Contact

Office: 323C Stanley Hydraulics Lab (SHL)

Phone: (319) 384-0630

Email: george-constantinescu@uiowa.edu

Books

Rodi, W, Constantinescu, G. and Stoesser, T. (2013) “Large Eddy Simulation in hydraulics” IAHR Monograph, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (ISBN-10: 1138000247) 310 pages

Constantinescu, G., Garcia, M. and Hanes, D. (2016) “Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics –River Flow 2016”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN: 978-1-138-02913-2 625 pages

Constantinescu, G., Balachandar, R., Abad, J. and Li., D. (2017) “Identification of coherent structures,” chapter 6.14 in Experimental Hydraulics: Methods, instrumentation, data processing and management. Editors: Muste, M., Aberle, J., Admiral, D., Ettema, R., Garcia, M., Lyn, D., Nikora, V. and Rennie, C., IAHR Monograph, 975 pages, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781138027534 – CAT# K25651

Constantinescu, G. and Fernando, H. (2012) “Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Shallow Flows”, Iowa City, IA, USA

 

Journal papers

110-Wu, H., Zeng, J. and Constantinescu, G. (2021). A design formula for sizing rock riprap at spill-through abutments in compound channels,’ Journal Hydraulic Engineering, 147(10), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001919

 

109- Cheng, Z. and Constantinescu, G. (2021) Shallow mixing layers between non-parallel streams in a flat-bed, wide channel, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 916, A41, doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.254

 

108-Venuleo, S., Pokrajac, D., Tokyay, T., Constantinescu, G., Schleiss, A. and Franca, M. (2021) ‘Parametrization and results of SWE for gravity currents are sensitive to the definition of depth,’ Journal Hydraulic Engineering, 147(5), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001868

 

107-Shumilova, O. O., Sukhodolov, A. N., Constantinescu, G. S., and MacVicar, B. J. (2021) ‘Dynamics of shallow wakes on gravel-bed floodplains: Data set from field experiments,’ Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13(4), 1519-1529, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1519-2021

 

106- Wu, H., Zeng, J. and Constantinescu, G. (2021). A multiparameter design formula for riprap size selection at wing-wall abutments, Journal Hydraulic Research, 59(4), 651-661, DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2020.1818310

 

105-Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2020) Flow structure inside and around a rectangular array of rigid, emerged cylinders located at the sidewall of an open channel, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 910, A2, doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.900

 

104-Cheng, Z. and Constantinescu, G. (2020) Near-field and far-field structure of shallow mixing layers, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 904, A21, doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.638

 

103Wu, H., Constantinescu, G. and Zeng, J. (2020) Flow and entrainment mechanisms around a freshwater mussel alligned with the incomig flow, Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027983, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR027983

 

102-Lewis, Q, Rhoads, B., Sukhodolov, A. and Constantinescu, G. (2020) Advective lateral transport of streamwise momentum controls mixing at small river confluences, Water Resources Research, 56(9), e2019WR026817,  https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026817

 

101-Ulloa, H.N., Constantinescu, G., Chang, K.S., Horna-Munoz, D., Hames, O. and Wuest, A. (2020) ‘Horizontal transport under wind induced resonance in stratified waterbodies’ Physical Review Fluids, 5(5), 054503, 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.054503

 

100-Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu, G. And Tsai, W.F. (2020) ‘Effect of array submergence on flow and coherent structures through and around a circular array of rigid vertical cylinders” Physics of Fluids, 32, 035110 (2020), doi:10.1063/1.5138604

 

 99 Horna-Munoz, D., Constantinescu, G., Rhoads, B., Quinn, L. and Sukhodolov, A. (2020) ‘Density effects at a concordant bed, natural river confluence’. Water Resources Research, 56(4), 

https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026217

 

98Roisin, B. And Constantinescu, G. (2020) ‘Dynamical adjustment of two streams past their confluence,’ J. Hydraulics Research, 58(2), 305-313DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2019.1573765

 

97-Wu, P., Horna-Munoz, D., Constantinescu, G. and Quian, Z. (2020) ‘Two-phase flow DES and URANS simulations of pump-intake bay vortices,’ Journal Hydraulics Research, 58(1), 120-132,  https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2018.1555552

 

96- Horna-Munoz, D. and Constantinescu, G. (2020) ‘3-D dam break flow simulations in simplified and complex domains,’ Advances in Water Resources, 137, 103510, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103510.

 

95-La Forgia, G., Tokyay, T., Adduce, C. And Constantinescu, G. (2019) ‘Bed shear stress and sediment entrainment potential for breaking of internal solitary waves’. Advances in Water Resources, 135, 103475https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.103475

 

94-Cheng, Z. and Constantinescu, G. (2019) “Stratification effects on hydrodynamics and mixing at a river confluence with a discordant bed,” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, doi:10.1007/s10652-019-09725-6

 

93-Basnet, K. and Constantinescu, G. (2019) ‘Effect of a bottom gap on mean flow and turbulence structure past vertical solid and porous plates situated in the vicinity of a horizontal channel bed,’ Physical Review Fluids, 4(4), 044604, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.044604

 

92-Ulloa, H., Constantinescu, G., Chang, K.S., Horna-Munoz, D., Sepulveda-Steiner, O., Bouffard, D. and Wuest, J. (2019) “Hydrodynamics of a periodically wind-forced small and narrow stratified basin: a large eddy simulation experiment,” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 19(3), 667-698, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-018-9645-1

 

91- La Forgia, G., Tokyay, T., Adduce, C. And Constantinescu, G. (2018) ‘Numerical investigation of breaking internal waves,’ Phys. Rev. Fluids, 3(10), 104801, DOI 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.104801

 

90Horna-Munoz, D. and Constantinescu, G. (2018) “A fully 3-D numerical model to predict flood wave propagation and assess efficiency of flood protection measures” Advances in Water Resources, 122, 148-165, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.10.014

 

89- Cheng, Z. and Constantinescu, G. (2018) “Stratification effects on flow hydrodynamics and mixing at a confluence with a highly discordant bed and a relatively low velocity ratio,” Water Resources Research, 54(7), 4537-4562, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR022292

 

88-Cheng, Z., Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2018) “Approximate methodology to account for effects of coherent structures on sediment entrainment in RANS simulations with a movable bed and applications to pier scour” Advances in Water Resources, 120, 65-82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.05.019

 

87Yuksel-Ozan, A. and Constantinescu, G. (2018) “Front velocity and structure of bottom gravity currents with a low volume of release propagating in a porous medium,” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 18(1), 241-265, DOI 10.1007/s10652-016-9490-z

 

86-Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G. (2018) “2D eddy resolving simulations of flow past a circular patch of cylinders” Journal of Hydrodynamics B, Vol. 30(2), 317-335, doi.org/10.1007/s42241-018-0030-9

 

85- Basnet, K. And Constantinescu, G. (2017) “The structure of flow around a porous vertical plate attached to a horizontal bed,“ Physics of Fluids, 29(11), 115101,  doi.org/10.1063/1.5009310

 

84-Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu, G. And Tsai, W.Y. (2017) “On the flow and coherent structures generated by an array of rigid energed cylinders place in an open channel with flat and deformed bed,“ Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 831, 1-40,  doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2017.558

                                               

83-SommerT, Danza, F., Berg, J., Sengupta, A., Constantinescu, G., Tokyay, T., Bürgmann, H., Dressler, Y., Schubert, C. and Wüest, A. (2017) “Bacteria induced mixing in natural waters“ Geophysical Research Letters, 44(18), 9424-9432GRL56346, DOI: 10.1002/2017GL074868

 

82-Sukhodolov, A., Krick, J., Sukhodolova, T., Cheng, Z., Rhoads, B. and Constantinescu, G. (2017) “Turbulent flow structure at a discordant river confluence:  Asymmetric jet dynamics with implications for channel morphology” J. Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 122, 1278-1293, doi:10.1002/2016JF004126

 

81-Zeng, J. and Constantinescu, G. (2017) “Flow and coherent structures around circular cylinders in shallow water” Physics of Fluids, 29(6), 066601, DOI: 10.1063/1.4984926

 

80-Guillem Ludena, S., Cheng, Z., Constantinescu, G. and Franca, M.J. (2017)  “Hydrodynamics of mountain river confluences and its relationship to sediment transport,” J. Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JF0044122

 

 79-Steenhauer, K., Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, G. (2017) “Dynamics and structure of planar gravity currents propagating down an inclined surface”, Physics of Fluids, 29(3), 036604, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4979063

 

78- Ettema, R, Constantinescu, G. and Melville, B. (2017) “Flow field complexity and design estimation of pier scour depth: Sixty years since Laursen and Toch ” J Hydraulics Engineering, 143(9), 03117006 , doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001330

 

77-Yuksel-Ozan, A., Constantinescu, G. and H. Nepf (2016) “Free surface gravity currents propagating in an open channel containing a porous layer at the free surface,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 809, 601-627, doi:10.1017/jfm2016.698

 

76-Keylock, C.J., Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G.S. (2016) “Large eddy simulation of the velocity-intermittency structure for flow over a field of symmetric dunes” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 805, 656-685, doi:10.1017/jfm2016.519

 

75-Constantinescu, G., Miyawaki, S., Rhoads, B and Sukhodolov, A. (2016), “Influence of planform geometry and momentum ratio on thermal mixing at a stream confluence with a concordant bed,” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 16(4), 845-873, DOI 10.1007/s10652-016-9457-0.

 

74-Basnet, K., Muste, M., Constantinescu, G., Ho, H. and Xu, H. (2016) “Close range photogrammetry for dynamically tracking drifted snow deposition” Cold Regions Science and Technology, 121, 141-153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2015.08.013

 

73-Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu G. (2015) “Effects of cylinder Reynolds number on the turbulent horseshoe vortex system and near wake of a surface-mounted circular cylinder,” Physics of Fluids, 27:075102DOI:10.1063/1.4923063

 

72- Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G. (2015) “Numerical investigation of flow and turbulence structure through and around a circular array of rigid cylinders,” J. Fluid Mechanics, 776, 161-199, doi:10.1017/jfm2015.321

 

71-Tokyay, T and Constantinescu, G. (2015) “The effects of a submerged non-erodible triangular obstacle on bottom propagating gravity currents” Physics of Fluids 27(5): 056601 (2015), DOI:10.1063/1.4919384

 

70-Orr, T.S., Domaradzki, J.A., Spedding, G.R. and Constantinescu, G.S. (2015), “Description of the near wake of a sphere in a steady horizontal motion through a linearly stratified fluid at Re=1000” Physics of Fluids 27, 035113 (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4915139

 

69- Ozan, A.Y., Constantinescu, G. and Hogg A.J. (2015) “Lock-exchange gravity currents propagating in a channel containing an array of obstacles,” J. Fluid Mechanics, 765, 544-575, doi:10.1017/jfm2014.735

 

68– Choi, C. Constantinescu, G. and Mantilla, R. (2015), “Implementation of a Hydraulic Routing Model for Dendritic Networks with Offline Coupling to a Distributed Hydrological Model,” Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 20(4)10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001152 , 04015023

 

67- Basnet, K, Constantinescu, G., Muste, M. and Ho, H. (2015). “Method to assess efficiency and improve design of snow fences,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 141(3), 04014136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000871

 

66-Constantinescu, G., Miyawaki, S., Rhoads, B and Sukhodolov, A. (2014), “Numerical evaluation of the effects of planform geometry and inflow conditions on flow, turbulence structure, and bed shear velocity at a stream confluence with a concordant bed, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 119, 2079-2097, doi:10.1002/2014JF003244

 

65- Tokyay, T., Constantinescu, G. and Meiburg, E. (2014), “Lock exchange gravity currents with a low volume of release propagating over an array of obstacles,” J. Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 2752-2768, doi:10:1002/2013JC009721

 

64-Koken, M. and Constantinescu G. (2014) “Flow structure and scour mechanisms at spur dikes with sloped sidewalls” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 140(7), 04014031, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000876.

 

63-Constantinescu, G. (2014), “LE of shallow mixing interfaces: A review” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 14, 971-996, DOI 10.1007/s10652-013-9303-6.

 

62-Constantinescu, G. (2014), “LES of lock-exchange compositional gravity currents: A brief review of some recent results” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 14, 295-317, DOI 10.1007/s10652-013-9289-0

 

61-Blanckaert, K., Constantinescu, G., Uijttewaal, W. and Chen Q. (2013) “Hydro- and morphodynamics in curved river reaches. Recent results and directions for future research,” Advances in Geosciences, 37, 19-25, doi:10.5194/adgeo-37-19-2013

 

60- Koken, M., Constantinescu G. and Blanckaert, K. (2013) “Hydrodynamic processes, sediment erosion mechanisms, and Reynolds-number-induced scale effects in an open channel bend of strong curvature with flat bathymetry” J. Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 118, doi:10.1002/2013JF002760

 

59- Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G. (2013), “Coherent structures in developing flow over 2D dunes,” Water Resources Research, 49, 2466-2460doi: 10.1002/wrcr.20239

 

58-Constantinescu, G., Kashyap, S., Tokyay, T., Rennie, C.D. and Townsend, R.D. (2013), “Hydrodynamics processes and sediment erosion mechanisms in an open channel bend of strong curvature with deformed bathymetry,” J. Geophysical Research Earth Surface, Vol. 118, 480-496, doi:10.1002/jgrf.20042

 

57-Chang, W.Y, Constantinescu, G, Lien, H.G., Tsai, W.F., J.S. Lai and C.H. Loh (2013) “Flow structure and sediment entrainment mechanisms around bridge piers of varying geometrical complexity,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 139(8), 812-826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000742

 

56-Constantinescu, G., Miyawaki, S. and Liao, Q. (2013), “Flow and turbulence structure past a cluster of freshwater mussels,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. in press.

 

55Constantinescu, G., Miyawaki, S., Rhoads, B and Sukhodolov, A. (2012), “Numerical analysis of the effect of momentum ratio on the dynamics and sediment entrainment capacity of coherent flow structures at a stream confluence,” J. Geophysical Research-Earth Surface,Vol. 117, F04028, doi:10.1029/2012JF002452

 

54-Keylock, C.J., Constantinescu, G. and Hardy, R.J. (2012), “The application of computational fluid dynamics to natural river channels: Eddy resolving versus mean flow approaches,” Geomorphology, Vol. 179, 1-20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.006

 

53-Kashyap, S., Constantinescu, G., Rennie, C., Post, G. and Townsend, R. (2012), “Influence of channel aspect ratio and curvature on flow, secondary circulation and bed shear stress in a bend,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 138(12), 1045-1059, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000643

 

52-Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, G. (2012), “The laminar necklace vortex system and wake structure in a shallow channel flow past a bottom-mounted circular cylinder,” Physics of Fluids, 24, 073602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4731291

 

51-Borden, Z., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, G. (2012), “Internal bores: An improved model via a detailed analysis of energy budget,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 703, 279-314, doi: 10.1017/jfm.2012.213

 

50- Tokyay, T., Constantinescu, G. and Meiburg, E. (2012), “Tail structure and bed friction velocity distribution of gravity currents propagating over an array of obstacles,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 694, 252-291, doi:10.1017/jfm.2011.542

 

49- Neary, V.S., Constantinescu, S.G., Benett, S.J. and Diplas, P. (2012), “Effects of vegetation on turbulence, sediment and stream morphology,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 138(9), 765-776, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000168.

 

48-Keylock, C.J., Tokyay, T. E. and Constantinescu, G. (2011), “A method for characterizing the sensitivity of turbulent flow fields to the structure of inlet turbulence,” Journal of Turbulence, Vol 12(45), 1-30,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2011.636047.

 

47- Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu, G., Tsai, W.F. and Lien, H.C. (2011) “Coherent structures dynamics and sediment erosion mechanisms around an in-stream rectangular cylinder at low and moderate angles of attack” Water Resources Research, W12532, doi: 10.1029/2011WR010586

 

46-Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2011), “Flow and turbulence structure around a spur dike in a channel with a large scour hole,” Water Resources Research, 47, W12511, doi:10.1029/2011WR010710.

 

45- Constantinescu G., Koken, M. and Zeng, J. (2011), “The structure of turbulent flow in an open channel bend of strong curvature with deformed bed:  insight provided by an eddy resolving numerical simulation,” Water Resources Research, 47, W05515, doi:10.1029/2010WR010114

 

44- Constantinescu, G. S., Miyawaki, S., Rhoads, B, Sukhodolov, A. and Kirkil, G. (2011), “Structure of turbulent flow at a river confluence with momentum and velocity ratios close to 1: Insights from an eddy-resolving numerical simulation,” Water Resources Research, 47, W05507, doi:10.1029/2010WR010018

 

43- Tokyay, T. Constantinescu, G. Gonzales-Juez, E. and Meiburg, E. (2011), “Gravity currents propagating over periodic arrays of blunt obstacles: Effect of the obstacle size,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 27, 798-806,   doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2011.01.006.

 

42-Tokyay, T., Constantinescu, G. and Meiburg, E. (2011), “Lock exchange gravity currents with a high volume of release propagating over an array of obstacles,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 672, 570-605.

 

41- Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, G. (2010), “Flow and turbulence structure around an in-stream rectangular cylinder with scour hole,” Water Resources Research, 46, W11549, doi:10.1029/2010WR009336

 

40-Zeng, J., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L. (2010), “3D calculations of equilibrium conditions in loose-bed open channels with significant suspended sediment load,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 136(9), 557-571, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000213.

 

39- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E., T. Tokyay and Constantinescu, G. (2010), “Gravity current flow past a circular cylinder: forces, wall shear stresses and implications for scour,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 649, 69-102, DOI: 10.1017/S002211200999334X

 

38 –Constantinescu, S.G., Sukhodolov, A. and McCoy, A. (2009), “Mass exchange in a shallow channel flow with a series of groynes: LES study and comparison with laboratory and field experiments,” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 9(6), 587-615, DOI: 10.1007/s10652-009-9155-2

 

37– Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2009), “An investigation of the dynamics of coherent structures in a turbulent channel flow with a vertical sidewall obstruction,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 21, 085104, DOI 10.1063/1.3207859.

 

36- Kirkil, G., Constantinescu, G. and Ettema, R. (2009), “DES investigation of turbulence and sediment transport at a circular pier with scour hole,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 135(11), 888-901, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000101.

 

35- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L. (2009), “Numerical simulations of lock-exchange compositional gravity current,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 635, 361-388, doi:10.1017/S00221112009007599.

 

34- Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, G. (2009), “Nature of flow and turbulence structure around an in-stream vertical plate in a shallow channel and the implications for sediment erosion,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 45, W06412, doi:10.1029/2008WR007363

 

33- Tokyay T., Constantinescu, S.G. and Gonzales-Castro, J. (2009), “Investigation of two elemental error sources in boat-mounted ADCP measurements by LES,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic EngineeringVol. 135(11), 875-887, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000083.

 

32- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, G. (2009), “The interaction of a gravity current with a circular cylinder mounted above a wall: Effect of the gap size,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 25, 629-640, doi:10.1016/j/jfluidstructs.2009.01.002.

 

31- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, G. (2009), “Gravity currents impinging on bottom-mounted square cylinders: Flow fields and associated forces,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 631, 65-102, doi:10.1017/S0022112009006740.

 

30- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2008), “An investigation of the flow and scour mechanisms around isolated spur dikes in a shallow open channel. Part I. Conditions corresponding to the initiation of the erosion and deposition process,” Water Resources Research, 44, W08406, doi:10.1029/2007WR006489.

 

29- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2008), “An investigation of the flow and scour mechanisms around isolated spur dikes in a shallow open channel. Part II. Conditions corresponding to the final stages of the erosion and deposition process.” Water Resources Research, 44, W08407, doi:10.1029/2007WR006491.

 

28- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, G., Blanckaert, K. and Weber, L. (2008), “Flow and bathymetry in sharp open-channel bends: Experiments and predictions,” Water Resources Research, 44, W09401, doi:10.1029/2007WR006303.

 

27- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2008), “A 3D non-hydrostatic model to predict flow and sediment transport in loose-bed channel bends,” IAHR J. of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 46(3), 356-372, 10.3826/jhr.2008.3328.

 

26- Kirkil, G., Constantinescu, S.G. and Ettema, R. (2008), “Coherent structures in the flow field around a circular cylinder with scour hole,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg., Vol. 134(5), 572-587. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:5(572)

 

25- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L.J. (2008), “Numerical investigation of flow hydrodynamics in a channel with a series of groynes,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg., Vol. 134(2), 157-172. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:2(157)

 

24- Chang, K., Constantinescu, G. and Park, S.O. (2007), “Assessment of predictive capabilities of Detached Eddy Simulation to simulate flow and mass transport past open cavities,” ASME J. of Fluids Engrg., Vol. 129(11), 1372-1383. DOI:10.1115/1.2786529

 

23- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L. (2007), “A numerical investigation of coherent structures and mass exchange processes in a channel flow with two lateral submerged groynes,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 43, W05445, DOI:10.1029/2006WRR005267.

 

22- Haque, M.D., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L. (2007), “Validation of a 3D RANS model to predict flow and stratification effects related to fish passage at hydropower dams,” IAHR J. of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 45(6), 787-796.

 

21- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L. (2007), “A numerical study of intrusive compositional gravity currents,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 19, 076602, DOI: 10.1063/1.2750672.

 

20- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L.J. (2007), “2D Large Eddy Simulation of lock-exchange gravity current flows,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg.. Vol. 133(9), 1037-1047.  DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:9(1037)

 

19- Chang, K., Constantinescu, G. and Park, S.O. (2007), “The purging of a neutrally buoyant or a dense miscible contaminant from a rectangular cavity. Part I: The case of an incoming laminar boundary layer,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg. Vol. 133(4), 361-372 DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:4(361)

 

18- Chang, K., Constantinescu, G. and Park, S.O. (2007), “The purging of a neutrally buoyant or a dense miscible contaminant from a rectangular cavity. Part II: The case of an incoming fully turbulent overflow,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg. Vol. 133(4), 373-385. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:4(373)

 

17- Strom, K.B., Papanicolaou, A.N. and Constantinescu, G. (2007) “Flow heterogeneity over a 3D cluster microform: a laboratory and numerical investigation,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg., Vol. 133(3), 273-287. DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:3(273)

 

16- Constantinescu, G.S., Krajewski, W.F., Ozdemir, C.E. and Tokyay, T. (2007) “Simulation of flow around raingauges: Comparison of LES with RANS models,” Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 30, 43-58. DOI:10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.02.011

 

15- Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2006), “Validation of a Large Eddy Simulation model to simulate flow in pump intakes of realistic geometry,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg. Vol. 132(12), 1303-1315.

 

14- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, G. and Weber, L. (2006), “Exchange processes in a channel with two emerged groynes,” Flow, Turbulence, Combustion ERCOFTAC Journal, Vol. 77, 97-126. DOI:10/1007/s100494-006-9039-1

 

13- Chang, K., Constantinescu, G. and Park, S.O. (2006), “Analysis of the flow and mass transfer process for the incompressible flow past an open cavity with a laminar and a fully turbulent incoming boundary layer,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 561, 113-145. DOI:10.1017/S0022112006000735

 

12- Mahesh, K., Constantinescu G., Apte, S., Iaccarino, G., Ham, F. and Moin, P. (2006) “Large eddy simulation of reacting turbulent flows in complex geometries,” ASME J. of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 73, 374-381. DOI:10.1115/1.2179098

 

11- Mahesh, K., Constantinescu, G. and Moin, P. (2004). “A numerical method for large eddy simulation in complex geometries,” J. Computational Physics, Vol. 197, No. 1, 215-240. DOI:10.1016/j.jcp.2003.11.031

 

10- Constantinescu, G. and Squires, K.D. (2004). “Numerical investigation of the flow over a sphere in the subcritical and supercritical regimes,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 16(5), 1449-1467. DOI:10.1063/1.1688325

 

9- Constantinescu, G.S. and Squires, K.D. (2003). “LES and DES investigations of turbulent flow over a sphere at Re=10,000,” Flow, turbulence and combustion ERCOFTAC Journal, Vol. 70, 267-298.

 

8- Constantinescu, G., Chapelet, M.C., and Squires, K.D. (2003). “Turbulence modeling applied to flow over a sphere,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 41(9), 1733-1743.

 

7- Constantinescu, G.S., Pasinato, H., Wang, Y.Q., Forsythe, J.R. and Squires, K.D. (2002). “Numerical investigations of flow past a prolate spheroid,” J. of Fluids Engineering ASME, Vol. 124(4), 904-910. DOI:10.1115/1.1517571

 

6- Ansar, M., Nakato, T. and Constantinescu, G. (2002). “Numerical simulation of inviscid three-dimensional flows at single and dual pump intakes,” IAHR Journal of Hydraulics Research, Vol. 40, No. 4, 461-470.

 

5- Constantinescu, G.S. and Lele, S.K. (2002). “A highly accurate technique for the treatment of flow equations at the polar axis in cylindrical coordinates using series expansions,” J. of Computational Physics, Vol 183, No. 1, 165-186. DOI:10.1006/jcph.2002.7187

 

4- Constantinescu, G.S. and Patel, V.C. (2000). “Role of turbulence model in prediction of pump-bay vortices,” Technical Paper, ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg., Vol. 126, No. 5, 387-392.

 

3- Rajendran, V.P., Constantinescu, S.G. and Patel, V.C. (1999). “Experimental validation of a numerical model of flow in pump-intakes bays,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg., Vol. 125, No. 11, 1119-1126.

 

2- Constantinescu, G.S. and Patel, V.C. (1998). “Numerical model for simulation of pump-intake flow and vortices,” ASCE J. of Hydr. Engrg, Vol. 124, No. 2, 123-134.

 

1- Sotiropoulos, F and Constantinescu, G. (1997). “Pressure-based residual smoothing operators for multistage pseudocompressibility algorithms,” J. of Computational Physics, Vol. 133, 129-145.

 

Conference Proceedings

153- Wu, H. and Constantinescu, G. (2020) “Effect of active filtering on flow around a partially submerged freshwater mussel,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2020, Editors: Wim Uijttewaal, Mário J. Franca, Daniel Valero, Victor Chavarrias, Clàudia Ylla Arbós, Ralph Schielen, Alessandra Crosato, CRC Press, London, https://doi.org/10.1201/b22619 , Delft, The Netherlands, July 2020.

 

152-Constantinescu, G. and Chang, W.Y. (2019) “Sediment erosion mechanisms driving local scour around a patch of emerged vegetation in a river,” RCEM Conference, Auckland, New Zeeland, November 2019.

 

151-Constantinescu, G. (2019) “On shallow mixing interfaces and their relevance for understanding mixing at river confluences,” 12th Direct and Large Eddy Simulation Symposium, Madrid, Spain, June, 2019.

 

150-Pokrajac, D., Venuleo, S., Tokyay, T., Constantinescu, G. and Franca, M. (2018) “Shape factor in the pressure term in SWEs revisited,” 5th IAHR Europe Congress, June 12-14, 2018, Trento, Italy

 

149- La Forgia, G., Tokyay, T., Adduce, C. And Constantinescu, G. (2018) ‘Large Eddy Simulations on breaking internal waves,’ 5th IAHR Europe Congress, June 12-14, 2018, Trento, Italy

 

148- M. Koken and G. Constantinescu (2018) “Open channel flow past a rectangular patch of submerged vegetation,” 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics, Tokyo, Japan, August, 2018.

 

147- D. Horna Munoz and G. Constantinescu (2018) “Application of a 3-D CFD model to investigate flood-related engineering problems,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2018, Lyon, France, September 2018.

 

146- A. Wuest, A., G. Constantinescu, O.R. Sevulpeda Steiner, T. Tokyay and T. Sommer (2017) “Bacteria induced mixing – comparing field observations with DNS,” 20th Workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters, Hyytiälä Forestry Station, Finland, August 2017

 

145-S. Venuleo, D. Pokrajac, T. Tokyay, G. Constantinescu, A. Schleiss and M. Franca (2017) “Density and velocity correlation terms in shallow water equations for density currents,” 4th International Symposium of Shallow Flows, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, June 2017

 

144- D. Horna-Munoz and G. Constantinescu (2017) “Three dimensional numerical modeling of dam break flows,” 4th International Symposium of Shallow Flows, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, June 2017

 

143- D. Horna-Munoz and G. Constantinescu (2017) “A numerical investigation of curvature effects on the evolution of shallow mixing layers,” 4th International Symposium of Shallow Flows, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, June 2017

 

142- Sommer, T., Berg, J., Danza, F, Burgmann, H., Sengupta, A., Dressler, Y., Schubert, C., Constantinescu, G. and Wuest, J. (2016) Bacteria induced mixing in natural waters Ascona, Switzerland, April 2016.

 

141- Wuthrich, D., Pfister, M., Manso, P., Constantinescu, G. and Schleiss, A.J. (2016) “Surface turbulence on waves propagating on smooth and rough beds,” Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Application of Physical modelling in Coastal and Port Engineering and Science (Coastlab6), Ottawa, Canada, May 3-6 2016.

 

140-Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2016) “On the spatial development of the mixing layer at the interface between open water and a region containing emerged vegetation,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2016, Saint Louis, USA.

 

139-Steenhauer, K., Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, G. (2016) “A numerical study of effect of bed slope on mixing for gravity currents propagating over an incline,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2016, Saint Louis, USA.

 

138- Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu G. and Tsai, W.F. (2016) “Effect of the solid volume fraction on flow past a circular patch of vegetation with a low submergence depth,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2016, Saint Louis, USA.

 

137-Yuksel-Ozan, A. and Constantinescu G. (2016) “On the similarity and differences between thermally-driven lock-exchange flows in fully and partially-vegetated channels,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2016, Saint Louis, USA.

 

136- Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G. (2016) “On the effect of porosity on the wake structure of flow past a circular patch of vegetation,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2016, Saint Louis, USA.

 

135- Horna Munoz, D. and Constantinescu, G. (2016) “A numerical study of the efficiency of flood protection structures,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2016, Saint Louis, USA.

 

134- Cheng, Z. and Constantinescu G. (2016) “Effect of level of inflow turbulence on the spatial development of a shallow mixing layer in an open channel,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2016, Saint Louis, USA.

 

133- Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu G. and Tsai, W.F. (2015) “LES of flow past a submerged circular patch of vegetation” Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Informatics, Networking and Intelligent Computing (INIC 2014), November 2014, Shenzhen, China

 

132-Constantinescu, G. (2015) “On the role of coherent structures in driving scour at natural river confluences,” YMC 2015, M.S. Yalin Memoriam Colloquium: Fundamental river processes and connection between fluvial and coastal systems in a changing climate, Palermo, Italy, November 2015.

 

131-Horna Munoz, D. and Constantinescu, G. (2015) “Development and validation of a 3D numerical model to simulate floods in natural channels,” XXXVIth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, The Hague, Netherlands, September 2015

 

130- Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu G. and Tsai, W.F. (2015) “Flow and turbulence structure past a dense circular patch of vegetation,” XXXVIth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, The Hague, Netherlands, September 2015

 

129- Cheng, Z. and Constantinescu G. (2015) “Far field structure of turbulent shallow mixing layers between parallel streams,” XXXVIth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, The Hague, Netherlands, September 2015

 

128-Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, G. (2015) “Gravity currents interacting with a bottom barrier,” XXXVIth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, The Hague, Netherlands, September 2015

 

127-Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G. (2014) “2D simulation of laminar flow past a circular patch of cylinders,” Proceedings of the 10th Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, ACFD10, October 19-23 2014, Jeju, Korea

 

126-Cheng, Z. and Constantinescu G. (2014) “Spatial development of constant-depth shallow mixing layer in a long channel” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

125-Koken, M. and Constantinescu G. (2014) “Coherent structures and sediment entrainment mechanisms in sharply curved bends,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

124-Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu G. and Tsai, W.F. (2014) “LES of flow past a submerged circular patch of vegetation,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

123 Yuksel-Ozan, A. and Constantinescu G. (2014) “The influence of porosity on the structure and behavior of gravity currents propagating into an aquatic canopy,” 3rd  IAHR Europe Congress, Porto, Portugal, 2014.

 

122- Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu G. (2014) “A numerical investigation of flow past a circular patch of vegetation,” Seventh International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Singapore, January 2014.

 

121- Chang, W.Y, Constantinescu, G., Tsai, W.F. and Lien, H.G. (2013) “An investigation of coherent structures of flow at a circular piled pier,” 12th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, Kyoto, Japan, September 2013

 

120- Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, G. (2013) “Flow and turbulence structure around an in-stream rectangular cylinder with scour hole,” XXXVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Chengdu, China, September 2013

 

119- Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, G. (2013) “A numerical study of shallow mixing development over flat surfaces and dunes,” XXXVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Chengdu, China, September 2013

 

118- Chang, W.Y, Constantinescu, G., Tsai, W.F. and Lien, H.G. (2013) “LES of flow past a circular patch of emerged vegetation,” XXXVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Chengdu, China, September 2013

 

117- Yuksel Ozan, A. and Constantinescu, G. (2013) “LES of lock-exchange gravity currents propagating into a fully vegetated channel,” XXXVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Chengdu, China, September 2013

 

116- Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu G. (2013) “A numerical investigation of flow past two-dimensional dunes in a long channel,” XXXVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Chengdu, China, September 2013

 

115-Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu G. (2012) “Large Eddy Simulation of flow past a porous cylinder,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2012, San Jose, Costa Rica.

 

114-Yuksel Ozan, A., Constantinescu, G. and Tokyay, T. (2012) “Propagation of a gravity current in an aquatic canopy: Insights from Large Eddy Simulations,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2012, San Jose, Costa Rica.

 

113-Yuksel Ozan, A., Constantinescu, G. and Tokyay, T. (2012) “Propagation of a gravity current in an aquatic canopy: Insights from Large Eddy Simulations,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2012, San Jose, Costa Rica.

 

112- Chang, W.Y, Constantinescu, G., Lien, H.G., Tsai, W.F., J.S. Lai and C.H. Loh (2012) “An Investigation of Coherent Vortical Structures of Flow at In-situ Niudou Bridge in Taiwan,” 3ndInternational Symposium on Shallow Flows, Iowa City, USA, June 2012.

 

111-Zeng, J., Constantinescu, G. and Brevis, W. (2012). “Flow structure within shallow wake behind a circular cylinder,” 3ndInternational Symposium on Shallow Flows, Iowa City, USA, June 2012.

 

110- Constantinescu, G. S., Miyawaki, S., Rhoads B and Sukhodolov, A. (2012), “On the structure of the shallow mixing interface at a river confluence,” 3ndInternational Symposium on Shallow Flows, Iowa City, USA, June 2012.

 

109-Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G. (2012). “Flow structure in a shallow channel with large scale bottom roughness,” 3ndInternational Symposium on Shallow Flows, Iowa City, USA, June 2012.

 

108-Yuksel-Ozan, A., Constantinescu, G. and Nepf, H. (2012). “An LES study of exchange flow between open water and a region containing a vegetated surface layer,” 3ndInternational Symposium on Shallow Flows, Iowa City, USA, June 2012.

 

107- Constantinescu, G., (2012), “LES of shallow mixing layers,” 3ndInternational Symposium on Shallow Flows, Iowa City, USA, June 2012.

 

106-Constantinescu, G., Koken, M. and Zeng, J. (2012), “Flow and turbulence structure in shallow open channel bends,” 3nd International Symposium on Shallow Flows, Iowa City, USA, June 2012.

 

105-Constantinescu G. (2011), “On the effect of drag on the propagation of compositional gravity currents,” INVITED PAPER, Proceedings of the Gerhard H. Jirka Memorial Colloquium, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, June 2011.

 

104-Borden, Z., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu G. (2011), “A numerical study of the energy budget in internal bores,” Seventh International Symposium on Stratified Flows, August 2011, Rome, Italy.

 

103-Constantinescu, G. and Tokyay, T. (2011), “On the front velocity of gravity currents propagating over an array of large-scale roughness elements,” Seventh International Symposium on Stratified Flows, August 2011, Rome, Italy.

 

102- Tokyay, T., Mohamed Y.A., and Constantinescu, G. (2011), “Effect of Reynolds number on the propagation of lock exchange gravity currents in a porous medium” XXXIVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Brisbane, Australia, June 2011.

 

101- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2011), “Effect of Reynolds number and abutment geometry on the flow and turbulence structure around an abutment with a large scour hole” XXXIVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Brisbane, Australia, June 2011.

 

100- Kashyap, S., Constantinescu, G., Rennie, C. and Townsend, R. (2011), “The effect of groynes on secondary flow in the main channel of a high curvature bend,” XXXIVth International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Brisbane, Australia, June 2011.

 

99- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2010), “Large Eddy Simulation of gravity current flow past submerged cylinders,” Advances in Turbulence XII, Proceedings of the 12th Euromech European Turbulence Conference, pp. 439-443, Ed. B. Eckhardt, September 7-10 2009, Marburg, Germany.

 

98- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, G. (2010), “An investigation of scale effects in the flow past a vertical wall abutment,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2010, Braunschweig, Germany, September 2010.

 

97- Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, G. (2010), “The flow structure in the tail of a lock-exchange gravity current with a large volume of release propagating over dunes,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2010, Braunschweig, Germany, September 2010.

 

96- Constantinescu G., Koken, M. and Zeng, J. (2010), “Simulation of flow in an open channel bend of strong curvature using Detached Eddy Simulation,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2010, Braunschweig, Germany, September 2010.

 

95-Kashyap, S., Constantinescu, G., Tokyay, T., Rennie, C. and Townsend, R. (2010), “Simulation of flow around submerged groynes in a sharp bend using a 3D LES model,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2010, Braunschweig, Germany, September 2010.

 

94- Miyawaki, S., Constantinescu, S.G., Rhoads, B and Sukhodolov, A. (2010), “On the three-dimensional flow structure at a river confluence with a high momentum ratio,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2010, Braunschweig, Germany, September 2010.

 

93-Chang, W.Y., Constantinescu, G., Miyawaki, S. and Lien, H.C. (2010) “The flow and turbulence structure at a rectangular bridge pier with a low angle of attack,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2010, Braunschweig, Germany, September 2010.

 

92- Kirkil G. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2009), “A numerical study of vertical non-uniformity of flow and mass exchange processes in a shallow turbulent mixing layer,” 6th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Rome, Italy, September 2009.

 

91- Kim, D., Tokyay, T., Muste, M., Constantinescu, S.G. and Gonzales-Castro, J. (2009), “An experimental and numerical investigation of near-transducer errors in ADCP measurements,” XXXIIIrd International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009.

 

90- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2009), “A DES study of large-scale turbulence at a bridge abutment of realistic geometry with scour hole,“ XXXIIIrd International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009.

 

89- Miyawaki, S., Constantinescu, S.G., Kirkil, G., Rhoads, B and Sukhodolov, A. (2009), “Numerical investigation of three-dimensional flow structure at a river confluence,” XXXIIIrd International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009.

 

88- Miyawaki, S., Constantinescu, S.G., Liao, Q. and Nakato, T. (2009), “Validation of an LES model to predict flow past freshwater mussels,“ XXXIIIrd International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009.

 

87- Kirkil G. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2009), “A numerical study of a shallow mixing layer developing over dunes,” XXXIIIrd International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009.

 

86- Tokyay T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2009), “Scale effects in the evolution of a gravity current over dunes,” XXXIIIrd International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009.

 

85- Tokyay T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2009), “A numerical study of scale effects affecting the evolution and sediment entrainment capacity of a gravity current propagating over a loose bed containing large-scale roughness elements,” Multiphase Flow 2009, Lake Forest, U.K. June 2009.

 

84- Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “On the coupling between the horseshoe vortex system and the wake in a shallow channel flow past a bottom-mounted cylinder,” 2nd International Symposium on Shallow Flows, Hong Kong, December 2008.

 

83-Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “A numerical study of shallow mixing layers between parallel streams,” 2nd International Symposium on Shallow Flows, Hong Kong, December 2008.

 

82- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “A DES study of the horseshoe vortex system in the flow past a bridge abutment with a scour hole at a high Reynolds number,” Fourth International Conference on Scour and Erosion, November, 2008, Tokyo, Japan.

 

81- Constantinescu, S.G., A. Bhatti and T. Tokyay (2008), “A numerical study of wind loads on large highway sign structures,” SEI 2008 Structures Congress, Vancouver, Canada, April 2008.

 

80- Tokyay T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “High Reynolds number gravity currents propagating over large scale roughness elements,” 7th International ERCOFTAC symposium on engineering turbulence modeling and measurements, Limasol, Cyprus, June 2008.

 

79- Constantinescu, S.G., A. Sukhodolov and A. McCoy (2008), “Role of the coherent structures in the mass exchange between the main channel and a series of shallow embayments,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2008, Izmir, Turkey, September 2008.

 

78- Gisonni, C., Hager, W. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “Scour patterns at loose bridge abutment,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2008, Izmir, Turkey, September 2008.

 

77- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G., Blanckaert, K. and Weber, L. (2008), “Prediction of flow structure and equilibrium bathymetry in an open channel bend with high curvature,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2008, Izmir, Turkey, September 2008.

 

76- Tokyay T., Constantinescu, S.G. and Gonzales-Castro, J. (2008), “An LES investigation of two elemental error sources in boat-mounted ADCP measurements,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2008, Izmir, Turkey, September 2008.

 

75- Tokyay T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “A LES study of high Reynolds number finite lock release gravity currents propagating over dunes,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2008, Izmir, Turkey, September 2008.

 

74- Koken M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “A numerical study of scale effects in the flow past a vertical spur dike,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2008, Izmir, Turkey, September 2008.

 

73- Miyawaki S., Constantinescu, S.G., Nakato, T. and Reinhardt, J. (2008), “A numerical study of flow around freshwater mussels,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2008, Izmir, Turkey, September 2008.

 

72- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2007), “The interaction of gravity currents with submarine installations: high-resolution simulations on the impact stage,” INVITED PAPER 5th Conference on bluff body wakes and vortex-induced vibrations, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil, December 2007.

 

71- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2007), “A study of the interaction of a gravity current with a circular cylinder,” 5th Conference on bluff body wakes and vortex-induced vibrations, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil, December 2007.

 

70- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2007), “A LES and DES study of ejection of pollutant from bottom cavities,” Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Tempe, AZ, December 2007.

 

69- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2007), “A numerical study of the structure of a doubly-symmetric intrusion current advancing into a two-layer ambient fluid,” Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Tempe, AZ, December 2007.

 

68- Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2007), “A comparison of the horseshoe vortex system at a circular bridge pier between initial and final stages of scour,” INVITED PAPER Fifth International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Tempe, AZ, December 2007.

 

67- Gonzales-Juez, E., Constantinescu, S.G. and Meiburg, E. (2007), “Gravity current – submarine interaction: hazard analysis via high-resolution flow simulations,” 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, San Diego, California, June 2007. OMAE2007-29280

 

66- Constantinescu, S.G., Koken, M and McCoy, A. (2007), “A LES study of the bed shear stress distributions around isolated and multiple groynes,” 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, University of Twente, The Netherlands, September 2007.

 

65- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2007), “Hydrodynamics of flow in a channel with two lateral submerged groynes,” 2007 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, May 2007.

 

64- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2007), “An investigation of coherent structures in the wake of a bridge abutment at equilibrium bed scour conditions,” 2007 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, May 2007.

 

63- Neary, V., Constantinescu, S.G. and Cui (2007), “Analysis of coherent structures generated by plant stems using LES,” XXXIIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Venice, Italy, August 2007.

 

62- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2007), “Comparison of LES, DES and Unsteady RANS numerical predictions of flow past a bottom river cavity,”XXXIIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Venice, Italy, August 2007.

 

61- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G., Koken, M. and Weber, L. (2007), “Effect of the relative submergence on the flow and mass exchange processes in a channel with two lateral groynes,” XXXIIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Venice, Italy, August 2007.

 

60- Koken, M., Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2007), “Coherent structures in the flow around a vertical bridge abutment at equilibrium scour conditions,” XXXIIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Venice, Italy, August 2007.

 

59- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, S.G., and Weber, L. (2007), “A LES investigation of the structure of intrusive Boussinesq gravity currents,” XXXIIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Venice, Italy, August 2007.

 

58- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2007), “Prediction of flow structure in a strongly curved bend at the start of the erosion process,” 10th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, August 1-4, 2007, Moscow, Russia.

 

57- Constantinescu, S.G., Patel, V.C. and Tokyay, T. (2006), “CFD studies of flows in industrial pump intakes,” INVITED PAPER, National Conference on CFD Applications in Power and Industry Sectors, November 18, 2006, Hyderabad, India.

 

56- Constantinescu, S.G., Ooi, S.K. and Weber, L. (2006), “Effect of Grashof number on distributions of bed shear stress in an infinite volume lock-exchange gravity current flow,” Sixth International Symposium on Stratified Flows, December 11-14 2006, Perth, Australia.

 

55- Kirkil, G., Constantinescu, S.G. and Ettema, R. (2006), “On the coupling among the bed, separated shear layers and horseshoe vortex system in the flow around a bridge pier,” Third International Conference on Scour and Erosion, November 1-3, 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

54- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “Prediction of scoured bed and sediment transport at equilibrium conditions  in curved alluvial channels using advanced near wall models,” Third International Conference on Scour and Erosion, November 1-3, 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

53- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2006), “LES investigation of horseshoe vortex system at the base of a bridge abutment at equilibrium bed scour conditions,” 7th International conference on hydroinformatics HIC 2006, Nice, France, September 2006.

 

52- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “A LES based 3D numerical model to predict density driven currents and associated instabilities in an infinite channel,” 7th International conference on hydroinformatics HIC 2006, Nice, France, September 2006.

 

51- Constantinescu, S.G., Chang, K.S., and Park, S. (2006), “Validation of a fully 3D LES model to predict removal of a neutrally buoyant or a dense miscible contaminant from a bottom river cavity by a fully turbulent overflow,” 7th International conference on hydroinformatics HIC 2006, Nice, France, September 2006.

 

50- Politano, M., Sinha, S., Haque, M.D., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “Modeling the potential effect of extreme weather conditions on water temperature in McNary Dam,” 7th International conference on hydroinformatics HIC 2006, Nice, France, September 2006.

 

49- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “A numerical investigation of two algorithms for calculation of free surface deformations,” 7th International conference on hydroinformatics HIC 2006, Nice, France, September 2006.

 

48- Kirkil, G., Constantinescu, S.G. and Ettema, R. (2006), “Investigation of the velocity and pressure fluctuations distributions inside the turbulent horseshoe vortex system around a circular bridge pier,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2006.

 

47- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “A 3D numerical investigation of the development of density driven finite-channel lock-release currents at high Grashof numbers,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2006.

 

46- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “Validation of a new model to account for bed slope effects for prediction of equilibrium conditions in loose channels with significant suspended sediment transport,” International conference on fluvial hydraulics, River Flow 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2006.

 

45- Constantinescu, S.G., Ooi, S.K., and Weber, L. (2006), “Analysis of the evolution of finite-channel lock release currents at high Grashof numbers from initial stages to the inviscid phase,” INVITED PAPER, Symposium on turbulence modeling and simulation, 7th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, ICHE 2006, Philadelphia, September 2006.

 

44- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2006), “On the changes in the structure of the horseshoe vortex system forming at the base of a bridge abutment between flat bed and equilibrium scour conditions,” Symposium on turbulence modeling and simulation,  7th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, ICHE 2006, Philadelphia, September 2006.

 

43- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “LES of flow and pollutant transport in a channel with multiple lateral groyne fields,” Symposium on turbulence modeling and simulation, 7th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, ICHE 2006, Philadelphia, September 2006.

 

42- Koken, M. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2006), “Investigation of flow around a bridge abutment in a flat bed channel using LES,” 2006 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006.

 

41- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “Prediction of equilibrium flow and bedload transport in a curved bend,” 2006 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006.

 

40- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2006), “Analysis of mechanisms of contaminant removal from a bottom river cavity,” 2006 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006.

 

39- Politano, M., Haque, Md., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2006), “A three dimensional thermal model for McNary Dam,” 2006 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006.

 

38- Li, S., Weber, L. and Constantinescu,, S.G. (2006), “Three dimensional hydrodinamical simulations for fish passage at the Dalles dam,” 2006 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Omaha, Nebraska, May 2006.

 

37- Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2005), “CFD simulations of the flow in a hydraulic turbine draft tube using RANS and LES turbulence models,” Turbine-99 IIIrd IAHR / ERCOFTAC Workshop on draft tube flow, Porjus, Sweden, December 2005.

 

36- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2005), “Assessment of predictive capabilities of SST based Detached Eddy Simulation method for incompressible flow over an open cavity,” 6th Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Taiwan, October 2005.

 

35- Constantinescu, S.G. (2005), “On the use of eddy resolving techniques to simulate river transport processes and flow around hydraulic structures,” INVITED PAPER, US-China Workshop on Advanced Computational Modeling in Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, September 2005.

 

34- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “Validation of a computational model to predict suspended and bed load sediment transport and equilibrium bed morphology in open channels,” River and Coastal Estuarine Morphology Conference, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Illinois, October 2005.

 

33- Haque, M.D., Koken, M., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “Use of a 3D RANS model to predict stratification effects related to fish passage at hydropower dams,” XXXIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Seoul, Korea, September 2005.

 

32- Kirkil, G., Constantinescu, S.G. and Ettema, R. (2005), “The horseshoe vortex system around a circular bridge pier on a flat bed,” XXXIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Seoul, Korea, September 2005.

 

31- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “2D Large Eddy Simulation of lock-exchange gravity current flows,” XXXIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Seoul, Korea, September 2005.

 

30- Zeng, J., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “A fully 3D non-hydrostatic models for prediction of flow, sediment transport and bed morphology in open channels,” XXXIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Seoul, Korea, September 2005.

 

29- Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2005), “Coherent structures in pump intake flows: A Large Eddy Simulation study,” XXXIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Seoul, Korea, September 2005.

 

28- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “LES simulation of contaminant removal from the embayment area between two vertical groynes in a channel,” XXXIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Seoul, Korea, September 2005.

 

27- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2005), “Flow and mass exchange processes between a channel and a cavity filled with a neutrally buoyant or a dense miscible contaminant,” XXXIst International Association Hydraulic Research Congress, Seoul, Korea, September 2005.

 

26- Constantinescu, S.G. and Koken, M. (2005), “Time-dependent and time-averaged structure of the flow past a surface mounted cylinder,” 4th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Cachan, France, May 2005.

 

25- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2005), “Influence of inflow conditions on the development of the flow and pollutant transport for the flow past an open cavity,” Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Cachan, France, May 2005.

 

24- Strom, K.B., Papanicolaou, A.N. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2005), “Rough wall flow using k-w turbulence model in Fluent,” World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Alaska, May 2005.

 

23- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “Coherent structures in a channel with groyne fields: A numerical investigation using LES,” World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Alaska, May 2005.

 

22- Tokyay, T. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2005), “Large Eddy Simulation and Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes Simulations of flow in a realistic pump intake: A validation study,” World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Alaska, May 2005.

 

21- Kirkil, G., Constantinescu, S.G., and Ettema, R. (2005), “The horseshoe vortex system around a circular bridge pier on equilibrium scoured bed,” World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Alaska, May 2005.

 

20- Haque, M.D.., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “Validation of a 3D RANS model to predict flow and stratification effects in river-dam forebays,” World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Alaska, May 2005.

 

19- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “Coherent structures and mass exchange processes in channel flow with spanwise obstructions,” ERCOFTAC International Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modeling and Measurements, Sardinia, Italy, May 2005.

 

18- Constantinescu, G.C., Ettema, R., Koken, M. and Muste, M. (2004) “LES simulation of unsteady horseshoe vortex system and wake vortices generated by surface mounted cylinders,” Second International Conference on Scour and Erosion, November 14-17, 2004, Singapore.

 

17- Apte, S., Mahesh, K., Ham, F., Constantinescu, S.G., and Moin, P. (2003) “Large eddy simulation of multiphase flows in complex combustors,” Computational Methods in Multiphase Flow II, Eds., A.A. Mammoli and C.A. Brebbia, pp. 53-62, WIT press, U.K.

 

16- Mahesh, K., Constantinescu S.G. and Moin, P. (2003) “A numerical method for large eddy simulation in complex geometries”, INVITED PAPERSecond MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 17-20 2003, Boston, MA, USA.

 

15- Mahesh, K., Constantinescu S.G. and Moin, P. (2003) “Simulating turbulent flows in complex geometries”, 4th ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, Paper FEDSM2003-45337, July 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

 

14- Constantinescu, S.G., Mahesh, K., S. Apte, Iaccarino, G. and Moin, P. (2003), “Simulation of turbulent combustion in realistic gas turbine combustors using LES,” Paper GT2003-38356, ASME/IGTI Turbo Expo Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 16-19, 2003.

 

13- Constantinescu, S.G., Pacheco, M., Chapelet, M.C., and Squires, K.D. (2002). “Detached eddy simulation of flow past a sphere,” Paper AIAA 2002-0425, 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 2002, Reno, NV, USA.

 

12- Constantinescu, S.G., Pasinato, H., Wang, Y.Q., and Squires, K.D. (2002). “Numerical investigation of flow past a prolate spheroid,” Paper AIAA 2002-0588, 40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 2002, Reno, NV, USA.

 

11- Constantinescu, S.G. and Lele, S.K. (2001). “Large eddy simulation of a near sonic turbulent jet and its radiated noise,” Paper AIAA 2001-0376, 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 2001, Reno, NV, USA.

 

10- Constantinescu, S.G. and Squires, K.D. (2000). “Role of turbulence model in prediction of turbulent flow over a sphere,” Paper FEDSM2000-11217, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 2000, Boston, MA, USA.

 

9- Constantinescu, S.G. and Squires, K.D. (2000). “LES and DES investigations of turbulent flow over a sphere,” Paper AIAA 2000-0540, 38th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 2000, Reno, NV, USA.

 

8- Constantinescu, S.G. and Patel, V.C. (1998). “Three-dimensional numerical model of pump-intake flow and vortices,” Proceedings of the Third International Conference:  Hydroinformatics 98, Editors Babovic, V and Larsen, L., 61-68, Danish Hydraulic Institute, August 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

7- Constantinescu, S.G. and Patel, V.C. (1998). “Role of turbulence model in prediction of pump-intake vortices,” Paper FEDSM98-5003, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 1998, Washington, D.C., USA.

 

6- Rajendran, V., Constantinescu, S.G. and Patel, V.C. (1998). “Experiments on flow in a model water-pump intake sump to validate a numerical model,” Paper FEDSM98-5098, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, June 1998, Washington, D.C., USA.

 

5- Constantinescu, S.G. and Patel, V.C. (1997). “Influence of approach flow nonuniformity on vortices at a pump intake,” Proceedings of the XXVIIth IAHR Congress, August 1997San Francisco, California, USA

 

4- Constantinescu, S.G., Patel, V.C., Ansar, M. and Nakato, T. (1997). “A numerical-simulation code for pump-bay design,” International Power Generation Conference, November 1997, Denver, Colorado, USA.

 

3- Ansar, M.Constantinescu, S.G., Nakato, T. and Patel, V.C. (1997). “Numerical simulation of three-dimensional pump-approach flow distributions at a two-pump intake,” Proceedings of the Symposium St-Venant, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, August 1997, Paris, France.

 

2- Sotiropoulos, F and Constantinescu, S.G. (1996). “Pressure-based residual smoothing operators for multistage pseudocompressibility algorithms,” Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, San Diego, California, USA.

 

1- Iamandi, C, Petrescu, V. and Constantinescu, S.G. (1994). “The influence of the bar shape of a trash rack on the ice particle trajectory,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Commercial Utilization of Technologies in Polar Regions, Lulea, Sweden, 305-315.

 

Published Abstracts

37- La Forgia, G., Tokyay, T., Adduce, C. and Constantinescu G.  (2018) “Breaking of internal solitary waves over a sloping surface and implications for sediment entrainment,” Geophyscial Research Abstracts, Vol. 20, EGU General Assembly 2018.

 

36- Guillen-Ludena, S., Cheng, Z., Constantinescu, G. and Franca, M. (2017) “Hydrodynamics of bed discordance confluences. Simulations based on laboratory data,” EGU General Assembly Conference, Abstracts 19, 1620.

 

35- Constantinescu, G. (2017) “LES of planar lock-exchange and surface-radiation driven Boussinesq gravity currents down a sloped surface,” Dynamics of Gravity Currents University of California, Santa Barbara, September 2017, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

 

34- Pokrajac, D., Venuleo, S., Tokyay, T., Constantinescu, G. and Franca, M.J. (2017) “Shape factor in the pressure term revisited,” Dynamics of Gravity Currents University of California, Santa Barbara, September 2017, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

 

33- Franca, M., Guillen-Ludena, S., Cheng, Z., Cardoso, A. and Constantinescu, G. “Hybrid modeling of bed discordant river confluences”, 2016 AGU session EP028: Moving down the chain – studying earth surface processes using computational fluid dynamics, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2016, San Francisco, USA

 

32- Wüest, A., G.S. Constantinescu and D. Bouffard (2015) “Potentials and limits of three dimensional modelling in lakes” Swiss Geoscience Meeting: Hydrology, Limnology and Hydrogeology, November 2015, Basel, Switzerland.

 

31- Kirkil, G. and Constantinescu, G. (2014) “Effects of cylinder Reynolds number on the turbulent horseshoe vortex system and near wake of a surface-mounted cylinder,” 68th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, November, 2014.

30- Kashyap, S., Constantinescu, G., Rennie, C. and Townsend, R. (2012), “Influence of curvature and aspect ratio on erosion pattern in a channel bend,” Canadian Water Resources Association Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June, 2012.

 

29- Chang, K.S. and Constantinescu, G. (2011) “Dynamics of large scale coherent structures in developing and fully developed channel flow over a rough wall,” 65th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, November, 2011.

 

28- Constantinescu, G. (2011) “Lock exchange gravity currents propagating in a porous medium.” 2nd International mini-symposium on river dynamics, morphodynamics and ecology, Aquatic Vegetation in Natural Streams: Science and Practice Duino, Italy, July 2011.

 

27- Steenhauer, K., Constantinescu, G. and Guo, Y. (2011) “LES of lock-exchange flow propagating downslope in a long open channel,” Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting, Glasgow, U.K., March 2011.

 

26- Orr, T.S., Domaradzki, J.A. and Constantinescu, G. (2010), “Numerical simulation of flow around a sphere moving through a stratified fluid.” 64th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, November, 2010.

 

25- Orr, T.S., Domaradzki, J.A. and Constantinescu, G. (2009), “DES of separated flow in the near-wake of a sphere moving through a stratified fluid.” 62th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, November, 2009.

 

24- Elliott, G., McLaughlin, R.L., Goodwin, R.A., Nestler, J., Constantinescu, G., Weber, L., and Benson, J.L. (2008), “Behavioral Responses of Sea Lamprey to Hydrodynamic Conditions,” Bioengineering Section, American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa, August 2008

 

23- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “The interaction of a gravity current with a circular cylinder mounted above a wall: Effect of the gap size.” 2nd Southern California Symposium on flow physics, Caltech, April 12, 2008.

 

22- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “Ocean gravity current impinging on submarine installations: Hazard analysis via computer simulations,” California NanoSystems Institute Scientific Computer Series, UCSB, June 10, 2008.

 

21- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2008), “Three dimensional dynamics of a gravity current flow past a submerged cylinder.” 61th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Minneapolis, MN, November, 2008.

 

20- Elliott, G., McLaughlin, R.L., Goodwin, R.A., Nestler, J., Constantinescu, G., Weber, L., and Benson, J.L. (2007), “Behavioral Responses of Sea Lamprey Under Different Hydrodynamic Conditions,” Biology and Conservation of Lampreys Symposium, Invited paper, American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2007.

 

19- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2007), “The drag on a square cylinder from the impact of a gravity current.” 60th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, UT, November, 2007.

 

18- Gonzales-Juez, E., Meiburg, E. and Constantinescu, S.G. (2007), “A study of the interaction of a gravity current with a square cylinder.” 1st Southern California Symposium on flow physics, Caltech, April, 2007.

 

17- Gonzales-Juez, E., Constantinescu, S.G. and Meiburg, E. (2006), “Submarine structure interaction: Hazard analysis using high resolution simulations.”59th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa, FL, November, 2006.

 

16- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2006), “LES simulation of flow and mass exchange in a channel with an open cavity,” Whither Turbulence Prediction and Control Conference, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, March 2006.

 

15- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2006), “The purging of a neutrally buoyant or a dense miscible contaminant from a rectangular cavity,” International Conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics, May 15-18, 2006, Busan, South Korea.

 

14- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2005), “Influence of Richardson number on the ejection of a miscible contaminant from a rectangular cavity by an incoming turbulent overflow,” 58th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL, November, 2005.

 

13- Ooi, S.K., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “Large Eddy Simulation study of the development of finite channel lock-release currents at high Grashof numbers,” 58th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL, November, 2005.

 

12- Constantinescu, G.S., Krajewski, W., Kruger, A., Ciach, G., Tokyay, T.E., and Ozdemir, C. (2005), “Wind effects on rain gauge measurement: A new approach to an old problem,” European Geosciences Union, General Assembly Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 2005.

 

11- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2005), “LES of channel flow with spanwise obstructions,” 4th International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer, Cachan, France, May 2005.

 

10- Chang, K.S., Constantinescu, S.G. and Park, S. (2004), “Large eddy simulation of flow and exchange processes in a channel with an open cavity,” 57th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, November, 2004.

 

9- McCoy, A., Constantinescu, S.G. and Weber, L. (2004), “Flow and mass exchange processes in channel flow with spanwise obstructions,” 57th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, November, 2004.

 

8- Constantinescu, S.G. and Mete, K. (2004), “Large Eddy Simulation study of horseshoe vortex system and wake for flow past a surface mounted cylinder,” 57th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, November, 2004.

 

7- S. Apte, Mahesh, K., Iaccarino, G., Constantinescu, S.G., Ham, F., and Moin, P. (2003), “LES of reacting multiphase flows in complex combustors geometries,” 56th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Jersey, NJ, November, 2003.

 

6- Constantinescu, S.G., Mahesh, K., S. Apte, Iaccarino, G. and Moin, P. (2002), “A new paradigm for simulation of turbulent combustion in realistic gas turbine combustors using LES,” 55th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Dallas, TX, November, 2002.

 

5- Mahesh, K., Constantinescu, S.G., Iaccarino, G. and Moin, P. (2001), “Simulating turbulent flows in complex geometries,” 54th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2001.

 

4- Constantinescu, S.G., Mahesh, K., Iaccarino, G., Apte, S. and Moin, P. (2001), “Simulation of the PW6000 combustor using an unstructured LES code,” 54th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2001.

 

3- Mahesh, K., Constantinescu, S.G., Apte, S. and Moin, P. (2001), “LES on unstructured grids in complex geometries,” 54th Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2001.

 

2- Constantinescu, S.G. and Lele, S.K. (2000). “A new method for accurate treatment of flow equations in cylindrical coordinates using series expansions at the polar axis,” 53nd Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Washington D.C, November 19-21, 2000.

 

1- Constantinescu, S.G. and Squires, K.D. (1999). “High Reynolds number turbulent flow around spheres,” 52nd Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 21-23, 1999.