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Quantitative assessment of computational models for retinotopic map formation
(WileyDevelopmental Neurobiology, 2014-11-14)
Molecular and activity-based cues
acting together are thought to guide retinal axons to their
terminal sites in vertebrate optic tectum or superior colliculus
(SC) to form an ordered map of connections. The
details of ...
Asymptotic approximations for the sound generated by aerofoils in unsteady subsonic flows
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical PhysicsChurchill College, 2014-10-07)
This thesis considers the sound generated by unsteady perturbations interacting with
solid aerofoils in background steady flows, in an attempt to further develop analytic models for the noise generated by blades within ...
CLEANING OF VISCOUS DROPS ON A FLAT INCLINED SURFACE USING GRAVITY-DRIVEN FILM FLOWS
(ElsevierFood and Bioproducts Processing, 2014-10-07)
We investigate the fluid mechanics of cleaning viscous drops attached to a flat inclined
surface using thin gravity-driven film flows. We focus on the case where the drop cannot be
detached from the surface by the mechanical ...
Secondary instability and tertiary states in rotating plane Couette flow
(Cambridge University PressJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014-11-14)
Recent experimental studies have shown rich transition behaviour in rotating plane Couette
ow (RPCF). In this paper we study the transition in supercritical RPCF theoretically
by determination of equilibrium and periodic ...
Freezing colloidal suspensions: periodic ice lenses and compaction
(CUP, 2014-10-14)
Recent directional solidification experiments with aqueous suspensions of alumina particles (Anderson & Worster 2012) motivate a model for freezing colloidal suspensions that builds upon a theoretical framework developed ...
Cleaning of Viscous Droplets on an Inclined Planar Surface Using Film Flows
(Australian Fluids Mechanics SocietyProceedings of the Nineteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 2014)
We investigate the fluid mechanics of cleaning viscous drops
attached to a flat inclined surface using thin gravity-driven film
flows. We focus on the case where the drop cannot be detached
from the surface by the mechanical ...
Modelling of partially-resolved oceanic symmetric instability
(ElsevierOcean Modelling, 2014-08-04)
A series of idealized numerical models have been developed to investigate the effects of partially resolved
symmetric instability (SI) in oceanic general circulation models. An analysis of the energetics of symmetric
instability ...
On the initial value problem in general relativity and wave propagation in black-hole spacetimes
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-11-11)
The first part of this thesis is concerned with the question of global uniqueness of solutions to the initial value problem in general relativity. In 1969, Choquet-Bruhat and Geroch proved, that in the class of globally ...
The impact and rupture of a water-filled balloon on a rigid surface
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-06-10)
The dropping of a water-filled latex balloon onto a flat, rigid surface is an experiment that is known and has been performed by many, but on which there is no existing published work. High-speed images taken of the process ...
Quantum information, Bell inequalities and the no-signalling principle
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-02-04)
This PhD thesis contains a general introduction and three main chapters. Chapter 2 investigates Bell inequalities that generalize the CHSH and Braunstein-Caves inequalities. Chapter 3 shows a derivation of an upper bound ...