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Dr Jim McElwaine
Career
- 2005-present EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 2002-present Visiting scientist, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos
- 2001-present Fellow of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge
- 2001-2005 Royal Society University Research Fellow, DAMTP, Cambridge
- 1998-1999 Post-doc, Division Erosion Torrentielle, Neige et Avalanches, Cemagref, Grenoble
- 1996-2001 European Union Research Fellow, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
Research
Granular flows and fluid dynamics including snow avalanches, pyroclastic flows, gravity currents, segregation and ripple formation.
Selected Publications
- B. Turnbull and J. N. McElwaine. Experiments on the non-boussinesq flow of self-igniting suspension currents on a steep open slope. J. Geophys. Res., 113:F01003, 2008.
- Nicolas Taberlet, Stephen W. Morris, and Jim N. McElwaine. Washboard road: The dynamics of granular ripples formed by rolling wheels. Phys. Rev. Lett., 99:068003, 2007.
- S. Aumaitre, C. Puls, J. N. McElwaine, and J. P. Gollub. Comparing flow thresholds and dynamics for oscillating and inclined granular layers. Phys. Rev. E, 75:061307, 2007.
- B. Turnbull, J. N. McElwaine, and C. J. Ancey. The Kulikovskiy-Sveshnikova-Beghin model of powder snow avalanches: Development and application. J. Geophys. Res., 112:F0100, 2007.
- B. Turnbull and J. N. McElwaine. A comparison of powder snow avalanches at Vall\'ee de la Sionne with plume theories. J. Glaciol., 53(180):30--40, 2007.
- J. N. McElwaine and B. Turnbull. Plume theories versus compact models for powder snow avalanches. In Sixth International Symposium on Stratified Flows, Perth, December 11-14, 2006, 2006.
- Thomas A. Hughes and Jim N. McElwaine. Mathematical and biological modelling of rna secondary structure and its effects on gene expression. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 7(1), 2006.
- M. D. Patterson, C. P. Caulfield, J. N. McElwaine, and S. B. Dalziel. Time-dependent mixing in stratified kelvin-helmholtz billows: Experimental observations. Geo. Res. Let., 33:L15608, 2006.