Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University




JHU Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Andrea Prosperetti

Charles A. Miller, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering


Location: 119 Latrobe Hall
Office:  (410) 516-8534
Email: prosperetti@jhu.edu

[ General | Education, Experience and Honors | Administrative Assistant ]

Journal Publications

1.   Zhang, M.M.; Katz, J.; and Prosperetti, A. "Experimental and Theoretical Study of Channel Wall Vibration Induced by Internal Bubble Flow". J. Fluids Structure (2009)(In Press)

2.   Yang, S.; Tsai, P.; Kooij, E.; Prosperetti, A.; Zandvliet, H.; and Lohse, D. "Electrolytically Generated Nanobubbles on HOPG Surfaces". Langmuir (2009)(In Press)

3.   Zhang, Q, and Prosperetti, A. "Pressure-driven Flow in a Two-dimensional Channel with Porous Walls". J. Fluid Mech. (2009)(In Press)

4.   Bluemink, J.J., Lohse, D., Prosperetti, A. and van Wijngaarden, L. "A sphere in a uniformly rotating or shearing flow". J Fluid Mech. Cambridge UP 600 (2008):201-233.

5.   Yang, B. and Prosperetti, A. "Vapor bubble collapse in isothermal and non-isothermal liquid". J Fluid Mech. Cambridge UP 601 (2008):253-279.

6.   van Nierop, E. A., Luther, S., Bluemink, J. J., Magnaudet, J., Prosperetti, A. and Lohse, D. "Drag and lift forces on bubbles in a rotating flow". J. Fluid Mech. 571 (2007):439-454.

7.   van Nierop, E. A., Luther, S., Bluemink, J. J., Magnaudet, J., Prosperetti, A. and Lohse, D. . " Drag and lift forces on bubbles in a rotating flow". J Fluid Mech 571 (2007):439-454.

8.   Sbragaglia, M. and Prosperetti, A. "Effective velocity boundary condition at a mixed slip surface". J Fluid Mech 578 (2007):435-451.

9.   Yang, B. and A. Prosperetti, A. " Linear stability of the flow past a spheroidal bubble". J Fluid Mech 582 (2007):53-78.

10.   Sbragaglia, M. and Prosperetti, A. "A note on the effective slip properties for microchannel flows with ultra-hydrophobic surfaces". Phys Fluids 19 (2007):043603

11.   Caballero, G., Bergmann, R., van der Meer, D., Prosperetti, A. and Lohse, D. " The role of air in granular jet formation". Phys Rev Lett 99 (2007): 018001

12.   Lu, X. and Prosperetti, A. "Axial stability of Taylor bubbles". J Fluid Mech 568 (2007):173-192.

13.   Zhang, Q., Ichiki, K. and Prosperetti A. "On the computation of ensemble averages for spatially non-uniform particle systems". J. Comput. Phys. 212 (2006):247-267.

14.   Zhang, Q., K. Ichiki and A. Prosperetti . " On the computation of ensemble averages for spatially non-uniform particle systems". J. Comput. Phys. 212 (2006):247-267.

15.   Yang, B. and Prosperetti, A. " A second-order boundary-fitted projection method for free-surface flow computations". J. Comput. Phys. 213 (2006):574-590.

16.   Prosperetti, A., Zhang, Q. and Ichiki, K. " The stress system in a suspension of heavy particles: antisymmetric contribution". J. Fluid Mech. 554 (2006):125-146.

17.   Bergmann, R., van der Meer, D., Stijnman, M., Sandtke, M., Prosperetti, A. and Lohse, D. "Giant bubble pinch-off". Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006):154505

18.   Lu, X. and Prosperetti, A. " Axial stability of Taylor bubbles". J. Fluid Mech. 568 (2006):173-192.

19.   Dijkink, R., van der Dennen, J.P., Ohl, C.D. and Prosperetti, A. " The `acoustic scallop': A bubble-powered actuator". J. Micromech. Microeng. 16 (2006):1653-1659.

20.   Yin, Z. and A. Prosperetti. "A microfluidic ``blinking bubble'' pump". J. Micromech. Microeng. 15 (2005):643-651.

21.   Yin, Z. and A. Prosperetti 2005. "A microfluidic ``blinking bubble'' pump for non-conducting liquids". J. Micromech. Microeng. 15 (2005):1683-1691.

22.   Zhang, Z. and A. Prosperetti. "A second-order method for three-dimensional particle flow simulations". J. Comput. Phys. 210 (2005):292-324.

23.   Bluemink, J.J., E. A. van Nierop, S. Luther, N.G. Deen, J. Magnaudet, A. Prosperetti and D. Lohse. " Asymmetry-induced particle drift in a rotating flow". Phys. Fluids 17 (2005):paper no. 072106

24.   Hitt, D. and A. Prosperetti. " Viscous forces on acoustically levitated gas bubbles". Nonlinear Analysis 63 (2005):e1517-e1527.

25.   Yang, B. and A. Prosperetti. " A second-order boundary-fitted projection method for free-surface flow computations". J. Comput. Phys. (2005)(In Press)

26.   Prosperetti, A., K. Ichiki and Q. Zhang. "The stress system in a suspension of heavy particles: antisymmetric contribution". J. Fluid Mech. (2005)(Accepted)

27.   Zhang, Q. and A. Prosperetti. " Mixture stress in a non-uniform suspension". J. Fluid Mech. (2005)(Submitted)

28.   Yang, B. and A. Prosperetti. "Linear stability of the flow past a spheroidal bubble". J. Fluid Mech. (2005)(Submitted)

29.   Lu, X. and A. Prosperetti. "Axial stability of Taylor bubbles". J. Fluid Mech. (2005)(Submitted)

30.   Bergmann, R., D. van der Meer, M. Stijnman, M. Sandtke, A. Prosperetti and D. Lohse. " Giant bubble pinch--off". Phys. rev. Lett. (2005)(Submitted)

31.   van Nierop, E., S. Luther, H. Bluemink, J. Magnaudet, A. Prosperetti, and D. Lohse. " Drag and lift forces on bubbles in a rotating flow". J. Fluid Mech. (2005)(Submitted)

32.   Prosperetti, A., T.G. Theofanous, Y. Matsumoto, A. Tomiyama and M. Kawaji. "Panelist comments on: Open questions and new directions in gas-liquid flows". J. Fluids Eng. 126 (2004):508-515.

33.   Z. Yin, A. Prosperetti, and J. Kim. "Bubble growth on an impulsively powered microheater". Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 47 (2004):1053-1067.

34.   A. Prosperetti. "Average stress in a Stokes suspension of disks". Int. J. Multiphase Flow 30 (2004):1-26.

35.   V.S. Moholkar, M.M.C.G. Warmoeskerken, C.D. Ohl and A. Prosperetti. "The mechanism of mass transfer enhancement in textiles by ultrasound". A.I.Ch.E. J. 50. 1 (2004):58-64.

36.   Hao, Y. and Prosperetti, A. " A numerical method for three-dimensional gas-liquid flow computations". J. Comput. Phys. 196 (2004):126-144.

37.   Prosperetti, A. "Bubbles". Physics of Fluids 16 (2004):1852-1865.

38.   Ichiki, K. and A. Prosperetti. " Faxen-like relations for a non-uniform suspension". Phys. Fluids 16 (2004):2483-2496.

39.   Q. Zhang, K. Ichiki, and A. Prosperetti . "On the computation of ensemble averages for spatially non-uniform particle systems". J. Comput. Phys. (2004)(Submitted)

40.   Prosperetti, A. "The Average Stress in Incompressible Disperse Flow". Int. J. Multiphase Flow 30 (2004):1011-1036.

41.   Yin, Z. and A. Prosperetti . " A microfluidic ``blinking bubble'' pump for non-conducting liquids". J. Micromech. Microeng. (2004)(In Press)

42.   Yang, B. and A. Prosperetti. "A second-order boundary-fitted projection method for free-surface flow computations". J. Comput. Phys. (2004)(Submitted)

43.   Zhang, Z. and A. Prosperetti. " A method for three-dimensional particle flow simulations". J. Comput. Phys. (2004)(Accepted)

44.   Yin, Z. and A. Prosperetti. " A microfluidic ``blinking bubble'' pump for non-conducting liquids". J. MEMS (2004)(Submitted)

45.   Karpov, S. , Prosperetti, A., and Ostrovsky, L. "Nonlinear oscillations of bubble layers". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113 (2003):1304-1316.

46.   Zhang, Z. and Prosperetti, A. " A method for particle simulations ". J. Appl. Mech.. ASME 70 (2003):64-74.

47.   Takagi, S., Oguz, H.N., Zhang, Z. and Prosperetti, A. " PHYSALIS: A new method for particle simulation. Part II: Two-dimensional Navier-Stokes flow around cylinders". J. Comput. Phys. 187 (2003):371-390.

48.   Ohl, C.D., Tijink, A. and Prosperetti, A. " The added mass of an expanding bubble". J. Fluid Mech. 482 (2003):271-290.

49.   Kersten, B., Ohl, C.D. and Prosperetti, A. "Transient impact of a liquid column on a miscible liquid surface". Phys Fluids 15 (2003):821-824.

50.   X. Lu, A. Prosperetti, R. Toegel, D. Lohse. " Harmonic enhancement of single-bubble sonoluminescence". Phys Rev E E 67 (2003):056310

51.   B. Yang, A. Prosperetti, and S. Takagi. "The transient rise of a bubble subject to shape or volume changes". Phys Fluids 15 (2003):2640-2648.

52.   Prosperetti, A. and G. Tryggvason. "Report of study group on computational physics, Appendix 3 to ``Workshop on Scientific Issues in Multiphase Flows''". Int. J. Multiphase Flow 29 (2003):1089-1099.

53.   Hanratty, T.J., T. Theofanous, J.-M. Delhaye, J. Eaton, J. McLaughlin, A. Prosperetti, S. Sundaresan and G. Tryggvason. "Report findings". Int. J. Multiphase Flow 29 (2003):1047-1059.

54.   Lohse,D. and A. Prosperetti. "Controlling bubbles". J. Phys. Condens. Matter 15 (2003):S415-S420.

55.   Prosperetti, A. " Bubbly-to-slug transition in vertical flows". Multiphase Sci. Technol. 15 (2003):53-56.

56.   Prosperetti, A. . "Two-fluid modelling and averaged equations". Multiphase Sci Technol. 15 (2003):181-192.

57.   Prosperetti, A. "Two questions concerning ``Fully developed gas-liquid flows''". Multiphase Sci. Technol. 15 (2003):77-78.

58.   Karpov, S. and Prosperetti, A. "A Nonlinear Model of Thermoacoustic Devices". J. Acoust. Soc. Am.. 112 (2002):1431-1444.

59.   Hao, Y. and Prosperetti, A. "Rectified heat transfer into translating and pulsating vapor bubbles". J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112 (2002):1787-1796.

60.   Prosperetti, A. and Hao, Y. "Vapor Bubbles in Flow and Acoustic Fields". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Microgravity Transport Processes in Fluid, Thermal, Biological,, Editied by S.S. Sadhal 974 (2002):328-347.

61.   Prosperetti, A. and H.N. Oguz. "PHYSALIS: A New o(N) Method for the Numerical Simulation of Disperse Systems. Part I: Potential Flow of Spheres". J. Comput. Phys. 167 (2001):196-216.

62.   Prosperetti, A. and M. Ren. "Comments on `Radial Pulsations of a Fluid Sphere in a Sound Wave' by S. Temkin". J. Flid Mech. 430 (2001):401-405.

63.   Hao, Y., H.N. Oguz, and A. Prosperetti. " The Action of Pressure-Radiation Forces on Pulsating Vapor Bubbles". Phys. Fluids 13 (2001):1167-1177.

64.   Tanksley, M. and A. Prosperetti. "Average pressure and velocity fields in non-uniform suspensions of spheres in Stokes flow". J. Eng. Math. 41 (2001):273-303.

65.   J. Rensen, D. Bosman, J. Magnaudet, C.D. Ohl, A. Prosperetti, R. Toegel, M. Versluis, and D. Lohse. "Spiraling bubbles: How acoustic and hydrodynamic forces compete". Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001):4819-4822.

66.   M. Marchioro, M. Tanksley, W. Wang, and A. Prosperetti. "Flow of spatially non-uniform suspensions. Part II: Systematic derivation of closure relations". Int J Multiphase Flow 27 (2001):237-276.

67.   Geng, X., Yuan, H., Oguz, H.N., and Prosperetti, A. " Bubble-based micropump for electrically conducting liquids". J. Micromech. Microeng. 11 (2001):270-276.

68.   Wang, W. and A. Prosperetti. " Flow of Spatially Nonuniform Suspensions. Part III. Closure Relations for Porous Media and Spinning Particles". Int. J. Multiphase Flow 27 (2001):1627-1653.

69.   M. Marchioro, M. Tanksley, and A. Prosperetti. "Flow of spatially non-uniform suspensions. Part I: Phenomenology". Int J Multiphase Flow 26 (2000):783-831.

70.   Zhu, Y., H.N. Oguz, and A. Prosperetti . "On the mechanism of air entrainment by liquid jets at a free surface". J Fluid Mech 404 (2000):151-177.

71.   Ohl, C.D., H.N. Oguz, and A. Prosperetti . "On the mechanism of air entrainment by a disturbed liquid jet". Phys Fluids 12 (2000):1710-1714.

72.   Ory, E., Yuan, H., Prosperetti, A., Popinet, S., and Zaleski, S. "Growth and collapse of a vapor bubble in a narrow tube". Phys Fluids 12 (2000):1268-1277.

73.   Karpov, S. and Prosperetti, A. "Nonlinear saturation of the thermoacoustic instability". J Acoust Soc Am 107 (2000):3130-3147.

74.   Hao, Y. and Prosperetti, A. "The collapse of vapor bubbles in a spatially non-uniform flow". Int J Heat Mass Transfer 43 (2000):3539-3550.

75.   Geng, X., Yuan, H., Oguz, H.N., and Prosperetti, A. "The oscillations of gas bubbles in tubes: Experimental results". J Acous Soc Am 106 (1999):674-681.

76.   Yuan, H., Oguz, H.N., and A. Prosperetti. "Growth and collapse of a vapor bubble in a small tube". Int J Heat Mass Transfer 42 (1999):3643-3657.

77.   Prosperetti, A. and Hao, Y. "Modeling of spherical gas bubble oscillations and sonoluminescence". Philos Trans R Soc London A357 (1999):203-223.

78.   Hao, Y. and Prosperetti, A. "The effect of viscosity on the spherical stability of oscillating gas bubbles". Phys Fluids 11 (1999):1309-1317.

79.   Hao, Y. and Prosperetti, A. "The dynamics of vapor bubbles in acoustic pressure fields". Phys Fluids 11 (1999):2008-2019.

80.   M. Marchioro, M. Tanksley, and A. Prosperetti. "Mixture pressure and stress in disperse two-phase flow". Int J Multiphase Flow 25 (1999):1395-1429.

81.   Han, D.K. and Prosperetti, A. "Shape decomposition technique in electrical impedance tomography". J Comput Phys 155 (1999):75-95.

82.   Crum, L.A., H.C. Pumphrey, R.A. Roy, and A. Prosperetti . "The underwater sounds produced by impacting snowflakes". J Acoust Soc Am 106 (1999):1765-1770.

83.   Yuan, H. and A. Prosperetti. "The pumping effect of growing and collapsing bubbles in a tube". J Micromech Microeng 9 (1999):402-413.

84.   Marchioro, M. and A. Prosperetti. "Heat Conduction in a Non-Uniform Composite with Spherical Inclusions". Proc. Roy. Soc. London A 455 (1999):1483-1508.

85.   Karpov, S. and Prosperetti, A. "Linear thermoacoustic instability in the time domain". J Acoust Soc Am 103 (1998):3309-3317.

86.   Oguz, H.N. and Prosperetti, A. "The natural frequency of oscillation of gas bubbles in tubes". J Acoust Soc Am 103 (1998):3301-3308.

87.   Chen, X.M. and A. Prosperetti . "Thermal processes in the oscillation of gas bubbles in tubes". J Acoust Soc Am 104 (1998):1389-1398.

88.   Zhu, Y., Oguz, H.N., and Prosperetti, A. "Air cavity due to jet disturbance". Phys Fluids 10 (1998):S3

89.   Zhang, D.Z. and A. Prosperetti. "Momentum and energy equations for disperse two-phase flows and their closure for dilute suspensions". Int J Multiphase Flow 23 (1997):425-453.

90.   Yuan, H. and A. Prosperetti. "Heat transfer inside a collapsing bubble". Phys Fluids 9 (1997):127-142.

91.   Yuan, H. and A. Prosperetti. "Transient viscous heating of liquid layers under intense shear". In Proc Roy Soc London A452 (1996):2767-2783.

92.   Druzhinin, O.A., L.A. Ostrovsky, and A. Prosperetti. "Low-frequency acoustic wave generation in a resonant bubble layer". J Acoust Soc Am 100 (1996):3570-3580.

93.   Prosperetti, A. and D.Z. Zhang. "Disperse phase stress in two-phase flow". Chem Eng Comm 141-142 (1996):387-398.

94.   Sakar, K. and A. Prosperetti. "Effective boundary conditions for Stokes flow over a rough surface". J Fluid Mech 316 (1996):223-240.

95.   Prosperetti, A. and D.Z. Zhang. "Finite-particle-size effects in disperse two-phase flows". Theoret Compu Fluid Dyn 7 (1995):429-440.

96.   Duraiswami, R. and A. Prosperetti. "Linear pressure waves in fogs". J Fluid Mech 299 (1995):187-215.

97.   Sakar, K. and A. Prosperetti. "Effective boundary conditions for the Laplace equation with a rough boundary". In Proc Roy Soc 451 (1995):425-452.

98.   Bulthuis, H.F., A. Prosperetti, and A.S. Sangani. "Particle stress in disperse two-phase potential flow". J Fluid Mech 294 (1995):1-16.

99.   O_uz, H.N., A. Prosperetti, and A.R. Kolaini. "Air entrapment by a falling water mass". J Fluid Mech 294 (1995):181-207.

100.   Huang, H. and A. Prosperetti. "Effect of grid orthogonality on the solution accuracy of the two-dimensional convection-diffusion equation". Numer Heat Transfer B26 (1994):1-20.

101.   Huang, H.X. and A. Prosperetti. "Effect of orthogonality and smoothness of computational grids on the numerical solution of the convection-diffusion equation". J Numer Heat Transfer B26 (1994):1-20.

102.   Sarkar, K. and A. Prosperetti. "Coherent and incoherent scattering by oceanic bubbles". J Acoust Soc Am 96 (1994):332-341.

103.   Watanabe, M. and A. Prosperetti. "Shock waves in dilute bubbly liquids". J Fluid Mech 274 (1994):349-381.

104.   Yuan,H. and A. Prosperetti. "On the in-line motion of two spherical bubbles in a viscous liquid". J Fluid Mech 278 (1994):325-349.

105.   Zhang, D.Z. and A. Prosperetti. "Ensemble phase averaged equations for bubbly flows". Phys Fluids 6 (1994):2956-2970.

106.   Takagi, S., A. Prosperetti, and Y. Matsumoto. "Drag coefficient of a gas bubble in an axisymmetric shear flow". Phys Fluids 6 (1994):3186-3188.

107.   Zhang, D.Z. and A. Prosperetti. "Averaged equations for inviscid disperse two-phase flow". J Fluid Mech 267 (1994):185-219.

108.   Nicholas M., R.A. Roy, L.A. Crum, H.N. O_uz, and A. Prosperetti. "Sound emissions by a laboratory bubble cloud". J Acoust Soc 95 (1994):3171-3182.

109.   Prosperetti, A. and H.N. Oguz. "The impact of drops on liquid surfaces and the underwater noise of rain". Ann Rev Fluid Mech 25 (1993):577-602.

110.   Prosperetti, A., N.Q. Lu, and H.S. Kim. "Active and passive acoustic behavior of bubble clouds at the ocean's surface". J Acoust Soc Am 93 (1993):3117-3127.

111.   Oguz, H.N. and A. Prosperetti. "Dynamics of bubble growth and detachment from a needle". J Fluid Mech 257 (1993):111-145.

Conference Proceedings

1.   Prosperetti, A. and Z. Yin. " Bubble growth on an impulsively powered microheater and its application to a novel micropump". Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (2004)

2.   Prosperetti, A., K. Ichiki, and Q. Zhang. " Systematic approach to closure relations for disperse particle flows: Inter-phase force". Proceedings of the US-Japan Seminar on Two-Phase Flow Dynamics (2004)

Books

1.   Prosperetti, A. and Tryggvason, G. Computational Methods for Multiphase Flow. book. Cambridge University Press, 2007.

2.   Prosperetti, A. and G. Tryggvason. Computational Methods for Multiphase Flow. Cambridge University Press, 2006.(Accepted)

3.   Balachandar S. and Prosperetti A. Computational Approaches to Multiphase Flow. IUTAM Symposium. Springer, 2006.

Book Chapters

1.   Prosperetti, A. "Drop-Liquid Impact Phenomena." Drop Surface Interactions. Springer, 2002. 25-38.

2.   Prosperetti, A. "Boundary Integral Methods." Proceedings of the course on Drop-Surface Interactions. Springer, 2002. 219-236.

3.   Prosperetti, A. "Numerical Algorithms for Free-Surface Flow Computations: An Overview." Drop-Surface Interactions. Springer, 2002. 237-258.