Publications

Role of electroosmotic and Darcy-Forchheimer law on magnetohydrodynamic Williamson hybrid nanofluid flow over a moving thin needle

Nadeem, M., Franco, A.T., Siddique, I., Garcia-Blanco, Y.J., Quitian-Ardila, L.H., Khan, R.

Chaos Solitons & Fractals, 192, 116021, Article, (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2024.116021

Stress overshoot analysis in flow start-up tests: aging time fitting of the different gel-based drilling fluids

Quitian-Ardila, L.H., Schimicoscki, R.S., Garcia-Blanco, Y.J., Germer, E.M., Ballesteros-Ballesteros, V., Calabokis, O.P., Franco, A.T.

Gels, 11, 127, Article, (2025)

https://doi.org/10.3390/gels11020127

The steady and unsteady regimes in a cubic lid-driven cavity with viscoplastic fluid solved with the lattice Boltzmann method

Ferrari, M.A., Franco, A.T.

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 325, 105198, Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2023.105198

Numerical investigation of viscoplastic fluids on natural convection in open cavities with solid obstacles

Santos, P.R., Franco, A.T., Junqueira, S.L.M.

Heliyon, 10, e26243, Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26243

Turbulent flow inside a cubic lid-driven cavity using moment representation lattice Boltzmann method

Ferrari, M.A., Franco, A.T., Hegele, L.A.

Physics of Fluids, 36, 075104 , Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0209802

Improving the rheological and thermal stability of water-based drilling fluids by incrementing xanthan gum concentration

Quitian-Ardila, L.H., Garcia-Blanco, Y.J., Daza-Barranco, L.M., Schimicoscki, R.S., Andrade, D.E.V., Franco, A.T.

Physics of Fluids, 36, 103111 , Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0230214

Developing a machine learning-based methodology for optimal hyperparameter determination - A mathematical modeling of high-pressure and high-temperature drilling fluid behavior

Quitian-Ardila, L.H., Garcia-Blanco, Y.J., Rivera, A.D.J., Schimicoscki, R.S., Nadeem, M., Calabokis, O.P., Ballesteros-Ballesteros, V., Franco, A.T.

Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 20, 100663, Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2024.100663

The isolated effect of yield stress in viscoplastic turbulent flow

Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T.

Physics of Fluids, 36, 115131, Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0234499

Lattice Boltzmann simulations of unsteady Bingham fluid flows

Lugarini, A., Ferrari, M.A., Franco, A.T.

Applications in Engineering Science, 20, 100199, Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apples.2024.100199

An experimental study of the solid-liquid interface for an elasto-viscoplastic fluid flow in benchmark geometry: 4 to 1 planar contraction

Hadj Arab, B., Louna, Z., Mahfoud, M., De Souza Mendes, P.R., Garcia-Blanco, Y.J., Franco, A.T.

Physics of Fluids, 36, 123118, Article, (2024)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0242266

A proposal for a constitutive equation fitting methodology for the rheological behavior of drilling fluids at different temperatures and high-pressure conditions

Quitian-Ardila, L.H., Andrade, D.E., Franco, A.T.

Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 233, 212570, Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2024.212570

Numerical investigation of turbulent flow of Herschel-Bulkley fluids in a concentric annulus with inner cylinder rotation

Basso, F.O., Franco, A.T.

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 327, 105219, Article, (2024)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2024.105219

The effects of discrete conductive blocks on the natural convection in side-heated open cavities

Franco, A.T., Santos, P.R., Lugarini, A., Loyola, L.T., De Lai, F.C., Junqueira, S.L.M., Nardi, V.G., Ganzarolli, M.M., Lage, J.L.

Applied Thermal Engineering, 219, 119613, Article, (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.119613

A graphic processing unit implementation for the moment representation of the lattice Boltzmann method

Ferrari, M.A., De Oliveira, W.B., Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T., Hegele, L.A.

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 1, 1-14, Article, (2023)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.5185

Exploring the periodic behavior of the lid-driven cavity flow filled with a Bingham fluid

Ferrari, M.A., Franco, A.T.

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 316, 105030, Article, (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2023.105030

Fully-resolved simulations of an ellipsoidal particle settling in a Bingham fluid

Romanus, R.S., Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T.

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 301, 104745, Article, (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2022.104745

Large-eddy simulation of turbulent pipe flow of Herschel-Bulkley fluids - Assessing subgrid-scale models

Basso, F.O., Franco, A.T., Pitz, D.B.

Computers & Fluids, 244, 105522, Article, (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2022.105522

Influence of pressure on the gel strength and on the solid-like behavior for an inverted emulsion drilling fluid

Palaoro, G., Andrade, D.E., Galdino, J.F., Franco, A.T., Alves, E., Waldmann, A.

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 219, 111114, Article, (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.111114

On the settling of spherical particles in power-law fluid at moderate Reynolds number

Ferrari, M.A., Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T.

Powder Technology, 405, 117510, Article, (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117510

Rheological characterization of viscoplastic fluid flow in a pipe with wall slip using in situ particle image velocimetry

Garcia-Blanco, Y.J., Urazaki, V.Y., Rivera, A.D.J., Quitian, L.H., Germer, E.M., Franco, A.T.

Rheologica Acta, 62, 93110, Article, (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-022-01379-4

Bentonite-free water-based drilling fluids at hp/ht condition: A rheometric analysis

Quitian, L.H., Andrade, D.E.V., Franco, A.T.

Rheologica Acta, 61, 841-855, Article, (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-022-01356-x

Low-cost device for active saliva droplet filtration and pathogen inactivation

Castaldo, F.C., Pedotti, L.A.S., Monteiro, T.L., Kovalhuk, G., Goes, R.E., Spindola, I.B., Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T.

Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 42, 17-24, Article, (2021)

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0375.2021v42n1Suplp17

Natural convection of a viscoplastic fluid in an enclosure filled with solid obstacles

Santos, P.R., Lugarini, A., Junqueira, S.L.M., Franco, A.T.

International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 166, 106991, Article, (2021)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2021.106991

Fully-resolved simulations of a sphere settling in an initially unstructured thixo-viscoplastic fluid

Ferrari, M.A., Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T.

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 294, 104574, Article, (2021)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2021.104574

Experimental evidence of the effect of aging on the yielding and pre-yielding behavior of bentonite and laponite suspensions

Wendt, E.M.S., Fernandes, R.R., Galdino, J.F., Andrade, D.E.V., Franco, A.T.

Journal of Rheology, 65, 1089-1102, Article, (2021)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/8.0000192

An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann framework for fully resolved simulations of non-spherical particle settling in unbounded domain

Romanus, R.S., Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T.

Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 102, 206-219, Article, (2021)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2021.10.018

A PIV investigation of laminar and turbulent viscoplastic fluid flow on axisymmetric abrupt contraction

Garcia-Blanco, Y.J., Mancilla, E., Germer, E.M., Franco, A.T.

Fluid Dynamics Research, 53, 055501, Article, (2021)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1873-7005/ac2481

Lattice Boltzmann method for viscoplastic fluid flow based on regularization of ghost moments

Lugarini, A., Franco, A.T., Philippi, P.C.

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 286, 104413, Article, (2020)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2020.104413