Career:
- 2019-date Research assosiate, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2018-2019 Research assosiate, CEB, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2014-2018 PhD, CEB, University of Cambridge, UK
- 2012-2014 Scientist, Corporate research Lab, 3M
- 2010-2012 Masters of Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Research:
Rajesh is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He works at the G. K. Batchelor Laboratory and he is a member of the Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics group. His current research interests are wind driven natural ventilation and thin film interfacial flow problems.
Selected Publications:
- Bhagat, R.K. and Linden, P.F., 2018. The circular capillary jump. arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.09210.
- Bhagat, R.K., Jha, N.K., Linden, P.F. and Wilson, D.I., 2018. On the origin of the circular hydraulic jump in a thin liquid film. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 851.
- Bhagat, R.K. and Wilson, D.I., 2016. Flow in the thin film created by a coherent turbulent water jet impinging on a vertical wall. Chemical Engineering Science, 152, pp.606-623.
- Bhagat, R.K., Perera, A.M. and Wilson, D.I., 2017. Cleaning vessel walls by moving water jets: Simple models and supporting experiments. Food and bioproducts processing, 102, pp.31-54.
- Chandorkar, Y., Bhagat, R.K., Madras, G. and Basu, B., 2014. Cross-linked, biodegradable, cytocompatible salicylic acid based polyesters for localized, sustained delivery of salicylic acid: an in vitro study. Biomacromolecules, 15(3), pp.863-875.
- Bhagat, R. and Madras, G., 2013. Thermal and sonochemical degradation kinetics of poly (n‐butyl methacrylate‐co‐alkyl acrylates): Variation of chain strength and stability with copolymer composition. Polymer Engineering & Science, 53(7), pp.1542-1553.
Publications
The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: a focus on wintertime
– Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
(2021)
477,
20200855
(DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2020.0855)
Displacement ventilation: A viable ventilation strategy for makeshift hospitals and public buildings to contain COVID-19 and other airborne diseases: Ventilation strategy for COVID-19
– R Soc Open Sci
(2020)
7,
200680
(DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200680)
Effects of ventilation on the indoor spread of COVID-19
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2020)
903,
f1
(DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.720)
The circular capillary jump
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2020)
896,
a25
(DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2020.303)
Displacement ventilation: available ventilation strategy for makeshift hospitals and public buildings to contain Covid-19and other airborne diseases
– medRxiv
(2020)
2020.04.22.20075648
(DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.22.20075648)
Cleaning of toothpaste from vessel walls by impinging liquid jets and their falling films: Quantitative modelling of soaking effects
– Chemical Engineering Science
(2019)
208,
115148
(DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2019.08.006)
Quantitative modelling of the erosive removal of a thin soil deposit by impinging liquid jets
– Wear
(2019)
422-423,
27
(DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2018.12.056)
Impinging jet cleaning of tank walls: Effect of jet length, wall curvature and related phenomena
– Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C
(2019)
113,
142
(DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2018.10.005)
On the origin of the circular hydraulic jump in a thin liquid film
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2018)
851,
r5
(DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2018.558)
On the origin of the circular hydraulic jump: A differential analysis
– Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018
(2018)
819
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