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Prof Rich Kerswell, FRS
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
Web: 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)
Honours
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.