Manhar R Dhanak, PhD (University of London).

Professor & Chairman, 
Department of Ocean Engineering,
Director,
Institute of Ocean and Systems Engineering (SeaTech)
Florida Atlantic University

Research Interests

• Oceanic Turbulence and Measurement Technology
• Vortex Dynamics
• Boundary Layer and Wake Flows
• Hydroacoustics

Recent Publications

• Coherent vortex model for surface pressure fluctuations induced by the wall region of a turbulent boundary layer. M R Dhanak, A P Dowling and C Si. 1997.  Phys. Fluids. 9, 2716-2731.
• The effect of streamwise pressure gradient on a corner boundary layer. M R Dhanak and P W Duck. 1997. Proceedings of the Royal Society. 453, 1793-1815.
• On turbulent skin friction reduction on a plane surface through spanwise oscillation of the surface. M R Dhanak and C Si. 1999. J. Fluid Mechanics, 383, pp. 175-195
• An Autonomous Ocean Turbulence Measurement Platform. M R Dhanak and K Holappa. 1999 Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Technology, 16, 1506 - 1518.
• Non-similarity solutions to the corner boundary-layer equations and the effects of wall transpiration. P W Duck, S R Stow and M R Dhanak. 1999. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 400. 125-162.
• Boundary-layer flow along a ridge: alternatives to the Falkner-Skan solutions. P. W. Duck, S R Stow and M. R. Dhanak. 2000 Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. 358, 3075-3090.
• A Cross-Platform Microdtructure Turbulence Measurement Package. K. Holappa, and M. R. Dhanak, OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition , Volume: 3 , 2000, Pages: 2177 - 2183
• Coastal Oceanography using a small AUV. E. An, M. R. Dhanak, L K Shay, S Smith and J Van Leer. 2001 Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Technology, 18, 215-234.
• An AUV Survey in the Littoral Zone: Small-scale Subsurface Variability Accompanying Synoptic Observations of Surface Currents. Manhar R Dhanak, Edgar An, and Ken Holappa. 2001. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 26, 752-768.
• Turbulent convection driven by surface cooling in shallow water, 2002 Zikanov, O., Slinn, D. N., & Dhanak, M. R. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 464, pp. 81-111.
• Large-eddy simulations of the wind-induced turbulent Ekman layer 2002. Zikanov, O., Slinn, D. N., & Dhanak, M. R. Submitted to Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

Address

Florida Atlantic University, 
Department of Ocean Engineering, 
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA. 
Voice: (561) 297 - 2827 (Boca Raton Campus) / (954) 924 7242 (SeaTech Campus) 
Fax: (561) 297 - 3885 / (954) 924 7007

dhanak@oe.fau.edu