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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

Radial jet due to plume impingement on a horizontal surface
GG Rooney, PF Linden
– Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering and Computational Mechanics
(2012)
165,
223
The formation of banded salt finger structure
PF LINDEN
– Journal of Geophysical Research
(2012)
83,
2902
Pedestrians' perception of environmental stimuli through field surveys: focus on particulate pollution.
M Nikolopoulou, J Kleissl, PF Linden, S Lykoudis
– The Science of the total environment
(2011)
409,
2493
The efficiency of pulsed-jet propulsion
PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2011)
668,
1
Laboratory modelling of the effects of temporal changes of estuarine-fresh-water discharge rates on the propagation speed of oceanographic coastal currents
PJ Thomas, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2010)
664,
337
Intrusive gravity currents between two stably stratified fluids
BD Maurer, DT Bolster, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2010)
647,
53
Buoyancy-Driven Flow in Two Interconnected Rooms: Effects of the Exterior Vent Location and Size
CA Campo Garrido, R Tovar, PF Linden, LP Thomas
– Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
(2009)
131,
0210051
Particle transport in low-energy ventilation systems. Part 1: theory of steady states
DT Bolster, PF Linden
– Indoor air
(2008)
19,
122
Particle transport in low-energy ventilation systems. Part 2: Transients and experiments.
DT Bolster, PF Linden
– Indoor Air
(2008)
19,
130
The Dynamics of Steady, Partial-Depth Intrusive Gravity Currents
MR Flynn, T Boubarne, PF Linden
– Atmosphere - Ocean
(2008)
46,
421
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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