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)