Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

McMillan, M.N., and E.B. White. Modeling Boundary-Layer-Scale Distributed Roughness using an Effective Surface. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, submitted.

White, E.B., and J.A. Schmucker. 2021. Wind- and Gravity-Forced Drop Depinning. Physical Review Fluids,6:023601 doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.023601.

Suryanarayanan, S., D. Goldstein, A. Berger, E.B. White, and G. Brown. 2020. Effect of Pressure Gradients on the Different Stages of Roughness Induced Boundary Layer Transition.Intl. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, 86:108688 doi:10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2020.108688.

Suryanarayanan, S., D. Goldstein, A. Berger, E.B. White, and G. Brown. 2020. On the Mechanisms of Roughness Induced Boundary Layer Transition Control by Shielding. AIAA Journal, 58(7):2951-2963 doi:10.1115/1.4036270.

Long, Robert R., E.B. White, N.R. Tichenor, and K. Kremeyer. 2017. Instantaneous wind-tunnel model vibration measurements using a dynamical systems approach. ASME J. Fluids Engineering, 139:071106, doi:10.1115/1.4036270.

Kuester, M.S., and E.B. White. 2016. Structure of Turbulent Wedges Created By Isolated Surface Roughness. Experiments in Fluids 57:47 doi:10.1007/s00348-016-2140-x.

Monschke, J.A., M.A. Kuester, and E.B. White. 2016. Acoustic Receptivity Measurements Using Modal Decomposition of a Modified Orr–Sommerfeld Equation. AIAA Journal, 54(3):805–15 doi:10.2514/1.J054043.

Kuester, M.A., and E.B. White. 2015. Roughness Receptivity and Shielding in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer. J. Fluid Mechanics, 777:430–460 doi:10.1017/jfm.2015.267.

Wilcox, B.E., and E.B. White. 2015. Computational Analysis of Insect Impingement Patterns on Wind Turbine Blades. Wind Energy, 19:483–495, doi:10.1002/we.1846.

Kuester, M.A., and E.B. White. 2014. Active Noise Control in a Closed Circuit Wind Tunnel. AIAA Journal, 52:1829–1838, doi:10.2514/1.J052275.

Lovig, E.N., R.S. Downs, III, and E.B. White. 2014. Passive Laminar Flow Control at Low Turbulence Levels. AIAA Journal, 52:1072–1075, doi:10.2514/1.J052363.

Ehrmann, R.S., K.M. Loftin, S. Johnson, and E.B. White. 2014. Lock-in of Elastically Mounted Airfoils at High Angles of Attack. J. Fluids and Structures 44:205–215, doi:10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2013.10.008.

Denissen, N.A., and E.B. White. 2013. Secondary Instability of Roughness-Induced Transient Growth. Physics of Fluids, 25:114108, doi:10.1063/1.4829482.

Downs, R.S., III, and E.B. White. 2013. Freestream Turbulence and the Development of Crossflow Disturbances. J. Fluid Mechanics 735:347–80, doi:10.1017/jfm.2013.484.

Schmucker, J.A., J.C. Osterhout and E.B. White. 2011. Speckle technique for dynamic drop profile measurements on rough surfaces. Experiments in Fluids 52:123–136, doi:10.1007/s00348-011-1199-7.

Downs, R.S., III, and E.B. White. 2011. Spectral Analysis of Phase-Shifting Data.Experiments in Fluids 51:1673–1684, doi:10.1007/s00348-011-1175-2.

Denissen, N.A. and E.B. White. 2009. Continuous spectrum analysis of roughness induced transient growth. Physics of Fluids 21:114105, doi:10.1063/1.3264090.

Denissen, N.A. and E.B. White. 2008. Roughness induced bypass transition, revisited. AIAA Journal 46:1874–1877, doi:10.2514/1.35304.

White, E.B. and J.A. Schmucker. 2008. A runback criterion for water drops in a turbulent accelerated boundary layer. ASME J. Fluids Engineering, 130:061302, doi:10.1115/1.2917429.

Downs, R.S., III, E.B. White, and N.A. Denissen. 2008. Transition induced by random distributed roughness. AIAA Journal 46:451–462, doi:10.2514/1.31696.

Ergin, F.G., and E.B. White. 2006. Unsteady and transitional flows behind roughness elements. AIAA Journal 44:2504–2514, doi:10.2514/1.17459.

White, E.B., and W.S. Saric. 2005. Secondary instability of crossflow vortices. J. Fluid Mechanics 525:275–308, doi:10.1017/S002211200400268X.

White, E.B., J. M. Riceand F.G. Ergin. 2005. Receptivity of stationary transient disturbances to surface roughness. Physics of Fluids, 17:064109, doi:10.1063/1.1938217.

White, E.B., and F.G. Ergin. 2004. Using laminar-flow velocity profiles to locate the wall behind roughness elements. Experiments in Fluids 36:805–812, doi:10.1007/s00348-003-0766-y.

Saric, W.S., H.L. Reed, and E.B. White. 2003. Stability and transition of three-dimensional boundary Layers. Annual Reviews of Fluid Mechanics 35:413–440, doi:10.1146/annurev.fluid.35.101101.161045.

White, E.B. 2002. Transient growth of stationary disturbances in a flat plate boundary layer. Physics of Fluids 14:4429–4439, doi:10.1063/1.1521124.

Conference Articles

Feliciano, J., and E.B. White. 2021. Experimental Stability Analysis on a Variably Swept, Slotted Natural-Laminar-Flow Airfoil. AIAA Paper accepted.

Berger, A.R., and E.B. White. 2020. Experimental study of the Role of High- and Low-speed Streaks in Turbulent Wedge Spreading. AIAA Paper 2020-0832 doi:10.2514/6.2020-0832.

Miller, M.Q., E. Leber, L. Brown, and E.B. White. 2020. Redesign of a Sting Mount Pitch Actuator for Improved Data Quality. AIAA Paper 2020-1355 doi:10.2514/6.2020-1355.

Suryanarayanan, S., D.B. Goldstein, A.R. Berger, E.B. White, and G. Brown. 2019. Effect Of Pressure Gradients On The Different Stages Of Roughness Induced Boundary Layer Transition. Presented at TSFP11, the 11th Intl. Symp. on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Southampton.

McMillan, M., and E.B. White. 2019. A Triple-Deck Asymptotic Analysis of Distributed Roughness. AIAA Paper 2019-3536 doi:10.2514/6.2019-3536.

Berger, A.R., and E.B. White. 2019. On the Role of High- and Low-Speed Streaks in Turbulent Wedge Lateral Spreading. AIAA Paper 2019-2514 doi:10.2514/6.2019-2514.

Suryanarayanan, S., D.B. Goldstein, A.R. Berger, E.B. White, and G.L. Brown. 2018. Toward a Generalized Roughness-Induced-Transition Mitigation Strategy Using a Streamwise Array of 2D Flat Strips. AIAA Paper 2018-3077 doi:10.2514/6.2018-3077.

Zha, G., Y. Yang, Y. Ren, B. McBreen, E.B. White. 2018. Super-Lift and Thrusting Airfoil of Coflow Jet Actuated by Micro-Compressors. AIAA Paper 2018-3061 doi:10.2514/6.2018-3061.

McMillan, M.N., A.R. Berger, and E.B. White. 2017. Measurements of Distributed Roughness Receptivity. AIAA Paper 2017-4416 doi:10.2514/6.2017-4416.

Suryanarayanan, S., D.B. Goldstein, A.R. Berger, E.B. White, and G.L. Brown. 2017. Mechanics of distributed roughness shielding AIAA Paper 2017-4417 doi:10.2514/6.2017-4417.

Berger, A.R., McMillan, M.N., E.B. White, Suryanarayanan, S., and D.B. Goldstein. 2017. Suppression of Transition Behind a Discrete Roughness Element Using a Downstream Element. Presented at TSFP10, the 10th Intl. Symp. on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Chicago.

Suryanarayanan, S., D.B. Goldstein, G.L. Brown, A.R. Berger, and E.B. White. 2017. On the Mechanics and Control of Boundary Layer Transition induced by Discrete Roughness Elements. AIAA Paper 2017-0307 doi:10.2514/6.2017-0307.

Maniaci, D.C., E.B. White, B. Wilcox, C.P. van Dam, C.M. Langel, J.A. Paquette. 2016. Experimental Measurement and CFD Model Development of Thick Wind Turbine Airfoils with Leading Edge Erosion. TORQUE 2016, Munich, Germany.

White E.B., B. Wilcoxand R.S. Ehrmann. 2016 Roughness-Induced Performance Degradation Experiments on Turbine-Blade-Tip and Mid-Span Airfoils. 2nd Intl. Conf. on Next Generation Wind Energy, Lund, Sweden.

Herring, A.K., D.M. Kutz, L.M. Brown, and E.B. White. 2015. Upgrades to the Texas A&M Oran W. Nicks Low-Speed Wind Tunnel for M = 0.4 Operation. AIAA Paper 2015-2864 doi:10.2514/6.2015-2864.

Langel, C., R. Chow, C.P. van Dam, R. Chow, D. Maniaci, R.S. Ehrmann, and E.B. White. 2015. Analysis of the Impact of Leading Edge Surface Degradation on Wind Turbine Performance. AIAA Paper 2015-0489 doi:10.2514/6.2015-0489.

Kuester, M.A., E.B. White, D. Goldstein, and Sharma, A. 2014. Distributed Roughness Shielding in a Blasius Boundary Layer. AIAA Paper 2014-2888 doi:10.2514/6.2014-2888.

Sharp, N.S., and E.B. White. 2014. Roughness-Induced Transient Growth on a Hypersonic Blunt Cone. AIAA Paper 2014-0432 doi:10.2514/6.2014-0432.

Ehrmann, R.S., and E.B. White. 2014. Influence of 2D Steps and Distributed Roughness on Transition on a NACA 63(3)-418. AIAA Paper 2014-0170 doi:10.2514/6.2014-0170.

Sharma, A., S. Drews, M.A. Kuester, D. Goldstein, and E.B. White. 2014. Evolution of disturbances due to distributed surface roughness in laminar boundary layers. AIAA Paper 2014-0235 doi:10.2514/6.2014-0235.

Langel, C., R. Chow, C.P. van Dam, M. Rumsey, D. Maniaci, R.S. Ehrmann, and E.B. White. 2014. A Computational Approach to Simulating the Effects of Realistic Surface Roughness on Boundary Layer Transition. AIAA Paper 2014-0234 doi:10.2514/6.2014-0234.

Kuester, M.A., and E.B. White. Distributed-Roughness-Induced Transient Growth in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer. AIAA Paper 2013-3107 doi:10.2514/6.2013-3107.

Ehrmann, R.S., and E.B. White. 2013. Realistic Leading-Edge Roughness Effects on Airfoil Performance. AIAA Paper 2013-2800 doi:10.2514/6.2013-2800.

Sengupta, A., B. Goree, E.B. White, J. Guthery, R. Machin, G. Bourland, J. Laguna, R. Sinclair, E. Hennings. 2013. Performance of a Subscale CPAS Conical Ribbon Drogue Parachute in a Turbulent Wake. AIAA Paper 2013-1307 doi:10.2514/6.2013-1307.

Monschke, J.A., M.A. Kuester, and E.B. White. 2013. Acoustic Receptivity Measurements Using Modal Decomposition of a Modified Orr–Sommerfeld Equation. AIAA Paper 2013-0669 doi:10.2514/6.2013-0669.

Downs, R.S., III, E.N. Lovig, and E.B. White. 2012. Experimental Investigation of the Crossflow Instability in Moderate Freestream Turbulence. AIAA Paper 2012-2824 doi:10.2514/6.2012-2824.

Kuester, M.A., and E.B. White. 2012. Acoustic Forcing and Control of Reflected Waves in the Klebanoff–Saric Wind Tunnel. AIAA Paper 2012-2862 doi:10.2514/6.2012-2862.

Long, R.R., and E.B. White. 2012. Real-Time Measurement of Skin Friction Using Calibrated Multi-Element Hot-Film Arrays. AIAA Paper 2012-3012 doi:10.2514/6.2012-3012.

Ehrmann, R.S., K.M. Loftin, S. Johnson and E.B. White. 2012. Lock-In of Elastically Mounted Airfoils at High Angles of Attack. AIAA Paper 2012-1209 doi:10.2514/6.2012-1209.

White, E.B., D.M. Kutz, J. Freels, J.P. Hidore, R. Grife, Y. Sun and D. Chao. 2011. Leading-Edge Roughness Effects on 633-418 Airfoil Performance. AIAA Paper 2011-0352 doi:10.2514/6.2011-0352.

Denissen, N.A., and E.B. White. 2011. Secondary Instability of Roughness Wakes and Optimal Disturbances. AIAA Paper 2011-0562 doi:10.2514/6.2011-0562.

Drews, S., R.S. Downs, III, C.J. Doolittle, D.B. Goldstein and E.B. White. 2011. Direct Numerical Simulations of Flow Past Random Distributed Roughness. AIAA Paper 2011-0564 doi:10.2514/6.2011-0564.

Hunt, L.A., R.S. Downs, III, M.A. Kuester, E.B. White, and W.S. Saric. 2010. Flow Quality Measurements in the Klebanoff–Saric Wind Tunnel. AIAA Paper 2010-4538 doi:10.2514/6.2010-4538.

Denissen, N.A., R.S. Downs, III, and E.B. White. 2009. Transient Growth due to Surface Roughness: Theory, Simulation and Experiment. AIAA Paper 2009-0175 doi:10.2514/6.2009-0175.

Denissen, N.A., E.B. White, and R.S. Downs, III. 2009. Quantifying sub-optimal transient growth using biorthogonal decomposition. In Proc. 7th IUTAM Symp. on Laminar-to-Turbulent Transition, P. Schlatter and D.S. Henningson, eds., Springer, pp. 473–476.

White, E.B.2008. Laboratory Experiences in a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department. AIAA Paper 2008-0707 —invited

Schmucker, J.A., and E.B. White. 2007. Technique for measurement of droplet profiles for use in icing physics studies. SAE Paper 2007-01-3293 presented at the SAE Aircraft and Engine Icing Intl. Conf., Seville, Spain.

Schmucker, J.A., and E.B. White. 2007. Measurements of Water Droplet Movement in a Stagnation Point Boundary Layer. AIAA Paper 2007-0903 doi:10.2514/6.2007-0903.

White, E.B., R.S. Downs, III, and H.C. Emer. 2006. Disturbances Generated By Random and Period Surface Roughness: Experiments and Models. AIAA Paper 2006-3526 —invited

White, E.B., and M.J. Oliver. 2005. Experiments on Surface Roughness Effects in Ice Accretion. AIAA Paper 2005-5190 doi:10.2514/6.2005-5190.

Gürün, A.M., and E.B. White. 2005. Tollmien–Schlichting Wave Suppression and Transition Delay Using Transient Disturbances. AIAA Paper 2005-5313 doi:10.2514/6.2005-5313.

Ergin, F.G., and E.B. White. 2005. Multicomponent and Unsteady Velocity Measurements of Transient Disturbances. AIAA Paper 2005-0527 doi:10.2514/6.2005-0527.

White, E.B., M.A. Shelleyand A.M. Gürün. 2004. Interaction of Tollmien–Schlichting Waves and Stationary Transient Disturbances. AIAA Paper 2004-2540 doi:10.2514/6.2004-2540.

White, E.B., and F.G. Ergin. 2003. Receptivity and Transient Growth of Roughness-Induced Disturbances. AIAA Paper 2003-4243 doi:10.2514/6.2003-4243.

White, E.B., M.A. Willis, and E.D. Birch. 2003. Coherent Turbulent Structures and Flight Control of Odor-Tracking Insects. Proc. 7th World Multi Conf. on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics.

White, E.B., and E. Reshotko. 2002. Roughness-Induced Transient Growth in a Flat Plate Boundary Layer. AIAA Paper 2002-0138 doi:10.2514/6.2002-0138.

White, E.B., W.S. Saric, R.D. Gladden, and P.M. Gabet. 2001. Stages of Swept-Wing Transition. AIAA Paper 2001-0271 doi:10.2514/6.2001-0271.

White, E.B., and W.S. Saric. 2000. Application of Variable Leading-Edge Surface Roughness for Transition Control on Swept Wings. AIAA Paper 2000-0283 doi:10.2514/6.2000-0283.

White, E.B., W.S. Saric, and R.H. Radeztsky, Jr. 2000. Leading-Edge Acoustic Receptivity Measurements Using a Pulsed-Sound Technique. In Proc. 5th IUTAM Symp. on Laminar-to-Turbulent Transition, H.F. Fasel and W.S. Saric, eds., Springer, pp. 103–108.

Saric, W.S., E.B. White, H.L. Reed. 1999. Boundary-Layer Receptivity to Freestream Disturbances and Its Role in Transition. AIAA Paper 99-3788 —invited— doi:10.2514/6.1999-3788.

Saric, W.S., and E.B. White. 1998. Influence of High-Amplitude Noise on Boundary-Layer Transition to Turbulence. AIAA Paper 98-2645 doi:10.2514/6.1998-2645.