Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Al-Bashiti, M.K., Nguyen, D., Naser, M.Z., & Kaye, N.B. “Predicting Wildfire Ember Hot-Spots on Gable Roofs via Deep Learning.” Fire, 7(5), 153. (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7050153
  2. Alnahit, A. O., Kaye, N. B., & Khan, A. A.” Understanding the Influence of Buoyancy Sign on Buoyancy-Driven Particle Clouds” Fluids 9(5): 101. (2024) https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9050101
  3. Piminchumo Sausa, A. R., Li, S., Kaye, N. B., & Flynn, M. R. “The coalescence of adjacent turbulent plumes in a stratified and unstratified environment” Environmental Fluid Mechanics (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-023-09952-y
  4. Martin, W. D., & Kaye, N. B. “Modeling of the hydrologic performance of distributed LID stormwater under a changing climate: Municipal scale performance improvements” Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment (2023) https://doi.org/10.1061/JSWBAY.SWENG-477 
  5. Van Valkinburgh, K., Nafchi, A. M., Mousavi, E. Blouin, V., Kaye, N. &Metcalf, A, R., “Assessing Mitigation Strategies to Reduce Potential Exposures to Indoor Particle Release Events” Aerosol and Air Quality Research 22(9), (2022) https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.220054
  6. Nguyen, D. & Kaye, N. B. “The role of surrounding buildings on the accumulation of embers on rooftops during an ember storm” Fire Safety Journal 131, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103624
  7. Sharmin, R., Martin, W. D., & Kaye, N. B. “Hydrologic performance of distributed LID stormwater infrastructure on land developments under a changing climate: Site scale performance improvements” A.S.C.E. Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Engineering 148(7), (2022) https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001684
  8. Kaye, N. B., Robinson, D. M., Akhter, R., Ahsanullah, Md. S., Jordan, T. A., & Martinez, O. E. “The transition of a line plume to round plume” Environmental Fluid Mechanics 22(4), pp. 763–787 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-022-09852-7
  9.  Kaye, N. B,. & Ogle, J. “Overcoming Misconceptions and Enhancing Student’s Physical Understanding of Civil and Environmental Engineering Fluid Mechanics” Physics of Fluids 34(4) (2022) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0083993
  10. Nguyen, D. & Kaye, N. B. “Quantification of ember accumulation on the rooftops of isolated buildings in an ember storm” Fire Safety Journal 128 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2022.103525
  11. J. Gonzalez & N. B. Kaye “An entrainment model for air curtain effectiveness” Building & Environment, 208 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108576
  12. Mohammadi Nafchi, A.; Blouin, V.; Kaye, N.; Metcalf, A.; Van Valkinburgh, K. & Mousavi, E. “Room HVAC Influences on the Removal of Airborne Particulate Matter: Implications for School Reopening during the COVID-19 Pandemic” Energies, 14 (2021) https://doi.org/10.3390/en14227463
  13. Ahsanullah, M. S., Kaye, N. B., & Bridges, W. C. “A stochastic model for the aerodynamics of irregularly shaped gravel” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 218 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104782
  14. Nguyen, D. & Kaye, N. B. “Experimental investigation of rooftop hotspots during wildfire ember storms” Fire Safety Journal 125 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2021.103445
  15. Philips, R. C., Kaye, N. B., & Saylor, J. R. “A multi-reservoir study of the impact of uncertainty in pool evaporation estimates on water availability models” Journal of South Carolina Water Resources 7(1) article 5 (2021) https://doi.org/10.34068/JSCWR.07.03
  16. Afrin, T., Kaye, N. B., & Khan, A. A. “Numerical investigation of rectangular pipe free overfall for various upstream” A.S.C.E. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(9): 04021030 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001906
  17. Kaye N. B., Williamson, N., Huang, D. & Armfield, S.W. “Buoyancy distribution in a filling box segmented by a planar jet” Environmental Fluid Mechanics 21 pp. 239—261 (2021) https://doi.org//10.1007/s10652-020-09768-0
  18. Martin, W. D., Kaye, N. B. “A simple method for sizing modular green-blue roof systems for design storm peak discharge reduction” SN Applied Sciences 2(11) 1874 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03725-8 .
  19. Kaye N. B., Williamson, N., Huang, D. & Armfield, S.W. “Buoyancy distribution in a filling box segmented by a planar jet” Environmental Fluid Mechanics (accepted) https://doi.org//10.1007/s10652-020-09768-0
  20. Martin, W. D., Kaye, N. B. “A simple method for sizing modular green-blue roof systems for design storm peak discharge reduction” SN Applied Sciences 2(11) 1874 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-03725-8 .
  21. Hodges, J., Saylor, J. R., & Kaye, N. B. “A comparison of the diurnal variation in lake surface temperature for the five major lakes of the Savannah River Basin” Journal of South Carolina Water Resources (In Press)
  22. Green, A. & Kaye, N. B. “On the use of sprays to intercept airborne embers during wildfires” Fire Safety Journal 108 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2019.102842 (2019)
  23. Linvill, D., Tallapragada, M., & Kaye, N. B. “Engineering identity and communication outcomes: Comparing integrated engineering and traditional public speaking courses” Communication Education, 68(3) pp. 308—327 doi:10.1080/03634523.2019.1608367 (2019)
  24. Kaye, N. B & Cooper, P. “Source and boundary condition effects on unconfined and confined vertically distributed turbulent plumes” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 850 pp. 1032-1065 (2018)
  25. Kaye, N. B. & Baratain-Ghorghi, Z. “The role of ambient turbulence in dense gas dispersion from confined urban regions” A. S. C. E. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 144(2) (2018)
  26. Tohidi, A. & Kaye, N. B. “Stochastic Modeling of Firebrand Shower Scenarios”Fire Safety Journal 91 pp. 91-102 (2017)
  27. Tohidi, A. & Kaye, N. B. “Aerodynamic characterization of rod-like debris with application to firebrand transport” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 168 297-311 (2017)
  28. Tohidi, A. & Kaye, N. B. “Comprehensive wind tunnel experiments of lofting and downwind transport of non-combusting rod-like model firebrands during firebrand shower scenarios” Fire Safety Journal 90 pp. 95-111 (2017)
  29. Afrin T., Kaye, N. B., Khan, A. A., & Testik, F. Y. “Numerical investigation of free overfall from a circular pipe flowing full upstream” A. S. C. E. Journal of Hydraulic engineering 143(6) (2017).
  30. Afrin T., Kaye, N. B., Khan, A. A., & Testik, F. Y. “A parametric study of perforated pipe underdrains surrounded by loose aggregate” A. S. C. E. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 142(12) (2016).
  31. Hodges, J., Saylor, J. R., & Kaye, N. B. “A functional form for the diurnal variation of lake surface temperature on Lake Hartwell, northwestern South Carolina” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 9(8) pp. 3564—3577 (2016).
  32. Philips, R., Saylor, J. R., Kaye, N. B., & Gibert, J. M. “A multi-lake study of seasonal variation in lake surface evaporation using MODIS satellite derived surface temperature” Limnology 17(3) pp. 273—289 (2016).
  33. Afrin, T., Khan, A. A., Kaye, N. B., & Testik, F. Y. “Numerical Model for the Hydraulic Performance of Perforated Pipe Under-drains Surrounded by Loose Aggregate” A. S. C. E. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 142(8), (2016).
  34. West, D. W., Kaye, N. B., Putman, B. & Clark, R. “Quantifying the non-linear hydraulic behavior of pervious concrete” A.S.T.M. Journal of Testing and Evaluation 44(6) (2016)
  35. Tohidi, A.,& Kaye, N. B. “Highly Buoyant Bent-Over Plumes in a Boundary Layer” Atmospheric Environment 131 pp. 97—114 (2016).
  36. West, D. W., Kaye, N. B., & Putman, B. “Surface flow and spread calculations for the preliminary design of porous pavement bike lanes” A.S.C.E. Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Engineering 142(2) (2016)
  37. Tohidi, A., Kaye, N. B. & Bridges, W. “Statistical description of firebrand size and shape distribution from coniferous trees for use in Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations of firebrand flight distance” Fire Safety Journal 77 21-35 (2015)
  38. Martin, W. & Kaye, N. B. “Effects of aggregate masking on soil infiltration under an aggregate bed” A.S.C.E. Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Engineering 141(9) (2015)
  39. Hutton, D., Kaye, N. B., & Martin, W. “Analysis of Climate Change and 24-Hour Design Storm Depths for a Range of Return Periods Across South Carolina” Journal of South Carolina Water Resources 2(1) pp. 70—79 (2015)
  40. Kaye, N. B. “Solutions to the compact debris flight equations.”
    Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 138 69-76 (2015)
  41. Martin, W. & Kaye, N. B. “Characterization of undrained porous pavements using a broken-line model” A.S.C.E. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 20(2) 04014043-1-8 (2015)
  42. Murphy, P., Kaye, N. B., & Khan, A. A. “Hydraulic performance of aggregate beds with perforated pipe underdrains flowing full.” A.S.C.E. Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Engineering 140(8) 04014023 (2014)
  43. Martin, W. & Kaye, N. B. “Hydrologic characterization of un-drained porous pavements” A.S.C.E. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 19(6) pp. 1069-1079 (2014)
  44. Martin, W., Kaye, N. B., & Putman, B. “Impact of vertical porosity distribution on the permeability of pervious concrete” Construction && Building Materials 59 pp. 78-84 (2014)
  45. Martin, W., Putman, B. & Kaye, N. B. “Using Image Analysis to Measure the Porosity
    Distribution of a Porous Pavement” Construction & Building Materials 48 pp.
    210—217 (2013)
  46. Baratain-Ghorghi, Z., & Kaye, N. B. “Modeling mixing driven by an exchange flow and skimming flow in the purging of dense fluid from a street canyon” Physics of Fluids 25 076603 (2013)
  47. Giannakopoulos, B. A., Kaye, N. B.,  & Hunt, G. R. “Smoke filling times for a room – influence of room geometry” Proc. I.C.E. Engineering and Computational Mechanics166(2), pp. 68—87 (2013)
  48. Heiliger, C., Kaye, N. B., & Testik, F. Y. “A computational study of the role of
    particle size standard deviation on the collision frequency in differential
    settling” International Journal of Sediment Research 28 pp. 42—53 (2013)
  49. Stanford, S., Benson, L., Alluri, P., Martin, W., Klotz, L., Ogle, J., Kaye, N., Sarasua,
    W., and Schiff, S. “Evaluating Student and Faculty Outcomes for a Real-World
    Capstone Project with Sustainability Considerations.” J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 139(2), pp. 123–133 (2013)
  50. Durrani, F., Cook, M. J., McGuirk, J. J., & Kaye, N. B. “Large eddy simulation of
    buoyancy-driven natural ventilation: twin-plume flow” Int. J. Ventilation, 11,
    pp. 353-366 (2013)
  51. Karimpour, A., & Kaye, N. B. “Wind tunnel measurement of the parapet height role on roof gravel blow-off rate for two dimensional low rise buildings” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics  114 pp. 38-47 (2013)
  52. Baratain-Ghorghi, Z., & Kaye, N. B. “Shear driven flushing of dense fluid from a canyon” Journal of Visualization  16 (1) pp. 29-37 (2013)
  53. Baratain-Ghorghi, Z., & Kaye, N. B. “The effect of canyon aspect ratio on flushing of dense pollutants from an isolated street canyon” Science of the Total Environment 443 pp. 112-122 (2013)
  54. Baratain-Ghorghi, Z., & Kaye, N. B. “Flushing a finite volume of dense fluid from a square street canyon by a turbulent overflow” Atmospheric Environment 60 pp. 392-402 (2012)
  55. Karimpour, A., & Kaye, N. B. “The critical velocity for aggregate blow-off from a built-up roof” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics  107-108 83-93 (2012)
  56. Baratain-Ghorghi, Z., Kaye, N. B., Khan, A. A., & Smith, J. R. “The merging of two unequal axisymmetric parallel turbulent jets” Journal of Hydrodynamics 24 (2) 257-262 (2012)
  57. Karimpour, A., & Kaye, N. B. “On the stochastic nature of compact debris flight” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 100 77-90 (2012)
  58. Karimpour, A, Kaye, N. B., & Baratain-Ghorghi, Z. “Modeling the neutrally stable
    atmospheric boundary layer for laboratory scale studies of the built environment” Building & Environment 49 203-211 (2012)
  59. Kaye, N., & Scase, M. “Straight-sided solutions to classical and modified plume flux equations” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 680 564-573 (2011)
  60. Karimpour, A., Kaye, N. B., & Khan, A. A. “A CFD study of merging turbulent slot jets”
    A.S.C.E. Journal  of Hydraulic Engineering 137 381-385 (2011)
  61. Kaye, N. B., Flynn, M. R., Cook, M. J., & Ji, Y. “The role of diffusion on the interface thickness in a ventilated filling box” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 652 195-205 (2010)
  62. Prohaska, P. D., Khan, A. A., & Kaye, N. B. “Investigation of flow through orifices in riser pipes” A.S.C.E. Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Eng. 136 340-347 (2010)
  63. Prohaska, P. D., Khan, A. A., & Kaye, N. B. “Investigation of Detention Pond Outflow
    Characteristics.” Proc. I.C.E. Water Management 163 123-131 (2010)
  64. Kaye, N. B., & Hunt, G. R. “The effect of floor heat source area on the induced airflow in a room.” Building & Environment 45 (3) 839-847 (2010)
  65. Kaye, N. B., & Hunt, G. R. “An experimental study of large area source turbulent plumes” Int. J. Heat & Fluid Flow 30 (6) 1099-1105 (2009)
  66. Kaye, N. B., Ji, Y., & Cook, M. J. “Numerical simulation of transient flow development in a naturally ventilated room.” Building & Environment 44 (4) 889-897 (2009)
  67. Kaye, N. B. “Turbulent plumes in stratified environments: A review of recent work.” Atmosphere Ocean 46 (4) 433–441 (2008)
  68. Kaye, N. B., & Hunt, G. R. “Smoke filling time for a small fire in a room: the effect of ceiling height to floor width aspect ratio.” Fire Safety Journal 42, 329–339 (2007)
  69. Kaye, N. B., & Hunt, G. R. “Overturning in a Filling Box” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 576, 297–323 (2007)
  70. Kaye, N. B., & Hunt, G. R. “Heat source modelling and natural ventilation efficiency” Building & Environment 42 (4) 1624–1631 (2007)
  71. Kaye, N. B., & Hunt, G. R. “Weak fountains” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 558 319–328
    (2006)
  72. Hunt, G. R., & Kaye, N. B. “Pollutant flushing with natural displacement ventilation” Building & Environment 41 (9) 1190–1197 (2006)
  73. Linden, P. F., & Kaye, N. B. “Interacting turbulent plumes in a ventilated box” International Journal of Ventilation 4 (4) 301–310 (2006)
  74. Kaye, N. B., & Linden, P. F. “Colliding turbulent plumes” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 550 85–109 (2006)
  75. Hunt, G. R., & Kaye, N. B. “Lazy plumes” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 533 329–338 (2005)
  76. Kaye, N. B., & Hunt, G. R. “Time-dependent flows in an emptying filling box” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 520 135–156 (2004)
  77. Kaye, N. B., & Linden, P. F. “Coalescing axisymmetric turbulent plumes” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 502 41–63 (2004)
  78. Hunt, G. R., & Kaye, N. “Virtual origin correction for lazy turbulent plumes” Journal of Fluid Mechanics 435 377–396 (2001)

Book Chapters

  1. Tohidi, A, & Kaye, N. B. (2022) “Firebrands” In: Wildland Fire Dynamics: Fire Effects and Behavior from a Fluid Dynamics Perspective, (Ed. K. Speer & S. Goodrick) Cambridge University Press (2022)
  2. Martin, W., Sumanasooriya, M., Kaye, N. B., & Putman B. “Design of porous pavements for improved water quality and reduced runoff” Handbook of Environmental Engineering (Ed. M. Kutz) Wiley (2018)
  3. Kaye, N. B., Khan, A. A., & Testik, F. Y. “Environmental fluid mechanics” Handbook of Environmental Engineering, (Ed. M. Kutz) Wiley (2018)
  4. Kaye, N. B. & Karimpour, A. “Debris motion initiation” Wind-Borne Debris Hazards (Ed. N. B. Kaye) ASCE (2018)
  5. Kaye, N. B., & Flynn, M. R. “Air flows through buildings.” Handbook of Environmental Fluid Mechanics (Ed. H. J. S. Fernando) Taylor Francis (2012)