James N. Hewett

Fluid Mechanics and Numerical Methods

Hello, I'm a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

Research interests

Computational fluid dynamics, moving boundary problems, fluid-solid coupling, fluid-structure interactions, computational heat transfer, inverse problems, biofluids, biomedical engineering.

Lava flowRheology of lava is non-Newtonian and temperature-dependent. Can we accurately predict lava flow rates during eruptions in real time? [ Photo source ]

Ice meltingEstimating freshwater melt rates is part of forecasting the future of our fresh water resources. Interestingly, icebergs have these peculiar scallop-shaped melting patterns on their undersides. [ Photo source ]

Selected publications

Hewett, J. N. and Sellier, M. (2018). “Modelling ripple morphodynamics driven by colloidal deposition”. Computers & Fluids, 163:54-67. [ View | Download | DOI | arXiv ]

Hewett, J. N. and Sellier, M. (2017). “The pear-shaped fate of an ice melting front”. In Twelfth International Conference on CFD in the Oil & Gas, Metallurgical and Process Industries, pages 423–429. SINTEF, Trondheim, Norway. [ View | Download | Conference | arXiv ]

Hewett, J. N. and Sellier, M. (2017). “Evolution of an eroding cylinder in single and lattice arrangements”. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 70:295–313. [ View | Download | DOI | arXiv ]

Hewett, J. N. and Sellier, M. (2015). “Transient simulation of accumulating particle deposition on a cylinder in cross-flow”. In Eleventh International Conference on CFD in the Minerals and Process Industries. CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia. [ View | Download | Conference ]

View a complete list of publications on Google Scholar.