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D-Index
57
Citations
12389
World Ranking
800
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the mechanics of fluids, suspensions, and polymeric liquids and to industrial processes.
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2010 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
  • 2003 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For many contributions to complex fluids, including novel ideas and physical insight combined with asymptotic and numerical studies, which have illuminated suspension mechanics, viscous, multiphase and viscoelastic flows, and electrokinetics

Overview

E. J. Hinch is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and chemical engineering, with particular emphasis on fluid flow and transfer processes, computational mechanics, materials chemistry, control and systems engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Polymer Crystallization and Properties
  • Vibration and Dynamic Analysis

E. J. Hinch has published research in several venues, among the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Science Talks
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent publications include:

  • Oldroyd B, and not A?, 2021, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
  • Flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid in a slowly varying contraction: theoretical results for arbitrary values of Deborah number in the ultra-dilute limit, 2024, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Fast flow of an Oldroyd-B model fluid through a narrow slowly varying contraction, 2024, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Index, 2020, Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Oldroyd B, and not A?, 2022, Science Talks

Their collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Evgeniy Boyko, Howard A. Stone, and Oliver G. Harlen.

In addition to journal articles, E. J. Hinch has contributed to book publications, notably "Think Before You Compute" published by Cambridge University Press in 2020.

Throughout their career, they have been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2012) for contributions to the mechanics of fluids, suspensions, and polymeric liquids and to industrial processes
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2011)
  • Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS) (2010)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2003) for contributions to complex fluids, including suspension mechanics, multiphase and viscoelastic flows, and electrokinetics

Best Publications

  • Effect of a spectrum of relaxation times on the capillary thinning of a filament of elastic liquid

    V.M. Entov;E.J. Hinch

  • The effect of Brownian motion on the rheological properties of a suspension of non-spherical particles

    E. J. Hinch;L. G. Leal

  • The elastohydrodynamic collision of two spheres

    Robert H. Davis;Jean-Marc Serayssol;E. J. Hinch

  • Constitutive equations in suspension mechanics. Part 2. Approximate forms for a suspension of rigid particles affected by Brownian rotations

    E. J. Hinch;L. G. Leal

  • Inertial migration of a sphere in Poiseuille flow

    Jeffrey A. Schonberg;E. J. Hinch

  • An averaged-equation approach to particle interactions in a fluid suspension

    E. J. Hinch

  • Numerical simulation of a concentrated emulsion in shear flow

    M. Loewenberg;E. J. Hinch

  • Mechanical models of dilute polymer solutions in strong flows

    E. J. Hinch

  • The effect of weak Brownian rotations on particles in shear flow

    L. G. Leal;E. J. Hinch

  • SELF-SIMILAR CAPILLARY PINCHOFF OF AN INVISCID FLUID

    Richard F. Day;E. John Hinch;John R. Lister

  • Application of the Langevin equation to fluid suspensions

    E. J. Hinch

  • Shear-induced dispersion in a dilute suspension of rough spheres

    F. R. Da Cunha;E. J. Hinch

  • Particle velocity fluctuations and hydrodynamic self-diffusion of sedimenting non-Brownian spheres

    H. Nicolai;B. Herzhaft;E. J. Hinch;L. Oger

  • Long slender drops in a simple shear flow

    E. J. Hinch;A. Acrivos

  • Computer simulations of Brownian motion of complex systems

    P. S. Grassia;E. J. Hinch;L. C. Nitsche

  • Study of the collapse of granular columns using two-dimensional discrete-grain simulation

    L. Staron;E. J. Hinch

  • Collision of two deformable drops in shear flow

    M. Loewenberg;E. J. Hinch

  • Constitutive equations in suspension mechanics. Part 1. General formulation

    E. J. Hinch;L. G. Leal

  • A note on the mechanism of the instability at the interface between two shearing fluids

    E. J. Hinch

  • Do we understand the physics in the constitutive equation

    J.M. Rallison;E.J. Hinch

Frequent Co-Authors

Dominique Salin
Dominique Salin University of Paris-Saclay
L. G. Leal
L. G. Leal University of California, Santa Barbara
Andreas Acrivos
Andreas Acrivos City University of New York
Sidney Redner
Sidney Redner Santa Fe Institute
Hans J. Herrmann
Hans J. Herrmann ESPCI Paris
Joel Koplik
Joel Koplik City College of New York
Gerald Schubert
Gerald Schubert University of California, Los Angeles
Robert H. Davis
Robert H. Davis University of Colorado Boulder
Donald L. Koch
Donald L. Koch Cornell University
William B. Russel
William B. Russel Princeton University

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