Rick Munro

Contact

• workRoom B69a in the Coates Building
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• rick.munro@nottingham.ac.uk

Teaching Summary

I teach on the following modules:

• CIVE1002: Hydraulics I (Year 1)
• CIVE1004: Group Project (Year 1)
• CIVE4099: Environmental Fluid Mechanics (Year 4)
• Hydraulics Workshop H1 (as part of CIVE2043, Year 2 Portfolio of Civil Eng Studies)

Research Summary

My research is in the field of Fluid Mechanics. Previous and current areas of focus include:

• Stratified, rotating flows
• Non-axisymmetric spin-up
• Sediment/fluid interactions & sediment resuspension
• Turbulence/boundary interactions
• Turbulent dispersion

Selected Publications

• MUNRO R.J. and FOSTER M.R., 2022. Vortex evolution in a rotating tank with an off-axis drain Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 933, R2
• MCCORQUODALE M.W. and MUNRO R.J., 2017. Experimental study of oscillating-grid turbulence interacting with a solid boundary Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 813, 768-798
• FOSTER M.R. and MUNRO R.J., 2012. The linear spin-up of a stratified, rotating fluid in a square cylinder Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 712, 7-40
• MUNRO, R.J., BETHKE, N. and DALZIEL, S.B., 2009. Sediment resuspension and erosion by vortex rings Physics of Fluids. 21(4), 046601

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• CARR M., CUTHBERTSON A. and MUNRO R., 2023. Preface to the Special Issue of Environmental Fluid Mechanics in Honour of Peter A. Davies Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 23(2), 185-189
• MUNRO R.J. and FOSTER M.R., 2023. Asymmetry in the spin-up of a stratified fluid in a sliced, square cylinder Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 23(2), 291-306
• MUNRO R.J. and FOSTER M.R., 2022. Vortex evolution in a rotating tank with an off-axis drain Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 933, R2
• MUNRO R.J. and FOSTER M.R., 2022. Spin-up in a semicircular cylinder Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 938, A15
• MCCORQUODALE M.W. and MUNRO R.J., 2021. Direct effects of boundary permeability on turbulent flows: Observations from an experimental study using zero-mean-shear turbulence Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 915, A134
• MOLE N. and MUNRO R.J., 2019. The Spatial Variation of the Maximum Possible Contaminant Concentration From a Steady Line Source Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 172(1), 67-80
• BILLINGHAM J., NEEDHAM D.J., KORSUKOVA E. and MUNRO R.J., 2018. The initial development of a jet caused by fluid, body and free surface interaction. Part 5. Parasitic capillary waves on an initially horizontal surface. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 836, 850-872
• MCCORQUODALE M.W. and MUNRO R.J., 2018. Analysis of intercomponent energy transfer in the interaction of oscillating-grid turbulence with an impermeable boundary Physics of Fluids. 30(1), 015105
• MCCORQUODALE M.W. and MUNRO R.J., 2018. A method for reducing mean flow in oscillating-grid turbulence Experiments in Fluids. 59, 182
• MCCORQUODALE M.W. and MUNRO R.J., 2017. Experimental study of oscillating-grid turbulence interacting with a solid boundary Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 813, 768-798
• MUNRO R.J. and FOSTER M.R., 2016. The spin-up of a linearly stratified fluid in a sliced, circular cylinder Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 806, 254-303
• MUNRO R.J., HEWITT R.E. and FOSTER M.R., 2015. On the formation of axial corner vortices during spin-up in a cylinder of square cross-section Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 772, 246-271
• MUNRO R.J. and FOSTER M.R., 2014. Stratified spin-up in a sliced, square cylinder. Physics of Fluids. 26(2), 026603
• WAN MOHTAR W.H.M. and MUNRO R.J., 2013. Threshold criteria for incipient sediment motion on an inclined bedform in the presence of oscillating-grid turbulence. Physics of Fluids. 25(1), 015103
• JACKSON A., TURNBULL B. and MUNRO R., 2013. Scaling for lobe and cleft patterns in particle-laden gravity currents. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics. 20, 121-130
• MUNRO R.J., 2012. The interaction of a vortex ring with a sloped sediment layer: critical criteria for incipient grain motion Physics of Fluids. 24(2), 026604
• FOSTER M.R. and MUNRO R.J., 2012. The linear spin-up of a stratified, rotating fluid in a square cylinder Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 712, 7-40
• MUNRO R.J., FOSTER M.R. and DAVIES P.A., 2010. Instabilities in the spin-up of a rotating, stratified fluid Physics of Fluids. 22(5), 054108
• MUNRO, R.J., BETHKE, N. and DALZIEL, S.B., 2009. Sediment resuspension and erosion by vortex rings Physics of Fluids. 21(4), 046601
• MUNRO, R.J. and DAVIES, P.A., 2006. The flow generated in a continuously stratified rotating fluid by the differential rotation of a plane horizontal disc Fluid Dynamics Research. 38(8), 522-538
• MUNRO, R.J. and DALZIEL, S.B., 2005. Attenuation technique for measuring sediment displacement levels Experiments in Fluids. 39(3), 602-613
• MUNRO, R.J., DALZIEL, S.B. and JEHAN, H., 2004. A pattern matching technique for measuring sediment displacement levels Experiments in Fluids. 37(3), 399-408
• MUNRO, R.J., CHATWIN, P.C. and MOLE, N., 2003. A concentration pdf for the relative dispersion of a contaminant plume in the atmosphere Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 106(3), 411-436
• MUNRO, R.J., CHATWIN, P.C. and MOLE, N., 2003. Some simple statistical models for relative and absolute dispersion Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 107(2), 253-271
• MUNRO, R.J., CHATWIN, P.C. and MOLE, N., 2001. The high concentration tails of the probability density function of a dispersing scalar in the atmosphere Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 98(2), 315-339