Prof. Peter Howell
Status
Academic Faculty
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Director of Graduate Studies (Research)
Research groups
Address
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
University of Oxford
Andrew Wiles Building
Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6GG
Recent books
Research interests
Mathematical modelling, fluid dynamics, perturbation methods.
Recent publications
Circular bubbles in a Hele-Shaw channel: a Hele-Shaw Newton's cradle
Booth, D Griffiths, I Howell, P Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 954 (03 Jan 2023) 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 volume 253 (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
Mavroyiakoumou, C Griffiths, I 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) Teaching
Pye Fellow in Mathematics at University College.
In Hilary Term 2022 lecturing: