Darcy-scale dynamics of microscopically fluctuating interfaces

Lead Research Organisation: University of Warwick
Department Name: Mathematics

Abstract

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Publications

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Busuioc S (2020) Velocity distribution function of spontaneously evaporating atoms in Physical Review Fluids

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Chakraborty I (2022) Computational modelling of Leidenfrost drops in Journal of Fluid Mechanics

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Chan T (2020) Cox-Voinov theory with slip in Journal of Fluid Mechanics

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Cooper LJ (2018) The effect of root exudates on rhizosphere water dynamics. in Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences

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Dallaston M (2021) Stability of similarity solutions of viscous thread pinch-off in Physical Review Fluids

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De Fraja T (2022) Efficient moment method for modeling nanoporous evaporation in Physical Review Fluids

 
Description This grant has created a new understanding of how complex liquids travel through porous media, e.g. how polymer filled liquid traverse sandstone. Specifically, even though the liquid is pushed through the medium in a steady manner, unsteadiness within the rock develops through fluctuations, whose properties can be harnessed for numerous technological applications. To capture these fluctuations, a new computational model was developed and then validated to predict the properties of the fluctuations.
Exploitation Route This could be of relevance to industries looking at the flow of complex visco-elastic liquids through confined geometries, such as both porous media (e.g. rocks) and microfluidic devices.
Sectors Energy,Healthcare

 
Description British Society of Rheology Undergraduate Bursary - Heat Transfer and Viscoelastic Turbulence in an Oldroyd-B Fluid
Amount £1,600 (GBP)
Organisation British Society of Rheology 
Sector Learned Society
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2019 
End 09/2019
 
Description 1. Sprittles, 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2017, Denver, USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact 1. Sprittles, 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2017, Denver, USA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description 1. Zhao/Sprittles/Lockerby, Front Cover of Journal of Fluid Mechanics Issue 861, 5th Most Read article in January 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Zhao/Sprittles/Lockerby, Front Cover of Journal of Fluid Mechanics Issue 861, 5th Most Read article in January 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description British Applied Mathematics Colloquium 2019, Bath - Sprittles - Conference Talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact British Applied mathematics Colloquium 2019, Bath - Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Chubynsky, Belousov, Lockerby & Sprittles, 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2017, Denver, USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Chubynsky, Belousov, Lockerby & Sprittles, 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2017, Denver, USA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Conference Talk - Cooper & Sprittles, Micro-Nano-Flows Steering Group Meeting, Warwick, 01/07/19 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Conference Talk - Cooper & Sprittles, Micro-Nano-Flows Steering Group Meeting, Warwick, 01/07/19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Conference Talk - Cooper & Sprittles, Micro-Nano-Flows Workshop, Warwick, 02/07/19 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Conference Talk - Cooper & Sprittles, Micro-Nano-Flows Workshop, Warwick, 02/07/19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Conference Talk - Cooper & Sprittles, Physical Aspects of Polymer Science, Lincoln, 13/09/19 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Conference Talk - Cooper & Sprittles, Physical Aspects of Polymer Science, Lincoln, 13/09/19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Conference talk: 73rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago (Virtual), USA, 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Conference talk: 73rd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago (Virtual), USA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Cooper & Sprittles, British Society of Rheology Mid-Winter Meeting 2018, Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Cooper & Sprittles, British Society of Rheology Mid-Winter Meeting 2018, Edinburgh
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Cooper visit Andrew Clarke at Schlumberger, Cambridge, 22/03/19 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Cooper visit Andrew Clarke at Schlumberger, Cambridge, 22/03/19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Cooper, Daly, Koebernick, Sprittles & Bengough, British Applied Mathematics Colloquium 2018, St Andrews 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Cooper, Daly, Koebernick, Sprittles & Bengough, British Applied Mathematics Colloquium 2018, St Andrews
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Gibelli, Lockerby, Sprittles, 12th AIMS International Conference, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Gibelli, Lockerby, Sprittles, 12th AIMS International Conference, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Gibelli, Lockerby, Sprittles, 31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2018, Glasgow, UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Gibelli, Lockerby, Sprittles, 31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2018, Glasgow, UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Invited Workshop Talk - SFB-TRR-75 German Summer Programme, Stuttgart - James Sprittles 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Invited Workshop Talk - SFB-TRR-75 German Summer Programme, Stuttgart - James Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Keynote Talk at NEMD Special Interest Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Research Talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics Colloquium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Colloquium that was recorded for YouTube.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Lockerby, Claydon, Shrestha, Rana, Sprittles, 31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2018, Glasgow, UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Lockerby, Claydon, Shrestha, Rana, Sprittles, 31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, 2018, Glasgow, UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Padrino, Sprittles & Lockerby, 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2017, Denver, USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Padrino, Sprittles & Lockerby, 70th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 2017, Denver, USA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Perumanath, Borg, Chubynsky, Sprittles, Reese, Statistical Mechanics of Interfaces: Dynamic Phenomena, 2018, CECAM-DE-MMS at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Perumanath, Borg, Chubynsky, Sprittles, Reese, Statistical Mechanics of Interfaces: Dynamic Phenomena, 2018, CECAM-DE-MMS at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Seminar Talk to Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A seminar talk given to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics by Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Seminar at University - Leicester (Maths) 14/03/2019 - James Sprittles 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Seminar at University - Leicester (Maths) 14/03/2019 - James Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Seminar at University of Oxford (IAM Seminar) 23/01/2020 - James Sprittles 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Seminar at University of Oxford (IAM Seminar) 23/01/2020 - James Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Seminar talk - Fluid Dynamics Seminar, Imperial College London, 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Fluid Dynamics Seminar given at Imperial College London
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Seminar talk given to Berkeley Lab, CCSE Group, California, USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A seminar talk given to Berkeley Lab, CCSE Group, California, USA by Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Seminar talk given to Department of Computer Science, University of Durham, 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Seminar talk given to Department of Computer Science, University of Durham, 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Seminar talk given to Oxford Centre for Industrial Applied Mathematics, University of Oxford, 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A seminar talk given to Oxford Centre for Industrial Applied Mathematics at Univeristy of Oxford, 2020
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Seminar talk to Mathematical Division, Aachen Germany, 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Seminar talk at Mathematical Division, Achen, given by Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Seminar talk: Applied/PDE Seminar Series, University of California Santa Barbera, 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Seminar talk, part of a seminar series on Applied/PDE's, By Sprittles
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Singh & Sprittles, British Society of Rheology Mid-Winter Meeting 2018, Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Singh & Sprittles, British Society of Rheology Mid-Winter Meeting 2018, Edinburgh
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sprittles, Center for Smart Interfaces, Seminar, Darmstadt, 7/12/18 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, Center for Smart Interfaces, Seminar, Darmstadt, 7/12/18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sprittles, Edinburgh Maths Seminar, 6/12/17 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, Edinburgh Maths Seminar, 6/12/17
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Sprittles, IoP Conference on Science of Printing, Institute of Physics London, 2/11/18 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, IoP Conference on Science of Printing, Institute of Physics London, 2/11/18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sprittles, SIAM Student Chapter Conference, University of Oxford, 2/5/18 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Sprittles, SIAM Student Chapter Conference, University of Oxford, 2/5/18
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Description Sprittles, SIG on Multiscale & Non-Continuum Flows, University of Warwick, 27/9/17 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, SIG on Multiscale & Non-Continuum Flows, University of Warwick, 27/9/17
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Sprittles, Surface Wettability Effects on Phase Change Phenomena Workshop, Brighton, 17-18/5/1 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, Surface Wettability Effects on Phase Change Phenomena Workshop, Brighton, 17-18/5/1
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sprittles, UKFN - Fluid Mechanics of Cleaning & Decontamination Summer Conference, Newton Institute Cambridge, 29-30/8/18 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, UKFN - Fluid Mechanics of Cleaning & Decontamination Summer Conference, Newton Institute Cambridge, 29-30/8/18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sprittles, UKFN - Multiscale Modelling of Wetting Phenomena, Durham, 12-13/9/18 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, UKFN - Multiscale Modelling of Wetting Phenomena, Durham, 12-13/9/18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sprittles, Young Mathematicians Colloquium, University of Birmingham, 18/4/18 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Sprittles, Young Mathematicians Colloquium, University of Birmingham, 18/4/18
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018