Alistair Borthwick, Professor of Engineering
Science at
The
Coastal, Dynamics and Ocean
Engineering home page describes a selection of relevant research
activities.
Contact
information:
Professor Alistair G. L. Borthwick, BEng, PhD, CEng, FICE, MIMarE, Eur Ing,
MIAHR
Post:
Dept of Engineering Science,
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 273010
Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 273047
e-mail: alistair.borthwick@eng.ox.ac.uk
1 Borthwick, A.G.L. (1986a) Comparison between
two finite‑difference schemes for computing the flow around a cylinder. Int. J. for Num. Meth. in Fluids, 6(5): 275‑290.
2 Borthwick, A.G.L. (1986b) Orbital flow past a
cylinder: a numerical approach. Int. J.
for Num. Meth. in Fluids, 6(10):
677‑713.
3 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Mitra,
J.K. (1987) Conoco Hutton tension leg platform: post weld heat treatment of
column blocks. Proc. Inst. Civil Engrs.,
Part 1 Design and Construction, 82,
p 1187. [Abstract. Full paper is in the
Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers,
4 Borthwick, A.G.L., Chaplin, J.R. and Ali,
K.H.M. (1988) Discrete vortex model of
jet‑forced flow inside a circular reservoir. ASCE J. of Hydraulic Engineering, 114(3): 283‑298.
5 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Herbert, D.M. (1988)
Loading and response of a small diameter flexibly mounted cylinder in waves. J. of Fluids and Structures, 2(5): 479‑501.
6 Borthwick, A.G.L. (1989) Pressure and force
measurements on a cylinder oscillated sinusoidally at low and intermediate
Keulegan‑Carpenter numbers. J. of
Fluids and Structures, 3(5): 509‑528.
7 Borthwick, A.G.L. and
8 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Herbert, D.M. (1990a)
Circumferential pressures on a fixed vertical cylinder in waves. Proc. Inst. Civil Engrs., Part 2 Theory,
89: 143‑162.
9 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Herbert, D.M. (1990b)
Resonant and non‑resonant behaviour of a flexibly mounted cylinder in
waves. J. of Fluids and Structures, 4: 495‑518.
10 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Barber, R.W. (1990)
Prediction of low Reynolds number jet‑forced flow inside a circle using
the Navier‑Stokes equations. Int.
J. of
11 Borthwick, A.G.L., Chaplin, J.R., Burrows, R.
and Drossopoulos, G.M. (1991) Loading on a K‑node in oscillatory flow. Applied Ocean Research, 13(2): 100‑106. [Technical Note]
12 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Barber, R.W. (1992a)
River and reservoir flow modelling using the transformed shallow water
equations. Int. J. for Num. Meth. in
Fluids, 14(10): 1193-1217.
13 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Barber, R.W. (1992b)
Numerical simulation of jet‑forced flow in a circular reservoir using
discrete and random vortex methods. Int. J.
for Num. Methods in Fluids, 14(12):
1453-1472.
14
Borthwick, A.G.L. and
15 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Kaar, E.T. (1993)
Shallow flow modelling using curvilinear depth-averaged stream function and
vorticity transport equations. Int. J.
for Num. Methods in Fluids, 17(5):
417-445.
16 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Kaar, E.T. (1994) A
non-orthogonal curvilinear systems model of species transport in shallow flow
domains. Advances in Water Resources,
16(6): 331-350.
17 Saalehi, A. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (1996)
Quadtree and octree mesh generation. International
Journal of Engineering, Islamic
18 Yiu, C., Greaves, D.M., Cruz León, S.,
Saalehi, A. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (1996) Quadtree grid generation: information
handling, boundary fitting and CFD applications. Computers and Fluids, 25(8):
759-769.
19 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Akponasa, G.A. (1997)
Reservoir flow prediction by contravariant shallow water equations. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 123(5): 432-439.
20 Greaves, D.M., Borthwick, A.G.L., Wu, G.X.
and Eatock Taylor, R. (1997) A moving boundary finite element method for fully
non-linear wave simulations. J. of Ship
Research, 41(3): 181-194.
21 Greaves, D.M. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (1998) On
the use of adaptive hierarchical meshes for numerical simulation of separated
flows. Int. J. for Num. Meth. in Fluids,
26: 303-322.
22
Greaves, D.M. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (1999) Hierarchical tree-based finite
element mesh generation. Int. J. for Num.
Meth. in Engineering, 45:
447-471.
23
Chern, M.J., Borthwick, A.G.L. and Eatock Taylor, R. (1999) A pseudospectral s-transformation
model of 2D nonlinear waves. J. of Fluids
and Structures, 13(5): 607-630.
24
Sutherland, J. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2000)
Meeting Report: The
25
Borthwick, A.G.L., Marchant, R.D. and Copeland, G.J.M. (2000) Adaptive
hierarchical grid model of water-borne pollutant transport. Advances in Water Resources, 23: 849-865.
26
Fujihara, M. and Borthwick, A,G.L. (2000) Godunov-type solution of curvilinear
shallow water equations. ASCE Journal of
Hydraulic Engineering, 126(11):
827-836.
27 Ni, J.R., Wang, G.Q. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2000) Kinetic theory for
particle concentration in dilute and dense solid-liquid flows. ASCE
Journal for Hydraulic Engineering, 126(12):
893-903.
28
29 Park, K.-Y., and
Borthwick, A.G.L. (2001) Quadtree grid numerical model of nearshore
wave-current interaction. Coastal Engineering, 42: 219-239.
30 Zhu, G., Borthwick, A.G.L., and Eatock Taylor, R.
(2001) A finite element model of interaction between viscous free surface waves
and submerged cylinders. Ocean Engineering, 28(8): 989-1008.
31 Chern, M.J., Borthwick, A.G.L., and Eatock
Taylor, R. (2001) Simulation of
nonlinear free surface motions in a cylindrical domain using a
Chebyshev-Fourier spectral collocation method. Int. J.
for Num. Methods in Fluids, 36:
465-496.
32
Borthwick, A.G.L., Cruz León, S., and Józsa, J. (2001a) Adaptive quadtree model
of shallow-flow hydrodynamics. IAHR J. for Hydraulic Research, 39(4): 413-424.
33 Ohl, C.,
Eatock Taylor, R.,
34 Ohl, C.,
35
Borthwick, A.G.L., Cruz León, S., and Józsa, J. (2001b) The shallow flow
equations solved on adaptive quadtree grids.
Int. J. for Num. Methods in Fluids,
37: 691-719.
36 Ni, J.R., Borthwick, A.G.L., and Qin, H.P. (2002)
Integrated approach to determining postreclamation coastline. ASCE
Journal of Environmental Engineering, 128(6):
543-551.
37 Qin, H.P., Ni. J.R., and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2002)
Harmonized optimal postreclamation coastline for
38 Borthwick, A.G.L., and Foote, Y.L.M. (2002) Wave-induced nearshore currents at a tri-cuspate
beach in the UKCRF. Proc.
Inst. Civ. Engrs: J. Water & Maritime Engng, 154(4): 251-263.
39 Liang, L.,
Ni, J.R., Borthwick, A.G.L. and
40 Copeland,
G.J.M., Monteiro, T., Couch, C. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2003) Water quality in
41 Turnbull, M.S., Borthwick, A.G.L. and Eatock
Taylor, R. (2003a) Numerical wave tank based on a σ-transformed finite
element inviscid flow solver. Int. J. for Num. Methods in Fluids, 42: 641-663.
42 Turnbull, M.S., Borthwick, A.G.L. and Eatock
Taylor, R. (2003b) Wave-structure interaction using coupled
structured-unstructured finite element meshes. Applied Ocean Research, 25:
63-77.
43 Frandsen, J.B. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2003) Simulation of sloshing motions in fixed and
vertically excited 2D containers using a 2-D inviscid s-transformed finite difference solver. Journal
of Fluids and Structures, 18:
197-214.
44
45 Ni, J.R., Huang, X. and
Borthwick, A.G.L. (2003) Characteristics
of hyper-concentrated sediment-laden flow. ASCE J. of Engineering Mechanics, 129(12):
1489-1493. [Technical Note]
46 Wang, J.P., Borthwick,
A.G.L. and Eatock Taylor, R. (2004)
Finite-volume type VoF method on dynamically adaptive quadtree grids. International Journal for Numerical Methods
in Fluids, 45: 485-508.
47 Liang Q., Borthwick, A.G.L. and Stelling, G. (2004) Simulation of dam- and dyke-break
hydrodynamics on dynamically adaptive quadtree grids. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 46: 127-162.
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49 Ni, J.R., Zhang, H.W., Xue, A., Wieprecht, S.,
and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2004) Modeling of
hyper-concentrated sediment-laden floods in the
50 Liang, Q., Borthwick, A.G.L., and
51 Huang, W., Shi, B., Ni, J.,
Li., Z. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2005)
Biodegradation of valonia tannin by Endomyces
SHQ 14. Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, 89(1): 28-33.
52 Silva, R., Borthwick, A.G.L. and Eatock Taylor,
R. (2005) Numerical implementation of
the harmonic modified mild-slope equation.
Coastal Engineering, 52: 391-407.
1 Borthwick, A.G.L., and Herbert, D.M. (1991)
Discussion on "Circumferential pressures on a fixed vertical cylinder in
waves". Proc. Inst. Civil Engrs.,
Part 2: Research and Theory, 91:
365‑372.
2 Ni, J.R., and Borthwick, A.G.L. (2001)
Discussion on "Flood disasters: lessons from the past - worries for the
future" by Gerhard Berz. Proc. Inst. Civ. Engrs: Water & Maritime Engng, 148:
57-58.
Book Reviews
1
Borthwick, A.G.L. (1987). Review of ICE Publication "Maritime and offshore
structure maintenance. In British Book News, The British Council,
January 1987, p 38.
2 Borthwick, A.G.L. (1992). Review of
"Dynamics of fixed marine structures (3rd Edition)" by N D P Barltrop
and A J Adams. In Engineering Structures, 14
(5): 349.
3 Borthwick, A.G.L. (1998) Review of
"Hydrodynamics Around Cylindrical Structures" by B M
4 Borthwick, A.G.L. (1999)
Review of "Introduction to Fluid Mechanics" by Y Nakayama and R F
Boucher. In J. of Mechanical Engineering
Science, Part C, 213(C6):
639-640.
5
Borthwick, A.G.L. (2003). Review of “Detection and Prevention of Leaks from
Dams” by Antonio
Plata Bedmar and Luís Araguás Araguás in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 7(2): 255.
1 Borthwick, A.G.L. and
2 Barber, R.W. and Borthwick, A.G.L. (1992)
Numerical solution of jet‑forced reservoir flow using boundary‑fitted
coordinate systems. Progress in
Numerical Techniques Chapter. In Flow Modelling and Turbulence Measurements,
Edited by L Zaichao, C J Chen and C Shutang, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation,
3 Borthwick, A.G.L. and Akponasa, G.A. (1996)
Solution of the non-orthogonal contravariant shallow water equations. Chapter
6. Mixed-Flow
Hydrodynamics: Advances in Engineering Fluid Mechanics Series, Gulf
Publishing Co.,
4 Borthwick, A.G.L., Fujihara, M. and
5 Liang, Q,
Borthwick, A.G.L.,
6 Weston, B.,