Harvinder Sidhu's Publications


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Refereed Journals

  1. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "Analysis of a Chemostat Model with Variable Yield Coefficient: Tessier Kinetics", J. Math. Chem.. (Accepted 26 Sep 2008).
  2. Gubernov, V., Kolobov, A.V., Polezhaev, A.A., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N., (2008) "Pulsating instabilities of combustion waves in a chain-branching reaction model", Int. J. Bif. and Chaos (Accepted 22 June 2008).
  3. Nelson, M.I.and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "Analysis of the activated sludge model (number 1)", Appl. Maths. Let.(Accepted 27 Aug 2008). DOI 10.1016/j.aml.2008.05.003
  4. Pennifold, R.M., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N. (2008) "Investigation of the forced Bonhoeffer van der Pol equations via continuation and other methods" ANZIAM J(E), 49, C626-C641.
  5. Gubernov, V., Sidhu, H.S., Mercer, G.N, Kolobov, A.V., Polezhaev, A.A. (2008) "The effect of Lewis number variation on combustion waves in a model with chain branching reaction", J. Math. Chem., 44, 816-830.DOI 10.1007/s10910-008-9363-x.
  6. Nelson, M.I., Balakrishnan, E, Sidhu, H.S. and Chen, X.D. (2008) "A fundamental analysis of continuous flow bioreactor models and membrane reactor models to process industrial wastewaters", Chem. Eng. J., 140, 521-528
  7. Gubernov, V., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N (2008) "Combustion waves in a model with chain branching reaction and their stability", Combust. Th. Model., 12, 407-431.
  8. Nelson, M.I., Chen, X.D. and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "Reducing the emission of pollutants in industrial wastewater through the use of membrane bioreactors". In Aspects of Mathematical Modelling (Ed. R. Hosking and E. Venturino). Birkhauser, Basel, 95-107.
  9. Sidhu, H.S., Watt, S.D. and Nelson, M.I.(2008) "Performance comparison between a two-reactor cascade and a single reactor in an activated slude wastewater treatment process", Int. J. Environ. Waste Manag.. Accepted April 2007. In press.
  10. Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "Mathematical modelling of the effect of fire exposure on a new type of protective clothing", ANZIAM J(E) 49, C289-C305.
  11. Watt, S.D., Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I. and Ray, A.K. (2007) "Analysis of a model for ethanol production through continuous fermentation", ANZIAM J(E) 49, C85-C99.
  12. Barnes, B., Sidhu, H.S. and Gordon, D.M.(2007) "Host gastro-intestinal dynamics and the frequency of antimicrobial production by Escherichia coli", Microbiology. 153, 2823-2827.
  13. Sidhu, H.S., Gubernov, V., and Mercer, G.N. (2007) "Analysing combustion waves in a model with chain branching", ANZIAM J(E), 49, C100-C115.
  14. Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S.(2007) "Two continuous methods for determining a minimal risk path through a minefield", ANZIAM J(E), 48, C293-C306.
  15. Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I. and Chen, X.D.(2007) "A simple spatial model for self-heating compost piles", ANZIAM J(E),48, C135-C150
  16. Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I., Luangwilai, T. and Chen, X.D.(2007) "Mathematical analysis of the self-heating process in compost piles", Chemical Product and Process Modelling, 2(2), 8, 1-12.
  17. Ansari. N.A., Towers, I., Jovanoski, Z. and Sidhu, H.S. (2007) "A semi-classical approach to two-frequency solitons in a three-level cascade atomic system", Optics Communications, 274, 66-73.
  18. Sidhu, H.S., Watt, S.D., Nelson, M.I. and Ray, A.K.(2007) "Performance improvement and dynamical behaviour analysis of a cascade of two CSTRs", Int. J. Chem. Reactor Eng., 5(A13), 1-13.
  19. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S. (2007) "Reducing the emission of pollutants in food processing wastewaters", Chem. Eng. Process., 46, 429-436
  20. Ansari. N.A., Jovanoski, Z., Sidhu, H.S. and Towers, I.(2006) "Non-linear interation of two intense fields with with a three-level atomic system", J. Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 15, 401-414.
  21. Watt, S.D., Sidhu, H.S. and Nelson, M.I. (2006) "Analysis of a model for the treatment of wastewater by the activated sludge process", ANZIAM J(E),48, C1 - C18
  22. Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2006) "A heat transfer model describing burns to the skin from automotive airbags", ANZIAM J(E),,48, 339-354.
  23. Weber, R.O. and Sidhu, H.S. (2006) "A dynamical systems model for fireline growth with suppression", ANZIAM J(E),, 49, C462-474
  24. Sidhu, H.S., Mercer, G.N., Sexton, M.J., Ansari, N.A. and Jovanoski, Z.J.(2006) "Optimal path trajectories in a threat environment", J. Battlefield Technology. 9, 33-39.
  25. Weber, R.O., Sidhu, H.S., Sawade, D.M., Mercer, G.N. and Nelson, M.I. (2006) "Using the method of lines to determine critical conditions for thermal ignition", J. Eng. Maths. 56, 185-200.
  26. Gubernov, V.V. Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N. (2006) "Determining the Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation condition in nonadiabatic combustion waves", Int. J. Bif. and Chaos,16, 749-755.
  27. Barnes, B, Sidhu, H.S. and S.H. Roxburgh (2006) "A model integrating patch dynamics, competing species and the intermediate disturbance hypothesis", Ecological Modelling,194, 414-420.
  28. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S.(2006) ``Evaluating the performance of a cascade of two bioreactors'', Chem. Eng. Sci.,61, 3159-3166.
  29. Gubernov, V., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N.(2006) "Combustion waves in a model with chain branching reaction", J. Math. Chem. 39,1-14
  30. Gubernov, V., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N (2006) "Generalized compound matrix method", Appl. Maths. Let.,19,458-463.
  31. Mercer, G.N and Sidhu, H.S. (2005) "Modeling thermal burns due to airbag deployment", Burns, 31,977-980
  32. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S. (2005) "Analysis of a chemostat model with variable yield coefficient", J. Math. Chem. 38, 605-615
  33. Sidhu, H.S. and Nelson, M.I.(2005) "Behaviour of an elementary oxidation reaction in a semi-batch reactor", Chem. Eng. J.. 1109, 31-39.
  34. Gubernov, V. Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N.(2005) "The effect of ambient temperature of the propagation of nonadiabatic combustion waves", J. Math. Chem., 37, 149-162.
  35. Barnes, B. and Sidhu, H.S. (2005) "Plant-herbivore models, where more grass means fewer grazers", Bulletin. Math. Biology 67, 33-55.
  36. Gubernov, V., Mercer, G.N., Sidhu, H.S. and Weber, R.O. (2004) "Evans function stability of nonadiabatic combustion waves", Proc. Roy. Soc. Ser. A., 460, 2415-2435.
  37. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S.(2004) "Bifurcation phenomena for an oxidation reaction in a continuously stirred tank reactor. II Diabatic operation", ANZIAM J.,45, 303-326
  38. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S. (2004) "Flammability limits of an oxidation reaction in a batch reactor. II The Rychly mechanism", J. Math. Chem., 35, 119-129.
  39. Hearn, C.J. and Sidhu, H.S. (2003) "Stommel transitions in shallow coastal basins", Continental Shelf Research, 23, 1071-1085.
  40. Gubernov, V., Mercer, G.N., Sidhu, H.S. and Weber, R.O. (2003) "Evans function stability of combustion waves", SIAM J. Appl. Maths., 63, 1259-1275.
  41. Gubernov, V., Mercer, G.N., Sidhu, H.S. and Weber, R.O. (2003) "Numerical methods for the travelling wave solutions in a reaction-diffusion equation", ANZIAM J.(E), Part C, 271-289.
  42. Sexton, M.J., Sidhu, H.S. and Nelson, M.I. (2003) "Numerical investigation of a reaction in a batch reactor: Flammability limits", ANZIAM J.(E), Part C, 687-704.
  43. Watt, S.D., Mercer, G.N., Sidhu, H.S. and Weber R.O.(2003) "The thermal ignition problem in a cube", ANZIAM J.(E), Part C, 820-835.
  44. Weber, R.O., Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2002) "Combustion leftovers", Mathl. Comput. Modelling, 36, 371-377.
  45. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S.(2002) "Bifurcation phenomena for an oxidation reaction in a continuously stirred tank reactor. I Adiabatic operation", J. Math. Chem., 31, 155-186.
  46. Gubernov, V., Mercer, G.N., Sidhu, H.S. and Weber, R.O. (2002) "On the Evans function calculation of the stability of combustion waves", Aus. Math. Soc. Gazette, 29, 155-163.
  47. Nelson, M.I., Sidhu, H.S., Weber, R.O. and Mercer, G.N. (2001) "A dynamical systems model of the limiting oxygen index test", ANZIAM J., 43(B), 105-117.
  48. Weber, R.O., Wake, G.C., Sidhu, H.S., Mercer, G.N., Gray, B.F., Derrick, W, and Balakrishnan, E. (2001) "On the crossing of Intermediate unstable steady state solutions for thermal ignition in a sphere", ANZIAM J., 43(B), 77-85.
  49. Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I., Mercer, G.N. and Weber, R.O. (2000) "Dynamical analysis of an elementary X+Y -> P reaction in a continuously stirred tank reactor", J. Math. Chem., 28, 353-375.
  50. Weber, R.O., Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2000) "Bifurcating combustion behaviour", ANZIAM J., 42(E), 1465-1481.
  51. Aldis, G.K., Sidhu, H.S. and Joiner, K.J. (1999) "Trial of calculus and Maple with heterogeneous student groups at the Australian Defence Force Academy", Int. J. Comp. Alg. Maths. Ed. 6, 167-190.
  52. Hearn, C.J. and Sidhu, H.S. (1999) "The Stommel model of shallow coastal lagoons", Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A, 455, 3997-4011.
  53. Watt, S.D., Weber, R.O., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N. (1999) "A weight function approach for determining initial conditions for combustion waves", IMA J. Appl. Math., 62, 195-206.
  54. Sidhu, H.S. and Hearn, C.J. (1999) "The Stommel model of coastal lagoons", Modelling Coastal Sea Processes, edited by John Noye, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp 273-292.
  55. Hearn, C.J., Sidhu, H.S. and Watt, S.D. (1999) "Analysis of nonlinear behaviour of estuaries based on the stommel model", Appl. Maths. Model., 23, 35-54.
  56. Mercer, G.N., Weber, R.O. and Sidhu H.S. (1998) "An oscillatory route to extinction for solid fuel combustion waves due to heat loss", Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A, 454, 2015-2022.
  57. Weber, R.O., Mercer, G.N., Sidhu, H.S. and Gray, B.F. (1997) "Combustion waves for gases( Le=1 ) and solids ( Le -> oo )", Proc. Roy. Soc. London Ser. A , 453 , 1105-1118.
  58. Sidhu, H.S. , Forbes, L.K. and Gray, B.F. (1997) "Forced reaction in a CSTR: comparison between the full model and the reduced system", Chem. Engng. Sci. , 52 , 2667-2676.
  59. Sidhu, H.S. , Forbes, L.K. and Gray, B.F. (1996) "Periodically forced hydrocarbon oxidation reaction in a CSTR", Int. J. Bif. and Chaos , 6 , 2321-2341.
  60. Sidhu, H.S. , Forbes, L.K. and Gray, B.F. (1996) "A detailed study of the effects of forcing a hydrocarbon oxidation reaction", Mathl. Comput. Modelling , 24 , 65-88.
  61. Sidhu, H.S. , Forbes, L.K. and Gray, B.F. (1995) "Analysis of the unified thermal and chain branching model of hydrocarbon oxidation", Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. A , 449 , 493-514.

    Refereed Conference Proceedings

  62. Nelson, M.I., Sidhu, H.S. and Chen, X.D. (2008) "The passage of food through animal stomachs: A chemical reactor engineering approach", Proc. 36th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2008, 533 - 542, Engineers Australia, ISBN 85825 823 4.
  63. Sidhu, H.S., Kavanagh, J., Watt, S.D. and Nelson, M.I. (2008) "Performance evaluation of ethanol production through continuous fermentation", Proc. 36th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2008, 590 - 599, Engineers Australia, ISBN 85825 823 4.
  64. Mahmud, M.S., Ryan, J.W., Cooper, C.G., Safinski, T.,Nelson, M.I., Sidhu, H.S. and Adesina, A.A. (2008) "Kinetic analysis of oleic acid esterification using lipolytic enzyme as catalyst", Proc. 36th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2008, 1382 - 1392, Engineers Australia, ISBN 85825 823 4.
  65. Nelson, M.I., Sidhu, H.S. and Adesina, A.A. (2008) "An operational model for a well-stirred membrane bioreactor: reactor performance analysis", Proc. 36th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2008, 1565 - 1574, Engineers Australia, ISBN 85825 823 4.
  66. Sidhu, H.S., Gubernov, V.V., Mercer, G.N., Watt, Kolobov, A.V. and Polezhaev, A.A. (2008) "Investigation of a nonadiabatic two-step chain branching reaction model", Proc. 36th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2008, 1958 - 1967, Engineers Australia, ISBN 85825 823 4.
  67. Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "Investigating the effectiveness of phase change material as a new type of protective clothing for firefighters", Proc. 36th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2008, 1968 - 1978, Engineers Australia, ISBN 85825 823 4.
  68. Sidhu, H.S., and Nelson, M.I. (2007) "Mathematical analysis of the activated sludge process for domestic wastewater treatment", Proc. 35th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2007, 712 - 720, Engineers Australia, ISBN 0858 25844 7.
  69. Nelson, M.I., Sidhu, H.S. and Chen, X.D. (2007) "A spatially uniform model of self-heating in compost piles", Proc. 35th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2007, 1673 - 1683, Engineers Australia, ISBN 0858 25844 7.
  70. Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2007) "Modelling heat transport in a new type of protective clothing during fire exposure", Proc. 35th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2007, 1855 - 1861, Engineers Australia, ISBN 0858 25844 7.
  71. Watt, S.D., Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I. and Ray, A.K.(2007) "Improving ethanol production through continuos fermentation", Proc. 35th Australasian Chem. Eng. Conf. (CD-ROM), CHEMECA 2007, 1862 - 1869, Engineers Australia, ISBN 0858 25844 7.
  72. Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I., Ansari, N.A. and Chen, X.D.(2006) "Mathematical analysis of self-heating in compost piles", CHEMECA 2006.
  73. Sidhu, H.S., Watt, S.D. and Nelson, M.I.(2006) "Activated sludge wastewater treatment process: performance comparison between a two-reactor cascade and a single reactor", CHEMECA 2006.
  74. Sidhu, H.S. and Nelson, M.I.(2005) ``Improving bioreactor performance:Are two CSTBs always better than one?'', CHEMECA2005.
  75. Weber, R.O., Ansari, N.A., Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2003) "Multiple flame balls", Proc. Aust. Symp. on Combust.
  76. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S.(2003) "Efficient means of determining product yield in reactors",CHEMECA 2003.
  77. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S.(2003) "Improving the productivity of bioreactors using natural oscillations", Proc. 6th Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf., EMAC 2003, 163-168.
  78. Sidhu, H.S., Ansari, N.A., Mercer, G.N., Weber, R.O. and Watt, S.D. (2003) "Stagnation point flows: two dimensional solutions and its one dimensional approximation", Proc. 6th Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf., EMAC 2003, 247-251.
  79. Waterhouse, N., Sidhu, H.S. and Nelson, M.I. (2002) "Polymer combustion: The critical mass flux model", Proc. 5th Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf., EMAC 2002
  80. Rowland, D.R. Sidhu, H.S. and Jovanoski, Z. (2002) "Insights on student learning from a misapplication of differential equations theory", Proc. 13th Conf. Australasian Assoc. Engng., 333-338.
  81. Weber, R.O., Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2001) "Instability of travelling waves in a complex system modelling fire spread", Proc. Int. Congress Model. Simulation: MODSIM 2001, 973-976.
  82. Sidhu, H.S., Sexton, M.J., Nelson, M.I., Mercer, G.N. and Weber, R.O. (2000) "A simple combustion process in a semibatch reactor", Proc. 4th Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf., EMAC 2000 251-254.
  83. Jovanoski, Z., Sidhu, H.S. and Aldis, G.K. (2000) "Addressing inclusivity and diversity issues in a second year engineering mathematics course", Proc. 4th Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf., EMAC 2000 167-170.
  84. Sidhu, H.S., Mercer, G.N. and Weber, R.O. (1998) "Combustion process in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR)", 3rd Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf.
  85. Aldis, G., Sidhu, H.S. and Joiner, K. (1998) "Maple teaching trial", 3rd Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf., 79-82.
  86. Mercer, G.N., Weber, R.O. and Sidhu, H.S. (1998) "Pulsating combustion waves in solid fuels", 3rd Engng. Maths. Appl. Conf., 363-366.
  87. Sidhu, H.S., Mercer, G.N. and Weber, R.O. (1997) "Bifurcation analysis of a combustion reaction in a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR)", Proc. Aust. Symp. on Combust., 138-142.
  88. Donovan, D., Lucht, M., Sidhu, H.S. and Thompson, B. (1996) "Interactive MAPLE tutorials", 2nd Engng, Math. Appl. Conf., 499-503.
  89. Skowronski, J.M. and Sidhu, H.S. (1991) "Coordination control of hamiltonian systems", Proc. 4th workshop on control mechanics, Los Angeles.

    90. Submitted Papers

  90. Watt, S.D., Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I. and Ray, A.K. (2008) "Analysis of a Model for Ethanol Production Through Continuous Fermentation: Ethanol Productivity" International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
  91. Watt, S.D., Sidhu, H.S., Nelson, M.I. and Ray, A.K. (2008) "Evaluating the performance of the activated sludge wastewater treatment process using a cascade of two bioreactors" Chemical Engineering Technology
  92. Pennifold, R.M., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N. (2008) "Applications of the He's variational iteration method and a modified Picard's method to the forced Bonhoeffer van der Pol equations via" Applied Mathematics and Computation
  93. Nelson, M.I., Sidhu, H.S. and Adesina, A. (2008) "Analysis of an immobilised enzyme membrane bioreactor", Chem. Eng. J.
  94. Pennifold, R.M., Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N. (2008) "Approximate solutions to a non-autonomous system using perturbation theory and He's variational iteration method" ANZIAM J
  95. Rowe, M.P., Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S.(2008) "A springs and masses model for determining the lowest risk path in a threat environment" ANZIAM J
  96. Nelson, M.I., Balakrishnan, E. and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "A fundamental analysis of continuous flow bioreactor and membrane reactor models with Tessier kinetics", Chem. Eng. Comm..
  97. Sidhu, H.S., Gubernov, V., Kolobov, A.V., Polezhaev, A.A. and Mercer, G.N., (2008) "Oscillatiory combustion waves in a chain branching model", ANZIAM J
  98. Nelson, M.I. and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "Flammability limits of an oxidation reaction in a batch reactor", Chem. Eng. J.
  99. Mercer, G.N. and Sidhu, H.S. (2008) "Phase change benefits for firefighters under extreme conditions", Chemical Product and Process. Modelling
  100. Rowe, M.P.,Sidhu, H.S. and Mercer, G.N. (2008) "Military aviation application for a springs and masses safest path determining model", J. Battlefield Tech.
  101. Sidhu, H.S., Gubernov, V.V., Mercer, G.N., Watt, Kolobov, A.V. and Polezhaev, A.A. (2008) " Travelling waves in a two-step chain branching model with heat loss", Chemical Product and Process. Modelling
  102. M.I. Nelson, Sidhu, H.S. and A.A. Adesina (2008) "Analysis of an immobilised enzyme reactor model", Applied Math. Letters
  103. M.I. Nelson, Sidhu, H.S. and A.A. Adesina (2008) "Analysis of an immobilised enzyme reactor model with catalyst activation", Chemical Product and Process. Modelling


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