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
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
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 2. Edited by M. VAN DYKE, W. G. VINCENTI and J. V. WEHAUSEN. Annual Reviews, Inc., 1970. 462 pp. $10.00.
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
49,
415
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112071212179)
An approach to a dynamic theory of dynamo action in a rotating conducting fluid
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
53,
385
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112072000205)
The mean electromotive force generated by turbulence in the limit of perfect conductivity
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
65,
1
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112074001200)
Dynamo action associated with random inertial waves in a rotating conducting fluid
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
44,
705
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112070002100)
Loose Boundary Hydraulics. By A. J. RAUDKIVI. Pergramon Press, 1967. 331 pp. 2. 10s
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
37,
207
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112069210498)
Report on the AFOSR-IFP-Stanford conference on computation of turbulent boundary layers
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
36,
481
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112069001777)
Report on the NATO Advanced Study Institute on magnetohydrodynamic phenomena in rotating fluids
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
57,
625
(doi: 10.1017/s0022112073001928)
Turbulent dynamo action at low magnetic Reynolds number
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
41,
435
(doi: 10.1017/s002211207000068x)
On the suppression of turbulence by a uniform magnetic field
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
28,
571
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112067002307)
Introduction to Plasma Physics. By W. B. THOMPSON. Pergamon Press, 1962. 256pp. 23. 10s.
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
16,
475
(doi: 10.1017/S0022112063230905)
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