Andre Benard
Associate Professor and Associate Chairperson for the Graduate Program
Research Interests
- multiphase turbulent flows
- polymers
- transport phenomena
Research Biography
Transport phenomena in materials processing, heat transfer, polymers and composites microstructures, multiphase problems, finite elements.
Selected Publications
- Zheng, G., Wichman, I.S., and Benard, A. Energy Balance Analysis of Ignition Over a Melting Polymer Subjected to a High Radiation Heat Flux in a Channel Cross Flow," Fire Safety Journal, 38, 229-256, 2003.
- Bandhyopadhay, D. and Benard, A. "Optimization of Solute Transfer in Porous Media Using Homogenization," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Inverse Problems, Design and Optimization (IPDO-2007) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., April 16-18, 2007.
- Koppula, K.S., Benard, A., and Petty, C.A., "Realizable Algebraic Reynolds Stress Model for Single Phase and Multiphase Turbulent Flows," Proceedings of the AICHE 2006 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 12-17, 2006.