Dr Graham Benham

DPhil, MSci

Status

Academic Faculty

Departmental Lecturer in Applied Mathematics

Mathematical Institute and Christ Church College

Contact form

https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/benham/

+44 1865 615316

ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1664-6976

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

Recent publications

Leakage dynamics of fault zones: Experimental and analytical study with application to CO 2 storage

Gilmore, K Sahu, C Benham, G Neufeld, J Bickle, M Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 931 359-380 (25 Jan 2022)

The impact of heterogeneity on the capillary trapping of CO<inf>2</inf> in the Captain Sandstone.

Harris, C Jackson, S Benham, G Krevor, S Muggeridge, A International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control volume 112 (01 Dec 2021)

Two-phase gravity currents in layered porous media

Benham, G Bickle, M Neufeld, J JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS volume 922 (02 Jul 2021) http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000669015800001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e

Upscaling multiphase viscous-to-capillary transitions in heterogeneous porous media

Benham, G Bickle, M Neufeld, J JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS volume 911 (03 Feb 2021) http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000651857100001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e

PREDICTING LIFT-OFF TIME WHEN DEEP-FRYING POTATO DOUGH SNACKS

Babb, T Benham, G Bows, J Gonzalez-Farina, R Kiradjiev, K Lee, W Tibos, S SIAM JOURNAL ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS volume 81 issue 2 574-590 (2021) http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000646030000013&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=4fd6f7d59a501f9b8bac2be37914c43e

Major / recent publications

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 interests

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