Prof. A.W. Woods

BP Professor

Professorial Fellow of St. Johns College

Professor Andy Woods has research interests in a range of fluid flow processes, many including phase changes. The character of the work includes both theoretical analysis and experimental modelling.

Biography

Career

1989-1990 Green Scholar, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla California
1990-1996 Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, Cambridge
1996-2000 Professor of Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematics, Bristol
2000-present BP Institute, Cambridge

Qualifications

1985 BA Mathematics, St. Johns College, Cambridge
1989 PhD DAMTP, Cambridge

Awards

1997 Marcello Carapezza Prize
1997 Italgas Prize
1999 Stewartson Lecturer
2000 Bullerwell Lecturer
2002 Wager Medal
2003 GFD Lecturer
2011 Wyss Institute Lecture, Harvard

Research

Prof. Woods has explored a wide variety of problems, including:

the dynamics of explosive volcanic systems: both subsurface and atmospheric processes associated with such volcanism, and the related topic of two phase flow in pipelines
geothermal systems, especially superheated systems, in which there is continual water- vapour phase change, and fluid-mineral dissolution
natural ventilation flows in buildings, work which has recently led to the energy saving e-stack system, as well as new strategies for combining thermal mass with natural ventilation, to achieve both comfort and energy efficiency
models of traffic flow dynamics
oil-water-gas flows in porous rocks and problems asssociated with residual oil recovery

Recent Publications

Mingotti N., Chenvidyakarn T. and Woods A.W. (2013) Combined impacts of climate and wall insulation on the energy benefit of an extra layer of glazing in the facade. ENERGY AND BUILDINGS 58: 237-249 MAR 2013.
Landel J.R., Caulfield C.P. and Woods A.W. (2012) Meandering due to large eddies and the statistically self-similar dynamics of quasi-two-dimensional jets. J FLUID MECH 692: 347-368 FEB 10 2012.
van Sommeren D.D.J.A., Caulfield C.P. and Woods A.W. (2012) Turbulent buoyant convection from a maintained source of buoyancy in a narrow vertical tank. J FLUID MECH 701: 278-303 JUN 25 2012.
Gunn I. and Woods A.W. (2012) On the flow of buoyant fluid injected into an aquifer with a background flow. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS SEP 10 2012.
Mott R.W. and Woods A.W. (2012) Quasi-steady states in natural displacement ventilation driven by periodic gusting of wind. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS SEP 25 2012.
Dudfield P. and Woods A.W. (2012) On the periodic injection of fluid into, and its extraction from, a porous medium for seasonal heat storage. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS SEP 25 2012.
Tarasewicz J., White R.S., Woods A.W., Brandsdottir B. and Gudmundsson M.T. (2012) Magma mobilization by downward-propagating decompression of the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic plumbing system. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 39: - OCT 13 2012.
Landel J.R., Caulfield C.P. and Woods A.W. (2012) Streamwise dispersion and mixing in quasi-two-dimensional steady turbulent jets. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 711: 212-258 NOV 25 2012.
Kuesters A.S. and Woods A.W. (2012) On the competition between lateral convection and upward displacement in a multi-zone naturally ventilated space. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 707: 393-404 SEP 25 2012.
Woods A.W. and Espie T. (2012) Controls on the dissolution of CO2 plumes in structural traps in deep saline aquifers. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 39: - APR 19 2012.
Kuesters A.S. and Woods A.W. (2012) A comparison of winter heating demand using a distributed and a point source of heating with mixing ventilation. ENERGY AND BUILDINGS 55: 332-340 DEC 2012.

Earlier Publications

Mingotti N., Chenvidyakarn T. and Woods A.W. (2011) The fluid mechanics of the natural ventilation of a narrow-cavity double-skin facade (vol 46, pg 807, 2011). BUILD ENVIRON 46 (7): 1523-1523 JUL 2011.
Mingotti N., Chenvidyakarn T. and Woods A.W. (2011) The fluid mechanics of the natural ventilation of a narrow-cavity double-skin facade. BUILD ENVIRON 46 (4): 807-823 APR 2011.
Gunn I. and Woods A.W. (2011) On the flow of buoyant fluid injected into a confined, inclined aquifer. J FLUID MECH 672: 109-129 APR 2011.
Rayward-Smith W.J. and Woods A.W. (2011) Some implications of cold CO2 injection into deep saline aquifers. GEOPHYS RES LETT 38: - MAR 23 2011 L06407.
Mott R.W. and Woods A.W. (2011) Natural ventilation driven by periodic gusting of wind. J FLUID MECH 679: 58-76 JUL 2011.
Kuesters A.S. and Woods A.W. (2011) The formation and evolution of stratification during transient mixing ventilation. J FLUID MECH 670: 66-84 MAR 2011.
Rayward-Smith W.J. and Woods A.W. (2011) On the propagation of non-isothermal gravity currents in an inclined porous layer. J FLUID MECH 686: 250-271 NOV 2011.
Rayward-Smith W.J. and Woods A.W. (2011) Dispersal of buoyancy-driven flow in porous media with inclined baffles. J FLUID MECH 689: 517-528 DEC 2011.
Woods A.W., Caulfield C.P., Landel J.R. and Kuesters A. (2010) Non-invasive turbulent mixing across a density interface in a turbulent Taylor-Couette flow. J FLUID MECH 663: 347-357 NOV 2010.
Mott R.W. and Woods A.W. (2010) A model of overturn of CO2 laden lakes triggered by bottom mixing. J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES 192 (3-4): 151-158 MAY 10 2010.
Hesse M.A. and Woods A.W. (2010) Buoyant dispersal of CO2 during geological storage. GEOPHYS RES LETT 37: - JAN 9 2010 L01403.
Chenvidyakarn T. and Woods A.W. (2010) On the natural ventilation of two independently heated spaces connected by a low-level opening. BUILD ENVIRON 45 (3): 586-595 MAR 2010.
Woods A.W. and Norris S. (2010) Buoyancy driven flow from a waning source through a porous leaky aquifer. J STRUCT GEOL 32 (11): 1827-1833 Sp. Iss. SI.
Woods A.W. and Norris S. (2010) On the role of caprock and fracture zones in dispersing gas plumes in the subsurface. WATER RESOUR RES 46: - AUG 11 2010 W08522.
Fitzgerald S.D. and Woods A.W. (2010) Transient natural ventilation of a space with localised heating. BUILD ENVIRON 45 (12): 2778-2789 DEC 2010.
Woods A.W. (2010) Turbulent Plumes in Nature. ANNU REV FLUID MECH 42: 391-412 2010.
Woods A.W. and Cowan A. (2009) Magma mixing triggered during volcanic eruptions. EARTH PLANET SC LETT 288 (1-2): 132-137 OCT 30 2009.
Woods A.W., Fitzgerald S. and Livermore S. (2009) A comparison of winter pre-heating requirements for natural displacement and natural mixing ventilation. ENERG BUILDINGS 41 (12): 1306-1312 DEC 2009.
Mott R.W. and Woods A.W. (2009) On the mixing of a confined stratified fluid by a turbulent buoyant plume. J FLUID MECH 623: 149-165 MAR 25 2009.
Lishman B. and Woods A.W. (2009) On transitions in natural ventilation flow driven by changes in the wind. BUILD ENVIRON 44 (4): 666-673 APR 2009.
Lishman B. and Woods A.W. (2009) The effect of gradual changes in wind speed or heat load on natural ventilation in a thermally massive building. BUILD ENVIRON 44 (4): 762-772 APR 2009.
Woods A.W. and Farcas A. (2009) Capillary entry pressure and the leakage of gravity currents through a sloping layered permeable rock. J FLUID MECH 618: 361-379 JAN 10 2009.
Short C.A., Cook M.J. and Woods A. (2009) Low energy ventilation and cooling within an urban heat island. RENEW ENERG 34 (9): 2022-2029 SEP 2009.
Farcas A. and Woods A.W. (2009) The effect of drainage on the capillary retention of CO2 in a layered permeable rock. J FLUID MECH 618: 349-359 JAN 10 2009.
Burton G.J., Woods A.W., Jauniaux E. and Kingdom J.C.P. (2009) Rheological and Physiological Consequences of Conversion of the Maternal Spiral Arteries for Uteroplacental Blood Flow during Human Pregnancy. PLACENTA 30 (6): 473-482 JUN 2009.
Marrion M. and Woods A. (2009) A Particle-Scale Model of Hydrodynamic Erosion. WSEAS MECH ENG SER : 141-149 2009.
Dello Ioio G. and Woods A.W. (2008) Experiments on standing bubbles in a vertical pipe. J FLUID MECH 616: 31-41 DEC 10 2008.
Bower D.J., Caulfield C.P., Fitzgerald S.D. and Woods A.W. (2008) Transient ventilation dynamics following a change in strength of a point source of heat. J FLUID MECH 614: 15-37 NOV 10 2008.
Fitzgerald S.D. and Woods A.W. (2008) The influence of stacks on flow patterns and stratification associated with natural ventilation. BUILD ENVIRON 43 (10): 1719-1733 OCT 2008.
Livermore S.R. and Woods A.W. (2008) On the effect of distributed cooling in natural ventilation. J FLUID MECH 600: 1-17 APR 10 2008.
Hatton D.C. and Woods A.W. (2008) Diffusion-controlled dissolution of a binary solid into a ternary liquid with partially molten zone formation. P R SOC A 464 (2094): 1615-1637 JUN 8 20.
Richardson M.J. and Woods A.W. (2008) An analysis of phase change material as thermal mass. P R SOC A 464 (2092): 1029-1056 APR 8 20.
Chenvidyakarn T. and Woods A.W. (2008) On underfloor air-conditioning of a room containing a distributed heat source and a localised heat source. ENERG BUILDINGS 40 (7): 1220-1227 2008.
Fitzgerald S.D. and Woods A.W. (2007) Transient natural ventilation of a room with a distributed heat source. J FLUID MECH 591: 21-42 NOV 25 2007.
Verdon J. and Woods A.W. (2007) Gravity-driven reacting flows in a confined porous aquifer. J FLUID MECH 588: 29-41 OCT 10 2007.
Farcas A. and Woods A.W. (2007) On the extraction of gas from multilayered rock. J FLUID MECH 581: 79-95 JUN 25 2007.
Holford J.M. and Woods A.W. (2007) On the thermal buffering of naturally ventilated buildings through internal thermal mass. J FLUID MECH 580: 3-29 JUN 10 2007.
Fitzgerald S.D. and Woods A.W. (2007) On the transition from displacement to mixing ventilation with a localized heat source. BUILD ENVIRON 42 (6): 2210-2217 JUN 2007.
Livermore S.R. and Woods A.W. (2007) Natural ventilation of a building with heating at multiple levels. BUILD ENVIRON 42 (3): 1417-1430 MAR 2007.
Chenvidyakarn T. and Woods A. (2007) Stratification and oscillations produced by pre-cooling during transient natural ventilation. BUILD ENVIRON 42 (1): 99-112 JAN 2007.
Holness M.B., Hallworth M.A., Woods A. and Sides R.E. (2007) Infiltration metasomatism of cumulates by intrusive magma replenishment: The Wavy Horizon, Isle of Rum, Scotland. J PETROL 48 (3): 563-587 MAR 2007.
Mitchell V. and Woods A.W. (2006) Self-similar dynamics of liquid injected into partially saturated aquifers. J FLUID MECH 566: 345-355 NOV 10 2006.
Witham F., Woods A.W. and Gladstone C. (2006) An analogue experimental model of depth fluctuations in lava lakes. B VOLCANOL 69 (1): 51-56 JUL 2006.
Woods A.W., Bokhove O., de Boer A. and Hill B.E. (2006) Compressible magma flow in a two-dimensional elastic-walled dike. EARTH PLANET SC LETT 246 (3-4): 241-250 JUN 30 2006.
Lishman B. and Woods A.W. (2006) The control of naturally ventilated buildings subject to wind and buoyancy. J FLUID MECH 557: 451-471 JUN 25 2006.
Livermore S.R. and Woods A.W. (2006) Natural ventilation of multiple storey buildings: The use of stacks for secondary ventilation. BUILD ENVIRON 41 (10): 1339-1351 OCT 2006.
Furtney J.K. and Woods A.W. (2006) Limitations in qualitative and quantitative analysis of time-lapse data due to fluid flow uncertainties. J GEOPHYS ENG 3 (2): 194-205 JUN 2006.
Nigam M.S. and Woods A.W. (2006) The influence of buoyancy contrasts on miscible source-sink flows in a porous medium with thermal inertia. J FLUID MECH 549: 253-271 FEB 25 2006.
Tsypkin G.G. and Woods A.W. (2005) Precipitate formation in a porous rock through evaporation of saline water. J FLUID MECH 537: 35-53 AUG 25 2005.
Hallworth M.A., Huppert H.E. and Woods A.W. (2005) Dissolution-driven convection in a reactive porous medium. J FLUID MECH 535: 255-285 JUL 25 2005.
Bokhove O., Woods A.W. and de Boer A. (2005) Magma flow through elastic-walled dikes. THEOR COMP FLUID DYN 19 (4): 261-286 OCT 2005.
Menand T. and Woods A.W. (2005) Dispersion, scale, and time dependence of mixing zones under gravitationally stable and unstable displacements in porous media. WATER RESOUR RES 41 (5): - MAY 18 2005 W05014.
Chenvidyakarn T. and Woods A. (2005) Multiple steady states in stack ventilation. BUILD ENVIRON 40 (3): 399-410 MAR 2005.
Li J., Hesse M., Ziegler J. and Woods A.W. (2005) An arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian method for moving-boundary problems and its application to jumping over water. J COMPUT PHYS 208 (1): 289-314 SEP 1 2005.
Jupp T.E. and Woods A.W. (2004) Reaction fronts in a porous medium following injection along a temperature gradient. J FLUID MECH 513: 343-361 AUG 25 2004.
Gladstone C., Ritchie L.J., Sparks R.S.J. and Woods A.W. (2004) An experimental investigation of density-stratified inertial gravity currents. SEDIMENTOLOGY 51 (4): 767-789 AUG 2004.
Gallo F. and Woods A.W. (2004) On steady homogeneous sand-water flows in a vertical conduit. SEDIMENTOLOGY 51 (2): 195-210 APR 2004.
Fitzgerald S.D. and Woods A.W. (2004) Natural ventilation of a room with vents at multiple levels. BUILD ENVIRON 39 (5): 505-521 MAY 2004.
Woods A.W. (2004) Thermal reaction fronts in porous rock. GEOCHIM COSMOCHIM AC 68 (11): A629-A629 Suppl. S JU.
Hallworth M.A., Huppert H.E. and Woods A.W. (2004) Crystallization and layering induced by heating a reactive porous medium. GEOPHYS RES LETT 31 (13): - JUL 2 2004 L13605.
Tsypkin G.G. and Woods A.W. (2004) Vapour extraction from a water-saturated geothermal reservoir. J FLUID MECH 506: 315-330 MAY 10 2004.
Nield S.E. and Woods A.W. (2004) Effects of flow density on the dynamics of dilute pyroclastic density currents. J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES 132 (4): 269-281 MAY 15 2004.
Phillips J.C. and Woods A.W. (2004) On ventilation of a heated room through a single doorway. BUILD ENVIRON 39 (3): 241-253 MAR 2004.
Woods A.W., Caulfield C.P. and Phillips J.C. (2003) Blocked natural ventilation: the effect of a source mass flux. J FLUID MECH 495: 119-133 NOV 25 2003.
King S.E. and Woods A.W. (2003) Dipole solutions for viscous gravity currents: theory and experiments. J FLUID MECH 483: 91-109 MAY 25 2003.
Jupp T.E. and Woods A.W. (2003) Thermally driven reaction fronts in porous media. J FLUID MECH 484: 329-346 JUN 10 2003.
Raw A.W.V. and Woods A.W. (2003) On gravity-driven flow through a reacting porous rock. J FLUID MECH 474: 227-243 JAN 10 2003.
Menand T., Raw A. and Woods A.W. (2003) Thermal inertia and reversing buoyancy in flow in porous media. GEOPHYS RES LETT 30 (6): - MAR 21 2003 1291.
Woods A.W. and Huppert H.E. (2003) On magma chamber evolution during slow effusive eruptions. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 108 (B8): - AUG 29 2003 2403.
Woods A.W., Sparks S., Bokhove O., LeJeune A.M., Connor C.B. and Hill B.E. (2002) Modeling magma-drift interaction at the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. GEOPHYS RES LETT 29 (13): - JUL 1 2002 1641.
Veitch G. and Woods A.W. (2002) Particle recycling in volcanic plumes. B VOLCANOL 64 (1): 31-39 MAR 2002.
Caulfield C.P. and Woods A.W. (2002) The mixing in a room by a localized finite-mass-flux source of buoyancy. J FLUID MECH 471: 33-50 NOV 25 2002.
Phillips J.C. and Woods A.W. (2002) Suppression of large-scale magma mixing by melt-volatile separation. EARTH PLANET SC LETT 204 (1-2): 47-60 NOV 30 2002.
Huppert H.E. and Woods A.W. (2002) The role of volatiles in magma chamber dynamics. NATURE 420 (6915): 493-495 DEC 5 2002.
Gladstone C. and Woods A.W. (2001) On buoyancy-driven natural ventilation of a room with a heated floor. J FLUID MECH 441: 293-314 AUG 25 2001.
Phillips J.C. and Woods A.W. (2001) Bubble plumes generated during recharge of basaltic magma reservoirs. EARTH PLANET SC LETT 186 (2): 297-309 MAR 30 2001.
Hogg A.J. and Woods A.W. (2001) The transition from inertia- to bottom-drag-dominated motion of turbulent gravity currents. J FLUID MECH 449: 201-224 DEC 25 2001.
Pritchard D., Woods A.W. and Hogg A.J. (2001) On the slow draining of a gravity current moving through a layered permeable medium. J FLUID MECH 444: 23-47 OCT 10 2001.
Berg P. and Woods A. (2001) On-ramp simulations and solitary waves of a car-following model. PHYS REV E 64 (3): - Part 2 SEP 2001 035602.
Berg P. and Woods A. (2001) Traveling waves in an optimal velocity model of freeway traffic. PHYS REV E 63 (3): - Part 2 MAR 2001 036107.
Veitch G. and Woods A.W. (2001) Particle aggregation in volcanic eruption columns. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 106 (B11): 26425-26441 NOV 10 .
Woods A.W. and Mason R. (2000) The dynamics of two-layer gravity-driven flows in permeable rock. J FLUID MECH 421: 83-114 OCT 25 2000.
Hatcher L., Hogg A.J. and Woods A.W. (2000) The effects of drag on turbulent gravity currents. J FLUID MECH 416: 297-314 AUG 10 2000.
Woods A.W. (2000) Dynamics of hazardous volcanic flows. PHILOS T ROY SOC A 358 (1770): 1705-1724 MAY 15 2.
Gladstone C. and Woods A. (2000) On the application of box models to particle-driven gravity currents. J FLUID MECH 416: 187-195 AUG 10 2000.
Woods A.W. and Phillips J.C. (1999) Turbulent bubble plumes and CO2-driven lake eruptions. J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES 92 (3-4): 259-270 OCT 1999.
Fitzgerald S.D. and Woods A.W. (1998) Instabilities during liquid migration into superheated geothermal reservoirs. WATER RESOUR RES 34 (9): 2089-2101 SEP 1998.
Caulfield C.P. and Woods A.W. (1998) Turbulent gravitational convection from a point source in a non-uniformly stratified environment. J FLUID MECH 360: 229-248 APR 10 1998.
Calder E.S., Sparks R.S.J. and Woods A.W. (1997) Dynamics of co-ignimbrite plumes generated from pyroclastic flows of Mount St. Helens (7 August 1980). B VOLCANOL 58 (6): 432-440 APR 1997.
Woods A.W. and Fitzgerald S.D. (1997) The vaporization of a liquid front moving through a hot porous rock .2. Slow injection. J FLUID MECH 343: 303-316 JUL 25 1997.
Woods A.W. and Fitzgerald S.D. (1996) Laboratory and theoretical models of fluid recharge in superheated geothermal systems. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 101 (B9): 20391-20405 SEP 10 1.
FITZGERALD S.D. and WOODS A.W. (1995) ON VAPOR FLOW IN A HOT POROUS LAYER. J FLUID MECH 293: 1-23 JUN 25 1995.
CAULFIELD C.C.P. and WOODS A.W. (1995) Plumes with non-monotonic mixing behaviour. GEOPHYS ASTRO FLUID 79 (1-4): 173-199 1995.
FITZGERALD S.D. and WOODS A.W. (1994) THE INSTABILITY OF A VAPORIZATION FRONT IN HOT POROUS ROCK. NATURE 367 (6462): 450-453 FEB 3 1994.
HENSTOCK T.J., WOODS A.W. and WHITE R.S. (1993) THE ACCRETION OF OCEANIC-CRUST BY EPISODIC SILL INTRUSION. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 98 (B3): 4143-4161 MAR 10 1993.
WOODS A.W. and FITZGERALD S.D. (1993) THE VAPORIZATION OF A LIQUID FRONT MOVING THROUGH A HOT POROUS ROCK. J FLUID MECH 251: 563-579 JUN 1993.
WOODS A.W. and CAULFIELD C.C.P. (1992) A LABORATORY STUDY OF EXPLOSIVE VOLCANIC-ERUPTIONS. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 97 (B5): 6699-6712 MAY 10 1992.

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