Job Title
Professor
Department
School of Engineering
Phone
+44(0)24 765 22200
Email
Research Interests
Research interests:
Experimental fluid dynamics, with emphasis on:
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Rotating Flows
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Two-Phase Flows
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Granular Flows
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Boundary-Layer Transition.
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Fluid-Flow Compliant-Wall Interactions
Administration tasks:
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Director of the Dynamics Research Centre
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Admissions Tutor for MSc course
Publications:
Biography
Personal web page: www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/staff/pjt
- Legkovskis, Marks, Thomas, Peter J., Auinger, Michael, 2023. Non?intrusive uncertainty quantification in the simulation of steel reheating using Polynomial Chaos Expansion. Steel Research International, 94 (9)
- 'Astolfi, Lorenzo, 'Hutchins, David A., 'Watson, Richard L., 'Thomas, Peter J., 'Ricci, Marco, 'Nie, Luzhen, 'Freear, Steven, 'Cooper, Timothy P., 'Clare, Adam T., 'Laureti, Stefano, 2022. 'Optimised polymer trapped-air lenses for ultrasound focusing in water exploiting Fabry-Pérot resonance. Ultrasonics, 125
- Legkovskis, Marks, Thomas, Peter J., Auinger, Michael, 2022. Uncertainty quantification of time-dependent quantities in a system with adjustable level of smoothness. Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, 7 (1)
- Nie, Luzhen, Hutchins, David A., Astolfi, Lorenzo, Cooper, Timothy P., Clare, Adam T., Adams, Chris, Watson, Richard L., Thomas, Peter J., Cowell, David M. J., McLaughlan, James R., Laureti, Stefano, Ricci, Marco, Freear, Steven, 2022. A metallic additively manufactured metamaterial for enhanced monitoring of acoustic cavitation?based therapeutic ultrasound. Advanced Engineering Materials, 24 (2)
- 'Abbaszadeh, Mahmoud, 'Huang, Yu, 'Thomas, Peter J., 'Wen, Miaowen, 'Ji, Fei, 'Guo, Weisi, 2021. 'Kolmogorov turbulence and information dissipation in molecular communication. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, 7 (4), pp. 262-270
- Guo, Weisi, Abbaszadeh, Mahmoud, Lin , Lin, Charmet, Jérôme, Thomas, Peter J., Wei, Zhuangkun, li, Bin, Zhao, Chenglin, 2021. Molecular physical layer for 6G in wave-denied environments. IEEE Communications Magazine, 59 (5), pp. 33-39
- Wang, Wenjie, Jiang, Yi, Thomas, Peter J., 2021. Structural design and physical mechanism of axial and radial sandwich resonators with piezoelectric ceramics : a review. Sensors, 21 (4)
- Astolfi, Lorenzo, Hutchins, David A., Thomas, Peter J., Watson, Richard L., Nie, Luzhen, Freear, Steven, Clare, Adam T., Ricci, Marco, Laureti, Stefano, 2021. Holey-structured tungsten metamaterials for broadband ultrasonic sub-wavelength imaging in water. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 150 (1), pp. 74-81
- Brons, Jonathan A., Thomas, Peter J., Pothérat, Alban, 2020. Mean flow anisotropy without waves in rotating turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 889
- Askari, Meisam, Hutchins, David A., Watson, Richard L., Astolfi, Lorenzo, Nie, Luzhen, Freear, Steven, Thomas, Peter J., Laureti, Stefano, Ricci, Marco, Clark, Matt, Clare, Adam T., 2020. An ultrasonic metallic Fabry-Pérot metamaterial for use in water. Additive Manufacturing, 35
- Abbaszadeh, Mahmoud, Atthanayake, Iresha, Thomas, Peter J., Guo, Weisi, 2020. Molecular signal tracking and detection methods in fluid dynamic channels. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, 6 (2), pp. 151-159
- Brons, Jonathan A., Thomas, Peter J., Pothérat, A., 2020. Transition between advection and inertial wave propagation in rotating turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 886
- Erkan, Onur, Özkan, Musa, Karakoç, T. Hikmet, Garrett, Stephen J., Thomas, Peter J., 2020. Investigation of aerodynamic performance characteristics of a wind-turbine-blade profile using the finite-volume method. Renewable Energy, 161, pp. 1359-1367
- Atthanayake, Iresha, Denissenko, Petr, Chung, Yongmann M., Thomas, Peter J., 2019. Formation-breakdown cycle of turbulent jets in a rotating fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 868, pp. 666-697
- Abbaszadeh, Mahmoud, Moutsinas, Giannis, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Guo, Weisi, 2019. Uncertainty quantification in molecular signals using polynomial chaos expansion. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multi-Scale Communications, 4 (4), pp. 248-256
- Wang, Wenjie, Shi, Weihao, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Yang, Mingsui, 2019. Design and analysis of two piezoelectric cymbal transducers with metal ring and add mass. Sensors, 19 (1)
- Wang, Wenjie, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2018. Acoustic improvement of stator?rotor interaction with nonuniform trailing edge blowing. Applied Sciences, 8 (6)
- Abbaszadeh, Mahmoud, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Guo, Weisi, 2018. Towards high capacity molecular communications using sequential vortex rings. IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological and Multiscale Communications, 4 (1), pp. 39-42
- Tan, Benedict C.-W., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2018. Influence of an upper layer liquid on the phenomena and cavityformation associated with the entry of solid spheres into a stratified,two-layer system of immiscible liquids. Physics of Fluids, 30 (6)
- Harput, Sevan, Cowell, David M. J., Freear, Steven, McLaughlan, James, Gelat, Pierre, Saffari, Nader, Yang, Jia, Akanji, Omololu, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Hutchins, David A., 2017. Generation of ultrasound pulses in water using granular chains with a finite matching layer. Physical Review Applied, 8 (5)
- Wang, Wenjie, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2017. Low-frequency active noise control of an underwater large-scale structure with distributed giant magnetostrictive actuators. Sensors and Actuators A : Physical, 263, pp. 113-121
- Gelat, P., Yang, Jia, Akanji, Omololu, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Hutchins, David A., Harput, S., Freear, S., Saffari, N., 2017. The dynamic excitation of a granular chain : contact mechanics finite element analysis and experimental validation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141 (6), pp. 4240-4248
- Wang, Wenfei, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Wang, Tongqing, 2017. A frequency-response-based method of sound velocity measurement in an impedance tube. Measurement Science and Technology, 28 (4)
- Hutchins, David A., Yang, Jia, Akanji, Omololu, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Davis, Lee A. J., Freear, Steven, Harput, Sevan, Saffari, Nader?, Gelat, Pierre, 2016. Ultrasonic propagation in finite-length granular chains. Ultrasonics, 69, pp. 215-223
- Gelat, Pierre, Yang, Jia, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Hutchins, David A., Akanji, Omololu, Davis, Lee A. J., Freear, Steven, Harput, Sevan, Saffari, Nader?, 2016. The dynamic excitation of a granular chain for biomedical ultrasound applications : contact mechanics finite element analysis and validation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 684, pp. 1-14
- Tan, Benedict Chuan-Wei, Vlaskamp, J. H. A., Denissenko, Petr, Thomas, P. J., 2016. Cavity formation in the wake of falling spheres submerging into a stratified two-layer system of immiscible liquids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 790, pp. 33-56
- Akanji, Omololu, Yang, J., Hutchins, David A., Thomas, P. J., Davis, L. A. J., Harput, S., Freear, S., Gelat, P., Saffari, N., 2016. The effect of boundary conditions on resonant ultrasonic spherical chains. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 63 (11), pp. 1957-1966
- Garrett, S. J., Cooper, A. J., Harris, J. H., Ozkan, Musa, Segalini, A., Thomas, P. J., 2016. On the stability of von Kármán rotating-disk boundary layers with radial anisotropic surface roughness. Physics of Fluids, 28 (1)
- Ozkan, Musa, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Cooper, A. J., Garrett, S. J., 2016. Comparison of the effects of surface roughness and confinement on rotor?stator cavity flow. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 11 (1), pp. 142-158
- Yang, Jia, Hutchins, David A., Akanji, Omololu, Thomas, P. J., Davis, Lee A. J., Harput, Sevan, Gelat, Pierre, Freear, Steven, Saffari, Nader?, 2016. Analysis of solitary wave impulses in granular chains using ultrasonic excitation. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 93 (6), pp. 1-13
- Cooper, A. J., Harris, J. H., Garrett, S. J., Ozkan, Musa, Thomas, P. J., 2015. The effect of anisotropic and isotropic roughness on the convective stability of the rotating disk boundary layer. Physics of Fluids, 27 (1)
- Hutchins, David A., Yang, J., Akanji, Omololu, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Davies, L. A. J., Freear, Steven, Harput, Sevan, Saffari, Nader?, Gelat, Pierre, 2015. Evolution of ultrasonic impulses in chains of spheres using resonant excitation. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 109 (5)
- Denissenko, Petr, Guyez, E., Thomas, P. J., Parker, D. J., Seville, J. P. K. (Jonathan P. K.), 2014. Positron emission tracking of individual particles in particle-laden rimming flow. Physics of Fluids, 26 (5)
- Warnett, Jason M., Denissenko, Petr, Thomas, P. J., Kiraci, Ercihan, Williams, M. A., 2014. Scalings of axisymmetric granular column collapse. Granular Matter, 16 (1), pp. 115-124
- Warnett, Jason M., Denissenko, Petr, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Williams, M. A. (Mark A.), 2014. Collapse of a granular column under rotation. Powder Technology, 262, pp. 249-256
- Seiden, G., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2011. Complexity, segregation, and pattern formation in rotating-drum flows. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol.83 (No.4), pp. 1323-1365
- Gregorio, S. O. (Sandy O.), Haidvogel, D. B., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Taskinoglu, E. S., Skeen, A. J., 2011. Laboratory and numerical simulations of gravity-driven coastal currents: Departures from geostrophic theory. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Vol.52 (No.1-2), pp. 20-50
- Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Linden, P. F., 2010. Laboratory modelling of the effects of temporal changes of estuarine-fresh-water discharge rates on the propagation speed of oceanographic coastal currents. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.664, pp. 337-347
- Kituara, Hidekazu, Murai, Yuichi, Takeda, Yasushi, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2010. Velocity vector field measurement of vortex rings using UVP. Transactions of the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol.76 (No.772), pp. 2143-2151
- Pedcenko, A., Molokov, S., Priede, J., Lukyanov, A., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2009. Experimental model of the interfacial instability in aluminium reduction cells. EPL (Europhysics Letters), Vol.88 (No.2)
- Brend, M. A., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2009. Decay of vortex rings in a rotating fluid. Physics of Fluids, Vol.21 (No.4)
- Guyez, Estelle Marie Chantal, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2009. Effects of particle properties on segregation-band drift in particle-laden rimming flow. Physics of Fluids, Vol.21 (No.3)
- Rostami, M., Ardeshir, A., Ahmadi, G., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2008. On the effect of gravitational and hydrodynamic forces on particle motion in a quiescent fluid at high particle Reynolds numbers. Canadian Journal of Physics, Vol.86 (No.6), pp. 791-799
- Guyez, E., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2008. Spatiotemporal segregation-pattern drift in particle-laden rimming flow. Physical Review Letters, Vol.100 (No.7)
- Zoueshtiagh, Farzam, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Thomy, V., Merlen, A., 2008. Micrometric granular ripple patterns in a capillary tube. Physical Review Letters, 100 (5)
- Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Zoueshtiagh, Farzam, 2007. Rotating-disk-type flow over loose boundaries. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Vol.57 (No.3), pp. 317-332
- Carpenter, P. W., Thomas, P. J., 2007. Flow over compliant rotating disks. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Vol.57 (No.3), pp. 303-315
- Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Linden, P. F., 2007. Rotating gravity currents: small-scale and large-scale laboratory experiments and a geostrophic model. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.578, pp. 35-65
- Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Linden, P. F., 2007. Rotating gravity currents: small-scale and large-scale laboratory experiments and a geostrophic model. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.57, pp. 35-65
- Cros, A., Ali, Reza, Le Gal, P., Thomas, P. J., Schouveiler, L., Carpenter, P. W., Chauve, M. P., 2003. Effects of wall compliance on the laminar?turbulent transition of torsional Couette flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol.481, pp. 177-186
- Abbaszadeh, Mahmoud, Yilmaz, Birkan, Thomas, Peter, Guo, Weisi, 2019. Linearity of sequential molecular signals in turbulent diffusion channels. IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Shanghai, 21 May 2019, Published in ICC 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
- Atthanayake, Iresha, Denissenko, Petr, Chung, Yongmann M., Thomas, Peter, 2019. Precession of plumes in the presence of background rotation. Euromech-ERCOFTAC Colloquium, France, 5-7 Dec 2017, Published in Turbulent Cascades II : proceedings of the Euromech-ERCOFTAC Colloquium 589, pp. 267-273
- Atthanayake, Iresha, Esfahani, Siavash, Denissenko, Petr, Guymer, I., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Guo, Weisi, 2018. Experimental molecular communications in obstacle rich fluids. ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (NanoCom), Iceland, 5-7 Sep 2018, Published in NANOCOM '18 Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication
- Warnett, Jason M., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Denissenko, Petr, 2012. Axisymmetric column collapse in a rotating system. American Physical Society: 65th Annual meeting of the division of fluid dynamics, San Diego, 18-20 Nov 2012, Published in APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Fall), pp. 242-243
- Vlaskamp, Jozef H. A., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Hollerbach, R., Kerr, Robert M. (Robert McDougall), 2011. Taylor columns in deep water: testing the limits of the Taylor-Proudman theorem. 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 20-22, 2011, Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, pp. 140-141
- Gregorio, S. O. (Sandy O.), Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Haidvogel, D.B., Taskinoglu, E.S., Skeen, A. J., 2011. A comparison between laboratory and numerical simulations of gravity-driven coastal currents with a geostrophic theory. 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov 20-22, 2011, Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, pp. 348-349
- Guyez, Estelle Marie Chantal, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2011. Segregation-band dynamics in particle-laden rimming flow. EUROMECH Colloquium 525 on Instabilities and Transition in Three-Dimensional Flows with Rotation, Lyon, France, Jun 21-23, 2011, Published in Proceedings of EUROMECH Colloquium 525
- Vlaskamp, Jozef H. A., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Hollerbach, R., Kerr, Robert M. (Robert McDougall), 2010. A stereo-PIV study of the Taylor-Column generated by a rotating disk. 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A., Nov 21-23, 2010, Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, pp. 348-348
- Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Gregorio, S. O. (Sandy O.), Brend, M. A., 2010. Laboratory simulations investigating effects of the bottom topography on the dynamics of oceanographic coastal currents. HYDRALAB III Joint Transnational Access User Meeting, Hanover, Germany, Feb 2-4, 2010, Published in Proceedings of the HYDRALAB III Joint User Meeting, pp. 127-130
- Guyez, Estelle Marie Chantal, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2009. The spatiotemporal dynamics of segregation-band drift in particle-laden rimming flow. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Conference on Dense Granular Flows, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK, Jan 5-9, 2009
- Vlaskamp, Jozef H. A., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Hollerbach, R., 2009. Effect of the sign of ro on the stability of Stewartson layers generated by a rotating disc. 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A., Nov 22-24, 2009, Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, pp. 290-290
- Gregorio, S. O. (Sandy O.), Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Brend, M. A., Ellingsen, I. H., Linden, P. F., 2008. Effects of the bottom topography on gravity-driven oceanographic coastal currents. EUROMECH Colloquium 501 on Mixing of Coastal, Estuarine and Riverine Shallow Flows, Instituto di Idraulica e Infrastrutture Viarie, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, Jun 8-11, 2008
- Oishi, Y., Brend, M. A., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Murai, Yuichi, Takeda, Yasushi, 2008. Measurement of oscillating vortex ring of fundamental modeusing color PTV. 36th Symposium on Visualisation, Tokyo, Japan, Jul 22-23, 2008, Published in Proceedings of the 36th Symposium on Visualization
- Guyez, Estelle Marie Chantal, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2008. Dynamics of band drift in particle-laden rimming flow. The 7th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K., Sep 14-18, 2008, Published in EFMC7 Book of Abstracts, pp. 129-129
- Gregorio, S. O. (Sandy O.), Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Brend, M. A., Ellingsen, I. H., Linden, P. F., 2008. Oceanographic coastal currents over bottom slopes. The 7th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K., Sep 14-18, 2008, Published in EFMC7 Book of Abstracts, pp. 124-124
- Guyez, Estelle Marie Chantal, Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), 2008. Particle-laden rimming flow: dynamics of segregation banding. 50th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Manchester, U.K., Mar 31 - Apr 3, 2008
- Pedcenko, A., Molokov, S., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Lukyanov, A., Priede, J., 2008. Experimental study of interfacial instability in aluminium reduction cells. 7th International Pamir Conference on Fundamental and Applied MHD, Presq'uile de Giens, France, Sep 8-12, 2008, Published in Proceedings of the 7th International Pamir Conference on Fundamental and Applied MHD, pp. 923-927
- Gregorio, S. O. (Sandy O.), Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Brend, M. A., Linden, P. F., 2008. Large-scale and small-scale laboratory simulations of gravity-driven coastal currents. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, U.S.A., Mar 2-7, 2008, Published in 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting Abstract Book, pp. 143-143
- Yoshimoto, Takahiro, Vlaskamp, Jozef H. A., Brend, M. A., Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Murai, Yuichi, Takeda, Yasushi, 2008. Twisted wake of a sphere in rotating fluid. 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A., Nov 23-25, 2008, Published in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, pp. 124-125
- Thomas, P. J. (Peter J.), Zoueshtiagh, F., Merlen, A., Thomy, V., 2008. Micro ripples, sand ripples and their universal wavelength scaling. The 7th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K., Sep 14-18, 2008, Published in EFMC7 Book of Abstracts, pp. 326-326
Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
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UKRI guarantee for 74872- MSCA DTN 2022: METACMED | UK Research and Innovation | 01 Mar 2024 | 29 Feb 2028 |
Fundamentals of Molecular Communications in Complex Environments | US Airforce Office of Scientific Research | 01 Feb 2017 | 31 Jan 2021 |
High resolution biomedical imaging using ultrasonic metamaterials | EPSRC | 01 Nov 2016 | 07 Oct 2020 |
Molecular Communications for Hostile Environments (Resubmission of 54125) | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) | 01 Sep 2017 | 09 Apr 2018 |
Sound bullets for enhanced biomedical ultrasound systems | EPSRC | 01 Mar 2013 | 29 Feb 2016 |
Alcan collaboration via Coventry University | Coventry University | 01 Apr 2009 | 01 Feb 2011 |
Scalable Wirelessly interconnected flow-control technology (SWIFT) | EPSRC | 01 Dec 2008 | 30 Nov 2009 |
Aluminium smelting techniques project, partially funded by the Carbon Trust and Alcan LRF | Coventry University | 02 Jan 2007 | 31 Dec 2008 |
Scaling Properties in Particle Laden Flows | EPSRC | 30 Sep 2007 | 30 Jun 2008 |
Scaling Properties in Particle Laden Flows | EPSRC | 01 Oct 2004 | 30 Sep 2007 |
Near-wall Flow Structures in 3D Turbulent Boundary Layers | EPSRC | 01 Oct 2004 | 30 Sep 2007 |
Royal Society Conference Grant - 21st ICTAM, Warsaw | Royal Society | 15 Aug 2004 | 21 Aug 2004 |
Further Studies on Compliant Wall Drag Reduction | QinetiQ | 21 May 2003 | 20 May 2004 |
Further Studies on Compliant Wall Drag Reduction, | QinetiQ | 21 May 2003 | 31 Jul 2003 |