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Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Washington
M.S. University of Washington
B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Macdonald Engineering Building, Rm 464 Map
External Website
514.398.6297 [office]
514-398-7365 [Fax]
andrew.higgins [at] mcgill.ca (Email) |
Research Interests
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
Current Research Projects
- Combustion of Bulk Metals in Supersonic Flow
- Existence and Stability of Oblique Detonation
Most Significant Publications
- 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.
Related Links
Electronic Publication
- 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
Electronic Publication
- 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.
Related Links
Electronic Publication
- Tanguay, V., Goroshin, S., Higgins, A.J., and Zhang, F., "Aluminum particle combustion in high-speed detonation products," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 181, Issue 4, April 2009, pp. 670-693.
Related Links
Electronic Publication
- Jetté, F.X., Goroshin, S., Higgins, A.J., and Lee, J.J., "Experimental Investigation of Gasless Detonation in Metal-Sulfur Compositions," Combustion, Explosion, and Shock Waves, Vol. 45, Number 2, March 2009, pp. 211-217.
Related Links
Electronic Publication
- Additional significant publications
Courses
MECH 201. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering.
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Credits: 2
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The practice of Mechanical Engineering: its scope and context. The role of Design. Introduction to the Design process. The role of engineering analysis and socio-economic factors in Design. Introduction to the individual mechanical engineering subjects and their role in Design. Case studies.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Review of thermodynamics of gases, one dimensional isentropic flow and choking. Nozzles and wind tunnels. Normal shock waves. Flow in constant area ducts with friction and heat exchange. Compressible irrotational flow. Oblique shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer expansion. Supersonic aerofoil and wing theory.
- Course description change awaiting University approval
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites: MECH 331 and MECH 240.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Review of classical mechanics; Boltzmann statistics, thermodynamics of ideal gases; Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein statistics, Gibbsian ensembles; elementary kinetic theory of transport processes, Boltzmann equation, Boltzmann H-theorem and entropy, KBG approximation, discussion on the solution of Boltzmann equation; Maxwell transport equations, derivation of Navier Stokes equations.
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