Profiles
Dr Raphael Stuhlmeier
Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Dr Raphael Stuhlmeier 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
- 2023-2024: Visiting Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
- 2014-2017: Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty 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
Member of the LMS
Fellow of the HEA
Roles on external bodies
Member of EPSRC Peer Review 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).
Staff serving as external examiners
- 2023 PhD External Examiner - University of Western Australia, Oceans Graduate School, Perth, Australia.
- 2023 MSc External Examiner - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Haifa, Israel.
Research
Research
Research interests
- Water waves
- Nonlinear wave interaction
- Wave energy conversion
- Tsunami propagation
- Gerstner's wave
- Wave forecasting
Grants & contracts
- Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research Small Grant, PI (£2000) support for Water Waves - Mathematical theory & applications 2024.
- International Centre for Mathematical Sciences Research in Groups, PI (£5300) Planar dynamics in resonant water wave interactions 2024.
- IMA QJMAM Fund Award, PI (£1000) support for Water Waves - Mathematical theory & applications 2024.
- LMS Scheme 1 Conference Grant, PI (£2,800) support for Water Waves - Mathematical theory & applications 2024.
- UUKi UK-Israel Mobility Grant, PI (£18,700) Ocean surface waves and maritime infrastructure. (2023-24)
- EPSRC New Investigator Award EP/V012770/1, PI (£208,000) Stochastic wave modelling for inhomogeneous seas. (2021-2023)
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IMA QJMAM Fund Award, PI (2021) support for Visiting Researcher
Dr Mariano Galvagno - LMS Celebrating New Appointments Grant, (2019) support for Water Waves - Mathematical theory & applications 2019.
- IMA Small Grant, PI (2018)
- Lady Davis Foundation Fellowship (2014-2015)
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2023) 'Instability of waves in deep water — A discrete Hamiltonian approach' European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids 101, 320-336 , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Wave-by-wave forecasts in directional seas using nonlinear dispersion corrections' Physics of Fluids 35, (6) , DOI Open access
(2023) 'The nonlinear Benjamin–Feir instability – Hamiltonian dynamics, discrete breathers and steady solutions' Journal of Fluid Mechanics 958, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Spatial deterministic wave forecasting for nonlinear sea–states' Physics of Fluids 33, (10) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Heat transfer in the seabed boundary layer' Journal of Fluid Mechanics 928, , DOI Open access
(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
(2019) 'Nonlinear Wave Interaction in Coastal and Open Seas: Deterministic and Stochastic Theory' Nonlinear Water Waves Springer International Publishing 151-181 , DOI
Other Publications
Deterministic directional wave forecasting in deep water. , DOI
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
Water Waves - Mathematical Theory & Applications 2022, University of Plymouth
Water Waves - Mathematical Theory & Applications 2019, University of Plymouth
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
- Fluids
- Applied Mathematics Letters
- Journal of Marine Science & Engineering
- Applied Mechanics Reviews
- Applied Ocean Research
- Ocean Dynamics
- Physics of Fluids
Grant reviewer for:
- EPSRC
- Erwin Schrödinger Institute for Mathematics & Physics