SPECIFIC STUDIES UNDER
STRATIFIED BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW
CONDITIONS:
Supervised by R.N. Meroney at Colorado State University
STABLE BOUNDARY
LAYER FLOWS:
1. Meroney, R.
N. and Chaudhry,* F. H., SIMILARITY THEORY OF DIFFUSION AND THE
CHANNEL SPREAD IN DIABATIC SURFACE LAYER, Journal of Boundary Layer
Meteorology, Vol. 3, pp. 405_415, March 1973, CEP71_72FHC-RNM44.
2. Meroney, R.
N. and Chaudhry,* F. H., A LABORATORY STUDY OF DIFFUSION IN A STABLY
STRATIFIED FLOW, FDDL, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Environment, Vol.
7, No. 4, pp. 443_454, 1973, CEP70_71FHC-RNM63.
3. Meroney, R.
N. and Chaudhry,* F. H., COMMENT ON THE DISPERSION OF MATTER IN
NEUTRAL AND STABLY STRATIFIED ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS, by K. Atesman, Int.
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 387_388, 1974, CEP72_73FHC-RNM77.
4. Meroney, R.
N., BUOYANCY EFFECTS ON TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS, AMS/WMO Symposium on Atmospheric
Diffusion and Air Pollution, Proceedings, Santa Barbara, September 9_13, 1974, CEP73_74RNM52,
(Abstract reviewed only).
5. Meroney, R.
N., AN ALGEBRAIC STRESS MODEL FOR STRATIFIED TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS, Computer
and Fluids, Vol. 4, pp. 93_107, 1976, CEP73_74RNM53.
6. Meroney, R.
N., Petersen,* R. L., Cermak, J. E., and Hovind, E. L., A
WIND-TUNNEL STUDY OF PLUME RISE AND DISPERSION UNDER STABLE STRATIFICATION,
Proceedings of Joint Conference on Applications on Air Pollution Meteorology,
AMS-APCA, Salt Lake City, November 1977, pp. 347_352, CEP77_78RLP-JEC-RNM3.
7. Meroney,
R.N., Ohya, R.*, and Neff, D.E. TURBULENCE STRUCTURE IN A STRATIFIED
BOUNDARY LAYER UNDER STABLE CONDITIONS, Boundary
Layer Meteorology, Vol. 83, pp. 139-161, 1997. CEP95-96-DEN-RNM-YO-6.
DISPERSION IN STABLE
BOUNDARY LAYER STRATIFICATION:
8. Meroney, R.
N. and Li,* W. W., RE-EXAMINATION OF EULERIAN-LAGRANGIAN TURBULENCE
RELATIONSHIPS, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1985, pp. 853_855, CEP83_84WWL-RNM_19.
9. Meroney,
R.N., A TIME DEPENDENT, QUASI-THREE DIMENSIONAL DEPTH-INTEGRATED NUMERICAL
MODEL TO CALCULATE SURFACE HEAT TRANSFER AND ENTRAINMENT TO COLD FLUID
INTRUSIONS, Proceedings of Int. Symposium on Refined Flow Modeling and
Turbulence Measurements, Iowa City, Iowa, 16_18 September 1985, 10 pp. CEP84_85RNM_12. also Turbulence Measurements and Flow
Modeling, ed. Chen, Chen and Holly, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation,
1987. (Abstract reviewed).
10. Meroney,
R.N., Baldwin*, L.V., Johnsen, G.R. and Li, W.W., THE ESTIMATION OF
TURBULENT DISPERSION FROM VELOCITY STATISTICS, PART I: THE LAGRANGIAN AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION,
February 1985, 45 pp. CEP84_85LVB-GRJ-WWL-RNM13.
11. Meroney,
R.N. and Li, W.W.*, MEASUREMENTS OF TWO-POINT EULERIAN VELOCITY
STATISTICS IN A TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER, Proceedings 7th Symposium on
Turbulence and Diffusion, 12_15 November 1985, Boulder, Colorado, pp. E14_1 to
E14_10, CEP85_86WWL-RNM2. (Abstract reviewed).
12. Meroney,
R.N., Grainger, Clyde,* DISPERSION IN AN OPEN-CUT COAL MINE IN
STABLY STRATIFIED FLOW., Jrnl. of Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 63,
1993, pp. 117-140. CEP91-92CG-RNM-5.
13. Meroney,
R.N., Grainger, Clyde, NIGHTTIME FLOW AND DISPERSION OVER LARGE BASINS OR
MINING PITS. Symposium on Measurement
and Modeling of Environmental Flows.
1992 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November 8-13, 1992. FED-Vol. 143/HTD-Vol. 232, pp. 209-215, CEP92-93-RNM-CG-1. (Fully reviewed).
14. Meroney,
R.N., and Wu, George*, IMPACT OF CHANGES OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS ON
SURFACE LAYER WINDS, TURBULENCE AND PLUME DISPERSION, Proceedings of 9th Int.
Conf. on Wind Engineering, New Delhi, India, January 1995, 12 pp. (Reviewed
conference). CEP94-95-GW-RNM-14.
URBAN AREA SIMULATIONS:
15. Meroney, R.
N., Cermak, J. E., and Kawatani,* T., CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEAN
FLOW OVER A SIMULATED URBAN AREA, Proceedings of Third International Conference
on Wind Effects on Buildings and Structures in Tokyo, Japan, September 6_11,
1971, CEP70_71TK-JECRNM89,
(Paper fully reviewed).
16. Meroney, R.
N. and Yamada, T., WIND TUNNEL AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL
STRATIFIED AIRFLOW OVER A HEATED ISLAND, Proceedings of Symposium on
Environmental and Geophysical Heat Transfer during the 1971 Winter Annual Meeting
of the ASME, November 28-December 2, 1971, Washington, D.C., CEP70_71RNM-TY93,
(Paper fully reviewed).
17. Meroney, R.
N. and Yamada,* T., NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL SIMULATION OF A
STRATIFIED AIRFLOW OVER A SERIES OF HEATED ISLANDS, Proceedings of Summer
Simulation Conference, June 13_16, 1972, San Diego, California, CEP71_72RNM-TY64
18. Meroney,
R.N., Rafailidis, S. And Pavageau, M., DISPERSION IN IDEALIZED URBAN STREET
CANYONS, Proceedings of the 21st International Technical meeting on Air
Pollution Modelling and Its Application, Baltimore, Md., November 6-10,
1995, 8pp. (Reviewed Conference). Also
published as reviewed paper in Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XI,
(ed. S.E. Gryning & F.A. Schiermeier), NATO Challenges of Modern Society,
Plenum Press, New York, Vol. 21, pp. 451-458. CEP95-96-RNM-SR-MP-4.
19. Meroney,
R.N., and Chang, C.H.*, NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELLING OF URBAN STREET CANYON
DISPERSION, Millennium NATO/CCMS International Technical Meeting on Air
Pollution Modelling and its Application, Boulder, CO, 15-19 May 2000, 2 pages
plus poster. CEP99-20-CHC-RNM-1.
20. Meroney,
R.N., and Chang, C.H.*, NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELING OF BLUFF BODY FLOW AND
DISPERSION IN URBAN STREET CANYONS, 4th
Int. Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications, Ruhr-University,
Bochum, Germany, 11-14 September 2000, 4 pp.
CEP99-20-CHC-RNM-3.
LAKE AND SEASHORE SIMULATIONS:
21. Meroney, R.
N., Cermak, J. E., and Yang, B. T., MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND
FUMIGATION AT SHORELINES, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 69_90,
1975, CEP74_75RNM-JEC2.
22. Meroney, R.
N., MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND FUMIGATION AT SHORELINE POWER PLANT
SITES, Proceedings of Second U.S. National Conference on Wind Engineering, Fort
Collins, Colorado, June 22_25, 1975, (Abstract reviewed only), pp. I_24_1 to
I_24_3, CEP74_75-JEC93f.
STABLE STRATIFICATION
AND BUILDING AERODYNAMICS:
23. Meroney, R.
N. and Yang, B. T., GASEOUS PLUME DIFFUSION ABOUT ISOLATED STRUCTURES OF SIMPLE
GEOMETRY, Proceedings of 2nd International Air Pollution Conference of the
International Union of Air pollution Prevention Associations, December 6_11,
1970, Washington, D.C., CEP70_71RNM-BTY3,
(Paper fully reviewed).
24. Meroney, R.
N., Peterka, J. A., Hatcher, R. V., and Kothari, K., GASEOUS DISPERSION AND
TURBULENCE IN THE WAKE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR PLANTS, Proceedings of 4th
International Clean Air Congress, May 16_20, 1977, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 167_170, CEP76_77RNM-JAP-RVH-KK14.
25. Meroney, R.
N. and Hatcher,* R. V., DISPERSION IN THE WAKE OF A MODEL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX,
Proceedings of Joint Conference on Applications on Air Pollution Meteorology,
AMS-APCA, Salt Lake City, November 1977, pp. 348_346, CEP77_78RVH-RNM2.
26. Meroney, R.
N., STUDYING THE CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER FROM A BUILDING MODEL WITH INFRARED
CAMERA TECHNIQUES, 1978 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, December 10_15, 1978, San
Francisco, California, May 1978, 28 p., ASME Paper 78-WA/HT_58, CEP77_78RNM61,
(Reviewed).
27. Meroney, R.
N., Kothari, K. M., and Bouwmeester,* R. J. B., AN ALGORITHM TO
ESTIMATE FIELD CONCENTRATIONS IN THE WAKE OF A POWER PLANT COMPLEX UNDER
NONSTEADY METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS FROM WIND-TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS, Journal of
Applied Meteorology, Vol. 30, August 1981, pp. 92_101, CEP79_80KMK-RNM-RJBB17.
28. Meroney, R.
N., Kothari,* K. M., and Peterka, J. A., PERTURBATION ANALYSIS AND
MEASUREMENTS OF BUILDING WAKES IN A STABLY STRATIFIED TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER,
originally submitted J. Fluid Mechanics, 1980, withdrawn 1984, accepted J. of
Industrial Aerodynamics and Wind Engineering, Vol. 25 (1986), pp. 49_74. Before CEP79_80-KMK-JAP-RNM_34 now CEP84_85-KMK-JAP-RNM
_34.
29. Meroney,
R.N., Rafailidis, S. And Pavageau, M., DISPERSION IN IDEALIZED URBAN STREET
CANYONS, Proceedings of the 21st International Technical meeting on Air
Pollution Modelling and Its Application, Baltimore, Md., November 6-10, 1995,
8pp. (Reviewed Conference). Also published
as reviewed paper in Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XI, (ed.
S.E. Gryning & F.A. Schiermeier), NATO Challenges of Modern Society, Plenum
Press, New York, Vol. 21, pp. 451-458. CEP95-96-RNM-SR-MP-4.
30. Meroney,
R.N., Pavageau, M., Rafailidis, S., and Schatzmann, M., STUDY OF LINE SOURCE
CHARACTERISTICS FOR 2-D PHYSICAL MODELLING OF POLLUTANT DISPERSION IN STREET
CANYONS, J. Wind Engineering &
Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 62, pp. 37-56, 1996. CEP95-96-RNM-MP-SR-MS-2.
31. Meroney,
R.N. and Leitl, B.*, CAR EXHAUST DISPERSION IN A STREET CANYON -
NUMERICAL CRITIQUE OF A WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT, Int. Symposium on Computational
Wind Engineering (CWE96), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, August 4-8,
1996, 19 pp
Also published as reviewed paper in J. Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 67-78, pp. 293-304, April-June 1997 (Actually distributed February 1998). CEP96-97-BL-RNM-3.
Also in Computational Wind Engineering 2
(Editors R.N. Meroney and B. Bienkiewicz), pp. 293k-304, Elsevier, Amsterdam,
1997 (Actually distributed February 1998).
32.
Meroney, R.N.,
Leitl, B.*, Klein, P., and Rau, M., CONCENTRATION AND FLOW
DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE VICINITY OF U-SHAPED BUILDING: WIND-TUNNEL AND
COMPUTATIONAL DATA, Int. Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE96),
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, August 4-8, 1996, 20 pp.
Also
published as reviewed paper in J.
Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 67-68, pp. 745-756,
April-June 1997. CEP96-97-BL-PK-MR-RNM-2.
Also
in Computational Wind Engineering 2 (Editors R.N. Meroney and B.
Bienkiewicz), pp. 745-756, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997 (Actually distributed
February 1998)
33.
Meroney, R.N.
VALIDATION OF CFD PREDICTION OF COOLING TOWER DRIFT, 10th American
Conference on Wind Engineering, Clemson, NC, 2 pp. CEP03-04-RNM-6.
34.
Meroney, R.N.,
CFD PREDICTION OF COOLING TOWER DRIFT, Submitted to Journal of Wind
Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, October 2004, 36 pp. Accepted January 2006. CEP04-05-RNM-1.
35.
Meroney, R.N.,
WIND TUNNEL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF POLLUTION DISPERSION: A Hybrid
Approach, Proceedings of Croucher Advanced Study Institute, Hong
University of Science and Technology, 6-10 December 2004, 7-8 December 2005, 66
pp. CEP04-05-RNM-2.
36.
Meroney, R.N.
COOLING TOWER DRIFT, Fluent News: Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics,
Vol. XIV, Issue 3, Fall 2005, pp. 8-9. CEP05-06-RNM-1
CURVED BOUNDARY ANALOG
STUDIES TO STABLE STRATIFICATION FLOWS:
37. Meroney, R.
N. and Kahawita,* R. A., VORTEX MODE OF INSTABILITY IN NATURAL
CONVECTION FLOW ALONG INCLINED PLATES, IJHMT, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 541_548,
1974, CEP73_74RAK-RNM66.
38. Meroney, R.
N. and Kahawita, R. A., LONGITUDINAL VORTEX INSTABILITIES IN LAMINAR BOUNDARY
LAYERS OF CURVED HEATED SURFACES, The Physics of Fluids, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp.
1661_1666, September 1974, CEP73_74RAK-RNM73.
39. Meroney, R.
N. and Kahawita,* R. A., THE INFLUENCE OF HEATING ON THE STABILITY
OF LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYERS ALONG CONCAVE HEATED WALLS, Journal of Applied
Mechanics, TRANS ASME, Vol. 44, Series E, No. 1, pp. 11_17, March 1977, CEP72_73RK-RNM79.
40. Meroney, R.
N., TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTH OVER A LONGITUDINALLY CURVED SURFACE, AIAA
Journal, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp. 1448_1454, November 1975, CEP73_74RNM61.
STRATIFIED FLOW SIMULATION CRITERIA:
41. Meroney, R.
N. and Yamada,* T., A WIND TUNNEL FACILITY FOR SIMULATING MOUNTAIN
AND HEAT ISLAND GRAVITY WAVES, Journal of Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 1,
pp. 55_70, 1974, CEP71_72TY-RNM45.
42. Meroney, R.
N., Lindley, D., and Bowen, A. J., PHYSICAL MODELING OF FLOW OVER COMPLEX
TERRAIN, Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Wind Engineering,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, July 8_14, 1979, pp.
975_985, CEP78_79RNM-AJB-DL24, (Reviewed paper).
43. Meroney,
R. N., PHYSICAL SIMULATION OF DISPERSION
IN COMPLEX TERRAIN AND VALLEY DRAINAGE FLOW SITUATIONS, 11th Int. Tech. Meeting
on Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 24_27
November 1980, CEP80_81RNM_34, 21 p., Air Pollution Modelling and
Its Application, C. De Wispelaere, ed., Plenum, 1981. (Reviewed).
44. Meroney,
R.N., Avissar, R.*, Moran, M.D., Wu, G. and Pielke, R.A., OPERATING
RANGE OF NUMERICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELS FOR THE SIMULATION OF COASTAL MARINE
FLOWS, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Vol. 50, pp. 227-275, 1990. CEP88_89RA-RAP-GW-RNM-10.
45. Meroney,
R.N. and Melbourne, W.H. OPERATING RANGES OF METEOROLOGICAL WIND TUNNELS FOR THE
SIMULATION OF CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER PHENOMENA, Journal of Boundary-Layer
Meteorology, Vol. 61, pp. 145-174, 1992. CEP90-91_RNM-WHM11.
46. Meroney,
R.N. DISPERSION IN NON-FLAT OBSTRUCTED
TERRAIN AND ADVANCED MODELING TECHNIQUES:
Workshop Summary from Workshop on Modeling and Mitigating the
Consequences of Accidental Releases of Hazardous Materials, New Orleans, LA, 20
May 1991. AICHE Plant Operations
Progress, Vol 11, No 1, January, 1992, pp. 6-11. CEP91-92-RNM-1.
47. Meroney,
R.N., Grainger, Clyde, INVERTED FLOOR WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION OF STABLY
STRATIFIED FLOW, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 28, No. 11, 1994, pp. 1887-1893. CEP91-92CG-RNM-6.
48. Meroney,
R.N., WIND TUNNEL SIMULATION OF CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER PHENOMENA: Simulation
Criteria and Operating Ranges of Laboratory Facilities, (NATO Advanced Study
Institute on Buoyant Convection in Geophysical Flows, 17-27 March 1997,
Pforzheim, Germany.) Buoyant
Convection in Geophysical Flows, (E.J. Plate, E.E. Fedorovich, D.X. Viegas,
and J.C. Wyngaard, Eds.), Kluwer Press, 313-326. CEP96-97-RNM-7.