Publications

Dominique Fratantonio, Chris CK Lai, John Charonko, Kathy Prestridge (2021). Beyond Taylor's hypothesis: a novel volumetric reconstruction of velocity and density fields for variable‑density and shear flows. Exp Fluids.

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Ankur D Bordoloi, Chris CK Lai, Laura Clark, Gerardo V Carrillo, Evan Variano (2020). Turbulence statistics in a negatively buoyant multiphase plume. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 896: A19.

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Binbin Wang, Chris CK Lai, Scott A Socolofsky (2019). Mean velocity, spreading and entrainment characteristics of weak bubble plumes in unstratified and stationary water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 874: 102-130.

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Chris CK Lai, Scott A Socolofsky (2019). The turbulent kinetic energy budget in a bubble plume. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 865: 993-1041.

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Chris CK Lai, Scott A Socolofsky (2018). Budgets of turbulent kinetic energy, Reynolds stresses, and dissipation in a turbulent round jet discharged into a stagnant ambient. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 19(2): 349-377.

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Chris CK Lai, Bruño Fraga, Ronald Chan, Michael S Dodd (2018). Energy cascade in a homogeneous swarm of bubbles rising in a vertical channel. Proceedings of the Summmer Program, Center for Turbulence Research.

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Binbin Wang, Scott A Socolofsky, Chris CK Lai, Eric E Adams, Michel C Boufadel (2018). Behavior and dynamics of bubble breakup in gas pipeline leaks and accidental subsea oil well blowouts. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 131, part A: 72-86.

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Chris CK Lai, John J Charonko, Katherine Prestridge (2018). A Kármán–Howarth–Monin equation for variable-density turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 843: 382-418.

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Chris CK Lai, Scott A Socolofsky (2017). Evaluation of linear autoregressive models for estimation of energy spectra in gappy turbulent velocity data. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 16(1): 1-21.

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Chris CK Lai (2015). An Analysis of Bubble Plumes in Unstratified Stagnant Water. Texas A&M University.

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Bruño Fraga, Thorsten Stoesser, Chris CK Lai, Scott A Socolofsky (2015). A LES-based Eulerian–Lagrangian approach to predict the dynamics of bubble plumes. Ocean Modelling, 97: 27 - 36.

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KW Choi, Chris CK Lai, Joseph HW Lee (2015). Mixing in the Intermediate Field of Dense Jets in Cross Currents. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142(1).

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Chris CK Lai, Joseph HW Lee (2013). Initial mixing of inclined dense jet in perpendicular crossflow. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 14(1): 25-49.

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Chris CK Lai, Joseph HW Lee (2012). Mixing of inclined dense jets in stationary ambient. Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 6(1): 9-28.

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Chris CK Lai, Joseph HW Lee (2011). The Near-field Jet Behavior of 60° Dense Jets Discharged Into A Perpendicular Crossflow. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts, 2065-2075. World Scientific.

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Chris CK Lai (2009). Mixing of Inclined Dense Jets. The University of Hong Kong.

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Chris CK Lai, Joseph HW Lee, KM Lam (2009). Digital Simulation of Dominant Eddies of A Co-Flowing Jet. In Advances in Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering 2, 618-623. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

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Joseph HW Lee, Valiant Cheung, Chris CK Lai (2008). JETLAG2008 - An Update. Croucher Laboratory of Environmental Hydraulics.

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