Journals

Delve into a diverse collection of research papers produced by the esteemed Droplet Dynamics Group, conveniently accessible on Scholar. Some of the most pertinent articles include:

Ch. Narvaez, A. Hashemi, M.R. Hashemi, L. Segura and P. Ryzhakov. Computational ElectroHydroDynamics in microsystems: A review of Challenges and Applications. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, 2024. IF(2022) 9.7, Q1 (JCR). Accepted 10/05/2024.

A. Hashemi, M.R. Hashemi, P. Ryzhakov, R. Rossi. Optimization-based Level-Set Re-initialization: A Robust Interface Preserving Approach in Multiphase Problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2023. IF(2022) 7.6, Q1 (JCR). Accepted 13/12/2023.

Ch. Narvaez, M.R. Hashemi, P. Ryzhakov, J. Pons-Prats, H. Owen. Enriched finite element approach for modeling discontinuous electric field in multi-material problems. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2023. IF(2022) 3.1, Q1 (JCR)

Ch. Narvaez, M.R. Hashemi, P.B. Ryzhakov and J. Pons-Prats. An enriched finite element/level-set model for two-phase electrohydrodynamic simulations. Physics of Fluids, 35, 012004 (2023). IF(2021): 4.980, Q1(JCR).

M. Hashemi, P. Ryzhakov and R. Rossi. Three Dimensional Modeling of Liquid Droplet Spreading on Solid Surface: an Enriched Finite Element/Level-set Approach, Journal of Computational Physics: IF (2020):3.553 , Q1 (JCR). Open access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110480

M. Hashemi, R. Rossi, P. Ryzhakov. An Enhanced Non-Oscillatory BFECC Algorithm for Finite Element Solution of Advective Transport Problems, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and engineering, Volume 391, (2022), 114576, IF (2021): 6.756, Q1 (JCR). Open Access https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045782522000044

M. Hashemi, P. Ryzhakov and R. Rossi. Towards Droplet Dynamics Simulation in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Confined Water Droplets with Dynamic Contact Angle and Hysteresis, Physics of fluids IF (2020) 3.521, accepted 18/11/2021. Selected as “Editor’s pick”. DOI: 10.1063/5.0073331, Open access: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073331

C. Narvaez, P. Ryzhakov, J. Pons. Determination of the operational parameters for the manufacturing of spherical PVP particles via electrospray, Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360), IF (2020): 3.426, Q1 (JCR). Polymers 2021, 13(4), 529; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13040529

M. Hashemi, P. Ryzhakov and R. Rossi. An Enriched Finite Element/Level-Set Method For Simulating Two-Phase Incompressible Fluid Flows With Surface Tension, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and engineering: Vol. 370, 2020. IF (2019): 5.763, Q1 (JCR). DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2020.113277

E. Mahrous, A. Jarauta, Th. Chan, P. Ryzhakov, A. Weber, R. Valéry Roy, and M. Secanell. A particle finite element based model for droplet spreading analysis. Physics of Fluids, Vol 32/4, DOI: 10.1063/5.0006033. IF(2019): 3.514, Q1 (JCR)

A. Jarauta, P. Ryzhakov, M. Secanell, J. Pons. An implicit surface tension model for the analysis of droplet dynamics (2018), Computational Physics, Volume 374, pp. 1196-1218. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2018.08.001. IF (2018): 2.845, Q1 (JCR).

A. Jarauta, P. Ryzhakov. Challenges in Computational Modeling of Two-Phase Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells Flow Channels: A Review. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering (2018), Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 1027–1057, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-017-9243-2. IF (2018): 7.242, Q1 (JCR).

P. Ryzhakov, A. Jarauta, M. Secanell, J.Pons-Prats. On the application of the PFEM to droplet dynamics modeling in fuel cells, Computational Particle Mechanics, DOI 10.1007/s40571-016-0112-9, (2017), Volume 4, Issue 3, pp 285–295. IF: 2.632, Q2 (JCR), Q1 (Scopus).

A. Jarauta, P. Ryzhakov, M. Secanell, P. Waghmare, J.Pons-Prats. Numerical study of droplet dynamics in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell gas channel using an embedded Eulerian-Lagrangian approach, Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 323 (2016) pp. 201-212. IF: 6.395, Q1 (JCR).

P. Ryzhakov and A. Jarauta. An embedded approach for immiscible multi-fluid problems, Int. Jour. for Num. Methods in Fluids, 21/10/2015, DOI 10.1002/fld.4190, Volume 81, Issue 6, pp. 357–376, IF: 1.447, Q2 (JCR), Q1 (Scopus).

A. Jarauta, M. Secanell, J. Pons-Prats, P. Ryzhakov, S. Idelsohn, E. Oñate. A semi-analytical model for droplet dynamics on the GDL surface of a PEM fuel cell cathode, Hydrogen Eneergy, 40 (15), pp. 5375-5383, 2015. IF: 3.205, Q2 (JCR), Q1 (Scopus)

J. Marti, P. Ryzhakov, S. Idelsohn, E. Oñate. Combined Eulerian-PFEM approach for analysis of polymers in fire situations, Int. Jour. for Num. Methds. in Eng. Vol. 90-9 (2012), pp. 782-801, IF: 2.068, Q1 (JCR).