AITKEN Frédéric

Researcher

Position

Researcher (2000)
Ph.D. Energetic Physic from the Grenoble INP (1998)
HDR (Habilitation research) from the Univ. Grenoble Alpes, (2014)

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frederic_Aitken
https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=aec_SRkAAAAJ&hl=fr
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6107-9486

Responsibilities

Chief of SFP Alpes (2010-2014)
Elected member of the UGA UFR SHS board since December 2024

Research expertise and interest

My research activity revolves around the fundamental theme of “the study of predisruptive phenomena (electric discharges) in insulating liquids”. The study of the electrical properties of dielectric liquids, from low-field behavior to breakdown, requires a multidisciplinary approach, as the phenomena involved touch on many disciplines such as electrostatics, electrochemistry (the passage of electric current implies an exchange of charges at the metal/liquid interfaces), chemistry (purification), fluid mechanics (electrical forces can create movements that strongly modify the transport of electrical charges), the thermodynamics of phase changes under supercritical conditions, the physics of discharges (spectral analysis), and so on.
The skills acquired in this area have been useful in developing two other areas of research aimed at boosting energy performance: electrocoalescence and calorimetric measurements of losses in power electronics components. Since 2020, a new line of research has been developed, with the aim of reducing energy consumption. Its purpose is to develop soft, parahaptic electronics based on electromechanical devices in liquid media.

Teaching

Thermal transfert
Introduction to algorithms
Office tools (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Supervised Thesis

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Free Mathematica applications

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Below are other links to download the Mathematica programs:

EOSViscoDiffH2O associated with the following publication: “A New Single Equation of State to Describe the Dynamic Viscosity and Self-Diffusion Coefficient for all Fluid Phases of Water from 200 K to 1800 K Based on a New Original Microscopic Model”, Physics of Fluids, 33(11), 117112 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0069488.
EOSPotassium associated with the following publication: “New equations of state describing both the dynamic viscosity and self-diffusion coefficient for potassium and thallium in their fluid phases”, Physics of Fluids, 34(1), 017112 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0079944
Heat transfer modeling of a new radiation calorimeter associated with the following publication: "Analytical heat transfer modeling of a new radiation calorimeter", Thermochimica Acta, 633, pp. 56-68 (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2016.03.024
NewEOSArgon associated with the following publication: “A New Non-Extensive Equation of State for the Fluid Phases of Argon, Including the Metastable States, from the Melting Line to 2300 K and 50 GPa”, Fluids, 8(5), 102 (2024); https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9050102