Zhang, A., Millmore, S.T. and Nikiforakis N. (2023), "Thermal Simulation of Millimetre Wave Ablation of Geological Materials" perprint at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.00681
Bennett, W.P., Millmore, S.T. , and Nikiforakis, N. (2022), "The Development of a Multi-Physics Approach for Modelling the Response of Aerospace Fastener Assemblies to Lightning Attachment". Pre-print at https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.05360
Wallis, T., Barton, P.T. and Nikiforakis, N. (2022). "A multi-physics method for fracture and fragmentation at high strain-rates." submitted. Pre-print at https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2210.04037
Yamashita, R. and Nikiforakis N. (2023). "Three-dimensional full-field simulation of sonic boom emanating from complex geometries over buildings" Shock Waves 33, 149–167 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-023-01125-6
Heather A Muir and Nikolaos Nikiforakis (2022), "Numerical modelling of imposed magnetohydrodynamic effects in hypersonic flows", Physics of Fluids 34, 107114 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0115424
Wilkinson, S.D., Barton, P.T., and Nikiforakis N. (2022) A thermal equilibrium approach to modelling multiple solid-fluid interactions with phase transitions, with application to cavitation. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 157, 104234 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2022.104234
Demattè, R., Michael, L. and Nikiforakis N. (2022). Reacting condensed phase explosives in direct contact. Journal of Applied Physics, 131, 095901 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0075851
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M. Apsley, S. T. Millmore, and N. Nikiforakis (2022), Equation of state-driven radiative models for simulation of lightning strikes, Physics of Fluids 34, 016103 (2022) Featured article https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0074430
Simulating lightning strikes to improve aircraft safety, Article in AIP Scilight, https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/10.0009253
Muir H., Michael L., Nikiforakis N. (2022) Numerical Methodologies for Magnetohydrodynamic Flow Control for Hypersonic Vehicles. In: King R., Peitsch D. (eds) Active Flow and Combustion Control 2021. AFCC 2021. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 152. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90727-3_21
Cutforth M., Barton, P. and Nikiforakis N. (2021). A volume-of-fluid reconstruction based interface sharpening algorithm for a reduced equation model of two-material compressible flow. Computers and Fluids 231, 105158 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.105158
Nikodemou, M., Michael, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2021). A unified multi-phase and multi-material formulation for combustion modelling. Physics of Fluids 33, 106113 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0064772
Wallis, T., Barton, P.T. and Nikiforakis, N. (2021). A Flux-enriched Godunov Method for Multi-material Problems with Interface Slide and Void Opening. Journal of Computational Physics, 442, 110499 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110499
Wallis, T., Barton, P.T. and Nikiforakis, N. (2021). A Diffuse Interface Model of Reactive-fluids and Solid-dynamics. Computers and Structures, 254, 106578 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2021.106578
Cutforth M., Barton, P. and Nikiforakis N. (2021). An efficient moment-of-fluid interface tracking method. Computers and Fluids 224, 104964 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.104964
Träuble, F., Millmore, S. and Nikiforakis, N. (2021) An improved equation of state for air plasma simulations. Physics of Fluids 33, 036112 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044008
Yamashita, R. and Nikiforakis N. (2021). Numerical Simulation of Multiple Reflections and Diffractions of Sonic Boom around Buildings. AIAA Journal 59:7, 2478-2489 https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J060184
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Ioannou, E. and Nikiforakis, N. (2021). Multiphysics modeling of the initiating capability of detonators Part II: Booster initiation. Journal of Applied Physics 129, 025903 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0031260
Ioannou, E. and Nikiforakis, N. (2021). Multiphysics modeling of the initiating capability of detonators. Part I: The underwater test. Journal of Applied Physics 129, 025902 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0030478
Bakalis, G., Tang-Yuk, K.C., Mi, X., Nikiforakis, N. and Ng, H.D. (2021). Numerical simulation of deflagration-to-detonation transition via shock–multiple flame kernels interactions. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 83, 111-126 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2020.05.016
Mi, X., Michael, L., Nikiforakis, N. and Higgins, A.J. (2020). Computational investigation of preshock desensitization of liquid nitromethane with air-filled cavities. AIP Conference Proceedings, V2272, 1, p070033. https://doi.org/10.1063/12.0001023
Mi, X., Michael, L., Nikiforakis, N. and Higgins, A.J. (2020). Effect of spatial distribution of mesoscale heterogeneities on the shock-to-detonation transition in liquid nitromethane. Combustion and Flame, 222,392-410 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.08.053
Yamashita, R. and Nikiforakis, N. (2020). Full-Field Three-Dimensional Simulation of Sonic Boom Emanating from Complex Geometries AIAA 2020-2585 https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2585
Yamashita, R., Wutschitz, R. and Nikiforakis N. (2020). A full-field simulation methodology for sonic boom modeling with Cartesian cut-cell and adaptively-refined meshes. Journal of Computational Physics, 408, 109271 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109271
Millmore, S.T. and Nikiforakis N. (2020). Multi-physics simulations of lightning strike on elastoplastic substrates. Journal of Computational Physics, 405, 109142 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.109142
Michael, L., Millmore, S.T. and Nikiforakis N. (2020). A multi-physics methodology for four-states of matter. Communications on Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2, pages 487–514 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42967-019-00047-4
Strickson, O., Nikiforakis, N. and Artacho E. (2019). Dynamical continuum simulation of condensed matter from first principles. Phys. Rev. Research 1, 033199. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033199
Michael L., Nikiforakis N. (2019) Control of Condensed-Phase Explosive Behaviour by Means of Cavities and Solid Particles. In: King R. (eds) Active Flow and Combustion Control 2018. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 141. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98177-2_18
Jackson H. and Nikiforakis N. (2019). A unified Eulerian framework for multimaterial continuum mechanics. Journal of Computational Physics, V401, 109022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.109022
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Sverdrup, K., Almgren, A. and Nikiforakis N. (2019). An embedded boundary approach for efficient simulations of viscoplastic fluids in three dimensions. Physics of Fluids 31, 093102; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5110654
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Mi,X.C., Michael,L., Ioannou,E., Nikiforakis,N., Higgins,A.J. and Ng,H.D. (2019). Meso-resolved simulations of shock-to-detonation transition in nitromethane with air-filled cavities. Journal of Applied Physics 125 (24), 245901 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093990
Roosing A., Strickson O.T. and Nikiforakis N. (2019). Fast narrow band signed distance function for mesh generation on GPUs. Commun. Comput. Phys., 26 (2019), pp. 654-680. https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2018-013
Jackson H. and Nikiforakis N. (2019). A numerical scheme for non-Newtonian fluids and plastic solids under the GPR model. Journal of Computational Physics, V387, pp. 410-429, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.02.025
Mi, X.C., Higgins, A.J., Kiyanda, C.B. et al. (2018). Effect of spatial inhomogeneities on detonation propagation with yielding confinement. Shock Waves, 28 (5), pp. 993-1009 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-018-0847-8
Sverdrup,K., Nikiforakis, N. and Almgren, A. (2018). Highly parallelisable simulations of time-dependent viscoplastic fluid flow simulations with structured adaptive mesh refinement. Physics of Fluids 30, 093102; Featured article https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5049202
Gokhale, N. Nikiforakis, N. and Klein, R. (2018). A dimensionally split Cartesian cut cell method for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 375, pp. 1205-1219, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.09.023
Ioannou, E., Nikiforakis, N. and Michael, L. (2018). Modelling of Detonation and Desensitization in Condensed Phase Explosives of Complex Geometry. Sixteenth International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, in print (peer-reviewed)
Wilkinson, S. D., Nikiforakis, N. and Michael, L. (2018). Calibration of Rate Laws for Hydrocode Modeling of Explosives. Sixteenth International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, in print (peer-reviewed)
Koblitz, R.S., Lovett, S. and Nikiforakis, N. (2018). Viscoplastic squeeze flow between two identical infinite circular cylinders. Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, iss. 2, 023301. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.023301
Gokhale, N. Nikiforakis, N. and Klein, R. (2018). A dimensionally split Cartesian cut cell method for hyperbolic conservation laws. Journal of Computational Physics, V364,pp. 186-208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.03.005
Bennett W.P., Nikiforakis, N. and Klein, R. (2018). A moving boundary flux stabilization method for Cartesian cut-cell grids using directional operator splitting. Journal of Computational Physics, V368, pp. 333-358, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.04.048
Michael L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2018) A multi-physics methodology for the simulation of reactive flow and elastoplastic structural response. Journal of Computational Physics,V367, pp 1-27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.03.037
Wilkinson, S. D., Braithwaite, M., Nikiforakis, N. and Michael. L (2017). A complete equation of state for non-ideal condensed phase explosives. Journal of Applied Physics 122, 225112; https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5006901
Michael, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2019). The evolution of the temperature field during cavity collapse in liquid nitromethane. Part I: Inert case. Shock Waves 29: pp. 153-172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-018-0802-8
Michael, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2019). The evolution of the temperature field during cavity collapse in liquid nitromethane. Part II: Reactive case. Shock Waves 29: pp. 173-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00193-018-0803-7
Ioannou, E., Schoch, S., Nikiforakis, N. and Michael, L. (2017). Detonation propagation in annular arcs of condensed phase explosives. Physics of Fluids. Physics of Fluids 29, 11. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996995
Koblitz, A.R., Lovett, S., Nikiforakis, N. and Henshaw, W.D. (2017). Direct numerical simulation of particulate flows with an overset grid method. Journal of Computational Physics v343, pp 414-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.04.058
Koblitz, A. R., Lovett, S. and Nikiforakis, N. (2018). Direct numerical simulation of particle sedimentation in a Bingham fluid. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 3, 093302 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.093302
Mi, X.C., Higgins, A.J., Ng, H.D., Kiyanda, C.B., and Nikiforakis N. (2017). Propagation of gaseous detonation waves in a spatially inhomogeneous reactive medium. Phys. Rev. Fluids. 2, 053201 https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.053201
Aspden, A., Nikiforakis, N., Bell, J., & Dalziel, S. (2017). Turbulent jets with off-source heating. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 824, 766-784. https://doi:10.1017/jfm.2017.272
Michael, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2016). A hybrid formulation for the numerical simulation of condensed phase explosives. Journal of Computational Physics, v316, pp 193-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2016.04.017
Cullis, I.G., Nikiforakis, N., Frankl, P., Blakely, P., Bennett, P. and Greenwood, P. (2016). Simulating geometrically complex blast scenarios. Defence Technology, Volume 12, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dt.2016.01.005
Yamazaki, H., Satomura, T. and Nikiforakis, N. (2016). 3D cut-cell modelling for high-resolution atmospheric simulations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 42: 1335–1350. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2736
Wutschitz, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2016). A Cartesian Cut-Cell Approach for Modelling Air and Water Droplet Flow. 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2016-0600). http://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-0600
Bennett, W.P., Michael, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2016). Cartesian Cut-Cell and GFM Approaches to Free-Surface and Moving Boundary Interaction. 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2016-0602). http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-0602
Blakely, P.M. and Nikiforakis, N. (2015). Relativistic Bondi-Hoyle-Lyttleton Accretion: A Parametric Study. Astronomy and Astrophysics, in print. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525763
Lovett, S., Monmont, F., Nikiforakis, N. (2015). An experimentally-based in-situ combustion model with adaptive meshing. Combustion and Flame, 162(4), 960-977. https://doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.09.018
Blakely, P.M., Nikiforakis, N. & Henshaw, W.D. (2015). Assessment of the MUSTA approach for numerical relativistic hydrodynamics. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 575. https://doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425182
Blakely, P.M., Nikiforakis, N. & Henshaw, W.D (2015). General relativistic hydrodynamics on overlapping curvilinear grids. Astronomy & Astrophysics 575, A103. https://doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425184
Schoch, S., & Nikiforakis, N. (2015). Numerical modelling of underwater detonation of non-ideal condensed-phase explosives. Physics of Fluids, 27(1). https://doi:10.1063/1.4905337
Lovett, S., Nikiforakis, N., Monmont, F. (2015). Adaptive mesh refinement for compressible thermal flow in porous media. Journal of Computational Physics 280, 21-36. https://doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2014.09.017
Teng, H.H., Morgan, G.H., Kiyanda, C.B., Nikiforakis N. and Ng H.D. (2015). GPU-based simulation of the two-dimensional unstable structure of gaseous oblique detonations. American Institute of Physics Conf. Proc. 1648, 030027 (peer-reviewed). https://doi:10.1063/1.4912344
Michael, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2014). The temperature field around collapsing cavities in condensed phase explosives. Fifteenth International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, ONR-43-280-15, pp. 60-70 (peer-reviewed)
Salmond, J. and Nikiforakis, N. (2014). Characterisation of Reaction Waves in the Initiation of Detonation. Fifteenth International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, ONR-43-280-15, pp. 940-950 (peer-reviewed)
Schoch, S. and Nikiforakis, N. (2014). Propagation of detonation waves in ANFO confined by high sound-speed materials. Fifteenth International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, ONR-43-280-15, pp. 1031-1041 (peer-reviewed)
Croft, E.M., Chan, S.K., Kirby, I.J. and Nikiforakis, N. (2014). Modelling multiphase detonation with streamline models. Fifteenth International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, ONR-43-280-15, pp. 1096-1106 (peer-reviewed)
Kiyanda, C.B., Morgan, G.H., Nikiforakis, N., & Ng, H.D. (2014). High resolution GPU-based flow simulation of the gaseous methane-oxygen detonation structure. Journal of Visualization. https://doi:10.1007/s12650-014-0247-9
Lovett, S., Monmont, F., & Nikiforakis, N. (2014). An experimentally-based in-situ combustion model with adaptive meshing. Combustion and Flame. Volume 162, Issue 4, pp 960–977. https://doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.09.018
Schoch, S., Nikiforakis, N., Lee, B.J., Saurel. R. (2013). Multi-phase simulation of ammonium nitrate emulsion detonations. Combustion and Flame, Volume 160, Issue 9, pp. 1883-1899. https://doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.03.033
Schoch, S., Nordin-Bates, K.R., Nikiforakis, N. (2013). An Eulerian algorithm for coupled simulations of elastoplastic-solids and condensed-phase explosives. Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 252, pp 163–194. https://doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2013.06.020
Schoch, S., Nikiforakis, N., Lee, B. J. (2013). The propagation of detonation waves in non-ideal condensed-phase explosives confined by high sound-speed materials. Physics of Fluids, Vol.25, 8. https://doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2013.06.020
B.J. Lee, E.F. Toro, C.E. Castro, N. Nikiforakis, (2013). Adaptive Osher-type scheme for the Euler equations with highly nonlinear equations of state. Journal of Computational Physics, 246:165-183. https://doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2013.03.046
van Odyck, D.E.A., Lovett, S., Monmont, F., and Nikiforakis, N. (2012). An efficient shock capturing scheme for multicomponent multiphase thermal flow in porous media. Proc. R. Soc. A. Volume: 471, Issue 2182. doi: https://10.1098/rspa.2012.0152
Monmont, F.B.J., Van-Odyck, D.E.A., & Nikiforakis, N. (2011). Experimental and theoretical study of the combustion of n-triacontane in porous media. Fuel. Volume 93, March 2012, Pages 28-36. https://doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2011.09.027
Ng, H.D., Abderrahmane, H.A., Bates, K.R., & Nikiforakis, N. (2011). The growth of fractal dimension of an interface evolution from the interaction of a shock wave with a rectangular block of SF6. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 16(11), 4158-4162. https://doi:10.1016/j.cnsns.2011.03.016
Monmont, F.B.J., Lovett, S., Nikiforakis N. (2011). Multiphase multicomponent thermal models and their application to in-situ combustion. IOR 2011-16th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery. https://doi:10.3997/2214-4609.201404752
Michael, L., Nikiforakis, N., and Bates K.R. (2010). Numerical Simulations of Shock-Induced Void Collapse in Liquid Explosives. 14th International Detonation Symposium, Office of Naval Research, ONR-351-10-185, pp. 1127-1136 (peer-reviewed)
N. Nikiforakis (2009). Theme Issue: Mesh generation and mesh adaptation for large-scale Earth-system modelling. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 367 (1907).
Nikiforakis, N. (2009). Mesh generation and mesh adaptation for large-scale Earth-system modelling. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A Math Phys Eng Sci, 367(1907), 4473-4481. doi:10.1098/rsta.2009.0197
Klein, R., Bates, K.R., & Nikiforakis, N. (2009). Well-balanced compressible cut-cell simulation of atmospheric flow. Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci, 367(1907), 4559-4575. doi:10.1098/rsta.2009.0174
Cael, G., Ng, H.D., Bates, K.R., Nikiforakis, N., & Short, M. (2009). Numerical simulation of detonation structures using a thermodynamically consistent and fully conservative reactive flow model for multi-component computations. Proc Roy Soc A, 465(2107), 2135-2153. https://doi:10.1098/rspa.2008.0371
Slingo, J., Bates, K., Nikiforakis, N., Piggott, M., Roberts, M., Shaffrey, L., Weller, H. (2009). Developing the next-generation climate system models: challenges and achievements. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 367, 815-831. https://doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0207
Van Odyck, D.E.A., Bell, J. B., Monmont, F., & Nikiforakis, N. (2009). The mathematical structure of multiphase thermal models of flow in porous media. Proc Roy Soc A, 465(2102), 523-549. https://doi:10.1098/rspa.2008.0268
Aspden, A., Nikiforakis, N., Dalziel, S., & Bell, J.B. (2008). Analysis of implicit LES methods. Comm App Math Com Sc, 3(1), 103-126. https://doi:10.2140/camcos.2008.3.103
Bates, K.R., Nikiforakis, N., & Holder, D. (2007). Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced by the interaction of a shock wave with a rectangular block of SF6. Phys Fluids, 19(3). https://doi:10.1063/1.2565486
Ng, H.D., Botros, B.B., Chao, J., Yang, J.M., Nikiforakis, N., & Lee, J. H. S. (2006). Head-on collision of a detonation with a planar shock wave. Shock Waves, 15(5), 341-352. https://doi:10.1007/s00193-006-0022-5
Anile, A. M., Nikiforakis, N., Romano, V., & Russo, G. (2005). Discretization of semiconductor device problems (II). Chapter 5 of Handbook of Numerical Analysis Vol. XIII: special volume Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics. Elsevier, North-Holland. https://doi:10.1016/S1570-8659(04)13005-6 pp443-522
Nikiforakis, N. (2005). AMR for global atmospheric modelling. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering: Adaptive mesh Refinement-Theory and applications Vol. 41 (pp. 505-526). doi:10.1007/3-540-27039-6_38
Ng, H.D., Radulescu, M.I., Higgins, A.J., Nikiforakis, N., & Lee, J.H.S. (2005). Numerical investigation of the instability for one-dimensional Chapman-Jouguet detonations with chain-branching kinetics. Combustion Theory and Modelling, 9(3), 385-401. https://doi:10.1080/13647830500307758
Patterson, M.D., Simpson, J.E., Dalziel, S.B., & Nikiforakis, N. (2005). Numerical modelling of two-dimensional and axisymmetric gravity currents. Int. J. Numerical Methods in Fluids Vol. 47 (pp. 1221-1227). https://doi:10.1002/fld.841
Ng, H.D., Higgins, A.J., Kiyanda, C.B., Radulescu, M.I., Lee, J.H.S., Bates, K.R., Nikiforakis, N. (2005). Nonlinear dynamics and chaos analysis of one-dimensional pulsating detonations. Combustion Theory and Modelling, 9(1), 159-170. https://doi:10.1080/13647830500098357
Ng, H.D., Nikiforakis, N., & Lee, J.H.S. (2005). Head-on collision of a detonation with a planar shock wave. Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves Vol. 2, pp. 745-750, Beijing, China, July 11-16, 2004
Hubbard, M.E., & Nikiforakis, N. (2003). A three-dimensional, adaptive, Godunov-type model for global atmospheric flows. Mon Weather Rev, 131(8), 1848-1864. https://doi.org/10.1175//2568.1
Legnani, W.E., Canziani, P O., O Neill, A., & Nikiforakis, N. (2004). The AMR adaptive grid model and its use in the study of the 2002 anomalous polar vortex. Mecánica Computacional, 23, 2819-2830.
Lowe, D., MacKenzie, A.R., Nikiforakis, N., & Kettleborough, J. (2003). A condensed-mass advection based model for the simulation of liquid polar stratospheric clouds. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 29-38. https://doi:10.5194/acp-3-29-2003
Anile, A.M., Nikiforakis, N., & Pidatella, R.M. (2001). Assessment of a high resolution centered scheme for the solution of hydrodynamical semiconductor equations. SIAM J Sci Comput, 22(5), 1533-1548. https://doi:10.1137/S1064827599361588
Walker, B., & Nikiforakis, N. (2001). A large timestep Godunov-type model of global atmospheric chemistry and transport. In E. F. Toro (Ed.), Godunov Methods: Theory and Applications (pp. 1015-1022). https://doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0663-8_94
K. N. C. Bray and N. Nikiforakis (1999). Theme Issue: Combustion science at the end of the millennium. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 357 (1764).
Bray, K.N.C., & Nikiforakis, N. (1999). Combustion science at the end of the millennium - Preface. Phil Trans Roy Soc A, 357(1764), 3483-3487
Clarke, J.F., & Nikiforakis, N. (1999). Remarks on diffusionless combustion. Phil Trans Roy Soc A, 357(1764), 3605-3620. https://doi:10.1098/rsta.1999.0512
Vassilicos, J. C., & Nikiforakis, N. (1997). Flamelet-vortex interaction and the Gibson scale. Combustion and Flame, 109(3), 293-302. https://doi:10.1016/S0010-2180(96)00165-4
MacKenzie, A.R., Nikiforakis, N., & Sessler, J. (1997). The wrong kind of snow: polar stratospheric clouds and ozone depletion. Journal of Aerosol Science, 28, 337. https://doi:10.1016/S0021-8502(97)86848-6
Nikiforakis, N., & Clarke, J.F. (1996). Numerical studies of the evolution of detonations. Mathematical and Computing Modelling Vol. 24 (pp. 149-164). https://doi:10.1016/0895-7177(96)00147-1
Nikiforakis, N., & Clarke, J.F. (1996). Quasi-steady structures in the two-dimensional initiation of detonations. Proc Roy Soc A, 452(1952), 2023-2042. https://doi:10.1098/rspa.1996.0107
Dold J.W., Short M., Clarke J.F. and Nikiforakis, N. (1995). Accumulating sequence of ignitions from a propagating pulse. Combustion and Flame 100 465-473. https://doi:10.1016/0010-2180(94)00232-H
Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
Bakalis, G., Yuk, K.C. T., Mi, H. D., and Nikiforakis, N.(2019). Numerical modelling of detonation initiation vis shock interaction with multiple flame kernels, AIP Conference Proceedings 2116 (1), 030028 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5114012
Sverdrup, K., Nikiforakis, N. and Almgren, A. (2018) Numerical Simulations of Immiscible Generalised Newtonian Fluids, 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6) 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7) Glasgow, UK
Mi, X.C., Michael, L., Nikiforakis, N. and Higgins, A. J. (2019) Shock-to-detonation transition in nitromethane with spatially non-uniform distributions of air-filled cavities. 27th ICDERS meeting Beijing, China
Mi, X.C., Michael, L., Nikiforakis, N. and Higgins, A. J. (2019), Computational investigation of preshock desensitization of liquid nitromethane with air-filled cavities. SHOCK 19 21st Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Vol 64 (8) Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
Yuk, K.C.T., Mi, X.C., Lee, J.H.S., Ng, H.D., Nikiforakis, N. (2019) Transmission of Cellular Detonation Waves across a Density Discontinuity. 27th ICDERS Beijing China 2019
Michael,L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2019) Electromagnetic pulses generated by detonations. 17th International Conference on Numerical Combustion May 6-8, 2019 Aachen, Germany
Mi, X.C., Michael,L., Nikiforakis, N. and Higgins, A.J. (2019) Effect of hot-spot clusters on shock-to-detonation transition (SDT) in nitromethane with air-filled cavities. 17th International Conference on Numerical Combustion May 6-8, 2019 Aachen, Germany
Michael, L., Millmore S.T. and Nikiforakis, N. (2018) A numerical methodology for simulating plasma arc-induced detonations, 16th International Detonation Symposium Proceedings
Ioannou, E., Michael,L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2017) Whole-System Detonation Modelling for Practical Applications, Sixteenth International Conference on Numerical Combustion Orlando, Florida
Mi, X.C., Higgins, A.J., Ng,H.D , Kiyanda, C.B. and Nikiforakis, N. (2017) Propagation Limit of Detonation Waves in a Spatially Heterogeneous Reactive Medium with Yielding Confinement, Sixteenth International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Orlando, Florida
Wilkinson, S. D., Nikiforakis, N. and Michael, L., (2017) Equations of State for Predictive Modelling of Confined, Condensed-Phase Explosives, Sixteenth International Conference on Numerical Combustion Orlando, Florida
Harcombe, G., Nikiforakis, N. and Martin Braithwaite (2017) A Thermochemical Algorithm for Combustion Modelling, Sixteenth International Conference on Numerical Combustion Orlando, Florida
Jackson, H. and Nikiforakis N. (2017) A New Approach for Cook-Off Modelling, Sixteenth International Conference on Numerical Combustion Orlando, Florida
Di Labbio, G., Kiyanda, C.B., X. Mi, Higgins, A.J. and N. Nikiforakis, N. (2016). Investigation of detonation velocity in heterogeneous explosive system using the reactive Burgers’ analog. AIP Conference Proceedings 1738, 030011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4951767
Ng, H.D., Kiyanda, C.B., Morgan, G.H., Nikiforakis N. (2015). The Influence of High-Frequency Instabilities on the Direct Initiation of Two-Dimensional Gaseous Detonations. 25th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Leeds.
Michael L. and Nikiforakis N. (2015). Coupled Simulations of Condensed-Phase Explosives and Elastic-Plastic Solids. 15th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Avignon France.
Ioannou E., and Nikiforakis N. (2015). Propagation of detonations in curved geometries of compliantly confined solid explosives. 15th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Avignon France.
Ng, H.D., Kiyanda, C.B. Morgan, G.H., N. Nikiforakis (2015). On the influence of instabilities on the direct blast initiation of two-dimensional detonations, 15th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Avignon France.
Di Labbio, G., Kiyanda, C.B., Mi, X.C., Higgins, A.J., Nikiforakis N. and Ng H.D. (2015) Investigation of detonation propagation through an array of random discrete energy sources using the reactive Burgers' analog. 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Bulletin of the American Physical Society Volume 60, Number 21.
Strickson, O., Artacho, E. and Nikiforakis, N. (2015). Ab initio shock waves in silicon: efficiently locating the Hugoniot locus with first-principles molecular dynamics. 19th Biennial Conference of the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Volume 60, Number 8.
Johnstone, E.J. and Nikiforakis, N. (2013). Cavity Collapse in Elastic-plastic Materials. SIAM Conference on Numerical Combustion, San Antonio Texas, USA.
Michael, L. and Nikiforakis, N. (2013). Heterogeneous Nitromethane Ignition and Transition to Detonation. SIAM Conference on Numerical Combustion, San Antonio Texas, USA.
Schoch, S. and Nikiforakis, N. (2013). Multi-phase Detonations in Elastic-plastic Confinement. SIAM Conference on Numerical Combustion, San Antonio Texas, USA.
Schoch, S.,Nikiforakis N., and Saurel R. (2011). Multi-phase simulation of Ammonium Nitrate Emulsion Detonations. Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations: Theory and Applications. University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Saurel, R., Schoch, S., and Nikiforakis N. (2011). Chapman-Jouguet conditions with temperature and velocity disequilibrium. Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Equations: Theory and Applications. University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Lovett, S, van Odyck, D.E.A., and Nikiforakis, N. (2011). Multicomponent, multiphase simulation of in-situ combustion in porous media. 13th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Corfu, Greece.
Michael, L. and Nikiforakis N. (2011). Resolved simulations of void collapse in liquid explosives. 13th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Corfu, Greece.
Schoch S. and Nikiforakis N. (2011). Detonation propagation in explosives and confiner structural response. 13th International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Corfu, Greece.
Aspden A.J. and Nikiforakis, N. (2010). Monotone integrated large eddy simulation of Buoyant Turbulent Jets with Off-Source Heating. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Paris, France
Schoch, S., & Nikiforakis, N. (2009). Non-ideal detonation behaviour of PBX 9502. 16th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. Bulletin of the American Physical Society Vol. 54 Number 8.
Aspden A.J. and Nikiforakis N. (2009). Monotone integrated large eddy simulation of open shear flows. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Cambridge, UK.
Nikiforakis N. and Bates K.R. (2009). Emergence of detonation in the flowfield induced by Richtmyer-Meshkov instability. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, Cambridge, UK.
Aspden A.J., Nikiforakis, N., Dalziel S. (2008). Buoyant Turbulent Jets with Off-Source Heating. Part I: ILES Simulations. 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Bulletin of the American Physical Society Volume 53, Number 15.
Nikiforakis, N. and Anile, A.M. (2004). Finite volume schemes and Adaptive Mesh Refinement for semiconductor simulations. 5th Int Workshop, Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering.
Patterson, M.D., Simpson, J.E., Dalziel, S.B. and Nikiforakis, N., (2004). Numerical simulations of two-dimensional and axisymmetric gravity currents. ICFD Conference on Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, 2004-01-01, University of Oxford.
Nikiforakis N. (2002). Generic Mechanisms of Detonation Initiation. 9th Int. Conference on Numerical Combustion, Sorrento, Italy.
Nikiforakis N. and Toro E.F. (1995). Evaluation of the WAF method for kinematic and dynamic Atmospheric Modelling Problems. Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics V K. W. Morton, M. J. Baines Clarendon Press
Anile, A.M., Nikiforakis, N. and Pidatella R.M. (1999). Moment equations for carrier transport in semiconductors. EQUADIFF Proceedings, Berlin, pp1317-1321.
Anile, A.M., Nikiforakis, N., Pidatella, R.M. (1999). FLIC scheme for the numerical solution of semiconductor transport equations, Equadiff 99, Springer, Berlin.
Nikiforakis N. (1998). Riemann Problem Based Methods and AMR for Global Atmospheric Modelling. Fourth European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences CFD Conference, Athens, Greece.