My research is focused on the mathematical modelling and
computational solution of problems in fluid and solid mechanics, as well as other
interesting problems, incl. those arising through consultancy work for industry.
Things I have worked on include:
Fluid-structure interaction (FSI):
Flow in collapsible tubes
Pulmonary airway closure and reopening (free-surface flows in elastic vessels)
The suppression of viscous fingering in elastic-walled Hele-Shaw cells
Poroelastic FSI modelling of syringomyelia
Development of efficient preconditioners / solvers for such problems
Newtonian and non-Newtonian free-surface flows
Topological fluid mechanics and vortex dynamics
Wrinkling and buckling of thin elastic
sheets/shells
Various other projects from Glaciology to
biomedical problems
Scientific computing -- oomph-lib
Most of my papers
are on google
scholar. Have a look -- they are all lovely!
It is the main workhorse of our group, and is currently maintained jointly with
Andrew Hazel (the co-founder/co-architect of the project all those years ago) and
Puneet
Matharu. Regular contributions and bug fixes are provided by many local and external collaborators.
The code is extremely well documented. Have a look at
to get a feeling for the capabilities and the many detailed tutorials.
We are always looking for people to get involved,
so if you like maths, physics, C++ (and chocolate biscuits!) get in touch and feel free to join our weekly oomph-lunch.
Sadly, course materials are only available
via Blackboard.
In the past I have taught:
MATH35002: Viscous Fluids
MATH10222: ODEs and applications
MATH30201: Elasticity
I also used to spend a fair amount of time in my role as the
Department's PGR Director, meaning (in acroynym free form!)
that I used to look after our lovely PhD students from an
administrative point of view. Did this job for 16 years and
then... (Buy me a beer and I'll tell you what happened).
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Cycling
When I don't do hard sums, I tend to sit on my bike... Needless to say that I'm on .
Outdoors
There used to be a time when cycling was done outdoors.
Disclaimer:
I'm aware that these are not "strictly" everesting rides because the official rules require that you go up and down the same hill over and over again. Who cares...
The full Brevet series: Paris-Brest-Paris
is the most famous Audax/Brevet ride in
the real (!) world: 1200km, to be completed in under 90 hours. Needless to
say it involves a whole series of qualifiers too. Surely
one ought to be able to do this indoors...
BTW: I used this ride as an excuse to raise some money for
Médecins Sans Frontières' Yemen programme;
the JustGiving
page is still open for contributions if you wish to donate some of your
hard-earned cash!
Cinglés du Mont Ventoux:
Another cycling
classic: Up and down the Ventoux on its
three possible ascents.
I have an Eddington number:
As of November 16, 2024 it's 100 (virtual, metric),
meaning that I've done 100 virtual rides of at least
100km. The outdoor equivalent is stuck at 88 and is
likely to remain there.
It's
a very
odd metric.
Haven't decided what to do
next. The Imperial equivalent is a looong way away. Maybe...