Dr Dalton Harvie

Academic Teaching

• Transport Processes
• Process Engineering 2

Current Research Fields and Interests

• Modelling Microfluidic Droplets
• Electrokinetic Circuits
• Relating Surface Wettability and Structure
• Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows
• Simulating Muscle/Fluid Interaction
• Droplet/Hot Surface Impacts (Dynamic Leidenfrost)
• Sedimentation Instabilities
• Spray Dryer Technology

More details can be found on my research homepage. Please come and have a chat if you are interested in doing a PhD in one of these areas.

Selected Recent Publications

• Dalton J. E. Harvie, M. R. Davidson, and Murray Rudman. An analysis of parasitic current generation in volume of fluid simulations. Appl. Math Mod., 30(10):1056-1066, 2006. [link]
• David Fletcher, Baoyu Guo, Dalton J. E. Harvie, Tim Langrish, Justin Nijdam, and Jennifer Williams. What is important in the simulation of spray dryer performance and how do current CFD models perform? Appl. Math Mod., 30:1281-1292, 2006. [link]
• Gary Rosengarten, Dalton J. E. Harvie, and Justin J. Cooper-White. Contact angle effects on microdroplet deformation using CFD. Appl. Math Mod., 30(10):1033-1042, 2006.
• Dalton J. E. Harvie, Malcolm R. Davidson, Justin J. Cooper-White, and Murray J. Rudman. A parametric study of droplet deformation through a microfluidic contraction: Low viscosity Newtonian droplets. Chemical Engineering Science, 61:5149-5158, 2006. [link]
• Malcolm R. Davidson, Dalton J. E. Harvie, and Justin J. Cooper-White. Simulations of pendant drop formation of a viscoelastic liquid. Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, 18 (2):41-49, June 2006.
• Dalton J. E. Harvie, Malcolm R. Davidson, Justin J. Cooper-White, and Murray J. Rudman. A parametric study of droplet deformation through a microfluidic contraction: Shear thinning liquids. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 33(5):545-556, 2007. [link]
• Malcolm R. Davidson and Dalton J. E. Harvie. Electroviscous effects in low reynolds number liquid flow through a slit-like microfluidic contraction. Chemical Engineering Science, 62:4229-4240, 2007. [link]
• Ram P. Bharti, Dalton J. E. Harvie, and Malcolm R. Davidson. Steady flow of ionic liquid through a cylindrical microfluidic contraction-expansion pipe: Electroviscous effects and pressure drop. Chemical Engineering Science, 63(14):3593-3604, 2008. [link]
• Dalton J. E. Harvie, Justin J. Cooper-White, and Malcolm R. Davidson. Deformation of a viscoelastic droplet passing through a microfluidic contraction. Journal of Non- Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 155:67-79, 2008. [link]