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  1. The global properties of nocturnal stable atmospheric boundary layers

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, November 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  2. Simulation and modeling of wind farms in baroclinic atmospheric boundary layers

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, November 2024, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  3. Impact of a two-dimensional steep hill on wind turbine noise propagation

    Article • Wind Energy Science, October 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  4. Geostrophic Drag Law in Conventionally Neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Simplified Parametrization and Numerical Validation

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  5. Velocity correction for the Actuator Line Method

    Article • May 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  6. Impact of a Two-Dimensional Steep Hill on Wind Turbine Noise Propagation

    Article • April 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  7. Toward Understanding Polar Heat Transport Enhancement in Subglacial Oceans on Icy Moons

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  8. Wind turbine sound propagation: Comparison of a linearized Euler equations model with parabolic equation methods

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, September 2023, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  9. Optimal heat transport in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection at large Rayleigh numbers

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, August 2023, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  10. Towards understanding polar heat transport enhancement in sub-glacial oceans on icy moons

    Article • August 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  11. The Mean Wind and Potential Temperature Flux Profiles in Convective Boundary Layers

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, August 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  12. Understanding wind farm power densities

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  13. Polar heat transport enhancement in sub-glacial oceans on icy moons

    Article • February 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  14. Impact of Negative Geostrophic Wind Shear on Wind Farm Performance

    Article • PRX Energy, September 2022, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  15. Analytical model of fully developed wind farms in conventionally neutral atmospheric boundary layers

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, September 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  16. Wind farm blockage in a stable atmospheric boundary layer

    Article • Renewable Energy, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  17. How small-scale flow structures affect the heat transport in sheared thermal convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  18. Effect of a 2D Hill on the Propagation of Wind Turbine Noise

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens, Didier Dragna

  19. Passive scalar transport in Couette flow

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  20. Vertical structure of conventionally neutral atmospheric boundary layers

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Luoqin Liu, Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  21. Off-centre gravity induces large-scale flow patterns in spherical Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, May 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  22. Investigating wind farm blockage in a neutral boundary layer using large-eddy simulations

    Article • European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  23. A three-dimensional dynamic mode decomposition analysis of wind farm flow aerodynamics

    Article • Renewable Energy, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  24. Multiple heat transport maxima in confined-rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  25. Evaluating the accuracy of the actuator line model against blade element momentum theory in uniform inflow

    Article • Wind Energy, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  26. Aspect Ratio Dependence of Heat Transfer in a Cylindrical Rayleigh-Bénard Cell

    Article • Physical Review Letters, February 2022, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  27. Strong alignment of prolate ellipsoids in Taylor–Couette flow

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  28. Impact of wind farm wakes on flow structures in and around downstream wind farms

    Article • Flow, January 2022, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  29. Diffusion‐Free Scaling in Rotating Spherical Rayleigh‐Bénard Convection

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  30. Effects of atmospheric stability on the performance of a wind turbine located behind a three-dimensional hill

    Article • Renewable Energy, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  31. Enhanced wind-farm performance using windbreaks

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, July 2021, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  32. Heat transport enhancement in confined Rayleigh-Bénard convection feels the shape of the container (a)

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), July 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  33. Modeling dynamic wind direction changes in large eddy simulations of wind farms

    Article • Renewable Energy, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  34. Effect of low-level jet on turbine aerodynamic blade loading using large-eddy simulations

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, May 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  35. Evaluating wind farm wakes in large eddy simulations and engineering models

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, May 2021, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  36. Universal Wind Profile for Conventionally Neutral Atmospheric Boundary Layers

    Article • Physical Review Letters, March 2021, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  37. The effect of Prandtl number on turbulent sheared thermal convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  38. Interaction between low-level jets and wind farms in a stable atmospheric boundary layer

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, January 2021, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  39. Effect of low-level jet height on wind farm performance

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, January 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Srinidhi Nagarada Gadde, Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  40. Geostrophic drag law for conventionally neutral atmospheric boundary layers revisited

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens, Dr Luoqin Liu

  41. Flow organisation in laterally unconfined Rayleigh–Bénard turbulence

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, November 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  42. From zonal flow to convection rolls in Rayleigh–Bénard convection with free-slip plates

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  43. Calculation of the mean velocity profile for strongly turbulent Taylor–Couette flow at arbitrary radius ratios

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  44. Distinct Turbulent Regions in the Wake of a Wind Turbine and Their Inflow-Dependent Locations: The Creation of a Wake Map

    Article • Energies, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  45. Large-Eddy Simulations of Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layers: Comparison of Different Subgrid Models

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  46. Effect of thrust coefficient on the flow blockage effects in closely-spaced spanwise-infinite turbine arrays

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, September 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  47. Large eddy simulation study of extended wind farms with large inter turbine spacing

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, September 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  48. Wall modeled immersed boundary method for high Reynolds number flow over complex terrain

    Article • Computers & Fluids, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  49. Flow organization and heat transfer in turbulent wall sheared thermal convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  50. Effects of Two-Dimensional Steep Hills on the Performance of Wind Turbines and Wind Farms

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  51. From Rayleigh–Bénard convection to porous-media convection: how porosity affects heat transfer and flow structure

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, May 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  52. What rotation rate maximizes heat transport in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection with Prandtl number larger than one?

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, May 2020, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  53. Direct numerical simulations of spiral Taylor–Couette turbulence

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  54. Coherence of temperature and velocity superstructures in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard flow

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  55. Toward DNS of the Ultimate Regime of Rayleigh–Bénard Convection

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  56. Zhu et al. Reply:

    Article • Physical Review Letters, December 2019, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  57. Effect of sidewall on heat transfer and flow structure in Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  58. Characterizing the Coherent Structures Within and Above Large Wind Farms

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  59. Sharp transitions in rotating turbulent convection: Lagrangian acceleration statistics reveal a second critical Rossby number

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, July 2019, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  60. Effect of Coriolis force on a wind farm wake

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, July 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  61. Direct numerical simulations of Taylor–Couette turbulence: the effects of sand grain roughness

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, June 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  62. scaling enabled by multiscale wall roughness in Rayleigh–Bénard turbulence

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, April 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  63. Large eddy simulations of the effect of vertical staggering in large wind farms

    Article • Wind Energy, October 2018, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  64. AFiD-GPU: A versatile Navier–Stokes solver for wall-bounded turbulent flows on GPU clusters

    Article • Computer Physics Communications, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  65. Exploring a better turbine layout in vertically staggered wind farms

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, June 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  66. Transition to the Ultimate Regime in Two-Dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

    Article • Physical Review Letters, April 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  67. Turbulent thermal superstructures in Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Physical Review Fluids, April 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  68. Comparison of computational codes for direct numerical simulations of turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Computers & Fluids, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  69. Modeling space-time correlations of velocity fluctuations in wind farms

    Article • Wind Energy, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  70. Comparison of wind farm large eddy simulations using actuator disk and actuator line models with wind tunnel experiments

    Article • Renewable Energy, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  71. Roughness-Facilitated Local 1/2 Scaling Does Not Imply the Onset of the Ultimate Regime of Thermal Convection

    Article • Physical Review Letters, October 2017, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  72. Confined Rayleigh-Bénard, Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard, and Double Diffusive Convection: A Unifying View on Turbulent Transport Enhancement through Coherent Structure Manipulation

    Article • Physical Review Letters, August 2017, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Ke-Qing Xia, Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  73. Characterizing the coherent structures in large eddy simulations of aligned windfarms

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, May 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  74. Flow Structure and Turbulence in Wind Farms

    Article • Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, January 2017, Annual Reviews

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  75. Combining economic and fluid dynamic models to determine the optimal spacing in very large wind farms

    Article • Wind Energy, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  76. Validation of four LES and a vortex model against stereo-PIV measurements in the near wake of an actuator disc and a wind turbine

    Article • Renewable Energy, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  77. Generalized coupled wake boundary layer model: applications and comparisons with field and LES data for two wind farms

    Article • Wind Energy, March 2016, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  78. Turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection described by projected dynamics in phase space

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, September 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Mr Johannes Lülff, Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  79. Using the coupled wake boundary layer model to evaluate the effect of turbulence intensity on wind farm performance

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, June 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  80. Height-dependence of spatio-temporal spectra of wall-bounded turbulence – LES results and model predictions

    Article • Journal of Turbulence, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  81. Dependence of optimal wind turbine spacing on wind farm length

    Article • Wind Energy, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  82. Spatio-temporal spectra in the logarithmic layer of wall turbulence: large-eddy simulations and simple models

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  83. Effects of turbine spacing on the power output of extended wind-farms

    Article • Wind Energy, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  84. Coupled wake boundary layer model of wind-farms

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, March 2015, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  85. Large-eddy simulation study of the logarithmic law for second- and higher-order moments in turbulent wall-bounded flow

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, September 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  86. A concurrent precursor inflow method for Large Eddy Simulations and applications to finite length wind farms

    Article • Renewable Energy, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  87. Temporal structure of aggregate power fluctuations in large-eddy simulations of extended wind-farms

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, July 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  88. A wavenumber-frequency spectral model for atmospheric boundary layers

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, June 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  89. Meteorology for Coastal/Offshore Wind Energy in the United States: Recommendations and Research Needs for the Next 10 Years

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 2014, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  90. Large eddy simulation studies of the effects of alignment and wind farm length

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, March 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  91. Sidewall effects in Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, February 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  92. Comparison between two- and three-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, November 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  93. The unifying theory of scaling in thermal convection: the updated prefactors

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, July 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  94. Heat transport and flow structure in rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  95. Heat transport in bubbling turbulent convection

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  96. Optimal Taylor–Couette flow: direct numerical simulations

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, February 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  97. Spatial distribution of heat flux and fluctuations in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Physical Review E, November 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  98. Breakdown of the large-scale circulation in Γ = 1 / 2 rotating Rayleigh-Bénard flow

    Article • Physical Review E, November 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  99. Logarithmic Temperature Profiles in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

    Article • Physical Review Letters, September 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  100. Flow states in two-dimensional Rayleigh-Bénard convection as a function of aspect-ratio and Rayleigh number

    Article • Physics of Fluids, August 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  101. Thermal boundary layer profiles in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a cylindrical sample

    Article • Physical Review E, February 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens, Professor Ke-Qing Xia

  102. Effect of aspect-ratio on vortex distribution and heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, December 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  103. Horizontal structures of velocity and temperature boundary layers in two-dimensional numerical turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Physics of Fluids, December 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Ke-Qing Xia, Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  104. Effect of aspect ratio on vortex distribution and heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Physical Review E, November 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  105. Prandtl and Rayleigh number dependence of heat transport in high Rayleigh number thermal convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  106. The role of Stewartson and Ekman layers in turbulent rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens, Dr Rudie P.J. Kunnen

  107. Connecting flow structures and heat flux in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  108. Effect of plumes on measuring the large scale circulation in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  109. Numerical simulations of rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  110. Finite-Size Effects Lead to Supercritical Bifurcations in Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

    Article • Physical Review Letters, November 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens, Dr Stephan Weiss

  111. Prandtl–Blasius temperature and velocity boundary-layer profiles in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, September 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Ke-Qing Xia, Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  112. Boundary layers in rotating weakly turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Physics of Fluids, August 2010, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  113. Boundary layer structure in turbulent thermal convection and its consequences for the required numerical resolution

    Article • New Journal of Physics, July 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  114. Flow Reversals in Thermally Driven Turbulence

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Ke-Qing Xia, Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  115. Optimal Prandtl number for heat transfer in rotating Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • New Journal of Physics, July 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  116. Radial boundary layer structure and Nusselt number in Rayleigh–Bénard convection

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  117. Transitions between Turbulent States in Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  118. Prandtl-, Rayleigh-, and Rossby-Number Dependence of Heat Transport in Turbulent Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

    Article • Physical Review Letters, January 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens

  119. Prandtl-, Rayleigh-, and Rossby-number dependence of heat transport in turbulent Rotating Rayleigh-Bénard convection

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Richard JAM Stevens