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.

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
2017 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society

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

Publications

Hinton, Edward M. and Woods, Andrew W. (2018) Buoyancy-driven flow in a confined aquifer with a vertical gradient of permeability. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 848: 411-429 JUN 5 2018
Beeson-Jones, Tim H. and Woods, Andrew W. (2017) Control of viscous instability by variation of injection rate in a fluid with time-dependent rheology. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 829: 214-235 OCT 2017
Horsley, Marcus C. and Woods, Andrew W. (2017) Gravity-driven flow in a horizontal annulus. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 830: 479-493 NOV 2017
Grenfell-Shaw, John C. and Woods, Andrew W. (2017) The instability of a moving interface in a narrow tapering channel of finite length. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 831: 252-270 NOV 2017
Bhamidipati, N. and Woods, Andrew W. (2017) On the dynamics of starting plumes. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 833: NOV 7 2017
Lippert, Martin C. and Woods, Andrew W. (2017) Turbulent bubble fountains. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 836: 277-303 DEC 11 2017
Horsley, Marcus C. and Woods, Andrew W. (2017) A note on analytic solutions for entraining stratified gravity currents. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 836: 260-276 DEC 11 2017
Unwin, H. Juliette T., Wells, Garth N. and Woods, Andrew W. (2016) CO2 dissolution in a background hydrological flow. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 789: 768-784 FEB 2016
Lima Neto, Iran E., Cardoso, Silvana S. S. and Woods, Andrew W. (2016) On mixing a density interface by a bubble plume. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 802: SEP 2016
Cafiero, Gioacchino and Woods, Andrew W. (2016) Experiments on mixing in wakes in shallow water. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 804: 351-369 OCT 10 2016
Lyu, Xiaoying and Woods, Andrew W. (2016) Experimental insights on the development of buoyant plumes injected into a porous media. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 43: 709-718 JAN 28 2016
Farcas, Adrian and Woods, Andrew W. (2015) Buoyancy-driven dispersion in a layered porous rock. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 767: 226-239 MAR 2015
Evans, A. J., Calfield, C. P. and Woods, Andrew W. (2015) Linear estimation of flux sensitivity to uncertainty in porous media. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 768: APR 2015
Woods, Andrew W., Hesse, Marc, Berkowitz, Rachel and Chang, Kyung Won (2015) Multiple steady states in exchange flows across faults and the dissolution of CO2. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 769: 229-241 APR 2015
Samasiri, Peeradon and Woods, Andrew W. (2015) Mixing in axisymmetric gravity currents. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 782: NOV 2015
Beeson-Jones, Tim H. and Woods, Andrew W. (2015) On the selection of viscosity to suppress the Saffman-Taylor instability in a radially spreading annulus. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 782: 127-143 NOV 2015
Gunn, I and Woods, AW (2012) On the flow of buoyant fluid injected into an aquifer with a background flow. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS SEP 10 2012
Mott, RW and Woods, AW (2012) Quasi-steady states in natural displacement ventilation driven by periodic gusting of wind. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS SEP 25 2012
Tarasewicz, J, White, RS, Woods, AW, Brandsdottir, B and Gudmundsson, MT (2012) Magma mobilization by downward-propagating decompression of the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic plumbing system. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 39: - OCT 13 2012
Kuesters, AS and Woods, AW (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, AW 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, AS and Woods, AW (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
Gunn, I and Woods, AW (2011) On the flow of buoyant fluid injected into a confined, inclined aquifer. J FLUID MECH 672: 109-129 APR 2011
Mott, RW and Woods, AW (2011) Natural ventilation driven by periodic gusting of wind. J FLUID MECH 679: 58-76 JUL 2011
Mott, RW and Woods, AW (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, MA and Woods, AW (2010) Buoyant dispersal of CO2 during geological storage. GEOPHYS RES LETT 37: - JAN 9 2010 L01403
Woods, AW 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, AW 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, SD and Woods, AW (2010) Transient natural ventilation of a space with localised heating. BUILD ENVIRON 45 (12): 2778-2789 DEC 2010
Woods, AW (2010) Turbulent Plumes in Nature. ANNU REV FLUID MECH 42: 391-412 2010
Woods, AW and Cowan, A (2009) Magma mixing triggered during volcanic eruptions. EARTH PLANET SC LETT 288 (1-2): 132-137 OCT 30 2009
Woods, AW, 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, RW and Woods, AW (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, AW (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, AW (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
Short, CA, Cook, MJ and Woods, A (2009) Low energy ventilation and cooling within an urban heat island. RENEW ENERG 34 (9): 2022-2029 SEP 2009
Burton, GJ, Woods, AW, Jauniaux, E and Kingdom, JCP (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
Fitzgerald, SD and Woods, AW (2008) The influence of stacks on flow patterns and stratification associated with natural ventilation. BUILD ENVIRON 43 (10): 1719-1733 OCT 2008
Livermore, SR and Woods, AW (2008) On the effect of distributed cooling in natural ventilation. J FLUID MECH 600: 1-17 APR 10 2008
Hatton, DC and Woods, AW (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, MJ and Woods, AW (2008) An analysis of phase change material as thermal mass. P R SOC A 464 (2092): 1029-1056 APR 8 20
Fitzgerald, SD and Woods, AW (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, AW (2007) Gravity-driven reacting flows in a confined porous aquifer. J FLUID MECH 588: 29-41 OCT 10 2007
Holford, JM and Woods, AW (2007) On the thermal buffering of naturally ventilated buildings through internal thermal mass. J FLUID MECH 580: 3-29 JUN 10 2007
Fitzgerald, SD and Woods, AW (2007) On the transition from displacement to mixing ventilation with a localized heat source. BUILD ENVIRON 42 (6): 2210-2217 JUN 2007
Livermore, SR and Woods, AW (2007) Natural ventilation of a building with heating at multiple levels. BUILD ENVIRON 42 (3): 1417-1430 MAR 2007
Holness, MB, Hallworth, MA, Woods, A and Sides, RE (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, AW (2006) Self-similar dynamics of liquid injected into partially saturated aquifers. J FLUID MECH 566: 345-355 NOV 10 2006
Woods, AW, Bokhove, O, de Boer, A and Hill, BE (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, AW (2006) The control of naturally ventilated buildings subject to wind and buoyancy. J FLUID MECH 557: 451-471 JUN 25 2006
Livermore, SR and Woods, AW (2006) Natural ventilation of multiple storey buildings: The use of stacks for secondary ventilation. BUILD ENVIRON 41 (10): 1339-1351 OCT 2006
Furtney, JK and Woods, AW (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, MS and Woods, AW (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, GG and Woods, AW (2005) Precipitate formation in a porous rock through evaporation of saline water. J FLUID MECH 537: 35-53 AUG 25 2005
Hallworth, MA, Huppert, HE and Woods, AW (2005) Dissolution-driven convection in a reactive porous medium. J FLUID MECH 535: 255-285 JUL 25 2005
Bokhove, O, Woods, AW 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, AW (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
Jupp, TE and Woods, AW (2004) Reaction fronts in a porous medium following injection along a temperature gradient. J FLUID MECH 513: 343-361 AUG 25 2004
Gallo, F and Woods, AW (2004) On steady homogeneous sand-water flows in a vertical conduit. SEDIMENTOLOGY 51 (2): 195-210 APR 2004
Fitzgerald, SD and Woods, AW (2004) Natural ventilation of a room with vents at multiple levels. BUILD ENVIRON 39 (5): 505-521 MAY 2004
Woods, AW (2004) Thermal reaction fronts in porous rock. GEOCHIM COSMOCHIM AC 68 (11): A629-A629 Suppl. S JU
Hallworth, MA, Huppert, HE and Woods, AW (2004) Crystallization and layering induced by heating a reactive porous medium. GEOPHYS RES LETT 31 (13): - JUL 2 2004 L13605
Tsypkin, GG and Woods, AW (2004) Vapour extraction from a water-saturated geothermal reservoir. J FLUID MECH 506: 315-330 MAY 10 2004
Nield, SE and Woods, AW (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, JC and Woods, AW (2004) On ventilation of a heated room through a single doorway. BUILD ENVIRON 39 (3): 241-253 MAR 2004
King, SE and Woods, AW (2003) Dipole solutions for viscous gravity currents: theory and experiments. J FLUID MECH 483: 91-109 MAY 25 2003
Jupp, TE and Woods, AW (2003) Thermally driven reaction fronts in porous media. J FLUID MECH 484: 329-346 JUN 10 2003
Raw, AWV and Woods, AW (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, AW (2003) Thermal inertia and reversing buoyancy in flow in porous media. GEOPHYS RES LETT 30 (6): - MAR 21 2003 1291
Woods, AW and Huppert, HE (2003) On magma chamber evolution during slow effusive eruptions. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 108 (B8): - AUG 29 2003 2403
Woods, AW, Sparks, S, Bokhove, O, LeJeune, AM, Connor, CB and Hill, BE (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, AW (2002) Particle recycling in volcanic plumes. B VOLCANOL 64 (1): 31-39 MAR 2002
Phillips, JC and Woods, AW (2002) Suppression of large-scale magma mixing by melt-volatile separation. EARTH PLANET SC LETT 204 (1-2): 47-60 NOV 30 2002
Huppert, HE and Woods, AW (2002) The role of volatiles in magma chamber dynamics. NATURE 420 (6915): 493-495 DEC 5 2002
Phillips, JC and Woods, AW (2001) Bubble plumes generated during recharge of basaltic magma reservoirs. EARTH PLANET SC LETT 186 (2): 297-309 MAR 30 2001
Hogg, AJ and Woods, AW (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, AW and Hogg, AJ (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, AW (2001) Particle aggregation in volcanic eruption columns. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 106 (B11): 26425-26441 NOV 10
Woods, AW 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, AJ and Woods, AW (2000) The effects of drag on turbulent gravity currents. J FLUID MECH 416: 297-314 AUG 10 2000
Woods, AW (2000) Dynamics of hazardous volcanic flows. PHILOS T ROY SOC A 358 (1770): 1705-1724 MAY 15 2
Woods, AW and Phillips, JC (1999) Turbulent bubble plumes and CO2-driven lake eruptions. J VOLCANOL GEOTH RES 92 (3-4): 259-270 OCT 1999
Fitzgerald, SD and Woods, AW (1998) Instabilities during liquid migration into superheated geothermal reservoirs. WATER RESOUR RES 34 (9): 2089-2101 SEP 1998
Calder, ES, Sparks, RSJ and Woods, AW (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, AW and Fitzgerald, SD (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, AW and Fitzgerald, SD (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, SD and WOODS, AW (1995) ON VAPOR FLOW IN A HOT POROUS LAYER. J FLUID MECH 293: 1-23 JUN 25 1995
FITZGERALD, SD and WOODS, AW (1994) THE INSTABILITY OF A VAPORIZATION FRONT IN HOT POROUS ROCK. NATURE 367 (6462): 450-453 FEB 3 1994
HENSTOCK, TJ, WOODS, AW and WHITE, RS (1993) THE ACCRETION OF OCEANIC-CRUST BY EPISODIC SILL INTRUSION. J GEOPHYS RES-SOL EA 98 (B3): 4143-4161 MAR 10 1993
WOODS, AW and FITZGERALD, SD (1993) THE VAPORIZATION OF A LIQUID FRONT MOVING THROUGH A HOT POROUS ROCK. J FLUID MECH 251: 563-579 JUN 1993