Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

Monographs and chapters in books

  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, G.G.M. Coppa, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Numerical Modelling of RF-RF Hybrid Plasma Torches and Parametric Study for Various Geometric, Flow and Electric Configurations, 6th Int. Conf. on Thermal Plasma Processes, TPP–6 (Strasbourg, France, May 30 – June 3, 2000); published on “Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials 2001”, Ed. P. Fauchais, Begell House Inc. (New York, USA), 339–346 (2001)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, G.G.M. Coppa, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Investigation on Operating Conditions and Efficiency Optimization of RF-RF Hybrid Plasma Torches, 6th Int. Conf. on Thermal Plasma Processes, TPP–6 (Strasbourg, France, May 30 – June 3, 2000); published on “Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials 2001”, Ed. P. Fauchais, Begell House Inc. (New York, USA), 359–364 (2001)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, G.G.M. Coppa, A. D’Angola, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Comparison of Different Techniques For The Treatment of The Electromagnetic Field For Modelling Inductively-Coupled Plasma Torches By Means of The FLUENT Code, 7th Int. Conf. on Thermal Plasma Processes, TPP–7 (Strasbourg, France, June 18-21, 2002); published on “Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials 2003”, Ed. P. Fauchais, Begell House Inc. (New York, USA), 135–140 (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, G.G.M. Coppa, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Investigation on Bistability in Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches With Non-Conventional Coil, published on Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials 2003, 7th Int. Conf. on Thermal Plasma Processes, TPP–7 (Strasbourg, France, June 18-21, 2002); published on “Progress in Plasma Processing of Materials 2003”, Ed. P. Fauchais, Begell House Inc. (New York, USA), 141–146 (2003)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, E. Malfa, 3-D Modelling of DC Transferred Arc Twin Torch for Asbestos Inertization, In “Nuclear Reactor Physics. A collection of papers dedicated to Professor Silvio Edoardo Corno” (Ed. CLUT, Torino, Italy), 167–192 (2005)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, 3-D Modelling of Thermal Plasmas (RF and Trasfered Arc) for the Design of Sources and Industrial Processes, published on “Advanced Plasma Technology” (Eds. d’Agostino et al.), Wiley–VCH, 75-98 (2008)

Conference proceedings

  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, G.G.M. Coppa, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Parametric Study on Operating Conditions and Energy Efficiency For Two-Stage Hybrid RF–RF and One- Stage Modified-Coil RF Plasma Torches, Proceedings of the 15th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC–15 (Orléans, France, July 9-13, 2001), Eds. A. Bouchoule et al., Vol. I, 161–166 (2001)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, A. Vertuan, Fully 3D Modeling of Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches, 55th Gaseous Electronics Conference, GEC02 (Minneapolis, MN, USA, October 15-18, 2002); Bulletin of the American Physical Society 47, 7, 15 (2002) [link]
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Fully 3D Modeling of Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches, Gordon Research Conference – Section on Plasma Processing Science (Tilton School, Tilton, NH, USA, July 21-26, 2002) (2002)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Three-Dimensional Effects in the Design of Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches, XVI Congresso Nazionale Sulla Scienza e Tecnologia del Vuoto (Catania, Italy, October 7-9, 2002); published on Atti del XVI Congresso dell’Associazione Italiana del Vuoto, Eds. G. Bonizzoni and A. Riggio, Compositori (Bologna, Italy), 267–272 (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Three-Dimensional Effects in the Modelling of ICPTs. I – Fluid Dynamics and Electromagnetics, Proceedings of the 16th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC–16 (Taormina, Italy, June 22-27, 2003), Eds. R. D’Agostino et al., paper ISPC-635 on CD-ROM (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Three-Dimensional Effects in the Modelling of ICPTs. II – Induction Coil and Torch Geometry, Proceedings of the 16th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC–16 (Taormina, Italy, June 22-27, 2003), Eds. R. D’Agostino et al., paper ISPC-636 on CDROM (2003)
  • A. Mentrelli, V. Colombo, T. Trombetti, Time-Dependent 3-D Modelling of Laser and Plasma Surface Heating for the Hardening of Metallic Materials, Proceedings of the 16th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC–16 (Taormina, Italy, June 22-27, 2003), Eds. R. D’Agostino et al., paper ISPC-638 on CD-ROM (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, Powders Trajectory and Thermal History Within 3-D Modelling of Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches, Proceedings of the IV Int. Conf. Plasma Physics and Plasma Technology, PPPT–4 (Minsk, Belarus, September 15-19, 2003), Eds. Institute of Molecular and Atomic Physics (National Academy of Sciences of Belarus), Vol. II, 463–464 (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, Powders Trajectory and Thermal History within 3-D ICPTs Modelling for Spheroidization and Purification Purposes, Proceedings of the 48. Int. Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium, 48.IWK (Ilmenau, Deutschland, September 22-25, 2003), Ed. Technische Universität Ilmenau (Thüringen, Deutschland), 285–286; paper 07_03_04 on CD-ROM (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, 3-D Numerical Simulation of Fully-Coupled Particle Heating in ICPTs, Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conf. on Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, EPM–2003 (Lyon, France, October 14-17, 2003), Eds. S. Asai et al., 87–92 (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Three-Dimensional Effects in the Modelling of ICPTs. I – Fluid Dynamics and Electromagnetics, Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conf. on Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, EPM–2003 (Lyon, France, October 14-17, 2003), Eds. S. Asai et al., 113–118 (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Three-Dimensional Effects in the Modelling of ICPTs. II – Induction Coil and Torch Geometry, Proceedings of the 4th Int. Conf. on Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, EPM–2003 (Lyon, France, October 14-17, 2003), Eds. S. Asai et al., 119–124 (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Three-Dimensional Effects in the Modelling of ICPTs, Proceedings of the VI FLUENT User’s Group Meeting, VI–UGM FLUENT (Como, Italy, October 21, 2003), on CD-ROM (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, 3-D Numerical Study of Particle Behavior in ICPTs, 56th Gaseous Electronics Conference, GEC03 – Thermal Plasma Workshop (San Fancisco, CA, USA, October 21-24, 2003); Bulletin of the American Physical Society 48, 6, special insert on Thermal Plasma Workshop (2003)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, Three Dimensional Modelling Of Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches: Comparison With Experiments and Applications, 21st Symposium on Plasma Physics and Technology, SPPT-21 (Praha, Czech Republic, June 14-17, 2004), Eds. J. Koller and J. Pichal; published on Czechoslovak Journal of Physics 54C, C489–C515 (2004) [link]
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Time Dependent 3-D Modelling of Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches, 17th Int. Vacuum Congress, AIV-17 (Venezia, Italy, June 28– July 2, 2004), book of abstracts (2004)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, 3-D numerical analysis of powder injection in various ICPT configurations, 17th Int. Vacuum Congress, AIV-17 (Venezia, Italy, June 28– July 2, 2004), book of abstracts (2004)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, 3-D Modelling of Inductively Coupled Plasma Torches with Turbulence Effects and Particle Injection, Proceedings of the VII FLUENT User’s Group Meeting, VII–UGM FLUENT (Milano, Italy, October 5, 2004), on CD-ROM (2005)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, E. Malfa, 3-D Modelling of DC Transferred Arc Twin Torch for Asbestos Inertization, 32nd Int. Conf. on Plasma Science, ICOPS-2005 (Monterey, CA, USA, June 18-23, 2005), Eds. IEEE–Institute of Electrical and Electronical Engineers (Piscataway, NJ), 228 (2005) [link]
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, R. Benocci, A. Galassi, 3-D Turbulent Modelling of an ICPT With Detailed Gas Injection Section, 32nd Int. Conf. on Plasma Science, ICOPS-2005 (Monterey, CA, USA, June 18-23, 2005), Eds. IEEE–Institute of Electrical and Electronical Engineers (Piscataway, NJ), 274 (2005) [link]
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, T. Trombetti, 3-D Simulation of Powder Injection in Various ICPT Configurations, Proceedings of the 17th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC-17 (Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005), Eds. J. Mostaghimi et al. (University of Toronto, Canada), 153–154 (2005)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, 3-D Turbulent Modelling of an ICPT with Detailed Gas Injection Section, Proceedings of the 17th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC-17 (Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005), Eds. J. Mostaghimi et al. (University of Toronto, Canada), 173–174 (2005)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Time Dependent 3-D Numerical Simulation of Transferred Arc Plasma Treatment, Proceedings of the 17th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC-17 (Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005), Eds. J. Mostaghimi et al. (University of Toronto, Canada), 221–222 (2005)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, S. Dallavalle, M. Vancini, 3-D Fluidynamic and Plasma Characterization of DC Transferred Arc Plasma Torches for Metal Cutting, Proceedings of the 17th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC-17 (Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005), Eds. J. Mostaghimi et al. (University of Toronto, Canada), 365-366 (2005)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, E. Malfa, 3-D Modelling of DC Transferred Arc Twin Torch for Asbestos Inertization, Proceedings of the 17th Int. Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, ISPC-17 (Toronto, Canada, August 7-12, 2005), Eds. J. Mostaghimi et al. (University of Toronto, Canada), 367–368 (2005)
  • D. Bernardi, V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Time Dependent 3-D Numerical Simulation of Transferred Arc Plasma Treatment, Proceedings of the VIII FLUENT User’s Group Meeting, VIII–UGM FLUENT (Milano, Italy, October 11, 2005), on CDROM (2005)
  • V. Colombo, E. Ghedini, A. Mentrelli, Numerical Simulation of Magnetically Deflected Transferred Arc, Proceedings of the XIII Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, WASCOM 2005 (Acireale, CT, Italy; June 19-25, 2005), Eds. Monaco et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 134–139 (2006) [link]
  • A. Mentrelli, C. Rogers, T. Ruggeri, W. K. Schief, On two-Pulse and Shock Evolution in a Class of Ideally Hard Elastic Materials, Proceedings of the Workshop “Asymptotic Methods in Non Linear Wave Phenomena – In Honor of Antonio Greco on his 65th birthday” (Mondello, PA, Italy; June 5-7, 2006), Eds. Ruggeri et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 132–143 (2007)
  • A. Mentrelli, T. Ruggeri, Asymptotic Behavior of Riemann with Structure Problems for Hyperbolic Dissipative Systems, Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Applications – Proceedings of the 11th Int. Conf. on Hyperbolic Problems, HYP2006 (Lyon, France; July 17-21, 2006), Eds. S. Benzoni-Gavages and D. Serre, Springer, 721-730 (2008) [link]
  • A. Mentrelli, M. Sugiyama, N. Zhao, Interaction Between a Shock and an Acceleration Wave in a Perfect Gas for Increasing Shock Strength, Proceedings of the XIV Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, WASCOM 2007 (Scicli, RG, Italy; June 30 – July 6, 2007), Eds. Manganaro et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 405-410 (2008) [link]
  • A. Mentrelli, C. Rogers, W. K. Schief, On Two-Pulse Interaction in a Class of Model Elastic Materials, Proceedings of the XIV Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, WASCOM 2007 (Scicli, RG, Italy; June 30 – July 6, 2007), Eds. Manganaro et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 394–404 (2008)
  • C. Rogers, W. K. Schief, A. Mentrelli, T. Ruggeri, Application of Bäcklund Transformation in Nonlinear Elastodynamics. Two-Pulse Interaction, Proceedings of the XV Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, WASCOM 2009 (Mondello, PA, Italy; June 28 – July 1, 2009), Eds. Greco et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 260-269 (2010)
  • M. Sugiyama, A. Mentrelli, T. Ruggeri, Admissible Shock Waves and Shock-Induced Phase Transitions in a van der Waals Fluid. Part I: The Model, Proceedings of the XV Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, WASCOM 2009 (Mondello, PA, Italy; June 28 – July 1, 2009), Eds. Greco et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 270-278 (2010)
  • T. Ruggeri, A. Mentrelli, M. Sugiyama, Admissible shock waves and shock-induced phase transitions in a van der Waals fluid. Part II: Rankine-Hugoniot conditions and shock admissibility,Proceedings of the XV Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, WASCOM 2009 (Mondello, PA, Italy; June 28 – July 1, 2009), Eds. Greco et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 279-288 (2010)
  • A. Mentrelli, T. Ruggeri, M. Sugiyama, Admissible shock waves and shock-induced phase transitions in a van der Waals fluid. Part III: Numerical analysis, Proceedings of the XV Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, WASCOM 2009 (Mondello, PA, Italy; June 28 – July 1, 2009), Eds. Greco et al., World Scientific (Singapore), 289-296 (2010)
  • A. Mentrelli, T. Ruggeri, M. Sugiyama, N. Zhao, Shock Wave Admissibility and Shock-induced Phase Transitions in a van der Waals Fluid, Proceedings of the 13th Int. Conf. on Hyperbolic Problems, HYP 2010. Beijing (China), June 15-19, 2010 (Editors: T. Li and S. Jiang), Series in Contemporary Applied Mathematics CAM 17, Higher Education Press, 559-567 (2012)
  • A. Mentrelli, T. Ruggeri, Shock waves in quasi-thermal-incompressible materials, Book of Abstracts of the 14th Int. Conf. on Hyperbolic Problems – HYP2012, (Padova, Italy; June 25-29, 2012), 269 (2012)
  • G. Pagnini, A. Mentrelli, The randomized level set method and an associated reaction-diffusion equation to model wildland fire propagation, Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Mathematics for Industry – ECMI 2014 (Taormina, Italy; June 9-13, 2014) [in press]
  • G. Pagnini, R. A. D. Akkermans, N. Buchmann, A. Mentrelli, Reaction-Diffusion Equation and G-Equation Approaches Reconciled in Turbulent Premixed Combustion Modelling, Extended abstract for the XXXVIII Meeting of the Italian Section of the Combustion Institute (Lecce, Italy; September 20-23, 2015), doi: 10.4405/38proci2015.I4
  • I. Kaur, A. Mentrelli, G. Pagnini,  Wildland fire propagation modelling: A novel approach reconciling the Level-set based and the reaction-diffusion equation based models, submitted for the International Conference Applications of Mathematics 2015 (Prague, Czech Republic; November 18-21, 2015)

Thesis

  • A. Mentrelli, Analisi fisica e modellazione numerica statica e dipendente dal tempo di sorgenti di plasma di tipo torcia ad induzione in configurazione ibrida per l’ottimizzazione delle condizioni operative di funzionamento [Physical analysis and numerical modelling of inductively coupled hybrid plasma torches for the optimization of the operating conditions] (in Italian), MS thesis in nuclear engineering, University of Bologna
  • A. Mentrelli, Analisi fisica e modellazione numerica di processi tecnologici assistiti da plasmi termici e laser di potenza [Physical analysis and numerical modelling of thermal plasma and laser-assisted processing of materials] (in Italian), PhD dissertation, University of Bologna

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