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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 ...
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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 ...
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Shearing waves and the MRI dynamo in stratified accretion discs
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-01-07)Accretion discs efficiently transport angular momentum by a wide variety of as yet imperfectly understood mechanisms, with profound implications for the disc lifetime and planet formation. We discuss two different methods ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Birational geometry of hypersurfaces in products of projective spaces
(SpringerMathematische Zeitschrift, 2015)We study the birational properties of hypersurfaces in products of projective spaces. In the case of hypersurfaces in Pm x Pn, we describe their nef, movable and e ective cones and determine when they are Mori dream ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Noise generation by turbulence-propeller interaction in asymmetric flow
(Cambridge University PressJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014)This paper is concerned with a particular source of both broadband and tonal aeroengine noise, termed Unsteady Distortion Noise (UDN). UDN arises from the interaction between turbulent eddies, which occur naturally in the ...
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Zonally symmetric adjustment in the presence of artificial relaxation
(American Meteorological SocietyJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2014-06-15)Numerical experiments, presented in a companion paper, have been performed in which the zonal mean state of the stratosphere in a comprehensive, stratosphere-resolving, general circulation model is strongly relaxed (or ...
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Astrophysical tests of modified gravity
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-10-07)Einstein's theory of general relativity has been the accepted theory of gravity for nearly a century but how well have we really tested it? The laws of gravity have been probed in our solar system to extremely high precision ...
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Stratified shear flow: experiments in an inclined duct
(Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014-07-22)We present results of experiments on stratified shear flow in an inclined duct. The duct connects two reservoirs of fluid with different densities, and contains a counterflow with a dense layer flowing beneath a less-dense layer ...
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The downward influence of stratospheric sudden warmings
(Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2014-07-14)The coupling between the stratosphere and the troposphere following two major stratospheric sudden warmings is studied in the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model using a nudging technique by which the zonal mean evolution of ...
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Entrainment in two coalescing axisymmetric turbulent plumes
(Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014-07-11)A model of the total volume flux and entrainment occurring in two coalescing axisym-metric turbulent plumes is developed and compared to laboratory experiments. The dynamical evolution of the two plumes is divided into three ...
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The flow of rivers into lakes: Experiments and models
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2014-06-12)This study considers the motion of river water flowing into a lake. The study has two parts: field observations of an interflowing river in Lake Iseo (Italy); and laboratory experiments on basins fed by an underflow. In ...
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Shear flow instabilities in viscoelastic fluids
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2006-05-23)This dissertation is concerned with the theoretical study of the stability of viscoelastic shear flows. It is divided into two parts: part I studies inertialess coextrusion flows at large Weissenberg number where the ...
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Solving Quasi-Variational Inequalities for Image Restoration with Adaptive Constraint Sets
(SIAMSIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 2014-07-11)We consider a class of quasi-variational inequalities (QVIs) for adaptive image restoration, where the adaptivity is described via solution-dependent constraint sets. In previous work we studied both theoretical and numerical ...
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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 ...
