Biography

• 10/2007 - now: University of Warwick.
• 03/2001 - 09/2007: Laboratory of Fluid Dynamics, University of Hull, UK.
• 09/1997 - 12/2000: Laboratory of Fluid Dynamics, Dept. of Mathematics, HKUST, Hong Kong.
• 1994 - 1997: GOL-3 plasma trap, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia.

• PhD in applied mathematics, University of Hull, UK (2004).
• MPhil in Plasma Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia (1996).
• BSc in Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Russia (1994).

Research Interests

Experimental Fluid Dynamics:

• interfacial phenomena, emulsions;
• surface waves, energy spectra;
• transport and clustering of floaters by surface waves;
• motile microorganisms, biological flows;
• rotating flows.

Teaching Interests

Selected Publications

• Atsuhide Kitagawa, Reona Kobayashi, Petr Denissenko, Yuichi Murai, 2023. Natural convection heat transfer enhancement using bubble injection between vertical parallel plates. Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 202
• Sam Tucker Harvey, Valentine Muhaweniman, Stephanie Müller, Catherine A. M. E. Wilson & Petr Denissenko, 2022. An inertial mechanism behind dynamic station holding by fish swinging in a vortex street. Scientific Reports, 12, 12660
• Hollis Williams, James Sprittles, Juan C. Padrino, and Petr Denissenko, 2022. Effect of ambient gas on cavity formation for sphere impacts on liquids. Physical Review Fluids, 7, 094003
• Cherkasov, Nikolay, Denissenko, Petr, Deshmukh, Shrirang, Rebrov, Evgeny V., 2020. Gas-liquid hydrogenation in continuous flow ? The effect of mass transfer and residence time in powder packed-bed and catalyst-coated reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 379
• Bulat, Mikhail, Bulat, Pavel, Denissenko, Petr, Esakov, Igor, Grachev, Lev, Volkov, Konstantin, Volobuev, Igor, 2019. Numerical simulation of ignition of premixed air/fuel mixtures by microwave streamer discharge. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 47 (1), pp. 62-68
• Harvey, Sam, Khovanov, Igor A., Denissenko, Petr, 2019. A galloping energy harvester with flow attachment. Applied Physics Letters, 114 (10)
• Kitagawa, Atsuhide, Denissenko, Petr, Murai, Yuichi, 2019. Behavior of bubbles moving along horizontal flat plates with different surface wettability. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 104, pp. 141-152
• Atthanayake, Iresha, Denissenko, Petr, Chung, Yongmann M., Thomas, Peter J., 2019. Formation-breakdown cycle of turbulent jets in a rotating fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 868, pp. 666-697
• Bangjang, Thapanee, Cherkasov, Nikolay, Denissenko, Petr, Jaree, Attasak, Rebrov, Evgeny V., 2019. Enhanced droplet size control in liquid-liquid emulsions obtained in a wire-guided X-mixer. Chemical Engineering & Technology
• Denissenko, Petr, Bulat, Mikhail, Esakov, Igor, Grachev, Lev, Volkov, Konstantin, Volobuev, Igor, Upyrev, Vladimir, Bulat, Pavel, 2019. Ignition of premixed air/fuel mixtures by microwave streamer discharge. Combustion and Flame, 202, pp. 417-422
• Hubert, Antoine, Dembele, Siaka, Denissenko, Petr, Wen, Jennifer X., 2019. Predicting liquefied natural gas (LNG) rollovers using computational fluid dynamics. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 62
• Kitagawa, Atsuhide, Denissenko, Petr, Murai, Yuichi, 2017. Effect of heated wall inclination on natural convection heat transfer in water with near-wall injection of millimeter-sized bubbles. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 113, pp. 1200-1211
• Kitagawa, Atsuhide, Denissenko, Petr, Murai, Yuichi, 2017. Effect of wall surface wettability on collective behavior of hydrogenmicrobubbles rising along a wall. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 80, pp. 126-138
• Tan, Benedict Chuan-Wei, Vlaskamp, J. H. A., Denissenko, Petr, Thomas, P. J., 2016. Cavity formation in the wake of falling spheres submerging into a stratified two-layer system of immiscible liquids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 790, pp. 33-56
• Fan, Xiaolei, Ou, Xiaoxia, Xing, Fei, Turley, Glen A., Denissenko, Petr, Williams, M. A., Batail, Nelly, Pham, Charlotte, Lapkin, Alexei, 2016. Microtomography-based numerical simulations of heat transfer and fluid flow through ß-SiC open-cell foams for catalysis. Catalysis Today, 278 (Part 2), pp. 350-360
• Warnett, Jason M., Denissenko, Petr, Thomas, P. J., Kiraci, Ercihan, Williams, M. A., 2014. Scalings of axisymmetric granular column collapse. Granular Matter, 16 (1), pp. 115-124
• Warnett, Jason M., Denissenko, Petr, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Williams, M. A. (Mark A.), 2014. Collapse of a granular column under rotation. Powder Technology, 262, pp. 249-256
• Denissenko, Petr, Guyez, E., Thomas, P. J., Parker, D. J., Seville, J. P. K. (Jonathan P. K.), 2014. Positron emission tracking of individual particles in particle-laden rimming flow. Physics of Fluids, 26 (5)
• Pearce, N. F., Denissenko, Petr, Lockerby, Duncan A., 2013. An experimental study into the effects of streamwise and spanwise acceleration in a turbulent boundary layer. Experiments in Fluids, 54 (1)
• Denissenko, Petr, Kantsler, Vasily, Smith, D. J. (David J.), Kirkman-Brown, J., 2012. Human spermatozoa migration in microchannels reveals boundary-following navigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol.109 (No.21), pp. 8007-8010
• Denissenko, Petr, Didenkulova, I., Pelinovskii?, E. N., Pearson, Jonathan M., 2011. Influence of the nonlinearity on statistical characteristics of long wave runup. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Vol.18 (No.6), pp. 967-975
• Nazarenko, Sergey, Lukaschuk, Sergei, McLelland, Stuart, Denissenko, Petr, 2010. Statistics of surface gravity wave turbulence in the space and time domains. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.642, pp. 395-420
• Lukaschuk, Sergei, Nazarenko, Sergey, McLelland, S. J. (Stuart J.), Denissenko, Petr, 2009. Gravity wave turbulence in wave tanks : space and time statistics. Physical Review Letters, Vol.103 (No.4)
• Denissenko, Petr, Lukaschuk, Sergei, Nazarenko, Sergey, 2007. Gravity wave turbulence in a laboratory flume. Physical Review Letters, Vol.99 (No.01)

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