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  1. Chemical pathways to complex organics in hypersonic methane-nitrogen flows: Toward a process-resolved understanding of tholin formation

    Article • Chemical Engineering Research and Design, November 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  2. Computational Analysis of the Vibrational Response of Lunar Regolith Made of Nonspherical Grains

    Article • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, September 2026, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  3. Curvature–bifurcation coupling effects on heat transfer enhancement and flow resistance in wavy microchannel heat sinks across laminar and transitional Reynolds regimes

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, August 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  4. A New Flow Process Model for Aerothermal Facilities Driven by Industrial Plasma Torches

    Article • June 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  5. Roadmap on materials development and utilization in space

    Article • Journal of Physics Materials, June 2026, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  6. Verification of thermovibrational control principles in fiber dispersions

    Article • Physics of Fluids, June 2026, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  7. The response of lunar regolith simulants of varying particle size ranges to vertical and horizontal vibrations

    Article • Journal of Rheology, April 2026, Society of Rheology

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  8. Vibrationally aided flow of lunar regolith simulants in a hopper-based conveying device

    Article • Journal of Rheology, April 2026, Society of Rheology

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  9. Thermovibrationally Driven Ring-Shaped Particle Accumulations in Corner-Heated Cavities with the D2h Symmetry

    Article • Micromachines, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  10. On the use of a low velocity oxygen-fueled (L-VOF) gun to simulate sustained hypersonic flight conditions

    Article • CEAS Space Journal, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  11. Tholin formation and accumulation due to hypersonic high-temperature flows in methane-containing atmospheres

    Article • Icarus, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  12. Linear stability of buoyant convection in horizontally heated porous layers

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  13. Why do solid particles form quadric hypersurfaces in thermovibrational fluid flow?

    Article • Physics of Fluids, August 2025, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  14. Extending Contactless Manipulation Strategies to Fiber Dispersions in Microgravity

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  15. Comparative analysis of microchannel heat sinks for different values of the Prandtl and Reynolds numbers

    Article • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, March 2025, Emerald

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  16. Morphological Evolution of Particle Accumulation Structures Induced by Thermo-Vibrational Effects in Non-Uniformly Heated Systems Under Microgravity Conditions

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  17. 3D waveforms and patterning behavior in thin monodisperse and multidisperse vertically-vibrated layers

    Article • Granular Matter, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  18. Incompressible flows and the Boussinesq approximation: 50 years of CFD

    Article • Comptes Rendus Mécanique, November 2024, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  19. An experimental and numerical investigation into the sensitivity of Rayleigh–Bénard convection to heat loss through the sidewalls

    Article • Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  20. Gravitational modes of convection in water liquid bridges

    Article • Physics of Fluids, May 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  21. Vibrationally driven particle formations in fluid systems with bimodal thermal inhomogeneities

    Article • Physics of Fluids, May 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  22. A Combustion-Driven Facility for Hypersonic Sustained Flight Simulation

    Article • Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  23. Creeping thermocapillary motion of a Newtonian droplet suspended in a viscoelastic fluid

    Article • Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  24. Thermographic analysis of topographically controlled Marangoni–Rayleigh–Bénard convection in a fluid with temperature-dependent properties

    Article • International Journal of Thermal Sciences, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  25. Fluidization and Transport of Vibrated Granular Matter: A Review of Landmark and Recent Contributions

    Article • Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, January 2024, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  26. Symmetry properties and bifurcations of viscoelastic thermovibrational convection in a square cavity

    Article • Physical Review E, December 2023, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  27. On the relationship between solid particle attractors and thermal inhomogeneities in vibrationally driven fluid-particle systems

    Article • Physics of Fluids, October 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  28. Perspectives and Recent Progresses on the Simulation of the Entry into the Atmospheres of the Outer Ice Giants

    Article • Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  29. Large eddy simulation of three-dimensional hybrid forced-buoyancy convection in channels with a step

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  30. Competing particle attractee in liquid bridges

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, February 2023, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  31. Three-dimensional solid particle self-assembly in thermovibrational flow: The case with unidirectional temperature gradient and concurrent vibrations

    Article • Physics of Fluids, February 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  32. Patterning Behavior of Hybrid Buoyancy-Marangoni Convection in Inclined Layers Heated from Below

    Article • Fluids, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  33. On the competition of transverse and longitudinal modes of Marangoni convection in a three-dimensional layer of viscoelastic fluid

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  34. Two-dimensional vibrationally driven solid particle structures in non-uniformly heated fluid containers

    Article • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, October 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  35. Hybrid forced-buoyancy convection in a channel with a backward facing step

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  36. Erratum: “Shear rheology of a dilute emulsion of ferrofluid droplets dispersed in a non-magnetizable carrier fluid under the influence of a uniform magnetic field” [J. Rheol. 65, 925 (2021)]

    Article • Journal of Rheology, June 2022, Society of Rheology

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  37. On the Propagation of Hydrothermal Waves in a Fluid Layer with Two-Way Coupled Dispersed Solid Particles

    Article • Fluids, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  38. Particle Vibration, an Instrument to Study Particle Accumulation Structures On Board the International Space Station

    Article • Microgravity Science and Technology, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  39. Characterization of two-way coupled thermovibrationally driven particle attractee

    Article • Physics of Fluids, May 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  40. Supporting an ISS experiment as PhD students: a case study of the PARTICLE VIBRATION project

    Article • April 2022, Iniciativa Digital Politecnica

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  41. On the role of heat source location and multiplicity in topographically controlled Marangoni–Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  42. Thermal Flows

    Article • March 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  43. Spatial and temporal evolution of three-dimensional thermovibrational convection in a cubic cavity with various thermal boundary conditions

    Article • Physics of Fluids, January 2022, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  44. A Mixed Radiative-Convective Technique for the Calibration of Heat Flux Sensors in Hypersonic Flow

    Article • Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, January 2022, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  45. An Investigation into the Behavior of Non-Isodense Particles in Chaotic Thermovibrational Flow

    Article • Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, January 2022, Tsinghua University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  46. Thermally-Driven Flows in Polymeric Liquids

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  47. Topographically Controlled Marangoni-Rayleigh-Bénard Convection in Liquid Metals

    Article • Fluids, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  48. Viscoelastic Thermovibrational Flow Driven by Sinusoidal and Pulse (Square) Waves

    Article • Fluids, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  49. Competition of overstability and stabilizing effects in viscoelastic thermovibrational flow

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2021, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  50. Three-dimensional simulation of clouds of multi-disperse evaporating saliva droplets in a train cabin

    Article • Physics of Fluids, August 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  51. Thermally-driven flows and turbulence in vibrated liquids

    Article • International Journal of Thermofluids, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  52. Shear rheology of a dilute emulsion of ferrofluid droplets dispersed in a nonmagnetizable carrier fluid under the influence of a uniform magnetic field

    Article • Journal of Rheology, July 2021, Society of Rheology

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  53. Flow topology and bifurcations of buoyancy and mixed convection in an elongated channel with an abrupt section variation

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  54. Thermal Flows

    Article • Fluids, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  55. Investigation of thermocapillary migration of nanodroplets using molecular dynamics

    Article • Physics of Fluids, April 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  56. Particle Accumulation Structures in a 5 cSt Silicone Oil Liquid Bridge: New Data for the Preparation of the JEREMI Experiment

    Article • Microgravity Science and Technology, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  57. Multicellular states of viscoelastic thermovibrational convection in a square cavity

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  58. The Zoo of Modes of Convection in Liquids Vibrated along the Direction of the Temperature Gradient

    Article • Fluids, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  59. On the influence of gravity on particle accumulation structures in high aspect-ratio liquid bridges

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, December 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  60. Rayleigh–Bénard convection in viscoelastic liquid bridges

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  61. On the role of thermal boundary conditions in typical problems of buoyancy convection: A combined experimental-numerical analysis

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  62. Thermogravitational and hybrid convection in an obstructed compact cavity

    Article • International Journal of Thermal Sciences, October 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  63. Particle accumulation structures in noncylindrical liquid bridges under microgravity conditions

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, August 2020, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  64. On the Formation and Accumulation of Solid Carbon Particles in High-Enthalpy Flows Mimicking Re-Entry in the Titan Atmosphere

    Article • Fluids, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  65. Symmetry breaking phenomena in thermovibrationally driven particle accumulation structures

    Article • Physics of Fluids, May 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  66. Extension of the Frozen Sonic Flow Method to Mixtures of Polyatomic Gases

    Article • AIAA Journal, January 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Marcello Lappa, Antonio Esposito

  67. Publisher’s Note: “On the highly unsteady dynamics of multiple thermal buoyant jets in cross flows” [Phys. Fluids 31, 115105 (2019)]

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  68. On the gravitational suppression of hydrothermal modes in liquid layers with a blockage on the bottom wall

    Article • International Journal of Thermal Sciences, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  69. On the highly unsteady dynamics of multiple thermal buoyant jets in cross flows

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  70. On the formation and morphology of coherent particulate structures in non-isothermal enclosures subjected to rotating g-jitters

    Article • Physics of Fluids, July 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  71. Thermocapillary Motion of a Newtonian Drop in a Dilute Viscoelastic Fluid

    Article • Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  72. Time reversibility and non deterministic behaviour in oscillatorily sheared suspensions of non-interacting particles at high Reynolds numbers

    Article • Computers & Fluids, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  73. Implementation of a Flexible and Modular Multiphase Framework for the Analysis of Surface-Tension-Driven Flows Based on a Hybrid LS-VOF Approach

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  74. High velocity infrared thermography and numerical trajectories of solid particles in compressible gas flow

    Article • Powder Technology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  75. Multiple solutions, oscillons, and strange attractors in thermoviscoelastic Marangoni convection

    Article • Physics of Fluids, October 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  76. Gravitational thermal flows of liquid metals in 3D variable cross-section containers: Transition from low-dimensional to high-dimensional chaos

    Article • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, September 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  77. A Mathematical and Numerical Framework for the Simulation of Oscillatory Buoyancy and Marangoni Convection in Rectangular Cavities with Variable Cross Section

    Article • July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  78. Deformation of a Ferrofluid Droplet in a Simple Shear Flow Under the Effect of a Constant Magnetic field

    Article • Computers & Fluids, July 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  79. On the oscillatory modes of compressible thermal convection in inclined differentially heated cavities

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, June 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  80. On the transport, segregation, and dispersion of heavy and light particles interacting with rising thermal plumes

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2018, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  81. On the formation and propagation of hydrothermal waves in liquid layers with phase change

    Article • Computers & Fluids, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  82. Hydrothermal waves in two-dimensional liquid layers with sudden changes in the available cross-section

    Article • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, November 2017, Emerald

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  83. An alternative theoretical approach for the derivation of analytic and numerical solutions to thermal Marangoni flows

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  84. Walls and domain shape effects on the thermal Marangoni migration of three-dimensional droplets

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  85. On the oscillatory hydrodynamic modes in liquid metal layers with an obstruction located on the bottom

    Article • International Journal of Thermal Sciences, August 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  86. On the multiplicity and symmetry of particle attractors in confined non-isothermal fluids subjected to inclined vibrations

    Article • International Journal of Multiphase Flow, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  87. Publisher’s Note: “On the oscillatory hydrodynamic instability of gravitational thermal flows of liquid metals in variable cross-section containers” [Phys. Fluids 29, 064106 (2017)]

    Article • Physics of Fluids, July 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  88. On the oscillatory hydrodynamic instability of gravitational thermal flows of liquid metals in variable cross-section containers

    Article • Physics of Fluids, June 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  89. On the propagation and multiple reflections of a blast wave travelling through a dusty gas in a closed box

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2017, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  90. On the General Properties of Steady Gravitational Thermal Flows of Liquid Metals in Variable Cross-section Containers

    Article • Review of Applied Physics, January 2017, Science and Engineering Publishing Company

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  91. On the onset of multi-wave patterns in laterally heated floating zones for slightly supercritical conditions

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  92. Numerical study into the morphology and formation mechanisms of three-dimensional particle structures in vibrated cylindrical cavities with various heating conditions

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, October 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  93. On the effect of thermodiffusion on solute segregation during the growth of semiconductor materials by the vertical Bridgman method

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  94. On the nature, formation and diversity of particulate coherent structures in microgravity conditions and their relevance to materials science and problems of astrophysical interest

    Article • Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, June 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  95. Patterning behavior of gravitationally modulated supercritical Marangoni flow in liquid layers

    Article • May 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  96. A mathematical and numerical framework for the analysis of compressible thermal convection in gases at very high temperatures

    Article • Journal of Computational Physics, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  97. Control of Convection Patterning and Intensity in Shallow Cavities by Harmonic Vibrations

    Article • Microgravity Science and Technology, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  98. The patterning behaviour and accumulation of spherical particles in a vibrated non-isothermal liquid

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  99. Stationary solid particle attractors in standing waves

    Article • Physics of Fluids, January 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  100. On the variety of particle accumulation structures under the effect of g-jitters

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, May 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  101. On the existence and multiplicity of one-dimensional solid particle attractors in time-dependent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  102. Assessment of the role of axial vorticity in the formation of particle accumulation structures in supercritical Marangoni and hybrid thermocapillary-rotation-driven flows

    Article • Physics of Fluids, January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  103. Rotating Thermal Flows in Natural and Industrial Processes

    Article • July 2012, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  104. Some considerations about the symmetry and evolution of chaotic Rayleigh–Bénard convection: The flywheel mechanism and the “wind” of turbulence

    Article • Comptes Rendus Mécanique, September 2011, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  105. A THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL MULTISCALE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PATTERN FORMATION IN PROTEIN CRYSTAL ENGINEERING

    Article • International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, January 2011, Begell House

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  106. Thermal Convection

    Article • December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  107. Secondary and oscillatory gravitational instabilities in canonical three-dimensional models of crystal growth from the melt. Part 1: Rayleigh–Bénard systems

    Article • Comptes Rendus Mécanique, May 2007, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  108. Secondary and oscillatory gravitational instabilities in canonical three-dimensional models of crystal growth from the melt. Part 2: lateral heating and the Hadley circulation

    Article • Comptes Rendus Mécanique, May 2007, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  109. Oscillatory convective structures and solutal jets originated from discrete distributions of droplets in organic alloys with a miscibility gap

    Article • Physics of Fluids, April 2006, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  110. Analysis of flow instabilities in convex and concave floating zones heated by an equatorial ring under microgravity conditions

    Article • Computers & Fluids, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  111. Natural and Marangoni convection in partially miscible liquid systems

    Article • Acta Astronautica, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  112. Fluid dynamics and dissolution kinetics in immiscible organic systems with dispersed droplets

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  113. Thermal convection and related instabilities in models of crystal growth from the melt on earth and in microgravity: Past history and current status

    Article • Crystal Research and Technology, April 2005, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  114. Discrete layers of interacting growing protein seeds: Convective and morphological stages of evolution

    Article • Physical Review E, March 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  115. Numerical strategies for the simulation of dissolution kinetics and fluid-dynamic instabilities in liquid couples with a miscibility gap

    Article • Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, January 2005, De Gruyter

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  116. A CFD level-set method for soft tissue growth: theory and fundamental equations

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, January 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  117. Higher modes of the mixed buoyant-Marangoni unstable convection originated from a droplet dissolving in a liquid/liquid system with miscibility gap

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2004, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  118. An “Attachment Kinetics-based” Level-set Method for Macromolecular Crystallization under Buoyancy-driven Convective Effects

    Article • International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, October 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  119. Floating zones heated around the equatorial plane: models and simulations

    Article • Microgravity Science and Technology, September 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  120. Mixed buoyant-Marangoni convection due to dissolution of a droplet in a liquid–liquid system with miscibility gap

    Article • European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, September 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  121. Dissolution and solutal convection in partially miscibile liquid systems

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  122. Front Matter

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  123. Combined effect of volume and gravity on the three-dimensional flow instability in noncylindrical floating zones heated by an equatorial ring

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2003, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  124. An “attachment kinetics-based” volume of fraction method for organic crystallization: a fluid-dynamic approach to macromolecular-crystal engineering

    Article • Journal of Computational Physics, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  125. Organic tissues in rotating bioreactors: fluid‐mechanical aspects, dynamic growth models, and morphological evolution

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, September 2003, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  126. The growth and the fluid dynamics of protein crystals and soft organic tissues: models and simulations, similarities and differences

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, September 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  127. Numerical and experimental analysis of periodic patterns and sedimentation of lysozyme

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, July 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  128. Effect of convective disturbances induced by g-jitter on the periodic precipitation of lysozyme

    Article • Microgravity Science and Technology, June 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  129. 3D numerical simulation of on ground Marangoni flow instabilities in liquid bridges of low Prandtl number fluid

    Article • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, May 2003, Emerald

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  130. Marangoni flotation of liquid droplets

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 2003, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  131. Growth and mutual interference of protein seeds under reduced gravity conditions

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2003, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  132. Three-dimensional numerical simulation of Marangoni flow instabilities in floating zones laterally heated by an equatorial ring

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2003, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  133. Assessment of Thermovibrational Theory: Application to G -Jitter on the Space Station

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  134. COMPLEX DYNAMICS OF RHYTHMIC PATTERNS AND SEDIMENTATION OF ORGANIC CRYSTALS: A NEW NUMERICAL APPROACH

    Article • Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals, March 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  135. Non-linear behaviour of Lysozyme crystallisation

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, November 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  136. Sensitivity of the non-linear dynamics of lysozyme “Liesegang rings” to small asymmetries

    Article • Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, November 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  137. Experimental observations and numerical modelling of diffusion-driven crystallisation processes

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, September 2002, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  138. 3D Analysis of Crystal/Melt Interface Shape and Marangoni Flow Instability in Solidifying Liquid Bridges

    Article • Journal of Computational Physics, August 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  139. Three-dimensional numerical simulation of Marangoni instabilities in non-cylindrical liquid bridges in microgravity

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, May 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  140. Three‐dimensional numerical simulation of Marangoni instabilities in liquid bridges: influence of geometrical aspect ratio

    Article • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, April 2001, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  141. On the convective disturbances induced by g-jitter on the space station

    Article • Acta Astronautica, March 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  142. INFLUENCE OF GEOMETRICAL ASPECT RATIO ON THE OSCILLATORY MARANGONI CONVECTION IN LIQUID BRIDGESUM

    Article • Acta Astronautica, November 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  143. Influence of buoyancy forces on Marangoni flow instabilities in liquid bridges

    Article • International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, November 2000, Emerald

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  144. Flight results on marangoni flow instability in liquid bridges

    Article • Acta Astronautica, July 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  145. Parallel solution of three‐dimensional Marangoni flow in liquid bridges

    Article • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, November 1999, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  146. Parallel solution of three-dimensional Marangoni flow in liquid bridges

    Article • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, November 1999, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  147. Behavior of drops in contact with pool surfaces of different liquids

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 1998, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  148. Oscillatory Thermocapillary Flows in Simulated Floating-zones with Time-dependent Temperature Boundary Conditions 1 1Paper IAF 96, J4.01 presented at the 47th International Astronemtical Congress, Oct. 7–11, 1996, Beijing, China.

    Article • Acta Astronautica, December 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa