Brian Seymour Professor, Mathematics E-mail: seymour(at)math.ubc.ca Office Fax: +1 (604) 822 6074 Office Phone: +1 (604) 822 6454  Office: MATH 222A

B.Sc., Manchester (1965); Ph.D., Nottingham (1969); Assistant Professor, New York Univ., NY. (1970-3); 

Assistant Professor, UBC (1973-1976); Associate Professor, UBC (1976-1981); Professor, UBC (1981-); 

Director, Institute of Applied Mathematics, UBC (1986-1993)

Advising 2nd and 3rd Year Non-Math Students:  Instructions for Students: If you are contemplating switching into a Math major program you should contact the appropriate Math Major advisor.

Research Interests

• Fluid Mechanics; Wave propagation; Coastal Engineering; Acoustics

Selected Publications

• Seymour, B. R., Mortell, M.P. and Amundsen, D.E. (2012): Asymptotic solutions for shocked resonant acoustic oscillations between concentric spheres and coaxial cylinders, Physics of Fluids, accepted January 2012.

• Zhang, H.J, Jeng, D.-S., Seymour, B. R., Barry, D. A., and Li, L. (2012): Solute transport in partially-saturated deformable porous media: application to a landfill clay liner . Advances in Water Resources, accepted January 2012.

• Seymour, B. R., Mortell, M.P. and Amundsen, D.E. (2011): Resonant oscillations of an inhomogeneous gas between concentric spheres, Proc. Royal Soc. London A, accepted December 2010, online February 2011.

• Stojsavljevic, J.D., Jeng, D-J., Seymour, B.R. and Pokrajac, D. (2011): Higher order analytical solutions of water table fluctuations in coastal aquifers, Groundwater, online March 2011.doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00820.x

• Wacher, A and Seymour, B. R. (2011): A Radiation Model of a Rapid Thermal Processing System, Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies Journal, accepted January 2011.  

• Mortell, M.P. and Seymour, B. R. (2011) The propagation of small amplitude nonlinear waves in a strongly inhomogeneous medium, Journal of the Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, accepted June 2010.  

• Jamali, M. and Seymour, B. R. (2011). Comment on methods to derive the free surface boundary, Groundwater, published online January 2011.

• Zhang, H, Hocking, G.C. and Seymour, B. R. (2009): Critical and supercritical withdrawal from a two-layer fluid through a line sink in a partially bounded aquifer.  Advances in Water Resources, 32 (12), 1703-1710.

• Mortell, M.P., Mulchrone, K.F. and Seymour, B. R. (2009): The evolution of macrosonic standing waves in a resonator.  Int. J. Eng. Science, 47, 1305-1314.

• Mortell, M.P. and Seymour, B. R. (2008): Comments on linear and nonlinear frequency shifts in acoustic resonators with varying cross section.  J. Acoustical Soc. America, 124(6), pp 3381-3385.

• Carrasco-Teja, M., Frigaard, I. A., Seymour, B. R. & Storey, S. (2008): Visco-plastic fluid displacements in horizontal narrow eccentric annuli: stratification and travelling wave solutions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 605, pp 293-327.  

• Mortell, M.P. and Seymour, B. R. (2007): Resonant oscillations of an inhomogeneous gas in a closed cylindrical tube. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series B,  A.I.M.S. 17 (3), 619-628.

• Seymour, B. R. and Mortell, M.P. (2007): Resonant hydraulic sloshing in a tank of variable depth, Z.A.M.P., Journal of Applied Math & Physics, 58 (5), 818-831.

• Jeng, D.-S. and Seymour, B. R. (2007): A simplified analytical approximation for pore-water pressure build-up in a porous seabed. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, A.S.C.E., 133 (4), 309-321.

• Jeng, D.-S., Seymour, B. R., Gao, F. P. and Wu, Y. X. (2007): Ocean waves propagating over a porous seabed: Residual and oscillatory mechanisms. Science in China , Series E. 50 (1), 81-89.

• Jeng, D.-S. Seymour, B. R. and Li, J.(2007): A new approximation for pore pressure accumulation in marine sediment due to water waves. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 31, 53-69.

• Jamali, M, Seymour, B.R., and Kasaiian, R. (2005): Numerical and experimental study of flow of a stratified fluid over a sill, Physics of Fluids, 17 (5), 7106-7123.

• Jeng, D.-S., Seymour, B. R., Barry, D. A., Li, L. and Parlange, J.-Y. (2005): A new approximation for tidal dynamics in coastal aquifers: Capillary correction. Advances in Water Resources, 28 (10), 1032-1039

• Mortell, M.P. and Seymour, B. R. (2005) Finite Amplitude, Shockless, Resonant Vibrations of an Inhomogeneous Elastic Panel, Journal of the Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, Volume 10, pp.427-440.

• Jeng, D.-S., Seymour, B. R., Barry, D. A., Dong, P. and Li, L. (2005): A Two-Dimensional approximation for tide-induced watertable fluctuations in a sloping sandy beach. Advances in Water Resources, 28 (10), 1040-1047.

• Jeng, D.-S., Seymour, B. R., Barry, D. A., Parlange, J.-Y., Lockington, D. A. and Li, L. (2005): Steepness expansion for free surface flow of groundwater in coastal aquifers. Journal of Hydrology, 309 (1-4), 85-92.

• Jeng, D.-S. and Seymour, B. R. (2005): A new approximation for ocean waves propagating over a beach with variable depth. Ocean Engineering, 32 (16), 1906-1916.

• Mortell, M. and Seymour, B. R. (2004) Nonlinear Resonant Oscillations in Closed Tubes of Varying Cross Section, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 519, pp183-200.

• Jamali, M. and Seymour, B. R. (2004). The Interaction of a Surface Wave with Waves on a Diffuse Interface, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, 204-213.

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