Dr Andrew F. Nowakowski

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

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Andrew Nowakowski
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Dr Andrew F. Nowakowski
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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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

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

Books

  • Michelitsch T, Pérez Riascos A, Collet B, Nowakowski A & Nicolleau F (2019) . Wiley.

Edited books

  • Nicolleau FCGA, Cambon C, Redondo JM, Vassilicos JC, Reeks M & Nowakowski AF (Eds.) (2012) . Netherlands: Springer Netherlands.

Journal articles

  • Al-Mudhafar AHN, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2021) . Energy Reports, 7, 120-126.
  • Alahmadi YH, Awadh SA & Nowakowski AF (2021) . Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60(16), 6016-6020.
  • Al-Mudhafar AHN, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2020) . Energy Reports, 6, 76-85.
  • Librovich BV, Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Michelitsch TM (2017) . International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 9.
  • Michelitsch TM, Collet BA, Riascos AP, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2017) . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 50(50), 505004-505004.
  • Nowakowski AF (2017) . The Aeronautical Journal, 121(1236), 266-267.
  • Michelitsch TM, Collet BA, Riascos AP, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2017) . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 50(5), 055003-055003.
  • Michelitsch TM, Collet BA, Riascos AP, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2016) . Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 92, 1339-1351.
  • Nicolleau FC, Farhan M & Nowakowski A (2016) . Physical Review E, 94, 043109-043109.
  • Alahmadi YH & Nowakowski AF (2016) . Chemical Engineering Science, 147, 150-165.
  • Michelitsch TM, Collet B, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2016) . Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 82, 38-47.
  • Wasilewski J, Niedziela J, Osadnik T, DuszaÅ„ska A, Sraga W, Desperak P, Myga-PorosiÅ‚o J, Jackowska Z, Nowakowski A & GÅ‚owacki J (2015) . Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 12(4), 379-385.
  • Nowakowski AF, Ballil A & Nicolleau FCGA (2015) . Physical Review E, 92(2).
  • Michelitsch T, Collet B, Nowakowski A & Nicolleau FC (2015) . Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 48.
  • Wasilewski J, Roleder M, Niedziela J, Nowakowski A, Osadnik T, GÅ‚owacki J, Mirota K & PoloÅ„ski L (2015) . Polish Journal of Radiology, 80, 195-201.
  • Nowakowski AF (2014) . The Aeronautical Journal, 118(1209), 1376-1377.
  • Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2014) . PAMM, 14(1), 671-672.
  • Nicolleau FC, Delgado A, Zhou L, Nowakowski A & Michelitsch T (2014) Synthetic Turbulence Models, Wavelet and CFD. Ecoftac Bulletin, 101, 30-37.
  • Ballil A, Nowakowski AF, Jolgam S & Nicolleau FCGA (2014) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 530, 012020-012020.
  • Wasilewski J, Niedziela J, Nowakowski A, Mirota K, Roleder M, Glowacki J & Polonski L (2014) . The American Journal of Cardiology, 113(7), S19-S19.
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Rahman M (2013) . FRACTIONAL CALCULUS AND APPLIED ANALYSIS, 16(4), 827-859.
  • Nowakowski A, Jackowska T, Oszukowski PJ, Radowicki S, Wysocki J & ZatoÅ„ski W (2013) . Pediatria Polska, 88(4), 340-346.
  • Ballil A, Jolgam SA, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2013) . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 229 LNEE, 135-146.
  • Chen ZJ, Qin N & Nowakowski AF (2013) . Journal of Aircraft, 50(1), 152-163.
  • Nowakowski AF (2012) . The Aeronautical Journal, 116(1181), 774-774.
  • Alhinai AA & Nowakowski AF (2012) 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.
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Rahman M, Derogar S, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2012) An approach to generalized one-dimensional self-similar elasticity. International Journal of Engineering Science.
  • Wasilewski J, Mirota K, Peryt-Stawiarska S, Nowakowski A, PoloÅ„ski L & Zembala M (2012) . Kardiochirurgia I Torakochirurgia Polska, 9(3), 366-374.
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Rahman M, Derogar S, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2012) . European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 23(6), 709-735.
  • Nowakowski AF, Jolgam SA, Ballil AR & Nicolleau FCGA (2011) . PAMM, 11(1), 781-782.
  • Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2011) . Journal of Physics Conference Series, 318(SECTION 3).
  • Nicolleau FCGA, Salim SMM & Nowakowski AF (2011) . Journal of Turbulence, 12, 1-20.
  • Nicolleau FCGA & Nowakowski AF (2011) . PHYS REV E, 83(5).
  • Godeferd FS, Nicolleau F, Cambon C & Nowakowski AF (2010) Synthetic models and environment, LMFA, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, (In Press)-(In Press).
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nicolleau FCGA, Nowakowski AF & Derogar S (2009) . PHYS REV E, 80(1).
  • Abou El-Azm Aly A, Nicolleau F, Michelitsch TM & Nowakowski AF (2009) 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.
  • Abou El-Azm Aly A, Nicolleau F, Michelitsch TM & Nowakowski AF (2009) 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.
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2009) . INT J ENG SCI, 47(2), 209-220.
  • Nowakowski AF (2009) Compressible multiphase flow models with interfaces.. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, 77, 31-31.
  • Michelitsch T, Maugin G, Nicolleau F, Nowakowski AF & Derogar S (2009) KS input spectrum, some fundamental works on the vibration spectrum of a self-similar linear chain. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, 77, 33-33.
  • Nowakowski AF, Rokicki J, Bajer K & Nicolleau F (2009) Synthetic models and vortex methods, Warsaw University of Technology Warsaw, Poland. ERCOFTAC Bulletin, 81, 23-26-23-26.
  • Ghangir F, Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Michelitsch TM (2009) The Application of HLLC Numerical Solver to the Reduced Multiphase Model. Intl J. of Mech., Industrial and Aerospace Eng., 1, 74-80-74-80.
  • Ghangir F, Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Michelitsch TM (2009) The application of HLLC numerical solver to the reduced multiphase model. World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology, 40, 302-308.
  • Evans WK, Suksangpanomrung A & Nowakowski AF (2008) . CHEM ENG J, 143(1-3), 51-61.
  • Doby MJ, Nowakowski AF, Yiu I & Dyakowski T (2008) . INT J MINER PROCESS, 86(1-4), 18-25.
  • Nowakowski AF & Doby MJ (2008) The Numerical Modelling of the Flow in Hydrocyclones. KONA POWDER PART J(26), 66-80.
  • Librovich BV, Nowakowski AF, Chaer I & Tassou S (2007) . PAMM, 7(1), 2100029-2100030.
  • Librovich BV, Nowakowski AF & Rovetta A (2007) . CHEM ENG J, 131(1-3), 113-121.
  • Doby MJ, Nowakowski AF, Nowak E & Dyakowski T (2007) . MINERALS ENGINEERING, 20(4), 361-367.
  • Kraipech W, Chen W, Dyakowski T & Nowakowski A (2006) . INT J MINER PROCESS, 80(2-4), 100-115.
  • Kraipech W & Nowakowski AF (2005) 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.
  • Kraipech W, Nowakowski A, Dyakowski T & Suksangpanomrung A (2005) . CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 111(2-3), 189-197.
  • Doby MJ, Kraipech W & Nowakowski AF (2005) . CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 111(2-3), 173-180.
  • Dyakowski T, Hale JM, Jaworski A, White NM, Nowakowski A, Meng G & Rwifa S (2005) . IEEE SENS J, 5(2), 134-138.
  • Nowakowski AF, Librovich BV & Lue L (2004) 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.
  • Librovich BV & Nowakowski AF (2004) . Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis Esda 2004, 2, 483-494.
  • Librovich BV & Nowakowski AF (2004) . J MECH DESIGN, 126(4), 711-720.
  • Nowakowski AF, Cullivan JC, Williams RA & Dyakowski T (2004) . MINERALS ENGINEERING, 17(5), 661-669.
  • Nowakowski AF & Dyakowski T (2003) Investigation of swirling flow structure in hydrocyclones. CHEM ENG RES DES, 81(A8), 862-873.
  • Nowakowski AF, Kraipech W, Williams RA & Dyakowski T (2000) The hydrodynamics of a hydrocyclone based on a three-dimensional multi-continuum model. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 80(1-3), 275-282.
  • Protas B, Styczek A & Nowakowski A (2000) . Journal of Computational Physics, 159(2), 231-245.
  • Nowakowski A, Rokicki J & Styczek A (1996) . ESAIM: Proceedings, 1, 125-134.
  • Rokicki J, Floryan JM & Nowakowski A (1996) Domain decomposition for the Navier-Stokes equations in complex geometries. ZAMM Zeitschrift Fur Angewandte Mathematik Und Mechanik, 76(SUPPL. 5), 431-432.
  • Bestehorn M, Michelitsch TM, Collet BA, Riascos AP & Nowakowski AF () . Physical Review E, 105(2).
  • Farhan M, Nicolleau FCGA & Nowakowski AF () . Physical Review E, 91(4).

Book chapters

  • Michelitsch TM, Riascos AP, Collet BA, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2020) , Advanced Structured Materials (pp. 221-249). Springer International Publishing
  • Michelitsch T, Collet B, Riascos AP, Nowakowski A & Nicolleau F (2018) , Advanced Structured Materials (pp. 555-580). Springer International Publishing
  • Nicolleau FCGA, Cambon C, Redondo JM, Vassilicos JC, Reeks M & Nowakowski AF (2012) 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.
  • Nowakowski AF, Michelitsch TM, Nicolleau FCGA & Derogar S (2011) 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

  • Al-Mudhafar AHN, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2018) . Energy Procedia, Vol. 151 (pp 57-61). Sheffield, UK, 11 September 2018 - 11 September 2018.
  • Wasilewski J, Niedziela J, Nowakowski A, Mirota K, Roleder M, Glowacki J & Polonski L (2014) The Distribution of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis Burden. The Impact of Septal Perforators on Plaque Localization at the Left Anterior Descending Artery; The Effect of Myocardial Bridging. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, Vol. 113(7) (pp S19-S19)
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Derogar S, Nicolleau FCGA & Nowakowski AF (2013) The Fractional Laplacian as continuum limit of self-similar lattice models. Chaos 2013 6th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference Proceedings (pp 411-417)
  • Nicolleau FCGA, Beck SBM & Nowakowski AF (2012) . ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis Esda 2012, Vol. 2 (pp 21-27)
  • Jolgam SA, Ballil AR, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2012) . ASME 2012 11th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis Esda 2012, Vol. 2 (pp 101-110)
  • Jolgam S, Ballil A, Nowakowski A & Nicolleau F (2012) On equations of state for simulations of multiphase flows. Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, Vol. 3 (pp 1963-1968)
  • Ballil A, Jolgam S, Nowakowski AF & Nicoleau FCGA (2012) 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)
  • Ghangir F & Nowakowski AF (2012) . NEW APPROACHES IN MODELING MULTIPHASE FLOWS AND DISPERSION IN TURBULENCE, FRACTAL METHODS AND SYNTHETIC TURBULENCE, Vol. 18 (pp 119-139)
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nicolleau FCGA & Nowakowski AF (2012) Sur une généralisation de l’opérateur fractionnaire. Actes du XXe Congrès Français de Mécanique. Besançon, France
  • Nicolleau FCGA, Nowakowski AF & Michelitsch TM (2011) . Journal of Physics Conference Series, Vol. 318(SECTION 4)
  • Farhan M, Nicolleau FCGA, Nowakowski AF & Angilella JR (2011) . Journal of Physics Conference Series, Vol. 318(SECTION 5)
  • Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Salim SMM (2010) 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)
  • Salim SMM, Nicolleau FCGA, Beck SBM & Nowakowski AF (2010) 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)
  • Chen ZJ, Nowakowski AF & Qin N (2010) Flow separation on cambered plate wing MAVs with various aspect ratios. RAeS Conference on Applied Aerodynamics: Capabilities and Future Requirements
  • Hannemann FH, Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Zheng H (2009) . ADVANCES IN TURBULENCE XII - PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH EUROMECH EUROPEAN TURBULENCE CONFERENCE, Vol. 132 (pp 931-931)
  • Nowakowski AF, Kraipech W & Dyakowski T (2003) 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)
  • Dyakowski T, Hale J, Jaworski A, White N, Harris N, Nowakowski A, Meng G & Rwifa S (2003) Characterisation of heterogeneous mixtures by using thick-film ultrasonic transducers. 3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (pp 761-766)
  • Nicolleau FC & Nowakowski AF () 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.
  • Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Salim SM () 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
  • Michelitsch T, Maugin G, Nicolleau F, Nowakowski AF & Derogar S () Wave Propagation in Quasi-continuous Linear Chains with Self-similar Harmonic Interactions - Towards a Fractal Mechanics. First German-French-Russian Symposium on Generalized Continua
  • Michelitsch T, Maugin G, Nicolleau F, Nowakowski A & Derogar S () Relations de dispersion pour des chaînes linéaire comportant des interactions harmoniques auto-similaires. 10ème Congrès Français d’Acoustique. Lyon, France
  • Salim SMM, Nicolleau FCGA & Nowakowski AF () 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
  • Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Salim SMM () 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
  • Nicolleau FCGA & Nowakowski AF () Richardson’s law and the sweeping problem in KS. Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France
  • Nowakowski AF, Hannemann F, Nicolleau FCGA & Zheng H () Turbulent flow structure investigation within target fluidic flowmeter. 12th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference (pp 931-932-931-932)
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nicolleau FCGA, Nowakowski AF & Derogar S () 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
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nicolleau FCGA, Nowakowski AF & Derogar S () 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

Working papers

  • Michelitsch T, Collet B, Riascos A, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2016) Fractional Lattice Dynamics: Nonlocal constitutive behavior generated by power law matrix functions and their fractional continuum limit kernels.
  • Michelitsch T, Maugin G, Nowakowski AF, Nicolleau FCGA & Rahman M (2012) An approach to anomalous diffusion in the n-dimensional space generated by a self-similar Laplacian.
  • Michelitsch T, Maugin GA, Mujibur R, Derogar S, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2011) A self-similar field theory for 1D linear elastic continua and self-similar diffusion problem.
  • Riascos AP, Michelitsch TM, Collet BA, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA () . Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2018, 043404-043404.

Preprints

  • Michelitsch T, Collet B, Nowakowski A & Nicolleau F (2015) , arXiv.
  • Michelitsch T, Maugin G, Derogar S, Nowakowski A & Franck N (2011) , arXiv.
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nicolleau FCGA, Nowakowski AF & Derogar S (2009) , arXiv.
  • Michelitsch T, Maugin GA, Nowakowski AF & Nicolleau FCGA (2009) , arXiv.
  • Michelitsch TM, Maugin GA, Nicolleau FCGA, Nowakowski AF & Derogar S (2009) , arXiv.
Teaching activities
  • MEC407 Fundamental Biomechanics
  • MEC424 Aerodynamic Design