Some highlights from research collaborations between members of the
COSI network are described below.
Free surface flows driven by the motion of solid bodies
Numerical simluation of the time evolution of a
liquid surface impacting on a moving inclined boundary.
John Billingham (Nottingham) and David Needham (Birmingham) have collaborated
extensively on free surface flows driven by the motion of solid
bodies. This has been supported by a multi-institution responsive mode
grant from EPSRC (ended 2014).
- The initial development of a jet caused by fluid, body and free-surface interaction. Part 2. An impulsively moved plate
- D.J. Needham, J. Billingham & A.C. King, 2007,
- J. Fluid Mech., 578, 67–84.
- The initial development of a jet caused by fluid, body and free-surface interaction. Part 3. An inclined accelerating plate
- D.J. Needham, J. Billingham & P.G. Chamberlain, 2008,
- Q. J. Math Appl. Mech., 61, 581–614.
- A note on the unsteady motion under gravity of a corner point on a free surface - a generalization of Stokes' theory
- D.J. Needham and J. Billingham, 2009,
- Proc. R. Soc. A, 465, 165–173.
Falling Multilayer Film Flows
Left: Photograph of a stable three-layer curtain.
Right: Fluorescence imaging of the thread structure after break-up of a three-layer
curtain.
Mark Blyth (UEA) and Jamal Uddin
(Birmingham) have recently collaborated on falling multilayer film
flow with particular application to curtain coating. Working with PhD
students Julian Thompson (UEA) and Dominic Henry (Birmingham), they
have developed stability theory and carried out experiments (these
were conducted by Thompson and Henry at KAUST in collaboration with
Jeremy Marston).
- Experimental investigation of hysteresis in the break-up of liquid
curtains
- J. Marston, S. Thoroddsen, J. Thompson, M. G. Blyth, D. Henry & J. Uddin, 2014,
- Chem. Eng. Sci., 117, 248–263.
- Multi-layer film flow down an inclined plane: Experimental
Investigation
- D. Henry, J. Uddin, J. Marston, S. Thoroddsen, J. Thompson, & M. G.
Blyth, 2014,
- Exp. Fluids, 55, 1859.