Biography
Wouter Mostert earned his PhD at the University of Queensland in 2015, on the topic of hydrodynamic stability of magnetohydrodynamic implosions, with application to inertial fusion energy, and in the propagation of shock waves. As a postdoc, he continued in this work at Caltech, before moving to study breaking ocean waves at Princeton University. He continued with this research as an Assistant Professor at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, before joining Oxford in the Environmental Fluid Mechanics group.
Research Interests
Wouter Mostert has interests in fluid mechanics, namely in air-sea interaction and flux of mass, momentum and energy primarily due to wave breaking, along with the associated dynamics of bubbles and droplets, which play a large role in these kinds of problems. He is further interested in the effects of ocean wave systems on sediment and pollutant transport, along with better understanding wave loadings on civil infrastructure.
His current interests are in understanding energy, bubble and droplet statistics in plunging breakers; in wind-driven spume generation processes in ocean waves; in the dissipative properties of shallow-water breakers and coastal wave systems; and the combined effects of wind, waves and storm surge on coastal infrastructure.
Research Groups
Most Recent Publications
A numerical investigation into the interaction between rain and water waves
Bergin C, Mostert W, Pakrashi V & Dias F (2025), Computers & Fluids, 289, 106534
BibTeX
@article{anumericalinves-2025/3,
title={A numerical investigation into the interaction between rain and water waves},
author={Bergin C, Mostert W, Pakrashi V & Dias F},
journal={Computers & Fluids},
volume={289},
pages={106534},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2025"
}
Modelling wind-induced changes to overturning wave shape
Feddersen F, Hanson K, Mostert W & Fincham A (2024), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1000
BibTeX
@article{modellingwindin-2024/11,
title={Modelling wind-induced changes to overturning wave shape},
author={Feddersen F, Hanson K, Mostert W & Fincham A},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={1000},
number={A48},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2024"
}
A robust estimation of the response of floating wind turbines through piecewise linearization
Meng J, Mostert W & Chatzis M (2024), Proceedings of XII International Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2647
BibTeX
@inproceedings{arobustestimati-2024/6,
title={A robust estimation of the response of floating wind turbines through piecewise linearization},
author={Meng J, Mostert W & Chatzis M},
booktitle={XII International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN2023)},
year = "2024"
}
Fragmentation of colliding liquid rims
Tang K, Adcock T & Mostert W (2024), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 987
BibTeX
@article{fragmentationof-2024/5,
title={Fragmentation of colliding liquid rims},
author={Tang K, Adcock T & Mostert W},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={987},
number={A18},
publisher={Cambridge University Press},
year = "2024"
}
Bag film breakup of droplets in uniform airflows
Tang K, Adcock T & Mostert W (2023), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 970
BibTeX
@article{bagfilmbreakupo-2023/8,
title={Bag film breakup of droplets in uniform airflows},
author={Tang K, Adcock T & Mostert W},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={970},
number={A9},
publisher={Cambridge University Press},
year = "2023"
}
Characterizing energy dissipation of shallow-water wave breaking in a storm surge
Boswell H, Yan G & Mostert W (2023), Physical Review Fluids, 8
BibTeX
@article{characterizinge-2023/5,
title={Characterizing energy dissipation of shallow-water wave breaking in a storm surge},
author={Boswell H, Yan G & Mostert W},
journal={Physical Review Fluids},
volume={8},
number={054801},
publisher={American Physical Society},
year = "2023"
}
Capillary driven fragmentation of large gas bubbles in turbulence
Riviere A, Ruth DJ, Mostert W, Deike L & Perrard S (2022), Physical Review Fluids, 7(8)
BibTeX
@article{capillarydriven-2022/8,
title={Capillary driven fragmentation of large gas bubbles in turbulence},
author={Riviere A, Ruth DJ, Mostert W, Deike L & Perrard S},
journal={Physical Review Fluids},
volume={7},
number={83602},
publisher={American Physical Society},
year = "2022"
}
High-resolution direct simulation of deep water breaking waves: transition to turbulence, bubbles and droplets production
Mostert W, Popinet S & Deike L (2022), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 942
BibTeX
@article{highresolutiond-2022/5,
title={High-resolution direct simulation of deep water breaking waves: transition to turbulence, bubbles and droplets production},
author={Mostert W, Popinet S & Deike L},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={942},
number={A27},
publisher={Cambridge University Press},
year = "2022"
}
Effects of surface tension on the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in fully compressible and inviscid fluids
Tang K, Mostert W, Fuster D & Deike L (2021), Physical Review Fluids, 6(11)
BibTeX
@article{effectsofsurfac-2021/11,
title={Effects of surface tension on the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in fully compressible and inviscid fluids},
author={Tang K, Mostert W, Fuster D & Deike L},
journal={Physical Review Fluids},
volume={6},
number={113901},
publisher={American Physical Society},
year = "2021"
}
Bubble deformation by a turbulent flow
Perrard S, Rivi??re A, Mostert W & Deike L (2021), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 920, a15
BibTeX
@article{bubbledeformati-2021/8,
title={Bubble deformation by a turbulent flow},
author={Perrard S, Rivi??re A, Mostert W & Deike L},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={920},
pages={a15},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2021"
}
Sub-Hinze scale bubble production in turbulent bubble break-up
Rivi??re A, Mostert W, Perrard S & Deike L (2021), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 917, a40
BibTeX
@article{subhinzescalebu-2021/6,
title={Sub-Hinze scale bubble production in turbulent bubble break-up},
author={Rivi??re A, Mostert W, Perrard S & Deike L},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={917},
pages={a40},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2021"
}
Rayleigh???Taylor and Richtmyer???Meshkov instabilities: a journey through scales
Zhou Y, Williams RJR, Ramaprabhu P, Groom M, Thornber B et al. (2021), Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 423
BibTeX
@article{rayleightaylora-2021/4,
title={Rayleigh???Taylor and Richtmyer???Meshkov instabilities: a journey through scales},
author={Zhou Y, Williams RJR, Ramaprabhu P, Groom M, Thornber B et al.},
journal={Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena},
volume={423},
number={132838},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2021"
}
Inertial energy dissipation in shallow-water breaking waves
Mostert W & Deike L (2020), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 890, a12
BibTeX
@article{inertialenergyd-2020/5,
title={Inertial energy dissipation in shallow-water breaking waves},
author={Mostert W & Deike L},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={890},
pages={a12},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2020"
}
Bubble pinch-off in turbulence.
Ruth DJ, Mostert W, Perrard S & Deike L (2019), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(51), 25412-25417
BibTeX
@article{bubblepinchoffi-2019/12,
title={Bubble pinch-off in turbulence.},
author={Ruth DJ, Mostert W, Perrard S & Deike L},
journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
volume={116},
pages={25412-25417},
year = "2019"
}
Spontaneous singularity formation in converging cylindrical shock waves
Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V (2018), Physical Review Fluids, 3(7), 071401
BibTeX
@article{spontaneoussing-2018/7,
title={Spontaneous singularity formation in converging cylindrical shock waves},
author={Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V},
journal={Physical Review Fluids},
volume={3},
pages={071401},
publisher={American Physical Society (APS)},
year = "2018"
}
