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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  7. 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

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

    Article • Powder Technology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

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

    Article • Computers & Fluids, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

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

    Article • May 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. Stationary solid particle attractors in standing waves

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. Rotating Thermal Flows in Natural and Industrial Processes

    Article • July 2012, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Thermal Convection

    Article • December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. Natural and Marangoni convection in partially miscible liquid systems

    Article • Acta Astronautica, July 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

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

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, January 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  51. 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

  52. 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

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  54. 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

  55. Dissolution and solutal convection in partially miscibile liquid systems

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  56. Front Matter

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  57. 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

  58. 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

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

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, September 2003, Wiley

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  60. 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

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

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, July 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  62. 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

  63. 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 &amp Fluid Flow, May 2003, Emerald

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  64. Marangoni flotation of liquid droplets

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  66. 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

  67. 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

  68. 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

  69. Non-linear behaviour of Lysozyme crystallisation

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  70. 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

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. 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

  74. 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

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

    Article • Acta Astronautica, March 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

    Article • Acta Astronautica, November 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  78. Flight results on marangoni flow instability in liquid bridges

    Article • Acta Astronautica, July 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

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

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

    Dr Marcello Lappa

  82. 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