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David Murphy

University of South Florida

Department of Mechanical Engineering

4202 E. Fowler Avenue
ENB 118
Tampa, FL  33620  

davidmurphy@usf.edu

Project List:

Turbulent Vertical Mixing and the Formation of Oil Particle Aggregates: LES, Measurements and Modeling

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies II (DROPPS II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2021

Perez, A. J., Cui, F., Penaloza-Gutierrez, J., Zeidi, S., Sinha, N., Boufadel, M., et al. (2021). Simulation of vertical dispersion of oil droplets by Langmuir supercells through a Reynolds-averaged Eulerian formulation combined with Lagrangian particle tracking. Ocean Engineering, 235(September).

2016

Murphy, D., Gemmell, B., Vaccari, L., Li, C., Bacosa, H., Evans, M., et al. (2016). An in-depth survey of the oil spill literature since 1968: Long term trends and changes since Deepwater Horizon. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 113(1-2), 371–379.
Murphy, D. W., Xue, X., Sampath, K., & Katz, J. (2016). Crude oil jets in crossflow: Effects of dispersant concentration on plume behavior: CRUDE OIL JETS IN CROSSFLOW. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121(6), 4264–4281.

Conference Presentations - 22

2020

Smith, C., Li, Z., Singh, S., Arandia, J., Mee, T., Gurung, S., et al. (2020). Oil Droplet and Particle Retention in Turbulent Vertical Flow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Smith, C., Patel, A., Espinosa, J., Tejada-Martinez, A. E., & Murphy, D. (2019). A Laboratory Facility for Investigating Oil-Particle Interactions in Deep Langmuir Retention Zones. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Tejada-Martinez, A. E., Zeidi, S., Cui, F., Perez, A., Daskiran, C., Murphy, D., et al. (2019). Mixing of Sediment Particles and Oil Droplets by Langmuir Supercells. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.

2018

Zeidi, J., Sinha, N., Perez, A., Murphy, D. W., & Tejada-Martinez, A. E. (2018). Sediment Resuspension and Oil Droplet Entrainment by Langmuir Supercells. In 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. Atlanta, GA : 11/18/18-11/20/18.

2016

Ghandour, M., Abdillahi, M., Murphy, D., Katz, J., & Coutier-Delgosha, O. (2016). Direct Numerical Simulations of Oil Plumes in Water and Raindrops Impacting Oil Slicks. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: poster.
Murphy, D., Xue, X., & Katz, J. (2016). Turbulent Crude Oil Plumes in Crossflow: Effect of Counter-rotating Vortex Pair Structures on Oil Residence in Plume. In 9th International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF 2016). Firenze, Italy : 05/22/16-05/27/16.
Murphy, D. W., Gemmell, B., Vaccari, L., Li, C., Bacosa, H., Evans, M., et al. (2016). A Survey of the Oil Spill Literature: Trends since 1968 and Changes since Deepwater Horizon. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., d'Albignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2016). Production of Oily Marine Aerosol by Raindrop Splashing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: poster.
Xue, X., Murphy, D. W., Sampath, K., & Katz, J. (2016). Turbulent Crude Oil Plumes in Crossflow: Effect of Vortex Structures on Oil Residence in Plume. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Murphy, D., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2015). Oily Marine Aerosol Production by Raindrop Splashing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Murphy, D., Xue, X., & Katz, J. (2015). Turbulent crude oil jets in crossflow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., d'Albignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2015). High Weber Number Impacts onto Immiscible Oil Layers: Splash Behavior and Droplet Sizes. In Droplets 2015. Enschede, Netherlands : 10/06/15-10/08/15.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., d'Albignac, V., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2015). Turbulent crude oil jets in crossflow: holographic measurements of droplet size distributions. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.
Xue, X., Murphy, D. W., & Katz, J. (2015). Droplet impact onto an immiscible floating oil layer: splash behavior and droplet sizes. In 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Divison of Fluid Dynamics. Boston, MA : 11/22/15-11/24/15.

2014

Morra, D., Almashaan, N., Murphy, D., & Katz, J. (2014). Impact of small raindrops on crude oil slicks. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Murphy, D., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2014). High speed drop impact on floating oil layers: splash behavior and oily marine aerosol production. In 67th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. San Francisco, CA : 11/23/2014-11/25/2014.
Murphy, D. W., & Katz, J. (2014). The effect of chemical dispersant on the behavior of crude oil plumes in crossflow. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14.
Murphy, D. W., & Katz, J. (2014). The effect of chemical dispersants and crossflow on turbulent crude oil jets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Murphy, D. W., Li, C., & Katz, J. (2014). Oily marine aerosol production at the air-sea interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.

2013

Katz, J., Murphy, D. W., & Morra, D. (2013). Large scale behavior and droplet size distributions in crude oil jets and plumes. In American Physical Society 66th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics. Pittsburg, PA , 11/24/2013-11/26/2013.
Murphy, D. W., & Katz, J. (2013). Rain drop and oil slicks. In Atmosphere-Ocean Science Days. Baltimore, MD, June 6-7, 2013.
Murphy, D. W., Morra, D., & Katz, J. (2013). Rain drops and oil slicks: impact of water droplets on a surface oil layer. In American Physical Society 66th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics. Pittsburg, PA , 11/24/2013-11/26/2013.