Publications

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Book Chapter
  1. A. Sinkevich, S. Bhowmick, and M. Raessi, Strategies for overcoming transport limitations of convective desiccation of trehalose solutions for ambient temperature preservation of biologics, Multiscale Technologies for Cryomedicine – Implementation from Nano to Macroscale, Edited by Xiaoming He and John Bischof, World Scientific Publishing (2016). Link, PDF
Journal publications
  1. A. Pathak and M. Raessi, A 3D, fully Eulerian, VOF-based solver to study the interaction between two fluids and moving rigid bodies using the fictitious domain method, Journal of Computational Physics, 311, pp. 87-113 (2016). Link, PDF
  2. A. Pathak and M. Raessi, A three-dimensional volume-of-fluid method for reconstructing and advecting three-material interfaces forming contact lines, Journal of Computational Physics, 307, pp. 550-573 (2016). Link, PDF
  3. C. Freniere, A. Pathak, M. Raessi, and G. Khanna, Feasibility of Amazon’s Cloud Computing Platform for Parallel GPU-Accelerated Multiphase Flow Simulations, Computing in Science and Engineering, 18 (5), pp. 68-77 (2016). Link
  4. A. Ghasemi, A. Pathak, and M. Raessi, Computational simulation of the interactions between moving rigid bodies and incompressible two-fluid flows, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 94, pp. 1-13 (2014). Link, PDF
  5. L. R. Berard, M. Raessi, M. T. Bauer, P. D. Friedman, and S. R. Codyer, An investigation on the breakup of underwater buoyant oil jets: computational simulations and experiments, Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 23, pp. 981-1000 (2013). Link, PDF
  6. A. Amirzadeh, M. Raessi, and S. Chandra, Producing molten metal droplets smaller than the nozzle diameter using a pneumatic drop-on-demand generator, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 47, pp. 26-33 (2013).Link
  7. M. Raessi and H. Pitsch, Consistent mass and momentum transport for simulating incompressible interfacial flows with large density ratios using the level set method, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 63, pp. 70-81 (2012). Link, PDF
  8. P. D. Friedman, S. Carey, and M. Raessi, Influence of volatile degassing on initial flow structure and entrainment during undersea volcanic fire fountaining eruptions, Natural Scinece, Vol. 4, pp. 1002-1012 (2012).
  9. M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and M. Bussmann, A volume-of-fluid interfacial flow solver with advected normals, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 39, pp. 1401-1410 (2010).Link, PDF
  10. K. Shinoda, M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, T. Yoshida, and H. Murakami, Effect of substrate concave pattern on splat formation of Yttria-stabilized Zirconia in atmospheric plasma spraying, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 18, pp. 609-618 (2009).Link
  11. M. Raessi, M. Bussmann, and J. Mostaghimi, A semi-implicit finite volume implementation of the CSF method for treating surface tension in interfacial flows, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 59, pp. 1093-110 (2009). Link, PDF
  12. I.V. Roisman, L. Opfer, C. Tropea, M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and S. Chandra, Drop impact onto a dry surface: role of the dynamic contact angle, Colloids and Surfaces A, Vol. 322, pp. 183-191 (2008).Link
  13. M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and M. Bussmann, Advecting normal vectors: a new method for calculating interface normals and curvatures when modeling two-phase flows, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 226, pp. 774-797 (2007).Link, PDF
  14. H.R. Salimijazi, M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and T.W. Coyle, Study of solidification behavior and splat morphology of vacuum plasma sprayed Ti alloy by computational modeling and experimental observations, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 201, pp. 7924-7931 (2007).Link
  15. M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and M. Bussmann, Effect of surface roughness on splat shapes in the plasma spray coating process, Thin Solid Films, Vol. 506-507, pp. 133-135 (2006).Link
  16. M. Raessi and J. Mostaghimi, Three-dimensional modeling of density variation due to phase change in complex free surface flows, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, Vol. 47, pp. 507-531 (2005).Link
  17. N.Z. Mehdizadeh, M. Raessi, S. Chandra, and J. Mostaghimi, Effect of substrate temperature on splashing of molten tin droplets, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 126, pp. 445-452 (2004).Link
Publication in peer-reviewed/refereed conferences
  1. M. Raessi, M. Thiele, and B. Amirzadeh, Computational simulation of the impact and freezing of micron-size water droplets on super-hydrophobic surfaces, ASME Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 2013.
  2. S. Codyer, M. Raessi, and G. Khanna, Using Graphics Processing Units to accelerate numerical simulations of interfacial incompressible flows, ASME Fluid Engineering Conference, Puerto Rico, USA, 2012.
  3. M. Raessi and R. Sendha, Effects of heat transfer on the spreading and freezing of molten droplets impinging onto textured surfaces – A computational study, ASME Heat Transfer Conference, Puerto Rico, USA, 2012.
  4. M. Raessi and H. Pitsch, A level-set based methodology for modeling interfacial flows characterized by large density ratios, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Institute of Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Cincinnati, OH, 2010.
  5. M. Raessi, M. Bussmann, and J. Mostaghimi, An implicit implementation of surface tension in finite volume models for two-phase flows, Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Institute of Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems Conference, Chicago, IL, 2007.
  6. M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and M. Bussmann, A new method in calculating interface normal vectors and curvatures in modeling free-surface flows, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Institute of Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Toronto, ON, 2006.
  7. M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and M. Bussmann, Impact and solidification of droplets onto rough substrates, in: E. Lugscheider (Ed.), International Thermal Spray Conference, Basel, Switzerland, 2005.
  8. M. Raessi, J. Mostaghimi, and M. Bussmann, Droplet impact during the plasma spray process – Effect of surface roughness on splat shapes, in: J. Mostaghimi, T.W. Coyle, V. Pershin, and H.R. Salimijazi (Eds.), 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Plasma Spray and Thermal Plasma Materials Processing, Toronto, ON, 2005.
  9. A. McDonald, M. Raessi, S. Chandra, J. Mostaghimi, C. Moreau, Fragmentation of plasma-sprayed molybdenum particles on glass surfaces, in: B. Marple, M. Hyland, Y. Lau, R. Lima, and J. Voyer (Eds.), International Thermal Spray Conference, Seattle, WA, 2006.
  10. H.R. Salimijazi, M. Raessi, T.W. Coyle, and J. Mostaghimi, Numerical simulation and experimental evaluation of solidification behavior of vacuum plasma sprayed Ti-6Al-4V alloy, in: J. Mostaghimi, T.W. Coyle, V. Pershin, and H.R. Salimijazi (Eds.), 17th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Plasma Spray and Thermal Plasma Materials Processing, Toronto, ON, 2005.
  11. J. Mostaghimi and M. Raessi, Heat transfer in thermal spray coatings, in: G. Vaidyanathan, B.V.S.S.S. Prasad, C. Balaji, Y. Joshi (Eds.), XVII National and VI ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India, 2004.
  12. N.Z. Mehdizadeh, M. Raessi, S. Chandra, and J. Mostaghimi, Effect of substrate temperature on splashing of molten tin droplets, in: G. Vaidyanathan, B.V.S.S.S. Prasad, C. Balaji, Y. Joshi (Eds.), XVII National and VI ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India, 2004.
  13. M. Raessi and J. Mostaghimi, Three-dimensional modeling of solidification shrinkage, Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Vancouver, BC, 2003.
Peer-reviewed technical reports
  1. M. Raessi and H. Pitsch, Modeling interfacial flows characterized by large density ratios with the level set method, Annual Research Briefs, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford, CA, 2009.Link
  2. M. Raessi, A level set based method for calculating flux densities in two-phase flows, Annual Research Briefs, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford, CA, 2008.Link
  3. M. Herrmann, J.M. Lopez, P. Brady, and M. Raessi, Thermocapillary motion of deformable drops and bubbles, Proceedings of the 2008 Summer Program, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford, CA, 2008.Link