Prof. Chris Breward

MA, MSc, DPhil

InFoMM CDT Co-Director

Status

Academic Faculty

Co-Director, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Industrially Focused Mathematical Modelling

+44 1865 270505

Contact form

https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/~breward/

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-5261

Research groups

Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Address

Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG

Highlighted publications

On the predictions and limitations of the Becker-Döring model for reaction kinetics in micellar surfactant solutions.

Griffiths, I Bain, C Breward, C Colegate, D Howell, P Waters, S J Colloid Interface Sci volume 360 issue 2 662-671 (15 Aug 2011) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21571292

The effect of polar lipids on tear film dynamics.

Aydemir, E Breward, C Witelski, T Bull Math Biol volume 73 issue 6 1171-1201 (Jun 2011) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20556530

An asymptotic theory for the reequilibration of a micellar surfactant solution

Breward, C Griffiths, I Bain, C Chapman, S Howell, P Waters, S SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics volume 72 201-215 (2011)

A theoretical analysis of the surface tension profiles of strongly interacting polymer-surfactant systems.

Bell, C Breward, C Howell, P Penfold, J Thomas, R J Colloid Interface Sci volume 350 issue 2 486-493 (15 Oct 2010) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20688336

Long-wavelength stability of an unsupported multilayer liquid film falling under gravity

Dyson, R Brander, J Breward, C Howell, P Journal of Engineering Mathematics volume 64 issue 3 237-250 (09 Mar 2009)

Teaching

I teach at Christ Church

Recent publications

A homogenised model for the motion of evaporating fronts in porous media

Luckins, E Breward, C Griffiths, I Please, C European Journal of Applied Mathematics (23 Jan 2023)

A model for the lifetime of a reactive filter

Kiradjiev, K Breward, C Griffiths, I Journal of Engineering Mathematics volume 133 (08 Apr 2022)

A simple model for the desulphurisation of flue gas using reactive filters

Breward, C Kiradjiev, K Journal of Engineering Mathematics volume 129 (21 Jul 2021)

A homogenised model for a reactive filter

Kiradjiev, K Breward, C Griffiths, I Schwendeman, D SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics volume 81 issue 2 591-619 (29 Apr 2021)

A heat and mass transfer problem for the dissolution of an alumina particle in a cryolite bath

Kovacs, A Breward, C Einarsrud, K Halvorsen, S Nordgard-Hansen, E Manger, E Muench, A Oliver, J International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer volume 162 (06 Sep 2020)

Research interests

Fluid mechanics; Surfactants; Mathematical modelling for industry and the biosciences. I am working on modelling tear films at the moment, and polymer-surfactant mixtures