Prof. Andy Woods
Head of Institute
Andy Woods’ research involves developing quantitative models and analogue laboratory experiments to explore some of the challenges associated with fluid mechanics in a range of environmental and energy processes. This includes research on the long-term storage of energy in the geosphere through storage of heat or hydrogen; long-term removal of carbon dioxide from man’s environment through geological storage of carbon in deep saline aquifers; and the development of models to identify novel approaches to reduce energy consumption in buildings through more efficient supply of heat, coupled with the use of thermal batteries for interseasonal heat storage. He also has ongoing research projects exploring the dynamics of volcanic systems and the dynamics of turbulent plumes in both the atmosphere and ocean, with important implications to ocean plastics and deep-sea mining.
Much the research that Andy leads is closely coupled with direct applications in industry or environmental engineering, where idealised models of complex multiphase processes provide a powerful compliment to detailed engineering simulations.
Publications
1994
The nucleation, growth and settling of crystals from a turbulently convecting fluid Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 273, no. E3, pp. 83 – 107, 1994.
In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 62, no. 1-4, pp. 273 – 299, 1994.
Mixing experiments on fluid released near the closed end of a two-dimensional channel Journal Article
In: Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 227 – 247, 1994.
Transitions between explosive and effusive eruptions of silicic magmas Journal Article
In: Nature, vol. 370, no. 6491, pp. 641 – 644, 1994.
The controls of eruption-column dynamics on the injection and mass loading of ash into the atmosphere Journal Article
In: US Geological Survey Bulletin, vol. 2047, pp. 81 – 86, 1994.
A laboratory study of ash flows Journal Article
In: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 99, no. B3, pp. 4375 – 4394, 1994.
The injection of volcanic ash into the atmosphere Journal Article
In: US Geological Survey Bulletin, vol. 2047, pp. 101 – 106, 1994.
1993
Mixing by a turbulent plume in a confined stratified region Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 250, pp. 277 – 305, 1993.
The topographic control of planetary-scale flow Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 247, pp. 603 – 621, 1993.
A model of the plumes above basaltic fissure eruptions Journal Article
In: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 1115 – 1118, 1993.
The vaporization of a liquid front moving through a hot porous rock Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 251, pp. 563 – 579, 1993.
The accretion of oceanic crust by episodic sill intrusion Journal Article
In: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 98, no. B3, pp. 4143 – 4161, 1993.
1992
Analytical model for solidification of the Earth's core Journal Article
In: Nature, vol. 356, no. 6367, pp. 329 – 331, 1992.
Melting and dissolving Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 239, pp. 429 – 448, 1992.
Curved saplings at Mount St Helens [6] Journal Article
In: Nature, vol. 355, no. 6361, pp. 594, 1992.
The heat and fluid transfer associated with the flanges on hydrothermal venting structures Journal Article
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 112, no. 1-4, pp. 117 – 129, 1992.
Thermal disequilibrium at the top of volcanic clouds and its effect on estimates of the column height Journal Article
In: Nature, vol. 355, no. 6361, pp. 628 – 630, 1992.
Natural convection, Taylor dispersion, and diagenesis in a tilted porous layer Journal Article
In: Physical Review A, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 4869 – 4878, 1992.
Natural convection and dispersion in a tilted fracture Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 241, no. 16, pp. 59 – 74, 1992.
A laboratory study of explosive volcanic eruptions Journal Article
In: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 97, no. B5, pp. 6699 – 6712, 1992.
1991
Fluid mixing during melting Journal Article
In: Physics of Fluids A, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1393 – 1404, 1991.
Particle fallout, thermal disequilibrium and volcanic plumes Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 559 – 570, 1991.
Boundary–driven mixing Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 226, pp. 625 – 654, 1991.
Buoyant, superbuoyant and collapsing eruption columns Journal Article
In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 45, no. 3-4, pp. 347 – 350, 1991.
Dimensions and dynamics of co-ignimbrite eruption columns Journal Article
In: Nature, vol. 350, no. 6315, pp. 225 – 227, 1991.
1990
Solidification of an alloy cooled from above part 2. Non-equilibrium interfacial kinetics Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 217, pp. 331 – 348, 1990.
Solidification of an alloy cooled from above Part 1. Equilibrium growth Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 216, pp. 323 – 342, 1990.
Solidification of an alloy cooled from above. Part 3. Compositional stratification within the solid Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 218, pp. 337 – 354, 1990.
1989
Disequilibrium and macrosegregation during solidification of a binary melt Journal Article
In: Nature, vol. 340, no. 6232, pp. 357 – 362, 1989.
The growth of compositionally stratified solid above a horizontal boundary Journal Article
In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 199, pp. 29 – 53, 1989.
1988
A study of current structures in a two-layer shelf model Journal Article
In: Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, vol. 12, no. 3-4, pp. 289 – 311, 1988.
The fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of eruption columns Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Volcanology, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 169 – 193, 1988.