Associate Professor Jim Denier

Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics

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Academic duties

Responsibility
Head of School
Chair of the Curriculum Committee
Member of the Academic Board
Convenor of Fluid Mechanics Seminars
Member of the Research Committee

Teaching duties

Title	Level	Semester
Advanced Mathematical Methods	4	1

Postgraduate supervision

Thesis title	Student	Graduation
The stability of multiple wing-tip vortices	James Whitehead	2009
Boundary-layer flows in non-Newtonian fluids	Paul Dabrowski	2009
Copulas for credit derivative pricing and other applications	Glenis Crane	2009
Mathematical modelling of free-surface flows	Stephen Wade

Research interests

Research interest	Group
Hydrodynamic stability and transition to turbulence	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Boundary-layer flows	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Tip vortices	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Non-Newtonian flows	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Two phase flows	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Shape optimisation for drag reduction	Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Research grants

Grant title	Funding Agency
The development and breakdown of external-corner boundary layers	Adelaide University
Control of boundary-layer separation using shear-thinning fluids	Australian Academy of Science
Breakdown and continua of states in the boundary-layer flow of non-Newtonian fluids	Adelaide University ECMS
The stability and control of wing tip vortices	The Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Fund
A theoretical investigation into the effect of nonlinear wave interactions in promoting transition-to-turbulence	ARC
Optimal nose shaping for delayed boundary-layer separation and transition in axisymmetric flow	ARC
Understanding the fluid mechanics of unsteady friction	ARC
The effect of diffusive mass transfer on interfacial instabilities	ARC
South Australian Supercomputing Facility (with Williams et al.)	ARC
South Australian Supercluster Facility	ARC
Complex Open Systems Network (COSNet)	ARC
A novel approach to controlling boundary-layer separation	ARC

Selected publications

Publications
On the growth (and suppression) of very short-scale disturbances in mixed forced-free convection boundary layers Denier, James; Duck, P; Li, J-M, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 526 (147–170) 2005
The instability of the flow in a suddenly blocked pipe Jewell, Nathaniel; Denier, James, Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics 59 (651–673) 2006
Unsteady fronts in the spin-down of a fluid-filled torus del Pino, C; Hewitt, R; Clarke, Richard; Mullin, T; Denier, James, Physics of Fluids 20 (124104-1–124104-5) 2008
On the boundary-layer equations for power-law fluids Denier, James; Dabrowski, Paul, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences 460 (3143–3158) 2004
Asymptotic matching constraints for a boundary-layer flow of a power-law fluid Denier, James; Hewitt, R, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 518 (261–279) 2004

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