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53
Citations
11092
World Ranking
1001
National Ranking
68

Overview

Manolis Gavaises is affiliated with City, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions in computational mechanics, fluid flow and transfer processes, aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Their work covers several topics within these fields, including:

  • Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research

Among their recent publications are:

  • "The role of hydrogen for future internal combustion engines" (2022), published in International Journal of Engine Research
  • "Investigation of cavitation and vapor shedding mechanisms in a Venturi nozzle" (2020), published in Physics of Fluids
  • "High pressure/high temperature multiphase simulations of dodecane injection to nitrogen: Application on ECN Spray-A" (2020), published in Fuel
  • "The future of ship engines: Renewable fuels and enabling technologies for decarbonization" (2023), published in International Journal of Engine Research
  • "Numerical investigation of heavy fuel oil droplet breakup enhancement with water emulsions" (2020), published in Fuel

Manolis Gavaises frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Phoevos Koukouvinis
  • Ioannis K. Karathanassis
  • Lyle M. Pickett
  • Joonsik Hwang
  • Andreas Papoutsakis

Their work is often published in journals such as:

  • Fuel
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Engine Research
  • Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
  • Default Digital Object Group

Manolis Gavaises has contributed extensively to a body of work focused on understanding combustion processes, fluid behaviors, and propulsion technologies. The diversity of subject matter indicates an interdisciplinary approach across mechanical and aerospace engineering disciplines, with applications in renewable fuels and energy-efficient engine designs.

Best Publications

  • IJER editorial: The future of the internal combustion engine:

    R D Reitz;H Ogawa;R Payri;T Fansler

  • Turbulence and Cavitation Suppression by Quaternary Ammonium Salt Additives.

    Homa Naseri;Kieran Trickett;Nicholas Mitroglou;Ioannis Karathanassis

  • Dynamics of water droplets detached from porous surfaces of relevance to PEM fuel cells.

    A. Theodorakakos;T. Ous;M. Gavaises;J.M. Nouri

  • Cavitation in real-size, multi-hole diesel injector nozzles

    C. Arcoumanis;Marco Badami;H. Flora;M. Gavaises

  • Modelling of cavitation in diesel injector nozzles

    E. Giannadakis;M. Gavaises;C. Arcoumanis

  • Effect of Fuel Injection Processes on the Structure of Diesel Sprays

    C. Arcoumanis;M. Gavaises;B. French

  • VOF simulations of the contact angle dynamics during the drop spreading: Standard models and a new wetting force model

    Ilias Malgarinos;Nikolaos Nikolopoulos;Marco Marengo;Carlo Antonini

  • Vortex flow and cavitation in diesel injector nozzles

    A. Andriotis;M. Gavaises;C. Arcoumanis

  • 3D numerical simulation of flow and conjugate heat transfer through a pore scale model of high porosity open cell metal foam

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  • Cavitation Initiation, Its Development and Link with Flow Turbulence in Diesel Injector Nozzles

    H. Roth;M. Gavaises;C. Arcoumanis

  • LINKING NOZZLE FLOW WITH SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS IN A DIESEL FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM

    C. Arcoumanis;Manolis Gavaises

  • Investigation of Cavitation in a Vertical Multi-Hole Injector

    C. Arcoumanis;H. Flora;M. Gavaises;N. Kampanis

  • Simulation of bubble expansion and collapse in the vicinity of a free surface

    P. Koukouvinis;M. Gavaises;O. Supponen;M. Farhat

  • Analysis of the Flow in the Nozzle of a Vertical Multi-Hole Diesel Engine Injector

    C. Arcoumanis;M. Gavaises;J. M. Nouri;E. Abdul-Wahab

  • Characterization of string cavitation in large-scale Diesel nozzles with tapered holes

    M. Gavaises;A. Andriotis;D. Papoulias;N. Mitroglou

  • Wall shear stress from jetting cavitation bubbles

    Qingyun Zeng;Silvestre Roberto Gonzalez-Avila;Rory Dijkink;Phoevos Koukouvinis

  • Numerical investigation on the evaporation of droplets depositing on heated surfaces at low Weber numbers

    George Strotos;Manolis Gavaises;Andreas Theodorakakos;George Bergeles

  • Spray Characteristics of a Multi-hole Injector for Direct-Injection Gasoline Engines:

    N Mitroglou;J M Nouri;M Gavaises;C Arcoumanis

  • Large Eddy Simulation of Diesel injector including cavitation effects and correlation to erosion damage

    Phoevos Koukouvinis;Manolis Gavaises;Jason Li;Lifeng Wang

  • Cavitation Inside Multi-hole Injectors for Large Diesel Engines and Its Effect on the Near-nozzle Spray Structure

    M. Gavaises;A. Andriotis

  • Numerical investigation of the evaporation of two-component droplets

    George Strotos;Manolis Gavaises;Andreas Theodorakakos;George Bergeles

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Arcoumanis
C. Arcoumanis City, University of London
Marco Marengo
Marco Marengo University of Pavia
Nikos Nikolopoulos
Nikos Nikolopoulos Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
Claus-Dieter Ohl
Claus-Dieter Ohl Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Dennis N. Assanis
Dennis N. Assanis University of Delaware
Choongsik Bae
Choongsik Bae Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Lyle M. Pickett
Lyle M. Pickett Sandia National Laboratories
Günter Brenn
Günter Brenn Graz University of Technology
Shijin Shuai
Shijin Shuai Tsinghua University
Ricardo Novella
Ricardo Novella Universitat Politècnica de València

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