Dr Christopher Leonardi
Chief Investigator
Centre for Natural Gas
Advance Queensland Fellow
UQ School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Book Chapter
Owen, D. R. J., Feng, Y. T., Han, K. and Leonardi, C. R. (2011). Multi-field coupling strategies for large scale particle-fluid problems. Recent Developments and Innovative Applications in Computational Mechanics. (pp. 239-248) edited by Dana Mueller-Hoeppe, Stefan Loehnert and Stefanie Reese. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer - Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-17484-1_27
Journal Articles
McCullough, J. W.S., Łaniewski-Wołłk, , Aminossadati, S. M. and Leonardi, C. R. (2021). A 3D LBM-DEM study of sheared particle suspensions under the influence of temperature-dependent viscosity. Powder Technology, 390, 143-158. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2021.05.011
Mitchell, T., Holzer, M., Schwarzmeier, C., Bauer, M., Rüde, U. and Leonardi, C. (2021). Stability assessment of the phase-field lattice Boltzmann model and its application to Taylor bubbles in annular piping geometries. Physics of Fluids, 33 (8) 083325, 1-22. doi: 10.1063/5.0061694
Hill, Bryce M. and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2021). Lattice Boltzmann simulation of transient blood flow in arterial geometries using a regularised, viscoplastic and shear-thinning fluid. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 37 (8) e3456, 1-28. doi: 10.1002/cnm.3456
Mitchell, T. R., Majidi, M., Rahimian, M. H. and Leonardi, C. R. (2021). Computational modeling of three-dimensional thermocapillary flow of recalcitrant bubbles using a coupled lattice Boltzmann-finite difference method. Physics of Fluids, 33 (3) 032108, 1-23. doi: 10.1063/5.0038171
Wang, Duo, You, Zhenjiang, Johnson, Raymond L., Wu, Lei, Bedrikovetsky, Pavel, Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2021). Numerical investigation of the effects of proppant embedment on fracture permeability and well production in Queensland coal seam gas reservoirs. International Journal of Coal Geology, 242 103689, 103689. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103689
Masum, Billah M., Aminossadati, Saiied M., Leonardi, Christopher R. and Kizil, Mehmet S. (2020). Gas sensing with hollow-core photonic crystal fibres: a comparative study of mode analysis and gas flow performance. Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications, 41 100830, 100830. doi: 10.1016/j.photonics.2020.100830
Mitchell, T. and Leonardi, C. (2020). On the rise characteristics of Taylor bubbles in annular piping. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 130 103376, 103376. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2020.103376
Kamyar, Amin, Aminossadati, Saiied M., Leonardi, Christopher R., Sasmito, Agus P. and Poncet, Sébastien (2020). Flow characterisation of monopropylene glycol ice slurry through a horizontal U-bend: a numerical approach. European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids, 82, 93-105. doi: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2020.03.004
Mitchell, T. and Leonardi, C. (2020). Development of closure relations for the motion of Taylor bubbles in vertical and inclined annular pipes using high-fidelity numerical modeling. Physics of Fluids, 32 (6) 063306, 063306. doi: 10.1063/5.0011456
Rutkowski, Mariusz, Gryglas, Wojciech, Szumbarski, Jacek, Leonardi, Christopher and Łaniewski-Wołłk, Łukasz (2020). Open-loop optimal control of a flapping wing using an adjoint Lattice Boltzmann method. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 79 (12), 3547-3569. doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2020.02.020
McCullough, J. W.S., Aminossadati, S. M. and Leonardi, C. R. (2020). Transport of particles suspended within a temperature-dependent viscosity fluid using coupled LBM–DEM. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 149 119159, 119159. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.119159
Gruszczyński, G., Mitchell, T., Leonardi, C., Łaniewski-Wołłk, Ł. and Barber, T. (2019). A cascaded phase-field lattice Boltzmann model for the simulation of incompressible, immiscible fluids with high density contrast. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 79 (4), 1049-1071. doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2019.08.018
You, Zhenjiang, Wang, Duo, Leonardi, Christopher, Johnson Jr, Raymond and Bedrikovetsky, Pavel (2019). Influence of elastoplastic embedment on CSG production enhancement using graded particle injection. The APPEA Journal, 59 (1), 310-318. doi: 10.1071/aj18086
Masoudian, Mohsen S., Leonardi, Christopher, Chen, Zhongwei and Underschultz, Jim (2019). Towards the development of a baseline for surface movement in the Surat Cumulative Management Area. The APPEA Journal, 59 (1), 95. doi: 10.1071/aj18181
Aghighi, Mohammad Ali, Johnson, Raymond Jr. and Leonardi, Chris (2019). Challenges in modelling of hydraulic fracturing in low-permeability coal seams with complex cleat networks and stress regimes. APPEA Journal, 59 (1), 166-178. doi: 10.1071/aj18140
Masum, Billah M., Aminossadati, Saiied M., Kizil, Mehmet S. and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2019). Numerical and experimental investigations of pressure-driven gas flow in hollow-core photonic crystal fibers. Applied Optics, 58 (4), 963-972. doi: 10.1364/ao.58.000963
Kamyar, Amin, Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2019). Thermo-Hydrodynamics of a Helical Coil Heat Exchanger Operated with a Phase-Change Ice Slurry as a Refrigerant. Heat Transfer Engineering, 40 (3-4), 283-294. doi: 10.1080/01457632.2018.1428989
Masum, B. M., Aminossadati, S. M., Leonardi, C. R., Kizil, M. S. and Amanzadeh, M. (2018). Numerical analysis of gas diffusion in drilled hollow–core photonic crystal fibres. Measurement, 127, 283-291. doi: 10.1016/j.measurement.2018.05.106
Wang, Duo, Leonardi, Christopher and Aminossadati, Saiied M. (2018). Improved coupling of time integration and hydrodynamic interaction in particle suspensions using the lattice Boltzmann and discrete element methods. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 75 (7), 2593-2606. doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2018.01.002
McCullough, J. W.S., Leonardi, C. R., Jones, B. D., Aminossadati, S. M. and Williams, J. R. (2018). Investigation of local and non-local lattice Boltzmann models for transient heat transfer between non-stationary, disparate media. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 79 (1), 174-194. doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2018.01.018
Mitchell, T., Leonardi, C. and Fakhari, A. (2018). Development of a three-dimensional phase-field lattice Boltzmann method for the study of immiscible fluids at high density ratios. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 107, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.05.004
Fakhari, Abbas, Mitchell, Travis, Leonardi, Christopher and Bolster, Diogo (2017). Improved locality of the phase-field lattice-Boltzmann model for immiscible fluids at high density ratios. Physical Review E, 96 (5) 053301, 053301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.053301
Wu, Benjamin, Firouzi, Mahshid, Mitchell, Travis, Rufford, Thomas E., Leonardi, Christopher and Towler, Brian (2017). A critical review of flow maps for gas-liquid flows in vertical pipes and annuli. Chemical Engineering Journal, 326, 350-377. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.05.135
Kamyar, Amin, Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Leonardi, Christopher (2017). Potential strategies towards energy-efficient mine ventilation and cooling systems. Australian Resources and Investment, 11 (1), 49-50.
McCullough, J. W. S., Leonardi, C. R., Jones, B. D., Aminossadati, S. M. and Williams, J. R. (2016). Lattice Boltzmann methods for the simulation of heat transfer in particle suspensions. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 62 (Part B), 150-165. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2016.11.005
Mitchell, Travis R. and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2016). Micromechanical investigation of fines liberation and transport during coal seam dewatering. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 35 (A), 1101-1120. doi: 10.1016/j.jngse.2016.09.038
Leonardi, Christopher R. (2016). Foreword: Special issue on particle methods for the oil and gas industry. Computational Particle Mechanics, 3 (2), 123-124. doi: 10.1007/s40571-016-0107-6
Butler, J. L. and Leonardi, C. R. (2016). Improvement of squeezing ground prediction and monitoring capabilities for Mount Isa Mines Northern 3500 orebody. Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy: Section A, 125 (3), 142-155. doi: 10.1080/14749009.2015.1117238
Liu, Haihu, Kang, Qinjun, Leonardi, Christopher R., Jones, Bruce D., Schmieschek, Sebastian, Narvaez, Ariel, Williams, John R., Valocchi, Albert J. and Harting, Jens (2015). Multiphase lattice Boltzmann simulations for porous media applications: a review. Computational Geosciences, 20 (4), 1-29. doi: 10.1007/s10596-015-9542-3
Leonardi, Christopher R., McCullough, Jon W. S., Jones, Bruce D. and Williams, John R. (2015). Electromagnetic excitation of particle suspensions in hydraulic fractures using a coupled lattice Boltzmann-discrete element model. Computational Particle Mechanics, 3 (2), 125-140. doi: 10.1007/s40571-015-0035-x
Holmes, David W., Williams, John R., Tilke, Peter G. and Leonardi, Christopher (2015). Characterizing flow in oil reservoir rock using SPH: absolute permeability. Computational Particle Mechanics, 3 (2), 141-154. doi: 10.1007/s40571-015-0038-7
Leonardi, C. R., Owen, D. R. J. and Feng, Y. T. (2012). Simulation of fines migration using a non-Newtonian lattice Boltzmann-discrete element model Part I: 2D implementation aspects. Engineering Computations, 29 (3-4), 366-391. doi: 10.1108/02644401211227617
Leonardi, C. R., Owen, D. R. J. and Feng, Y. T. (2012). Simulation of fines migration using a non-Newtonian lattice Boltzmann-discrete element model Part II: 3D extension and applications. Engineering Computations, 29 (3-4), 392-418. doi: 10.1108/02644401211227635
Leonardi, C. R., Owen, D. R. J. and Feng, Y. T. (2011). Numerical rheometry of bulk materials using a power law fluid and the lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 166 (12-13), 628-638. doi: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.02.011
Owen, D. R. J., Leonardi, C. R. and Feng, Y. T. (2011). An efficient framework for fluid–structure interaction using the lattice Boltzmann method and immersed moving boundaries. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 87 (1-5), 66-95. doi: 10.1002/nme.2985
Conference Papers
Mojumder, Juwel Chandra, Aminossadati, Saiied and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2020). Modelling of selective nanofluids under radiation in a CPV/T collector. 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 December 2020. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/d43e050
Hill, Bryce, Mitchell, Travis and Leonardi, Christopher (2020). Lattice Boltzmann modelling of a regularised Kuang-Luo fluid in a carotid artery. 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-10 December 2020. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/cf18781
Mitchell, Travis and Leonardi, Christopher (2020). Analysis of Taylor bubble dynamics via high-fidelity numerical modelling. 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 December 2020. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/4181c21
Di Vaira, Nathan J., Łaniewski-Wołłk, Łukasz, Johnson, Raymond L., Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2020). Hydrodynamic and electrostatic jamming of microparticles in narrow channels. 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 December 2020. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/8d34dcf
Laniewski-Wollk, Lukasz and Leonardi, Christopher (2020). Towards a stochastic model of the permeability of rough fractures. 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-10 December 2020. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/9d96db0
Di Vaira, Nathan, Leonardi, Christopher and Johnson Jr., Raymond (2020). Modelling Micro-Proppant Transport in Stress-Sensitive Naturally-Fractured Reservoirs. 82nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-11 December. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/200600-ms
Johnson, Raymond L., You, Zhenjiang, Ribeiro, Ayrton, Mukherjee, Saswata, Salomao de Santiago, Vanessa and Leonardi, Christopher (2020). Integrating Reservoir Characterisation, Diagnostic Fracture Injection Testing, Hydraulic Fracturing and Post-Frac Well Production Data to Define Pressure Dependent Permeability Behavior in Coal. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Online, 17-19 November 2020. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/202281-ms
Leonardi, Christopher R., Flottmann, Thomas, Pandey, Vibhas J. and Johnson, Raymond J. (2019). Quantifying the influence of three dimensionality on hydraulic fracturing in coal seam gas wells. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18 – 19 November 2019. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2019-198203
Mitchell, Travis, Hill, Bryce, Firouzi, Mahshid and Leonardi, Christopher (2019). Development and Evaluation of Multiphase Closure Models used in the Simulation of Unconventional Wellbore Dynamics. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 18 - 19 November 2019. Tulsa, OK United States: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. doi: 10.15530/ap-urtec-2019-198239
You, Zhenjiang, Wang, Duo, Di Vaira, Nathan, Johnson, Raymond, Bedrikovetsky, Pavel and Leonardi, Christopher (2019). Development of predictive models in support of micro-particle injection in naturally fractured reservoirs. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18 – 19 November 2019. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2019-198276
Deisman, Nathan, Flottmann, Thomas, Guo, Yujia, Hodder, Kevin, Chalaturnyk, Richard and Leonardi, Christopher (2019). Using 3d printed synthetic rock for systematic evaluation of mechanical properties in coal. SPE/AAPG/SEG Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Technology Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18 – 19 November 2019. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC). doi: 10.15530/AP-URTEC-2019-198255
Mitchell, Travis, Leonardi, Chris, Firouzi, Mahshid and Towler, Brian (2018). Towards closure relations for the rise velocity of Taylor bubbles in annular piping using phase-field lattice Boltzmann techniques. 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 10 - 13 December 2018. Hawthorn, VIC, Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
Leonardi, C. R., McCullough, J. W. S., Wang, D. and Aminossadati, S. M. (2018). Evaluation of the temperature-dependent rheology of non-Brownian particle suspensions via direct numerical simulation. 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 10-13 December 2018. Perth, WA Australia: Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society.
Masum, B. M., Aminossadati, S. M., Leonardi, C. R. and Amanzadeh, M. (2017). Mathematical modelling of gas flow in a hollow-core optical fibre. 2nd International Conference of Fibre-optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 8 - 10 January 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. doi: DOI 10.1109/OFSIS.2017.13
Masum, B. M., Aminossadati, S. M., Leonardi, C. R., Kizil, M. S. and Amanzadeh, M. (2017). New generation of gas sensors for underground coal mining applications. Australian Mine Ventilation Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 28-30 August 2017. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Mine Ventilation Conference.
Kamyar, Amin, Aminossadati, Saiied Mostafa, Leonardi, Christopher and Sasmito, Agus (2016). Current developments and challenges of underground mine ventilation and cooling methods. 2016 Coal Operators' Conference, Wollongong, Australia, 10-12 Feb 2016. Wollongong, Australia: The University of Wollongong Printery.
McCullough, Jon W.S., Leonardi, Christopher R., Jones, Bruce D., Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Williams, John R. (2016). Transient heat transfer modelling at straight and curved interfaces of disparate media using DDF-TLBM. Thirteenth International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, Hamburg, Germany, 18-22 July, 2016.
Wang, Duo, Leonardi, Christopher and Aminossadati, Saiied M. (2016). Characterisation of proppant transport in hydraulic fractures using the coupled lattice Boltzmann method and discrete element method. Thirteenth International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science, Hamburg, Germany, 18-22 July, 2016.
Leonardi, Christopher , Regulski, Wojciech, McCullough, Jon W. S., Wang, Duo, Mitchell, Travis R., Jones, Bruce D. and Williams, John R. (2016). Characterising the Behaviour of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids via Direct Numerical Simulation. SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 25-27 October 2016. Richardson, TX, United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi: 10.2118/182458-MS
Jones, B. D., Williams, J. and Leonardi, C. R. (2015). Simulation of particle suspensions using a coupled lattice boltzmann and discrete element method. 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, United States, 29 June - 1 July 2015. Alexandria, VA, United States: The American Rock Mechanics Association.
McCullough, J. W. S., Leonardi, C. R. and Aminossadati, S. M. (2015). Application of Thermal Lattice Boltzmann Methods at Fluid-Solid Interfaces. Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 30 November - 1 December 2015.
Kamyar, Amin, Aminossadati, Saiied M. and Leonardi, Christopher R. (2015). Thermal and hydraulic performance of a heat exchanger operated with ice slurry as refrigerant. IAHR International Conference on Cooling Tower and Heat, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-11 September 2015. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Leonardi, Christopher R., Jones, Bruce D., Holmes, David W. and Williams, John R. (2013). Simulation of complex particle suspensions using coupled lattice Boltzmann-discrete element methods. 6th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM6), Golden, CO, United States, 5-6 August, 2013. Golden, CO, United States: Colorado School of Mines.
Tilke, P. G., Leonardi, C. R., Holmes, D. W. and Williams, J. R. (2012). A multicore numerical framework for assessing the permeability of reservoir rocks. 4th International Conference on Porous Media and Their Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry (ICPM 2012), Potsdam, Germany, 17-22 June, 2012.
Leonardi, Christopher, Holmes, David W., Williams, John R. and Tilke, Peter G. (2011). A Multi-Core Numerical Framework for Characterizing Flow in Oil Reservoirs. 19th High Performance Computing Symposium (HCP2011), Boston USA, 4-7 april, 2011. San Diego, CA United States: Society for Computer Simulation International.
Williams, John R., Herrero, Sergio, Leonardi, Christopher, Chan, Stephen, Sanchez, Abel and Aung, Zeyar (2011). Large in-memory cyber-physical security-related analytics via scalable coherent shared memory architectures. IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Cyber Security (CISC2011), Paris, France, 11-15 April 2011. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CICYBS.2011.5949414
Owen, D. R. J., Feng, Y. T., Labao, M., Han, K., Leonardi, C. R., Yu, J. and Eve, R. (2009). Fluid/structure coupling in fracturing solids and particulate media. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/17486020902767370
Leonardi, Christopher, Owens, D.R.J., Feng, Y.T. and Ferguson, W.T. (2008). Computational modelling of fines migration in block caving operations. 5th International Conference and Exhibition on Mass Mining (MassMin2008), Lulea, Sweden, 9-11 June 2008. Luleå, Sweden: Luleå University of Technology.
Owen. D. R. J., Feng, Y. T., Han, K. and Leonardi, C. R. (2007). Multi-field coupling strategies for large scale problems involving multi-fracturing rock and particulate media. 3rd Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM07), Kyoto , Japan, 3-6 December 2007.
Owen, D. R. J., Feng, Y. T., Labao, M., Leonardi, C. R., Zhao, S. Y. and Yu, J. (2007). Simulation of multi-fracturing rock media including fluid/structure coupling. 1st Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver BC, Canada, 27-31 May 2007. London: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.1201/NOE0415444019-c57
Loughran, J.G. and Leonardi, Christopher (2005). Application of discrete element methods to modelling of belt feeders. 4th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM05), Melbourne , Australia, 16-18 February 2005. North Melbourne, VIC Australia: Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia.