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
- see homepage (www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/rrk26)
Publications
Significant heat transfer enhancement via polymer additives in two-dimensional sheared convection
(2026)
On the essential structure of exact traveling-wave solutions in viscoelastic flow
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2026)
1033,
r6
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2026.11457)
On the essential structure of exact travelling-wave solutions in viscoelastic flow
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2026)
1033,
R6
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2026.11457)
Localized arrowheads: The building blocks of elastic turbulence in rectilinear, sheared polymer flows
– Physical Review Fluids
(2026)
(doi: 10.1103/vt5l-fpy6)
Elastic Turbulence in Highly Entangled Polymers and Wormlike Micelles.
– Physical Review Letters
(2026)
136,
104001
(doi: 10.1103/k1g3-283t)
On the essential structure of exact traveling-wave solutions in viscoelastic flow
(2025)
Localised Arrowheads: The building blocks of elastic turbulence in rectilinear, sheared polymer flows
(2025)
Transient growth in streaky unbounded shear flow: a symbiosis of Orr and push-over mechanisms
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1019,
A5
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2025.10571)
Transient growth in streaky unbounded shear flow: a symbiosis of Orr and push-over mechanisms
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1019,
a5
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2025.10571)
Conditioning on PDE Parameters to Generalise Deep Learning Emulation of Stochastic and Chaotic Dynamics
(2025)
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