Papers of G. K. Batchelor

Inventory list
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Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 'First contact with GIT' [Sir G I Taylor] File 1943-1944
2 Correspondence concerning admission to Trinity College File 1943-1944
3 Offer of a lectureship at Brown University File 1947
6 Papers relating to an application for a Royal Society Smithson Research Fellowship which Batchelor later withdrew File 1948
8 Unsuccessful application for a British Council Travel Grant File 1951-1952
13 Correspondence relating to the Chair of Mathematics at the University College of the South West, Exeter File 25 Jun 1952
14 Enquiry as to whether Batchelor would be interested in applying for the Chair of Applied Mathematics at University College Swansea File 15 Apr 1953
2 Correspondence concerning the establishment of a DAMTP fluid dynamics laboratory including papers for an earlier attempt to establish similar under G I Taylor File 1953, 1960-1964, 1988
3 Papers relating to the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy File 1971-1975
1 Papers relating to research students File 1972-1992
4 Papers relating to the debate on fees for overseas students File 1980-1984
1 Correspondence concerning consultancy work by Batchelor with the National Physical Laboratory Ship Division, The Admiralty and the Atomic Energy Authority File 1951-1965
3 Papers relating to a NERC grant for research entitled ‘Transport of cohesive particles in turbulent flow’ File 1968-1973
6 Papers relating to an abortive research agreement with BP on the rheology of concentrated dispersions File 1981-1982
10 Optical detection system for the discrimination of germinated from non-germinated seeds developed with Cambridge Consultants File 1986
119 ‘Free convection due to a random buoyancy force’ Item May 1988-1989
35 Original text of 'The effect of Brownian motion on the bulk stress in a suspension of spherical particles' File 1977
42 'Applications of the Onsager reciprocal relation in colloid science ' File 1987
45 'Instability of stratified fluid in a vertical cylinder', written together with J M Nitsche File 1989-1993
48 'Break-up of a falling drop containing dispersed particles' written with J M Nitsche File 1996
51 'A physical interpretation of Loitsiansky’s invariant in homogeneous turbulence' written with M J Lighthill. [possibly an unpublished paper] File 1950s
29 ‘Any scope for applying lubrication layer technique to sedimentation and porous medium problems?’ Item n.d.
31 ‘Release of work on heat in process of solution’ Item n.d.
36 ‘Sound waves in a stationary non-uniform medium’ Item n.d.
42 ‘Disk rotating in infinite fluid, disk suddenly changes its angular velocity’ Item n.d.
45 Notebook: ‘GKB Book 4’ Item 10 Dec 1941- 20 May 1950
46 Notes Item 1943-
61 ‘Refraction of sound by temperature stratification in the atmosphere’, with correspondence with Bob Stewart and H E von Gierke Item 1956
73 'The probability density p() when Brownian motion acts’ Item 2 Jun 1972
85 ‘The bulk stress to order C² with inclusion of effect of Brownian motion’ Item