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Wolfram Michael Jahn von Arnswaldt

Profesor Asociado

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Fire Dynamics; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Numerical Optimisation

Educación

  •  PhD in Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH. Reino Unido, 2010
  •  Ingeniería Civil, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2002
  •  Magister en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
  •  Ingeniero Civil de Industrias, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2005

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    2014 - At present

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Analista Control Pasajeros

    LAN Airlines

    Chile

    2005 - 2006

  •   Postdoctorado

    Queen Mary, University of London

    Reino Unido

    2010 - 2012

  •   Ingeniero de Investigación

    ChapmanBDSP

    Reino Unido

    2012 - 2013

  •   Director de Negocios Chile

    Raindance Science Inc

    Estados Unidos

    2013 - 2014

Formación de Capital Humano


I have directed 20 undergraduate theses and 6 MSc theses (one additional MSc student is starting this semester). Currently I am supervising 3 PhD students. I teach three courses in the Department of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering: Energy Conversion (undergraduate--Major in Mechanical Engineering), Computational Fluid Dynamics (postgraduate) and Combustion (postgraduate).



 

Article (30)

Single porosity model: Exploring the spatial resolution limits in complex urban patterns

Nash, Sebastian; Escauriaza, Cristian; Finaud-Guyod, Pascal; Russeau, Antoine

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY  (2024)

A bidirectional solar thermoelectric generator combining heat storage for daytime and nighttime power generation

Montero, Francisco J.

Article ISI
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING  (2023)

Assessment of the Performance of FireFOAM in Simulating a Real-Scale Fire Scenario Using High Resolution Data

Zamorano, Rafael; Claren, Raimundo

Article ISI
FIRE-SWITZERLAND  (2023)

Energy and exergy analysis of a bidirectional solar thermoelectric generator combining thermal energy storage

Singh, Sarveshwar

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH  (2023)

A Study on the Reliability of Modeling of Thermocouple Response and Sprinkler Activation during Compartment Fires

Krajewski, Grzegorz; Krol, Malgorzata; Wegrzynski, Wojciech

Article ISI
BUILDINGS  (2022)

Erosion under turbulent flow: a CFD-based simulation of near-wall turbulent impacts with experimental validation

Espinoza-Jara, Ariel; Walczak, Magdalena

Article ISI
ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS  (2022)

Powerlines and Wildfires: Overview, Perspectives, and Climate Change: Could There Be More Electricity Blackouts in the Future?

Urban, James L.

Article ISI
IEEE POWER & ENERGY MAGAZINE  (2022)

Semi-empirical correlations for predicting hot gas layer temperature in pre-flashover compartment fires considering fire source location

Lemmertz, Calisa Katiuscia; Helfenstein, Rodolfo Prediger; Beshir, Mohamed; Rush, David; Jahn Von Arnswaldt, Wolfram; Centeno, Felipe Roman

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING  (2022)

A novel 24-h day-night operational solar thermoelectric generator using phase change materials



Article ISI
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION  (2021)

Data driven forecast of droplet combustion



Article ISI
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE  (2021)

Performance assessment of thermoelectric self-cooling systems for electronic devices

Di Capua, M. H.

Article ISI
APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING  (2021)

Towards real-time fire data synthesis using numerical simulations

Sazunic, Frane

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF FIRE SCIENCES  (2021)

3D Mapping of the Sprinkler Activation Time

W?grzy?ski W.; Krajewski G.; Tofi?o P.

Article ISI SCOPUS
Energies  (2020)

Soot production modelling for operational computational fluid dynamics fire simulations

Mariño O.

Article ISI SCOPUS
JOURNAL OF FIRE SCIENCES  (2020)

USING A POROUS MEDIUM MODEL TO SIMULATE THE AIR FLOW THROUGH FOG WATER COLLECTORS



Article ISI
JOURNAL OF POROUS MEDIA  (2020)

Computer simulation of sunlight concentration due to facade shape: application to the 2013 Death Ray at Fenchurch Street, London

Zhu, JJ

Article ISI
JOURNAL OF BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION  (2019)

Influence of Permeability on the Rate of Fire Spread over Natural and Artificial Pinus radiata Forest Litter



Article ISI SCOPUS
FIRE TECHNOLOGY  (2019)

Computer simulation of sunlight concentration due to façade shape=> application to the 2013 Death Ray at Fenchurch Street, London

Zhu J., Jahn W.

Article
Journal of Building Performance Simulation  (2018)

Interpolation framework to speed up near-surface wind simulations for data-driven wildfire applications

Rios, O; Jahn W.; Pastor, E; Valero, MM; Planas, E.

Article ISI SCOPUS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE  (2018)

Permeability Comparison of Natural and Artificial Pinus Radiata Forest Litters

Fehrmann S.

Article ISI SCOPUS
FIRE TECHNOLOGY  (2017)

Using suppression and detection devices to steer CFD fire forecast simulations



Article ISI SCOPUS
FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL  (2017)

Using Computational Fluid Dynamics in the forensic analysis of a prison fire

Jahn W.; González O.; Rivera, JD; Torero, JL

Article ISI SCOPUS
Forensic Science International  (2015)

CAD-based shape optimisation with CFD using a discrete adjoint

Xu, Shenren; Mueller, Jens-Dominik

Article ISI
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS  (2014)

Forecasting wind-driven wildfires using an inverse modelling approach

Rios, O; Jahn W.; Rein G.

Article ISI SCOPUS
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES  (2014)

FLAMMABILITY AND THE HEAT OF COMBUSTION OF NATURAL FUELS: A REVIEW

Rivera J.D.D.; Davies G.M.; Jahn, W

Article
COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  (2012)

Forecasting fire dynamics using inverse computational fluid dynamics and tangent linearisation

Torero, J. L.

Article ISI
ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE  (2012)

A posteriori modelling of the growth phase of Dalmarnock Fire Test One



Article ISI
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT  (2011)

Forecasting fire growth using an inverse zone modelling approach



Article ISI
FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL  (2011)

Sensor Assisted Fire Fighting

Cowlard, Adam

Article ISI
FIRE TECHNOLOGY  (2010)

Round-robin study of a priori modelling predictions of the Dalmarnock Fire Test One

Reszka, Pedro

Article ISI
FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL  (2009)

Proyecto (4)

Centro Nacional de Excelencia para la Industria de la Madera (CENAMAD)

Mesa, Harrison

Proyecto
 (2021)

Understanding Wildfire Hazards Posed by Ignition in Continuous and Discontinuous Configurations

PIA (ACT172095)

Proyecto
2017-2020
Inv. Responsable

INTEGRATED MODELLING FRAMEWORK TO FORECAST ENCLOSURE FIRE DYNAMICS

FONDECYT (11150757)

Proyecto
2015-2018
Inv. Responsable

Fluid Optimisation Workflows for Highly Effective Automotive Development Process (FlowHead)

European Comission (FP7) (SST.2007-RTD-1)

Proyecto
2009-2012
Postdoctorado

Review (1)

FLAMMABILITY AND THE HEAT OF COMBUSTION OF NATURAL FUELS: A REVIEW

Jahn W.

Review ISI SCOPUS
Combustion Science and Technology  (2012)

1
Magdalena Walczak

Associate Professor

Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, ESCUELA DE INGENIERÍA

Santiago, Chile

1
Pedro Reszka

Associate Professor

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Santiago, Chile

30
Wolfram Jahn

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Metalúrgica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Carlos Sing-Long

Assistant Professor

Instituto de Ingeniería Matemática y Computacional

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Ariel Espinoza

Estudiante de Doctorado

Mecánica y Metalúrgica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Raimundo Claren

Estudiante de Magíster

Ingeniería Mecánica y Metalúrgica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile