Principal
Areas of Interest
Fluid Mechanics- turbulence, convection,
jets, wakes and vortex structures in stratified rotating flows;
Geophysical
Fluid Mechanics-
mixing phenomena, fine structure and dynamics of the upper ocean,
ice formation and sediment transport;
Approach-
complicated phenomena - simplified experiments - physical understandings
- theoretical models - back to phenomena
Education
Ph.D.
in Physics and Mathematics (Oceanography), P.P. Shirshov Institute
of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1980.
M.S. in Physics, Moscow
Engineering-Physical Institute, Russia, 1970.
Research Projects
Dynamics
of cobbles in and near the surf zone (ONR)
Studies
of mine burial in coastal environments (ONR)
Modeling and control of large eddies generated by maneuvering
self-propelled bodies in stratified fluids (ONR)
Recent Publications
Voropayev,
S.I., Roney, J., Fernando, H.J.S., Boyer, D.L. and Houston ,W.N.
(1998) The motion of large bottom particles (cobbles) in a wave-induced
oscillatory flow. Coastal Eng., 34, 197-219.
Luccio, P.A., Voropayev,
S.I., Fernando, H.J.S. Boyer, D.L. and Houston, W.N. (1998) Motion
of cobbles in the swash zone on an impermeable slope. Coastal
Eng., 33, 41-60.
Voropayev, S.I. and
Fernando, H.J.S. (1999) Evolution of two-layer thermohaline systems
under surface cooling. J. Fluid Mech., 380, 117-140.
Voropayev, S.I., McEachern,
G.B., Fernando, H.J.S. and Boyer, D.L. (1999) Large vortex structures
behind a maneuvering body in stratified fluids. Phys. Fluids,
11(6), 1682-1684.
Voropayev, S.I., McEachern,
G.B., Boyer, D.L. and Fernando, H.J.S. (1999) Experiment on the
self-propagating quasi-monopolar vortex. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29(10),
2741-2751.
Voropayev, S.I., McEachern,
G.B., Boyer, D.L. and Fernando, H.J.S. (1999) Dynamics of sand
ripples and burial/scouring of cobbles in oscillatory flow. Appl.
Ocean Res., 21(5), 249-261.
Mahalov, A., J.R. Pacheco,
Voropayev, S.I., Hunt, J.C.R., and Fernando, H.J.S. (2000) Effects
of rotation on fronts of density currents. Physics Letters, A
270, 149-156.
Voropayev, S.I., Cense,
A. W., McEachern, G.B., Boyer, D.L. and Fernando, H.J.S. (2001)
Dynamics of cobbles in the shoaling region of a surf zone. Ocean
Eng., 28(7), 763-788.
Voropayev, S.I., Smirnov,
S.A. and Brandt, A. (2001). Dipolar eddies in a stratified shear
flow. Phys. Fluids, (submitted).
Voropayev, S.I., Cremers,
M.F.G., Boyer, D.L. and Fernando, H.J.S. (2001) Morphodynamics
and burial/scouring of cobbles in the shoaling region of a surf
zone. J. Geophys. Res., (submitted).
Conference
Proceedings
Voropayev, S.I. (2000)
Jets and vortex structure formation and interactions in stratified
and rotating fluids. Turbulent Mixing in Geophysical Flows (Eds.
P.F. Linden and J.F. Redondo). CIMNE, Barcelona, 225-247.
Voropayev, S.I., Smirnov,
S.A. and Brandt, A. (2000) Dipolar eddies in a stratified shear
flow. Stratified Flows, V. I (Ed. G. Lawrence, R. Pieters, N.
Yonemitsu), UBC, Vancouver, Canada, 143-148.
Voropayev, S.I., Smirnov,
S.A., Filippov, I.A. and Boyer D.L. (2000) Large eddies and vortex
streets behind moving jets in a stratified fluid. Stratified Flows,
V. I (Ed. G. Lawrence, R. Pieters, N. Yonemitsu), UBC, Vancouver,
Canada, 149-154.
Mahalov, A., Pacheco,
J.R. Voropayev, S.I., Fernando, H.J.S. and Hunt, J.C.R. (2000)
Dynamics of fronts of density currents in the presence of background
rotation. Stratified Flows, V. II (Ed. G. Lawrence, R. Pieters,
N. Yonemitsu), UBC, Vancouver, Canada, 1123-1128.
Voropayev, S.I., McEachern,
G.B., Boyer, D.L. and Fernando, H.J.S. (2000) Drifting sand ripples
and burial of cobbles in near-shore zones. Oceanic Fronts and
Related Phenomena, IOC Workshop Report No. 159, UNESCO, 574-579.
Voropayev, S.I. and
McEachern G.B. (2000) Stern-Radko self-propagating eddy. Oceanic
Fronts and Related Phenomena, IOC Workshop Report No. 159, UNESCO,
580-585.
