Dr Peter Stewart
- Senior Lecturer (Mathematics)
telephone: 01413304124
email: Peter.Stewart@glasgow.ac.uk
Research interests
Research Interests
My research interests lie in the application of continuum mechanics to physiological and industrial problems. In particular I am interested in problems involving interaction between a fluid flow and deformable interfaces, such as liquid-gas free surfaces and elastic solids.
My current research focuses on modelling flow of CSF and blood in the human eye and along the optic nerve. Recently completed projects include an investigation into the onset of large amplitude pulsations in the retinal vein at the optic disc (the retinal venous pulse) where we demonstrated how observation of this pulse might be used to estimate intracranial pressure non-invasively.
I am also keenly interested in the dynamics and fracture of gas-liquid foams, with application to the production of high-porosity metallic solids (solid metal foams) as lightweight materials.
Research Groups
- Continuum Mechanics - Fluid Dynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics
- Continuum Mechanics - Modelling and Analysis of Material Systems
- Mathematical Biology
Publications
Selected publications
Stewart, P.S. , Heil, M., Waters, S.L. and Jernson, O.E. (2010) Sloshing and slamming oscillations in a collapsible channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 662, pp. 288-319. (doi: 10.1017/S0022112010003277)
All publications
2020
Griffiths, I.M., Mitevski, I., Vujkovac, I., Illingworth, M.R. and Stewart, P.S. (2020) The role of tortuosity in filtration efficiency: a general network model for filtration. Journal of Membrane Science, 598, 117664. (doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117664)
Spelman, T.A. and Stewart, P.S. (2020) Shock wave propagation along the central retinal blood vessels. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476(2234), 20190269. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0269) (PMID:32201473)
2019
Stewart, P. S. and Foss, A. J.E. (2019) Self-excited oscillations in a collapsible channel with applications to retinal venous pulsation. ANZIAM Journal, 61(3), pp. 320-348. (doi: 10.1017/S1446181119000117)
2017
Stewart, P. S. and Hilgenfeldt, S. (2017) Cracks and fingers: dynamics of ductile fracture in an aqueous foam. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 534, pp. 58-70. (doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.03.057)
MacTaggart, D. and Stewart, P. (2017) Optimal energy growth in current sheets. Solar Physics, 292(10), 148. (doi: 10.1007/s11207-017-1177-1)
Stewart, P. S. (2017) Instabilities in flexible channel flow with large external pressure. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 825, pp. 922-960. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2017.404)
2016
Stewart, P. S. , Waters, S. L., El Sayed, T., Vella, D. and Goriely, A. (2016) Wrinkling, creasing, and folding in fiber-reinforced soft tissues. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 8, pp. 22-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.eml.2015.10.005)
Griffiths, I. M., Kumar, A. and Stewart, P.S. (2016) Designing asymmetric multilayered membrane filters with improved performance. Journal of Membrane Science, 511, pp. 108-118. (doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.028)
2015
Stewart, P. S. , Davis, S. H. and Hilgenfeldt, S. (2015) Microstructural effects in aqueous foam fracture. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 785, pp. 425-461. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2015.636)
Stewart, P. S. , Feng, J., Kimpton, L. S., Griffiths, I. M. and Stone, H. A. (2015) Stability of a bi-layer free film: simultaneous or individual rupture events? Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 777, pp. 27-49. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2015.346)
Hermans, T., Bishop, K., Stewart, P. , Davis, S. and Grzybowski, B. (2015) Vortex flows impart chirality-specific lift forces. Nature Communications, 6, p. 5640. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms6640)
Agraval, U., Qi, N., Stewart, P. , Luo, X. , Williams, G., Rotchford, A. and Ramaesh, K. (2015) Optimum size of iridotomy in uveitis. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 43(7), pp. 692-696. (doi: 10.1111/ceo.12528) (PMID:25881493)
Hermans, T. M., Stewart, P. S. and Grzybowski, B. A. (2015) A pH-oscillator stretched in space but frozen in time. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(5), pp. 760-766. (doi: 10.1021/jz502711c)
Stewart, P. S. and Jensen, O. E. (2015) Patterns of recruitment and injury in a heterogeneous airway network model. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 12, 20150523. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0523)
2014
Griffiths, I.M., Kumar, A. and Stewart, P.S. (2014) A combined network model for membrane fouling. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 432, pp. 10-18. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.06.021) (PMID:25042380)
Stewart, P. S. , Jensen, O. E. and Foss, A. J. E. (2014) A theoretical model to allow prediction of the CSF pressure from observing the retinal venous pulse. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 55(10), pp. 6319-6323. (doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-14331)
Lang, G. E., Stewart, P. S. , Vella, D., Waters, S. L. and Goriely, A. (2014) Is the Donnan effect sufficient to explain swelling in brain tissue slices? Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 11(96), p. 20140123. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0123) (PMID:24759543)
2013
Davis, M.J., Stewart, P. and Davis, S. (2013) Local effects of gravity on foams. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 737, pp. 1-18. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.433)
Stewart, P. , Davis, S. and Hilgenfeldt, S. (2013) Viscous Rayleigh–Taylor instability in aqueous foams. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 436(5), pp. 898-905. (doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.08.021)
Stewart, P.S. and Davis, S.H. (2013) Self-similar coalescence of clean foams. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 722, pp. 645-664. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.145)
2012
Stewart, P. S. and Davis, S. H. (2012) Dynamics and stability of metallic foams: Network modeling. Journal of Rheology, 56(3), p. 543. (doi: 10.1122/1.3695029)
2010
Stewart, P.S. , Heil, M., Waters, S.L. and Jernson, O.E. (2010) Sloshing and slamming oscillations in a collapsible channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 662, pp. 288-319. (doi: 10.1017/S0022112010003277)
Stewart, P. S. , Waters, S. L., Billingham, J. and Jensen, O. E. (2010) Spatially localised growth within global instabilities of flexible channel flows. In: Schlatter, P. and Henningson, D. S. (eds.) Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition: Proceedings of the Seventh Iutam Symposium on Laminar-turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009. Series: IUTAM bookseries (18). Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 397-402. ISBN 9789048137220
Stewart, P. S. , Waters, S. L. and Jensen, O. E. (2010) Local instabilities of flow in a flexible channel: Asymmetric flutter driven by a weak critical layer. Physics of Fluids, 22(3), 031902. (doi: 10.1063/1.3337824)
2009
Stewart, P. , Waters, S.L. and Jensen, O.E. (2009) Local and global instabilities of flow in a flexible-walled channel. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, 28(4), pp. 541-557. (doi: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2009.03.002)
Articles
Griffiths, I.M., Mitevski, I., Vujkovac, I., Illingworth, M.R. and Stewart, P.S. (2020) The role of tortuosity in filtration efficiency: a general network model for filtration. Journal of Membrane Science, 598, 117664. (doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117664)
Spelman, T.A. and Stewart, P.S. (2020) Shock wave propagation along the central retinal blood vessels. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476(2234), 20190269. (doi: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0269) (PMID:32201473)
Stewart, P. S. and Foss, A. J.E. (2019) Self-excited oscillations in a collapsible channel with applications to retinal venous pulsation. ANZIAM Journal, 61(3), pp. 320-348. (doi: 10.1017/S1446181119000117)
Stewart, P. S. and Hilgenfeldt, S. (2017) Cracks and fingers: dynamics of ductile fracture in an aqueous foam. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 534, pp. 58-70. (doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.03.057)
MacTaggart, D. and Stewart, P. (2017) Optimal energy growth in current sheets. Solar Physics, 292(10), 148. (doi: 10.1007/s11207-017-1177-1)
Stewart, P. S. (2017) Instabilities in flexible channel flow with large external pressure. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 825, pp. 922-960. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2017.404)
Stewart, P. S. , Waters, S. L., El Sayed, T., Vella, D. and Goriely, A. (2016) Wrinkling, creasing, and folding in fiber-reinforced soft tissues. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 8, pp. 22-29. (doi: 10.1016/j.eml.2015.10.005)
Griffiths, I. M., Kumar, A. and Stewart, P.S. (2016) Designing asymmetric multilayered membrane filters with improved performance. Journal of Membrane Science, 511, pp. 108-118. (doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.028)
Stewart, P. S. , Davis, S. H. and Hilgenfeldt, S. (2015) Microstructural effects in aqueous foam fracture. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 785, pp. 425-461. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2015.636)
Stewart, P. S. , Feng, J., Kimpton, L. S., Griffiths, I. M. and Stone, H. A. (2015) Stability of a bi-layer free film: simultaneous or individual rupture events? Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 777, pp. 27-49. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2015.346)
Hermans, T., Bishop, K., Stewart, P. , Davis, S. and Grzybowski, B. (2015) Vortex flows impart chirality-specific lift forces. Nature Communications, 6, p. 5640. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms6640)
Agraval, U., Qi, N., Stewart, P. , Luo, X. , Williams, G., Rotchford, A. and Ramaesh, K. (2015) Optimum size of iridotomy in uveitis. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 43(7), pp. 692-696. (doi: 10.1111/ceo.12528) (PMID:25881493)
Hermans, T. M., Stewart, P. S. and Grzybowski, B. A. (2015) A pH-oscillator stretched in space but frozen in time. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6(5), pp. 760-766. (doi: 10.1021/jz502711c)
Stewart, P. S. and Jensen, O. E. (2015) Patterns of recruitment and injury in a heterogeneous airway network model. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 12, 20150523. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0523)
Griffiths, I.M., Kumar, A. and Stewart, P.S. (2014) A combined network model for membrane fouling. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 432, pp. 10-18. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.06.021) (PMID:25042380)
Stewart, P. S. , Jensen, O. E. and Foss, A. J. E. (2014) A theoretical model to allow prediction of the CSF pressure from observing the retinal venous pulse. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 55(10), pp. 6319-6323. (doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-14331)
Lang, G. E., Stewart, P. S. , Vella, D., Waters, S. L. and Goriely, A. (2014) Is the Donnan effect sufficient to explain swelling in brain tissue slices? Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 11(96), p. 20140123. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2014.0123) (PMID:24759543)
Davis, M.J., Stewart, P. and Davis, S. (2013) Local effects of gravity on foams. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 737, pp. 1-18. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.433)
Stewart, P. , Davis, S. and Hilgenfeldt, S. (2013) Viscous Rayleigh–Taylor instability in aqueous foams. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 436(5), pp. 898-905. (doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.08.021)
Stewart, P.S. and Davis, S.H. (2013) Self-similar coalescence of clean foams. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 722, pp. 645-664. (doi: 10.1017/jfm.2013.145)
Stewart, P. S. and Davis, S. H. (2012) Dynamics and stability of metallic foams: Network modeling. Journal of Rheology, 56(3), p. 543. (doi: 10.1122/1.3695029)
Stewart, P.S. , Heil, M., Waters, S.L. and Jernson, O.E. (2010) Sloshing and slamming oscillations in a collapsible channel flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 662, pp. 288-319. (doi: 10.1017/S0022112010003277)
Stewart, P. S. , Waters, S. L. and Jensen, O. E. (2010) Local instabilities of flow in a flexible channel: Asymmetric flutter driven by a weak critical layer. Physics of Fluids, 22(3), 031902. (doi: 10.1063/1.3337824)
Stewart, P. , Waters, S.L. and Jensen, O.E. (2009) Local and global instabilities of flow in a flexible-walled channel. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, 28(4), pp. 541-557. (doi: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2009.03.002)
Book Sections
Stewart, P. S. , Waters, S. L., Billingham, J. and Jensen, O. E. (2010) Spatially localised growth within global instabilities of flexible channel flows. In: Schlatter, P. and Henningson, D. S. (eds.) Seventh IUTAM Symposium on Laminar-Turbulent Transition: Proceedings of the Seventh Iutam Symposium on Laminar-turbulent Transition, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009. Series: IUTAM bookseries (18). Springer: Dordrecht, pp. 397-402. ISBN 9789048137220
Supervision
Current PhD students
Roxanna Barry
Ahmed Mostafa Abdelhady Ismaeel
Gordon McNicol
Ifeanyi Onah Sunday (
Predicting patterns of retinal haemorrhage
)
Teaching
3H Dynamical Systems (Spring 2013-2014)
Research datasets
2020
Stewart, P. , Barry, R. and Hill, N. (2020) Continuum soft tissue models from upscaling arrays of hyperelastic cells. [Data Collection]
2019
Stewart, P. and Foss, A. (2019) Self-excited oscillations in a collapsible channel, with applications to retinal venous pulsation. [Data Collection] (Unpublished)
Stewart, P. and Spelman, T. (2019) Shock wave propagation along the central retinal blood vessels. [Data Collection]
2015
Stewart, P. and Jensen, O. (2015) Patterns of recruitment and injury in a heterogeneous airway network model. [Data Collection]
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