Prof. Colm-cille P. Caulfield

Professor

cpc12@cam.ac.uk

Department:DAMTP
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Prof. Colm-cille P. Caulfield

Professor

Colm-cille P. Caulfield is Professor of Environmental and Industrial Fluid Dynamics at the University of Cambridge, and a faculty member of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows (IEEF). He is also a Professorial Fellow in Mathematics at Churchill College, Cambridge. Prof. Caulfield’s research interests include turbulent mixing processes, particularly in the ocean, stratified flows more generally, flow instabilities and transition to turbulence, and turbulent plumes, as well as a wide range of industrial processes where turbulence is (potentially) significant. He is particularly interested in using appropriate combinations of laboratory experiments, numerical simulation, physical modelling and data-driven methods to gain insight into complex environmental systems.

Following postdoctoral training in the Department of Physics at the University of Toronto, Canada, and the Department of Engineering Science at Hokkaido University, Japan, he was a lecturer in the School of Mathematics at the University of Bristol, UK. Prof. Caulfield subsequently joined the faculty of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California at San Diego. Following tenure at UCSD, Prof. Caulfield joined the then BP Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge in 2005. Prof. Caulfield currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, the leading journal of fluid dynamics and fluid physics, and as Head of DAMTP from January 2020 until September 2025. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (Division of Fluid Dynamics) in 2014.

Publications

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2014

Sauret, A.; Balmforth, N. J.; Caulfield, C. P.; McElwaine, J. N.

Bulldozing of granular material Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 748, pp. 143 – 174, 2014.

Deng, Jian; Caulfield, C. P.; Shao, Xueming

Effect of aspect ratio on the energy extraction efficiency of three-dimensional flapping foils Journal Article

In: Physics of Fluids, vol. 26, no. 4, 2014.

Kaminski, A. K.; Caulfield, C. P.; Taylor, J. R.

Transient growth in strongly stratified shear layers Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 758, pp. R4, 2014.

Rabin, S. M. E.; Caulfield, C. P.; Kerswell, R. R.

Designing a more nonlinearly stable laminar flow via boundary manipulation Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 738, pp. R11–R112, 2014.

Foures, D. P. G.; Caulfield, C. P.; Schmid, P. J.

Optimal mixing in two-dimensional plane Poiseuille flow at finite Péclet number Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 748, pp. 241 – 277, 2014.

2013

Mashayek, A.; Caulfield, C. P.; Peltier, W. R.

Time-dependent, non-monotonic mixing in stratified turbulent shear flows: Implications for oceanographic estimates of buoyancy flux Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 736, pp. 570 – 593, 2013.

Arratia, C.; Caulfield, C. P.; Chomaz, J. -M.

Transient perturbation growth in time-dependent mixing layers Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 717, pp. 90 – 133, 2013.

Oglethorpe, R. L. F.; Caulfield, C. P.; Woods, Andrew W.

Spontaneous layering in stratified turbulent Taylor-Couette flow Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 721, pp. R3, 2013.

Foures, D. P. G.; Caulfield, C. P.; Schmid, P. J.

Localization of flow structures using1-norm optimization Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 729, pp. 672 – 701, 2013.

Sommeren, Daan D. J. A. Van; Caulfield, C. P.; Woods, Andrew W.

Advection and buoyancy-induced turbulent mixing in a narrow vertical tank Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 724, pp. 450 – 479, 2013.

Anjum, Hafiz J.; McElwaine, Jim N.; Caulfield, Colm-Cille P.

The instantaneous Froude number and depth of unsteady gravity currents Journal Article

In: Journal of Hydraulic Research, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 432 – 445, 2013.

2012

Rabin, S. M. E.; Caulfield, C. P.; Kerswell, R. R.

Triggering turbulence efficiently in plane Couette flow Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 712, pp. 244 – 272, 2012.

Sheen, K. L.; White, N. J.; Caulfield, C. P.; Hobbs, R. W.

Seismic imaging of a large horizontal vortex at abyssal depths beneath the Sub-Antarctic Front Journal Article

In: Nature Geoscience, vol. 5, no. 8, pp. 542 – 546, 2012.

Shravat, A.; Cenedese, C.; Caulfield, C. P.

Entrainment and mixing dynamics of surface-stress-driven stratified flow in a cylinder Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 691, pp. 498 – 517, 2012.

Foures, D. P. G.; Caulfield, C. P.; Schmid, P. J.

Variational framework for flow optimization using seminorm constraints Journal Article

In: Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 86, no. 2, 2012.

Landel, Julien R.; Caulfield, C. P.; Woods, Andrew W.

Meandering due to large eddies and the statistically self-similar dynamics of quasi-two-dimensional jets Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 692, pp. 347 – 368, 2012.

Balmforth, N. J.; Roy, A.; Caulfield, C. P.

Dynamics of vorticity defects in stratified shear flow Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 694, pp. 292 – 331, 2012.

Sommeren, Daan D. J. A. Van; Caulfield, C. P.; Woods, Andrew W.

Turbulent buoyant convection from a maintained source of buoyancy in a narrow vertical tank Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 701, pp. 278 – 303, 2012.

Landel, Julien R.; Caulfield, C. P.; Woods, Andrew W.

Streamwise dispersion and mixing in quasi-two-dimensional steady turbulent jets Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 711, pp. 212 – 258, 2012.

2011

Dalziel, Stuart B.; Patterson, Michael D.; Caulfield, C. P.; Brun, Stéphane Le

The structure of low-Froude-number lee waves over an isolated obstacle Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 689, pp. 3 – 31, 2011.

Lombardi, M.; Caulfield, C. P.; Cossu, C.; Pesci, A. I.; Goldstein, R. E.

Growth and instability of a laminar plume in a strongly stratified environment Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 671, pp. 184 – 206, 2011.

Sheen, Katy L.; White, Nicky; Caulfield, C. P.; Hobbs, Richard W.

Estimating geostrophic shear from seismic images of oceanic structure Journal Article

In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 28, no. 9, pp. 1149 – 1154, 2011.

Yamamoto, H.; Cenedese, C.; Caulfield, C. P.

Laboratory experiments on two coalescing axisymmetric turbulent plumes in a rotating fluid Journal Article

In: Physics of Fluids, vol. 23, no. 5, 2011.

Coomaraswamy, I. A.; Caulfield, C. P.

Time-dependent ventilation flows driven by opposing wind and buoyancy Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 672, pp. 33 – 59, 2011.

2010

Woods, Andrew W.; Caulfield, C. P.; Landel, J. R.; Kuesters, A.

Non-invasive turbulent mixing across a density interface in a turbulent Taylor-Couette flow Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 663, pp. 347 – 357, 2010.

Wells, Mathew; Cenedese, Claudia; Caulfield, C. P.

The Relationship between flux coefficient and entrainment ratio in density currents Journal Article

In: Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 40, no. 12, pp. 2713 – 2727, 2010.

Arratia, Cristobal; Iams, Sarah; Chomaz, Jean-Marc; Caulfield, Colm-Cille

Transient growth on the homogenous mixing layer Journal Article

In: IUTAM Bookseries, vol. 18, pp. 453 – 456, 2010.

2009

Scase, M. M.; Aspden, A. J.; Caulfield, C. P.

The effect of sudden source buoyancy flux increases on turbulent plumes Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 635, pp. 137 – 169, 2009.

Tang, W.; Caulfield, C. P.; Kerswell, R. R.

A prediction for the optimal stratification for turbulent mixing Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 634, pp. 487 – 497, 2009.

Flynn, M. R.; Caulfield, C. P.

Effect of volumetric heat sources on hysteresis phenomena in natural and mixed-mode ventilation Journal Article

In: Building and Environment, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 216 – 226, 2009.

2008

Bower, D. J.; Caulfield, C. P.; Fitzgerald, S. D.; Woods, A. W.

Transient ventilation dynamics following a change in strength of a point source of heat Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 614, pp. 15 – 37, 2008.

Scase, M. M.; Caulfield, C. P.; Dalziel, S. B.

Temporal variation of non-ideal plumes with sudden reductions in buoyancy flux Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 600, pp. 181 – 199, 2008.

Dalziel, Stuart B.; Patterson, Michael D.; Caulfield, C. P.; Coomaraswamy, Imran A.

Mixing efficiency in high-aspect-ratio Rayleigh-Taylor experiments Journal Article

In: Physics of Fluids, vol. 20, no. 6, 2008.

Landel, J. R.; Cossu, Carlo; Caulfield, C. P.

Spherical cap bubbles with a toroidal bubbly wake Journal Article

In: Physics of Fluids, vol. 20, no. 12, 2008.

Bolster, Diogo; Caulfield, C. P.

Transients in natural ventilation - A time-periodically-varying source Journal Article

In: Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 119 – 135, 2008.

2007

Scase, M. M.; Caulfield, C. P.; Linden, P. F.; Dalziel, S. B.

Local implications for self-similar turbulent plume models Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 575, pp. 257 – 265, 2007.

2006

Flynn, M. R.; Caulfield, C. P.

Natural ventilation in interconnected chambers Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 564, pp. 139 – 158, 2006.

Scase, M. M.; Caulfield, C. P.; Dalziel, S. B.

Boussinesq plumes and jets with decreasing source strengths in stratified environments Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 563, pp. 463 – 472, 2006.

Patterson, M. D.; Caulfield, C. P.; McElwaine, J. N.; Dalziel, S. B.

Time-dependent mixing in stratified Kelvin-Helmholtz billows: Experimental observations Journal Article

In: Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, no. 15, 2006.

Scase, M. M.; Caulfield, C. P.; Dalziel, S. B.; Hunt, J. C. R.

Time-dependent plumes and jets with decreasing source strengths Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 563, pp. 443 – 461, 2006.

2005

Caulfield, C. P.

Buoyancy flux bounds for surface-driven flow Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 536, pp. 367 – 376, 2005.

Conroy, D. T.; Smith, Stefan G. Llewellyn; Caulfield, C. P.

Evolution of a chemically reacting plume in a ventilated room Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 537, pp. 221 – 253, 2005.

Tang, W.; Caulfield, C. P.; Young, W. R.

Bounds on dissipation in stress-driven flow in a rotating frame Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 540, pp. 373 – 391, 2005.

2004

Tang, W.; Caulfield, C. P.; Young, W. R.

Bounds on dissipation in stress-driven flow Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 510, pp. 333 – 352, 2004.

Caulfield, C. P.; Tang, W.; Plasting, S. C.

Reynolds number dependence of an upper bound for the long-time-averaged buoyancy flux in plane stratified Couette flow Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 498, pp. 315 – 332, 2004.

2003

Peltier, W. R.; Caulfield, C. P.

Mixing efficiency in stratified shear flows Journal Article

In: Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 35, pp. 135 – 167, 2003.

Woods, Andrew W.; Caulfield, C. P.; Phillips, Jeremy C.

Blocked natural ventilation: The effect of a source mass flux Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 495, pp. 119 – 133, 2003.

2002

Caulfield, C. P.; Woods, Andrew W.

The mixing in a room by a localized finite-mass-flux source of buoyancy Journal Article

In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 471, pp. 33 – 50, 2002.

2001

Caulfield, C. P.; Kerswell, R. R.

Maximal mixing rate in turbulent stably stratified Couette flow Journal Article

In: Physics of Fluids, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 894 – 900, 2001.

Lee, V.; Caulfield, C. P.

Nonlinear evolution of a layered stratified shear flow Journal Article

In: Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, vol. 34, no. 2-4, pp. 103 – 124, 2001.

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