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
Breaking threshold and energy dissipation in solitary waves in a depth transition
Mostert W, Boswell H & Yan G (2023)
BibTeX
@misc{breakingthresho-2023/2,
title={Breaking threshold and energy dissipation in solitary waves in a depth transition},
author={Mostert W, Boswell H & Yan G},
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={ARTN 083602},
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-2022/7,
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 (CUP)},
year = "2022"
}
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, 132838-132838
BibTeX
@article{rayleightaylora-2021/9,
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},
pages={132838-132838},
publisher={Elsevier BV},
year = "2021"
}
Bubble deformation by a turbulent flow
Perrard S, Rivière A, Mostert W & Deike L (2021), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 920
BibTeX
@article{bubbledeformati-2021/8,
title={Bubble deformation by a turbulent flow},
author={Perrard S, Rivière A, Mostert W & Deike L},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={920},
number={A15},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2021"
}
Sub-Hinze scale bubble production in turbulent bubble break-up
Rivière A, Mostert W, Perrard S & Deike L (2021), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 917
BibTeX
@article{subhinzescalebu-2021/6,
title={Sub-Hinze scale bubble production in turbulent bubble break-up},
author={Rivière A, Mostert W, Perrard S & Deike L},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={917},
number={A40},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2021"
}
Inertial energy dissipation in shallow-water breaking waves
Mostert W & Deike L (2020), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 890
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},
number={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, 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},
volume={116},
pages={25412-25417},
publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
year = "2019"
}
Singularity formation on perturbed planar shock waves
Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V (2018), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 846, 536-562
BibTeX
@article{singularityform-2018/7,
title={Singularity formation on perturbed planar shock waves},
author={Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={846},
pages={536-562},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2018"
}
Geometrical shock dynamics for magnetohydrodynamic fast shocks
Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V (2017), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 811
BibTeX
@article{geometricalshoc-2017/1,
title={Geometrical shock dynamics for magnetohydrodynamic fast shocks},
author={Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={811},
number={R2},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2017"
}
Converging cylindrical magnetohydrodynamic shock collapse onto a power-law-varying line current
Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V (2016), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 793, 414-443
BibTeX
@article{convergingcylin-2016/4,
title={Converging cylindrical magnetohydrodynamic shock collapse onto a power-law-varying line current},
author={Mostert W, Pullin DI, Samtaney R & Wheatley V},
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics},
volume={793},
pages={414-443},
publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)},
year = "2016"
}
Effects of magnetic fields on magnetohydrodynamic cylindrical and spherical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability
Mostert W, Wheatley V, Samtaney R & Pullin DI (2015), Physics of Fluids, 27(10), 104102-104102
BibTeX
@article{effectsofmagnet-2015/10,
title={Effects of magnetic fields on magnetohydrodynamic cylindrical and spherical Richtmyer-Meshkov instability},
author={Mostert W, Wheatley V, Samtaney R & Pullin DI},
journal={Physics of Fluids},
volume={27},
pages={104102-104102},
publisher={AIP Publishing},
year = "2015"
}
Effects of seed magnetic fields on magnetohydrodynamic implosion structure and dynamics
Mostert W, Wheatley V, Samtaney R & Pullin DI (2014), Physics of Fluids, 26(12), 126102-126102
BibTeX
@article{effectsofseedma-2014/12,
title={Effects of seed magnetic fields on magnetohydrodynamic implosion structure and dynamics},
author={Mostert W, Wheatley V, Samtaney R & Pullin DI},
journal={Physics of Fluids},
volume={26},
pages={126102-126102},
publisher={AIP Publishing},
year = "2014"
}
Converging cylindrical shocks in ideal magnetohydrodynamics
Pullin DI, Mostert W, Wheatley V & Samtaney R (2014), Physics of Fluids, 26(9), 097103-097103
BibTeX
@article{convergingcylin-2014/9,
title={Converging cylindrical shocks in ideal magnetohydrodynamics},
author={Pullin DI, Mostert W, Wheatley V & Samtaney R},
journal={Physics of Fluids},
volume={26},
pages={097103-097103},
publisher={AIP Publishing},
year = "2014"
}
Effects of surface tension on the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in fully compressible and inviscid fluids
Tang K, Mostert W, Fuster D & Deike L (0), Physical Review Fluids, 6(11)
BibTeX
@article{effectsofsurfac-/,
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 (APS)}
}
