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Peter Howell

Prof. Peter Howell

Status
Academic Faculty

Professor of Applied Mathematics

Director of Graduate Studies (Research)

Contact form
+44 1865 280607
ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-3386
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 books
Applied solid mechanics Howell, P Kozyreff, G Ockendon, J (2009)
Research interests

Mathematical modelling, fluid dynamics, perturbation methods.

Recent publications
The onset of zonal modes in two-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection
Winchester, P Howell, P Dallas, V Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 939 (23 Mar 2022)
Mathematical theories for two classes of thermoelastic contact problems
Howell, P Ockendon, J Shillor, M International Journal of Solids and Structures (09 Feb 2022)
Evaporation of multiple droplets
Masoud, H Howell, P Stone, H Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 927 (29 Sep 2021)
Zonal flow reversals in two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection
Winchester, P Ntallas, V Howell, P Physical Review Fluids volume 6 (22 Mar 2021)
Modelling the effect of surfactant on droplet breakup in a turbulent flow
Philip, R Hewitt, I Howell, P SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics volume 81 issue 1 129-152 (21 Jan 2021)
Draping woven sheets
Howell, P Ockendon, H Ockendon, J Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal volume 62 issue 4 355-385 (07 Jan 2021)
Response to periodic disturbances in the glass redraw process
Marquis, S O'Kiely, D Howell, P Lange, U Griffiths, I Journal of Engineering Mathematics volume 121 issue 1 39-56 (27 Mar 2020)
Modelling surfactant systems out of thermodynamic equlibrium
Breward, C Howell, P SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics volume 79 issue 3 1098-1123 (20 Jun 2019)
Mathematical modelling of a viscida network
Griffiths, I Mavroyiakoumou, C Howell, P Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 872 147-176 (07 Jun 2019)
Out-of-plane buckling in two-dimensional glass drawing
O'Kiely, D Breward, C Griffiths, I Howell, P Lange, U Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 869 587-609 (29 Apr 2019)
Flow of a thin liquid-metal film in a toroidal magnetic field
Lunz, D Howell, P Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 867 835-876 (28 Mar 2019)
Multiple-contact thermoelastic oscillations
Howell, P Barber Ockendon, O Journal of Thermal Stresses volume 41 issue 10-12 1329-1345 (12 Feb 2019)
Asymptotic analysis of a dynamical system arising in thermoelastic contact
Howell, P SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics volume 78 issue 6 3145-3167 (27 Nov 2018)
Dynamics of a thin film driven by a moving pressure source
Lunz, D Howell, P Physical Review Fluids volume 3 issue 11 (06 Nov 2018)
Uniaxial elastic-plastic wave propagation
Ockendon, H Ockendon, J Howell, P Thomson, S Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics volume 71 issue 4 505-518 (31 Aug 2018)
Glass sheet redraw through a long heater zone
O'Kiely, D Breward, C Griffiths, I Howell, P Lange, U IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics volume 83 issue 5 799-820 (31 May 2018)
Revisiting the two-dimensional defect-free azimuthal nematic equilibrium on an annulus
Lewis, A Aarts, D Howell, P Majumdar, A SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics volume 77 issue 6 1851-1875 (02 Nov 2017)
The influence of van der Waals forces on a bubble moving in a tube
Hammoud, N Trinh, P Howell, P Stone, H Physical Review Fluids volume 2 issue 6 063601- (06 Jun 2017)
Modelling the effect of shear strength on isentropic compression experiments
Thomson, S Howell, P Ockendon, J Ockendon, H AIP Conference Proceedings volume 1793 1-8 (13 Jan 2017)
Teaching

Pye Fellow in Mathematics at University College.

In Hilary Term 2022 lecturing:

  • B5.4 Waves and Compressible Flow

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