El [Univ of Cambridge]                              [Dept of Engineering]


  Dr J.R. Castrejon-Pita

 

Institute for Manufacturing


  Research interest

            Breakup of liquid surfaces

Fluid Dynamics

Non-linear Systems

Fractals

Instrumentation

Experimental physics

  Academic Background

M.Sc. National University of Mexico , (Physics: Fluid Dynamics and Chaos) Top class honours

Ph.D. The Imperial College , (Physics: Quantum Optics)

 

Senior member of Wolfson College Cambridge.

  Current work

Dr J.R. Castrejon-Pita is a Research Associate at the Engineering Department.

  Publications

A novel method to produce small droplets from large nozzles, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 115105 (2012) NEW

 

Experimental observation of von Karman vortices during drop impact, Physical Review E, 86 045301 (2012). NEW

 

Self-similar breakup of near-inviscid liquids, Physical Review E, 86 015301 (2012). NEW

 

The breakup of liquid filaments, Physical Review Letters, 108 074506 (2012).

 

Velocity profiles in a Cylindrical Liquid Jet by Reconstructed Velocimetry, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 134 011201 (2012).

 

Experimental Study of the Influence of Nozzle Defects on Drop-on-Demand Ink Jets, Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 55 040305 (2011).

 

The dynamics of the impact and coalescence of droplets on a solid surface, Biomicrofluidics, 5 014112 (2011).

 

Experiments and Lagrangian simulations on the formation of droplets in continuous mode, Physical Review E, 83 016301 (2011).

 

Experiments and Lagrangian simulations on the formation of droplets in drop-on-demand mode, Physical Review E, 83 036306 (2011).

 

The shadowgraph imaging technique and its modern application to fluid jets and drops, Rev. Mex. Fis. 57 266 (2011).

 

Design, development and evaluation of a simple blackbody radiative source, Review of Scientific Instruments, 81 055106 (2010).

 

Design, Development and Operation of Novel Ion Trap Geometries, ISBN 978-3-639-13866-5, VDM Verlag, (2009).book

 

A Simple Large-scale Droplet Generator for Studies of Inkjet Printing, Review of Scientific Instruments, 79 075108 (2008).

 

Comment to: Acoustic Chaos, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(5) 2702 (2008).

 

Novel designs of Penning traps , Journal of Modern Optics, 54(11) 1581 (2007).

 

Experimental demonstration of the Rayleigh acoustic viscous boundary layer theory , Physical Review E, 73 036601 (2006).

 

Critical Angle Laser Refractometer , Review of Scientific Instruments, 77 035101 (2006).

 

Development and evaluation of an alternative method for processing elastic-lidar return signals , Int. Journal of Modern Physics B , 20(2) 141 (2006).

 

A proposal for a Planar Ion Trap , Physical Review A, 72 013405 (2005).

 

Measurements of the bulk and iterfacial velocity profiles in oscillating Newtonian and Maxwellian fluids, Physical Review E, 72(1) 016308 (2005).

 

Electron drift velocities in mixtures of He and Xe and experimental verification of corrections to Blanc's law , Physical Review E, 71(4) 046408 (2005).

 

Breathers and Thermal Relaxation as a Temporal Process, Chaos, 15(2) 023501 (2005).

 

Plans for laser spectroscopy of trapped cold hydrogen-like HCI , Nuclear Instrument and Methods in Physics Research B, 235 201 (2005).

 

Fractal Dimension in Butterflies Wings: a novel approach to understanding wing patterns? , Journal of Mathematical Biology, DOI: 10.1007/s00285-004-0302-6 (2004).

 

A simple model for the dynamic permeability of viscoelastic fluids. , (in Spanish). Rev. Mex. Fis., 49(1) 74 (2003).

 

Nasca Lines: A Mystery wrapped in an Enigma , Chaos, 13(3) 836 (2003).

 

Particle Image Velocimetry of the unstable capillary flow of a micellar solution , Journal of Rheology, 47(6) 1455 (2003).

 

Experimental Observation of Differences in the Dynamic Response of Newtonian and Viscoelastic Fluids. , Physical Review E, 68 046301 (2003).

 

Structured and fractal smoke patterns in a simple cavity , Fractals, 11(2) 169 (2003). (COVER)

 

The Fractal Dimension of an Oil Spray, Fractals, 11(2), 155 (2003).

 

The impressive complexity in the Nautilus pompilius shell, Fractals, 11(2), 163 (2003).

 

Fractal dimension and self-similarity in Asparagus plumosus, Fractals, 10(4), 429 (2002).

           

The laser-backscattering equations and their application to the study of the atmospheric structure, Rev. Mex. Fis., 48(6) 513 (2002).

 

 

  Contact Information

  • E-mail: jrc64@eng.cam.ac.uk
  • Department Address: University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, 17 Charles Babbage Rd, Cambridge CB3 0FS
  • Telephone: +44 1223 7 64624

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Updated: Nov 26 2011

J.R. Castrejon-Pita - jrc64@eng.cam.ac.uk