Fluid mechanics underpins many established and emerging UK industries as well as critical societal issues such as air pollution, energy consumption, climate science, biology and medicine. Fluid mechanics is particularly strong in the UK, with world-class activity at several dozen institutions, involving hundreds of scientists and engineers. These institutions and individuals need to work together in order to benefit from the recent trend towards funding a small number of large grants. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us.
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- promote links with researchers and organisations in Europe and beyond;
- provide resources to the research community worldwide;
- act as a broker between UK academics and industry.
- Special Interest Groups (SIGs);
- Short Research Visits (SRVs);
- a website containing resources for all fluid mechanics researchers.
- signing up for the monthly newsletter
- registering your expertise in our searchable database of researchers;
- joining a Special Interest Group by emailing the SIG leader;
- contributing talks or researcher resources.
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Executive Committee
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Advisory Board
- Dr Simon Bittleston, Schlumberger Gould Research
- Dr Ton van den Bremer, University of Oxford
- Prof. GertJan van Heijst, Burgerscentrum
- Prof. Ann Karagozian, American Physical Society DFD and UCLA
- Dr David Standingford, Zenotech
Institutional points of contact
Competitions
UK Fluids Network Thesis Prize
2023 Competition
We are pleased to announce that from now onwards, Internal and External Examiners can nominate a PhD candidate for the UKFN Prize for the best UK Fluids thesis at any time of the year.
The thesis must be for a doctoral degree in fluids-related research awarded by a UK institution. Examiners can submit the nomination to competition@fluids.ac.uk as soon as the PhD examination has taken place: a citation of 300-500 words is required from each Examiner together with brief details of the candidate and their thesis. Full details are given here. The winner of the Award receives a prize of £500.
Nominations for theses examined in 2022 will be entered in the 2023 competition, and must be submitted by the extended deadline of 31st March 2023. The winner will be announced by 31st May 2023.
2022 Thesis Prize
Winner:
Craig Duguid (University of Leeds), 'The influence of convection on tidal flows' [link]
Runner-up:
Luke Masini (University of Liverpool), 'On Transonic Wing Shock Unsteadiness' [link]
2021 Thesis Prize
Winner:
Laura Cope (University of Cambridge), 'The Dynamics of Geophysical and Astrophysical Turbulence' [link]
Shortlisted:
Ricardo Constante-Amores (Imperial College London), 'Three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulations of complex multiphase flows with surfactants' [link]
Thomas Sykes (University of Leeds), 'Internal Dynamics of Coalescing Droplets' [link]
Clint Wong (University of Oxford), 'Fluid Flow Through Vegetation' [link]
Hans Yu (University of Cambridge), 'Inverse Problems in Thermoacoustics' [link]
2020 Thesis Prize
Joint Winners*:
Peter Baddoo (University of Cambridge), 'Analytic Solutions for Flows Through Cascades' [link]
Hannah Kreczak (University of Leeds), 'Rates of mixing in models of fluid devices with discontinuities' [link]
James Steer (University of Edinburgh), 'Experimental study of wave dispersion and stability in crossing seas and on sheared currents' [link]
*The six members of the incoming Executive Committee read the three entries on the shortlist and agreed that all three theses were outstanding and worthy of the thesis prize. Each member had independently ranked the theses and, when tallied, the overall result was a three-way tie, even after inclusion of second and third preferences. The Committee therefore agreed to award the top prize jointly to all three applicants.
2019 Thesis Prize
Winner:
Adrien Lefauve (University of Cambridge): 'Waves and turbulence in sustained stratified shear flows' [link]
Runners-up:
Paweł Baj (Imperial College London): 'Experimental investigation of wake development and mixing behind a multi-scale array of bars' [link]
Matthew Arran (University of Cambridge): 'Avalanching on dunes and its effects: Size statistics, stratification, & seismic surveys' [link]
2018 Thesis Prize
Winner:
Yi Man (University of Cambridge): ‘Swimming at low Reynolds number: slip boundaries and interacting filaments’ [link]
Runners-up:
Rowan Brackston (Imperial College London): ‘Feedback control of three-dimensional bluff body wakes for efficient drag reduction’ [link]
Simeng Chen (University of Liverpool): ‘An experimental investigation of drop impact phenomena with complex fluids on heated and soft surfaces’ [link]
Photo and Video Competition Archive
- #12 'Fluids in the natural world': [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #11 Open Competition (no theme): [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #10 'Computed flows': [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #9 Open Competition (no theme): [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #8 'Turbulence': [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #7 Open Competition (no theme): [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #6 "Complex fluids": [Winner Photo]. [Winner Video]
- #5 "Instability": [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #4 Open Competition (no theme): [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #3 "The invisible made visible: uncovering hidden patterns, trends and structures": [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #2 "The interface between solid and fluid mechanics": [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
- #1 Open Competition (no theme): [Winner Photo], [Winner Video]
Documents
Minutes of meetings
- Executive Committee meeting, Monday 1 November 2021: [Agenda_011121_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_011121_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Thursday 8 April 2021: [Agenda_080421_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_080421_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Monday 20 July 2020: [Agenda_200720_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_200720_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Monday 23 March 2020: [Agenda_230320_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_230320_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Thursday 18 July 2019: [Agenda_180719_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_180719_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Thursday 17 January 2019: [Agenda_170119_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_170119_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Friday 1 May 2018: [Agenda_010518_EC_Meeting.pdf], [Minutes_010518_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Friday 5 January 2018: [Agenda_050118_EC_Meeting.pdf], [Minutes_050108_EC_Meeting.pdf]
- Advisory Board meeting, Monday 27 November 2017: [Agenda_271117_AB_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_271117_AB_meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Friday 22 September 2017: [Agenda_220917_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_220917_EC_meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Friday 30 June 2017: [Agenda_300617_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_300617_EC_meeting.pdf]
- Advisory Board meeting, Wednesday 29 March 2017: [Agenda_290317_AB_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_290317_AB_meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Thursday 23 March 2017: [Agenda_230317_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_230317_EC_meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Friday 11th November 2016: [Minutes_111116_EC_meeting.pdf]
- Advisory Board meeting, Wednesday 21st September 2016: [Agenda_210916_AB_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_210916_AB_meeting.pdf]
- Executive Committee meeting, Friday 9th September 2016: [Agenda_090916_EC_meeting.pdf], [Minutes_090916_EC_meeting.pdf]
List of emails sent to mailing list
- Thursday 7th March 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 7/3/19
- Thursday 7th March 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 28/2/19
- Thursday 21st February 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 21/2/19
- Thursday 7th February 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 7/2/19
- Wednesday 6th February 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 30/1/19
- Wednesday 6th February 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 24/1/19
- Wednesday 6th February 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 17/1/19
- Tuesday 15th January 2019, UKFN interim bulletin, 15/1/19
- Friday 11th January 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 10/1/19
- Thursday 10th January 2019, UKFN bulletin, w/e 3/1/19
- Thursday 20th December 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 20/12/18
- Thursday 13th December 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 13/12/18
- Thursday 6th December 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 6/12/18
- Wednesday 5th December 2018, UKFN photo/video competition #5 - time to vote
- Wednesday 5th December 2018, UKFN photo/video competition #5 - time to vote
- Thursday 29th November 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 29/11/18
- Thursday 22nd November 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 22/11/18
- Thursday 15th November 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 15/11/18
- Tuesday 13th November 2018, UKFN photo/video competition #5 - "Instability"
- Thursday 8th November 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 8/11/18
- Friday 2nd November 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 2/11/18
- Friday 26th October 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 26/10/18
- Friday 19th October 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 19/10/18
- Friday 12th October 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 12/10/18
- Friday 5th October 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 5/10/18
- Friday 28th September 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 28/9/18
- Friday 21st September 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 21/9/18
- Friday 7th September 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 7/9/18
- Friday 31st August 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 31/8/18
- Friday 17th August 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 17/8/18
- Friday 10th August 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 10/8/18
- Monday 6th August 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 5/8/18
- Monday 30th July 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 27/7/18
- Friday 20th July 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 20/7/18
- Friday 13th July 2018, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 19 (13/7/18)
- Friday 6th July 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 6/7/18
- Friday 29th June 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 29/6/18
- Friday 22nd June 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 22/6/18
- Friday 15th June 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 15/6/18
- Friday 8th June 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 8/6/18
- Wednesday 6th June 2018, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 18 (6/6/18)
- Friday 25th May 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 25/5/18
- Friday 18th May 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 18/5/18
- Friday 11th May 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 11/5/18
- Friday 4th May 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 4/5/18
- Thursday 3rd May 2018, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 17 (3/5/18)
- Friday 27th April 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 27/4/18
- Friday 27th April 2018, Supplement to UKFN bulletin, w/e 27/4/18
- Friday 13th April 2018, UKFN bulletin, w/e 13/4/18
- Friday 6th April 2018, UKFN weekly round-up for w/e 6/4/18
- Tuesday 3rd April 2018, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 16 (3/4/18)
- Monday 26th March 2018, Deadlines this week
- Friday 16th March 2018, UK Fluids Network dissertation prize - nominations close 31st March
- Wednesday 28th February 2018, Short questionnaire on the UK Fluids Network
- Monday 26th February 2018, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 15 (26/2/18)
- Monday 26th February 2018, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 15 (26/2/18) - date correction
- Monday 22nd January 2018, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 14 (22/1/18)
- Friday 15th December 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 13 (15/12/17)
- Monday 6th November 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 12 (6/11/17)
- Friday 29th September 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 11 (29/9/17)
- Tuesday 22nd August 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 10 (22/8/17)
- Monday 10th July 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 9 (10/7/17)
- Thursday 8th June 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 8 (8/6/17)
- Wednesday 3rd May 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 7 (3/5/17)
- Tuesday 4th April 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 6 (4/4/17)
- Monday 27th February 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 5 (27/2/17)
- Friday 27th January 2017, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 4 (27/1/17)
- Friday 16th December 2016, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 3 (16/12/16)
- Thursday 1st December 2016, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 2 (1/12/16)
- Tuesday 18th October 2016, UK Fluids Network Newsletter, Issue 1 (18/10/16)
- Thursday 29th September 2016, UK Fluids Network website and first calls for proposals
UK Fluids Conferences
2022 - University of Sheffield
2021 - University of Southampton (online)
Reference
Communications
Set of values
Proposal documents
Grants on the Web
Web pages giving details of the EPSRC grant for UK Fluids Network. There are multiple entries because it was a joint proposal between Cambridge, ICL, Leeds, Manchester, and Southampton.
- Cambridge: http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/N032861/1
- ICL: http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/N032934/1
- Leeds: http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/P000851/1
- Manchester: http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/N032411/1
- Southampton: http://gow.epsrc.ukri.org/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/N032152/1