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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Professor Rich Kerswell

Career

  • 2017- date:  DAMTP,  Cambridge University
  • 1996-2017:  Mathematics,  Bristol University
  • 1992-1996:  Mathematics,  Newcastle University
  • 1992          :  PhD,  MIT

Research

General fluid mechanics: the Navier-Stokes equations (nonlinear dynamics, transition and turbulence); geophysical and astrophysical fluid mechanics (e.g. convection; stably stratified flows; tidal, precessional and librational motion of planetary interiors and subsurface oceans; accretion disks);

Selected Publications

Publications

Weakening the effect of boundaries: “diffusion-free” boundary conditions as a “do least harm” alternative to Neumann
Y Lin, RR Kerswell
– Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
(2024)
ahead-of-print,
1
(doi: 10.1080/03091929.2024.2403759)
Threshold transient growth as a criterion for turbulent mean profiles
VK Markeviciute, RR Kerswell
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2024)
996,
a32
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2024.671)
Linear Stability of Stratified, Rotating, Viscous Plane Couette-Poiseuille Flow
W Oxley, RR Kerswell
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2024)
991,
a16
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2024.549)
Asymptotics of the centre-mode instability in viscoelastic channel flow: with and without inertia
RR Kerswell, J Page
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2024)
991,
a13
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2024.500)
Exact coherent structures in two-dimensional turbulence identified with convolutional autoencoders
J Page, J Holey, MP Brenner, RR Kerswell
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2024)
991,
a10
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2024.552)
Stochastic Latent Transformer: Efficient Modelling of Stochastically Forced Zonal Jets.
IJS Shokar, RR Kerswell, PH Haynes
– CoRR
(2024)
abs/2310.16741,
e2023MS004177
(doi: 10.1029/2023ms004177)
Recurrent flow patterns as a basis for two-dimensional turbulence: Predicting statistics from structures.
J Page, P Norgaard, MP Brenner, RR Kerswell
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2024)
121,
e2320007121
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.2320007121)
(link to publication)
Long-wave instabilities of sloping stratified exchange flows
L Zhu, A Atoufi, A Lefauve, RR Kerswell, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2024)
983,
a12
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2024.96)
Predicting burst events in a forced 2D flow: A wavelet-based analysis
A Madhusudanan, RR Kerswell
(2024)
(link to publication)
The polymer diffusive instability in highly concentrated polymeric fluids
T Lewy, R Kerswell
– Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
(2024)
326,
105212
(doi: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2024.105212)
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Research Group

High-Reynolds-Number Fluid Flow

Email

r.r.kerswell@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

G1.03

Telephone

01223 766349

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