Dr Graham Benham
Departmental Lecturer in Applied Mathematics
Mathematical Institute and Christ Church College
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Benham, G.P., Bendimerad, R., Benzaquen, M. and Clanet, C., 2020. Hysteretic wave drag in shallow water. Physical Review Fluids, 5(6), p.064803.
Benham, G.P., Cohen, C., Brunet, E. and Clanet, C., 2020. Brachistochrone on a velodrome. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 476(2238), p.20200153.
Benham, G.P., Boucher, J.P., Labbé, R., Benzaquen, M. and Clanet, C., 2019. Wave drag on asymmetric bodies. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 878, pp.147-168.
Mondal, R., Benham, G., Mondal, S., Christodoulides, P., Neokleous, N. and Kaouri, K., 2019. Modelling and optimisation of water management in sloping coastal aquifers with seepage, extraction and recharge. Journal of Hydrology, 571, pp.471-484.
Research themes:
- Environmental fluid dynamics
- Flow in porous media
- Carbon capture and storage
- Groundwater management
- Renewable energy (tidal, river and wave)
- Sports physics (rowing and cycling)
Mathematical techniques:
- Boundary layer theory
- Perturbation methods
- Similarity analysis
- Free boundary problems
- Numerical solutions to PDE's and ODE's