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Michael R. E. Proctor

Michael R. E. Proctor

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
40
Citations
5947
World Ranking
2037
National Ranking
146

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Michael R. E. Proctor is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span several interconnected fields, predominantly within engineering and physics and astronomy. The scientist's work addresses complex phenomena in fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, and geophysics, emphasizing both theoretical and applied aspects.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Physics and Astronomy

Within these broader areas, Proctor has focused on several subfields:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Geophysics

The main topics addressed in their publications cover:

  • Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Proctor's work has been published in a variety of scientific journals, highlighting a multidisciplinary reach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Physical Review Fluids
  • Physics
  • Astronomy & Geophysics

Their recent papers illustrate active engagement with topics in fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics. Notable publications are:

  • "Maxwell-Cattaneo double-diffusive convection: limiting cases" (2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • "The convective instability of a Maxwell-Cattaneo fluid in the presence of a vertical magnetic field" (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences)
  • "Rapidly rotating Maxwell-Cattaneo convection" (2022, Physical Review Fluids)
  • "Mean field responses in disordered systems: an example from nonlinear MHD" (2024, Journal of Fluid Mechanics)
  • "Bounds on Energies and Dissipation Rates in Forced Dynamos" (2022, Physics)

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research practice. Frequent coauthors include:

  • David W. Hughes
  • I. A. Eltayeb
  • Joanne Mason
  • D. O. Gough
  • Steven M. Tobias

Michael R. E. Proctor was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear Rayleigh–Bénard convection between poorly conducting boundaries

    C. J. Chapman;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Numerical calculations of fast dynamos in smooth velocity fields with realistic diffusion

    D. J. Galloway;D. J. Galloway;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Nonlinear periodic convection in double-diffusive systems

    E. Knobloch;M. R. E. Proctor

  • The macrodynamics of α-effect dynamos in rotating fluids

    W. V. R. Maekus;M. R. E. Proctor

  • The interaction of two spatially resonant patterns in thermal convection. Part 1. Exact 1:2 resonance

    M. R. E. Proctor;C. A. Jones

  • Fluctuation dynamo and turbulent induction at low magnetic Prandtl numbers

    A A Schekochihin;A A Schekochihin;A B Iskakov;S C Cowley;S C Cowley;J C McWilliams

  • Topological constraints associated with fast dynamo action

    H. K. Moffatt;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Inverse cascade and symmetry breaking in rapidly rotating Boussinesq convection

    Benjamin Favier;Lara Silvers;Michael Proctor

  • Magnetic Fields in the Solar Convection Zone: Magnetoconvection and Magnetic Buoyancy

    D. W. Hughes;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Convective and absolute instabilities of fluid flows in finite geometry

    S. M. Tobias;S. M. Tobias;M. R. E. Proctor;E. Knobloch

  • Self-sustaining nonlinear dynamo process in Keplerian shear flows.

    F. Rincon;G. I. Ogilvie;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Magnetic flux ropes and convection

    D. J. Galloway;M. R. E. Proctor;N. O. Weiss

  • Effects of fluctuation on αΩ dynamo models

    Michael R. E. Proctor

  • Oscillatory convection in sunspot umbrae

    N. O. Weiss;D. P. Brownjohn;N. E. Hurlburt;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Hydromagnetic waves in a differentially rotating sphere

    D. R. Fearn;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Nonlinear Compressible Convection in Oblique Magnetic Fields

    Neal E. Hurlburt;Paul C. Matthews;Michael R. E. Proctor

  • Flux Separation in Stellar Magnetoconvection

    L. Tao;L. Tao;N. O. Weiss;D. P. Brownjohn;M. R. E. Proctor

  • Numerical solutions of the nonlinear α-effect dynamo equations

    Michael R. E. Proctor

  • Steady subcritical thermohaline convection

    M. R. E. Proctor

  • Magnetic Buoyancy, Vorticity, and Three-dimensional Flux-Tube Formation

    P. C. Matthews;D. W. Hughes;M. R. E. Proctor

  • On the relation between viscoelastic and magnetohydrodynamic flows and their instabilities

    Gordon I. Ogilvie;Michael R. E. Proctor

  • Compressible magnetoconvection in three dimensions: planforms and nonlinear behaviour

    P. C. Matthews;M. R. E. Proctor;N. O. Weiss

Frequent Co-Authors

Edgar Knobloch
Edgar Knobloch University of California, Berkeley
Steven M. Tobias
Steven M. Tobias University of Leeds
Alexander Schekochihin
Alexander Schekochihin University of Oxford
Rainer Hollerbach
Rainer Hollerbach University of Leeds
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
David A. King
David A. King University of Cambridge
Eric Lauga
Eric Lauga University of Cambridge
Keith Julien
Keith Julien University of Colorado Boulder
Carlo F. Barenghi
Carlo F. Barenghi Newcastle University
Ian Melbourne
Ian Melbourne University of Warwick

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