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40
Citations
7755
World Ranking
1994
National Ranking
142

Overview

Tom Mullin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Engineering. Their research work primarily focuses on fluid dynamics, thin films, and material behavior under various mechanical and fluidic conditions.

The main fields of study covered by Mullin's publications include Engineering, with significant contributions to subfields such as Computational Mechanics, Mechanics of Materials, and Materials Chemistry. Their research encompasses topics related to Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Material Dynamics and Properties, Granular Flow and Fluidized Beds, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, as well as Tribology and Lubrication Engineering.

Mullin has published several recent papers, with notable works including:

  • Data for "Creep control in soft particle packings" (2022) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Levitation by thin viscous layers (2020) published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Levitation of a cylinder by a thin viscous film (2021) published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Thin-film flow between a rotating sphere and a nearly vertical moving plate (2024) published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Confinement controls the creep rate in soft granular packings (2024) published in Soft Matter

The frequent co-authors with whom Mullin has collaborated include:

  • Joshua A. Dijksman
  • H. Ockendon
  • J. R. Ockendon
  • Rory Cerbus
  • Mohit P. Dalwadi

The primary venues of publication for Mullin's work include:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Soft Matter
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • PsycEXTRA Dataset

This combination of research topics and collaborative efforts reflects a focus on understanding complex fluid and material systems, especially those relating to thin films and granular materials, through experimental and computational mechanics approaches.

Best Publications

  • Negative Poisson's Ratio Behavior Induced by an Elastic Instability

    Katia Bertoldi;Pedro M. Reis;Stephen Willshaw;Tom Mullin

  • Nonlinear flow phenomena in a symmetric sudden expansion

    R. M. Fearn;T. Mullin;K. A. Cliffe

  • Transition to turbulence in constant-mass-flux pipe flow

    A. G. Darbyshire;T. Mullin

  • Mechanics of deformation-triggered pattern transformations and superelastic behavior in periodic elastomeric structures

    Katia Bertoldi;M.C. Boyce;S. Deschanel;S. M. Prange

  • Pattern transformation triggered by deformation.

    T. Mullin;S. Deschanel;K. Bertoldi;M. C. Boyce

  • Scaling of the turbulence transition threshold in a pipe.

    B. Hof;A. Juel;T. Mullin

  • Decay of turbulence in pipe flow.

    J. Peixinho;T. Mullin

  • Experimental Studies of Transition to Turbulence in a Pipe

    T. Mullin

  • Anomalous Modes in the Taylor Experiment

    Thomas Brooke Benjamin;T. Mullin

  • Notes on the multiplicity of flows in the Taylor experiment

    T. Brooke Benjamin;T. Mullin

  • Finite-amplitude thresholds for transition in pipe flow

    J. Peixinho;T. Mullin

  • Mutations of steady cellular flows in the Taylor experiment

    T. Mullin

  • A numerical and experimental study of anomalous modes in the Taylor experiment

    K. A. Cliffe;T. Mullin

  • Effect of particle shape on the stress dip under a sandpile.

    I. Zuriguel;T. Mullin;J. M. Rotter

  • Bifurcation phenomena in Taylor-Couette flow in a very short annulus

    G. Pfister;H. Schmidt;K. A. Cliffe;T. Mullin

  • Granular segregation as a critical phenomenon.

    Pedro M. Reis;Tom Mullin

  • Experimental and theoretical progress in pipe flow transition

    A.P Willis;J Peixinho;R.R Kerswell;T Mullin

  • An experimental observation of a new type of intermittency

    T. J. Price;T. Mullin

  • Free convection in liquid gallium

    M.G. Braunsfurth;A.C. Skeldon;A. Juel;T. Mullin

  • The role of particle shape on the stress distribution in a sandpile

    I Zuriguel;T Mullin

  • Bifurcation phenomena in the flow through a sudden expansion in a circular pipe

    T. Mullin;J. R. T. Seddon;M. D. Mantle;A. J. Sederman

  • Magnetohydrodynamic convection in molten gallium

    A. Juel;T. Mullin;H. Ben Hadid;Daniel Henry

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Reis
Pedro Reis École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Katia Bertoldi
Katia Bertoldi Harvard University
Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse University of Twente
Chao Sun
Chao Sun Tsinghua University
Andrew J. Sederman
Andrew J. Sederman University of Cambridge
Mary C. Boyce
Mary C. Boyce Columbia University
Alan R Champneys
Alan R Champneys University of Bristol
Stefan Luding
Stefan Luding University of Twente
Richard D. Jones
Richard D. Jones University of Canterbury
Lloyd N. Trefethen
Lloyd N. Trefethen University of Oxford

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