Dr. Neil Balmforth
RESEARCH INTERESTS


Fluid-Structure Interaction:


Some problems involving the interaction between fluid flow and a movable solid, including skipping stones and water clarinets

My collaborators include Chris Cawthorn, Daisuke Takagi, Ian Hewitt, Jim McElwaine and Richard Craster.

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Skipping experiment
(A paddle skips continually on a moving stream)
Sloshing experiment
(A reservoir seiche becomes unstable due to coupling with a movable dam)
Skipping
First contact I
Swimming in slime
Fingering cracks
 
Sloshing
First contact II
Peristaltic pumping I
Peristaltic pumping II

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