Prof Raja Huilgol

Position/s:Professor of Mathematics
School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics
Phone: +61 8 82012938
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Location: Information, Science & Technology (223)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

Professor Huilgol is Professor of Mathematics. His research interests cover a wide range of areas: Hopf bifurcation in the dynamics of trains; finite elasticity; viscoelastic fluid mechanics; oxygen diffusion in marsupial brains; inverse methods in photosynthesis; pantograph-cable interaction in Very Fast Trains, and injection moulding of viscoplastic fluids. Prof. Huilgol had held positions at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Sydney and at the Swinburne Technical College.

Qualifications

1969 PhD, University of Sydney
1964 M. Eng. Sc(Hons), University of Melbourne
1960 B. Sc Engg., Banaras Hindu University
2001 Grad. Cert. Tert. Ed., Flinders University

Honours, awards and grants

Professor Huilgol was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the California Institute of Technology in 1983, and a CNRS Senior Visiting Professor at the University of Grenoble, France, in 1996 and 2000. He was awarded the Silver Medal of the Mexican Society of Rheology in 2001. He is a Fellow of the Australian Mathematical Society.

Teaching

Teaching interests

Solid, Fluid and Rigid Body Mechanics
Applied Mathematics
Finite Element Methods
Primary Mathematics Education

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Research and consultancy

Research interests

Prof. Huilgol's current research is in the thermo-fluid mechanics of viscoplastic materials, with a special emphasis into injection moulding problems. Specifically, this is based on his discovery of operator-splitting methods for the flows of compressible viscoplastic fluids in the presence of heat transfer and inertia.

Postgraduate research supervision

X. He
K. R. Rajagopal
M. Rassian
J. Walder

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Huilgol, R.R., 2010. On the description of the motion of the yield surface in unsteady shearing flows of a Bingham fluid as a jerk wave. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165, 65-69.

Huilgol, R.R. & You, Z.J., 2009. Prolegomena to variational inequalities and numerical schemes for compressible viscoplastic fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 158(1-3), 113-126.

Huilgol, R.R., 2009. On the definition of pressure in rheology. Rheology Bulletin, 78(2), 12-15.

You, Z.J., Huilgol, R.R., & Mitsoulis, E., 2008. Application of the Lambert W function to steady shearing flows of the Papanastasiou model. International Journal of Engineering Science, 46(8), 799-808.

Huilgol, R.R. & You, Z.J., 2006. On the importance of the pressure dependence of viscosity in steady non-isothermal shearing flows of compressible and incompressible fluids and in the isothermal fountain flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 136(2-3), 106-117.

Huilgol, R.R., 2006. On the derivation of the symmetric and asymmetric Hele-Shaw flow equations for viscous and viscoplastic fluids using the viscometric fluidity function. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 138(2-3), 209-213.

Huilgol, R.R., 2006. A systematic procedure to determine the minimum pressure gradient required for the flow of visoplastic fluids in pipes of symmetric cross-section. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 136(2-3), 140-146.

You, Z.J. & Huilgol, R.R., 2005. Application of the augmented Lagrangian method to steady pipe flows of Bingham, Casson and Herschel-Bulkley fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 128(2-3), 126-143.

Huilgol, R.R., Chatzimina, M., Georgiou, G.C., Argyropaidas, I., & Mitsoulis, E., 2005. Cessation of Couette and Poiseuille flows of a Bingham plastic and finite stopping times. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 129(3), 117-127.

Huilgol, R.R., 2004. On kinematic conditions affecting the existence and non-existence of a moving yield surface in unsteady unidirectional flows of Bingham fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 123(2-3), 215-221.

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Book chapters

Huilgol, R.R., 2009. Numbers and how we love them. In Words from Table One. Adelaide: Flinders Press, pp. 36-42.

Refereed journal articles

Huilgol, R.R., 2010. On the description of the motion of the yield surface in unsteady shearing flows of a Bingham fluid as a jerk wave. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165, 65-69.

Huilgol, R.R., 2009. On the definition of pressure in rheology. Rheology Bulletin, 78(2), 12-15.

Huilgol, R.R. & You, Z.J., 2009. Prolegomena to variational inequalities and numerical schemes for compressible viscoplastic fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 158(1-3), 113-126.

You, Z.J., Huilgol, R.R., & Mitsoulis, E., 2008. Application of the Lambert W function to steady shearing flows of the Papanastasiou model. International Journal of Engineering Science, 46(8), 799-808.

Huilgol, R.R., 2006. A systematic procedure to determine the minimum pressure gradient required for the flow of visoplastic fluids in pipes of symmetric cross-section. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 136(2-3), 140-146.

Huilgol, R.R. & You, Z.J., 2006. On the importance of the pressure dependence of viscosity in steady non-isothermal shearing flows of compressible and incompressible fluids and in the isothermal fountain flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 136(2-3), 106-117.

Huilgol, R.R., 2006. On the derivation of the symmetric and asymmetric Hele-Shaw flow equations for viscous and viscoplastic fluids using the viscometric fluidity function. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 138(2-3), 209-213.

You, Z.J. & Huilgol, R.R., 2005. Application of the augmented Lagrangian method to steady pipe flows of Bingham, Casson and Herschel-Bulkley fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 128(2-3), 126-143.

Huilgol, R.R., Chatzimina, M., Georgiou, G.C., Argyropaidas, I., & Mitsoulis, E., 2005. Cessation of Couette and Poiseuille flows of a Bingham plastic and finite stopping times. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 129(3), 117-127.

Huilgol, R.R., 2004. On kinematic conditions affecting the existence and non-existence of a moving yield surface in unsteady unidirectional flows of Bingham fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 123(2-3), 215-221.

Mitsoulis, E. & Huilgol, R.R., 2004. Entry flows of Bingham plastics in expansions. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 122(1-3), 45-54.

Huilgol, R.R., 2002. Variational inequalities in the flows of yield stress fluids including inertia: theory and applications. Physics of Fluids, 14(3), 1269-1283.

Huilgol, R.R., Mena, & Piau, J.M., 2002. Finite stopping time problems and rheometry of Bingham fluids. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 102(1), 97-107.

Nguyen, Q. & Huilgol, R.R., 2001. Variational principles and variational inequalities for the unsteady flows of a yield stress fluid. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 36, 49-67.

Huilgol, R.R., Zenit, R., Chavez, B.E., Galacia, O.M., Geffory, E., & Mena, 2001. Grain drying and aeration in a solar hexagonal silo. Particulate Science and Technology, 19, 45-65.

Huilgol, R.R., Huilgol, S.C., Markey, A., Calonje, E., Seed, P.T., Poon, E., & Barlow, R., 2001. Scanned continuous wave CO2 laser resurfacing: A closer look at the different scanning modes. Dermatologic Surgery, 27, 467-470.

Journal articles

Huilgol, R.R., 2009. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh. Transnational Literature, 1(2), 1-3.

Huilgol, R.R., 2009. On the definition of pressure in rheology. Rheology Bulletin, 78(2).

Conference publications

Huilgol, R.R., 2009. Propagation of singular surfaces in viscoelastic and viscoplastic fluids. 5th Annual European Rheology Conference: Scientific Programme and Abstracts.

Huilgol, R.R. & You, Z.J., 2008. Operator-splitting schemes for the flows of compressible viscoplastic fluids. XVth International Congress on Rheology - AIP Conference Proceedings, 1027, 261-263.

You, Z.J. & Huilgol, R.R., 2008. Operator-splitting schemes for a Bingham fluid in a cavity flow. Proceedings of the XXII International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 98 - ID 11353-98 - ID 11353.

Huilgol, R.R., Mitsoulis, E., & You, Z.J., 2007. Application of the Lambert W function to obtain analytic solutions for the Papanastasiou model. Book of Abstracts: AERC 2007, 93-93.

You, Z.J. & Huilgol, R.R., 2006. Three dimensional simulation of the elbow flow of Bingham Fluids. PPS-22 Proceedings.

Huilgol, R.R. & You, Z.J., 2006. Importance of pressure dependence of viscosity in steady non-isothermal shearing flows of compressible and incompressible fluids. Proceedings of the PPS-22.

Huilgol, R.R., 2004. On the non-existence of a moving yield surface in the Rayleigh problem for Bingham fluids. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress on Rheology.

Chatzimina, M., Georgiou, G.C., Mitsoulis, E., & Huilgol, R.R., 2004. Finite stopping times in Couette and Poiseuille flows of viscoplastic fluids. Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress on Rheology.

Huilgol, R.R., 2002. Finite stopping time problems and rheometry of viscoplastic fluids. Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Rheology.

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Professional and community engagement

Reviewer for journals in the fields of Rheology and Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics.

Expertise for media contact

  • Applied Mathematics Fluid Mechanics

Subject/s

  • Mathematics


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