Publications of J.F. Harper that are not in his part of the VUW
institutional repository.
Note: many of the articles in that institutional repository
(here)
are accompanied by a permission form, which is of no use if you just want
the article itself.
Some of the publications listed below exist as PDF files, some exist
only on paper. You can get a copy by sending an email to
john DOT harper AT vuw DOT ac DOT nz asking for it.
- A calculation of the effects of large-scale heat sources on southern
hemisphere sub-tropical wind flow. Tellus 13, 56-65 (1961)
(with J.F. de Lisle)
- Relations. Eureka 24, 8-9 (1961)
- On boundary layers in two-dimensional flow with vorticity. J. Fluid
Mech. 17, 141-153 (1963)
- The effect of the variation of surface tension with temperature on
the motion of bubbles and drops. J. Fluid Mech. 27,
361-6 (1967) (with D.W. Moore and J.R.A. Pearson)
- Measurements of diatom adhesion and their relationship with
movement. Br. phycol. Bull. 3, 195-207 (1967)
(with M.A. Harper)
- The motion of a spherical liquid drop at high Reynolds number.
J. Fluid Mech. 32, 367-391 (1968) (with D.W. Moore)
- On bubbles rising in line at large Reynolds numbers. J. Fluid Mech.
41, 751-758 (1970)
- Viscous drag in steady potential flow past a bubble. Chem. Engng
Sci. 25, 342-343 (1970); 26, 501 (1971)
- The motion of bubbles and drops through liquids. Adv. appl. Mech.
12, 59-129 (1972)
PDF file: here
- Surface ages in vibrating-jet experiments. Chem. Engng Sci.
28, 323-325 (1973)
PDF file: here
- On bubbles with small immobile adsorbed films rising in liquids at
low Reynolds numbers. J. Fluid Mech. 58, 539-545 (1973)
- On spherical bubbles rising steadily in dilute surfactant solutions.
Q. Jl Mech. appl. Math. 27, 87-100 (1974)
- The leading edge of a surface film on contaminated flowing water.
Proc. 5th Australasian Conf. Hydraulics Fluid Mech.,
Christchurch 1974, 2, 499-505 (1974) (with J.N. Dixon)
PDF file: here
- On the driving forces of plate tectonics.
Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc. 40, 465-474 (1975)
PDF file: here
- Subduction-zone vortices. Bull. Aust. Soc. Explor. Geophys.
6, 79-80 (1975)
- The motion of bubbles and drops in liquids. Proc. Internat.
Colloquium on Drops and Bubbles, Pasadena 1974, 300-303 (1976)
- Asthenosphere flow and plate motions. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc.
55, 87-110 (1978)
- Plate driving forces at anomaly 23 time. Tectonophysics 74,
169-187 (1981) (with A.M. Hurley and A.G. Smith)
- Mechanics. N.Z. Math. Soc. Syllabus Series. viii+111 pp. (1981)
- Surface activity and bubble motion. Appl. Sci. Res.
38, 343-352 (1982)
PDF file: here
- Axisymmetric Stokes flow images in spherical free surfaces, with
applications to rising bubbles. J. Austral. Math. Soc. Ser. B.
Appl. Math. 25, 217-231 (1983)
- Stokes flow between parallel plates due to a transversely moving end
wall. IMA J. Appl. Math. 30, 141-149 (1983) (with G.C. Wake)
- Mantle flow due to internal vertical forces. Phys. Earth Planet.
Interiors 36, 285-290 (1984)
PDF file: here
- Mantle flow and plate motions. Geophys. J. R. astr. Soc.
87, 155-171 (1986)
- Problem P2 (A complex mean-value theorem) NZ Math. Soc. Newsletter
37, 23 (1986); 39, 26-27 (1987)
- Plate-driving forces over the Cenozoic era.
EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Union 68, 410 (1987)
(with D.M. Jurdy and M. Stefanick)
- Bryozoa. In Animal Energetics, ed.
T.J. Pandian and F.J. Vernberg, Academic Press, New York, vol.2,
p.173-199 (1987) (with D.F. Gordon and A.G. Clark)
- The rear stagnation region of a bubble rising steadily in a dilute
surfactant solution. Q. Jl Mech. appl. Math. 41,
204-213 (1988), PDF file: here
- ERRATA to the above paper, PDF file:
here
- Forces driving plate tectonics: the use of simple dynamical models.
Reviews in Aquatic Sciences 1, 319-336 (1989)
- Plate dynamics: Caribbean map corrections and hotspot push.
Geophys. J. Int. 100, 423-431 (1990)
PDF file: here
- Tow washing revisited.
In Final Report, 24th European Study Group with Industry,
April 15-19, 1991, Mathematics Dept., Univ.
Southampton. 3pp. (1991)
- Stokes flow past a pair of stagnant-cap bubbles.
J. Fluid Mech. 232, 167-190 (1991) (with L. Lerner)
- The leading edge of an oil slick, soap film, or bubble stagnant cap
in Stokes flow. J. Fluid Mech. 237, 23-32 (1992)
PDF file: here
- Bathtubs, Bubbles and the Bowels of the Earth. Victoria University
of Wellington Inaugural Addresses New Series 14, Victoria University
Press, Wellington. 24pp. (1995)
- A bubble rising in viscous fluid: Lagrange's equations for motion at a
high Reynolds number. In Proc. IUTAM Symp.
on Free Surface Flows held in Birmingham, UK, 10-14 July, 2000.
Kluwer, Dordrecht; p.107-111 (2001) PDF file: here
- Otari and Taputerangi Bioblitzes: diatoms - microscopic algae.
Wellington Bot. Soc. Bull. 52, 53-63 (2010) (with M.A.Harper)
- The Mana Land and Sea Bioblitz from a diatomist's view-point.
Wellington Bot. Soc. Bull. 54, 18-31 (2012) (with M.A. Harper)
- Southern Constellation Names. Southern Stars, 52(4), 12-13 (2013)
PDF file: here
- Defining continuity of real functions of real variables.
BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the
History of Mathematics, DOI: 10.1080/17498430.2015.1116053
(published online 11 Apr 2016) PDF file: here
- Effect of a negatively surface-active solute on a bubble rising in a
liquid. Quart.J.Mech.Appl.Math. 71, 427-439 (2018) Link: here