Dr I Tudur Davies

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
MSc, PhD (Aberystwyth) Photograph of Dr I Tudur Davies.

Contact

Email: itd@aber.ac.uk
Office: 111, Physical Sciences Building, Penglais Campus
Phone: (0)1970 622 813
Fax: (0)1970 622 826

Teaching Areas

  • MA25110 / MX35110 – An Introduction to Numerical Analysis

Research

Current interests: Modelling and visualization of the three-dimensional flow of foam past solid objects. The sedimentation of spherical objects through ordered and disordered foams. Developing real-time simulations of Stokes’ experiment in a foam to improve the prediction of its response.

Previous research: Two dimensional quasi-static simulations of the sedimentation of circular and elliptical objects through a dry foam. The rotation of an elliptical object (with its centre fixed) when positioned in a pressure driven flow of foam.

Biography

Tudur graduated with a BSc (1st class) in Mathematics from Aberystwyth in 2005. In 2006 he gained an MSc degree in Complex Fluids (Distinction) at Aberystwyth University in which his major project looked at foam drainage in two dimensions. He completed his PhD on the “Sedimentation of circular and elliptical objects in a two dimensional foam” in 2010. He recently worked as a part-time lecturer at IMAP, teaching “An Introduction to Numerical Analysis” to second year undergraduate mathematics students. He is currently a PDRA working on a joint project with the Computer Science department in visualization and modelling of complex materials.

Staff Publications

• Wyn, I.T. Davies and S.J. Cox. Simulations of two-dimensional foam rheology: localization in linear Couette flow and the interaction of settling discs. European Physical Journal E 26:81-89 (2008)
• I.T. Davies and S.J. Cox. Sedimenting discs in a two-dimensional foam. Colloids and Surfaces A 334:8-14 (2009)
• I.T. Davies, S.J. Cox, Sedimentation of an elliptical object in a two-dimensional foam, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. (2010), doi:10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.04.005