Dr Graham Benham
OCIAM Visiting Research Fellow
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
O’Donovan, D., Bustamante, M.D., Devauchelle, O., Benham, G.P.. Achieving optimal locomotion using self-generated waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1029, A4 (2026), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2026.11133
Benham, G. P., Devauchelle, O., Thomson, S.J., On wave-driven propulsion, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 987, A44 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.352
Benham, G. P., Devauchelle, O., Morris, S. W. & Neufeld, J. A., How jumping up and down in a canoe propels it forwards, Nature 608, 242 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02097-w
Benham, G. P., Devauchelle, O., Morris, S. W. & Neufeld, J. A., Gunwale Bobbing, Physical Review Fluids, 7, 074804 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02097-w
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