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1275
National Ranking
85

Overview

John R. Lister is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Computational Mechanics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.

Their research focuses on various main topics such as:

  • Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies
  • Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films

John R. Lister has published several papers in well-known scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Using a squeegee on a layer of viscous or viscoplastic fluid" (2022) in Physical Review Fluids
  • "Viscous flow under an elastic sheet" (2020) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Inertial coalescence of drops with some viscosity" (2024) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • "Nonuniversal Self-Similarity for Jump-to-Contact Dynamics between Viscous Drops under van der Waals Attraction" (2022) in Physical Review Letters
  • "Inertial and viscous dynamics of jump-to-contact between fluid drops under van der Waals attraction" (2023) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with John R. Lister include:

  • Edward Beaty
  • Tim-Frederik Dauck
  • Gunnar G. Peng
  • Edward M. Hinton

Their work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Fluid‐mechanical models of crack propagation and their application to magma transport in dykes

    John R. Lister;Ross C. Kerr

  • Coalescence of liquid drops

    Jens Eggers;John R. Lister;Howard A. Stone

  • Particle-driven gravity currents.

    Roger T. Bonnecaze;Herbert E. Huppert;John R. Lister

  • CAPILLARY BREAKUP OF A VISCOUS THREAD SURROUNDED BY ANOTHER VISCOUS FLUID

    John R. Lister;Howard A. Stone

  • SELF-SIMILAR CAPILLARY PINCHOFF OF AN INVISCID FLUID

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

  • Buoyancy-driven fluid fracture: the effects of material toughness and of low-viscosity precursors

    John R. Lister

  • On the thermal evolution of the Earth's core

    Bruce A. Buffett;Herbert E. Huppert;John R. Lister;Andrew W. Woods

  • Similarity solutions for van der Waals rupture of a thin film on a solid substrate

    Wendy W. Zhang;John R. Lister

  • The strength and efficiency of thermal and compositional convection in the geodynamo

    John R. Lister;Bruce A. Buffett

  • Axisymmetric particle-driven gravity currents

    Roger T. Bonnecaze;Mark A. Hallworth;Herbert E. Huppert;John R. Lister

  • Plethora of transitions during breakup of liquid filaments

    José Rafael Castrejón-Pita;Alfonso Arturo Castrejón-Pita;Sumeet Suresh Thete;Krishnaraj Sambath

  • Viscous flows down an inclined plane from point and line sources

    John R. Lister

  • Buoyancy-driven fluid fracture : similarity solutions for the horizontal and vertical propagation of fluid-filled cracks

    John R. Lister

  • The fall of a viscous thread onto a moving surface: a ‘fluid-mechanical sewing machine’

    S. Chiu-Webster;J. R. Lister

  • Drops with conical ends in electric and magnetic fields

    Howard A. Stone;John R. Lister;Michael P. Brenner

  • Pinching threads, singularities and the number 0.0304...

    Michael P. Brenner;John R. Lister;Howard A. Stone

  • The ascent of felsic magmas in dykes

    Nick Petford;John R. Lister;Ross C. Kerr

  • Analytical model for solidification of the Earth's core

    Bruce A. Buffett;Herbert E. Huppert;John R. Lister;Andrew W. Woods

  • Capillary pinch-off in inviscid fluids

    David Leppinen;John R. Lister

  • The Effects of Shape on Crystal Settling and on the Rheology of Magmas

    Ross C. Kerr;John R. Lister

Frequent Co-Authors

Ross C. Kerr
Ross C. Kerr Australian National University
Herbert E. Huppert
Herbert E. Huppert University of Cambridge
Howard A. Stone
Howard A. Stone Princeton University
Dominic Vella
Dominic Vella University of Oxford
Osman A. Basaran
Osman A. Basaran Purdue University West Lafayette
Roger T. Bonnecaze
Roger T. Bonnecaze The University of Texas at Austin
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce A. Buffett
Bruce A. Buffett University of California, Berkeley
Ian M. Hutchings
Ian M. Hutchings University of Cambridge
Neil M. Ribe
Neil M. Ribe University of Paris-Saclay

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