IS23 - Computational modeling for hydrogen technologies
Organized by: T. Hageman , E. Martínez-Pañeda and F. Aldakheel
Keywords: Combustion, embrittlement, Hydrogen, Multi-physics modelling
Hydrogen has been hailed as the energy vector of the future. It can decarbonise many
applications and sectors, including some that are known to be particularly difficult to
decarbonise, such as steelmaking or aviation. However, this comes with significant safety
challenges due to the flammability of hydrogen and its ability to embrittle metals. For
example, the deployment of a hydrogen energy infrastructure is compromised by the fact that
hydrogen can reduce the fracture toughness, ductility and fatigue crack growth resistance of
metals by orders of magnitude. Models are urgently needed to map regimes of operation,
assess the efficiency of hydrogen decarbonisation across sectors and enable a safe deployment
of a hydrogen energy infrastructure.
This mini-symposium is aimed at bringing together computational solid and fluid
mechanicians working in hydrogen technologies. This includes scientists working in the areas
of: (i) hydrogen embrittlement, (ii) electrolysis, and (iii) hydrogen combustion. From the
development of multi-physics (deformation-diffusion-fracture) models for predicting
hydrogen assisted fracture to recent progress in understanding and simulating hydrogen
combustion.