Education
PhD in Applied Sciences - ULB (2004)
Competence fields
Convection, instability
Chaos
Diffusion
Soret effect
Heat and mass transport
Computer modelling
Particle tracing
Representative publications
- V. M. Shevtsova, I. I. Ryzhkov, D. E. Melnikov, Y. A. Gaponenko, A. Mialdun, EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDY OF VIBRATION-INDUCED THERMAL CONVECTION IN LOW GRAVITY. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 648, pp. 53-82 (2010).
- V. M. Shevtsova, D. E. Melnikov, and A. Nepomnyashchy, NEW FLOW REGIMES GENERATED BY MODE COUPLING IN BUOYANT-THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 134503 (2009).
- A. Mialdun, I. I. Ryzhkov, D. E. Melnikov, V. M. Shevtsova, EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF THERMAL VIBRATIONAL CONVECTION IN A NONUNIFORMLY HEATED FLUID IN A REDUCED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 084501 (2008).
- D. E. Melnikov, V. M. Shevtsova and J. C. Legros, IMPACT OF CONDITIONS AT START-UP ON THERMOVIBRATIONAL CONVECTIVE FLOW. Phys. Rev. E. 78, 056306 (2008).
- V. M. Shevtsova, D. E. Melnikov, J. C. Legros, Y. Yan, Z. Saghir, T. Lyubimova, G. Sedelnikov, B. Roux, INFLUENCE OF VIBRATIONS ON THERMODIFFUSION IN BINARY MIXTURE: A BENCHMARK OF NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS. Phys. Fluids 19, 017111 (2007).
- V. M. Shevtsova, D. E. Melnikov, and J. C. Legros, ONSET OF CONVECTION IN SORET DRIVEN INSTABILITY. Phys. Rev. E. 73, 047302 (2006).
- D. E. Melnikov, V. M. Shevtsova and J. C.Legros, ONSET OF TEMPORAL APERIODICITY IN HIGH PRANDTL NUMBER LIQUID BRIDGE UNDER TERRESTRIAL CONDITIONS. Phys. Fluids, Vol. 16, pp. 1746 - 1757 (May 2004).
- V. M. Shevtsova, D. E. Melnikov and J. C. Legros, MULTISTABILITY OF THE OSCILLATORY THERMOCAPILLARY CONVECTION IN LIQUID BRIDGE. Phys. Rev. E. 68, 066311 (2003).
- V. M. Shevtsova, M. Mojahed, D. E. Melnikov and J. C. Legros, THE CHOICE OF THE CRITICAL MODE OF HYDROTHERMAL INSTABILITY BY LIQUID BRIDGES. Lecture Notes in Physics, Springer, pp. 240-262 (2003).
- V. M. Shevtsova, D. E. Melnikov and J. C. Legros, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS OF HYDROTHERMAL INSTABILITY IN LIQUID BRIDGES. INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT VISCOSITY. Phys. Fluids, Volume 13, Number 10, pp. 2851-2865 (2001).