SIAME Laboratory

UR 4581

CNRS Research Federation IPRA FR 2952 (French acronym for Multidisciplinary Institute of Applied Research in Petroleum Engineering)

Contacts

Laboratory

siame.contact @ univ-pau.fr

 

Director

Laurent PECASTAING

   laurent.pecastaing @ univ-pau.fr

 

Assistant director

Stéphane ABADIE

 stephane.abadie @ univ-pau.fr

Kamal El OmariSenior Lecturer

  • Laboratoire SIAME
    IUT GTE Av. de l'Université 64000 Pau
  • Fluid mechanics, numerical modeling, heat transfer
  • kamal.elomari @ univ-pau.fr
  • +33 5 59 40 71 47
  • http://omari.perso.univ-pau.fr

Education

2011 - Habilitation to lead Research (HDR) atUPPA
Mixing and heat transfers in laminar flows and their modeling.

2004 - Lecturer IUT GTE, UPPA.

2002/2004 - Post-Doctoral position "Development of large airships, numerical simulation in aerodynamics and aero-elasticity", UPPA.

2001 - PhD Thesis in fluid mechanics and thermal engineering in 2001 at UPPA.
"Study of convection around a nodule containing a phase change material during its crystallization"

1996 - Master's degree in fluid mechanics and transfers at the University of Fez, Morocco.

Skills

  • Expertise in the field of numerical modeling of flows and transfers by Finite Volumes, especially unstructured.
  • Object programming in C++, Java. C, Fortran and Julia languages.
  • Parallel computing: MPI and Petsc.
  • Fluent, OpenFoam, Gerris, Aero3D (INRIA).
  • Mastery of mesh makers: Gmsh, Ansys Mesher, Simail, Gambit.
  • Post-processing : Paraview, gnuplot, VTK.
  • Operating systems: Linux\Unix and Windows.

Research interests

Current Themes

  • Modeling and numerical simulation in fluid mechanics and heat transfers
  • Chaotic advection mixing
  • Geophysical flows: magma chambers, ocean-atmosphere coupling.
  • Two-phase flows
  • Modeling of liquid-solid phase changes in flow
  • Development of complex materials for the building envelope


Past Themes

  • Thermocapillary Effect Flows
  • Low energy laminar emulsification
  • Aerodynamics, turbulence and aero-elasticity

Publications

[A25] Petrelli M., El Omari K., Spina L., Le Guer Y., La Spina, G., Perugini D., Timescales of water accumulation in magmas and implications for the triggering of explosive eruptions, Nature Communications, 9(1) 770, 2018.

[A24]H. Aref, J. R. Blake, M. Budišić, S.S. Cardoso, J. H. E. Cartwright, H. J. H. Clercx, K. El Omari, U. Feudel, R. Golestanian, E. Gouillart, G. F. van Heijst, T. S. Krasnopolskaya, Y. Le Guer, R. S. MacKay, V. V. Meleshko, G. Metcalfe, I. Mezić, A. P. S. de Moura, O. Piro, M. F. M. Speetjens, R. Sturman, J.-L. Thiffeault, I. Tuval, Frontiers of chaotic advection, Reviews of Modern Physics89(2), 2017.

[A23] El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Bruel P., Analysis of micro-dispersed PCM-composite boards behavior in a building’s wall for different seasons, Journal of Building Engineering, 7, pp. 361-371, 2016.

[A22]Petrelli M.,El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Perugini D.,Effects of chaotic advection on the timescales of cooling and crystallization of magma bodies at mid crustal levels, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2016 (DOI: 10.1002/2015GC006109).

[A21] Blancher S., Le Guer Y., El Omari K., Spatio-temporal structure of the fully developed transitional flow in a symmetric wavy channel. Part. 1: Linear stability analysis.Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 764, pp. 250-276, 2015.

[A20] El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Perugini D., Petrelli M., Cooling of a magmatic system under thermal chaotic mixing, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172 (7), pp.1835-1849, 2015.

[A19] Es Sakhy R., El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Blancher S., Rayleigh-Bénard-Marangoni convection in an open cylindrical container heated by a non-uniform flux, Int. J. of Thermal Sciences, 86, pp. 198-209, 2014. [A18] Bammou L., Blancher S., Le Guer Y., El Omari K., Benhamou B. Poiseuille-Rayleigh-Benard-Marangoni flow in a horizontal infinite liquid film,Int. Comm. In Heat and Mass Transfer, 54, pp. 126-131, 2014.

[A17] Bammou L., El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Blancher S., Benhamou B., Mediouni T., Numerical study of longitudinal thermoconvectives rolls in mixed convection flow in a horizontal channel with free surface, Int. J. of Heat and Fluid Flow, 42, pp. 265-277, 2013.

[A16] Forgacz C., Caubet S., Le Guer Y., Grassl B., El Omari K., Birot M., Deleuze H., Synthesis of porous emulsion-templated monoliths using a low-energy emulsification batch mixer, J. of Polymers and the Environment, 21(3), pp. 683-691, 2013.

[A15] El Omari K., Le Guer Y.,Laminar mixing and heat transfer for constant heat flux boundary condition, Heat and Mass Transfer, 48(8), pp. 1285-1296, 2012.

[A14] Le Guer Y., El Omari K., Chaotic advection for thermal mixing, Advances in Applied Mechanics, 45, pp. 189-237, 2012.

[A13] Rigolini J., Bombled F., Ehrenfeld F., El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Grassl B., 2D-infrared thermography monitoring of ultrasound-assisted polymerization of water-soluble monomer in a gel process, Macromolecules, 44, pp. 4462-4469, 2011.

[A12]El Omari K., Kousksou T., Le Guer Y., Impact of shape of container on natural convection and melting inside enclosures used for passive cooling of electronic devices, Applied Thermal Engineering, 31, pp. 3022-3035, 2011.

[A11] Kousksou T., Jamil A., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y., Le Guer, Y., Effect of Heating Rate and Sample Geometry on the Apparent Specific Heat Capacity : DSC Applications, Thermochimica Acta, 519, Issues 1-2, pp. 59-64, 2011.

[A10]Jamil A., Caubet S., Grassl B., Kousksou T., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y., Le Guer Y., Thermal properties of non crystallizable oil-in-water highly concentrated emulsions, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 382, Issues 1-3, pp. 266-273, 2011.

[A9] El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Alternate rotating walls for thermal chaotic mixing. Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53,pp. 123-134,2010.

[A8] El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Thermal chaotic mixing of power law fluids in an alternate rotating walls mixer. Journal of Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, 165, pp. 641-651, 2010.

[A7] Kousksou T., El Rhafiki T., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y., Le Guer Y., Forced Convective Heat Transfer in Supercooled Phase-Change Material Suspensions with Stochastic Crystallization. Int.J. of Refrigeration, 33(8), pp. 1569-1582, 2010.

[A6] Jamil A., Kousksou T., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y., Le Guer Y., Heat Transfer in Salt Solutions Enclosed in DSC Cells, Thermochimica Acta, 507-508, pp. 15-20, 2010.

[A5] Caubet S., Le Guer Y., Grassl B., El Omari K. and Normandin E., A Low-Energy Emulsification Batch Mixer For Concentrated Oil-In-Water Emulsions. AIChE Journal, 57(1), pp. 27-39, 2011.

[A4] El OmariK., Le Guer Y., A numerical study of thermal chaotic mixing in a two rod rotating mixer. Computational Thermal Sciences, 1, pp. 55-73, 2009.

[A3] Fournanty S., Le Guer Y., El Omari K. and Dejean J-P., Laminar flow emulsification process to control the viscosity reduction of heavy crude oils. J. of Dispersion Science and Technology, 29(10), pp. 1355-1366, 2008.

[A2] El Omari K., Dumas J.P., Crystallization of supercooled spherical nodules in a flow, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, 43(12), pp. 1171-1180, 2004.

[A1] El Omari K., Dumas J.P., Flow around a spherical nodule during its crystallization, Int. J. of Heat and Technology, 21(2) 175-182, 2003.