Dr Andrew F. Nowakowski
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Lecturer
Careers Director
Industrial Liaison Officer
a.f.nowakowski@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7812
+44 114 222 7812
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
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Dr Andrew F. Nowakowski
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
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School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
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- Profile
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Andrew joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2004 having previously spent five years as a post-doctoral Research Associate at UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology).
He obtained his PhD from Warsaw University of Technology, where he studied in the Department of Mechanical, Aeronautical and Power Engineering.
- Research interests
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Andrew's research interests are in the area of aerodynamics, multi-component and multi-phase flows. In all these categories, the work aims to construct the algorithms for determining approximate solutions of relevant flow problems.
Then, numerical methods are analysed and computer codes implementing the algorithms are developed, first for the purpose of showing the efficacy of the discretization methods and ultimately, to solve problems of practical interest.
The developed numerical technique based on vortex method was used to compute hydrodynamic forces for the flow past a rotating body.
Andrew's group created a novel approach for calculation of the flow problem in hydrocyclones and developed its own specialist finite element software package, which was used to calculate the three-dimensional incompressible flow in complex geometries.
Most recently, a computational simulation of two-phase compressible flow has been proposed for safety analysis of chemical reactors. The approach taken in this research enables the resolution of multi-phase mixtures and interface problems between compressible fluids.
All the projects necessitate close co-operation between participants from different universities and industry. Academic colleagues around the world use the software modules created by Andrew and his group.
- Publications
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Books
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Edited books
- . Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
Journal articles
- . Energy Reports, 7, 120-126.
- . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60(16), 6016-6020.
- . Energy Reports, 6, 76-85.
- . International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 9.
- . The Aeronautical Journal, 121(1236), 266-267.
- . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 50(5), 055003-055003.
- . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 50(50), 505004-505004.
- . Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 92, 43-50.
- . Physical Review E, 94(4).
- . Chemical Engineering Science, 147, 150-165.
- . Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 82, 38-47.
- . Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska / Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 12(4), 379-385.
- . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 48.
- Synthetic Turbulence Models, Wavelet and CFD. Ecoftac Bulletin, 101, 30-37.
- . The Aeronautical Journal, 118(1209), 1376-1377.
- . The American Journal of Cardiology, 113(7), S19-S19.
- . PAMM, 14(1), 671-672.
- . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 530, 012020-012020.
- . FRACTIONAL CALCULUS AND APPLIED ANALYSIS, 16(4), 827-859.
- . Pediatria Polska, 88(4), 340-346.
- . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 229 LNEE, 135-146.
- . Journal of Aircraft, 50(1), 152-163.
- . European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 23(6), 709-735.
- . The Aeronautical Journal, 116(1181), 774-774.
- Understanding the drag reduction properties of the flow over k and d -type rough surfaces. ECCOMAS 2012 - European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, e-Book Full Papers, 1192-1208.
- . Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska, 9(3), 366-374.
- An approach to generalized one-dimensional self-similar elasticity. International Journal of Engineering Science.
- . PAMM, 11(1), 781-782.
- . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 318(SECTION 3).
- . Journal of Turbulence, 12, 1-20.
- . PHYS REV E, 83(5).
- Synthetic models and environment, LMFA, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, (In Press)-(In Press).
- . PHYS REV E, 80(1).
- . INT J ENG SCI, 47(2), 209-220.
- Compressible multiphase flow models with interfaces.. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, 77, 31-31.
- KS input spectrum, some fundamental works on the vibration spectrum of a self-similar linear chain. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, 77, 33-33.
- Synthetic models and vortex methods, Warsaw University of Technology Warsaw, Poland. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, 81, 23-26-23-26.
- The Application of HLLC Numerical Solver to the Reduced Multiphase Model. Intl J. of Mech., Industrial and Aerospace Eng., 1, 74-80-74-80.
- Effect of particle gravity on the fractal dimension of particle line in three-dimensional turbulent flows using kinematic simulation. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 40, 198-202.
- Effect of inertia on the fractal dimension of particle line in three-dimensional turbulent flows using Kinematic Simulation. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 40, 189-193.
- The application of HLLC numerical solver to the reduced multiphase model. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 40, 302-308.
- . CHEM ENG J, 143(1-3), 51-61.
- . INT J MINER PROCESS, 86(1-4), 18-25.
- The Numerical Modelling of the Flow in Hydrocyclones. KONA POWDER PART J(26), 66-80.
- . PAMM, 7(1), 2100029-2100030.
- . CHEM ENG J, 131(1-3), 113-121.
- . MINERALS ENGINEERING, 20(4), 361-367.
- . INT J MINER PROCESS, 80(2-4), 100-115.
- . CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 111(2-3), 189-197.
- . CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 111(2-3), 173-180.
- . IEEE SENS J, 5(2), 134-138.
- The experimental study of the flow within a transparent hydrocyclone with a vortex finder attachment. American Filtration and Separations Society 2005 - 18th Annual Conference, AFS 2005.
- . J MECH DESIGN, 126(4), 711-720.
- . MINERALS ENGINEERING, 17(5), 661-669.
- Reactor safety anlaysis based on a developed two-phase compressible flow simulation. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004, 1, 929-936.
- . Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2004, 2, 483-494.
- Investigation of swirling flow structure in hydrocyclones. CHEM ENG RES DES, 81(A8), 862-873.
- The hydrodynamics of a hydrocyclone based on a three-dimensional multi-continuum model. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 80(1-3), 275-282.
- . Journal of Computational Physics, 159(2), 231-245.
- Domain decomposition for the Navier-Stokes equations in complex geometries. ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 76(SUPPL. 5), 431-432.
- . ESAIM: Proceedings, 1, 125-134.
- . Physical Review E, 105(2).
- . Physical Review E, 91(4).
- . Polish Journal of Radiology, 80, 195-201.
- . Physical Review E, 92(2).
Chapters
- , Advanced Structured Materials (pp. 221-249). Springer International Publishing
- , Advanced Structured Materials (pp. 555-580). Springer International Publishing
- In Nicolleau F, Cambon C, Redondo J, Vassilicos J, Reeks M & Nowakowski A (Ed.), New Approaches in Modeling Multiphase Flows and Dispersion in Turbulence, Fractal Methods and Synthetic Turbulence (pp. 7-9). Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.
- In Nicolleau FCGA, Cambon C, Redondo JM, Vassilicos JC, Reeks M & Nowakowski AF (Ed.), New Approaches in Modeling Multiphase Flows and Dispersion in Turbulence, Fractal Methods and Synthetic Turbulence (pp. 23-42). Springer Verlag
Conference proceedings papers
- . Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 57-61), 11 September 2018 - 12 September 2018.
- The Fractional Laplacian as continuum limit of self-similar lattice models. CHAOS 2013 - 6th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, Proceedings (pp 411-417)
- On equations of state for simulations of multiphase flows. Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, Vol. 3 (pp 1963-1968)
- Numerical simulation of compressible two-phase flows using an eulerian type reduced model. Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, Vol. 3 (pp 1835-1840)
- . ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2012, Vol. 2 (pp 21-27)
- . NEW APPROACHES IN MODELING MULTIPHASE FLOWS AND DISPERSION IN TURBULENCE, FRACTAL METHODS AND SYNTHETIC TURBULENCE, Vol. 18 (pp 119-139)
- . ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA 2012, Vol. 2 (pp 101-110)
- . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 318(SECTION 4)
- . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 318(SECTION 5)
- COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF A TARGET FLUIDIC FLOWMETER. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME 10TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, 2010, VOL 3 (pp 361-367)
- Flow separation on cambered plate wing MAVs with various aspect ratios. RAeS Conference on Applied Aerodynamics: Capabilities and Future Requirements
- EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF TURBULENCE ACROSS THE FRACTAL ORIFICE PLATE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME 10TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING SYSTEMS DESIGN AND ANALYSIS, 2010, VOL 3 (pp 353-360)
- . ADVANCES IN TURBULENCE XII - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH EUROMECH EUROPEAN TURBULENCE CONFERENCE, Vol. 132 (pp 931-931)
- Characterisation of heterogeneous mixtures by using thick-film ultrasonic transducers. 3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (pp 761-766)
- Performance of some finite elements in numerical simulation of complex incompressible three dimensional flow. ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF MULTIFIELD PROBLEMS, Vol. 12 (pp 155-161)
- Effect of gravity on clustering patterns and inertial particles attractors. 15 TH E UROPEAN T URBULENCE C ONFERENCE(8) (pp 1-2). DELFT , THE NETHERLANDS, 25 August 2015 - 28 August 2015.
- Sur une généralisation de l’opérateur fractionnaire. 20ème Congrès Français de Mécanique (pp (ID: 1530)-(ID: 1530)). Besançon, France
- Characteristics of Unsteady Flows in Enclosed Chamber with an Obstacle Creating Vortex Separation. 6th AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference (pp (ID: 1023232)-(ID: 1023232)). Sheraton Waikiki and the Hawaii Convention Center Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Wave Propagation in Quasi-continuous Linear Chains with Self-similar Harmonic Interactions - Towards a Fractal Mechanics. First German-French-Russian Symposium on Generalized Continua
- Experimental study of turbulence across the fractal orifice plate. The ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA 2010) (pp ESDA2010-24108-ESDA2010-24108). Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Computational study of a target fluidic flowmeter. The ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA 2010) (pp ESDA2010-24133-ESDA2010-24133). Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Richardson’s law and the sweeping problem in KS. Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
- Turbulent flow structure investigation within target fluidic flowmeter. 12th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference (pp 931-932-931-932)
- Dispersion Relation and Wave Propagation in Linear Chains with Self-Similar Distributions of Harmonic Interactions. IV European Conference on Computational Mechanics. Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
- Wave propagation in linear chains with self-similar harmonic interactions. 16th US National Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (pp USNCTAM2010-339-USNCTAM2010-339). State College, Pennsylvania, USA
- Relations de dispersion pour des chaînes linéaire comportant des interactions harmoniques auto-similaires. 10ème Congrès Français d’Acoustique. Lyon, France
Working papers
- A self-similar field theory for 1D linear elastic continua and
self-similar diffusion problem.
- . Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2018, 043404-043404.
- Fractional Lattice Dynamics: Nonlocal constitutive behavior generated by
power law matrix functions and their fractional continuum limit kernels.
- An approach to anomalous diffusion in the n-dimensional space generated
by a self-similar Laplacian.
Preprints
- Lattice fractional Laplacian and its continuum limit kernel on the
finite cyclic chain, arXiv.
- Sur une généralisation de l'opérateur fractionnaire, arXiv.
- Relations de dispersion pour chaînes linéaires comportant des
interactions harmoniques auto-similaires, arXiv.
- Analysis of the Vibrational Mode Spectrum of a Linear Chain with
Spatially Exponential Properties, arXiv.
- Dispersion Relations and Wave Operators in Self-Similar Quasi-Continuous
Linear Chains, arXiv.
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- Teaching activities
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- MEC407 Fundamental Biomechanics
- MEC424 Aerodynamic Design