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Hydrodynamics, Stability Theory, Boundary layer
United Kingdom

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Employment (2)

University of Manchester: Manchester, Lancashire., GB

1998-09 to present | Prof. (School of Mathematics)
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Richard Hewitt

University of Dundee: Dundee, Dundee, GB

1995 to 1998 | Post Doc. (Civil Engineering)
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Richard Hewitt

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Manchester: Manchester, Manchester, GB

1992 to 1995 | PhD (Mathematics)
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Richard Hewitt

University of Manchester: Manchester, Manchester, GB

1989 to 1992 | BSc (Mathematics)
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Richard Hewitt

Funding (1)

A novel approach for probing unsteady boundary layer separation

2011 to 2014 | Contract
Marsden Fund (Wellington, NZ)
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MFP-10-UOA-083

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MFP-UOA1009

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Royal Society Te Apārangi

Works (39)

High-frequency instabilities in supersonic compression-ramp flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2023-08-10 | Journal article
Contributors: H.M. Broadley; R.E. Hewitt; J.S.B. Gajjar
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Shallow katabatic flow on a non-uniformly cooled slope

Environmental Fluid Mechanics
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Richard Hewitt; Jay Unadkat; Anthony Wise
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Cancellation of Tollmien–Schlichting waves with surface heating

Journal of Engineering Mathematics
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Georgia S. Brennan; Jitesh S. B. Gajjar; Richard E. Hewitt
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Tollmien–Schlichting wave cancellation via localised heating elements in boundary layers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2021-02-25 | Journal article
Contributors: G. S. Brennan; J. S. B. Gajjar; R. E. Hewitt
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Localised streak solutions for a Blasius boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2018-08-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Richard E. Hewitt; Peter W. Duck
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Micro-slot injection into a boundary layer driven by a favourable pressure gradient

Journal of Engineering Mathematics
2017 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Injection into boundary layers: solutions beyond the classical form

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2017-07-10 | Journal article
Contributors: R. E. Hewitt; P. W. Duck; A. J. Williams
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On the formation of axial corner vortices during spin-up in a cylinder of square cross-section

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2015 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

A note on unsteady laminar plumes/jets

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
2014 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Three-dimensional boundary layers with short spanwise scales

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2014 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Wave breaking in dense plumes

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2014 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

A resolution of Stewartson’s quarter-infinite plate problem

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
2012 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Exponential sensitivity to symmetry imperfections in an exact Navier--Stokes solution

Journal of Engineering Mathematics
2012 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Unsteady turbulent plume models

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2012 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Pulsatile jets

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2011 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

The Jeffery--Hamel similarity solution and its relation to flow in a diverging channel

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2011 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Unsteady flow in a rotating torus after a sudden change in rotation rate

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2011 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Long's vortex revisited

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2009 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Non-axisymmetric self-similar flow between two rotating disks

Journal of Engineering Mathematics
2009 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Nonlinear vortex development in rotating flows

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
2008 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Unsteady fronts in the spin-down of a fluid-filled torus

Physics of Fluids
2008 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Midplane-symmetry breaking in the flow between two counter-rotating disks

Journal of Engineering Mathematics
2007 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Boundary layers in a dilute particle suspension

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
2006 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Asymptotic matching constraints for a boundary-layer flow of a power-law fluid

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2004 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

On the spatial development of a dusty wall jet

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2004 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

CJ Budd In memoriam: Prof. Philip Gerald Drazin 1934--2002

Fluid Dynamics Research
2003 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Extensions to three-dimensional flow in a porous channel

Fluid dynamics research
2003 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

The unsteady Karman problem for a dilute particle suspension

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2003 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Continua of states in boundary-layer flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2002 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Spin-up of a two-layer rotating stratified fluid in a variable-depth container

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2001 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Three-dimensional extensions to Jeffery--Hamel flow

Fluid Dynamics Research
2001 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Non-axisymmetric rotating-disk flows: nonlinear travelling-wave states

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
2000 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Spin-up of stratified rotating flows at large Schmidt number: experiment and theory

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
1999 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Steady boundary-layer solutions for a swirling stratified fluid in a rotating cone

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
1999 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

The Temporal Evolution of the Boundary Layer in a Rotating Stratified Fluid

INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE SERIES
1999 | Book chapter
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Richard Hewitt

Nonlinear spin-up of a rotating stratified fluid: Experimental method and preliminary results

Journal of fluids engineering
1998 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Nonlinear spin-up of a rotating stratified fluid: theory

Journal of fluids engineering
1998 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

The evolution of finite--amplitude wavetrains in plane channel flow

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
1998 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

On the boundary layer arising in the spin-up of a stratified fluid in a container with sloping walls

Journal of Fluid Mechanics
1997 | Journal article
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Richard Hewitt

Peer review (4 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Physics of fluids. (4)