Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career
Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • LES Based Multiphase Combustion Modelling of Liquid Sprays in OpenFOAM
  • Fire Dynamic Simulation in FDS
  • Fluid Structure interaction Mechanics
  • Nonlinear/finite element analysis
  • C++ object-based programming in OpenFOAM

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About Nazmul Khan

Dr Nazmul Khan has been working as a Research Fellow at Victoria University since 2018 in a Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre project for the fire agencies of Australia. He is also an APA Scholarship holder.

Nazmul has 7 years of research experience as a part of the academic study in Master of Engineering and PhD from the UNSW and the University of Sydney, respectively.

He has developed a Lagrangian particle based liquid phase model for the LES based multiphase combustion modelling of liquid sprays. The model was developed in mmcFOAM, a branch of OpenFOAM developed at the University of Sydney. This sparse-Lagrangian MMC-LES multiphase combustion model was validated against experimental data, which shows the excellent agreement between the simulation results and the experimental data.

Dr Nazmul has a strong background in C++ Object-based programming in OpenFOAM, Fortran 90 programming in FDS, Matlab post-processing and software and hardware customising experience for running simulation in Linux based HPC, AWS and other remote desktops. He would like to further extend his research and teaching career in the field of computational fluid dynamics.

Qualifications

  • PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia, 2017
  • Master of Engineering (Research), The University of New South Wales, Australia, 2013
  • Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, BUET, Bangladesh, 1999

Key publications

Year Citation
2023 Wickramasinghe, A., Khan, N., Filkov, A., & Moinuddin, K. (231201). Quantifying Firebrand and Radiative Heat Flux Risk on Structures in Mallee/Mulga-Dominated Wildland-Urban Interface: A Physics-Based Approach. Fire, 6(12),

doi: 10.3390/fire6120466
2023 Wickramasinghe, A., Khan, N., Filkov, A., & Moinuddin. (231013). Physics-based modelling for mapping firebrand flux and heat load on structures in the wildland-urban interface. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32(11), (1576-1599).

doi: 10.1071/WF22119
2023 Khan, N., Sutherland, D., & Moinuddin, K. (230101). Simulated behaviour of wildland fire spreading through idealised heterogeneous fuels. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32(5), (738-748).

doi: 10.1071/WF22009
2023 Innocent, J., Sutherland, D., Khan, N., & Moinuddin, K. (230101). Physics-based simulations of grassfire propagation on sloped terrain at field scale: motivations, model reliability, rate of spread and fire intensity. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32(4), (496-512).

doi: 10.1071/WF21124
2023 Innocent, J., Sutherland, D., Khan, N., & Moinuddin, K. (230101). Physics-based simulations of grassfire propagation on sloped terrain at field scale: flame dynamics, mode of fire propagation and heat fluxes. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32(4), (513-530).

doi: 10.1071/WF21125
2022 Wadhwani, R., Sullivan, C., Wickramasinghe, A., Kyng, M., Khan, N., & Moinuddin, K. (221201). A review of firebrand studies on generation and transport. Fire Safety Journal, 134

doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103674
2022 Muneer, M., Khan, N., Hussain, M. A., Shuai, Z., Khan, A. A., Farooq, R., Moawwez, M. A., & Tariq, M. AUR. (221101). A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Organizational Culture, Communication Management, and Clarity in Project Scope on Constructions Project Success with Moderating Role of Project Manager s Competencies to Enhance Constructions Management Practices. Buildings, 12(11),

doi: 10.3390/buildings12111856
2022 Wickramasinghe, A., Khan, N., & Moinuddin, K. (220201). Determining Firebrand Generation Rate Using Physics-Based Modelling from Experimental Studies through Inverse Analysis. Fire, 5(1),

doi: 10.3390/fire5010006
2021 Khan, N., & Moinuddin, K. (211101). The role of heat flux in an idealised firebreak built in surface and crown fires. Atmosphere, 12(11),

doi: 10.3390/atmos12111395
2021 Moinuddin, K., Khan, N., & Sutherland, D. (211001). Numerical study on effect of relative humidity (and fuel moisture) on modes of grassfire propagation. Fire Safety Journal, 125

doi: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2021.103422

Research funding for the past 5 years

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Supervision of research students at VU

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Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 PhD Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (1) Associate supervisor

Careers

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