All Outputs (25)

Cohesive zone model for the thermomechanical deformation of a high temperature tubular solid oxide electrolysis cell. (2025)
Journal Article
KURUSHINA, V., PRATHURU, A., SOMAN, A., HOSSAIN, M., CAI, Q., HORRI, B.A. and FAISAL, N.H. 2025. Cohesive zone model for the thermomechanical deformation of a high temperature tubular solid oxide electrolysis cell. Engineering fracture mechanics [online], 318, article number 110987. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfracmech.2025.110987

High-temperature processes for hydrogen production unlock the potential for high energy efficiency combined with a relatively low environmental impact. However, structural integrity should be carefully considered. Solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOEC... Read More about Cohesive zone model for the thermomechanical deformation of a high temperature tubular solid oxide electrolysis cell..

Thermomechanical deformation analysis of a tubular solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V., RAJENDRAN, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M., FAISAL, N., SOMAN, A., HORRI, B.A. and CAI, Q. 2023. Thermomechanical deformation analysis of a tubular solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. In Proceedings of the 34th Thermal and fluid analysis workshop 2023 (TFAWS 2023), 21-25 August 2023, Maryland, USA. Washington: NASA [online], article number TFAWS23-ID-7. Available from: https://tfaws.nasa.gov/tfaws23/proceedings/

Technologies behind electrolysis cells for hydrogen production are making progress in terms of portability, cost reduction, performance enhancement, prolonged operation, and integration in stacks and with existing power infrastructure. The solid oxid... Read More about Thermomechanical deformation analysis of a tubular solid oxide steam electrolysis cell..

Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HOSSAIN, M., FAISAL, N., PRATHURU, A., KURUSHINA, V., RAJENDRAN, V., CAI, Q., HORRI, B. and KUMAR, A. 2023. Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis. Presented at the 1st IUT (Islamic University of Technology) International conference on mechanical, material and production engineering 2023 (IUT-ICMMPE 2023), 21-22 July 2023, Gaziput, Dhaka.

The UK government in their 2021 Hydrogen Strategy recognises that the low carbon hydrogen plays a critical role in achieving transition to net zero and sets a target of 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy... Read More about Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis..

Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V., SOMAN, A., RAJENDRAN, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M., AMINI HORRI, B., CAI, Q. and FAISAL, N. 2023. Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. Presented at the 36th Scottish fluid mechanics meetings, 24 May 2023, Glasgow, UK.

High temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis (HTSOSE) is an efficient and ecologically-friendly method of hydrogen production through conversion of the water substance into hydrogen and oxygen, using the heat and electrical energy. The HT SOSE is... Read More about Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell..

Materials and meta-data for thermochemical electrolysis. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RAJENDRAN, V., MUTHUKRISHNAN, R., BALOGUN, Y., KURUSHINA, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M. and FAISAL, N.H. 2023. Materials and meta-data for thermochemical electrolysis. Presented at the 2023 Scotland's hydrogen economy and the chemical sciences, 23 May 2023, St Andrews, UK.

One of the important challenges is to develop coating materials for thermochemical containment vessels and pipes that encounters the highly corrosive and harsh environment produced by the molten salt at high temperature. Overall assessment based on t... Read More about Materials and meta-data for thermochemical electrolysis..

Flow-induced forces for a group of one large and several small structures in the sheared turbulent flow. (2023)
Journal Article
ANNAPEH, H.F. and KURUSHINA, V. 2023. Flow-induced forces for a group of one large and several small structures in the sheared turbulent flow. Fluids [online], 8(5), article number 158. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids8050158

Evaluating the hydrodynamic force fluctuations acting on each structure in a group of subsea objects of different cross-section shapes, sizes and relative positions represents a challenge due to the sensitivity of the vortex shedding process, especia... Read More about Flow-induced forces for a group of one large and several small structures in the sheared turbulent flow..

Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V., SOMAN, A., RAJENDRAN, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M., HORRI, B.A., CAI, Q. and FAISAL, N. 2023. Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell. Presented at the 2023 All-energy and dcarbonise conference, 10-11 May 2023, Glasgow, UK.

Developing electrolyser cells with enhanced hydrogen production and their scalable manufacturing can play an important role in enabling not only eco-friendly development but also cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable opportunities. Thermomechanic... Read More about Modelling, optimisation and analysis of tubular high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis cell..

Structural design and analysis of a high temperature solid oxide steam tubular electrolyser. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V., SOMAN, A., RAJENDRAN, V., PRATHURU, A., HOSSAIN, M., HORRI, B., CAI, Q. and FAISAL, N. 2023. Structural design and analysis of a high temperature solid oxide steam tubular electrolyser. Presented at the 2023 All things hydrogen conference (ATH23) [online], 14 March 2023, Aberdeen, UK. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/56ut5jjb

The hydrogen production is an active area of the innovation and development in the perspective of the next decade, with the relative dominance of the alkaline, proton exchange and solid oxide (SO) technology. The gradual maturity of the latter techno... Read More about Structural design and analysis of a high temperature solid oxide steam tubular electrolyser..

Hydrodynamic loads on a group of six structures of different cross-sections in uniform and sheared flow. (2023)
Journal Article
ANNAPEH, H.F. and KURUSHINA, V. 2023. Hydrodynamic loads on a group of six structures of different cross-sections in uniform and sheared flow. Journal of marine science and engineering [online], 11(2), article number 383. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020383

The estimates of hydrodynamic forces for a group of structures represent a challenge for the design of offshore systems, as they are subject to changes with a variation in flow profiles. The fluctuating effects may be more pronounced or, on the contr... Read More about Hydrodynamic loads on a group of six structures of different cross-sections in uniform and sheared flow..

Prediction of unsteady slug flow in a long curved inclined riser with a slug tracking model. (2023)
Journal Article
PADRINO, J.C., SRINIL, N., KURUSHINA, V. and SWAILES, D. 2023. Prediction of unsteady slug flow in a long curved inclined riser with a slug tracking model. International journal of multiphase flow [online], 162, article number 104410. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2023.104410

An improved one-dimensional mechanistic model is presented for the prediction of unsteady gas–liquid slug flows in inclined curved pipes, using the slug tracking approach. The equations for mass and momentum conservation are applied to the slug body,... Read More about Prediction of unsteady slug flow in a long curved inclined riser with a slug tracking model..

Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HOSSAIN, M., FAISAL, N., PRATHURU, A., KURUSHINA, V., CAI, Q., HORRI, B. and SOMAN, A. 2022. Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis. Presented at the 4th International conference on energy and power 2022 (ICEP2022), 11-13 December 2022, Dhaka, Bangledesh: [virtual conference].

The UK government in their 2021 Hydrogen Strategy recognises that the low carbon hydrogen plays a critical role in achieving transition to net zero and sets a target of 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 for use across the economy... Read More about Scalable metamaterial thermally sprayed catalyst coatings for nuclear reactor high temperature solid oxide steam electrolysis..

Application of thermal spray coatings in electrolysers for hydrogen production: advances, challenges, and opportunities. (2022)
Journal Article
FAISAL, N.H., PRATHURU, A., AHMED, R. et al. 2022. Application of thermal spray coatings in electrolysers for hydrogen production: advances, challenges, and opportunities. ChemNanoMat [online], 8(12), article number e202200384. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202200384

Thermal spray coatings have the advantage of providing thick and functional coatings from a range of engineering materials. The associated coating processes provide good control of coating thickness, morphology, microstructure, pore size and porosity... Read More about Application of thermal spray coatings in electrolysers for hydrogen production: advances, challenges, and opportunities..

Numerical simulation of flow-induced forces on subsea structures in a group under uniform and sheared flow. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANNAPEH, H.F. and KURUSHINA, V. 2022. Numerical simulation of flow-induced forces on subsea structures in a group under uniform and sheared flow. In Dimitrovová, Z., Biswas, P., Gonçalves, R. and Silva, T. (eds.) Recent trends in wave mechanics and vibrations: proceedings of the 10th International conference on wave mechanics and vibrations (WMVC 2022), 4-6 July 2022, Lisbon, Portugal. Mechanisms and machine science, 125. Cham: Springer [online], pages 512-522. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15758-5_52

Subsea production systems design requires estimates of hydrodynamic loads related to characteristics of structures and the external flow. The current work investigates flow-induced forces for a group of stationary rigid structures modelled in 2D incl... Read More about Numerical simulation of flow-induced forces on subsea structures in a group under uniform and sheared flow..

Effect of gap and diameter ratio on vortex-induced forces for cylinders in tandem at Re=100. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ANNAPEH, H.F. and KURUSHINA, V. 2022. Effect of gap and diameter ratio on vortex-induced forces for cylinders in tandem at Re=100. Journal of physics: conference series [online], 2219: proceedings of the 4th International conference on modeling, simulation and optimization technologies and applications (MSOTA2021), 17-18 December 2021, [virtual event], article number 012021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2219/1/012021

The article investigates fluctuations of the vortex-induced loads related to the effects of gap and diameter ratio on the mean drag and lift coefficients of the downstream cylinder, when two circular stationary cylinders of different diameters are ar... Read More about Effect of gap and diameter ratio on vortex-induced forces for cylinders in tandem at Re=100..

Optimization of the wake oscillator for transversal VIV. (2022)
Journal Article
KURUSHINA, V., POSTNIKOV, A., FRANZINI, G.R. and PAVLOVSKAIA, E. 2022. Optimization of the wake oscillator for transversal VIV. Journal of marine science and engineering [online], 10(2), article number 293. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10020293

Vibrations of slender structures associated with the external flow present a design challenge for the energy production systems placed in the marine environment. The current study explores the accuracy of the semi-empirical wake oscillator models for... Read More about Optimization of the wake oscillator for transversal VIV..

A one-dimensional mechanistic model for tracking unsteady slug flow. (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PADRINO, J.C., SRINIL, N., KURUSHINA, V., SWAILES, D., PAIN, C.C. and MATAR, O.K. 2021. A one-dimensional mechanistic model for tracking unsteady slug flow. In Proceedings of the 2021 ASME international mechanical engineering congress and exposition (IMECE2021), 1-5 November 2021, [virtual event]. New York: ASME [online], volume 10: fluids engineering, article number V010T10A004. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2021-70735

A novel one-dimensional slug tracking mechanistic model for unsteady, upward gas-liquid slug flow in inclined pipes is presented. The model stems from the first principles of mass and momentum conservation applied to a slug unit cell consisting of a... Read More about A one-dimensional mechanistic model for tracking unsteady slug flow..

Influence of combined empirical functions on slug flow predictions of pipelines with variable inclinations. (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ZANGANEH, H., KURUSHINA, V., SRINIL, N. and MATAR, O.K. 2020. Influence of combined empirical functions on slug flow predictions of pipelines with variable inclinations. In Proceedings of the 39th ASME international conference on ocean, offshore and arctic engineering (OMAE 2020), 3-7 August 2020, [virtual event]. New York: ASME [online], volume 4: pipelines, risers and subsea systems, paper number OMAE2020-18027, V004T04A025. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2020-18027

Prediction of internal multiphase flows in subsea pipelines is an integral part of the oil and gas production system design. High mass and pressure fluctuations are often encountered during the operation with a liquid-gas slug flow regime exhibiting... Read More about Influence of combined empirical functions on slug flow predictions of pipelines with variable inclinations..

VIV of flexible structures in 2D uniform flow. (2020)
Journal Article
KURUSHINA, V., PAVLOVSKAIA, E. and WIERCIGROCH, M. 2020. VIV of flexible structures in 2D uniform flow. International journal of engineering science [online], 150, article number 103211. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2019.103211

The paper investigates Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) of a horizontal flexible structure with pinned-pinned ends in uniform flow. The fluid–structure interaction is modelled using the wake oscillator approach to describe fluctuations of the fluid for... Read More about VIV of flexible structures in 2D uniform flow..

Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
KURUSHINA, V.A., KURUSHINA, E.V. and ZEMENKOVA, M.Y. 2018. Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 357: proceedings of the International conference on transport and storage of hydrocarbons, 10-12 January 2018, Tyumen, Russia, article number 012028. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/357/1/012028

Russian polytechnic education is going through a sequence of transformations that started with the introduction of bachelor and master degrees into higher education instead of the previous "specialists". The next stage of reformation in Russian polyt... Read More about Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions..

Calibration and comparison of VIV wake oscillator models for low mass ratio structures. (2018)
Journal Article
KURUSHINA, V., PAVLOVSKAIA, E., POSTNIKOV, A. and WIERCIGROCH, M. 2018. Calibration and comparison of VIV wake oscillator models for low mass ratio structures. International journal of mechanical sciences [online], 142-143, pages 547-560. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.04.027

In this work, Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) of a rigid cylinder on elastic supports is reviewed and modelled. We consider a cylinder moving both cross-flow and in-line, subjected to fluid forces calculated as proposed in [1]. A suite of wake oscilla... Read More about Calibration and comparison of VIV wake oscillator models for low mass ratio structures..