David Evans (mathematician)

This article is about the Bristol mathematician. For the Cardiff mathematician, see David E. Evans. For other people named David or Dave Evans, see David Evans (disambiguation).

David V. Evans
Fields	Applied mathematics
Institutions	University of Bristol
Alma mater	University of Manchester
Doctoral advisor	Fritz Ursell
Known for	Bristol cylinder (wave energy converter)

David V. Evans is a British applied mathematician noted for his contributions to water waves and acoustics. Together with John Nicholas Newman, he initiated the International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies.^[1] He is also known for the Bristol cylinder, a wave energy converter. He is currently an emeritus professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bristol.

Evans obtained his BSc in Mathematics from the University of Manchester in 1962 and his PhD in 1966 under the supervision of Fritz Ursell^[2]. After completing his PhD at the University of Manchester, Evans worked as a post-doc at the Stevens Institute of Technology and MIT before going back to Bristol.^[3]

The 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies is dedicated to Evans on the occasion of his retirement.^[4]

Selected publications

• Evans, D. V. (1976), "A theory for wave-power absorption by oscillating bodies", Journal of Fluid Mechanics 77 (1): 1–25, Bibcode 1976JFM....77....1E, doi:10.1017/S0022112076001109 
• Evans, D. V. (1981), "Power From Water Waves", Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 13: 157–187, Bibcode 1981AnRFM..13..157E, doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.13.010181.001105 

See also

• Wave power

References

1. ^ "About the IWWWFB". iwwwfb.org. http://www.iwwwfb.org/about.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-25. 
2. ^ "Peaks and troughs of wave energy: the dreams and the reality - speaker biographies". royalsociety.org. http://royalsociety.org/events/wave-energy-biographies/. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
3. ^ Newman, John (2006), Linton, C. M.; McIver, Phil; McIver, Maureen, eds., Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Loughborough University, http://www.iwwwfb.org/Abstracts/iwwwfb21/iwwwfb21_00.pdf 
4. ^ Linton, C. M.; McIver, Phil; McIver, Maureen, eds. (2006), Proceedings of the 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Loughborough University, http://www.iwwwfb.org/Abstracts/iwwwfb21/iwwwfb21_00.pdf 

External links

• International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies web site

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