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Terry W. Sturm

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Articles

  1. Kara, S., Stoesser, T., and Sturm, T. “Turbulence Statistics in Compound Open Channels with Deep and Shallow Overbank Flows,” Accepted for publication in J. Hydraulic Research.
  2. Sturm, Terry W., ‘Reflections on the State of the Journal,” Editor’s Note, ASCE J. Hydraulic Engineering, Jan. 2102.
  3. Sturm, Terry W., “A Year of Water Through the Spillway Gates,” Editor’s Note, ASCE J. Hydraulic Engineering, Jan. 2011.
  4. Sturm, Terry W., “Water, Water Everywhere,” Editor’s Note, ASCE J. Hydraulic Engineering, Jan. 2010.
  5. Lee, SeungOh and Sturm, T. W., “Effect of Sediment Size Scaling on Physical Modeling of Bridge Pier Scour,” J. Hydr. Eng., ASCE, 135(10), 2009, 793-802.
  6. Sturm, Terry W., “Scour Around Bankline and Setback Abutments in Compound Channels,” J. Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 132(1), 2006, 21-32.
  7. Ge, L., Lee, S., Sotiropoulos, F., and Sturm, T. W., “3D Unsteady RANS Modeling of Complex Hydraulic Engineering Flows. Part II: Model Validation and Flow Physics,” J. Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 131(9), 2005, 809-820.
  8. Ravisangar, V., Sturm, T. W., and Amirtharajah, A., “Influence of Sediment Structure on Erosional Strength and Density of Kaolinite Sediment Beds,” J. Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 131(5), 2005, 356-365.
  9. Sturm, T. W. and Martin, C. Samuel, “A Tribute to Carl Kindsvater and the Georgia Tech Hydraulics Laboratory,” Henry P.G. Darcy and Other Pioneers in Hydraulics, ed. by G. O. Brown, J. D. Garbrecht, and W. H. Hager, ASCE, Reston, VA, 2003, 174-198.
  10. Chrisochoides, A., Sotiropoulos, F., and Sturm, T. W., “Coherent Structures in Flat-Bed Abutment Flow: CFD Simulations and Experiments,” J. Hydr. Engrg., ASCE, 129(3), 2003, 177-186.
  11. Ravisangar, V., Dennett, K.E., Sturm, T. W., and Amirtharajah, A., "Effect of Sediment pH on Resuspension of Kaolinite Sediments," J. Environ. Engrg., ASCE, 127(6), June, 2001, pp. 531-539.
  12. Ravisangar, V., Brouckaert, B.M., Amirtharajah, A., and Sturm, T.W., "The Role of Solution Chemistry in the Stability and Detachment of Cohesive Kaolinite Particles," Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, Vol. 1, No. 1, IWA Publishing, 2001, pp. 25-32.
  13. Mahmood, T., Amirtharajah, A., Sturm, T.W., and Dennett, K.E., "A Micromechanics Approach for Attachment and Detachment of Asymmetric Colloidal Particles," Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 177, 2001, pp. 99-110.
  14. Sturm, Terry W., "Abutment Scour in Compound Channels," Stream Stability and Scour at Highway Bridges, ASCE, 1999, pp. 443-456.
  15. Sturm, Terry W., "River Hydraulics and Bridge Scour," Georgia Engineer, June 1999.
  16. Sturm, T.W., and Chrisochoides, A., "One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Estimates of Abutment Scour Prediction Variables," Transportation Research Record 1647, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., December, 1998, pp. 18-26.
  17. Dennett, K. E., Sturm, T.W., Amirtharajah, A., and Mahmood, T., "Effect of Adsorbed Natural Organic Matter on the Erosion of Kaolinite Sediments," Water Environment Research, Vol. 70, No. 3, 1998, pp. 268-275.
  18. Biglari, B. and Sturm, T.W., "Numerical Modeling of Flow Around Bridge Abutments in Compound Channel," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 124, No. 2, February, 1998, pp. 156-164.
  19. Sturm, T.W. and Amirtharajah, A., "How River Sediments Erode and Resuspend," Centerpoint, a publication of the EPA Hazardous Substance Research Centers, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1997, pp. 17-18.
  20. Sturm, T.W. and Amirtharajah, A., "Mobilization of Inorganic Contaminants Due to Resuspension of Cohesive Sediments," Research Brief, EPA Hazardous Substance Research Center S&SW, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1997.
  21. Sturm, T. W. and Sadiq, Aftab, "Water Surface Profiles in Compound Channel with Multiple Critical Depths," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 12, December, 1996, pp. 703-709.
  22. Daviero, G. and Sturm, T.W., "Eliminating Backflow to Retrofit BNR Systems," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 10, October, 1996, pp. 950-954.
  23. Sturm, T. W. and Sadiq, Aftab, "Clear-water Scour Around Bridge Abutments under Backwater Conditions." Transportation Research Record 1523, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., August, 1996, pp. 196-202.
  24. Sturm, T.W. and Amirtharajah, A. , "Understanding Why Contaminants are Released from Sediments in Waterways," Research Brief, EPA Hazardous Substance Research Center S&SW, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1994.
  25. Sturm, Terry W. and Janjua, Nazar, "Clear-Water Scour Around Abutments in Floodplains," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 8, August, 1994, pp. 956-972.
  26. Luettich, R.A., Jr., and Sturm, T.W., "Thermally Induced Density Currents in Nonrectangular Sidearms," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 115, No. 10, October, 1989, pp. 1332-1352.
  27. Sturm, Terry W., and King, David, "Shape Effects on Flow Resistance in Horseshoe Conduits," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 11, November, 1988, pp. 1416-1429.
  28. Sturm, T.W., closure to “Simplified Design of Contractions in Supercritical Flow,” Journal of Hydr. Engineering, Vol. 113, No.3, 1987, pp. 425-27.
  29. Sturm, T.W., "Simplified Design of Contractions in Supercritical Flow," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 111, No. 5, May, 1985, pp. 871-875.
  30. Fulford, J.M., and Sturm, T.W., "Evaporation From Flowing Channels," Journal of Energy Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 110, No. 1, March, 1984, pp. 1-10.
  31. Sturm, T.W., Fulford, J.M., and Fay, K.J., "Lake Temperature Dynamics in a Hybrid Cooling System," Journal of the Env. Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 109, No. 3, June 1983, pp. 668-684.
  32. Blalock, M. E. and Sturm, T. W. , closure to “Minimun Specific Energy in Compound Open Channels,” Journal of Hydr. Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 109, No.3, 1983,pp.483-87.
  33. Aral, M.M., and Sturm, T.W., "Groundwater Pumping From Shallow, Axisymmetric Ponds," Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, Vol. 108, No. HY12, December, 1982, pp. 1469-1486.
  34. Sturm, Terry W., "Laminar Gravitational Convection of Heat in Dead-End Channels," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 110, September 1981, pp. 97-113.
  35. Blalock, M.E., and Sturm, T.W., "Minimum Specific Energy in Compound Open Channels," Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, Vol. 107, No. HY6, June, 1981, pp. 699-717.
  36. Sturm, Terry W., and Kennedy, J.F., "Heat Loss From Sidearms of Cooling Lakes," Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, Vol. 106, No. HY5, May, 1980, pp. 783-804.

Books

  1. Sturm, Terry W., Open Channel Hydraulics, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Boston. Published in March 2009, 576 pages.
  2. Sturm, Terry W., Updated Solutions Manual for Open Channel Hydraulics, 2nd Edition.Published in April 2009.
  3. Sturm, Terry W. Solutions Manual to accompany Open Channel Hydraulics, 283 pages in camera-ready copy and pdf format, published Jan. 2002 at http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/civil/sturm/ (password protected).
  4. Sturm, Terry W. Visual BASIC 6 Computer Programs to accompany Open Channel Hydraulics: 1) Computation of Critical and Normal Depth in Compound Channels; 2) Water Surface Profile Computation in Gradually-Varied Flow; 3) Unsteady Flow Computations for Flood Routing and Hydroelectric Turbine Transients, published Jan. 2002 at http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/civil/sturm/ (password protected).
  5. Sturm, Terry W., Appendix E. Sturm Abutment Scour Equations, in HEC-18, Evaluating Scour at Bridges, 4th edition, Federal Highway Administration, 2001.
  6. Sturm, T., 2001. Open Channel Hydraulics, 1st Edition, McGraw-Hill Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Textboook Series, New York, 512 pages.
  7. Sturm, T.W., "Bridges" and "Open Channels", Chapters 8 and 10 in American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Model Drainage Manual, 1991.
  8. Sturm, Terry W., "Compound Channel Froude Number," Channel Flow Resistance: Centennial of Manning's Formula, ed. by B.C. Yen, Water Resources Publications, Littleton, Colorado, 1991, pp. 383-392.

Proceedings

  1. Hong, Seung Ho, Sturm, T., Stoesser, T., and Gonzalez-Castro, J. “Evaluation of Rating Curves and Flow Transitions for Controlled and Uncontrolled Low-Head Ogee Spillways,” Accepted for publication, to appear in Proc. Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods Conference, Snowbird Utah, Aug. 2012.
  2. Hong, Seung Ho and Sturm, T. W. “Physical Modeling of Abutment Scour for Overtopping, Submerged Orifice, and Free Surface Flows,” Proc. 5th International Conference on Scour and Erosion,” San Francisco, November 2010.
  3. Hong, Seung Ho, Kim, Su Jin, Sturm, T.W., Stoesser, T., and Gonzalez-Castro, J. A., “Effect of Low Tailwater During Drought on Scour Conditions Downstream of an Ogee Spillway,” Proc. River Flow 2010, Braunschweig, Germany, September 2010.
  4. Hobson, Paul, Navarro, Ricardo, and Sturm, Terry W., “Erodibility Of Bridge Foundation Sediments In Georgia,” Proc. Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Las Vegas, June 2010.
  5. Ioppolo, Ben, Hong, Seung Ho, Sturm, T. W., and Stoesser, T., “Scour Hole Formation Around A Pair Of Bridge Piers, Proceedings, 33rd Int. Assoc. of Hydr. Research 2009 Congress, Vancouver, August 2009.
  6. Hong, Seungho, and Sturm, T. W., “Physical Model Study of Bridge Abutment Scour under Submerged Orifice Flow Conditions with an Erodible Embankment,” Proc. 33rd Int. Assoc. of Hydr. Research 2009 Congress, Vancouver, August 2009.
  7. Lee, SeungOh and Sturm, T. W., “Scaling Issues for Laboratory Modeling of Bridge Pier Scour,” Proc. 4th International Conference on Scour and Erosion,” Tokyo, Japan, November 2008.
  8. Lee, SeungOh, Sturm, T. W., Cho, Y.S., and Kim, C. W., “Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Turbulent Flow through an Oil/Grit Separator,” Proceedings of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), 32nd Congress, Venice, Italy, July 2007.
  9. Hong, S., Gotvald, A., Sturm, T. W., Landers, M., “Laboratory and Field Measurements of Bridge Contraction Scour,” Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Scour and Erosion, CURNET, Gouda, The Netherlands, 2006.
  10. Robinson, Joshua, and Sturm, T. W., “Assessment of In-stream Processes in Urban Streams for Development of Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads,” Proceedings ASCE World Water Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2005.
  11. Lee, SeungOh, Sturm, T. W., Gotvald, A., and Landers, M., “Comparison of Laboratory and Field Measurements of Bridge Pier Scour,” Proceedings. 2nd Int. Conf. on Scour and Erosion, ed. by Y. M. Chiew, S. Y. Lim, and N. S. Cheng, Singapore, November, 2004, 231-239.
  12. Weber, Diana, Sturm, Terry W., and Warner, Richard, “Impact of Urbanization on Sediment Budget of Peachtree Creek,” Proc. River Restoration and Urban Stream Symposium, ASCE World Water and Environment Conference, Salt Lake City, June 2004.
  13. Warner, Richard, and Sturm, Terry, “Turbidity as a Surrogate to Estimate the Effluent Suspended Sediment Concentration of Sediment Controls at a Construction Site in the Southeastern United States,” Proc., Turbidity and Other Sediment Surrogates Workshop, USGS, 2002.
  14. Sturm, T.W., Abutment Scour Prediction Procedure for Compound Channels.Poster presentation at the ASCE Water Resources Engineering Conference, Minneapolis, August 2000.
  15. Ravisangar, V., Brouckaert, B.M., Amirtharajah, A., and Sturm, T.W., "The Role of Solution Chemistry in the Erosion and Detachment of Cohesive Particles from Kaolinite Deposits," Proceedings of the IAWQ Conference, Particle Removal from Dams and Reservoirs, Durban, South Africa, February 2000.
  16. Chrisochoides, A., Sotiropoulos, F., and Sturm. T.W., "Prediction of Bridge-Abutment Flows Using Advanced Turbulence Closures," Proc. of the International Water Resources Engineering Conference, ASCE, Seattle, August 1999.
  17. Sturm, T.W. and Chrisochoides, A., "Abutment Scour in Compound Channels for Variable Setbacks," Water Resources Engineering '98, Proc. of the International Water Resources Engineering Conference, ASCE, Memphis, Vol. 1, August 1998, pp. 174-179.
  18. Brouckaert, B.M., Amirtharajah, A., Sturm, T.W., and Tiller, C.L., "Detachment of Fine Contaminated Sediments from Coarse Particles in a Fluidized Bed," Proc. of the Water Institute of Southern Africa Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa, 1998.
  19. Mahmood, T., Amirtharajah, A., Sturm, T.W., and Dennett, K.E., "A Micromechanics Approach for Attachment and Detachment of Asymmetric Particles," Proc. of the 72nd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Penn State University, 1998.
  20. Ravisangar, V., Amirtharajah, A., Sturm, T.W., and Tiller, C.L., "Resuspension of Contaminated Sediments in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter and Copper Ions," Preprints and Poster Presentation at the International Conference on Contaminated Sediments, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Vol. I, September 1997, pp. 529-536.
  21. Sturm, T. W., and Chrisochoides, A., "Local Scaling of Bridge Abutment Scour," Proceedings of 27th IAHR Congress, Water for a Changing Global Community, San Francisco, August 1997, pp. 196-201.
  22. Ravisangar, V., Sturm, T.W., Amirtharajah, A., and Tiller, C.L., "Effect of Natural Organic Matter and Copper Ions on the Resuspension of Kaolinite Sediments," Proceedings of the WERC/HSRC Joint Conference on the Environment, Albuquerque, April 1997, pp. 144-148.
  23. Sturm, T. W. and Sadiq, Aftab, "Bridge Abutment Scour in Floodplain with Backwater," CD-ROM Proceedings of ASCE North American Water and Environment Congress '96--Bridge Scour Symposium, Anaheim, CA, June 1996.
  24. Dennett, K. E., Sturm, T. W., Amirtharajah, A., and Mahmood, T., "Effects of Adsorbed Natural Organic Matter on the Erosion of Kaolinite Sediments," Proceedings of the 68th Annual Conference and Exposition of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC '95, Miami, Vol. 4, Oct. 1995, pp. 105-115.
  25. Dennett, K. E., Sturm, T. W., Amirtharajah, A., and Mahmood, T., "Flume Studies on the Erosion of Cohesive Sediments", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Water Resources Engineering, ASCE, San Antonio, August 1995, pp. 199-203.
  26. Mahmood, T., Amirtharajah, A., Sturm, T. W., and Dennett, K. E., "Detachment of Colloids Coated with Humic Substances in Fixed and Fluidized Beds", Proceedings of the 1995 ASCE-CSEC Environmental Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, July 1995, pp. 47-54.
  27. Dennett, K. E., Sturm, T. W., Amirtharajah, A., and Mahmood, T., "Erosion of Cohesive Sediments in Uniform Flows", Proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, April 1995, pp. 221-223.
  28. Mahmood, T., Amirtharajah, A., Sturm, T. W., and Dennett, K. E., "Erosion of Colloids Coated with Humic Substances in Fixed and Fluidized Beds", Proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, April 1995, pp. 390-393.
  29. Amirtharajah, A., Mahmood, T., Sturm, T. W., and Dennett, K. E., "Colloidal Contaminant Transport from Cohesive Sediment Interfaces", Proc. 21st Annual RREL Research Symposium, EPA, Cincinnati, 1995.
  30. Sturm, T.W., Dennett, K., Amirtharajah, A., and Mahmood, T., "Flume Studies on the Detachment of Kaolinite Clay and Associated Contaminants from a Coarse Sediment," Proc., Twentieth Annual RREL Research Symposium, U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, March, 1994.
  31. Sturm, Terry W. and Janjua, Nazar, "Bridge Abutment Scour in a Floodplain," Proc. of the 1993 ASCE National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, San Francisco, July, 1993, pp. 761-766.
  32. Sturm, Terry W., and Sadiq, Aftab, "Water Surface Profiles and the Compound Channel Froude Number for Rough Floodplains," International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Hong Kong, ed. by J.H.W. Lee and Y.K. Cheung, A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, Dec., 1991, pp. 1383-1389.
  33. Sturm, Terry W., "Compound Channel Froude Number for Manning's n Variable with Depth," Proceedings of the International Conference on Channel Flow and Catchment Runoff: Centennial of Manning's Formula and Kuichling's Rational Formula, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 1989, pp. 509-517.
  34. Sturm, Terry W., and Bulgheroni, Guido, "Local Scour Downstream of a Tunnel Outlet Structure," Proceedings of the 1988 National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August, 1988, pp. 546-551.
  35. King, David A., and Sturm, Terry W., "Open Channel Flow Resistance in Horseshoe-Shaped Conduits," Proceedings of the National Conference on Hydraulic Engineering and Engineering Hydrology Symposium, ASCE, Williamsburg, Virginia, August, 1987, pp. 153-158.
  36. Sturm, T.W., and Popkes, M.H.B., "Horizontal Gravitational Circulation From a Point Source in a Dead- End Channel," Preprints of Third International Symposium on Stratified Flows, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Vol. 2, Session B.6, February, 1987, pp. 1-10.
  37. Skolds, D.M., and Sturm, T.W., "Alluvial Streambed Adjustments in a Laboratory Model," Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on River Sedimentation, University, Miss., Apr., 1986, pp. 235-244.
  38. Sturm, T.W., Skolds, D.M., and Blalock, M.E., "Water Surface Profiles in Compound Channels," Proceedings of the ASCE Hydraulics Division Specialty Conference, Hydraulics and Hydrology in the Small Computer Age, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, August, 1985, pp. 569-574.
  39. Sturm, T.W., "Combined Forced and Natural Convection of Heat in Sidearms," Proceedings of the Fifth Engineering Mechanics Division Specialty Conference, ASCE, Laramie, Wyoming, August, 1984, pp. 773- 776.
  40. Sturm, T.W., Fulford, J.M., and Fay, K., "Thermal Water Quality in a Stratified Cooling Lake," Proceedings of the National Conference on Environmental Engineeering, ASCE, Atlanta, Georgia, July, 1981, pp. 668-675.
  41. Sturm, T.W., "Laminar Gravity Currents in Dead-End Channels," Proceedings of the Third Engineering Mechanics Division Specialty Conference, ASCE, Austin, Texas, September, 1979, pp. 195-198.