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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Career

  • 2014 - Director of Research, DAMTP
  • 2014 - Emeritus Fellow, Downing College
  • 2010 - 2014: G.I. Taylor Professor of Fluid Mechanics, DAMTP
  • 2010 - 2014 : Professorial Fellow, Downing College
  • 2010 - : Blasker Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
  • 2009 - : Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath
  • 2009 - 2010: Director, Sustainability Solutions Institute, UC San Diego
  • 2007 - 2009: Director, Environment and Sustainability Initiative, UC San Diego
  • 1998 - 2010: Blasker Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
  • 1991 - 1998: Reader in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, DAMTP
  • 1977 - 1998: Fellow, Downing College
  • 1976 - 1998: Director, Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, DAMTP
  • 1976 - 1991: Assistant Director of Research, DAMTP
  • 1972 - 1976: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, DAMTP

Research

The focus of my research is environmental fluid mechanics. Our group conducts experimental and theoretical research on problems associated with our environment and the processes that affect and are impacted by climate change. We study and develop models of the fluid flow in low-energy buildings, gravity-driven flows in stratified and rotating fluids, internal waves and mixing in stratified fluids

Selected recent Publications

  • Burridge, H. C. , Partridge, J. L. & Linden, P.F. 2016 The fluxes and behaviour of plumes inferred from measurements of coherent structures within images of the bulk flow. Atmosphere-Ocean iFirst article 1-15.

    doi10.1080/07055900.2016.1175337

  • Carrilho da Graca G. & Linden, P. F. 2016 Ten questions about natural ventilation of non-domestic buildings. Building and Environment, 107, 263-273. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.08.007

  • Daish, N. C., Carrilho da Graca G., Linden, P. F. & Banks, D. 2016 Impact of aperture separation on wind driven single-sided natural ventilation. Building and Environment, 108, 122-134.

    doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.08.015

  • Ramage, M. H. , Burridge, H. C., Busse-Wicher, M., Fereday, G., Reynolds, T., Shah, D., Wu, G., Yu, L., Fleming, P., Densley-Tingley, D., Allwood, J., Dupree, P., Linden, P. F. & Sherman, O. 2016 The wood from trees: the use of timber in construction. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev., 68, 333-359.

  • Hughes, G.O. & Linden, P. F. 2016 Mixing eciency in run-down gravity currents. J. Fluid Mech., 809, 691{704. doi:10.1017/jfm.2016.696

  • Burridge, H. C. & Linden, P.F. 2016 Questioning the Mpemba effect: hot water does not cool more quickly than cold. Scientic Reports, 6, 37665 EP -, doi:10.1038/srep37665

     

 

Publications

Ventilation in two interconnected rooms: Effects of the exterior vent location and size
R Tovar, PF Linden, CA Campo Garrido, LP Thomas
– Proceedings of ANES/ASME XXX National Solar Energy Week
(2006)
2006,
Intrusive gravity currents
MR Flynn, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
568,
193
Axisymmetric gravity currents on a cone
AN Ross, SB Dalziel, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
565,
227
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE EUROPEAN SHELF-SEAS - A REPORT ON THE GEOPHYSICAL FLUID-MECHANICS SYMPOSIUM OF THE EGS (1980)
PF LINDEN, JH SIMPSON
– Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(2006)
17,
319
The Influence of a Side Wall on Rotating Flow over Bottom Topography
RW GRIFFITHS, PF LINDEN
– Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(2006)
27,
1
Laboratory Experiments on Fronts: Part I: Density-Driven Boundary Currents
RW GRIFFITHS, PF LINDEN
– Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(2006)
19,
159
LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS ON FRONTS .2. THE FORMATION OF CYCLONIC EDDIES AT UPWELLING FRONTS
F CHIA, RW GRIFFITHS, PF LINDEN
– Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(2006)
19,
189
Topographic instability and multiple equilibria on an f-plane
PF LINDEN
– Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(2006)
27,
163
Similarity considerations for non-Boussinesq plumes in an unstratified environment
GG Rooney, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
318,
237
Source-Sink Turbulence in a Stratified Fluid
BM BOUBNOV, SB DALZIEL, PF LINDEN
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2006)
261,
273
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Research Groups

Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information
Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics

Room

H1.18

Telephone

01223 337890