Andrej Horvat  
Publications  


  Numerical Analysis
Horvat, A., Testing the Numerical Method for One-Dimensional Shock Treatment, The 5th Regional Meeting "Nuclear Energy in Central Europe", Čatež, Slovenia, Sept. 7-10, 1998, Proceedings, pp. 203-210.
  Semi-Analytical Methods
Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Catton, I., The Galerkin Method Solution of the Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems for the Cross-Flow Conditions, J. Mech. Eng., 2005, 51, 7-8, pp. 527-533.

Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Calculation of Conjugate Heat Transfer Problem with Volumetric Heat Generation Using the Galerkin Method, Applied Math. Modelling, 2005, 29, pp. 477-495.

Horvat, A., Catton, I., Application of Galerkin Method to Conjugate Heat Transfer Calculation, Num. Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 44, pp. 509-531, 2003.

Horvat, A., Catton, I., Modeling of Conjugate Heat Transfer Using Galerkin Approach, Proceedings, International Symposium on Compact Heat Exchangers, Grenoble, France, Aug. 24, 2002, pp. 191-197.
  Vapor Explosions
Marn, J., Leskovar, M., Horvat, A., Evaluation of Steam Explosion (ESE): Premixing, The ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 1996, San Diego, California, USA, July 7-11, 1996, Proceedings FED-Vol. 236, pp. 167-172.

Horvat, A., Marn, J., Short Overview of Steam Explosion Phenomena Research, Kuhljevi dnevi '95, Radenci, Slovenia, Sept. 21-22, 1995, Proceedings, pp. 167-174.

Horvat, A., Evolution of Vapor Explosion Theory and Modeling, Diploma Thesis, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 1995.
  Free Convection in Fluids with Internal Heat Generation
Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Numerical Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Volumetrically Heated Spherical Segments, Int. Conf. "Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2004", Portorož, Slovenia, Sept. 6-9, 2004, Proceedings, No. 408.

Horvat, A., Modeling of Turbulent Natural Convection in a Fluid with Internal Heat Generation with the Large-Eddy Simulation Method, Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2001.

Horvat, A., Kljenak, I., Marn, J., Two-Dimensional Large Eddy Simulation of Natural Convection due to Internal Heat Generation, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2001, 44, pp. 3985-3995.

Horvat, A., Kljenak, I., Marn, J., Dynamics of Heat Transfer in the Melt Pool at Nuclear Severe Accident Conditions, The 1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Nov. 14-19, 1999, Proceedings, pp. 285-292.

Horvat, A., Kljenak, I., Marn, J., Dynamic Behavior of the Melt Pool at Severe Accident Conditions, The 1999 NURETH-9 Conference, San Francisco, California, USA, Oct. 3-8, 1999, Proceedings, pp. 1-15.

Horvat, A., Kljenak, I., Marn, J., Numerical Estimation of Reactor Core Melt Cooling, Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, Illinois, USA, American Nuclear Society, 1998, Vol. 79, pp. 380-381.

Horvat, A., Kljenak, I., Marn, J., Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer V: Numerical Prediction of Cooling Margins for a Fluid with Internal Heat Generation, WIT Press, Southampton, UK, 1998, pp. 17-19.

Horvat, A., Modeling of Natural Convection Phenomena in Nuclear Reactor Core Melt, M.Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1998.

Horvat, A., Kljenak, I., Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Natural Convection in Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Plenum During Meltdown Scenario, The 4th Regional Meeting "Nuclear Energy in Central Europe", Bled, Slovenia, Sept. 7-10, 1997, Proceedings, pp. 43-50.

Horvat, A., Marn, J., Leskovar, M., Mathematical Description of Multiphase Flow During Meltdown Scenario, The 3rd Regional Meeting "Nuclear Energy in Central Europe", Portorož, Slovenia, Sept. 16-19, 1996, Proceedings, pp. 237-245.
  Buoyancy Flows
Horvat, A., Sinai, Y., Validation of Two-Equation Turbulence Models for Heat Transfer Applications, 8th UK National Heat Transfer Conference, Oxford, Sept. 9-10, 2003, Proceedings.

Horvat, A., Kljenak, I., Marn, J., On Incompressible Buoyancy Flow Benchmarking, Num. Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 2001, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 61-78.
  Heat Transfer in Heat Exchangers and Heat Sinks
Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Drag Coefficient and Stanton Number Behavior in Fluid Flow Across a Bundle of Wing-Shaped Tubes, J. Heat Transfer, Trans ASME, 2006, Vol. 128, pp. 970-973.

Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Heat Transfer Conditions in Flow Across a Bundle of Cylindrical and Ellipsoidal Tubes, Num. Heat Transfer, Part A, 2006, Vol. 49, pp. 699-715.

Horvat, A., Leskovar, M., Mavko, B., A Comparison of Heat Transfer Conditions in Tube Bundle Cross-Flow for Different Forms of Tubes, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2006, Vol. 49, 5-6, pp. 1027-1038.

Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Hierarchic Modeling of Heat Transfer Processes in Heat Exchangers, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2005, 48, pp 361-371.

Horvat, A., Catton, I., Numerical Technique for Modeling Conjugate Heat Transfer in an Electronic Device Heat Sink, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2003, 46, pp. 2155-2168.

Horvat, A., Catton, I., Modeling of Forced Convection in an Electronic Device Heat Sink as Porous Media Flow, 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA, Proceedings, IMECE2002/HTD-34246.

Horvat, A., Končar, B., Hierarchic Modeling of Heat Exchanger Thermal Hydraulics, Int. Conf. "Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2002", Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, Sept. 9-12, 2002, Proceedings, No. 209.

Horvat, A., Catton, I., An Analysis of Conjugate Heat Transfer in an Electronic Chip Heat Sink, J. Mech. Eng., 2002, 9, pp. 482-490.

Horvat, A., Calculation of Conjugate Heat Transfer in a Heat Sink Using Volume Averaging Technique (VAT), M.Sc. Thesis, The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 2002.

Horvat, A., Rizzi, M., Catton, I., Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer VII: Numerical Investigation of Chip Cooling Using Volume Averaging Technique (VAT), WIT Press, Southampton, UK, pp. 373-382, 2002.

Horvat, A., Catton, I., Development of an Integral Computer Code for Simulation of Heat Exchangers, Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2001, Portorož, Slovenia, Sept. 10-13, 2001, Proceedings, No. 213.
  Water Hammer in Single and Multiphase Flows
Gale, J., Tiselj, I., Parzer, I., Horvat, A., Two-Fluid Model of the WAHA Code for Simulation of Water Hammer Transients, Multiphase Science and Technology, 2008, Vol. 20. Issue 3-4, pp. 291-322.

Tiselj, I., Horvat, A., Gale, J., Parzer, I., Numerical Scheme of the WAHA Code, Multiphase Science and Technology, 2008, Vol. 20. Issue 3-4, pp. 323-354.

Tiselj, I., Gale, J., Horvat, A., Parzer, I., Characteristic and Propagation Velocities of the Two-Fluid Models, The 10th Int. Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-10), Seoul, Korea, October 5-9, 2003, Proceedings.

Mavko, B., Parzer, I., Horvat, A., Recent CAMP Activities in Slovenia, Fall 2002 CAMP Meeting, Washington, D.C., US, Oct. 31- Nov. 1, 2002.

Tiselj, I., Horvat, A., Accuracy of the Operator Splitting Technique for Two-Phase Flow With Stiff Source Terms, The ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting 2002, Montreal, Canada, July 13-19, 2002, Proceedings, FEDSM2002-31349.

Tiselj, I., Černe, G., Parzer, I., Horvat, A., WAHA Code, Numerical Method of WAHA Code, Report 8618, "Jožef Stefan" Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2002.

Tiselj, I., Černe, G., Parzer, I., Horvat, A., WAHA Code, Development of Single Phase Code, Report 8619, "Jožef Stefan" Institute , Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2002.
  Turbulence
Tiselj, I., Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Pogrebnyak, E., Mosyak, A., Hetseroni, G., Wall Properties and Heat Transfer in Near-Wall Turbulent Flow, Num. Heat Transfer, Part A , 2004, 46, pp. 717-729.

Tiselj, I., Horvat, A., Mavko, B., Pogrebnyak, E., Mosyak, A., Hetseroni, G., Effect of Wall Thermal Properties on the Mean Temperature Profile in Near-Wall Turbulence, Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer 4, K. Hanjalic, Y. Nagano, M. Tummers (Editors), Begell House, 2003.
  Fire Dynamics and Protection
Horvat, A., Fire Modelling in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), May 26, 2010, NAFEMS Webinar Series.

Horvat, A., Computational Models for Prediction of Fire Behaviour, January 17, 2008, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Ig, Slovenia.

Horvat, A., Sinai, Y., Pearson, A., Most, J.-M., Contribution to Flashover Modelling: Development of a Validated Numerical Model for Ignition of Non-Contiguous Wood Samples, Fire Safety J., 2009, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 779-788.

Horvat, A., Sinai, Y.L., Tofilo, P., Numerical Prediction of Heat Fluxes in Underventilated Fire, Num. Heat Transfer, Part A, 2009, Vol. 55, Issue 6, pp. 517-533.

Horvat, A., Sinai, Y., Computational Prediction of Fire spread to a Solid Material with ANSYS CFX, European Built Environment CAE Conference (EBECC 2008), London, UK, June 5-6, 2008, Proceedings.

Pérez-Jiménez, C., Horvat, A., Sinai, Y., Guigay, G., Eliasson, J., Franssen, J.-M., Influence of Obstacles on the Development of Gravity Current Prior to Backdraft, Fire Technology, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 1.

Horvat, A., Sinai, Y., Gojkovic, D., Karlsson, B., Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Backdraft, Combustion Science and Technology, 2008, Vol. 180, pp. 45-63.

Horvat, A., Sinai, Y., Numerical Simulation of Backdraft Phenomena, Fire Safety J., 2007, Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp. 200-209.

Galgano, A., Di Blasi, C., Horvat, A., Sinai, Y., Experimental Validation of a Coupled Solid- and Gas-Phase Model for Combustion and Gasification of Wood Logs, Energy and Fuels, 2006, Vol. 20, Issue 5, pp. 2223-2232.
  Fluid-Structure Interaction
Horvat, A., Kyte, A., A Fully Coupled Numerical Analysis of the Response of a Circular Membrane to High Wind Loads, ANSYS UK User Conference 2008 "Inspiring Engineering", Oxford, UK, Oct. 29-30, 2008, Proceedings.
  Turbomachinery
Horvat, A., Hartwanger, D., Application of Modelling Methods in Wind Turbine Engineering, Free Flow Turbines and Their Efficiency, May 6, 2011, University of Leicester, UK.

Horvat, A., de Souza, A., Layout Optimisation Brings Step Change in Wind Farm Yield, All Energy 2009 Conference and Exhibition, May 19-20, 2009, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Hartwanger, D., Horvat, A., 3D Modelling of a Wind Turbine Using CFD, NAFEMS UK Conference 2008 "Engineering Simulation: Effective Use and Best Practice", Cheltenham, UK, June 10-11, 2008, Proceedings.
  Phase-Change Materials
Horvat, A., Streamlining Product Development using ANSYS CFD, Enhancing Engineering Productivity with Fast and Reliable CFD Solutions, April 12, 2011, Sheffield, UK.

Horvat, A., Yoomi - CFD Driven Product Design, Webinar, ANSYS UK, December 9, 2010.

Horvat, A., Yoomi - CFD Behind the Product, Webinar, ANSYS UK, November 16, 2010.