Book

Chapters in Books

Journal Articles

Conference Proceedings Papers

Journal Articles - Discussions

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings Papers



Book

Yapa, P.D., "Modeling Fate and Effects of Oil Spills," Seibutsu Publishing Co., Tokyo, Japan (in progress).


Chapters in Books

Yapa, P.D., and Shen, H.T. (1988). "River Ice Processes," in N. Cheremisinoff (ed), Civil Engineering Practice, Technomic Publishing, Lancaster, PA, June, 469-492.


Journal Articles

Chen, F.H. and Yapa, P. D., (2006). "Estimating the Oil Droplet Size Distributions in Deepwater Oil Spills," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, (accepted for publication)

Xie, H. and Yapa, P. D. (2006) "Developing A Web-Based System For Large Scale Environmental Hydraulics Problems With An Application To Oil Spill Modeling, , Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, May, Vol. 20 (3), 197-209

Yapa, P.D. and Chen, F.H. (2004). "Behavior of Oil and Gas from Deepwater Blowouts," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, June, 540-553

Chen, F.H., Yapa, P.D. and Nakata, K. (2004). "Simulating the Biological Effect of Oil Spills in Tokyo Bay by Using A Coupled Oil Spill - Toxicity Model," Journal of Advanced Marine Science Technology, AMTEC, Tokyo, Japan, Vol. 9 (2), 131-155

Xie, H. and Yapa, P.D. (2004). "Simulating the Behavior and the Environmental Effect of Sediment Plumes from Deepwater Mining," Journal of Advanced Marine Science Technology, AMTEC, Tokyo, Japan, Vol. 9 (1), 7-35

Chen, F.H. and Yapa, P.D. (2004). "Modeling Gas Separation from a Bent Deepwater Oil and Gas Jet/Plume," Journal of Marine Systems, Elsevier, the Netherlands, Vol. 45 (3-4), 189-203

Shen, H.T., Qing, X., and Yapa, P.D., (2003). "Lampricide Transport in Upper St. Marys River," Journal of Great Lakes Research, Vol. 29 (Supl), 694-705

Chen, F.H. and Yapa, P.D. (2003). "Three-Dimensional Visualization of Multi-Phase (Oil/Gas/Hydrate) Plumes," Journal of Environmental Modeling and Software, Elsevier, the Netherlands, Vol. 19, 751-760

Zheng, L., Yapa, P.D. and Chen, F.H. (2003). "A Model for Simulating Deepwater Oil and Gas Blowouts - Part I: Theory and Model Formulation," Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, August, Vol. 41(4), 339-351

Chen, F.H. and Yapa, P.D. (2003). "A Model for Simulating Deepwater Oil and Gas Blowouts - Part II: Comparison of Numerical Simulations with "Deepspill" Field Experiments," Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, August, Vol. 41(4), 353-365

Yapa, P. D., H. Xie (2002). Modeling Underwater Oil/Gas Jets and Plumes : Comparison with Field Data," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, September, 855-860

Zheng, L. and Yapa, P.D. (2002). "Modeling Gas Dissolution in Deepwater Oil/Gas Spills," Journal of Marine Systems, Elsevier, the Netherlands, March, 299-309

Chen, F.H. and Yapa, P.D. (2001). "Estimating Hydrate Formation and Decomposition of Gases Released in a Deepwater Ocean Plume," Journal of Marine Systems, Elsevier, the Netherlands, Vol.30/1-2, 21-32

Yapa, P. D., Zheng, L, and Chen, F.H. (2001). "A Model for Deepwater Oil/Gas Blowouts," Marine Pollution Bulletin, Marine Pollution Bulletin, (The International Journal for Marine Environmental Scientists/Engineers), Elsevier Science Publications, UK, Vol.43, No.7, 234-241

Zheng, L. and Yapa, P.D. (2000). "Buoyant Velocity of Spherical and Non-Spherical Bubbles/ Droplets," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, November,852-855

Yapa, P.D., Zheng, L., and Nakata, K. (1999). "Modeling Underwater Oil/Gas Jets and Plumes," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, May, 481-491

Yapa, P.D., and Zheng, L., (1998). "Modeling Oil and Gas Jets from Underwater Accidents : A Review," Journal of Spill Science and Technology, Elsevier, U.K., December, 189-199

Zheng, L., And Yapa, P.D., (1998). "Simulation of Oil Spills from Underwater Accidents II: Model Verification," Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, February, 117-134.

Yapa, P.D., and Zheng, L., (1997). "Simulation of Oil Spills from Underwater Accidents I: Model Development," Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, October, 673-688

Yapa, P.D., and Weerasuriya, S.A., (1997)."Spreading of Oil Spilled under Floating Broken Ice," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, August, 676-683.

Yapa, P.D. (editor and contributor), (1996). "State-of-the-Art Review of Modeling Transport and Fate of Oil Spills," by the ASCE Task Committee on Modeling of Oil Spills, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Double Length Paper, November, 594-609.

Yapa, P.D., Zheng, L., and Kobayashi, T., (1996). "Application of Linked-List Approach to Pollutant Transport Models," Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, January, 88-90.

Shen, H.T., Yapa, P.D., and Zhang, B.Z., (1995). "A Simulation Model for Chemical Spills in the Upper St. Lawrence River," Journal of Great Lakes Research, December, 652-664

Yapa, P.D., and Shen, H.T., (1994). "Modeling of Spills in Rivers: A Review," Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, October, 765-782.

Yapa, P.D., (1994). "Oil Spill Processes and Model Development," Journal of Advanced Marine Technology, AMTEC, Tokyo, Japan, March, 1-22.

Yapa, P.D., Shen, H.T., and Angammana, K., (1994). "Modeling Oil Spills in a River-Lake System," Journal of Marine Systems, Elsevier, the Netherlands, March, 453-471.

Yapa, P.D., and Belaskas, D.P., (1993). "Radial Spreading of Oil Under and Over Broken Ice: An Experimental Study," Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, December, 910-922.

Weerasuriya, S.A., and Yapa, P.D., (1993). "Uni-directional Spreading of Oil under Solid Ice," Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, February, 50-56.

Yapa, P.D., Shen, H.T., Wang, D.S., and Angammana, K., (1992). "An Integrated Computer Model for Simulating Oil Spills in the St. Lawrence River," Journal of Great Lakes Research, 18(2), 34-51.

Yapa, P.D., and Chowdhury, T., (1990). "Spreading of Oil Under Ice Covers," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, December, 1468-1483.

Yapa, P.D., Thomas, R.J., Rutherford, R.S. and Shen, H.T., (1989). "A Microcomputer Model for Oil Spill Simulation (MICROSS)," Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, January, 33-46.

Shen, H.T., and Yapa, P.D., (1988). "Oil Slick Transport in Rivers," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, May, 529-543.

Shen, H.T., Yapa, P.D., and Petroski, M.E., (1987). "A Simulation Model for Oil Slick Transport in Lakes," Water Resources Research, 23(10), October, 1949-1957.

Yapa, P.D., and Shen, H.T., (1986). "Unsteady Flow Simulation for an Ice-Covered River," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, November, 1036-1049. 

Shen, H.T., and Yapa, P.D., (1986). "Flow Resistance of a River Ice Cover," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, February, 142-156.

Shen, H.T., and Yapa, P.D., (1985). "A Unified Degree-Day Method for River Ice Cover Thickness Simulation," Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, March, 54-62.

Yapa, P.D., and Shen, H.T., (1984). "Effect of Ice Cover on Hydropower Production," Journal of Energy Engineering, ASCE, 110(3), September, 231-234.

Das Gupta, A., and Yapa, P.D., (1982). "Salt Water Encroachment in an Aquifer: A Case Study," Water Resources Research, 18(3), June, 546-556.


Journal Articles - Discussions

Yapa, P.D., (2005). “Discussion of Development and Application of Oil Spill Model for Singapore Coastal Waters,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Jan., 131(1), 69-72.

Zhneg, Li, and Yapa, P.D., (1999). "Discussion on Simulation of Oil Spills from Underwater Accidents I: Model Development," Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, June.

Yapa, P.D., Angammana, K., and Shen, H.T., (1994). "Discussion on Mesh Generation for Estuarine and Flow Modeling," by N.L. Jones and D.R. Richards (Paper No. 3194), Journal of Waterways, Port and Coastal Engineering, ASCE, May/June.


Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings Papers

Yapa, P. D, and Dasanayaka, L. K. (2006). “State-of-the-art Review of Modelling Oil Transport and Spreading in Ice Covered Waters,” Proceedings, 23rd Arctic Marine Oil Spills Technical Program, Vancouver, B.C , Canada, June.

Yapa, P. D. and Xie, H. (2004). "Web Based Numerical Modeling: An Environmental Hydraulics Application," Proceedings, 6th INternational Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Brisbane, Australia, May 2004.

Yapa, P. D., Chen, F.H., and Beegle Krause, C.J. (2003). "Integration of the CDOG Deep Water Oil and Gas Blowout Model with the NOAA GNOME Trajectory Model," Proceedings, 26th Arctic Marine Oil Spills Technical Program, Victoria, B.C., Canada, June.

Zheng, L. and Yapa, P.D. (2000). "Modelling a Deepwater Oil/Gas Spill under Conditions of Gas Hydrate Formation and Decomposition," Proceedings, 23rd Arctic Marine Oil Spills Technical Program, Vancouver, B.C , Canada, June.

Chen, F.H. and Yapa, P.D. (2000). "Estimating the Mortality to Aquatic Biota from Oil Releases under Water," Proceedings, 23rd Arctic Marine Oil Spills Technical Program, Vancouver, B.C , Canada, June.

Zheng, L. and Yapa, P.D. (1999). "A Model for Simulating Deepwater Blowouts and a Parametric Analysis," Proceedings, 22nd Arctic Marine Oil Spills Technical Program, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June.

Zheng, L., and Yapa, P.D. (1997). "Simulation of Oil Spills from Deep Water Blow-Outs," Proceedings, International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) Conference, 27th Congress, San Francisco, CA, August.

Yapa, P.D. and Kobayashi, T. (1997). "Oil Removal from Beaches: An Experimental Study," Proceedings, International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) Conference, 27th Congress, San Francisco, CA, August.

Zheng, L., and Yapa, P.D. (1997). "A Numerical Model for Buoyant Oil Jets and Smoke Plumes," Proceedings, 20th Arctic Marine Oil Spills Technical Program, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June.

Yapa, P.D., Shen, H.T., and Angammana, K. (1993). "Modeling Oil Spills in a River-Lake System," Proceedings, Oil Spill Conference - 1993, Sponsored by U.S. Coast Guard, EPA, and API, Tampa, FL, March 1993, 611-616.

Yapa, P.D., and Perry, J.B., (1991). "Lagrangian Transport Simulation using Video Images to Store and Retrieve Parameters," Proceedings, Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, ASCE, Tampa, FL, November, 13-25.

Yapa, P.D., Wang, D.S., Shen, H.T., Yang, X.Q., and Perry, J.B. (1991). "An Integrated Model for Fate and Transport of Oil in Rivers," Proceedings, ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, Nashville, TN, July, 638-643.

Yapa, P.D., Shen, H.T., Daly, S., and Hung, S.H., (1991). "Oil Spill Simulation in Rivers," Proceedings, Oil Spill Conference - 1991, Sponsored by U.S. Coast Guard, EPA, and API, San Diego, CA, March, 593-600.


Conference Proceedings Papers

Rakha, K. A., Yapa, P.D., El-Sammak, A., and Dasanayaka, L. K. (2005). “Study on the Movement of Natural Oil Seepage from underwater sources South of Kuwait,” Proceedings, Arabian Coast Conference 2005, Dubai , November 27-29, 2005

Yapa, P.D., Beegle-Krause, C.J., Xie, H., and O’Connor, C. (2005). “Integrating CDOG and GNOME - for Simulating Complete Behavior of Oil and Gas from Deepwater Blowouts – Phase II,” Proceedings, 7th International Marine and Environmental Conference, Helsinki, Finland, August.

Dasanayaka, L. K., Yapa, P. D., and Xie, H. (2005). “The Effect of Plume Dynamics on the Overall Plume Behavior in Deepwater Oil and Gas Releases,” Proceedings, 7th International Marine and Environmental Conference Helsinki, Finland, August 2005

Yapa P. D. and Chen, F.H., (2002). “Verification and Simulations of Deepwater Blowouts Using CDOG,” Proceedings, 6th International Marine Environmental Conference, Trondheim, Norway, September, 237-254.

Xie, H. and Yapa P. D. (2002). “Simulating the Behavior and the Environmental Effects of Sediment Plumes from Manganese Nodule Mining,” Proceedings, 6th International Marine Environmental Conference, Trondheim, Norway, September, 115-136.

Yapa, P. D., Zheng, L, and Chen, F.H. (2000). "A Model for Deep Water Oil/Gas Well Blowouts," Proceedings, 4th International Marine Environmental Conference, Athens, Greece, October.

Zheng, L., and Yapa, P.D. (1996). "A Three-Dimensional Oil Spill Model," Proceedings, Water Forum '96, ASCE, Anaheim, CA, June.

Kobayashi, T., and Yapa, P.D. (1995). "Modeling Oil Shoreline Interaction," Proceedings, International Conference on Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, ASCE, San Antonio, TX, August 1995.

Zheng, L., Kobayashi, T., and Yapa, P.D. (1995). "Application of Linked-List Approach to Pollutant Transport Models," Proceedings, International Conference on Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, ASCE, San Antonio, TX, August 1995, 1668-1672.

Angammana, K.S., Yapa, P.D., and Shen, H.T. (1994). "An Integrated Shell (ROSS3) for Transport Modeling, Visualization, and Data Management," Proceedings, National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Buffalo, NY, August, 150-154.

Yapa, P.D., and Weerasuriya, S.A. (1993). "Axi-Symmetrical Spreading of Oil Spilled in Floating Porous Ice," Proceedings, IAHR Conference, 25th Congress, Tokyo, Japan, August 1993, D 23-30.

Shen, H.T., Yapa, P.D., and Zhang, B.Z. (1993). "A Simulation Model for Chemical Spills in Rivers," Proceedings, IAHR Conference, 25th Congress, Tokyo, Japan, August, D 219-226.

Weerasuriya, S.A., and Yapa, P.D. (1992). "Oil Under Ice: Buoyancy Viscous Spreading," Proceedings, Water Forum '92, ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, Baltimore, MD, July.

Belaskas, D.P., and Yapa, P.D. (1990). "Oil Spreading in Ice Covered Waters," Proceedings, ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, San Diego, CA, July, 26-31.

Shen, H.T., Yapa, P.D., Wang, D.S. and Yang, X.Q. (1990). "A Mathematical Model for Transport and Mixing of Oil Slicks in Rivers," Proceedings, ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, San Diego, CA, July, 75-80.

Yapa, P.D., and Chowdhury, T. (1989). "Oil Spreading Under Ice Covers," Proceedings, Oil Spill Conference - 1989, Sponsored by U.S. Coast Guard, EPA, and API, February, 161-166.

Yapa, P.D., Thomas, R.J., Rutherford, R.S. and Shen, H.T. (1988). "Interactive Use of Micro-Computers in Oil Spill Simulation," Proceedings, Fifth Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Alexandria, VA, March, 710-719.

Shen, H.T., Yapa, P.D., and Petroski, M.E. (1987). "A Computer Model for Oil Spills in Lakes," Proceedings, Symposium on Monitoring, Modeling and Mediating Water Quality, AWRA, Syracuse, NY, May.

Yapa, P.D., and Shen, H.T. (1986). "A Computer Model for Oil Slick Transport in Rivers," Proceedings, ASCE Conference Water Forum '86, Long Beach, California, August, 1815-1822.

Yapa P.D., and Shen, H.T. (1984). "An Unsteady Flow Model of River Ice Hydraulics," Proceedings, 7th IAHR Symposium on Ice, Hamburg, West Germany, August.

Shen, H.T. and Yapa, P.D. (1984). "Computer Simulation of Ice Cover Formation in the Upper St. Lawrence River," Proceedings, Third Workshop on the Hydraulics of River Ice, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., Canada, June.

Yapa, P.D. and Shen, H.T. (1983). "Roughness Characteristics of the Upper St. Lawrence River Ice Cover," Proceedings, XXth Congress of the International Association for Hydraulic Research, Moscow, U.S.S.R., September, I88-I89.

Shen, H.T. and Yapa, P.D. (1983). "Simulating Growth, Decay and Break-up of the St. Lawrence River Ice Cover," Proceedings, 6th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, June.

 
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