Contact Professor Karl Jenkins
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758227
- Email: k.w.jenkins@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
Background
Professor Jenkins gained a PhD from the University of Manchester which focused on computational and experimental water waves breaking interacting with coastal structures. This expertise in CFD and High Performance Computing was extended in a post-doctoral position at Cambridge University as the Sir Arthur Marshall Research Fellow where he studied turbulent combustion using Direct Numerical Simulation.
Professor Jenkins has published over 100 papers and has won the Gaydon prize for the most significant paper contribution at a leading symposium on combustion held in Chicago. He is a member of the United Kingdom Consortium on Turbulent Reacting Flows (UKCTRF). He has been invited to give numerous international and domestic seminars and to participate as a discussion panel member at international HPC DNS/LES conferences in the US.
Professor Jenkins has also worked in industry for Allot and Lomax Consulting Engineers and Davy Distington Ltd, working on various commercial CFD codes and training engineers in their use. He has worked on adaptive parallel grid techniques, and has developed parallel codes for academic use and for blue chip companies such as Rolls Royce plc and was actively involved initiating one of the Cambridge regional e-Science centre projects entitled Grid Technology for Distance CFD.
Current activities
Reacting flows
Turbulence
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
High Performance Computing
Large Data
Computational Finance.
Clients
- Airbus SE
- Siemens AG
- Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Tata Steel
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Nnabuife SG, Hamzat AK, Whidborne JF, Kuang B & Jenkins KW. (2025). Integration of renewable energy sources in tandem with electrolysis: a technology review for green hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 107
- Thomas J, Kuang B, Wang Y, Barnes S & Jenkins K. (2025). Advanced semantic segmentation of aircraft main components based on transfer learning and data-driven approach. The Visual Computer, 41(7)
- Schaller T, Li J & Jenkins KW. (2025). A data-driven approach for automatic aircraft engine borescope inspection defect detection using computer vision and deep learning. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Analyses, 3(1)
- Adebayo EM, Tsoutsanis P & Jenkins KW. (2025). A review of diffuse interface-capturing methods for compressible multiphase flows. Fluids, 10(4)
- Kuang B, Nnabuife SG, Whidborne JF, Sun S, Zhao J, .... (2024). Self-supervised learning-based two-phase flow regime identification using ultrasonic sensors in an S-shape riser. Expert Systems with Applications, 236(February)
- Alreshidi I, Moulitsas I & Jenkins KW. (2024). Advancing aviation safety through machine learning and psychophysiological data: a systematic review. IEEE Access, 12
- Adebayo EM, Tsoutsanis P & Jenkins KW. (2024). Application of central-weighted essentially non-oscillatory finite-volume interface-capturing schemes for modeling cavitation induced by an underwater explosion. Fluids, 9(2)
- Alanazi MSM, Jenkins KW & Li J. (2024). Predicting passengers’ feedback rate for airport service quality. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 24
- Alanazi MSM, Li J & Jenkins KW. (2024). Multiclass sentiment prediction of airport service online reviews using aspect-based sentimental analysis and machine learning. Mathematics, 12(5)
- Yuan D, Jenkins KW & Tsoutsanis P. (2024). Numerical investigation of the inviscid Taylor-Green Vortex using an adaptive filtering method for a modal Discontinuous Galerkin method. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 37(6)
- Alanazi MSM, Li J & Jenkins KW. (2024). Evaluating Airport Service Quality Based on the Statistical and Predictive Analysis of Skytrax Passenger Reviews. Applied Sciences, 14(20)
- Alreshidi I, Moulitsas I & Jenkins KW. (2023). Multimodal approach for pilot mental state detection based on EEG. Sensors, 23(17)
- Nnabuife SG, Darko CK, Obiako PC, Kuang B, Sun X, .... (2023). A comparative analysis of different hydrogen production methods and their environmental impact. Clean Technologies, 5(4)
- Alburaidi FOH, Jenkins K & Teschner T-R. (2023). Virtual reality's effects on air crash accident investigation learning interaction. Computer Science and Information Technologies, 4(2)
- Townsend JF, Inutsuka S-I, Könözsy LZ & Jenkins KW. (2022). On high-order numerical schemes for viscous relativistic hydrodynamics through the Kelvin–Helmholtz instability. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515(1)
- Yeap J-M, Rana ZA, Könözsy LZ & Jenkins KW. (2022). Evaluation of the SU2 open-source code for a hypersonic flow at mach number 5. Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics, 17(1)
- Maltsev V, Yuan D, Jenkins KW, Skote M & Tsoutsanis P. (2022). Hybrid discontinuous Galerkin-finite volume techniques for compressible flows on unstructured meshes. Journal of Computational Physics, 473(January)
- Homaid MS, Bisandu DB, Moulitsas I & Jenkins KW. (2022). Analysing the sentiment of air-traveller: a comparative analysis. International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, 14(2)
- Zeng K, Li Z, Rana ZA & Jenkins KW. (2021). Implicit large eddy simulations of turbulent flow around a square cylinder at Re=22,000. Computers & Fluids, 226(August)
- Townsend JF, Könözsy LZ & Jenkins KW. (2020). On the development of a rotated-hybrid HLL/HLLC approximate Riemann solver for relativistic hydrodynamics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(2)
- Bagul P, Rana ZA, Jenkins KW & Könözsy LZ. (2020). Computational engineering analysis of external geometrical modifications on the MQ-1 unmanned combat aerial vehicle. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 33(4)
- Teschner T-R, Könözsy LZ & Jenkins KW. (2019). A generalised and low-dissipative multi-directional characteristics-based scheme with inclusion of the local Riemann problem investigating incompressible flows without free-surfaces,. Computer Physics Communications, 239
- Simmonds N, Tsoutsanis P, Antoniadis AF, Jenkins KW & Gaylard A. (2018). Low-Mach number treatment for Finite-Volume schemes on unstructured meshes. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 336
- Tsoutsanis P, Antoniadis AF & Jenkins KW. (2018). Improvement of the computational performance of a parallel unstructured WENO finite volume CFD code for Implicit Large Eddy Simulation. Computers & Fluids, 173
- Singh D, Antoniadis AF, Tsoutsanis P, Shin H, Tsourdos A, .... (2018). A multi-fidelity approach for aerodynamic performance computations of formation flight. Aerospace, 5(2)
- Jadhav S, He H & Jenkins KW. (2018). Information gain directed genetic algorithm wrapper feature selection for credit rating. Applied Soft Computing, 69
- Gawryszewski K, Rana Z, Jenkins KW, Ioannou P & Okonkwo D. (2018). An automatic image analysis methodology for the measurement of droplet size distributions in liquid–liquid dispersion: round object detection. International Journal of Computers and Applications, 41(5)
- Teschner T-R, Könözsy LZ & Jenkins KW. (2018). Predicting non-linear flow phenomena through different characteristics-based schemes. Aerospace, 5(1)
- Witwit W, Zhao Y, Jenkins KW & Addepalli S. (2018). Global motion based video super-resolution reconstruction using discrete wavelet transform. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 77(20)
- Sakellariou K, Rana Z & Jenkins KW. (2017). Optimisation of the surfboard fin shape using computational fluid dynamics and genetic algorithms. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, 231(4)
- Witwit W, Zhao Y, Jenkins KW & Zhao Y. (2017). Satellite image resolution enhancement using discrete wavelet transform and new edge-directed interpolation. Journal of Electronic Imaging, 26(2)
- Teschner T-R, Könözsy LZ & Jenkins KW. (2016). Progress in particle-based multiscale and hybrid methods for flow applications. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 20(4)
- Ranga Dinesh KKJ, Jenkins KW, Kirkpatrick MP & Malalasekera W. (2012). Effects of Swirl on Intermittency Characteristics in Non-Premixed Flames. Combustion Science and Technology, 184(5)
- Gilliland T, Ranga-Dinesh KKJ, Fairweather M, Falle SAEG, Jenkins KW, .... (2012). External Intermittency Simulation in Turbulent Round Jets. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 89(3)
- Dinesh KKJR, Jenkins KW, Savill AM & Kirkpatrick MP. (2012). Mixing, intermittency and large eddy simulation of a turbulent round jet. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 12(5)
- Ranga Dinesh KKJ, Jenkins KW, Savill AM & Kirkpatrick MP. (2012). Swirl effects on external intermittency in turbulent jets. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 33(1)
- Breckon TP, Jenkins KW & Sonkoly P. (2011). Realizing perceptive virtual reality imaging applications on conventional PC hardware. The Imaging Science Journal, 59(1)
- Ranga Dinesh KKJ, Savill AM, Jenkins KW & Kirkpatrick MP. (2010). A study of mixing and intermittency in a coaxial turbulent jet. Fluid Dynamics Research, 42(2)
- Dinesh KKJR, Jenkins KW, Savill AM & Kirkpatrick MP. (2010). Influence of Bluff-body and Swirl on Mixing and Intermittency of Jets. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 4(3)
- Dinesh KKJR, Savill AM, Jenkins KW & Kirkpatrick MP. (2010). Large Eddy Simulation of a turbulent swirling coaxial jet. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, An International Journal, 10(2)
- Ranga Dinesh KKJ, Savill AM, Jenkins KW & Kirkpatrick MP. (2010). LES of intermittency in a turbulent round jet with different inlet conditions. Computers & Fluids, 39(9)
- Ranga Dinesh KKJ, Kirkpatrick MP & Jenkins KW. (2010). Investigation of the influence of swirl on a confined coannular swirl jet. Computers & Fluids, 39(5)
- Ranga Dinesh KKJ, Jenkins KW, Kirkpatrick MP & Malalasekera W. (2010). Modelling of instabilities in turbulent swirling flames. Fuel, 89(1)
- Riley MJW, Jenkins KW & Thompson CP. (2010). A study of early stopping, ensembling, and patchworking for cascade correlation neural networks. IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics, 40(4)
- Prentner S, Allen DM, Larcombe L, Marson S, Jenkins K, .... (2010). Effects of channel surface finish on blood flow in microfluidic devices. Microsystem Technologies, 16(7)
- Ranga Dinesh KKJ, Jenkins KW, Kirkpatrick MP & Malalasekera W. (2009). Identification and analysis of instability in non-premixed swirling flames using LES. Combustion Theory and Modelling, 13(6)
- Dunstan TD & Jenkins KW. (2009). The effects of hydrogen substitution on turbulent premixed methane–air kernels using direct numerical simulation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34(19)
- Dunstan TD & Jenkins KW. (2009). Flame surface density distribution in turbulent flame kernels during the early stages of growth. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 32(1)
- Hult J, Gashi S, Chakraborty N, Klein M, Jenkins KW, .... (2007). Measurement of flame surface density for turbulent premixed flames using PLIF and DNS. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 31(1)
- Klein M, Chakraborty N, Jenkins KW & Cant RS. (2006). Effects of initial radius on the propagation of premixed flame kernals in a turbulent environment. Physics of Fluids, 18(5)
- Jenkins KW, Klein M, Chakraborty N & Cant RS. (2006). Effects of strain rate and curvature on the propagation of a spherical flame kernel in the thin-reaction-zones regime. Combustion and Flame, 145(1-2)
- Yang X, Hayes M, Jenkins K & Cant S. (2005). The Cambridge CFD grid for large-scale distributed CFD applications. Future Generation Computer Systems, 21(1)
- Gashi S, Hult J, Jenkins KW, Chakraborty N, Cant S, .... (2005). Curvature and wrinkling of premixed flame kernels—comparisons of OH PLIF and DNS data. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 30(1)
- Jenkins KW & Cant RS. (2002). Curvature effects on flame kernels in a turbulent environment. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 29(2)
- Othman H Alburaidi F, Jenkins K & Teschner T-R. Virtual Reality's Effects on Air Crash Accident Investigation Learning Interaction. Computer Science and Information Technologies, 4(2)
