Valdis Bojarevics

Professor Valdis Bojarevics PhD

Professor of Computational MHD

Professor Valdis Bojarevics is an internationally recognised specialist in the field of computational magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD). He was born in 1952 Riga (Latvia), started his research career in 1975 at the Institute of Physics in Latvia -at that time the largest research centre specializing in various aspects of technological and astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics.

He became a specialist in developing original computational models for a wide range of practical applications and supporting physical experiments in the electro-metallurgical industry. Professor Bojarevics has been invited to several internationally leading research centers for collaborative work:1991and1992 Ecole Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland), 1993 MADYLAM laboratory, Grenoble (France), 1993-1995 Reynolds Metals Research Centre (Alabama, USA. In 1995 Professor Bojarevics was invited to join the Computational modelling group at the University of Greenwich. At Greenwich Professor Bojarevics has been involved in industrial collaboration with a number of commercial companies (Reynolds Metals Company, Alcoa, Noranda, Rolls Royce, Howmet, Qinetic, China Aluminium, Dubai Aluminium, Corus, Special Metals, Consarc).

In 2001 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) invited Professor Bojarevics for the research fellowship in Japan, Tohoku university. He presents talks regularly at the most important international meetings of research communities in liquid metal MHD, EPM and light metal processing. His track record also includes successful participation as Co-investigator in a number of EPSRC (GR/L97483/01, GR/N14316/01, EP/D505011/1), DTI Technology Programme (Q1536D) and international collaborative projects (EU ALEL, EU IMPRESS, ESA MAGLEV, EU COST-Magnetic-fluid-dynamics).

Professor Bojarevics contributed to the development of the Masters Programme with the originally created course 'Electrodynamics with Matlab', supervises MSc student projects and PhD students.

Mathematics

Engineering

Recognition

TMS, Hydromag, Research Gate, LinkedIn

Research / Scholarly interests

Fluid dynamics interactions with magnetic and electric fields

Electrodynamics

Key funded projects

  • EPSRC , UltraMelt, EP/K00588X/1 (2012-) CI Brunel university, UK
  • EU FP7 NMP-2011-LARGE, EXOMET (2012-) CI About 30 EU partners, including, European Space Agency, IMPERIAL (UK),ALD (G), AVIO (IT), SIMAP (FR), IRC Birmingham (UK), Volvo (SE), Stone Foundries(UK), Brabant (NL), ...
  • EU FP6, IMPRESS CI About 40 EU partners, including, IMPERIAL (UK),
  • NPL (UK), ACCESS (D),Rolls Royce (UK), IRC Birmingham (UK), KTH (S), Qinetiq(UK),...
  • TSB , ColdMelt, EP/K00588X/1 CI Phoenix Sci. Industries(UK), Cambridge Technology, MoD (UK)
  • EPSRC, NET-SHAPE CASTING OF TIAL, GR/N14316/01 CI Rolls-Royce, Alstom, DERA, University of Birmingham, Levitation melting for evaporation and coating PI Corus (Nl)
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2012) PI Dubai Aluminium, UAE
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI Dubai Aluminium, UAE
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2012) PI Dubai Aluminium, UAE
  • MHD in aluminium production (2012) cells(Soderberg) PI Rusal company, Russia
  • MHD in aluminium production (2010) cells(Soderberg) PI Rusal company, Russia
  • Magnetic fields for wireless sensors (2012) PI Wireless Technologies, USA
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2012) PI GAMI, China
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI GAMI, China
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI SAMI, China
  • MHD in aluminium production cells (2010) PI NEUI, China

Recent publications

Article

Bojarevics, Valdis , Nishimura, Tomohiro, Matsuwaka, Daisuke, Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories, Kobe Steel Ltd. (2022), Development of advanced cold crucible melting of titanium alloys. Institute of Physics, University of Latvia. In: , , , . Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, Magnetohydrodynamics, 58 (1) . pp. 13-24 ISSN: 0024-998X (Print), 1574-0579 (Online) (doi: http://doi.org/10.22364/mhd) NB Item availability restricted.

Dybalska, Agnieszka , Caden, Adrian, Griffiths, William D., Nashwan, Zakareya , Bojarevics, Valdis , Djambazov, Georgi , Tonry, Catherine E. H. , Pericleous, Koulis A (2021), Enhancement of mechanical properties of pure aluminium through contactless melt sonicating treatment. MDPI. In: , , , . MDPI, Materials, 14: 4479 (16) ISSN: 1996-1944 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14164479).

Tonry, Catherine E. H. , Bojarevics, Valdis, Djambazov, Georgi, Pericleous, Tonry (2020), Contactless ultrasonic treatment in direct chill casting. Springer. In: , , , . Springer, JOM (The Member Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 72 (11) . pp. 4082-4091 ISSN: 1047-4838 (Print), 1543-1851 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-020-04370-7).

Pericleous, K. A. , Beckwith, C., Bojarevics, V., Djambazov, G. , Dybalska, A. , Griffiths, W. D. , Tonry, C. (2020), Progress in the development of a contactless ultrasonic processing route for alloy grain refinement. IOP Publishing. In: , , , . IOP Publishing, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 861: 12070 ISSN: 1757-8981 (Print), 1757-899X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/861/1/012070).

Tonry, C.E.H. , Djambazov, G., Dybalska, A., Griffiths, W.D. , Beckwith, C. , Bojarevics, V. , Pericleous, K.A. (2020), Acoustic resonance for contactless ultrasonic cavitation in alloy melts. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 63: 104959 ISSN: 1350-4177 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2020.104959).

Bojarevics, Valdis and , Pericleous, Koulis (2019), Cold crucible melting with bottom pouring nozzle. Emerald. In: , , , . Emerald, COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 (1) . pp. 36-42 ISSN: 0332-1649 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/COMPEL-05-2019-0208).

Pericleous, Koulis , Bojarevics, Valdis, Djambazov, Georgi, Dybalska, Agnieszka , Griffiths, William D. , Tonry, Catherine (2019), Contactless ultrasonic cavitation in alloy melts. MPDI. In: , , , . MPDI, Materials, 12: 3610 (21) ISSN: 1996-1944 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12213610).

Beckwith, Christopher , Pericleous, Koulis, Bojarevics, Valdis (2019), Optimised high-order compact difference schemes for internal acoustics problems on curvilinear domains. IOP Publishing. In: , , , . IOP Publishing, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1184 (1) ISSN: 1742-6588 (Print), 1742-6596 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1184/1/012005).

Tucs, A. , Bojarevics, V., Pericleous, K. (2018), Magneto-hydrodynamic stability of a liquid metal battery in discharge. IOP Publishing. In: , , , . IOP Publishing, EPL (Europhysics Letters), 124: 24001 (2) ISSN: 0295-5075 (Print), 1286-4854 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/124/24001).

Tucs, A. , Bojarevics, V., Pericleous, K. (2018), MHD stability of large scale liquid metal batteries. Cambridge University Press. In: , , , . Cambridge University Press, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 852 . pp. 453-483 ISSN: 0022-1120 (Print), 1469-7645 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.482).

Bojarevics, Valdis and , Tucs, Andrejs (2018), Large scale liquid metal batteries. Institute of Physics, University of Latvia. In: , , , . Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, Magnetohydrodynamics, 53 (4) . pp. 677-685 ISSN: 0024-998X (Print), (doi: ).

Djambazov, G. , Bojarevics, V., Pericleous, K., Forzan, M. (2017), Numerical modelling of silicon melt purification in induction directional solidification system. IOS Press. In: , , , . IOS Press, International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 53 (S1) . pp. S95-S102 ISSN: 1383-5416 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAE-162248).

Gao, Jianrong , Kao, Andrew, Bojarevics, Valdis, Pericleous, Koulis , Galenko, Peter K. , Alexandrov, Dimitri V. (2016), Modeling of convection, temperature distribution and dendritic growth in glass-fluxed nickel melts. Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of Crystal Growth, 471 . pp. 66-72 ISSN: 0022-0248 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.11.069).

Book section

Bojarevics, Valdis and , (2019), Dynamic modelling of alumina feeding in an aluminium electrolysis cell. Springer. In: , , In: Corleen Chesonis (ed.), Light Metals 2019. Springer, Cham, Switzerland (1st) . pp. 675-682 . ISBN: 9783030058630 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_83) NB Item availability restricted.

Pericleous, Koulis A. , Bojarevics, Valdis, Djambazov, Georgi, Dybalska, Agnieszka , Griffiths, William , Tonry, Catherine (2019), The contactless electromagnetic sonotrode. Springer. In: , , In: Murat Tiryakioğlu, William Griffiths, Mark Jollyy (eds.), Shape Casting: 7th International Symposium Celebrating Prof. John Campbell's 80th Birthday. Springer, Cham, Switzerland (1st) . pp. 239-252 . ISBN: 9783030060336 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06034-3_23) NB Item availability restricted.

Djambazov, G. , Bojarevics, V., Shevchenko, D., Burnard, D. , Griffiths, W. , Pericleous, K. A. (2017), Sensitivity of contactless ultrasound processing to variations of the free surface of the melt with induction heating. Springer International Publishing. In: , , In: Jiann-Yang Hwang, Tao Jiang, Mark William Kennedy, Onuralp Yücel, P. Chris Pistorius, Varadarajan Seshadri, Baojun Zhao, Dean Gregurek, Ender Keskinkilic (eds.), 8th International Symposium on High-Temperature Metallurgical Processing. Springer International Publishing, . pp. 289-298 . ISBN: 9783319513393 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51340-9_29) NB Item availability restricted.

Conference proceedings

Bojarevics, Valdis , Dupuis, Marc, University of Greenwich, Genisim Inc. (2022), Advanced alumina dissolution modelling. Springer - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. In: , , In: Dmitry Eskin (ed.), Light Metals 2022. Springer - The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Cham, Switzerland (1st) . pp. 339-348 . ISBN: 9783030925284; 9783030925291ISSN: 2367-1181 (Print), 2367-1696 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92529-1_47).

Dupuis, Marc and , Bojarevics, Valdis (2020), Demo retrofit study of a Chinese inspired cell technology. Springer. In: , , In: Alan Tomsett (ed.), Light Metals 2020. Springer, Cham, Switzerland . pp. 495-509 . ISBN: 9783030364083ISSN: 2367-1181 (Print), 2367-1696 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36408-3_70).

Bojarevics, Valdis and , Pericleous, Kyriacos A (2019), Modelling the cold crucible pouring dynamics. The Minerals Materials & Metals Society (TMS). In: , , In: Alain Jardy, Alec Mitchell, Mark Ward (eds.), Proceedings of the Liquid Metal Processing & Casing Conference 2019. The Minerals Materials & Metals Society (TMS), UK . pp. 487-495 . ISBN: 0873397711 (doi: ).

Pericleous, Kyriacos A , Bojarevics, Valdis, Djambazov, Georgi, Dybalska, Agnieszka , Griffiths, William D , Tonry, Catherine E. H. (2019), Alloy grain refinement by means of electromagnetic vibrations. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). In: , , In: Alain Jardy, Alec Mitchell, Mark Ward (eds.), Proceedings of the Liquid Metal Processing & Casting Conference. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), UK . pp. 507-516 . ISBN: 0873397711 (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.

Tonry, C. E. H. , Djambazov, G., Dybalska, A., Bojarevics, V. , Griffiths, W. D. , Pericleous, K. A. (2019), Resonance from contactless ultrasound In alloy melts. Springer International Publishing. In: , , In: Corleen Chesonis (ed.), Light Metals 2019. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland . pp. 1551-1559 . ISBN: 9783030058630 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_196) NB Item availability restricted.

Bojarevics, V. , Radionov, E., Tretiyakov, Y., E. Radionov, Rusal Company , Y. Tretiyakov, Rusal Company (2018), Anode bottom burnout shape and velocity field investigation in a high amperage electrolysis cell. Springer, Cham. In: , , In: Olivier Martin (ed.), Light Metals 2018. Springer, Cham, USA (1st) . pp. 551-556 . ISBN: 9783319722832 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72284-9).

Manoylov, Anton , Djambazov, Georgi, Bojarevics, Valdis, Pericleous, Koulis (2016), Multiple timescale modelling of particle suspensions in metal melts subjected to external forces. ECCOMAS Congress 2016. In: , , , ECCOMAS Congress 2016 VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering M. Papadrakakis, V. Papadopoulos, G. Stefanou, V. Plevris (eds.) Crete Island, Greece, 5–10 June 2016. ECCOMAS Congress 2016, Athens, Greece , 1 . pp. 8207-8224 . ISBN: 9786188284401 (doi: ).

Djambazov, G. , Bojarevics, V., Pericleous, K., Forzan, M. (2016), Numerical modelling of silicon melt purification in induction directional solidification system. SGEditoriali, Padova. In: , , , HES-16: International Conference on Heating by Electromagnetic Sources. SGEditoriali, Padova, . pp. 595-602 . ISBN: 9788889884324ISSN: 2385-2933 (Print), (doi: ).

Patent

Jarvis, David John , Pericleous, Koulis, Bojarevics, Valdis, Lehnert, Christian , European Space Agency (2019), Manufacturing of a metal component or a metal matrix composite component involving contactless induction of high - frequency vibrations. In: , , , . , (doi: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/89/d0/a8/21fa93b31ffac6/US10207321.pdf).

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