simple 1-D Boundary Condition Representing Combined Convective-Radiative Heat Transfer Across a Double Membrane Semi-Transparent Assembly”, International Journal of Ventilation, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 125-133, 2003.

43. Sinai Y.L., “Field Modelling of a Steckler Experiment: An Example of the Relationship Between the Level of Modelling and Accuracy”, presented Fourth International Seminar on Fire & Explosion Hazards, Londonderry, UK, 8-12 September 2003, University of Belfast, 2003.

44. Horvat A. & Sinai Y., "Validation of two-equation turbulence models for heat transfer applications", Proc. 8th UK National Heat Transfer Conference, 9-10 September 2003, Oxford, IChemE, 2003.

45. Sinai Y.L., Staples C., Stopford P.J., Edwards M.E. & Hooper A., “Progress on CFD Modelling of Fire Suppression by Water Mist”, Proc. Interflam 2004, Edinburgh, 5-7 July 2004, pp 703-708, Interscience, 2004.

46. Liu, Y., Moser, A. and Sinai, Y., “Comparison of a CFD Fire Model Against a Ventilated Fire Experiment in an Enclosure”, International Journal of Ventilation, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 169-182, 2004.

47. Gobeau N., Kelsey A., Saunders J. & Sinai Y., “Thermal effects on the dispersion of a gaseous contaminant in a naturally-ventilated building”, Proc. ROOMVENT 2004, Coimbra, Portugal, 5-8 September 2004.

48. Sinai Y.L., Sykes N., Everitt P., Danielsson N., “Validation of a CFD model for several displacement ventilation geometries”, Proc. ROOMVENT 2004, Coimbra, Portugal, 5-8 September 2004.

49. Galgano A., Di Blasi C., Horvat A. & Sinai Y., “Experimental validation of a coupled solid- and gas-phase model for combustion and gasification of wood logs”, Energy & Fuel, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp 2223-2232, 2006.

50. Vazquez B., Palmer R.G., Sinai Y.L., Sykes N., Mathias S. & Everitt P., “Simulation of Air and Contaminant Dispersion in a Complex Underground Rail System”, Proc. IBPSA Australasia 2006, Adelaide, Australia.

51. Horvat A. & Sinai Y.L., “Numerical simulation of backdraft phenomena”, Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 42, pp 200-209, 2007.

52. Sinai Y., Staples C., Edwards M. & Smerdon M., “CFD modelling of fire suppression by water mist with the CFX software”, Proc. Interflam 2007, Vol. 1, pp 323-333, Interscience, 2007.

53. Horvat A., Sinai Y., Gojkovic D. & Karlsson B., ”Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Backdraft”, Combustion Science & Technology, Vol. 180, No. 1, pp 45-63, 2008.

54. Deevey M., Sinai Y., Everitt P., Voigt L. & Gobeau N., “Modelling the effect of an occupant on displacement ventilation with computational fluid dynamics”, Energy and Buildings, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp 255-264, 2008.

55. Horvat A., Sinai Y. & Tofilo P., “Semi-Analytical Treatment of Wall Heat Transfer Coupled to a Numerical Simulation Model of Fire”, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Volume 55 Issue 6, pp 517 – 533, 2009.

56. Perez-Jimenez C., Guigay G., Karlsson B., Eliasson J., Horvat A., Sinai Y. & Franssen J-M., “Influence of obstacles on the development of gravity current prior to backdraft”, Fire Technology, Vol. 45, pp 323-340, 2009.

57. Horvat A., Sinai Y., Pearson A. & Most J-M., "Contribution to flashover modelling: Development of a validated numerical model for ignition of non-contiguous wood samples", Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 44, pp 779-788, 2009.

58. Sinai Y. & Penrose J., "Simulations of two-way fluid-structure interactions during a fire with the ANSYS software", Proc. Interflam 2010, Vol. 2, pp 1557 - 1562, Interscience, 2010.

59. Sinai Y.L., Noakes C., Awbi H., Mustakallio P., Waterson N. & Cook M., “Modelling of ventilation for thermal comfort and indoor air quality”, ESDU TM 180, IHS, March 2015.

60. Sinai Y.L., "Radiation Heat Transfer Modelling with Computational Fluid Dynamics", CRC Press, 2022, ISBN 9780367766115 (hbk), ISBN 9781003168560 (ebk).

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. Sinai Y.L., “Recent Applications of Integral Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer”, GEC Journal of Research, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp 179-189, 1991.

2. Sinai Y., Staples C., Edwards M. & Smerdon M., "Modelling of fire and fire suppression by water spray in the marine environment using the CFX software", Marine CFD 2008, 26-27 March 2008, Southampton, UK, RINA, 2008.

 

 

In addition to the above publications, about 130 internal reports have been produced in total.