Professor of Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
laheyr@rpi.edu
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Lahey, Jr., Richard T.
Center for Multiphase Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA
Office: NES, Room 1-23, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA
Multiphase flows, Boiling
National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Fellow of the ANS and ASME, Russian Academy of Science-Bashkortostan (RAS)
E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award of the USDOE, ANS Seaborg Medal, AIChE Kern Award, Glenn Murphy Award of the ASEE
Professor Lahey is an international authority in multiphase flow and heat transfer technology and was formerly Director of the Center for Multiphase Research (CMR) at Rensselaer. He was previously Dean of Engineering at RPI and has served as Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Science and the Faculty Senate. Prior to joining Rensselaer in 1975, he held several technical and managerial positions with the General Electric Company, including overall responsibility for all domestic and foreign R&D programs associated with Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor (BWR) thermal-hydraulic and safety technology.
Selected Publications
"SONOFUSION - FACT OR FICTION"
NURETH-11 , Avignon, France , October 2-6 , 2005.
"THEORY OF SUPERCOMPRESSION OF VAPOR BUBBLES AND NANOSCALE THERMONUCLEAR FUSION"
Physics of Fluids, 17, 2005.
"ON THE COMPUTATION OF MULTIPHASE FLOWS"
NURETH-12, Pittsburgh, PA.-USA, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2007.
RECENT ADVANCES IN MULTIPHASE FLOW & HEAT TRANSFER - ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF FRACTAL AND CHAOS THEORY. August 20-29, 2001 KARLSRUHE, Germany.
PAPERS ASSOCIATED WITH SONOFUSION PAPER (SCIENCE, 2002)
"SHAPIRA AND SALTMARSH REPORT" ( REF. 31, Science, Vol-295, p.1868, 2002 )
"COMMENTS ON THE SHAPIRA AND SALTMARSH REPORT" ( REF. 32, Science, Vol-295, p.1868, 2002 )
"SONOFUSION - FACT OR FICTION"
NURETH-11 , Avignon, France , October 2-6 , 2005.
"THEORY OF SUPERCOMPRESSION OF VAPOR BUBBLES AND NANOSCALE THERMONUCLEAR FUSION"
Physics of Fluids, 17, 2005.
"ON THE COMPUTATION OF MULTIPHASE FLOWS"
NURETH-12, Pittsburgh, PA.-USA, Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2007.
RECENT ADVANCES IN MULTIPHASE FLOW & HEAT TRANSFER - ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF FRACTAL AND CHAOS THEORY. August 20-29, 2001 KARLSRUHE, Germany.
PAPERS ASSOCIATED WITH SONOFUSION PAPER (SCIENCE, 2002)
"SHAPIRA AND SALTMARSH REPORT" ( REF. 31, Science, Vol-295, p.1868, 2002 )
"COMMENTS ON THE SHAPIRA AND SALTMARSH REPORT" ( REF. 32, Science, Vol-295, p.1868, 2002 )
Articles:
AN ANALYSIS OF WAVE PROPAGATION PHENOMENA IN TWO-PHASE FLOW - Vol. 1 '1988 - Dynamics of Two-Phase Flows
THE ANALYSIS OF PHASE SEPARATION PHENOMENA IN BRANCHING CONDUITS - Vol. 1 '1988 - Dynamics of Two-Phase Flows
4.10 The Analysis of Two-Phase Level in a PWR Core during Conditions of Severely Reduced Liquid Mass Inventory - Vol. 0 '1980 - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE
THE ANALISYS OF TWO-PHASE LEVEL IN A PWR CORE DURING CONDITIONS OF SEVERELY REDUCED LIQUID MASS INVENTORY - Vol. 0 '1988 - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE
CFD ANALYSIS OF DISPERSED TWO-PHASE FLOWS - Vol. 5 '1997 - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE
MODELING TURBULENCE NON-ISOTROPY IN DISPERSED PARTICLE/LIQUID FLOWS - Vol. 5 '1997 - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF INSTABILITIES IN A SUBATMOSPHERIC THERMOSYPHON LOOP - Vol. 16 '1994 - International Heat Transfer Conference 10
THE ANALYSIS OF ASEPTIC FOOD PROCESSING USING N-COMPONENT DRIFT-FLUX TECHNIQUES - Vol. 19 '1994 - International Heat Transfer Conference 10
THE EFFECT OF BUOYANCY ON PHASE DISTRIBUTION IN BUBBLY TWO-PHASE FLOWS - Vol. 0 '2006 - International Heat Transfer Conference 13
A LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS OF TWO-PHASE HYDRODYNAMIC AND NUCLEAR-COUPLED DENSITY-WAVE OSCILLATIONS - Vol. 6 '1974 - International Heat Transfer Conference 5
A MECHANISTIC SUBCOOLED BOILING MODEL - Vol. 1 '1978 - International Heat Transfer Conference 6
THE EFFECT OF HEATER WALL DYNAMICS ON DENSITY-WAVE OSCILLATIONS IN A BOILING CHANNEL - Vol. 9 '1982 - International Heat Transfer Conference 7
SUBCHANNEL MEASUREMENTS OF THE EQUILIBRIUM QUALITY AND MASS FLUX DISTRIBUTION IN A ROD BUNDLE - Vol. 5 '1986 - International Heat Transfer Conference 8
AN INVESTIGATION OF PERIODIC AND STRANGE ATTRACTORS IN BOILING FLOWS USING CHAOS THEORY - Vol. 2 '1990 - International Heat Transfer Conference 9
AN ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR VOID WAVES IN BUBBLY FLOWS - Vol. 6 '1990 - International Heat Transfer Conference 9
ANALYSIS OF VOID WAVE PROPAGATION AND SONIC VELOCITY USING A TWO-FLUID MODEL - Vol. 17 '2005 - Multiphase Science and Technology
BUBBLE NUCLEAR FUSION TECHNOLOGY-STATUS AND CHALLENGES - Vol. 17 '2005 - Multiphase Science and Technology
THE ANALYSIS OF LINEAR AND NONLINEAR BUBBLE CLUSTER DYNAMICS - Vol. 17 '2005 - Multiphase Science and Technology
THE DESIGN OF ACOUSTIC CHAMBERS FOR BUBBLE DYNAMICS RESEARCH - Vol. 17 '2005 - Multiphase Science and Technology
AN ANALYSIS OF INTERACTING INSTABILITY MODES - Vol. 18 '2006 - Multiphase Science and Technology
MODELING WALL-INDUCED FORCES ON BUBBLES FOR INCLINED WALLS - Vol. 18 '2006 - Multiphase Science and Technology
ON THE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS INSTABILITIES IN TWO-PHASE FLOWS - Vol. 4 '1989 - Multiphase Science and Technology
Clausse, A.
AN INVESTIGATION OF PERIODIC AND STRANGE ATTRACTORS IN BOILING FLOWS USING CHAOS THEORY
Bonetto, F.
Plunging liquid jets
Singhal, M.
THE EFFECT OF BUOYANCY ON PHASE DISTRIBUTION IN BUBBLY TWO-PHASE FLOWS
Taleyarkhan, R.
THE EFFECT OF HEATER WALL DYNAMICS ON DENSITY-WAVE OSCILLATIONS IN A BOILING CHANNEL
Hewitt, Geoffrey F.
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF INSTABILITIES IN A SUBATMOSPHERIC THERMOSYPHON LOOP
Podowski, Michael Z.
AN ANALYSIS OF INTERACTING INSTABILITY MODES
THE EFFECT OF HEATER WALL DYNAMICS ON DENSITY-WAVE OSCILLATIONS IN A BOILING CHANNEL
ON THE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS INSTABILITIES IN TWO-PHASE FLOWS
Alajbegovic, A.
MODELING TURBULENCE NON-ISOTROPY IN DISPERSED PARTICLE/LIQUID FLOWS
Drew, Donald A.
THE EFFECT OF BUOYANCY ON PHASE DISTRIBUTION IN BUBBLY TWO-PHASE FLOWS
MODELING TURBULENCE NON-ISOTROPY IN DISPERSED PARTICLE/LIQUID FLOWS
THE ANALYSIS OF ASEPTIC FOOD PROCESSING USING N-COMPONENT DRIFT-FLUX TECHNIQUES
AN ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR VOID WAVES IN BUBBLY FLOWS
Jensen, Michael K.
AN ANALYSIS OF INTERACTING INSTABILITY MODES
Yadigaroglu, G.
A LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS OF TWO-PHASE HYDRODYNAMIC AND NUCLEAR-COUPLED DENSITY-WAVE OSCILLATIONS
Park, J.-W.
AN ANALYSIS OF NONLINEAR VOID WAVES IN BUBBLY FLOWS
Moraga, F. J.
MODELING WALL-INDUCED FORCES ON BUBBLES FOR INCLINED WALLS
THE DESIGN OF ACOUSTIC CHAMBERS FOR BUBBLE DYNAMICS RESEARCH
Bouchilloux, P.
THE DESIGN OF ACOUSTIC CHAMBERS FOR BUBBLE DYNAMICS RESEARCH
Yin, J.
AN ANALYSIS OF INTERACTING INSTABILITY MODES
ANALYSIS OF VOID WAVE PROPAGATION AND SONIC VELOCITY USING A TWO-FLUID MODEL
Akhatov, I. S.
THE ANALYSIS OF LINEAR AND NONLINEAR BUBBLE CLUSTER DYNAMICS
Tiwari, P.
ANALYSIS OF VOID WAVE PROPAGATION AND SONIC VELOCITY USING A TWO-FLUID MODEL
Cancelos, S.
MODELING WALL-INDUCED FORCES ON BUBBLES FOR INCLINED WALLS
THE DESIGN OF ACOUSTIC CHAMBERS FOR BUBBLE DYNAMICS RESEARCH
Pickering, Paul
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF INSTABILITIES IN A SUBATMOSPHERIC THERMOSYPHON LOOP
Millies, M.
THE ANALYSIS OF ASEPTIC FOOD PROCESSING USING N-COMPONENT DRIFT-FLUX TECHNIQUES
Nigmatulin, Robert I.
THE ANALYSIS OF LINEAR AND NONLINEAR BUBBLE CLUSTER DYNAMICS
BUBBLE NUCLEAR FUSION TECHNOLOGY-STATUS AND CHALLENGES
Taleyarkhan, R. P.
BUBBLE NUCLEAR FUSION TECHNOLOGY-STATUS AND CHALLENGES
Heat & Mass Transfer, and Fluids Engineering