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Epaminondas Mastorakos

Epaminondas Mastorakos

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
66
Citations
14299
World Ranking
494
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for groundbreaking fundamental understanding of turbulent flame structure, ignition and extinction, through both modelling and experimentation

Overview

Epaminondas Mastorakos is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has focused their research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Their work extensively covers several subfields including Computational Mechanics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Aerospace Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of their scholarly contributions include:

  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Mastorakos has published numerous papers in various scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Flow Turbulence and Combustion
  • Energies
  • International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics
  • Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Mastorakos include:

  • "Evolution of spray and aerosol from respiratory releases: theoretical estimates for insight on viral transmission", 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "A Comparison of Alternative Fuels for Shipping in Terms of Lifecycle Energy and Cost", 2021, Energies
  • "Estimates of the Decarbonization Potential of Alternative Fuels for Shipping as a Function of Vessel Type, Cargo, and Voyage", 2022, Energies
  • "Analysing the Performance of Ammonia Powertrains in the Marine Environment", 2021, Energies
  • "2023 roadmap on ammonia as a carbon-free fuel", 2023, Journal of Physics Energy

Mastorakos has frequently collaborated with the following researchers:

  • Savvas Gkantonas
  • Andrea Giusti
  • Pedro M. de Oliveira
  • Rohit S. Pathania
  • Roberto Ciardiello

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2018 for their work related to the fundamental understanding of turbulent flame structure, ignition, and extinction through both modelling and experimentation.

Best Publications

  • Ignition of turbulent non-premixed flames

    Epaminondas Mastorakos

  • Experimental investigation of the nonlinear response of turbulent premixed flames to imposed inlet velocity oscillations

    R. Balachandran;B.O. Ayoola;C.F. Kaminski;A.P. Dowling

  • Numerical simulations of autoignition in turbulent mixing flows

    E. Mastorakos;T.A. Baritaud;T.J. Poinsot

  • Spatially resolved heat release rate measurements in turbulent premixed flames

    B.O. Ayoola;R. Balachandran;J.H. Frank;E. Mastorakos

  • The role of particle collisions in pneumatic transport

    M. Y. Louge;E. Mastorakos;J. T. Jenkins

  • An algorithm for the construction of global reduced mechanisms with CSP data

    A. Massias;D. Diamantis;E. Mastorakos;D.A. Goussis

  • Turbulent combustion modeling : advances, new trends and perspectives

    Tarek Echekki;Epaminondas Mastorakos

  • Spark ignition of lifted turbulent jet flames

    S.F. Ahmed;E. Mastorakos

  • An experimental study of hydrogen autoignition in a turbulent co-flow of heated air

    C.N. Markides;E. Mastorakos

  • Spark ignition of turbulent nonpremixed bluff-body flames

    S.F. Ahmed;R. Balachandran;T. Marchione;E. Mastorakos

  • CFD predictions for cement kilns including flame modelling, heat transfer and clinker chemistry

    E Mastorakos;A Massias;C.D Tsakiroglou;D.A Goussis

  • A Comparison of the Blow-Off Behaviour of Swirl-Stabilized Premixed, Non-Premixed and Spray Flames

    Davide E. Cavaliere;James Kariuki;Epaminondas Mastorakos

  • Simultaneous Rayleigh temperature, OH-and CH2O-LIF imaging of methane jets in a vitiated coflow

    Robert L. Gordon;Assaad R. Masri;Epaminondas Mastorakos

  • Measurements in turbulent premixed bluff body flames close to blow-off

    James Kariuki;James R. Dawson;Epaminondas Mastorakos

  • Hydrogen production from rich combustion in porous media

    H. Pedersen-Mjaanes;L. Chan;E. Mastorakos

  • Simulations of spray autoignition and flame establishment with two-dimensional CMC

    Y.M. Wright;G. De Paola;K. Boulouchos;E. Mastorakos

  • Large Eddy Simulations of forced ignition of a non-premixed bluff-body methane flame with Conditional Moment Closure

    A. Triantafyllidis;E. Mastorakos;R.L.G.M. Eggels

  • Ignition of turbulent swirling n-heptane spray flames using single and multiple sparks

    T. Marchione;S.F. Ahmed;E. Mastorakos

  • An Introduction to Turbulent Reacting Flows

    R S Cant;E Mastorakos

  • Investigation of the nonlinear response of turbulent premixed flames to imposed inlet velocity oscillations

    C.A. Armitage;R. Balachandran;E. Mastorakos;R.S. Cant

  • The role of particle collisions in pneumatic transport

    E. Mastorakos;M. Louge;J. T. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

RS Cant
RS Cant University of Cambridge
Nilanjan Chakraborty
Nilanjan Chakraborty Newcastle University
Christos N. Markides
Christos N. Markides Imperial College London
Bart Merci
Bart Merci Ghent University
Ann P. Dowling
Ann P. Dowling University of Cambridge
Assaad R. Masri
Assaad R. Masri University of Sydney
Robert W. Bilger
Robert W. Bilger University of Sydney
J. H. Whitelaw
J. H. Whitelaw Imperial College London
Stelios Couris
Stelios Couris University of Patras

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