Papers In Refereed Journals and Books

• Pedchenko, A., Molokov, S., Priede, J., Lukyanov, A. , THOMAS, P.J. (2009) "Experimental model of the interfacial instability in aluminium reduction cells". Euro. Phys. Lett. , 88 , 24001, PDF .

• Brend, M.A. , THOMAS, P.J. (2009) "Decay of vortex rings in a rotating fluid". Phys. Fluids , 21 , 044105, PDF .

• Guyez, E. , THOMAS, P.J. (2009) "Effects of Particle Properties on Segregation-Pattern Drift in Particle-Laden Rimming Flow". Phys. Fluids , 21 , 033301, PDF .

• Guyez, E. , THOMAS, P.J. (2008) "Spatio-Temporal Segregation-Pattern Drift in Particle-Laden Rimming Flow". Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 , 074501, PDF .

• Zoueshtiagh, F. , THOMAS, P.J. , Thomy, V., Merlen, A. (2008) "Micrometric Ripple Patterns in a Capillary Tube". Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 , 054501, PDF .

• Rostami, M., Ardeshir, A., Ahmadi, G. THOMAS, P.J. (2008) "On the Effect of Gravitational and Hydrodynamic Forces on Particle Motion in a Quiescent Fluid at High Particle Reynolds Numbers". Can. J. Phys. 86 791-799, PDF .

• Rostami, M., Ardeshir, A., Ahmadi, G. THOMAS, P.J. (2007) "Development of a Low Cost and Safe PIV for Mean Velocity and Reynolds Stress Measurements". Accepted for publication in Int. J. Eng., Trans. A:Basics 20 no. 2, 105-116, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. , Linden, P.F. (2007) "Rotating Gravity Currents: Small-scale and large-scale experiments and a geostrophic model". J. Fluid Mech. 578 , 35-65, PDF .

• Rostami, M., Ardeshir, A., Ahmadi, G. THOMAS, P.J. (2006) "Can the Histrory Force be Neglected for the Motion of Particles at High Subcritical Reynolds Range?". Int. J. Eng., Trans. B:Applications 19 no. 1, 23-34, PDF .

• Carpenter, P.W. , THOMAS, P.J. (2007) "Flow Over Compliant Rotating Discs". J. Eng. Math. 57 no. 3, 303-315. Invited paper for Special Issue on Rotating-Disk Flow, published first online 30 Nov. 2006. PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. , Zoueshtiagh, F. (2007) "Rotating-Disk-Type Flow Over Loose Boundaries". J. Eng. Math. 57 no. 3, 317-332. Invited paper for Special Issue on Rotating-Disk Flow, published first online 10 Nov. 2006 PDF .

• Colley, A.J., Carpenter, P.W., THOMAS, P.J. , Ali, R., Zoueshtiagh, F. (2006) "Experimental Verification of Type-II-eigenmode Destabilization in the Boundary Layer Over a Compliant Rotating Disk". Phys. Fluids 18 , 054107, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. , Zoueshtiagh, F. (2005) "Granular Ripples Under Rotating Flow: A new technique for studying ripples in non-rotating, geophysical applications? ". Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. 363 (no. 1832), 1663-1676, Invited paper for Special Theme Issue on Geophysical Granular and Particle-Laden Flows, PDF .

• Zoueshtiagh, F., & THOMAS, P.J. (2003) "Spiral Patterns Formed by Granular Media Underneath a Rotating Fluid: Experiment vs. Computation ". In 'A Gallery of Fluid Motion', ed. M. Samimy et al. , p.35, Cambridge University Press, (originally published in Phys. Fluids 12 , p.S10.)

• Zoueshtiagh, F., Ali, R., Colley, A.J., THOMAS, P.J. , Carpenter, P.W. (2003) "Laminar-Turbulent Boundary-Layer Transition Over a Rough Rotating Disk". Phys. Fluids 15 , pp. 2441-2444, PDF .

• Cros, A., Ali, R., Le Gal, P., THOMAS, P.J., Schouveiler, L., Carpenter, P.W., Chauve, M.P. (2003) "Effects of Wall Compliance on the Laminar-Turbulent Transition of Torsional Couette Flow". J. Fluid Mech. 481, 177-186, PDF .

• Zoueshtiagh, F. & THOMAS, P.J. (2003) "Universal Scaling Governing Ripple Formation in Granular Media". Phys. Rev. E 67 , pp. 031301-1 - 031301-5. PDF .

• CARPENTER, P.W., THOMAS, P.J., Nagata, M. (2003) "Rotating Flows Over Compliant Walls" in 'Flow Past Highly Compliant Boundaries and in Collapsible Tubes' edited by P.W Carpenter and T.J. Pedley, Series Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held at the University of Warwick, 26-30th March 2001, pp. 167-187, Kluwer Academic Press.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Riddell, G.D., Kooner, S. & King, G.P. (2001) "Fine Structure of Granular Banding in Two-Phase Rimming Flow". Phys. Fluids 13 , pp.2720-2723, PDF .

• Zoueshtiagh, F., & THOMAS, P.J. (2000) "Spiral Patterns Formed by Granular Media Underneath a Rotating Fluid: Experiment vs. Computation ". Phys. Fluids 12 , p.S10. Published as one of the winning contributions to the Gallery of Fluid Motion contest held at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics (American Physical Society), New Orleans, 21-23 Nov. 1999. (Click here for a brief overview concerning this.)

• THOMAS, P.J. , Zoueshtiagh, F. (2000) "Granular Spiral Ripples underneath a Rotating Fluid". Album of Visualization 17 , p.1-2, published by the Visualization Society of Japan.

• Zoueshtiagh, F., & THOMAS, P.J. (2000) "Wavelength Scaling of Spiral Patterns Formed by Granular Media Underneath a Rotating Fluid". Phys. Rev. E 61 , 5588-5592. PDF .

• Boote, O., & THOMAS, P.J. (1999) "Effects of Granular Additives on Transition Boundaries between Flow States of rimming flows". Phys. Fluids 11 , 2020-2029, PDF .

• Colley, A.J., THOMAS, P.J. , Carpenter, P.W. & Cooper A.J. (1999) "An Experimental Study of Boundary-Layer Transition over a Rotating, Compliant Disc". Phys. Fluids 11 , 3340-3352, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. , & Linden, P.F. (1998) "A bi-modal structure imposed on gravity driven boundary currents in rotating systems by effects of the bottom topography". Exp. in Fluids 25 , 388-391, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. (1997) "A numerical study of the influence of the Basset force on the statistics of LDV velocity data sampled in a flow region with a large spatial velocity gradient". Exp. in Fluids 23 , 48-53, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J., & Linden, P.F. (1996) "A laboratory simulation of mixing across tidal fronts". J. Fluid Mech. 309, 321-344. PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. (1994) "Pattern formation of granules on the bottom of a differentially rotating tank". J. Fluid Mech. 274, 23-41, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. & Auerbach, D. (1994) "The observation of the simultaneous development of a long- and a short-wave instability mode on a vortex pair". J. Fluid Mech. 265, 289-302, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. & Butefisch, K.-A. (1993) "An investigation of the influence of the size distribution of seeding particles on LDA velocity data in the vicinity of a large velocity gradient". Phys. Fluids A 5(11), 2807-2814, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. , Butefisch, K.-A. & Sauerland, K.H. (1993) "On the motion of particles in a fluid under the influence of large velocity gradients". Exp. in Fluids 14, No.1-2, 42-48, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. (1992) "On the influence of the Basset history force on the motion of a particle through a fluid". Phys. Fluids A 5(9), 2090-2093, PDF .

• THOMAS, P.J. (1989) "Experiments on the motion and stability of rectilinear vortices". Zeitung fuer Angew. Math. Mech. 69 (6), T610-T611.

Conference Publications

• THOMAS, P.J. , Gregorio, S., Brend M. (2010) "Laboratory Simulations Investigating Effects of the Bottom Topography on the Dynamics of Oceanographic Coastal Currents". In Proceedings of the HYDRALAB III Joint Transnational Access User Meeting (editors Joachim Gruene and Mark Klein Breteler), Hannover, 2nd-4th February, pp. 127-130, ISBN-987-3-00-030141-4, PDF .

• Vlaskamp, J.H.A., THOMAS, P.J. , Hollerbach, R.H. (2009) "Effect of the Sign of Ro on the Stability of Stewartson Layers Generated by a Rotating Disc". Abstract in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 54, no. 19, pp. 290, Program of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 22-24 November 2009, ISSN 0003-0503

• Pedcenko, A., Molokov, S., Priede, J., Lukyanov, A., , THOMAS, P.J. , (2009) "Experimental Results on Instability in Aluminium Reduction Cells". Book of Abstracts, UK MHD Conference, Coventry University, Coventry, UK, 3rd-4th June, p. 13.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Guyez, E. (2009) "The Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Segregation-Band Drift in Particle-Laden Rimming Flow", talk presented at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Conference on Dense Granular Flows, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK, 5-9 January.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Zoueshtiagh, F., Merlen, A., Thomy, V. (2008) "Micro Ripples, sand Ripples and their Universal wavelength Scaling", talk presented at the EUROMECH, 7th European Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC7), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 14-18 September. Extended Abstract published on p. 332 in Book of Abstracts.

• Guyez, E., THOMAS, P.J. (2008) "Dynamics of Band Drift in Particle-Laden Rimming Flow", talk presented at the EUROMECH, 7th European Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC7), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 14-18 September. Extended Abstract published on p. 130 in Book of Abstracts.

• Gregorio, S.O., THOMAS, P.J. , Brend, M.A., Ellingsen, I.H. Linden, P.F. (2008) "Oceanographic Coastal Currents over Bottom Slopes", talk presented at the EUROMECH, 7th European Fluid Mechanics Conference (EFMC7), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 14-18 September. Extended Abstract published on p. 125 in Book of Abstracts.

• Pedcenko, A., Molokov, S., , THOMAS, P.J. , Lukyanov, A., Priede, J. (2008) "Experimental Study of Interfacial Instability in Aluminium Reduction Cells". Proc. 7th PAMIR Conference on Fundamenatl and Applied MHD, Presquile de Giens, France 8th-12th September, pp. 923-927. PDF

• Takahiro, Y., Vlaskamp, J., THOMAS, P.J. , Murai, Y., Takeda, Y. (2008) "Twisted Wake of a Sphere in Rotating Flow". Abstract in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, vol. 53, no. 15, pp. 124-125, Program of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 23-25 November 2008, ISSN 0003-0503

• Gregorio, S.O., THOMAS, P.J. , Brend, M.A., Ellingsen, I.H. Linden, P.F. (2008) "Effects of the Bottom Topography on Gravity-Driven Oceanographic Coastal Currents", talk presented at EUROMECH Colloquium 501 on 'Mixing of Coastal, Estuarine and Riverine Shallow Flows', Instituto di Idraulica e Infrastrutture Viarie, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.

• Guyez, E., THOMAS, P.J. (2008) "Particel -Laden Rimming Flow: Dynamics of Segregation Banding", 50th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Manchester, 31 March-3 April.

• Oishi, Y., Brend, M.A., , THOMAS, P.J. , Murai, Y., Takeda, Y. (2008) "Measurement of Oscillating Vortex Ring of Fundamental Mode Using Color PTV". To appear in the Proceedings of the 36th Visualization Symposium, organized by the Visualization Society of Japan, 22-23 July, Tokyo, Japan, Preprint .

• Gregorio, S.O., THOMAS, P.J. , Brend, M.A., Linden, P.F. (2008) "Large-Scale and Small-Scale Laboratory Simulations of Gravity-Driven Coastal Currents". Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, 2-7 March.

• Gregorio, S.O., THOMAS, P.J. , Linden, P.F., Levin, J.C., Haidvogel, D.B., Taskinoglu, E.S. (2007) "Investigation of Gravity-Driven Coastal Currents". To be published in proceedings of: 18eme Congres Francais de Mecanique, Grenoble, France 27-30 August, Preprint .

• THOMAS, P.J. , Linden, P.F., Gregorio, S.O. Levin, J.C., Haidvogel, D.B. (2007) "Oceanographic coastal currents: Small-scale and large-scale laboratory simulations and a geostrophic model". Geophysical Research Abstracts 9 , ISSN 1029-7007, published by the European Geosciences Union, CD containing abstracts of talks presented at the EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 15-20 April Abstract .

• Brend, M.A., THOMAS, P.J. , Carpenter, P.W. (2006) "Experiments on Vortex-Ring Dynamics in a Rotating Fluid". Abstract published on p.111 in Book of Abstracts, Vol. 1 , EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference 6 (EFMC6), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden 26-30 June.

• Zoueshtiagh, F., Thomy, V., THOMAS, P.J. (2006) "Granular Micro Ripples in a Capillary Tube". Abstract published on p.332 in Book of Abstracts, Vol. 2 , EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference 6 (EFMC6), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden 26-30 June.

• Brend, M.A., THOMAS, P.J. (2006) "Effects of Background Rotation on Vortex Rings". Paper presented at the annual half-day meeting on {\it The Dynamics of Rotating Fluids}, held at University College London, Department of Mathematics, 6 January 2006.

• THOMAS, P.J. (2005) "The Latest on Segregation-Banding in Suspensions: From Benchtop Experiments to a New Large-Scale Rotating-Cylinder Facility". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 50, No.9, p.141-142, Program of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 20-22 November 2005, ISSN 0003-0503.

• Brend, M.A., THOMAS, P.J. Xiao, Z., Carpenter, P.W., Verzicco, R. (2005) "Experiments with a New, Unique Large-Scale Rig Investigating the Effects of Background Rotation on Vortex Rings in Water". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 50, No.9, p.165, Program of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 20-22 November 2005, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. (2005) "Density-Driven Oceanographic Coastal Currents: a Geostrophic Model and Laboratory Simulations". Paper read at the: Workshop on Dynamical Systems, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence , 31 October - 2 November, Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick.

• Inaba, K., Kitaura, H., Murai, Y., Xiao, Z., THOMAS, P.J., Brend, M., Takeda, Y. (2005) "Analysis of a Vortex Ring in Rotating Field Using Multi-Dimensional UVP". In the: Book of Abstracts, 14th International Couette-Taylor Workshop , 5-7 September, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, pp. 99-100.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Z. Xiao, M.A. Brend, P.W. Carpenter (2005) "The Influence of Background System Rotation on the Dynamics and the Stability of Vortex Rings", talk presented at the conference Recent Advances in Nonlinear Mechanics , 30 August - 1 September, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.

• THOMAS, P.J. (2005) "Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Background Rotation on the Dynamics and the Stability of Vortex Rings", Invited talk, Conference on Vortex Rings and Filaments in Classical and Quantum Systems , 6 June - 8 June, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, Photo of Participants of Conference .

• Murai, Y., Kitaura, H., Xiao, Z. THOMAS, P.J. , Takeda, Y. (2004) "Study of Vortex-Ring Dynamics Using UVP". In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Ultrasonic Doppler Method for Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Engineering , 6 September - 8 September, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, pp. 3-8.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Linden, P.F., Marah, D. (2004) "Modelling Oceanographic Coastal Currents in Small-scale and Large-scale Laboratory Experiments". In: Abstract Book and CD-ROM of the 21st International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (organised by Int. Union of Theor. and Appl. Mech.), 15 August - 21 August, Warsaw, Poland. Abstract Book published by IPPT AN, ISBN 83-89687-01-1.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Colley, A.J., Carpenter, P.W., Ali, R., Zoueshtiagh, F. (2003) "Measurement of Type-II Eigenmode Destabilization in Boundary-Layer Transition Over a Rotating, Compliant Disk". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 48, No.10, p.148-149, Program of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, 23-25 November 2003, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. Zoueshtiagh, F. (2003) "Granular Ripples Under Rotating Flow". Paper presented at the Newton Institute Workshop Geophysical Granular and Particle-Laden Flows , Bristol, U.K., 27-31 October.

• THOMAS, P.J. Zoueshtiagh, F., Ali, R., Carpenter, P.W. (2003) "Boundary-Layer Transition Over a Rough Rotating Disk". In: Abstract volume for the 5th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference, p. 394, Toulouse, France, 24-28 August.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Cros, A., Ali, R., Le Gal, P., Schouveiler, L., Carpenter, P.W., Chauve, M.P. (2002) "Experiments on the Influence of Wall Compliance on the Laminar-Turbulent Transition of Torsional Couette Flow". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 47, No.10, p.137-138, Program of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, Texas, USA, 24-26 November 2002, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. , (2002) "Stars and Stripes in Jars and Pipes : Patterns in Rotating Suspensions". Talk presented at the Particle Size Segregation, Mixing and Pattern Formation in Granular Media workshop, St. Martins College, Lancaster, UK, 11-16th August.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Riddell, G., King, G.P., (2001) "Granular Banding - The Fine Structure". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 46, No.10, p.223, Program of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, California, USA, 18-20 November 2001, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Flexas, M.D.M., Zoueshtiagh, F., Linden, P.F., Sommeria, J. (2001) "Simulating River Discharges into the Ocean - Small Scale vs. Large Scale Experiments". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 46, No.10, p.114, Program of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, California, USA, 18-20 November 2001, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Picarelli, A. (2001) "Bubbles in Trouble". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 46, No.10, p.60, Program of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, California, USA, 18-20 November 2001, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Zoueshtiagh, F., Flexas, M.d.M., Sommeria, J. (2001) "Experiments on Gravity-Driven Surface Currents Simulating Fresh-Water River Discharges into the Ocean". Accepted for presentation at the 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics , Arizona State University, 5-8 Dec., Tempe, USA.

• Zoueshtiagh, F., THOMAS, P.J. (2001) "Granular Ripple Patterns in Fluvial Systems". Paper presented at the {\it Sand-Fluid Interface Workshop}, 2-5 May, Paris, France.

• Cros, A., Ali, R., Schouveiler, L., THOMAS, P.J. , Le Gal, P., Chauve, M.P., Carpenter, P.W., Davies, C. (2001) "Transition of Torsional Couette Flow between a Compliant Rotating Disk and a Stationary Rigid Wall". Submitted for presentation at the IUTAM Symposium on Flow in Collapsible Tubes and Past other Highly Compliant Boundaries , 26-30 March, Coventry, UK.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Riddell, G.D., Kooner, S., King, G.P. (2000) "Flow Patterns in Two-Phase Rimming Flow". In: Book of Abstracts , p. 177, 4th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference, 19-23 November, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, published by Universiteit Eindhoven, ISBN 90-386-2652-5.

• Zoueshtiagh, F., THOMAS, P.J. (2000) "Wavelength Scaling of Ripple Patterns in Rotating and Non-Rotating Fluvial Systems". In: Book of Abstracts , p. 178, 4th EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference, 19-23 November, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, published by Universiteit Eindhoven, ISBN 90-386-2652-5.

• Zoueshtiagh, F., THOMAS, P.J. (2000) "Computational and Experimental Study of Spiral Patterns in Granular Media Under a Rotating Fluid". In: Abstract Book of the 20th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (organised by Int. Union of Theor. and Appl. Mech.), 27 August - 2 September, Chicago, USA. Abstract Book published as Tech. Report No. 950, Dept. of Theor. and Appl. Mech., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ISSN 0073-5264.

• Zoueshtiagh, F., THOMAS, P.J. (2000) "Fluvial Ripple Patterns in Rotating and Non-Rotating Systems". Paper presented at XVII Sitges Euroconference on Coherent Structures in Classical Systems, 5-9 June 2000, Sitges, Spain.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Zoueshtiagh, F. (2000) "A Cellular-Automaton Model to Simulate Spiral Patterns in Granular Media Underneath a Rotating Fluid". In: Program of British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, 25-28 April 2000, UMIST, Manchester.

• Zoueshtiagh, F. & THOMAS, P.J. (1999) "Ripple Patterns in Granular Media Underneath a Rotating Fluid". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 44, No.8, p.47, Program of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 21-23 November 1999, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. , Colley, A.J., Carpenter, P.W. & Cooper, A.J. (1999) "Experiments on Boundary-Layer Transition Over a Rotating Compliant Disc". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 44, No.8, p.58-59, Program of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 21-23 November 1999, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. & Boote, O. (1998) "Experiments on the Effects of Granular Additives on Transitions between Flow States of a Rimming Flow". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 43, No.9, p.1991, Program of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 22-24 November 1998, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. & Linden, P.F. (1997) "Experiments on the Influence of a Sloping Bottom on the Dynamics of Boundary Currents in a Rotating System". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 42, No.11, p.2200, Program of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, California, USA, 23-25 November 1997, ISSN 0003-0503.

• Colley, A.J., THOMAS, P.J. , Carpenter, P.W. (1997) "An Experimental Investigation of the Stability of the Boundary-Layer Over a Rotating Disk Covered with a Compliant Coating", In: Book of Abstracts, 3rd European Fluid Mechanics Conference, Goettingen, Germany, 15-18 September.

• THOMAS, P.J. (1996) "The Response Behaviour of Seeding Particles to a Flow Region with a Large Spatial Velocity Gradient". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 41, No.9, p.1804, Program of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Syracuse, New York, USA, 24-26 November 1996, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. & Linden, P.F. (1996) "An experimental study of gravity currents in a rotating frame of reference". In: Book of abstracts of the XIXth International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 25-31 August 1996, p. 493.

• Thomas, P.J. & Linden, P.F. (1995) "A laboratory simulation of mixing across tidal fronts". In: Bulletin of the American Physical Society 40, No.12, p.1997, Program of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Irvine, California, USA, 19-21 November 1995, ISSN 0003-0503.

• THOMAS, P.J. (1994) "Pattern formation of granules on the bottom of a differentially rotating tank". In: Abstracts of papers of the 2nd European Fluid Mechanics Conference, Warsaw, Poland, 20-24 September 1994.

• Leuchter, O., Amram, K., THOMAS, P.J. (1992) "Etude theoretique et experimentale du comportement des particules a la traverse d'une onde de choc". In: Proc. of 3eme Congres Francophone de velocimetrie Laser, Toulouse, France, 21-24 September 1992 (organised by CERT-ONERA).

• THOMAS, P.J. (1991) "Folgeverhalten von Teilchen unter dem Einfluss grosser Geschwindigkeitsgradienten" (English translation of title: Motion of particles under the influence of large velocity gradients). Abstract of talk in: Proc. STAB Workshop, Nov. 1991, DLR, Goettingen, Germany.

Other Publications

• THOMAS, P.J. (1991) "Experimentelle und theoretische Untersuchungen zum Folgeverhalten von Teilchen unter dem Einfluss grosser Geschwindigkeitsgradienten in kompressibler Stroemung". (English translation of title: Experimental and theoretical investigations of the particle lag of particles under the influence of large velocity gradients in compressible flow). Doctoral Thesis, University of Goettingen. Published by Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR, German Aerospace Research Establishment) as Research Report DLR-FB 91-25, ISSN 0939-2936.

• THOMAS, P.J. (1988) "Experimentelle Untersuchung von Stabwirbeln in Wasser" (English translation of title: Experimental investigation of rectilinear vortices in water), Diplom Thesis, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen. Published by Max-Planck-Institut fuer Stroemungsforschung as Report 15/1988, ISSN 0436-1199.

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