Assoc Prof Michael Page - Researcher Profile

Biography

Michael works in the School of Mathematical Sciences in the Faculty of Science at Monash University as an Associate Professor.

Research & Supervision Interests

• High-Reynolds-number flows and boundary-layer theory, including flow separation
• Geophysical fluid dynamics on an f- and beta-plane, especially at small Ekman numbers
• Diffusion-driven stratified flows
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Immersed interface methods for the solution of partial differential equations in irregular domains

 

Keywords

Applied mathematics, Computational mathematics, Geophysical fluid dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: University of London

Year awarded: 1981

BSC (HONS)

Institution: University of Western Australia

Year awarded: 1978

Publications

Journal Articles

Page, M.A., 2011, Combined diffusion-driven and convective flow in a tilted square container, Physics Of Fluids [P], vol 23, issue 5, American Institute of Physics, USA, pp. 1-11.

Page, M.A., 2011, Steady diffusion-driven flow in a tilted square container, Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics [P], vol 64, issue 3, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 319-348.

Page, M.A., Johnson, E.R., 2009, Steady nonlinear diffusion-driven flow, Journal Of Fluid Mechanics [P], vol 629, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 299-309.

Page, M.A., Johnson, E.R., 2008, On steady linear diffusion-driven flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol 606, issue 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 433-443.

Page, M.A., Johnson, E.R., 2000, Wavefields forced by long obstacles on a beta-plane, The Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol 406, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 221-245.

Stocker, J.R., Duck, P.W., Page, M.A., 1997, On the unsteady low-Rossby number flow of a rotating fluid past a circular cylinder, Physics of Fluids, vol 9, American Institute of Physics, New York NY USA, pp. 600-614.

Teaching Commitment

ENG1090 Foundation mathematics

ENG2092 Advanced engineering mathematics B (shared)

MTH3011 Partial differential equations

M4411 Advanced computational mathematics (shared)

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Resolving corner singularities in viscous flow.

Supervisors:

Page, M (Main), Clarke, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The motion of a sphere in a viscous stratified fluid.

Supervisors:

Page, M (Main), Clarke, S (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Theoretical and numerical analysis of porous media flow models.

Supervisors:

Droniou, J (Main), Page, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Vortex Dynamics.

Supervisors:

Clarke, S (Main), Page, M (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Aigner, A.

Program of Study:

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF INTERNAL AND INERTIAL SOLITARY WAVES. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Page, M (Main), Grimshaw, R (Associate).

Student:

Brydon, A.

Program of Study:

HIGH-ORDER SIMULATION OF SWIRLING AND COMPACT BLUFF-BODY FLOWS. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Page, M (Main), Thompson, M (Associate).