Refereed Journals

  1. Muscalus, A.C., K.A. Haas, and D.R. Webster (2024) Observations of primary ship waves at the margin of a confined tidal river. ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering. 150(5): 04024009 (16pp). https://doi.org/10.1061/JWPED5.WWENG-2062
  2. Mohaghar, M., A. Connor, S. Wu, R. Zhao, and D.R. Webster (2024) Effects of symmetry-breaking mechanisms on the flow field around magnetic-responsive material appendages that mimic swimming strokes. Physical Review Fluids. 9: 023101 (19pp). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.9.023101
  3. Ruszczyk, M., D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2024) The response of a freshwater copepod to small-scale, dissipative eddies in turbulence. Limnology & Oceanography In press. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12402 Note: This paper appears in an invited special issue “Life in Turbulent Waters: Exploring Unsteady Biota-Flow Interactions Across Scales”.
  4. Connor, A.A. and D.R. Webster (2023) Hydrodynamics of the fast-start caridoid escape response in Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Scientific Reports 13: 5376 (12pp). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31676-8 Note: This paper appears in an invited collection “Biofluid dynamics”.
  5. Mohaghar, M. and D.R. Webster (2023) Experimental investigation of non-linear standing internal waves using combined density and velocity measurements. Experiments in Fluids 64: 77 (17pp). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-023-03621-y
  6. Elmi, D., D.R. Webster, and D.M. Fields (2022) Copepod interaction with small-scale, dissipative eddies in turbulence: Comparison among three marine species. Limnology & Oceanography 67: 1820-1835. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12169
  7. Ruszczyk, M., D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2022) Trends in stroke kinematics, Reynolds number, and swimming mode in shrimp-like organsims. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62: 791-804. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac067
  8. Young, D.L., D.R. Webster, and A.I. Larsson (2022) Structure and mixing of a meandering turbulent chemical plume. Turbulent mixing and eddy-diffusivity. Experiments in Fluids 63:3 (11pp) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-021-03354-w
  9. Young, D.L., A.I. Larsson, and D.R. Webster (2021) Structure and mixing of a meandering turbulent chemical plume. Concentration and velocity fields. Experiments in Fluids 62:240 (13pp). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-021-03337-x
  10. Ruszczyk, M., D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2021) Dual phase-shifted ipsilateral metachrony in Americamysis bahia. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61: 1644-1657. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab119
  11. Elmi, D., D.R. Webster, and D.M. Fields (2021) Response of the copepod Acartia tonsa to the hydrodynamic cues of small-scale, dissipative eddies in turbulence. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb237297 (12pp). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.237297
  12. M. Mohaghar, S. Jung, K.A. Haas, and D.R. Webster (2020) “Copepod behavior responses around internal waves,”  Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 331 (15pp) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00331
  13. A.C. True, D.R. Webster, M.J. Weissburg, and J. Yen (2020) “Persistent hydrodynamic cues elicit orientation-specific behavioral sensitivities and kinematic responses in dispersed crab larvae,” Frontiers in Marine Science 7: 603 (21pp)  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00603
  14. M. Mohaghar, L.P. Dasi, and D.R. Webster (2020) “Scalar power spectra and turbulent length scales in high-Schmidt-number scalar fields in turbulent boundary layers” Physical Review Fluids 5, 084606 (21pp)  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.084606
  15. D.R. Webster, R.S. Kadel, and W.C. Newstetter (2020) “What do we gain by a blended classroom? A comparative study of student performance and perceptions in a fluid mechanics course,”  International Journal of Engineering Education 36: 2–17 Download
  16. D.W. Murphy, D. Olsen, M. Kanagawa, R. King, S. Kawaguchi, J. Osborn, D.R. Webster, J. Yen (2019) “The three dimensional spatial structure of Antarctic krill schools in the laboratory,” Scientific Reports 9: 381  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37379-9
  17. A.N. Skipper, D.W. Murphy, and D.R. Webster (2019) “Characterization of hop-and-sink daphniid locomotion,”  Journal of Plankton Research 41: 142-153  https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbz003
  18. M. Mohaghar, D. Adhikari, and D.R. Webster (2019) “Characteristics of swimming shelled Antarctic pteropods (Limacina helicina antarctica) at intermediate Reynolds number regime,” Physical Review Fluids 4, 111101(R) (10pp.)  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.111101
  19. A.C. True, D.R. Webster, M.J. Weissburg, and J. Yen (2018) “Copepod avoidance of thin chemical layers of harmful algal compounds,” Limnology & Oceanography 63: 1041-1055 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10752
  20. D.L. Young, and D.R. Webster (2018) “Assessment of single-instrument techniques for removing wave bias from Reynolds stress estimates,” Limnology & Oceanography: Methods 16: 35-50  https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10225
  21. D. Adhikari, D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2016) “Portable tomographic PIV measurements of swimming shelled Antarctic pteropods,” Experiments in Fluids 57: 180 (17pp) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-016-2269-7
  22. D.R. Webster, D.M. Majerich, and A.G. Madden (2016) “Flippin’ fluid mechanics – Comparison using two groups,” Advances in Engineering Education 5(3) (20pp)  Download
  23. D.L. Young, B.L. Bruder, K.A. Haas, and D.R. Webster (2016) “The hydrodynamics of surface tidal flow exchange in salt marshes,” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 172, pp. 128-137  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.02.006
  24. D.W. Murphy, D. Adhikari, D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2016) “Underwater flight by the planktonic sea butterfly,” Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 219, pp. 535-543 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.129205
  25. A.C. True, D.R. Webster, M.J. Weissburg, J. Yen, and A. Genin (2015) “Patchiness and depth-keeping of copepods in response to simulated frontal flows,” Marine Ecology Progress Series 539: 65-76  https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11472
  26. D.R. Webster, D.L. Young, and J. Yen (2015) “Copepods’ Response to Burgers’ Vortex: Deconstructing Interactions of Copepods with Turbulence” Integrative and Comparative Biology 55: 706-718  https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icv054
  27. J. Yen, D.W. Murphy, L. Fan, and D.R. Webster (2015) “Sensory-Motor Systems of Copepods Involved in their Escape from Suction Feeding” Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 55, pp. 121-133 https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icv051
  28. D.R. Webster and D.L. Young (2015) “A Laboratory Realization of the Burgers’ Vortex Cartoon of Turbulence-Plankton Interactions,” Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, vol. 13, pp. 92-102 https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10010
  29. D.W. Murphy, D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2013) “The Hydrodynamics of Hovering in Antarctic Krill,” Limnology & Oceanography: Fluids & Environments, vol. 3, pp. 240–255 https://doi.org/10.1215/21573689-2401713
  30. M.L. Wilson, D.R. Webster, and M.J. Weissburg (2013) “Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Hydrodynamic Landscape in Intertidal Salt Marsh Systems,” Limnology & Oceanography: Fluids & Environments, vol. 3, pp. 156–172  https://doi.org/10.1215/21573689-2373360
  31. S.K. Delavan and D.R. Webster (2012) “Predator and Flow Influence on Bivalve Clam Excurrent Jet Characteristics,” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 432-433, pp. 1–8  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.07.007
  32. D.R. Webster, K.Y. Volyanskyy, and M.J. Weissburg (2012) “Bioinspired Algorithm for Autonomous Sensor-Driven Guidance in Turbulent Chemical Plumes,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol. 7: 036023 (11pp) https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/7/3/036023
  33. D.W. Murphy, D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2012) “A High Speed Tomographic PIV System for Measuring Zooplanktonic Flow,” Limnology & Oceanography: Methods, vol. 10, pp. 1096-1112 https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2012.10.1096
  34. K.B. Catton, D.R. Webster, and J. Yen (2012) “The Effect of Fluid Viscosity, Habitat Temperature, and Body Size on the Flow Disturbance of Euchaeta,” Limnology & Oceanography: Fluids & Environments, vol. 2, pp. 80-92 https://doi.org/10.1215/21573689-1894514
  35. D.W. Murphy, D.R. Webster, S. Kawaguchi, R. King, and J. Yen (2011) “Metachronal Swimming in Antarctic Krill: Gait Kinematics and System Design,” Marine Biology, vol. 158, pp. 2541-2554  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1755-y
  36. K.B. Catton, D.R. Webster, S. Kawaguchi, and J. Yen (2011) “The Hydrodynamic Disturbances of Two Species of Krill: Implications for Aggregation Structure,” Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214, pp. 1845-1856  https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.050997
  37. J.L. Page, B.D. Dickman, D.R. Webster, and M.J. Weissburg (2011) “Staying the Course: Chemical Signal Spatial Properties and Concentration Mediate Cross-stream Motion in Turbulent Plumes,” Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214, pp. 1513-1522  https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.049304
  38. J.L. Page, B.D. Dickman, D.R. Webster, and M.J. Weissburg (2011) “Getting Ahead: Context-dependent Responses to Odor Filaments Drives Along-stream Progress during Odor Tracking in Blue Crabs,” Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 214, pp. 1498-1512  https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.049312
  39. S.K. Delavan and D.R. Webster (2011) “Unsteadiness of Bivalve Clam Jet Flow According to Environmental Conditions,” Aquatic Biology, vol. 13, pp. 175-191 https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00364
  40. B.D. Dickman, D.R. Webster, J.L. Page, and M.J. Weissburg (2009) “Three-Dimensional Odorant Concentration Measurements around Actively Tracking Blue Crabs,” Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, vol. 7, pp. 96-108 https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2009.7.96
  41. D.R. Webster and M.J. Weissburg (2009) “The Hydrodynamics of Chemical Cues among Aquatic Organisms,” Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 41, pp. 73-90 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.fluid.010908.165240
  42. J. Yen, K.D. Rasberry, and D.R. Webster (2008) “Quantifying Copepod Kinematics in a Laboratory Turbulence Apparatus,” Journal of Marine Systems, vol. 69, pp. 283-294 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2006.02.014
  43. R.J. Miller, L.P. Dasi, and D.R. Webster (2008) “Multipoint Correlations of Concentration Fluctuations in a Turbulent Passive Scalar Field,” Experiments in Fluids, vol. 44, pp. 719-732 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-007-0429-5
  44. K.B. Catton, D.R. Webster, J. Brown, and J. Yen (2007) “Quantitative Analysis of Tethered and Free-Swimming Copepodid Flow Fields” Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 210, pp. 299-310 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.02633
  45. C.B. Woodson, D.R. Webster, M.J. Weissburg, and J. Yen (2007) “Cue Hierarchy and Foraging of Calanoid Copepods: Ecological Implications of Oceanographic Structure,” Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 330, pp. 163-177  https://doi.org/10.3354/meps330163
  46. D.R. Webster, D.S. Felton, and J. Luo (2007) “Effective Macroscopic Transport Parameters between Parallel Plates with Constant Concentration Boundaries,” Advances in Water Resources, vol. 30, pp. 1993-2001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2007.04.004
  47. L.P. Dasi, F. Schuerg, and D.R. Webster (2007) “The Geometric Properties of High Schmidt Number Passive Scalar Iso-surfaces in Turbulent Boundary Layers,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 588, pp. 253-277 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112007007525
  48. J.L. Jackson, D.R. Webster, S. Rahman, and M.J. Weissburg (2007) “Bed Roughness Effects on Boundary Layer Turbulence and Consequences for Odor Tracking Behavior of Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus),” Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 52, pp. 1883-1897 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.1883
  49. C.B. Woodson, D.R. Webster, M.J. Weissburg, and J. Yen (2007) “The Prevalence and Implications of Copepod Behavioral Responses to Oceanographic Structure,” Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 47, pp. 831-846  https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icm091
  50. C.B. Woodson, D.R. Webster, M.J. Weissburg, and J. Yen (2005) “Response of Copepods to Physical Gradients Associated with Structure in the Ocean,” Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 50, pp. 1552-1564 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2005.50.5.1552
  51. S. Rahman and D.R. Webster (2005) “The Effect of Bed Roughness on Scalar Fluctuations in Turbulent Boundary Layers,” Experiments in Fluids, vol. 38, pp. 372-384 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-004-0919-7
  52. D. R. Webster, A. Brathwaite, and J. Yen (2004) “A Novel Laboratory Apparatus for Simulating Isotropic Oceanic Turbulence at Low Reynolds Number,” Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, vol. 2, pp. 1-12 https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2004.2.1
  53. M.J. Weissburg, C.P. James, D.L. Smee, D.R. Webster (2003) “Fluid Mechanics Produces Conflicting Constraints During Olfactory Navigation of Blue Crabs, Callinectes sapidus,” Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 206, pp. 171-180  https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00055
  54. D.R. Webster, S. Rahman, and L.P. Dasi (2003) “Laser-induced Fluorescence Measurements of a Turbulent Plume,” Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 129, pp. 1130-1137 https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2003)129:10(1130)
  55. J. Yen, J. Brown, and D.R. Webster (2003) “Analysis of the Flow Field of the Krill, Euphausia pacifica,” Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, vol. 36(4), pp. 307-319  https://doi.org/10.1080/10236240310001614439
  56. M.J. Weissburg, D.B. Dusenbery, H. Ishida, J. Janata, T. Keller, P.J.W. Roberts, and D.R. Webster (2002) “A Multidisciplinary Study of Spatial and Temporal Scales Containing Information in Turbulent Chemical Plume Tracking,” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, vol. 2, pp. 65-94  https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016223500111
  57. F. Sotiropoulos, D.R. Webster, and T.C. Lackey (2002) “Experiments on Lagrangian Transport in Steady Vortex-Breakdown Bubbles in a Confined Swirling Flow,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 466, pp. 215-248 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112002001271
  58. D.R. Webster and E.K. Longmire (2001) “Jet Pinch-off and Drop Formation in Immiscible Liquid-Liquid Systems,” Experiments in Fluids, vol. 30(1), pp. 47 – 56  https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000134
  59. D.R. Webster, P.J.W. Roberts, and L. Ra’ad (2001) “Simultaneous DPTV/PLIF Measurements of a Turbulent Jet,” Experiments in Fluids, vol. 30(1), pp. 65 – 72  https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000137
  60. D.R. Webster, S. Rahman, and L.P. Dasi (2001) “On the Usefulness of Bilateral Comparison to Tracking Turbulent Chemical Odor Plumes,” Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 46(5), pp. 1048 – 1053  https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2001.46.5.1048
  61. D.R. Webster and M.J. Weissburg (2001) “Chemosensory Guidance Cues in a Turbulent Chemical Odor Plume,” Limnology and Oceanography vol. 46(5), pp. 1034 – 1047  https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2001.46.5.1034
  62. T. Kikas, H. Ishida, D.R. Webster, and J. Janata (2001) Chemical Plume Tracking. 1. Chemical Information Encoding” Analytical Chemistry, vol. 73, pp. 3662-3668  https://doi.org/10.1021/ac0101813
  63. D.R. Webster and Y. Liu (2001) “Velocity Measurements of Turbulence Collapse in a Linearly Stratified Jet,” Experiments in Fluids, vol. 31(4), pp. 394-400 https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480100307
  64. T. Kikas, H. Ishida, P.J.W. Roberts, D.R. Webster, and J. Janata (2000) “Virtual Plume” Electroanalysis, vol. 12, pp. 974 – 979  https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-4109(200008)12:12<974::AID-ELAN974>3.0.CO;2-3
  65. D.B. DeGraaff, D.R. Webster, and J.K. Eaton (1999) “The Effect of Reynolds Number on Boundary Layer Turbulence,” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 18(4), pp. 341 – 346 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0894-1777(98)10042-0
  66. D.R. Webster and E.K. Longmire (1998) “Vortex Rings from Cylinders with Inclined Exits,” Physics of Fluids, vol. 10 (2), pp. 400 – 416  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.869531
  67. D.R. Webster and J.A.C. Humphrey (1997) “Traveling Wave Instability in Helical Coil Flow,” Physics of Fluids, vol. 9 (2), pp. 407 – 418  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.869139
  68. D.R. Webster and E.K. Longmire (1997) “Vortex Dynamics in Jets from Inclined Nozzles,” Physics of Fluids, vol. 9 (3), pp. 655 – 666  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.869223
  69. D.R. Webster, D.B. DeGraaff, and J.K. Eaton (1996) “Turbulence Characteristics of a Boundary Layer over a Two-Dimensional Bump,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 320, pp. 53 – 69  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112096007458
  70. D.R. Webster, D.B. DeGraaff, and J.K. Eaton (1996) “Turbulence Characteristics of a Boundary Layer over a Swept Bump,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 323, pp. 1 – 22  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112096000821
  71. J.A.C. Humphrey, C.A. Schuler, and D.R. Webster (1995) “Unsteady Laminar Flow Between a Pair of Disks Corotating in a Fixed Cylindrical Enclosure,” Physics of Fluids, vol. 7 (6), pp. 1225 – 1240 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.868753
  72. D.R. Webster and J.K. Eaton (1995) “The Effect of Three-Dimensionality on a Laminarizing Boundary Layer,” Physics of Fluids, vol. 7 (7), pp. 1782 – 1784 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.868493
  73. J.A.C. Humphrey and D. R. Webster (1993) “Questions in Fluid Mechanics – Reverse Transition Phenomena in Helically Coiled Pipes,” Transactions of the ASME: Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 115, pp. 191 – 193 https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2910120
  74. D.R. Webster and J.A.C. Humphrey (1993) “Experimental Observations of Flow Instability in a Helical Coil,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 115, pp. 436 – 443  https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2910157