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Training period

Institut de Mécanique des Fluides, UMR5502, CNRS

31400 Toulouse France

Objectives and program:

 This project is funded by the European Research Council advanced grant SAFE-H2 (www.cerfacs.fr/safe-h2) which focuses on hydrogen safety scenarios, especially for aeronautical engines. It takes place in Toulouse and is a collaboration between two laboratories: Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse (IMFT) which does all experiments and CERFACS which provides the simulation tools. The trainee will be mainly hosted by IMFT.

The objective of the training period is to develop experiments on a new installation, starting in 2026 and devoted to explosions of hydrogen-air mixtures which are the basic danger in all systems using hydrogen in case of leaks: a vessel (5 by 5 by 25 cm) is filled with hydrogen and air and the mixture is ignited. Advanced diagnostics are used to follow the flame development and measure the over pressure created by the flame.  The trainee will be supervised by two post doc and one PhD student. The IMFT work will be experimental but it will be compared to simulations of the combustor (mainly Large Eddy Simulation) using the world leading CERFACS AVBP tool (avbp-wiki.cerfacs.fr/).

The training period should be followed by a PhD funded by SAFE-H2 from 2026 to 2029.

Team :

Thierry Schuller         Professor, Université Toulouse III, 

Laurent Selle              CNRS Senior Scientist, 

Thierry Poinsot,          CNRS Research Director,