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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Professor H.Keith Moffatt

 

Career

  • 2002-present:  Emeritus Professor of Mathematical Physics
  • 2002-2003: Blaise Pascal Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
  • 2000-2004: President, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
  • 1961-1976 and 1980-present: Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
  • 1980-2002: Professor of Mathematical Physics (1978)
  • 1996-2001: Director, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
  • 1992-1999: Professeur en temps partiel, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
  • 1983-1991: Head of DAMTP
  • 1977-1980: Professor of Applied Mathematics, Bristol University
  • 1966-1983: Editor, J.Fluid Mech.
  • 1961-1976: Assistant Lecturer, then (from 1964) Lecturer, DAMTP

     

Research

Keith is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. His  research interests are Dynamo Theory, Vortex Dynamics, Turbulence, and all aspects of Fluid Dynamics 

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

  • see my website for complete list of publications up to 2014
  • 1964  Viscous and resistive eddies near a sharp corner. J.Fluid Mech. 18, 1-18.
  • 1969 The degree of knottedness of tangled vortex lines, J.Fluid Mech. 35, 117-129
  • 1978 Magnetic Field Generation in Electrically Conducting Fluids (CUP).
  • 1985 Magnetostatic equilibria and analogous Euler flows of arbitrarily complex topology, J.Fluid Mech.159, 359-378
  • 2010 Goldstein, R.E., Moffatt, H.K., Pesci, A.I. & Ricca, R.L. Soap-film Möbius strip changes topology with a twist singularity. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.107,  21979-21984.
  • 2010 Environmental Hazards: Fluid Dynamics of Extreme Events (Eds: H.K.Moffatt & E.Shuckburgh)
  • 2012 Homogeneous turbulence: an introductory review. J. of Turbulence, 13:1, N39
  • 2013 Bajer, K. & Moffatt, H.K. Magnetic relaxation, current sheets, and structure formation in an extremely tenuous fluid medium. Astrophys. J. 779, 169-183.
  • 2014 Helicity and singular structures in fluid dynamics. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 111, 3663-3670.
  • 2014 Kimura, Y. & Moffatt, H.K. Reconnection of skewed vortices. J.Fluid Mech. 751, 329-345.
  • 2014 The fluid dynamics of James Clerk Maxwell.  In: James Clerk Maxwell: Perspectives on his Life and Work. Eds: R. Flood, M. McCartney & A.Whitaker (Oxford Univ.Press).

A full list of publications can be found here

Publications

Turbulence and Stochastic Processes: Kolmogorov's Ideas 50 Years On. Edited by J. C. R. HUNT, O. M. PHILLIPS and D. WILLIAMS. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, A, vol. 434, 1991, pp. 1–240. £19.50
HK Moffatt
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
275,
406
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112094212417)
Stretched vortices – the sinews of turbulence; large-Reynolds-number asymptotics
HK Moffatt, S Kida, K Ohkitani
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
259,
241
(doi: 10.1017/S002211209400011X)
ON GENERAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND VARIATIONAL-PRINCIPLES FOR THE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS OF IDEAL FLUIDS .1. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
VA VLADIMIROV, HK MOFFATT
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
283,
125
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112095002254)
On general transformations and variational principles for the magnetohydrodynamics of ideal fluids .2. Stability criteria for two-dimensional flows
VA Vladimirov, HK Moffatt, KI Ilin
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
329,
187
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112096008890)
On the existence of localized rotational disturbances which propagate without change of structure in an inviscid fluid
HK Moffatt
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
173,
289
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112086001180)
Magnetostatic equilibria and analogous Euler flows of arbitrarily complex topology. Part 2. Stability considerations
HK Moffatt
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
166,
359
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112086000198)
Magnetohydrodynamic Flow and Turbulence: A report on the Fifth Beer-Sheva Seminar
H Branover, HK Moffatt, M Mond, ES Pierson, PS Sulem, A Yakhot
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
188,
87
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112088000643)
An Informal Introduction to Theoretical Fluid Mechanics. By J AMES L IGHTHILL . Clarendon Press, 1986. 260 pp. £25 hardback or £12.50 paperback.
HK Moffatt
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
195,
596
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112088212551)
Deflection of a stream of liquid metal by means of an alternating magnetic field
J ETAY, AJ MESTEL, HK MOFFATT
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
194,
309
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112088003003)
Topological constraints associated with fast dynamo action
HK MOFFATT, MRE PROCTOR
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
154,
493
(doi: 10.1017/s002211208500163x)
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Research Group

Astrophysics

Email

H.K.Moffatt@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Personal homepage

https://sites.google.com/site/hkeithmoffatt

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