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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Professor Stuart Bruce Dalziel

Career

  • 2016-present Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
  • 2012-2016 Reader in Fluid Mechanics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
  • 2001-2012 University Senior Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
  • 1997-present Director of the GK Batchelor Laboratory

Research

Fluid mechanics of the environment in which we live and how our activities utilise fluid mechanics motivate much of Stuart's research. His work is characterised by a blend of theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches, frequently with a mix of all three in any given project.

Recent projects have included

  • Internal gravity waves 
  • Gravity currents
  • Granular flows
  • Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities
  • Stratified turbulence
  • Rotating turbulence
  • Buoyant plumes
  • Resuspension
  • Building ventilation
  • Decontamination
  • Reactive flows
  • Bursting water-filled balloons

Stuart has run DAMTP's GK Batchelor Laboratory for over 25 years, and has not only led the development of the world-leading facilities, but has also been instrumental in developing the diagnostics and software used widely in the research community.

PhD opportunities

Stuart is interested not only in PhD students with a mathematics background, but also those with engineering, physics or other similar undergraduate degrees.

Although yet to be confirmed, it is likely that in 2023 he will have ear-marked PhD funding for projects on (i) skipping stones and (ii) purging hydrogen gas from pipelines. Both projects would be attractive to someone wanting a combination of experimental, numerical and theoretical approaches to challenging problems.

Stuart is also keen to pursue projects in the broader realm of geophysical, environmental and industrial fluid mechanics.

Publications

Validation and Comparison of Pediatric Appendicitis Scores and Management Strategies (Project SPASMS): Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Observational Study
WH Lee, S O'Brien, EJ Mckinnon, S Craig, S Dalziel, M Collin, N Phillips, FE Babl, SJ Davidson, S George, S Jani, D Tham, V Tran, ML Borland
– Jmir Research Protocols
(2025)
14,
e67941
(doi: 10.2196/67941)
Validation and correction of photoelastic techniques for frictional granular systems
B McMillan, SB Dalziel, NM Vriend
– Measurement Science and Technology
(2025)
36,
055212
(doi: 10.1088/1361-6501/add48b)
Prospective observational study to assess the performance accuracy of clinical decision rules in children presenting to emergency departments with possible cervical spine injuries: the Study of Neck Injuries in Children (SONIC)
N Phillips, GN Askin, GA Davis, S O'Brien, ML Borland, A Williams, A Kochar, B John-Denny, S Watson, S George, M Davison, S Dalziel, E Tan, S-L Chong, S Craig, A Rao, SM Donath, CJ Selman, S Goergen, CL Wilson, S Singh, N Kuppermann, JC Leonard, FE Babl
– BMJ open
(2025)
15,
e096294
(doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096294)
Time Course of Kidney Injury Biomarkers in Children With Septic Shock: Nested Cohort Study Within the Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced Versus Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis Trial
SL Weiss, JC Fitzgerald, BL Laskin, R Singh, AS Artis, A Vohra, E Tsemberis, E Kierian, KC Lau, AB Campos, C Hickey, KL Hayes, D Singleton, E Long, FE Babl, SR Dalziel, GC Thompson, SB Freedman, M Eckerle, RW Hickey, J Huang, N Kuppermann, F Balamuth, Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced vs. Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis (PRoMPT BOLUS) Investigators of the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC), and Pediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) Networks
– Pediatr Crit Care Med
(2025)
26,
e816
(doi: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003737)
Transient resonant triads: An examination of turbulent patches injected into finite-width internal wave fields
KM Grayson, LJ Irvine, AGW Lawrie, SB Dalziel
– Physical Review Fluids
(2024)
9,
114801
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.114801)
Bouncing behaviour of a particle settling through a density transition layer
S Wang, P Kandel, J Deng, CP Caulfield, SB Dalziel
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2024)
997,
a49
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2024.663)
The Well: a Large-Scale Collection of Diverse Physics Simulations for Machine Learning
M Cranmer, K Rich R., D Stuart B., B Miguel
– Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems
(2024)
37,
Geometry of stratified turbulent mixing: local alignment of the density gradient with rotation, shear and viscous dissipation
X Jiang, A Atoufi, L Zhu, A Lefauve, J Taylor, S Dalziel, P Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2023)
977,
r5
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2023.833)
Stratified inclined duct: Two-layer hydraulics and instabilities
A Atoufi, L Zhu, A Lefauve, JR Taylor, RR Kerswell, SB Dalziel, GA Lawrence, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2023)
977,
a25
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2023.871)
Droplet absorption and spreading into thin layers of polymer hydrogels
MA Etzold, GT Fortune, JR Landel, SB Dalziel
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2023)
974,
a7
(doi: 10.1017/jfm.2023.655)
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Research Group

Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics

Email

S.Dalziel@damtp.cam.ac.uk

Room

H0.11

Telephone

01223 337911

Personal homepage

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/lab/people/sd103/

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