Dr Robert Teed

  • Lecturer in Applied Mathematics (Mathematics)

telephone: 0141 330 5674
email: Robert.Teed@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 424, School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow, University Place, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2831-3116

Biography

Visit my personal website for more details.

Research interests

  • Magnetohydrodynamics

  • Dynamo theory

  • Convection in astrophysical and geophysical bodies

  • The geodynamo and other planetary dynamos

  • The solar dynamo and solar cycle

Research summary:

My research involves the theoretical/numerical modelling of fluid systems in the presence of rotation and magnetic fields. To do this I use various numerical techniques (and computer power) to solve the equations relevant to fluid dynamics and magnetic field generation.

This research is primarily motivated by a desire to better understand the fluid dynamics - including convection processes - and magnetic field generation - the 'dynamo process' - within planets and stars. In particular, numerical simulations are able to provide insight into the dynamics of the chaotic fluid regions (e.g. Earth's liquid iron outer core, the solar convection zone, and planetary atomspheres) where magnetic fields are generated.

If you are a prospective PhD student and would like to know more about possible projects in my research area, then please look at the 'Supervision' section below.

Research units

Publications

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Number of items: 26.

2023

Teed, R. J. and Dormy, E. (2023) Solenoidal force balances in numerical dynamos. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, (Accepted for Publication)

2022

Simitev, R. D. , MacTaggart, D. , Teed, R. and Candelaresi, S. (2022) Introduction. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116(4), pp. 235-236. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2022.2107377)

2021

Teed, R. J. and Latter, H. N. (2021) Axisymmetric simulations of the convective overstability in protoplanetary discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(4), pp. 5523-5541. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2311)

2019

Hori, K., Teed, R. J. and Jones, C.A. (2019) Anelastic torsional oscillations in Jupiter's metallic hydrogen region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 519, pp. 50-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.042)

Teed, R.J. , Jones, C.A. and Tobias, S.M. (2019) Torsional waves driven by convection and jets in Earth’s liquid core. Geophysical Journal International, 216(1), pp. 123-129. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy416)

2018

Hori, K., Teed, R.J. and Jones, C.A. (2018) The dynamics of magnetic Rossby waves in spherical dynamo simulations: a signature of strong-field dynamos? Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 276, pp. 68-85. (doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.07.008)

2017

Teed, R. , Hori, K., Tobias, S. and Jones, C. A. (2017) Observation and Excitation of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Numerical Models of Earth's Core. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, 11-15 Dec 2017.

Teed, R. J. and Proctor, M. R. E. (2017) Quasi-cyclic behaviour in non-linear simulations of the shear dynamo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(4), pp. 4858-4864. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx421)

Shumaylova, V., Teed, R. J. and Proctor, M. R.E. (2017) Large-to small-scale dynamo in domains of large aspect ratio: kinematic regime. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(3), pp. 3513-3518. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw3379)

Teed, R. (2017) Identifying MHD Waves in Numerical Models of the Geodynamo. IAPSO - IAMAS - IAGA Joint Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 27 Aug - 1 Sept 2017.

Teed, R. (2017) Nonlinear Properties of the Shear Dynamo Model. 2nd Conference on Natural Dynamos, Valtice, Czech Republic, 25 June - 1 July 2017.

2016

Teed, R. and Proctor, M. R.E. (2016) Destruction of large-scale magnetic field in non-linear simulations of the shear dynamo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), pp. 2885-2889. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw490)

Teed, R. (2016) Excitation of Torsional Waves in the Earth's Core. 15th Symposium of SEDI, Study of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI 2016), Nantes, France, 24-29 July 2016.

2015

Hori, K., Jones, C.A. and Teed, R.J. (2015) Slow magnetic Rossby waves in the Earth's core. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(16), pp. 6622-6629. (doi: 10.1002/2015GL064733)

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Tobias, S. M. (2015) The transition to Earth-like torsional oscillations in magnetoconvection simulations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 419, pp. 22-31. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.045)

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2015) Torsional Waves Operating in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 Apr 2015.

2014

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Tobias, S. M. (2014) The dynamics and excitation of torsional waves in geodynamo simulations. Geophysical Journal International, 196(2), pp. 724-735. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt432)

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2014) Torsional Oscillations in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations. 14th Symposium of SEDI (SEDI 2014), Kanagawa, Japan, 3-8 Aug 2014.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2014) Torsional Oscillations in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations. UKSEDI 2014, London, UK, 14 Mar 2014.

2013

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2013) Torsional Oscillations in Geodynamo Simulations. 2013 UK MHD: National Conference on Geophysical, Astrophysical and Industrial Magnetohydrodynamics, Glasgow, UK, 23-24 May 2013.

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Tobias, S. M. (2013) The Dynamics and Excitation of Torsional Waves in Geodynamo Simulations. 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9-13 Dec 2013.

2012

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Hollerbach, R. (2012) On the necessary conditions for bursts of convection within the rapidly rotating cylindrical annulus. Physics of Fluids, 24(6), 066604. (doi: 10.1063/1.4711398)

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2012) Rapidly Rotating Plane Layer Convection with Zonal Flow. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 Apr 2012.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2012) Searching for Torsional Oscillations in Earth-like Dynamo Simulations. 13th Symposium of SEDI, Study of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI 2012), Leeds, UK, 1-6 July 2012.

2011

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2011) Zonal Flow and ‘Bursting’ in the Cylindrical Annulus. 2011 UK MHD: National Conference on Geophysical, Astrophysical and Industrial Magnetohydrodynamics, London, UK, 2011.

2010

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Hollerbach, R. (2010) Rapidly rotating plane layer convection with zonal flow. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 104(5-6), pp. 457-480. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2010.512290)

This list was generated on Wed May 31 00:22:12 2023 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Conference or Workshop Item
Number of items: 26.

Articles

Teed, R. J. and Dormy, E. (2023) Solenoidal force balances in numerical dynamos. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, (Accepted for Publication)

Simitev, R. D. , MacTaggart, D. , Teed, R. and Candelaresi, S. (2022) Introduction. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116(4), pp. 235-236. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2022.2107377)

Teed, R. J. and Latter, H. N. (2021) Axisymmetric simulations of the convective overstability in protoplanetary discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(4), pp. 5523-5541. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stab2311)

Hori, K., Teed, R. J. and Jones, C.A. (2019) Anelastic torsional oscillations in Jupiter's metallic hydrogen region. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 519, pp. 50-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.042)

Teed, R.J. , Jones, C.A. and Tobias, S.M. (2019) Torsional waves driven by convection and jets in Earth’s liquid core. Geophysical Journal International, 216(1), pp. 123-129. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy416)

Hori, K., Teed, R.J. and Jones, C.A. (2018) The dynamics of magnetic Rossby waves in spherical dynamo simulations: a signature of strong-field dynamos? Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 276, pp. 68-85. (doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.07.008)

Teed, R. J. and Proctor, M. R. E. (2017) Quasi-cyclic behaviour in non-linear simulations of the shear dynamo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(4), pp. 4858-4864. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx421)

Shumaylova, V., Teed, R. J. and Proctor, M. R.E. (2017) Large-to small-scale dynamo in domains of large aspect ratio: kinematic regime. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(3), pp. 3513-3518. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw3379)

Teed, R. and Proctor, M. R.E. (2016) Destruction of large-scale magnetic field in non-linear simulations of the shear dynamo. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), pp. 2885-2889. (doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw490)

Hori, K., Jones, C.A. and Teed, R.J. (2015) Slow magnetic Rossby waves in the Earth's core. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(16), pp. 6622-6629. (doi: 10.1002/2015GL064733)

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Tobias, S. M. (2015) The transition to Earth-like torsional oscillations in magnetoconvection simulations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 419, pp. 22-31. (doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.045)

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Tobias, S. M. (2014) The dynamics and excitation of torsional waves in geodynamo simulations. Geophysical Journal International, 196(2), pp. 724-735. (doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt432)

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Hollerbach, R. (2012) On the necessary conditions for bursts of convection within the rapidly rotating cylindrical annulus. Physics of Fluids, 24(6), 066604. (doi: 10.1063/1.4711398)

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Hollerbach, R. (2010) Rapidly rotating plane layer convection with zonal flow. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 104(5-6), pp. 457-480. (doi: 10.1080/03091929.2010.512290)

Conference or Workshop Item

Teed, R. , Hori, K., Tobias, S. and Jones, C. A. (2017) Observation and Excitation of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Numerical Models of Earth's Core. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, 11-15 Dec 2017.

Teed, R. (2017) Identifying MHD Waves in Numerical Models of the Geodynamo. IAPSO - IAMAS - IAGA Joint Assembly, Cape Town, South Africa, 27 Aug - 1 Sept 2017.

Teed, R. (2017) Nonlinear Properties of the Shear Dynamo Model. 2nd Conference on Natural Dynamos, Valtice, Czech Republic, 25 June - 1 July 2017.

Teed, R. (2016) Excitation of Torsional Waves in the Earth's Core. 15th Symposium of SEDI, Study of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI 2016), Nantes, France, 24-29 July 2016.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2015) Torsional Waves Operating in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015, Vienna, Austria, 12-17 Apr 2015.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2014) Torsional Oscillations in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations. 14th Symposium of SEDI (SEDI 2014), Kanagawa, Japan, 3-8 Aug 2014.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2014) Torsional Oscillations in Geodynamo and Magnetoconvection Simulations. UKSEDI 2014, London, UK, 14 Mar 2014.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2013) Torsional Oscillations in Geodynamo Simulations. 2013 UK MHD: National Conference on Geophysical, Astrophysical and Industrial Magnetohydrodynamics, Glasgow, UK, 23-24 May 2013.

Teed, R. J. , Jones, C. A. and Tobias, S. M. (2013) The Dynamics and Excitation of Torsional Waves in Geodynamo Simulations. 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9-13 Dec 2013.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2012) Rapidly Rotating Plane Layer Convection with Zonal Flow. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 Apr 2012.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2012) Searching for Torsional Oscillations in Earth-like Dynamo Simulations. 13th Symposium of SEDI, Study of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI 2012), Leeds, UK, 1-6 July 2012.

Teed, R. , Jones, C. and Tobias, S. (2011) Zonal Flow and ‘Bursting’ in the Cylindrical Annulus. 2011 UK MHD: National Conference on Geophysical, Astrophysical and Industrial Magnetohydrodynamics, London, UK, 2011.

This list was generated on Wed May 31 00:22:12 2023 BST.

Supervision

Potential PhD projects:

  • Modelling the force balance in planetary dynamos.
    This project would involve working with existing numerical code to perform simulations of the dynamics within Earth's core and planetary atmospheres. The importance of different forces (e.g. Coriolis, Lorentz, viscous forces) determine the dynamics, the dynamo regime, and hence the morphology and strength of the magnetic field that is produced.

  • Identifying waves in dynamo models.
    This project would involve using existing (and developing new) techniques to isolate and study MHD waves in numerical calculations. Various classes of waves exist and may play a role in the dynamo process and/or help us better understand changes in the magnetic field.

  • The effects of magnetic fields on zonal flows in planetary interiors.
    This project would involve analytical and numerical solutions of equations governing (magneto)convection in simplified geometries. For example, the Jovian atmosphere can be modelled using plane or annular geometries which simplfy the solutions to the governing equations. It would be good to better understand how magnetic fields of different morphology can affect the zonal flows visible on Jupiter's surface.

  • Modelling the solar dynamo and solar cycle.
    This project would require working with simulations to look at the roles shear flow and helicity could play in generating magnetic field and producing the 11-year solar cycle.

If you are a prospective PhD student and would like to know more about these projects, then please get in touch with me: Robert.Teed@glasgow.ac.uk.

 

Current PhD students:

Teaching

Current teaching:

Mathematics 2A: Multivariable Caluclus (Moodle page) (2022-)

 

Previous teaching:

Mathematics 1 (2019-2022)

3H/S Mathematical Methods (2017-2019)

5M Applied Mathematical Methods (SMSTC) (2017-2019)

 

Tutor for courses (past and present):

  • Mathematics 1, Mathematics 1X, Mathematics 1Y;
  • Mathematics 2A, Mathematics 2B;
  • 3H/3S Mathematical Methods, 3H/3Q: Mechanics of Rigid and Deformable Bodies, 3H/3U Methods in Complex Analysis, 3H/3V Dynamical Systems;
  • 4H/5E Partial Differential Equations;
  • 5M Applied Mathematical Methods (SMSTC).