Peter Davidson
Professor
Energy, Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachinery
Cambridge University
United Kingdom
Biography
1975-1979 University of Aberdeen B.Sc.in Engineering Sc. 1979-1983 Research Engineer, T.I. Research Laboratories 1983-1986 University of Cambridge, Dept. Engineering PhD 1986-1987 Research Associate , D.A.M.T.P., Univ. of Cambridge 1987-1989 Senior Engineer, Westinghouse R&D Center, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. 1989-1994 Lecturer, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London. 1994-Present Lecturer, then Reader, then Professor, Univ. Cambridge, Dept. Engineering
Research Interest
Two dominant themes in geophysical fluid mechanics are waves and turbulence. Such flows are generally subject to a background rotation, strong stratification, or an ambient magnetic field, and in all three cases this allows the fluid to sustain internal wave motion. Moreover, these flows are almost invariably turbulent, and the turbulence is often central to their behaviour. So one of the keys to making progress in geophysical fluid mechanics is to understand how waves and turbulence interact. This provides much of the motivation for Professor Davidson's current research
Publications
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Baqui, YB and Davidson, PA and Ranjan, A (2016) Are there two regimes in strongly rotating turbulence? Physics of Fluids, 28. ISSN 1070-6631
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Bardsley, OP and Davidson, PA (2016) Inertial-Alfvén waves as columnar helices in planetary cores. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 805.
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Davidson, PA (2016) Dynamos driven by Helical Waves: scaling laws for numerical dynamos and for the planets. Geophysical Journal International, 207. pp. 680-690.
