Progress in operational modeling in support of oil spill response

CH Barker, VH Kourafalou, CJ Beegle-Krause… - Journal of marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident of a massive blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico,
scientists from government, industry, and academia collaborated to advance oil spill …

Material transport in the ocean mixed layer: recent developments enabled by large eddy simulations

M Chamecki, T Chor, D Yang… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Material transport in the ocean mixed layer (OML) is an important component of natural
processes such as gas and nutrient exchanges. It is also important in the context of pollution …

A mathematical framework for estimating risk of airborne transmission of COVID-19 with application to face mask use and social distancing

R Mittal, C Meneveau, W Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A mathematical model for estimating the risk of airborne transmission of a
respiratory infection such as COVID-19 is presented. The model employs basic concepts …

[图书][B] The use of dispersants in marine oil spill response

National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth… - 2020 - books.google.com
Whether the result of an oil well blowout, vessel collision or grounding, leaking pipeline, or
other incident at sea, each marine oil spill will present unique circumstances and …

Integral models for bubble, droplet, and multiphase plume dynamics in stratification and crossflow

AL Dissanayake, J Gros, SA Socolofsky - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - Springer
We present the development and validation of a numerical modeling suite for bubble and
droplet dynamics of multiphase plumes in the environment. This modeling suite includes …

A population balance model for large eddy simulation of polydisperse droplet evolution

AK Aiyer, D Yang, M Chamecki… - Journal of Fluid …, 2019 - cambridge.org
In the context of many applications of turbulent multi-phase flows, knowledge of the
dispersed phase size distribution and its evolution is critical to predicting important …

Impact of buoyant jet entrainment on the thermocline behavior in a single-medium thermal energy storage tank

W Lou, N Baudin, S Roux, Y Fan, L Luo - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents the characterization and management of dynamic thermocline
behaviors in a single-medium thermocline (SMT) thermal energy storage tank with the aim of …

Are vehicle tires major contributors to microplastic emissions into the China seas? A simple model perspective

S Xiao, Y Liang, X Zhu, S Kyes, X Cai - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics pose a substantial threat to our environment. Given China's large population
and rapid economic growth, it is urgent to estimate the annual emissions of microplastics …

A review on multiphase underwater jets and plumes: Droplets, hydrodynamics, and chemistry

MC Boufadel, S Socolofsky, J Katz, D Yang… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Jets and plumes have been the focus of quantitative investigations since the mid‐1950s.
These investigations intensified following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in which …

Large eddy simulations of the accumulation of buoyant material in oceanic wind-driven and convective turbulence

J Dingwall, T Chor, JR Taylor - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - cambridge.org
Buoyant material such as microplastics accumulate near the ocean surface in regions with
convergent surface currents where they can be harmful to marine life. Here, we use large …