缅北禁地

Research Interests:

Applied Mathematical Modelling, Fluid Dynamics, Turbulent Multiphase Flow, Stochastic Systems, Computational Methods

GRANTS (PI):

1996–1999 (EPSRC)  A theoretical study of gas-solid and gas-liquid turbulent two-phase flow.

2007–2009 (EPSRC)  Novel pdf–two-fluid models for particle transport in turbulent boundary layers.
 

PhD Supervision:

   ∗Stochastic Differential Equations and Two-Phase Flows (1994 - 1997).
     Optimal Inspection Strategies for Offshore Structures (1994 - 1997).
  ∗A Study of Total Production Maintenance in Small-Medium Size Enterprises. (2000 - 2004).   
    Turbulent Agglomeration and Break-Up in Nuclear Aerosols. (2005 - 2008)   
    Muscle Wrapping Techniques Applied to the Shoulder. (2005 - 2009)   
    Paramagnetic Microparticle Manipulation for Nucleic Acid Sequence Identification. (2005 - 2009)
  ∗Optimal Regulation of Active Vibration Controls. (2005 - 2010)
    The Development of Predictive Models for Microbial Corrosion in Sub-Sea Oil Pipelines. (2006 - 2009)
    Measurements of the Statistsical Properties of Particle Segretation in Turbulent Flow. (2007 - 2010)
 ∗Development of PDF Models for Particle Transport in Turbulent Boundary Layers. (2008 -2011)
    Knee joint kinematics associated with osteoarthritis in an older cohort. (2009 - 2012)

 (* principal supervisor)

Professional Memberships & Activity:

London Mathematical Society; Institute for Mathematics and its Applications; American Mathematical Society; Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Project Proposal Reviewer for EPSRC

Journal Referee for Physics of Fluids; Journal of Fluid Mechanics; International Journal of Multiphase Flow; International Journal for Heat and Fluid Flow

Teaching Interests:

Mathematical methods and techniques, applied mathematics in engineering, numerical methods, computational fluid dynamics.

BEng/MEng/MSc Projects:

Production Line Scheduling with Uncertainty; Particle Depostion from Turbulent Boundary Layers; Geodesic Wrapping for Composite Pressure Vessels; Modelling Heat Generation and Transfer in Surgical Bone Cements; Modelling Void Growth in Surgical Bone Cements;  Studies of Heat Transfer in  Cross Flow Heat Exchangers; Theoretical and Experimental Study of Journal Bearing Instabilities; Analysis of Field Data for Tidal Flow Energy Devices;  Design  of Marine Transport Saftey Systems.

• Reeks MW, Swailes DC, Bragg A. . Physical Review E 2018, 97(2), 023104.
• Jayathilake PG, Gupta P, Li B, Madsen C, Oyebamiji O, Gonzalez-Cabaleiro R, Rushton S, Bridgens B, Swailes D, Allen B, McGough AS, Zuliani P, Ofiteru ID, Wilkinson DJ, Chen J, Curtis TP. . PLoS One 2017, 12(8), e0181965.
• Jayathilake P, Jana S, Rushton S, Swailes D, Bridgens B, Curtis T, Chen J. . Frontiers in Microbiology 2017, 8, 1-14.
• Dadgari A, Huo D, Swailes D. . International Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 2017, 4(1), 8-15.
• Dadgari A, Huo D, Swailes D. . Solid State Phenomena 2017, 261, 69-76.
• Stafford CP, Swailes DC, Chakraborty N. . In: 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2016). 2016, Florence: ICMF.
• Ammar Y, Swailes DC, Bridgens BN, Chen J. . In: 42nd International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films. 2015, San Diego, CA, USA.
• Ammar Y, Swailes DC, Bridgens BN, Chen J. . Surface and Coatings Technology 2015, 284, 410-416.
• Ammar Y, Chen Y, Joyce S, Wang Y, Roskilly A, Swailes D. . Applied Thermal Engineering 2013, 53(2), 217-225.
• Ammar Y, Chen Y, Joyce S, Wang Y, Roskilly AP, Swailes D. . Applied Thermal Engineering 2013, 53(2), 217-225.
• Bragg A, Swailes DC, Skartlien R. . Physical Review E 2012, 86(5), 056306.
• van Dijk PJ, Swailes DC. . Journal of Computational Physics 2012, 231(14), 4904-4920.
• Bragg A, Swailes DC, Skartlien R. . Physics of Fluids 2012, 24(10), 103304.
• Smith P, Roy S, Swailes D, Maxwell S, Page D, Lawson J. . Chemical Engineering Science 2011, 66(23), 5775-5790.
• Bragg A, Swailes DC, Skartlien R. . In: Seventh International Conference on Multiphase Flow. 2010, Tampa, Florida.
• van Dijk PJ, Swailes DC. HERMITE-DG METHOD FOR PDF-EQUATIONS MODELLING DISPERSIONS IN TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS INCLUDING STREAMWISE VELOCITY. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASME FLUIDS ENGINEERING DIVISION SUMMER CONFERENCE - 2010 - VOL 1, PTS A-C. 2010, THREE PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10016-5990 USA: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
• Van Dijk P, Swailes D. . In: 6th International Symposium on multiphase flow, heat mass transfer and energy conversion. 2010, Xi'an, China: AIP.
• van Dijk PJ, Swailes DC. . In: 6th International Symposium on Multiphase Flow, Heat Mass Transfer and Energy Conversion. 2010, Xian, People's Republic of China: American Institute of Physics.
• Mahinzaeim M, Swailes DC, Hale JM. . In: Smart Structures and Materials (SMART’09). 2009, Porto, Portugal: Universidade do Porto.
• Swailes DC, Ammar Y, Reeks MW, Drossinos Y. . Physical Review E 2009, 79(3), 036305.
• Skartlien R, Drazen D, Swailes DC, Jensen A. . International Journal of Multiphase Flow 2009, 35(11), 1017-1035.
• Marsden SP, Swailes DC. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2008, 222(1), 51-61.
• Marsden SM, Swailes DC. . Institution of Mechanical Engineers Proceedings Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2008, 222(1), 51-61.
• Smith P, Roy S, Swailes D, Maxwell S, Page D, Lawson J. . In: 4th International Conference on Oilfield Corrosion. 2008, Aberdeen, UK: Curran Associates, Inc.
• Marsden SP, Swailes DC, Johnson GR. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2008, 222(7), 1081-1095.
• van Dijk PJ, Swailes DC. . In: 6th International Conference on Multiphase Flow. 2008, Leipzig.
• Mahinzaeim M, Hale JM, Swailes DC, Schmidt R, Johanning B. . In: 3rd International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC). 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Mahinzaeim M, Hale JM, Swailes DC, Schmidt R, Johanning B. . In: Advances in Experimental Mechanics V. 2007, Manchester, UK: Trans Tech Publications.
• Swailes D, Ammar Y, Reeks M. . In: ASME 2006 2nd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting (FEDSM 2006). 2006, Miami, Florida, USA: ASME.
• Swailes DC, Potts I. . Transport in Porous Media 2006, 65(1), 133-157.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC, Petrie CJS. . Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 2004, 335(1-2), 9-34.
• Valentine EM, Ali Z, Swailes DC. . Journal of Hydrology And Hydromechanics 2002, 50(2), 77-103.
• Babaeyan-Koopaei K, Valentine EM, Swailes DC. . Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 2002, 128(3), 190-191.
• Sergeev YA, Johnson RS, Swailes DC. . Physics of Fluids 2002, 14(3), 1042-1055.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC, Johnson RS. . In: ERCOFTAC Conference on Small Particles in Turbulence. 2002, Seville, Spain.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC, Johnson RS. . In: 3rd International Conference on Applied Mathematics for Industrial Flow Problems. 2002, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Green D, Metcalfe AV, Swailes DC. . In: 4th International Conference on Matrix-Analytic Methods. 2002, Adelaide, Australia.
• Al-Hassan K, Swailes DC, Chan JFL, Metcalfe AV. . IMA Journal Management Mathematics 2002, 13(1), 17-27.
• Valentine EM, Ali Z, Swailes DC. . In: XXIX IAHR Congress. 2001, Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press.
• Babaeyan-Koopaei K, Valentine EM, Swailes DC. . Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 2000, 126(6), 408-411.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC. . Journal of Rheology 2000, 44(3), 499-526.
• Swailes DC, Devenish BJ, Sergeev YA, Kurdyumov VN. . Physics of Fluids 1999, 11, 1858-1868.
• Ahmad-Shariff A, Ashby R, Metcalfe AV, Swailes DC. . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 1999, 213(3), 291-301.
• Swailes DC, Darbyshire KFF. . Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 1999, 262(3-4), 307-327.
• Metcalfe AV, Ahmad-Shariff A, Swailes DC. Stochastic crack propagation in offshore structures: the sensitivity of component life-time to wave distribution models. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 120, 43-49 1998.
• Swailes DC, Sergeev YA, Parker A. . Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 1998, 254(3-4), 517-547.
• Swailes DC, Darbyshire KFF. A generalized Fokker-Planck equation for particle transport in random media. Physica A, 242, 38-48 1997.