Andrew Belmonte

Andrew Belmonte
Associate Professor of Mathematics and
Materials Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
322 McAllister Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-2491
belmonte@math.psu.edu
http://www.math.psu.edu/belmonte/

Research Interests: 
  • Rheology of Complex Fluids
  • Electrocapillary Effects and Fluid Mechanics in Electric Fields
  • Fragmentation of Brittle and Soft Solids
  • Micellar Aggregates (Wormlike Micellar Fluids)
  • Polyelectrolytes
  • Mathematical Modeling of Constitutive Equations
  • Fluid Flows with Superhydrophobic Boundaries
Journal Articles and Publications: 
  1. W. Ristenpart, J. Bird, A. Belmonte, F. Dollar, and H. A. Stone, "Non-coalescence of oppositely charged drops", Nature 461, 377-380 (2009).
  2. M. Higley and A. Belmonte, "Fragment distributions for brittle rods with patterned breaking probabilities", Physica A 387, 6897-6912 (2008).
  3. J. R. Gladden and A. Belmonte, "Motion of a viscoelastic micellar fluid around a cylinder: flow and fracture", Physical Review Letters 98, 224501 (2007).
  4. B. Akers and A. Belmonte, "Impact dynamics of a solid sphere falling into a viscoelastic micellar fluid", Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 135, 97-108 (2006).
  5. L. B. Smolka and A. Belmonte, Charge screening effects on filament dynamics in xanthan gum solutions. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 137, 103-109 (2006).
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