... from an idea to superior design performance with mathematical modelling and engineering analysis ...
Publications
A. Horvat, CFD Methodology for simulation of LNG spills and Rapid Phase Transition (RPT), Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2018, Vol. 120, pp. 358-369.
A. Horvat, P. Tofilo, Applications of CFD methodology for fire and explosion safety in oil & gas sector, CFD and evacuation in built environment, ASE, October 4, 2017, Gdansk, Poland.
A. Horvat, NAFEMS computational fluid dynamics benchmarks - Volume 1, The International Association for the Engineering Modelling, Analysis & Simulation Community, NAFEMS, 2017.
A. Horvat, Fire dynamics - comparative analysis of CFD simulation tools and their utilization, CFD and evacuation in built environment, December 17, 2015, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
A. Horvat, I. Prowell, D. Dolan, R.L. Nichols, P.T. Gayes, L. Pietrafesa, T. Yan, F. Driscoll, W. Musial, Refining estimation of design loads for wave slam events experienced by offshore wind turbines, AWEA Wind Power 2014, Conference & Exhibition, May 5–8, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada.
A. Horvat, Verification and quality assurance in the simulation analysis process, Quality & Reliability of CFD Simulations, NAFEMS Seminar, 2014, April 8, Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK.
R. Waring, A. Horvat, M. Roesner, Simulation driven design improvement of the Marshall multispread fertiliser spreader, Proceedings, 2013 Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg) Conference, Sept. 22-25, 2013, Mandurah, West Australia.
M. Vrancken, F. Durodié, R. Bamber, N. Dalton, P. Dumortier, M. Graham, A. Horvat, D. Hancock et al., RF optimisation of the port plug layout and performance assessment of the ITER ICRF antenna, Fusion Engineering and Design, 2013, Vol. 88, No. 6-8, pp. 940-944.
S. Mistry, A. Horvat, R. Verhoeven, Y. Xue, Concept design studies on the ITER HNB Duct Liner, Fusion Engineering and Design, 2013, Vol. 88, No. 6-8, pp. 930-934.
A. Horvat, D. Hartwanger, Application of modelling methods in wind turbine engineering, Free Flow Turbines and Their Efficiency, May 6, 2011, University of Leicester, UK.
A. Horvat, Streamlining product development using ANSYS CFD, Enhancing Engineering Productivity with Fast and Reliable CFD Solutions, April 12, 2011, Sheffield, UK.
G. Guigay, J. Eliasson, B. Karlsson, A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, A different approach to vent flow calculations in fire compartments using the critical flow condition, J. Fire Sciences, Vol. 28, Sept. 2010, pp. 409-439.
A. Horvat, Yoomi - CFD driven product design, Webinar, ANSYS UK, December 9, 2010.
A. Horvat, Yoomi - CFD behind the product, Webinar, ANSYS UK, November 16, 2010.
A. Horvat, Fire modelling in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), May 26, 2010, NAFEMS Webinar Series.
C. Pérez-Jiménez, A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, G. Guigay, J. Eliasson, J.-M. Franssen, Influence of obstacles on the development of gravity current prior to backdraft, Fire Technology, 2009, Vol. 45, No. 1.
A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, A. Pearson, J.-M. Most, 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.
A. Horvat, A. de Souza, Layout optimisation brings step change in wind farm yield, All Energy 2009 Conference and Exhibition, May 19-20, 2009, Aberdeen, Scotland.
A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, P. Tofilo, Semi-analytical treatment of wall heat transfer coupled to a numerical simulation model of fire, Num. Heat Transfer, Part A, 2009, Vol. 55, Issue 6, pp. 517-533.
A. Horvat, A. Kyte, 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.
D. Hartwanger, A. Horvat, 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.
A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, 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.
J. Gale, I. Tiselj, A. Horvat, 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.
I. Tiselj, A. Horvat, J. Gale, Numerical scheme of the WAHA Code, Multiphase Science and Technology, 2008, Vol. 20, Issue 3-4, pp. 323-354.
A. Horvat, Computational models for prediction of fire behaviour, January 17, 2008, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Ig, Slovenia.
A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, D. Gojkovic, B. Karlsson, Numerical and experimental investigation of backdraft, Combustion Science and Technology, 2008, Vol. 180, pp. 45-63.
A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, Numerical simulation of backdraft phenomena, Fire Safety J., 2007, Vol. 42, Issue 3, pp. 200-209.
A. Horvat, B. Mavko, 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. 969-973.
A. Galgano, C. Di Blasi, A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, 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.
A. Horvat, B. Mavko, Heat transfer conditions in flow across a bundle of cylindrical and ellipsoidal tubes, Num. Heat Transfer, Part A, 2006, Vol. 49, pp. 699-715.
A. Horvat, M. Leskovar, B. Mavko, Comparison of heat transfer conditions in tube bundle cross-flow for different tube shapes, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2006, Vol. 49, pp. 1027-1038.
A. Horvat, B. Mavko, I. Catton, 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.
A. Horvat, B. Mavko, Hierarchic modeling of heat transfer processes in heat exchangers, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2005, 48, pp 361-371.
A. Horvat, B. Mavko, Calculation of conjugate heat transfer problem with volumetric heat generation using the Galerkin method, Applied Math. Modelling, 2005, 29, pp. 477-495.
A. Horvat, B. Mavko, 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.
I. Tiselj, A. Horvat, B. Mavko, E. Pogrebnyak, A. Mosyak, G. Hetseroni, Wall properties and heat transfer in near-wall turbulent flow, Num. Heat Transfer, Part A, 2004, 46, pp. 717-729.
I. Tiselj, J. Gale, A. Horvat, I. Parzer, 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.
A. Horvat, Y. Sinai, Validation of two-equation turbulence models for heat transfer applications, 8th UK National Heat Transfer Conference, Oxford, Sept. 9-10, 2003, Proceedings.
A. Horvat, I. Catton, Application of Galerkin method to conjugate heat transfer calculation, Num. Heat Transfer, Part B, 44, pp. 509-531, 2003.
I. Tiselj, A. Horvat, B. Mavko, E. Pogrebnyak, A. Mosyak, G. Hetseroni, 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.
A. Horvat, I. Catton, Numerical technique for modeling conjugate heat transfer in an electronic device heat sink, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2003, 46, pp. 2155-2168.
A. Horvat, I. Catton, Modeling of forced convection in an electronic device heat sink as porous media flow, The 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA, Proceedings, IMECE2002/HTD-34246.
B. Mavko, I. Parzer, A. Horvat, Recent CAMP activities in Slovenia, Fall 2002 CAMP Meeting, Washington, D.C., US, Oct.31 - Nov.1, 2002.
A. Horvat, B. Koncar, 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.
A. Horvat, I. Catton, Modeling of conjugate heat transfer using Galerkin approach, Proceedings, International Symposium on Compact Heat Exchangers, Grenoble, France, Aug. 24, 2002, pp. 191-197.
I. Tiselj, A. Horvat, 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.
A. Horvat, I. Catton, An analysis of conjugate heat transfer in an electronic chip heat sink, J. Mech. Eng, 2002, 9, pp. 482-490.
I. Tiselj, G. Cerne, I. Parzer, A. Horvat, WAHA Code - numerical method of WAHA code, Report 8618, "Jožef Stefan" Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2002.
I. Tiselj, G. Cerne, I. Parzer, A. Horvat, WAHA Code - development of single phase code, Report 8619, "Jožef Stefan" Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2002.
A. Horvat, Calculation of conjugate heat transfer in a heat sink using Volume Averaging Technique (VAT), M.Sc. thesis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 2002.
A. Horvat, M. Rizzi, I. Catton, Numerical investigation of chip cooling using volume averaging technique (VAT), Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer VII, WIT Press, Southampton, UK, 2002, pp. 373-382.
A. Horvat, 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.
A. Horvat, I. Catton, 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.
A. Horvat, I. Kljenak, J. Marn, Two-dimensional large eddy simulation of natural convection due to internal heat generation, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 2001, 44, pp. 3985-3995.
A. Horvat, I. Kljenak, J. Marn, On incompressible buoyancy flow benchmarking, Num. Heat Transfer, Part B, 2001, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 61-78.
A. Horvat, I. Kljenak, J. Marn, Dynamics of heat transfer in the melt pool at nuclear severe accident conditions, The 1999 ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Nov. 14-19, 1999, Proceedings, pp. 285-292.
A. Horvat, I. Kljenak, J. Marn, 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.
A. Horvat, I. Kljenak, J. Marn, 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.
A. Horvat, 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.
A. Horvat, I. Kljenak, J. Marn, Numerical prediction of cooling margins for a fluid with internal heat generation, Advanced Computational Methods in Heat Transfer V, WIT Press, Southampton, UK, 1998, pp. 337-346.
A. Horvat, Modeling of natural convection phenomena in nuclear reactor core melt, M.Sc. Thesis, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1998.
A. Horvat, I. Kljenak, 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.
A. Horvat, M. Leskovar, J. Marn, 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.
J. Marn, M. Leskovar, A. Horvat, 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.
A. Horvat, J. Marn, Short overview of steam explosion phenomena research, Kuhljevi dnevi '95, Radenci, Slovenia, Sept. 21-22, 1995, Proceedings, pp. 167-174.
A. Horvat, Evolution of vapor explosion theory and modeling, Dipl.-Ing. Thesis, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Slovenia, 1995.
Dr Andrei Horvat
M.Sc. Mechanical Eng.
Ph.D. Nuclear Eng.

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