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Prof Richard Kerswell
PhD Applied Mathematics
Office: 2.1
Department of Mathematics
University Walk, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TW, U.K.
Telephone:
+44 (0)117 928-7966
Extension: 87966
Mail: r.r.kerswell
http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~marrk
Education
- BA Mathematics
- University of Cambridge (1987)
- MA Applied Mathematics
- University of California (1988)
- PhD Applied Mathematics
- Massachusets Institute of Technology (1992)
Publications
Dam break with Coulomb friction: a model for Granular Slumping? (2005)
R.R. Kerswell
Phys. Fluids vol: 17 , Page: 057101
`Recent progress in understanding the transition to turbulence in a pipe (2005)
R.R. Kerswell
Nonlinearity vol: 18 , Pages: R17 - R44
Research Interests
Fluid mechanics, especially stability theory, transition to turbulence and turbulence itself.
Rotating fluids and applications to geophysics and astrophysics. Granular media and complex fluids.
Research Themes
Sample Research Topic
Piple flow and transition to turbulence
Recently we have found exact travelling wave solutions for pressure-driven flow in a long circular pipe. The find poses many questions about the transition to turbulence, the classical problem studied by Reynolds in 1883.