Journal Publications
Mohammadnejad, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2025) “Spectral characteristic of a scalar-dissipation-rate-based turbulent burning velocity”, Physical Review Fluids, 10 (2), 023201.
Mohammadnejad, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2024) “Effects of combustion progress variable and Karlovitz number on the scalar dissipation rate of turbulent premixed hydrogen-enriched methane–air flames: An experimental study”, Combustion and Flame, 269, 113669.
Rostami, A., Mohammadnejad, S., Li, R., and Kheirkhah, S. (2024) “Astigmatic interferometric particle imaging of reacting Jet A-1 sprays: Joint droplet and cluster characteristics”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 40 (1-4), 105600.
Krebbers, L., Mohammadnejad, S., Rostami, A., and Kheirkhah, S. (2023) “Relations between the number of spray droplets and chemiluminescence for Jet A-1 flames stabilized in a gas turbine model combustor”, Combustion and Flame, 257, 113016.
Mohammadnejad, S., Saca, L., and Kheirkhah, S. (2022) “A new compact active turbulence generator for premixed combustion: Non-reacting flow characteristics”, Physics of Fluids, 34 (10), 105102.
Mohammadnejad, S., An, Q., Vena, P., Yun, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2021) “Contributions of flame thickening and extinctions to a heat release rate marker of intensely turbulent premixed hydrogen-enriched methane-air flames”, Combustion and Flame, 231, 111481.
Mohammadnejad, S., Saca, L., Heydarlaki, R., An, Q., Vena, P., Yun, S., Versailles, P., Bourque, G., and Kheirkhah, S. (2021) “Effect of fuel stratification on OH and CH2O PLIF multiplication of turbulent hydrogen-enriched flames”, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 108 (1), 263-301.
Mohammadnejad, S., An, Q., Vena, P., Yun, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2020) “Thick reaction zones in non-flamelet turbulent premixed combustion”, Combustion and Flame, 222, 285-304.
Mohammadnejad, S., Vena, P., Yun, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2019) “Internal structure of hydrogen-enriched methane–air turbulent premixed flames: Flamelet and non-flamelet behavior”, Combustion and Flame, 208, 139-157.
Mohammadnejad, S., Amani, E., Hosseini, R., Chitsaz, I., and Kamali, A. (2019) “Effects of the swirl ratio and spray angle on the mixture stratification in a diesel–NG RCCI engine”, Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 41 (5), 233.
Unpublished Works
Mohammadnejad, S., Azimi, A., Maurya, R., and Gülder, Ö. L. (2025) “Influence of hydrogen enrichment on spray combustion of Jet A-1 in a swirl-stabilized model gas turbine combustor”, [Submitted to Combustion and Flame].
Conference Presentations
Mohammadnejad, S., Azimi, A., Maurya, R., and Gülder, Ö. L. (2025) “Hydrogen-enriched Jet A-1 spray flames in a model gas turbine combustor: Part I – Impact on spray and flame characteristics”, Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, May 12—15, 2025, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Azimi, A., Mohammadnejad, S., Maurya, R., and Gülder, Ö. L. (2025) “Hydrogen-enriched Jet A-1 spray flames in a model gas turbine combustor: Part II – Impact on Emissions”, Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, May 12—15, 2025, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ahamadi, V., Fleger, J., Ho, J. Z., Mohammadnejad, S., Talei, M., and Kheirkhah, S. (2025) “Spectral characteristics and Strouhal number scaling of open, swirling, turbulent, premixed, hydrogen-enriched methane/air flames”, 13th Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, June 1—5, 2025, Ionian Islands Region, Corfu, Greece.
Mohammadnejad, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2024) “Relation between the spectra of turbulence and scalar dissipation rate-based burning velocity at large scales”, Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, May 13—16, 2024, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Fleger, J., Mohammadnejad, S., Kheirkhah, S., Ho, J. Z., and Talei, M. (2023) “Acoustic investigation of open, swirled, turbulent, premixed, hydrogen-enriched methane/air flames”, Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium, November 26—29, 2023, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Mohammadnejad, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2023) “Experimental assessment of the scalar dissipation rate models for studying hydrogen-enriched methane-air turbulent premixed flames”, Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15—18, 2024, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Krebbers, L., Mohammadnejad, S., Rostami, A., and Kheirkhah, S. (2023) “Temporal and spatial relations of Jet A-1 spray flames stabilized in a gas turbine model combustor”, Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, May 15—18, 2024, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Mohammadnejad, S., and Kheirkhah, S., (2023) “Premixed flames subjected to actively generated turbulence: Flame structure and burning velocity”, AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, National Harbor, January 23—27, 2023, Maryland, USA, 0342.
Krebbers, L., Mohammadnejad, S., Rostami, A., and Kheirkhah, S. (2022) “Time-resolved prediction of Jet A spray using time-resolved flame chemiluminescence along with scarce Mie scattering and ILIDS data”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November 20—22, 2022, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Saca, L., Mohammadnejad, S., Versailles, P., Bourque, G., and Kheirkhah, S. (2022) “Preheat and reaction zones thicknesses of stratified premixed flames generated by an industrial injector”, AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, January 3—7, 2022, San Diego, California, USA, 2057.
Mohammadnejad, S., An, Q., Vena, P., Yun, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2020) “Broadening of reaction zones in turbulent lean methane-air premixed flames”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November 22–24, 2020, Virtual.
Kheirkhah, S., Mohammadnejad, S., Saca, L., Heydarlaki, R., An, Q., Vena, P., Yun, S., Versailles, P., and Bourque, G. (2020) “Enhanced Integral Burning Rate of Turbulent Premixed Flames Through Stratification”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November 22–24, 2020, Virtual.
Mohammadnejad, S., Vena, P., Yun, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2019) “Non-flamelet behavior of hydrogen-enriched methane-air turbulent premixed flames”, Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, May 14—16, 2019, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Mohammadnejad, S., Vena, P., Yun, S., and Kheirkhah, S. (2019) “Towards quantifying the propensities of stable hydrogen-enriched methane-air turbulent premixed flames to blow-out and flash-back”, Canadian Section of the Combustion Institute, May 14—16, 2019, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Mohammadnejad, S., Amani, E., Hosseini, R., and Mirsalim, M. (2017) “Simulation of a natural gas-diesel reactivity controlled compression ignition engine”, The 25th annual conference of the Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), May 2—4, 2017, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadnejad, S., Movahed, S., and Amani, E. (2017) “Optimization of ohmic heating sterilization by applying AC electrical field”, The 25th annual conference of the Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), May 2—4, 2017, Tehran, Iran.
Patents
Kheirkhah, S., Saca, L., and Mohammadnejad, S. (2022), “Compact active turbulence generator for premixed combustion”, U.S. Provisional Patent, Application No. 63/352,393, Filed on June 15, 2022.