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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 1992-1994: Post-doctoral research fellow for the Japan-Canada Project in Weather and Climate of the Arctic, Department of Physics, University of Toronto
  • 1992-1993: Senior Visitor, Department of Engineering Science, Hokkaido University
  • 1995-1999: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol
  • 1999-2001: Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego
  • 2001-2005: Associate Professor (with tenure) of Environmental Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego
  • 2004-2005: Visiting Researcher (Poste Rouge au CNRS) in the Hydrodynamics Laboratory, (LaDyHX) Ecole Polytechnique-CNRS
  • 2005-9: University Lecturer in Fluid Flow, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2009-13: University Senior Lecturer in Fluid Flow, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2013-15: Reader in Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2015-: Professor of Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics, BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2020-: Head of Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge
  • 2005-: Fellow and College Lecturer in Mathematics, Churchill College, University of Cambridge

Research

  • stratified flows
  • turbulent mixing processes
  • Generalised flow instability and transition
  • turbulent plumes
  • building ventilation

Publications

Effect of aspect ratio on the energy extraction efficiency of three-dimensional flapping foils
J Deng, CP Caulfield, X Shao
– Physics of Fluids
(2014)
26,
043102
Spatially varying mixing of a passive scalar in a buoyancy-driven turbulent flow
DDJA Van Sommeren, CP Caulfield, AW Woods
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
742,
701
Designing a more nonlinearly stable laminar flow via boundary manipulation
SME Rabin, CP Caulfield, RR Kerswell
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
738,
r1
Time-dependent, non-monotonic mixing in stratified turbulent shear flows: implications for oceanographic estimates of buoyancy flux
A Mashayek, CP Caulfield, WR Peltier
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
736,
570
The instantaneous Froude number and depth of unsteady gravity currents
HJ Anjum, JN McElwaine, CCP Caulfield
– Journal of Hydraulic Research
(2013)
51,
432
Localization of flow structures using1-norm optimization
DPG Foures, CP Caulfield, PJ Schmid
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
729,
672
The instantaneous Froude number and depth of unsteady gravity currents
HJ Anjum, JN Mcelwaine, C-CP Caulfield
– Journal of Hydraulic Research
(2013)
51,
432
Advection and buoyancy-induced turbulent mixing in a narrow vertical tank
DDJA Van Sommeren, CP Caulfield, AW Woods
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
724,
450
Spontaneous layering in stratified turbulent Taylor–Couette flow
RLF Oglethorpe, CP Caulfield, AW Woods
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
721,
r3
Transient perturbation growth in time-dependent mixing layers
C Arratia, CP Caulfield, JM Chomaz
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
717,
90
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Research Groups

Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information
High-Reynolds-Number Fluid Flow

Room

B1.36

Telephone

01223 337744