About us
Continuum mechanics, arguably the crown jewel of classical physics, deals with the kinematic and mechanical behaviour of materials modelled as a continuum. It has applications in a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, aerospace, civil, chemical and biomedical engineering, geophysics, oceanography, meteorology, astrophysics, and biology.
The Continuum Mechanics group in Birmingham is studying various flow phenomena, in particular those related with bubbles, drops, jets, porous media, transport and mixing of pollutants and chemical reactions. These are encompassed by both curiosity and applications. We combine theoretical and numerical methods as well as experiments through collaborations to solve problems in continuum mechanics.
- The Continuum Mechanics group of Birmingham has been developed over a half of a century.
- Over the past ten years, the members of the Continuum Mechanics group have been awarded over 2 million pounds to support their research and PhD students.
- Over the past ten years, the members of the research group have published over 100 articles in influential mathematical and scientific journals.
- The group has a world-leading reputation in the mathematics of bubbles and moving contact lines (also known as the three-phase contact line).
A list of recent grants obtained by the Group can be found on the grants page.