The research goals of the work target accurate parameterization and modeling of nearshore waves, currents and turbulence in complex reef environments. A central theme of this work is the response of steady and oscillating flow to highly irregular, broad-banded roughness. Previous ONR supported study by the PI’s group have quantified reef roughness, examined the hydrodynamic response to a variab...

Computer software such as HYDRO, based upon a comprehensive body of theoretical work, permits the hydrodynamic modeling of macromolecules in solution, which are represented to the computer interface as an assembly of spheres. The uniqueness of any satisfactory resultant model is optimized by incorporating into the modeling procedure the maximal possible number of criteria to which the bead mode...

In order for underwater vehicles to fully realize the potential of utilizing oscillating foils as propulsion mechanisms, it is necessary for the control scheme to be aware of the state of the water environment, especially the vorticity in the water. In this paper, we investigate the problem of estimating the hydrodynamic potentials based on pressure measurement on a submerged body. A relationsh...

This paper presents an overview of some of the research performed at the Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific GIS Service Center over the past two years related to the application of ArcObjects technology involving hydrodynamic modeling. Topics include finite element mesh generation and the representation of mesh components as a geometric network, construction of 3D fence diagrams in applications...

A numerical investigation is performed of the accretion of slowly rotating matter onto a stellar magnetosphere. The shape of the magnetosphere is represented by an impermeable, contracted dipole magnetic field surface with polar holes. Depending on the governing parameters, both steady-state solutions with a system of discontinuities and unsteady flows with expanding shock waves can be obtained...

A numerical and experimental investigation of flow and heat transfer in a gas- liquid Thermosyphon Heat Exchanger "THE" with built in heat pipes and aluminum plate fins for moderate Reynolds numbers has been carried out. It's module is composed of 6 rows and 15 columns copper pipes with aluminum plate fins with dimensions of 130cm height, 47cm width and  20cm depth. The tubes have been fill...