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Fumiaki Takahashi

Professor Emeritus
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • EMAE 457 Combustion
  • EMAE/EMAC+ 464 Fire Protection Engineering
  • EMAE 285 Mechanical Engineering Measurements Laboratory

Research Information

Research Interests

Fire Science and Engineering

Spacecraft fire safety, fire suppression, halon replacement, fire retardants, fire toxicity, fire blankets, intumescent coatings, wildland fire, and firefighter environmental sensors

Combustion

Microgravity combustion, flame stabilization, flame structure, turbulent combustion, laser diagnostics, and numerical simulation

Publications

Books:

  • Takahashi, F., Sooting Correlations for Premixed Combustion, in Physical and Chemical Aspects of Combustion:  A Tribute to Irvin Glassman (F. L. Dryer and R. F. Sawyer, eds.), Combustion Science and Technology Book Series, Vol. 4, Gordon and Breach, New York, 1997, pp. 161-187.
  • Takahashi, F., Candle and Jet Diffusion Flames:  Mechanisms of Combustion under Gravity and Microgravity, in Combustion Phenomena:  Selected Mechanisms of Flame Formation, Propagation and Extinction, J. Jarosinski and B. Veyssiere, eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., 2009, Ch. 8.1, pp. 170-178.

Articles:

  • Takahashi, F., and Katta, V. R., Chemical Kinetic Structure of the Reaction Kernel of Methane Jet Diffusion Flames, Combustion Science and Technology, 155, 243-279 (2000).
  • Takahashi, F., Schmoll, W. J., Strader, E., and Belovich, V. M., Suppression of Step-Stabilized Nonpremixed Flames, Combustion and Flame, 122, 105-116 (2000).
  • Takahashi, F., and Katta, V. R., A Reaction Kernel Hypothesis for the Stability Limit of Methane Jet Diffusion Flames, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 28, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000, pp. 2071-2078.
  • Takahashi, F., Schmoll, W. J., Strader, E., and Belovich, V. M., Suppression Behavior of Obstruction-Stabilized Pool Flames, Combustion Science and Technology, 163, 107-130 (2001).
  • Takahashi, F., and Katta, V. R., Reaction Kernel Structure and Stabilizing Mechanisms of Jet Diffusion Flames in Microgravity, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, 2002, pp. 2509-2518.
  • Katta, V. R., Takahashi, F., and Linteris, G., Numerical Investigations of CO2 as Fire Suppressing Agent, Fire Safety Science:  Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fire Safety Science (David D. Evans, Ed.), International Association for Fire Safety Science, Bethesda, MD, 2003, pp. 531-544.
  • Katta, V. R., Takahashi, F., and Linteris, G., Suppression of Cup-Burner Flames Using Carbon Dioxide in Microgravity, Combustion and Flame, 137, 506-522 (2004).
  • Linteris, G., Katta, V. R., and Takahashi, F., Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Metallic Compounds for Suppressing Cup-Burner Flames, Combustion and Flame, 138, 78-96 (2004).
  • Takahashi, F., and Katta, V. R., Further Studies of the Reaction Kernel Structure and Stabilization of Jet Diffusion Flames, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005, pp. 383-390.
  • Takahashi, F., and Katta, V. R., Structure of Propagating Edge Diffusion Flames in Hydrocarbon Fuel Jets, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, Pittsburgh, PA, 2005, pp. 375-382.
  • Katta, V. R., Takahashi, F., and Linteris, G., Fire-Suppression Characteristics of CF3H in a Cup Burner, Combustion and Flame, 144, 645-661 (2006).
  • Takahashi, F., Linteris, G., and Katta, V. R., Extinguishment Mechanisms of Coflow Diffusion Flames in a Cup-Burner Apparatus, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 2721-2729.
  • Takahashi, F., Linteris, G., and Katta, V. R., Vortex-Coupled Oscillations of Edge Diffusion Flames in Coflowing Air with Dilution, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 1575-1582.
  • Linteris, G., Takahashi, F., and Katta, V. R., Cup Burner Flame Extinguishment by CF3Br and Br2, Combustion and Flame, 149, 91-103 (2007).
  • Takahashi, F., Linteris, G., and Katta, V. R., Extinguishment of Methane Diffusion Flames by Carbon Dioxide in Coflow Air and Oxygen-Enriched Microgravity Environments, Combustion and Flame, 155, 37-53 (2008).
  • Takahashi, F., and Katta, V. R., Extinguishment of Diffusion Flames around a Cylinder in a Coaxial Air Stream with Dilution or Water Mist, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 32, 2009, pp. 2615-2623.
  • Takahashi, F., Linteris, G., and Katta, V. R., Extinguishment of Methane Diffusion Flames by Inert Gases in Coflow Air and Oxygen-Enriched Microgravity Environments, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, 2010, pp. 2531-2538.
  • Hsu, S.-Y., and T’ien, J. S., Takahashi, F., Olson, S. L., Modeling Heat Transfer in Thin Fire Blanket Materials under High External Heat Fluxes, Fire Safety Science:  Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, International Association for Fire Safety Science, Bethesda, MD, 2011.
  • Linteris, G.T., Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Chelliah, H., Meier, O., Thermodynamic analysis of suppressant-enhanced overpressure in the FAA Aerosol Can Simulator, in Fire Safety Science:  Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Fire Safety Science, International Association for Fire Safety Science, 2011.
  • Linteris, G.T., Burgess, D.R., Katta, V.R., Takahashi, F., Chelliah, H.K., and Meier, O., Stirred-Reactor Calculations to Understand Unwanted Combustion Enhancement by Potential Halon Replacements, Combustion and Flame, 159, 1016-1025 (2012).
  • Karnani, S., Dunn-Rankin, D., Takahashi, F., Yuan, Z.-G., and Stocker, D., Simulating Gravity in Microgravity Combustion Using Electric Fields, Combustion Science and Technology, 184, 10-11, 1891-1902 (2012).
  • Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Linteris, G.T., Meier, O., Cup-Burner Flame Structure and Extinguishment by C2HF5 in Microgravity, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 34, 2013, 2707-2717.
  • Linteris, G.T., Babushok, V.I. Sunderland, P.B., Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Meier, O., Unwanted Combustion Enhancement by C6F12O Fire Suppressant, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 34, 2013, pp. 2683-2690.
  • Takahashi, F., Abbott, A., Murray, T.M., T’ien, J.S., Olson, S.L., Thermal Response Characteristics of Fire Blanket Materials, Fire and Materials, 38, 609-638 (2014).
  • Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Linteris, G.T., Combustion Inhibition and Enhancement of Cup-Burner Flames by CF3Br, C2HF5, C2HF3Cl2, and C3H2F3Br, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 35, 2014, pp. 2741–2748.
  • Ma, B., Cao, S, Giassi, D., Stocker, D.P., Takahashi, F, Bennett, B.A.V., Smooke, M.D., Long, M.B., An Experimental and Computational Study on Soot Formation in a Coflow Jet Flame under Microgravity and Normal Gravity, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 35, 2015, pp. 839-846.
  • Cao, S, Ma, B., Bennett, B.A.V., Giassi, D., Stocker, D.P., Takahashi, F, Long, M.B., Smooke, M.D., A Computational and Experimental Study of Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flames:  Effects of Fuel Dilution, Inlet Velocity, and Gravity, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 35, 2015, pp. 897-903.
  • Giassi, D., Cao, S, Bennett, B.A.V., Stocker, D.P., Takahashi, F, Smooke, M.D., Long, M.B., Analysis of CH* Concentration and Flame Heat Release Rate in Laminar Coflow Diffusion Flames under Microgravity and Normal Gravity, Combustion and Flame, 167 (2016) 198–206.
  • Linteris, G.T., Babushok, V.I., Pagliaro, J.L., Burgess, D. R., Manion, J.A., Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., and Baker P.T., Understanding Overpressure in the FAA Aerosol Can Test by C3H2 F3Br (2-BTP), Combustion and Flame, 167, 452–462 (2016).
  • Bouvet, N., Linteris, G.T., Babushok, V.I., Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Krämer, R., A Comparison of the Gas-Phase Fire Retardant Action of DMMP and Br2 in Co-flow Diffusion Flame Extinguishment, Combustion and Flame, 169, 340–348 (2016).
  • Babushok, V.I., Linteris, G.T., Katta, V.R., Takahashi, F., Influence of Hydrocarbon moiety of DMMP on Flame Propagation in Lean Mixtures, Combustion and Flame, 171, 168–172 (2016).
  • Bouvet, N., Linteris, G.T., Babushok, V.I., Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Krämer, R., Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Gas-phase Effectiveness of Phosphorus Compounds, Fire and Materials, 40, 683–696 (2016), DOI: 10.1002/fam.2319.
  • Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Linteris, G.T., and Babushok, V.I., A Computational Study of Extinguishment and Enhancement of Propane Cup-Burner Flames by Halon and Alternative Agents, Fire Safety Journal, 91, 688-694 (2017).
  • Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., Linteris, G.T., and Babushok, V.I., Numerical study of gas-phase interactions of phosphorus-containing compounds with co-flow diffusion flames, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, Vol. 37, 2018.
  • Takahashi, F., Katta, V.R., and Hicks, M.C., Cool Flame Burning and Oscillations of Envelope Diffusion Flames in Microgravity, Microgravity Science and Technology (2018).
  • Kang, J., Takahashi, F., T’ien, J.S., In-situ Thermal-Conductivity Measurements and Morphological Characterization of Intumescent Coatings for Fire Protection, Journal of Fire Sciences 36, 5 (2018), 419-437.  DOI: 10.1177/0734904118794955.
  • Kang, J., Takahashi, F., T’ien, J.S., Computer tomography based structure characterization of expanded intumescent coatings for fire protection, Fire Technology 55 (2018) 689.  DOI:

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Education

Doctor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Keio University, Japan
Master of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Keio University, Japan
Bachelor of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Keio University, Japan