Professor Thanos Megaritis
Director of Research/Professor
Howell Building 120
- Email: thanos.megaritis@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266682
Summary
Academic Career
- 2011 to date. Professor in Internal Combustion Engines, Brunel University London
- 2005-2011. Senior Lecturer/Reader in Internal Combustion Engines, Brunel University London
- 1999-2005. Lecturer in Thermofluids, Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
- 1994-1998. Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College London
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- PhD, DIC, Internal Combustion Engines, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- Dipl Ing Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- EurIng(FEANI)
- Chartered Engineer, CEng
Newest selected publications
Pos, R., Avulapati, M., Wardle, R., Cracknell, R., Megaritis, T. and Ganippa, L. (2017) 'Combustion of ligaments and droplets expelled after the end of injection in a multi-hole diesel injector'. FUEL, 197. pp. 459 - 466. ISSN: 0016-2361 Open Access Link
Peng, Z., Megaritis, T., Sung, C-J., Yaga, M., Hellier, P. and Tian, G. (2017) 'Advanced Engine Flows and Combustion'. Journal of Combustion, 2017. pp. 1 - 3. ISSN: 2090-1968
Shinjo, J., Xia, J., Ganippa, LC. and Megaritis, A. (2016) 'Puffing-enhanced fuel/air mixing of an evaporating n-decane/ethanol emulsion droplet and a droplet group under convective heating'. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 793. pp. 444 - 476. ISSN: 0022-1120 Open Access Link
Avulapati, MM., Ganippa, LC., Xia, J. and Megaritis, A. (2016) 'Puffing and micro-explosion of diesel-biodiesel-ethanol blends'. FUEL, 166. pp. 59 - 66. ISSN: 0016-2361 Open Access Link
Shinjo, J., Xia, J., Megaritis, A., Ganippa, LC. and Cracknell, RF. (2016) 'MODELING TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION INSIDE AN EMULSION FUEL DROPLET UNDER CONVECTIVE HEATING: A KEY TO PREDICTING MICROEXPLOSION AND PUFFING'. ATOMIZATION AND SPRAYS, 26 (6). pp. 551 - 583. ISSN: 1044-5110 Open Access Link