Summary
I am interested in buoyancy-driven flows in natural, industrial and built environments, motivated by the important role this field of research has to play in understanding and responding to societal challenges concerning climate, energy and our environment.
I joined the Fluid Mechanics Section in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London in 2016, following previous academic appointments in Australia and the UK. I hold BE and ME degrees (Auckland) and a PhD degree (Cambridge).
I am a member of the Editorial Board of Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.
Areas of expertise:
Buoyancy-driven flows
Stratified turbulence and mixing
Convection
Turbulent plumes and jets
Flow energetics
Flows in the built environment
Ocean dynamics
Teaching (2019/20):
CIVE97159 Fluid Mechanics for the Built Environment
CIVE97063 Buoyancy-driven Flows
MECH97037 Methods for the Analysis of Energy Systems (MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures)
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Hughes GO, Linden PF, 2016, Mixing efficiency in run-down gravity currents, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol:809, ISSN:0022-1120, Pages:691-704
Hughes GO, 2016, Inside the head and tail of a turbulent gravity current, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol:790, ISSN:0022-1120
Wykes MSD, Hughes GO, Dalziel SB, 2015, On the meaning of mixing efficiency for buoyancy-driven mixing in stratified turbulent flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol:781, ISSN:0022-1120, Pages:261-275
Gayen B, Griffiths RW, Hughes GO, 2014, Stability transitions and turbulence in horizontal convection, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol:751, ISSN:0022-1120, Pages:698-724
Gayen B, Hughes GO, Griffiths RW, 2013, Completing the Mechanical Energy Pathways in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection, Physical Review Letters, Vol:111, ISSN:1079-7114
Hughes GO, Gayen B, Griffiths RW, 2013, Available potential energy in Rayleigh-Benard convection, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol:729, ISSN:0022-1120
Gayen B, Griffiths RW, Hughes GO, et al., 2013, Energetics of horizontal convection, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol:716, ISSN:0022-1120
Hughes GO, Griffiths RW, 2008, Horizontal convection, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Vol:40, ISSN:0066-4189, Pages:185-208