Personal information

Nicholas Apazidis

Associate Professor, Docent
Phone: int+46-8-790 71 48
Fax: int+46-8-796 98 50
E-mail: nap@mech.kth.se
WWW: Personal homepage

Education

PhD 1985 and Docent 1994 in mechanics, KTH

Professional history

Senior lecturer in mechanics at KTH since 1987

Research and Professional Activities

Shock propagation in fluids.

Teaching activity

Leader for the following list of courses.
For the complete list of courses at mechanics, see the course page

Course	Prog.	Title	Studiehandbok
SG1113	F	Mechanics, Continuation Course	[swe] [eng]
SG1130	F	Mechanics I	[swe] [eng]

Publications

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Year	Title
2012	Energy concentration by spherical converging shocks generated in a shock tube Physics of Fluids 24 126103
2012	Report on the 20th international shock interaction symposium Shock waves 22 653
2012	Polygonal shock waves: comparison between experiments and geometrical shock dynamics Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves held in Manchester UK, 17 to 22 July 2011, Vol 2 2
2012	High energy concentration by symmetric shock focusing Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Shock Waves held in Manchester UK, 17 to 22 July 2011, Vol 2 1 99-104
2011	Experimental determination of self-similarity constant for converging cylindrical shocks Physics of fluids 23 116103
2010	Thermal radiation from a converging shock implosion Physics of Fluids 22 046102
2010	Shock dynamics of strong imploding cylindrical and spherical shock waves with real gas effects Physics of Fluids 22 116102
2009	Turning points of the spherical pendulum and the golden ratio European journal of physics 30 427 - 432
2007	Controlling the form of strong converging shock waves by means of disturbances Shock waves 17 29-42
2007	Regular versus Mach reflection for converging polygonal shocks Shock waves 17 43-50
2007	Light emission during shock wave focusing in air and argon Physics of fluids A
2007	Light emission during shock wave focusing in air and argon Physics of fluids A 19 106106
2007	Shaping converging shock waves AIP Conference Proceedings 52
2006	Focusing of strong shocks in an annular shock tube Shock waves 15 205-217
2006	Shaping converging shock waves by means of obstacles Journal of Visualization 9(3) 240
2006	High energy concentration in gas by shock focusing AIP Conference Proceedings
2003	Focusing of strong shocks in an elliptic cavity Shock waves 13 91-101
2002	An experimental and theoretical study of converging shock waves Shock waves 12 39-58
2001	Theoretical and Experimental Study of Shock Wave Focusing in a Confined Reflector CISM, Drop - surface interactions 456 295-298
1999	On shock waves in a confined reflector Wear 233-235 79-85
1996	On generation and convergence of polygonal-shaped shock waves. J. Fluid Mech. 309 301-319
1995	Motion of a torsion pendulum immersed in a linear viscous liquid. J. Sound & Vibration 184 745-758
1994	Focusing of weak shock waves in confined axisymmetric chambers. Shock waves 3 201-212
1994	Oscillation of the waterlevel in a well connected to a aquifer. Appl. Sci. Res. 52 251-256
1994	Focusing of weak shock waves in confined axisymmetric chambers. Shock waves 3 201-212
1993	Focusing of weak shock waves on a target in parabolic chamber. Shock waves 3 1-10
1991	Control of pressure distribution in shock generators with elliptic cross-sections Shock waves 2 147-156
1990	Temperature distribution and heat transfer in a particle-fluid flow past a heated horizontal plate Int. J. Multiphase Flow 16 495-513
1988	Gas-particle flow in a deep vertical cavity due to thermal convection and phase separation Int. J. Multiphase Flow 14 607-631
1988	Starting and oscillating flows of a particle-fluid suspension in a circular pipe. J. Tech. Phys 29 9-18
1985	On two-phase flow in a vertical parallel-plate channel of infinite length J. Tech. Phys 26 259-273
1985	On two-dimensional laminar flows of a particulate suspension Int. J. Multiphase Flow 11 675-698
1985	Influence of bubble expansion and relative velocity on the performance and stability of an airlift pump. Int. J. Multiphase Flow 11 459-479

Internal reports

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Year	Title	Type
1985	Some problems of stability and structure of two-phase flow.	Doctoral thesis

Projects

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Period	Title	Area
2007-2010	High energy concentration in gas by action of strong stable converging shocks	Fluid mechanics
2003-2006	Shock enhancement of sonoluminescence	Fluid mechanics
2001-2004	Luminiscence in compressed gases and sonoluminescence	Fluid mechanics
1996-	Shock wave propagation in fluids	Theoretical and computational mechanics

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