Andrew J. Higgins

Andrew J. Higgins

McGill University

H-index: 36

North America-Canada

About Andrew J. Higgins

Andrew J. Higgins, With an exceptional h-index of 36 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at McGill University, specializes in the field of Shock Waves, Detonation, Hypervelocity Impact, Space Propulsion, Interstellar Travel.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

A Level Set-Based Solver for Two-Phase Incompressible Flows: Extension to Magnetic Fluids

Thermal Environment Provided by a High-Altitude Balloon Payload Shielded from Terrestrial Radiation

Mach Number Effects on Baffled-Tube Ram Accelerators

Laser-Sustained Plasma for Deep Space Propulsion: Initial LTP Thruster Results

Numerical investigation of perturbation growth in a liquid metal liner slab using a level set-base two-phase solver

Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of a Thin Elastic Solid Impulsively Loaded by a Shock Wave

Investigation of baffled-tube ram accelerator configurations

Cavitation in a Partially Filled Piston-cylinder under Dynamic Loading

Andrew J. Higgins Information

University

Position

Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Citations(all)

4270

Citations(since 2020)

2063

Cited By

2900

hIndex(all)

36

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

94

i10Index(since 2020)

50

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Andrew J. Higgins Skills & Research Interests

Shock Waves

Detonation

Hypervelocity Impact

Space Propulsion

Interstellar Travel

Top articles of Andrew J. Higgins

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A Level Set-Based Solver for Two-Phase Incompressible Flows: Extension to Magnetic Fluids

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Paria Makaremi-Esfarjani

Andrew J Higgins

Alireza Najafi-Yazdi

2024/4/5

Thermal Environment Provided by a High-Altitude Balloon Payload Shielded from Terrestrial Radiation

Arnab Sinha

Caileigh Bates

Xavier Duchesne

Mathias Larrouturou

Andrew J Higgins

2024

Mach Number Effects on Baffled-Tube Ram Accelerators

John Correy

Desiree Bernhard

Jason Ginos

Jubayer Alam

Carl Knowlen

...

2024

Laser-Sustained Plasma for Deep Space Propulsion: Initial LTP Thruster Results

Gabriel R Dubé

Emmanuel Duplay

Siera Riel

Jason Loiseau

Andrew J Higgins

2024

Numerical investigation of perturbation growth in a liquid metal liner slab using a level set-base two-phase solver

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Paria Makaremi Esfarjani

Andrew Higgins

2023/11/19

Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of a Thin Elastic Solid Impulsively Loaded by a Shock Wave

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Dan-Cornelius Savu

2023/6/18

Investigation of baffled-tube ram accelerator configurations

John P Correy

Brian J Leege

Desiree Bernhard

Jason Ginos

Cullen Yancey

...

2023

Cavitation in a Partially Filled Piston-cylinder under Dynamic Loading

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

John Kokkalis

Sophie Dillon

Taj Sobral

Jovan Nedic

Andrew Higgins

2023/11/21

Dynamic soaring as a means to exceed the solar wind speed

Frontiers in Space Technologies

Mathias N Larrouturou

Andrew J Higgins

Jeffrey K Greason

2022/11/28

Baffled-Tube Ram Accelerator Operation with Methane-Air Propellant

28th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, Naples, Italy

Carl Knowlen

Brian Leege

John Correy

Chase Smith

Andrew Higgins

2022

Modelling Surface Instabilities of Incompressible Nonconducting and Conducting Fluids

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Paria Makaremi Esfarjani

Alireza Najafi-Yazdi

Andrew Higgins

2022/11/21

Baffled tube ram accelerator operation with normal baffles

Brian J Leege

Chase Smith

Carl Knowlen

Andrew Higgins

2022

Development of a 1-D Compressible Wave Model for Predicting the Onset of Cavitation in a Piston Driver Assembly.

Bulletin of the American Physical Society

John Kokkalis

Taj Sobral

Jovan Nedic

Andrew Higgins

2022/11/20

An explosively driven launcher capable of projectile velocities

Shock Waves

Justin Huneault

Jason Loiseau

Myles T Hildebrand

Andrew J Higgins

2022/10

Baffled-tube ram accelerator

2022/12/14

Wind–pellet shear sailing

Acta Astronautica

Jeffrey K Greason

Dmytro Yakymenko

Mathias N Larrouturou

Andrew J Higgins

2022/8/1

Structural stability of a lightsail for laser-driven interstellar flight

Acta Astronautica

Dan-Cornelius Savu

Andrew J Higgins

2022/12/1

Design of a rapid transit to Mars mission using laser-thermal propulsion

Acta Astronautica

Emmanuel Duplay

Zhuo Fan Bao

Sebastian Rodriguez Rosero

Arnab Sinha

Andrew Higgins

2022/3/1

Computational Simulation of Multiheaded Detonation Dynamics in Rotating Detonation Engines

Charles R Whitman

Chibuikem U Ajaero

Sean Connolly-Boutin

Xavier L'espérance

Charles Kiyanda

...

2020

Correction of flyer velocimetry traces for experiments with large Taylor angles

AIP Conference Proceedings

Jason Loiseau

Xiao Cheng Mi

Andrew J Higgins

2020/11/2

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Co-Authors

H-index: 58
David Benson

David Benson

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 52
Suong Van Hoa

Suong Van Hoa

Concordia University

H-index: 51
Vitali F. Nesterenko

Vitali F. Nesterenko

University of California, San Diego

H-index: 42
Jeffrey Bergthorson

Jeffrey Bergthorson

McGill University

H-index: 42
Hoi Dick Ng

Hoi Dick Ng

Concordia University

H-index: 35
Samuel Goroshin

Samuel Goroshin

McGill University

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