Profiles
Dr Raphael Stuhlmeier
Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Raphael can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Applied mathematics
- Mathematics
- Water waves
- Ocean engineering
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
- 2017-present: Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Plymouth, UK
- 2014-2017: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Raphael Stuhlmeier is a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, with interests in nonlinear waves, particularly water waves, and their applications to engineering.
Qualifications
- 2014 Dr. rer. nat., Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria
- 2010 Mag. rer. nat., Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria
Professional membership
Member of the IMA
Member of the LMS
Fellow of the HEA
Roles on external bodies
Member of EPSRC Peer Review Associate College
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
I am currently teaching:
- MATH1603 - Linear Algebra and Complex Numbers
- MATH1610 - Numerical and Computational Methods
- CONT221 - Engineering Mathematics and Control
- MATH3629 - Fluid Dynamics
I have previously taught undergraduate courses in ordinary and partial differential equations, as well as a graduate seminar series on nonlinear waves (jointly between Tel Aviv University & Technion - Israel Institute of Technology).
Research
Research
Research interests
- Water waves
- Nonlinear wave interaction
- Wave energy conversion
- Tsunami propagation
- Gerstner's wave
- Wave forecasting
Grants & contracts
- EPSRC NIA EP/V012770/1 (£208,000) Stochastic wave modelling for inhomogeneous seas. (2021-2023)
- IMA QJMAM Fund Award (2021)
- LMS Celebrating New Appointments Grant (2019)
- IMA Small Grant (2018)
- Lady Davis Fellowship (2014-2015)
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2021) 'Deterministic wave forecasting with the Zakharov equation' Journal of Fluid Mechanics 913, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'On Edge Waves in Stratified Water Along a Sloping Beach' Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 18, (1) 127-127 , DOI
(2021) 'Particle paths in Stokes’ edge wave' Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 22, (4) 507-507 , DOI
(2018) 'On the Generalized Kinetic Equation for Surface Gravity Waves, Blow-Up and Its Restraint' Fluids 4, (1) , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Nonlinear dispersion for ocean surface waves' Journal of Fluid Mechanics 49-58 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'WEC Design Based on Refined Mean Annual Energy Production for the Israeli Mediterranean Coast' Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 144, (4) , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Evolution of statistically inhomogeneous degenerate water wave quartets' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 376, (2111) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Assessing the size of a twin-cylinder wave energy converter designed for real sea-states' Ocean Engineering 147, 243-255 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Harnessing wave power in open seas II: very large arrays of wave-energy converters for 2D sea states' Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy 3, (2) 151-160 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Adapting Havelock's wave-maker theorem to acoustic-gravity waves' IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 81, (4) 631-646 , DOI
(2015) 'Harnessing wave power in open seas' Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy 2, (1) 47-57 , DOI
(2015) 'Gerstner’s Water Wave and Mass Transport' Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics 17, (4) 761-767 , DOI
(2014) 'Internal Gerstner waves on a sloping bed' Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A 34, (8) 3183-3192 , DOI
(2014) 'Internal Gerstner waves on a sloping bed' Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems- Series A 34, (8) 3183-3192 , DOI
(2014) 'Progressive waves on a blunt interface' Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A 34, (8) 3171-3182 , DOI
(2013) 'Internal Gerstner waves: applications to dead water' Applicable Analysis 93, (7) 1451-1457 , DOI
(2012) 'Effects of shear flow on KdV balance - applications to tsunami' Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis 11, (4) 1549-1561 , DOI
(2012) 'On Constant Vorticity Flows Beneath Two-Dimensional Surface Solitary Waves' Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics 19, (Supplement 1) 34-34 , DOI
(2009) 'KdV theory and the Chilean tsunami of 1960' Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B 12, (3) 623-632 , DOI
Chapters
(2019) 'Nonlinear wave interaction in coastal and open seas -- deterministic and
stochastic theory' Open access
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
Water Waves - Mathematical Theory & Applications, 2019, University of Plymouth
Other academic activities
Reviewer for:
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Journal of Engineering Mathematics
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: A
- Deep-Sea Research Part II
- Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & Applications
- Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications
- European Journal of Mechanics - B
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
- Ocean Engineering
- Dynamics of Atmospheres & Oceans
- Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik
Grant reviewer for:
- EPSRC
- Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematics & Physics