
Career
- 1983–1985 Instructor in Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- 1989–1992 Assistant Professor, Departments of Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University.
- 1992–present DAMTP faculty member, now Professor
- 1993–present College Senior Lecturer in Mathematics for Natural Sciences. Trinity College.
Research
The broad areas of Grae Worster's research encompass buoyancy-driven fluid flows, solidification and interactions between the two. He is particularly interested in the evolution of reactive porous media called mushy layers that commonly form during solidification of multi-component melts. Examples include the partially solidified regions formed during alloy production, solidification of magmas and the freezing of sea water to produce sea ice. Latterly, his research has been particularly focused on ice in our natural environment: sea ice, permafrost and glacial ice sheets.
Selected Publications
http://www.itg.cam.ac.uk/people/grae/publications.html
- Wettlaufer JS, Huppert HE & Worster MG 2000 The solidification of leads: theory, experiment and field observations. Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 1123–1134.
- Acton JA, Huppert HE & Worster MG 2001 Two-dimensional viscous gravity currents flowing over a deep porous medium. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 440, 359–380.
- Chung CA & Worster MG 2002 Steady state chimneys in a mushy layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 455, 387–411.
- Rempel AW, Wetlaufer JS & Worster MG 2004 Premelting dynamics in a continuum model of frost heave. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 498, 227–244.
- Worster MG 2004 Time-dependent fluxes across double-diffusive interfaces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 505, 287–307.
- Notz D, Wettlaufer JS & Worster MG 2005 A non-destructive method for measuring the salinity and solid fraction of growing sea ice in situ. J. Glac. 51(172), 159–166.
- Peppin SSL, Elliot JAW & Worster MG 2006 Solidification of colloidal suspensions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 554, 147–166.
- Peppin SSL, Huppert HE & Worster MG 2008 Steady-state solidification of aqueous ammonium chloride. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 599, 465–476.
Review articles
- The dynamics of mushy layers (1992) In Interactive Dynamics of Convection and Solidification. NATO ASI Series E219, 113–138. Kluwer.
- Convection in mushy layers (1997) Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 29, 91–122.
- Solidification of Fluids. (2000) In Perspectives in Fluid Dynamics – a Collective Introduction to Current Research. Edited by GK Batchelor, HK Moffatt and MG Worster. pp. 393–446. CUP.
- Interfaces on all scales. (2002) In Interfaces for the 21st Century, edited by M.K. Smith, M.J.Miksis, G.P. Neitzel, G.B. McFadden & D.R. Canright. Imperial College Press. Premelting dynamics. (2006) Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 38, 427–452. (with JS Wettlaufer).
- Ice. (2007) Euromech newsletter 32, 19–25.
Other Activities
- Editor, Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
- Lecturer at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Publications
Lubricated viscous gravity currents
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2015)
766,
626
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2015.30)
On the thermodynamic boundary conditions of a solidifying mushy layer with outflow
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
762,
r1
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2014.654)
Freezing colloidal suspensions: Periodic ice lenses and compaction
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2014)
758,
786
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2014.500)
A physically based parameterization of gravity drainage for sea-ice modeling
– Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans
(2014)
119,
5599
(doi: 10.1002/2013JC009296)
Dynamics of Marine Ice Sheets
– MECHANICS FOR THE WORLD: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED MECHANICS, ICTAM2012
(2014)
10,
263
(doi: 10.1016/j.piutam.2014.01.022)
Elastic dynamics and tidal migration of grounding lines modify subglacial lubrication and melting
– Geophysical Research Letters
(2013)
40,
5877
(doi: 10.1002/2013GL057942)
An experimental and theoretical study of the dynamics of grounding lines
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
728,
5
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.269)
Lateral controls on grounding-line dynamics
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
722,
r1
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.140)
Axisymmetric gravity currents of power-law fluids over a rigid horizontal surface
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2013)
716,
r5
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2012.545)
A simple dynamical model for gravity drainage of brine from growing sea ice
– Geophysical Research Letters
(2013)
40,
307
(doi: 10.1029/2012GL054301)
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