Staff Profile

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. Is the kinetic equation for turbulent gas-particle flows ill-posed?. 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. A mechanistic individual-based model of microbial communities. PLoS One 2017, 12(8), e0181965.
• Jayathilake P, Jana S, Rushton S, Swailes D, Bridgens B, Curtis T, Chen J. Extracellular Polymeric Substance Production and Aggregated Bacteria Colonization Influence the Competition of Microbes in Biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiology 2017, 8, 1-14.
• Dadgari A, Huo D, Swailes D. Investigation of Machining Tool Path on Surface Roughness and Dimensional Accuracy for High-Speed Micro Milling. International Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 2017, 4(1), 8-15.
• Dadgari A, Huo D, Swailes D. The effect of machining toolpath on surface roughness and dimensional accuracy for high-speed micro milling. Solid State Phenomena 2017, 261, 69-76.
• Stafford CP, Swailes DC, Chakraborty N. Particle dispersion in inhomogeneous turbulence: An analysis of pdf-based models. In: 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2016). 2016, Florence: ICMF.
• Ammar Y, Swailes DC, Bridgens BN, Chen J. Influence of surface roughness on initial formation of biofilm. In: 42nd International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films. 2015, San Diego, CA, USA.
• Ammar Y, Swailes DC, Bridgens BN, Chen J. Influence of surface roughness on the initial formation of biofilm. Surface and Coatings Technology 2015, 284, 410-416.
• Ammar Y, Chen Y, Joyce S, Wang Y, Roskilly A, Swailes D. Evaluation of low grade heat transport in the process industry using absorption processes. Applied Thermal Engineering 2013, 53(2), 217-225.
• Ammar Y, Chen Y, Joyce S, Wang Y, Roskilly AP, Swailes D. Evaluation of low grade heat transport in the process industry using absorption processes. Applied Thermal Engineering 2013, 53(2), 217-225.
• Bragg A, Swailes DC, Skartlien R. Drift-free kinetic equations for turbulent dispersion. Physical Review E 2012, 86(5), 056306.
• van Dijk PJ, Swailes DC. Hermite-DG methods for pdf equations modelling particle transport and deposition in turbulent boundary layers. Journal of Computational Physics 2012, 231(14), 4904-4920.
• Bragg A, Swailes DC, Skartlien R. Particle transport in a turbulent boundary layer: Non-local closures for particle dispersion tensors accounting for particle-wall interactions. Physics of Fluids 2012, 24(10), 103304.
• Smith P, Roy S, Swailes D, Maxwell S, Page D, Lawson J. A model for the corrosion of steel subjected to synthetic produced water containing sulfate, chloride and hydrogen sulfide. Chemical Engineering Science 2011, 66(23), 5775-5790.
• Bragg A, Swailes DC, Skartlien R. Closure approximations in particle dispersion coefficients derived from pdf kinetic equations. 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. Spectral-DG methods for PDF equations modelling particle transport and deposition in turbulent boundary layers. In: 6th International Symposium on multiphase flow, heat mass transfer and energy conversion. 2010, Xi'an, China: AIP.
• van Dijk PJ, Swailes DC. Spectral-DG Methods for PDF Equations Modelling Particle Transport and Deposition in Turbulent Boundary Layers. 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. Bounded Vibration Controls of Distributed-Parameter Systems with Applications to a Beam on Viscoelectic Supports. In: Smart Structures and Materials (SMART’09). 2009, Porto, Portugal: Universidade do Porto.
• Swailes DC, Ammar Y, Reeks MW, Drossinos Y. Stochastic transport of particles in straining flows. Physical Review E 2009, 79(3), 036305.
• Skartlien R, Drazen D, Swailes DC, Jensen A. Suspensions in turbulent liquid pipe flow: Kinetic modelling and added mass effects. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 2009, 35(11), 1017-1035.
• Marsden SP, Swailes DC. A novel approach to the prediction of musculotendon paths. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2008, 222(1), 51-61.
• Marsden SM, Swailes DC. A novel approach to the prediction of musculotendon paths. 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. A predictive model for Microbial Induced Corrosion (MIC) in sub-sea production pipelines: Part 1-abiotic corrosion model. In: 4th International Conference on Oilfield Corrosion. 2008, Aberdeen, UK: Curran Associates, Inc.
• Marsden SP, Swailes DC, Johnson GR. Algorithms for exact multi-object muscle wrapping and application to the deltoid muscle wrapping around the humerus. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2008, 222(7), 1081-1095.
• van Dijk PJ, Swailes DC. Composite two-fluid-pdf models for particle transport in bounded flows. In: 6th International Conference on Multiphase Flow. 2008, Leipzig.
• Mahinzaeim M, Hale JM, Swailes DC, Schmidt R, Johanning B. Active Vibration Regulation of a Convertible Vehicle Using System Identification. In: 3rd International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC). 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Mahinzaeim M, Hale JM, Swailes DC, Schmidt R, Johanning B. The application of an active vibration regulation system to improving driving comfort in convertible vehicles: A comparative study of regulator design methodologies. In: Advances in Experimental Mechanics V. 2007, Manchester, UK: Trans Tech Publications.
• Swailes D, Ammar Y, Reeks M. A study of Brownian transport in straining flows. In: ASME 2006 2nd Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting (FEDSM 2006). 2006, Miami, Florida, USA: ASME.
• Swailes DC, Potts I. Transient heat transport in gas flow through granular porous media. Transport in Porous Media 2006, 65(1), 133-157.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC, Petrie CJS. Stability of uniform fluidization revisited. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 2004, 335(1-2), 9-34.
• Valentine EM, Ali Z, Swailes DC. A two-zone model for longitudinal dispersion in channels with idealized pools and riffles. Journal of Hydrology And Hydromechanics 2002, 50(2), 77-103.
• Babaeyan-Koopaei K, Valentine EM, Swailes DC. Closure to "Optimal design of parabolic-bottomed triangle canals" by K. Babaeyan-Koopaei, E. M. Valentine, and D. C. Swailes. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 2002, 128(3), 190-191.
• Sergeev YA, Johnson RS, Swailes DC. Dilute suspension of high inertia particles in the turbulent flow near the wall. Physics of Fluids 2002, 14(3), 1042-1055.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC, Johnson RS. Dilute suspension of solid particles in the turbulent flow near the wall. In: ERCOFTAC Conference on Small Particles in Turbulence. 2002, Seville, Spain.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC, Johnson RS. Dilute suspension of solid particles in the turbulent flow near the wall. In: 3rd International Conference on Applied Mathematics for Industrial Flow Problems. 2002, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Green D, Metcalfe AV, Swailes DC. Matrix -Analytic Methods: Theory and Applications. In: 4th International Conference on Matrix-Analytic Methods. 2002, Adelaide, Australia.
• Al-Hassan K, Swailes DC, Chan JFL, Metcalfe AV. Supporting maintenance strategies using Markov models. IMA Journal Management Mathematics 2002, 13(1), 17-27.
• Valentine EM, Ali Z, Swailes DC. A model for longitudinal dispersion in channels with pools and riffles. In: XXIX IAHR Congress. 2001, Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press.
• Babaeyan-Koopaei K, Valentine EM, Swailes DC. Optimal design of parabolic-bottomed triangle canals. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering 2000, 126(6), 408-411.
• Sergeev YA, Swailes DC. Predictive model of the turbulent flow of dilute gas-particulate suspension in a vertical pipe. Journal of Rheology 2000, 44(3), 499-526.
• Swailes DC, Devenish BJ, Sergeev YA, Kurdyumov VN. A PDF model for dispersed particles with inelastic particle-wall collisions. Physics of Fluids 1999, 11, 1858-1868.
• Ahmad-Shariff A, Ashby R, Metcalfe AV, Swailes DC. Comparison of experimental assessment methods to estimate the strength of gear teeth. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 1999, 213(3), 291-301.
• Swailes DC, Darbyshire KFF. Probabilistic models for particle and scalar transport in fluctuating flows: An evaluation of simple closure approximations. 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. Chapman-Enskog closure approximation in the kinetic theory of dilute turbulent gas-particulate suspensions. 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.