Andrew Higgins
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Ph.D. University of Washington M.S. University of Washington B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interest
Detonation in gaseous, heterogeneous, and condensed-phase energetic materials. Shock waves, blast waves, and explosions. Supersonic reacting flow and propulsion. Hypervelocity flow and hypervelocity accelerators
Publications
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Petel, O.E., and Higgins, A.J., "Shock wave propagation in dense particle suspensions," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 108(11), 2010, pp. 4918-4931.
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Tang, F.D., Goroshin, G., and Higgins, A.J., "Modes of particle combustion in iron dust flames," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, Issue 2, 2011, pp. 1975-1982. Related Links
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Verreault, J., and Higgins, A.J., "Initiation of detonation by conical projectiles," Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, Issue 2, 2011, pp. 2311-2318.
