School of Mathematics & Statistics
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW


 

 

                 Publications by Prof Nicholas A. Hill

 

 


 
 

1. Hill, N.A.  ``Willis's problem and related topics in anisotropic elastodynamics.''  M.Sc. Dissertation, University of East Anglia, 1981.

2. Hill, N.A.  ``Nonlinear effects in (i) magnetohydrodynamic waves in a bounded rotating fluid and (ii) Taylor vortices.'' Ph.D. Thesis, University of London, 1985.

3. Hill, N.A.  ``Numerical studies of  `side-by-side'  and other modes for the Taylor problem in a finite annulus.'' Computers & Fluids, 16, pp. 445-458, 1988.

4. Pedley, T.J., Hill, N.A. & Kessler, J.O.  ``The growth of bioconvection patterns in a uniform suspension of gyrotactic micro-organisms.'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 195, pp. 223-238, 1988.

5. Tomson, A.M., Demets, R., Musgrave, A., Hill, N.A., Kooijman, R., Stegwee, D. & Van den Ende, H.  ``Cooperative activation of mating receptors underlies sexual cell adhesion and aggretation in Chlamydomonas.'' In ``Sexual communication in the green alga Chlamydomonas eugametos'', Ph.D. Thesis, Tomson, A.M. & Demets, R., University of Amsterdam, pp. 141-175, 1989.

6. Hill, N.A., Pedley, T.J. & Kessler, J.O.  ``Growth of bioconvection patterns in a suspension of gyrotactic micro-organisms in a layer of finite depth.'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 208, pp. 509-543, 1989.

7. Davis, R.H. & Hill, N.A.  ``Hydrodynamic diffusion of a heavy sphere sedimenting through a suspension of neutrally-buoyant spheres.'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 236, pp. 513-533, 1992.

8. Kessler, J.O., Hill, N.A. & Häder, D.-P.  ``Orientation of swimming flagellates by simultaneously acting external factors.'' Journal of Phycology, 28, 816-822, 1992.

9. Hill, N.A. & Vincent, R.V.  ``A simple model and strategies for orientation in phototactic micro-organisms.'' Journal of Theoretical Biology, 163, pp. 223-235, 1993.

10. Hill, N.A.  ``Trajectories of swimming micro-organisms and continuum models of bioconvection.'' In ``Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Biological Pattern Formation'', ed. H.G. Othmer et al., pp. 101-103, 1993, Plenum Press, New York.

11. Kessler, J.O., Hoelzer, M.A., Pedley, T.J. & Hill, N.A.  ``Functional Patterns of swimming bacteria.'' In ``Mechanics and physiology of animal swimming'', Maddock, L., Bone, Q. & Rayner, J.M.V. (eds.), pp. 3-12, 1994, Cambridge University Press.

12. Kessler, J.O. & Hill, N.A.  ``Microbial consumption patterns.'' In ``Spatio-temporal patterns in nonequilibrium complex systems.'' (Proceedings of NATO ARW XXI Santa Fe, April 1993.) ed. by Cladis, P.E. & Palffy-Muhoray, P., pp. 635-648, 1994, Addison Wesley.

13. Vincent, R.V. & Hill, N.A. ``Bioconvection in a suspension of phototactic algae.'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 327, pp. 343-371, 1996. 

14. Hill, N.A. Bioconvection. In ``Case Studies in Mathematical Modelling - Ecology, Physiology, and Cell Biology,'' ed. by Othmer, H.G., Adler, F.R., Lewis, M.A. & Dallon, J.C. 339-351, Prentice-Hall (1997). 

15.  Kessler, J.O. & Hill, N.A. Complementarity of Physics, Biology and Geometry in the Dynamics of Swimming Micro-Organisms. In ``Physics of Biological Systems. From Molecules to Species'' ed. by Flyvbjerg, H., Hertz, J., Jensen, M.H., Mouritsen, O.G. & Sneppen, K., 325-340, Springer (1997). 

16.  Hill, N.A. & Häder, D.-P. A Biased Random Walk Model for the Trajectories of Swimming Micro-Organisms. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 186, 503-526 (1997). 
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17.  Bees, M.A. & Hill, N.A. Wavelengths of Bioconvection Patterns. Journal of Experimental Biology, 200, 1515-1526, (1997). 
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18.  Bees, M.A., Hill, N.A. & Pedley, T.J. Analytical Approximations for the Orientation Distributions of Small Dipolar Particles in Steady Shear Flows. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 36, 269-298 (1998). 
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19.  Kessler, J.O., Hill, N.A., Strittmatter, R. & Wiseley, D. Sedimenting Particles and Swimming Micro-Organisms in a Rotating Fluid. Advances in Space Research, 21, 1269-1275 (1998). 
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20.  Bees, M.A. & Hill, N.A. Linear Bioconvection in a Suspension of Randomly Swimming, Gyrotactic Micro-Organisms. Physics of Fluids A 10, No. 8, 1864-1881 (1998). 
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21.  Biktashev, V.N., Holden, A.V., Tsyganov, M.A., Brindley, J. & Hill, N.A. Excitation Wave Breaking in Excitable Media with Linear Shear Flow. Physics Review Letters, 81, No. 13, 2815-2818 (1998). 
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22.  Bees, M.A. & Hill, N.A. Non-Linear Bioconvection in a Deep Suspension of Gyrotactic Swimming Micro-Organisms. Journal of Mathematical Biology 38, No.2, 135-168 (1999). 
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23.  Biktashev, V.N., Biktasheva, I.V., Holden, A.V., Tsyganov, M.A., Brindley, J. & Hill, N.A. Effects of Shear Flows on Nonlinear Flows in Excitable Media. Journal of Biological Physics, 25, 101-113 (1999). 

24.  Biktashev, V.N., Biktasheva, I.V., Holden, A.V., Tsyganov, M.A., Brindley, J. & Hill, N.A. Spatiotemporal irregularity in a moving excitable medium. Physics Review E 60, 1897-1900 (1999). 
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25. Ghorai, S. & Hill, N.A. ``Development and stability of gyrotactic plumes in bioconvection.'' Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 400, pp. 1-31, 1999.
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26. Ghorai, S. & Hill, N.A. ``Periodic arrays of gyrotactic plumes in bioconvection.'' Physics of Fluids, 12, No. 1, pp. 5-22, 2000.
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27. Hill, N.A. & Plumpton, L.A. ``Control strategies for the polarotactic orientation of the micro-organism Euglena gracilis.'' Journal of Theoretical Biology, 203, pp. 357-365, 2000.
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28. Ghorai, S. & Hill, N.A. ``Wavelengths of gyrotactic plumes in bioconvection.'' Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 62, pp. 429-450, 2000.
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29. Roberts, A., Hill, N.A. & Hicks, R. ``Simple mechanisms organise orientation of escape swimming in embryos and hatchling tadpoles of Xenopus laevis.'' Journal of Experimental Biology, 203, pp. 1869-1885, 2000.
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30. Hill, N.A. & Spendiff, M.K. ``A model for the interaction between intimal hyperplasia and blood flow.'' Amer. Soc. of Mech. Eng. BED-Vol.50, Proceedings of the 2001 Bioengineering Conference, pp. 489-490.
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31. Watton, P.N. & Hill, N.A. ``Abdominal aortic aneurysms - a new mathematical model.'' Amer. Soc. of Mech. Eng. BED-Vol.50, Proceedings of the 2001 Bioengineering Conference, pp. 513-514.
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32. Hill, N.A. & Bees, M.A. ``Taylor dispersion of gyrotactic swimming micro-organisms in a linear shear flow.'' Physics of Fluids, 14, pp. 2598-2605, 2002.
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33. Ghorai, S. & Hill, N.A. ``Axisymmetric bioconvection in a cylinder.'' Journal of Theoretical Biology, 219, pp. 137-152, 2002. 
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34. Watton, P.N., Hill, N.A. & Heil, M. ``A mathematical model for the growth of the abdominal aortic aneurysm.'' Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 3, pp. 98-113, 2004. 
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35. Codling, E.A., Hill, N.A., Pitchford, J.W. & Simpson, S.D. ``Random walk models for the movement and recruitment of reef fish larvae.'' Marine Ecology Progress Series, 279, pp. 215-224, 2004. 
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36. Codling, E.A. & Hill, N.A. ``Sampling rate effects on measurements of correlated and biased random walks.'' Journal of Theoretical Biology, 233, pp. 573-588, 2005. 
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37. Miroshnychenko, D., Hill, N.A., Mottram, N.J. & Lydon, J.E. ``Evolution from a +2 defect to +1/2 defects in a cylindrical geometry.'' Molecular Crystals & Liquid Crystals, 437, pp. 251-267, 2005. 
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38. Codling, E.A. & Hill, N.A. ``Calculating spatial statistics for velocity jump processes with experimentally observed reorientation parameters.'' Journal of Mathematical Biology, 51(5), 527-556, 2005. 
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39. Hill, N.A. & Pedley, T.J. ``Bioconvection.'' Fluid Dynamics Research, 37, pp. 1-20, 2005. 
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40. Ghorai, S. & Hill, N.A. ``Penetrative phototactic bioconvection.'' Physics of Fluids, 17, 074101, 2005. 
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41. Li, W.G., Luo, X.Y., Johnson, A.G., Hill, N.A., Bird, N. & Chin, S.B. ``One-dimensional models for the human biliary system.'' ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 129, pp. 164-173, 2007.

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42. Luo, X.Y., Li, W., Bird, N., Chin, S.B., Hill, N.A. & Johnson, A.G. ``On the mechanical behaviour of the human biliary system.'' World J. of Gastroenterology, 13(9): 1384-1392, 2007. 

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43. Ghorai, S. & Hill, N.A. ``Gyrotactic bioconvection in three dimensions.''  Physics of Fluids, 19, 054107, 2007. 
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44. Li, W., Luo, X.Y., Hill, N.A., Smythe, A., Chin, S.B., Johnson, A.G. & Bird, N. ``Correlation of Mechanical Factors and Gallbladder Pain.'' Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Vol. 9, 27-45, 2008

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45. Li, W.G., Luo X.Y., Chin S. B., Hill N.A., Johnson, A.G. & Bird N.C. ``Non-Newtonian Bile Flow in Elastic Cystic Duct: One- and Three-Dimensional Modelling." Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 36(11), 1893-1908, 2008,  DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9563-3.
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46. Watton, P.N. & Hill, N.A. ``Evolving mechanical properties of a model of abdominal aortic aneurysm.'' Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 8: 25-42, 2009, DOI: 10.1007/s10237-007-0115-9.
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47. Raghib, M., Hill, N.A. & Dieckmann, U.  ``
Multiscale maximum entropy closure for locally regulated space-time point process models of plant population dynamics. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2010, DOI 10.1007/s00285-010-0345-9.

48. Ghorai, S., Panda, M.K. & Hill, N.A. ``Bioconvection in a suspension of isotropically scattering phototactic algae."  Physics of Fluids, 22, 071901, 2010, DOI: 10.1063/1.3457163.

 

49. Liu, Z., Xu, X., Lim, F.F.J., Luo, X.Y., Van Hirtum, A. and Hill, N.A. (2010) Modeling and simulation of human upper airway. In: Lim, C.T. and Goh Cho Hong, J. (eds.) 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010, 1-6 August 2010, Singapore. IFMBE Proceedings (31). Springer-Verlag, pp. 686-689. ISBN 9783642145148.

 

50. Li, W.G., Luo, X.Y., Hill, N.A., Ogden, R.W., Smythe, A., Majeed, A. & Bird, N. ``A mechanical model for CCK induced acalculous gallbladder pain." Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 39, 786-800, 2011, DOI 10.1007/s10439-010-0205-1.
 
51. Li, W.G., Luo, X.Y., Hill, N.A., Ogden, R.W., Tian, T., Smythe, A., Majeed, A.W. & Bird, N.  ``Cross-bridge apparent rate constants of human gallbladder smooth muscle." J Muscle Res Cell Motil, 32 (3), 209-220, 2011, DOI 10.1007/s10974-011-9260-y.
 

52. Lockington, D., Luo, X.Y., Wang, H.M., Hill, N.A. & Ramaesh, K. ``Mathematical and computer simulation modelling of intracameral forces causing pupil block due to air bubble use in Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty: the mechanics of iris buckling." Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 40(2), 182-186, 2012.

 

53. Olufsen, M.S., Hill, N.A., Vaughan, G.D.A., Sainsbury, C. and Johnson, M. (2012) Rarefaction and blood pressure in systemic and pulmonary arteries. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 705 . pp. 280-305. ISSN 0022-1120 (doi:10.1017/jfm.2012.220).

 

54. Jensen, O.E. and Hill, N.A. (2012) Preface to special issue dedicated to Professor T.J. Pedley on his 70th birthday. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 705 . p. 1. ISSN 0022-1120 (doi:10.1017/jfm.2012.252).

 

55. Li, W.G., Luo, X.Y., Hill, N.A., Ogden, R.W., Smythe, A., Majeed, A.W. and Bird, N. (2012) A quasi-nonlinear analysis of the anisotropic behaviour of human gallbladder wall. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 134 (10). p. 101009. ISSN 0148-0731 (doi:10.1115/1.4007633).

 

56. Li, W.G., Hill, N.A., Going, J. and Luo, X.Y. (2013) Breaking analysis of artificial elastic tubes and human artery. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 5 (3). p. 1350024. ISSN 1758-8251 (doi:10.1142/S1758825113500245).

 

57. Li, W.G., Hill, N.A., Ogden, R.W., Smythe, A., Majeed, A.W., Bird, N. & Luo, X.Y. (2013) Anisotropic behaviour of human gallbladder walls. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 20, pp. 363-375. ISSN 1751-6161 (doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.02.015).

 

58. F. Wang, J.L. Li, B.X. Yang & N.A. Hill (2013) Modeling and Simulation of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mold Filling Process with Phase Change. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 95(1) pp. 59-85 (doi:10.3970/cmes.2013.095.059).

 

59. Qureshi, M. Umar, Vaughan, Gareth D.A., Sainsbury, Christopher, Johnson, Martin, Peskin, Charles S., Olufsen, Mette S. & Hill, N.A. (2014) Numerical simulation of blood flow and pressure drop in the pulmonary arterial and venous circulation. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 13 (5). pp. 1137-1154. ISSN 1617-7959 (doi:10.1007/s10237-014-0563-y).


60. Wang, L., Roper, S.M., Luo, X.Y. & Hill, N.A. (2015) Modelling of tear propagation and arrest in fibre-reinforced soft tissue subject to internal pressure. Journal of Engineering Mathematics (doi:10.1007/s10665-014-9757-7) (Early Online Publication).

 
61. Qureshi, M. Umar & Hill, N.A. (2015) A computational study of pressure wave reflections in the pulmonary arteries.
Journal of Mathematical Biology, online publication (doi:10.1007/s00285-015-0867-2)

62.  Ghorai, S., Singh, R. & Hill, N.A. (2015) Wavelength selection in gyrotactic bioconvection. 
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, online publication (doi:10.1007/s11538-015-0081-9).

63. Qi, N., Gao, H., Ogden, R.W., Hill, N.A., Holzapfel, G.A, Han, H. & Luo, X.Y. (2015) Investigation of the optimal collagen fi bre orientation in human iliac arteries.
Accepted by Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical
Materials.
 
64. Chen, W., Gao, H., Luo, X.Y. & Hill, N.A. (2015) A coupled left ventricle and systemic arteries model.
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65. Qi, N., Stewart, P.S., Wang, H., Gao, H., Hill, N.A., Lockington, D., Ramaesh, K. & Luo, X.Y. (2015) Modelling of iris buckling within floppy iris syndrome.
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66. Gao, H., Griffith, B.E., Carrick, D., Hill, N.A., Berry, C. & Luo, X.Y. (2015) Assessing Left Ventricular Pump Function Using an Immersed Boundary-Finite Element Model.
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