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Yiannis Andreopoulos
Professor
Office: Steinman Hall 253
Tel: (212)650-5206
Fax: (212)650-8013
email: andre@ccny.cuny.edu
 
Education:
Dipl. in Mech. & Electrical Eng, Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens;
M.Sc., D.I.C. in Aeronautics;
Ph.D., Imperial College, London University.
 
Research Interests:
  • Structure of turbulence
  • Shock wave interactions
  • Development of new experimental techniques
  • CFD Methods
  • Compressible Turbulence
  • Shock Wave Detection
  • Shock Interaction with Composites
  • Measurement of Aerodynamic Forces
  • Microactuators, smart materials and MEMS
  • Expansion Wave Interactions with Turbulence
  • Environmental Flows
    Oil Spills - Marine Area Impacted by Kuwait Oil Spills in the Persian Gulf
    Underwater Pipelines - Effects of surface waves on underwater pipeline
    Hybrid Electric bus propulsion systems
  • Dynamic Compression of Porous Media
  • Blast Mitigation
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    Current Collaborators:
    Dr. Juan Agui (NASA Glenn RC)
    Prof. L. Jiji (CCNY)
    Prof. S. Weinbaum (CCNY)
    Prof. Watkins (CCNY)
    Prof. Kolluru Subramanian (CCNY)
    Dr. Savvas Xanthos (CCNY)
     
    Recent and frequently cited publications:
  • Andreopoulos, J. and Agui, J. "Wall Vorticity Flux Dynamics in a Two dimensional Turbulent Boundary Layer," J. Fluid Mech. vol. 309, pp. 45-84, 1996.
  • Andreopoulos, Y. and Honkan, A. "Experimental techniques for highly resolved measurements of rotation, strain and dissipation-rate tensors in turbulent flows," Measurement Science & Technology (former Physics E) vol. 7, pp. 1462-1472, 1996.
  • Briassulis G., Agui, J., Andreopoulos, J. and Watkins C.B., "A Shock Tube Research Facility for High-Resolution Measurements of Compressible Turbulence" Experim. Thermal and Fluid Science, 13, 430-446, 1996.
  • Honkan, A. and Andreopoulos, J. "Vorticity, Strain rate tensor and Dissipation in the Near Wall of Turbulent Boundary Layer,¡± J. Fluid Mech., 350, pp. 29-96, 1997.
  • Honkan, A. and Andreopoulos, J. "Instantaneous Three Dimensional Vorticity Measurements in Vortical Flow over a Delta Wing," AIAA J., 35(10), pp. 1612-1620, 1997.
  • Andreopoulos Y., Agui J.H. and Briassulis G. " Shock Wave Turbulence Interactions," Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 32: 309-345, 2000
  • Briassulis G, Agui, J. and Andreopoulos Y., ¡°The structure of weakly compressible grid turbulence, J. Fluid Mech. Vol. 432, pp. 219-283, 2001.
  • Andreopoulos Y. and Honkan A. ¡°An experimental study of the dissipative and vortical motions in turbulent boundary layers, ¡° J. Fluid Mech. Vol. 439, pp. 131-163, 2001.
  • Xanthos S., Briassulis G., and Andreopoulos Y., ¡°The interaction of decaying free stream turbulence with a moving shock wave: pressure field¡± AIAA J. Propulsion & Power, vol. 18 (6), pp. 1289-1297, 2002
  • Agui J. H., and Andreopoulos Y., ¡°A new laser vorticity probe ¨C LAVOR: its development and validation in a turbulent boundary layer¡± Exp. Fluids, 34 (2), pp 192-205, 2003.
  • Andreopoulos Y., Gong M., Wang Z., and Xanthos S., ¡°A probe to measure direction and strength of moving shocks or blast waves¡±, AIAA J., vol. 41(3), pp 476-484, 2003.
  • Apostolovski, G. & Andreopoulos, Y., ¡°Micro Actuators for Projectile Flight Control Systems: a Feasibility Study,¡± AIAA J. Aircraft, vol. 41(6), pp. 1336-1346, 2004.
  • Wu X., Weinbaum S., Andreopoulos, Y. ¡°Stagnation point flows in a porous medium,¡± Chemical Engineering Science vol. 60, pp. 123-134, 2005.
  • Agui, J. H., Briassulis, G., Andreopoulos, Y. ¡°Studies of interactions of a propagating shock wave with decaying grid turbulence: velocity and vorticity field,¡± J. Fluid Mech. Vol. 524, pp. 143-195, 2005.
  • Wu, Q., Andreopoulos, Y. & Weinbaum, S., ¡°From red cells to snowboarding to a new concept for a train track¡± Physical Review Letters vol. 93(19), pp. 194501-1 to 194501-4, 2004.
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