Ben R. Hodges
University of Texas at Austin
Fluid Mechanics
Publication Types:
Simulation of laboratory experiments for vortex dynamics at shallow tidal inlets using the Fine Resolution Environmental HydroDynamics (Frehd) model
.Journal ArticleEstuariesFluid MechanicsNumerical MethodsOil Spills
Hutschenreuter, K.L, B.R. Hodges, and S.A. Socolofsky (2019), “Simulation of laboratory experiments for vortex dynamics at shallow tidal inlets using the Fine Resolution Environmental HydroDynamics (Frehd) model,” Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 19:5:1185-1216, Nov. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-019-09668-y
Publication year: 2019
Interception capacity of conventional depressed curb inlets and inlets with channel extension
.ReportFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Hodges, B.R., M.E. Barrett, M. Ashraf, and F. Schalla (2018). Interception capacity of conventional depressed curb inlets and inlets with channel extension. Technical report, FHWA/TX-18/0-6842-1, US Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC, National Highway Institute, Virginia (USA), Sept. 2018. http://library.ctr.utexas.edu/ctr-publications/0-6842-1.pdf
Publication year: 2018
Errors in HEC-22 for long curb inlets and the challenges for implementation of revised designs
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Nuccitelli, S., M. Ashraf, M. Barrett, and B. Hodges (2018), “Errors in HEC-22 for long curb inlets and the challenges for implementation of revised designs,” National Hydraulic Engineering Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Aug. 28-31, 2018.
Publication year: 2018
Comparing thixotropic and Herschel-Bulkley parameterizations for continuum models of avalanches and debris flows
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsHazards/RisksNumerical Methods
Jeon, C.H., and B.R. Hodges (2018), “Comparing thixotropic and Herschel-Bulkley parameterizations for continuum models of avalanches and debris flows,” Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18:303-319, 2018. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-303-2018
Publication year: 2018
Assessment of HEC-22 equations for the design of curb-opening inlets
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Ashraf, M., M. Barrett, and B. Hodges (2018), “Assessment of HEC-22 equations for the design of curb-opening inlets,” National Hydraulic Engineering Conference, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Aug. 28-31, 2018.
Publication year: 2018
Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
Schalla, F.E., M. Ashraf, M.E. Barrett, and B.R. Hodges (2017), “Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2638:97-103. 2017. http://doi.org/10.3141/2638-11
Publication year: 2017
Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
F.E. Schalla, M. Ashraf, M.E. Barrett, and B.R. Hodges, “Limitations of traditional capacity equations for long curb inlets,” 96th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB 2017), Washington DC, January 8-12, 2017.
Publication year: 2017
Limitations of traditional equations for large curb inlets
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
B.R. Hodges, F.E. Schalla, M. Ashraf, and M. Barrett, “Limitations of traditional equations for large curb inlets,” National Hydraulic Engineer Conference, Portland, Oregon, August 9-12, 2016. https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/GEOENVIRONMENTAL/Pages/conferences/NHEC/2016_NHEC_Conference.aspx
Publication year: 2016
Impact of temperature on the dissipation process of supersaturated total dissolved gas in flowing water
.Journal ArticleDissolved GasFluid MechanicsRiversWater Quality
Ou, Y., R. Li, B.R. Hodges, J. Feng, and X. Pu (2016), “Impact of temperature on the dissipation process of supersaturated total dissolved gas in flowing water,” Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 25:6:1927-1934, 2016
Publication year: 2016
Effects of flush slab supports on the hydraulic performance of curb inlets and an analysis of design equations
.Supervised ThesisFluid MechanicsStorm Water/Flooding
F.E. Schalla, Effects of flush slab supports on the hydraulic performance of curb inlets and an analysis of design equations, M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 114 pgs. May 2016.
Publication year: 2016
Case Study: Near-channel velocities in the presence of a dredge spoil island
.Journal ArticleEstuariesFluid Mechanics
Christiansen, D.A., and B.R. Hodges (2016), “Case Study: Near-channel velocities in the presence of a dredge spoil island” ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 142:2:0501500, 8 pgs. 2016. http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000311
Publication year: 2016
Modeling of thixotropic debris flows
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsHazards/RisksNumerical Methods
C.-H. Jeon, and B.R. Hodges, “Modeling of thixotropic debris flows” World Environmental & Water Resources Conference, Austin, Texas, May 17-21, 2015.
Publication year: 2015
Modeling of debris flows and induced phenomena with non-Newtonian fluid models
.Supervised ThesisFluid MechanicsHazards/RisksNumerical Methods
C.-H. Jeon, Modeling of debris flows and induced phenomena with non-Newtonian fluid models, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 204 pgs., Dec. 2015.
Publication year: 2015
Far-field considerations for desalination brine discharge
.ConferenceDesalination BrineEstuariesFluid MechanicsHazards/Risks
B.R. Hodges, “Far-field considerations for desalination brine discharge.” World Environmental & Water Resources Conference, Austin, Texas, May 17-21, 2015.
Publication year: 2015
Stratification associated with a riverine tidal freshwater ecosystem, Mission River, TX, USA
.ConferenceEstuariesFluid Mechanics
A.E. Jones, B.R. Hodges, J.W. McClelland, and K.B. Moffett, “Stratification associated with a riverine tidal freshwater ecosystem, Mission River, TX, USA.” Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting, Port Aransas, TX, April 23-24, 2014.
Publication year: 2014
Rivers and and electric networks: crossing disciplines in modeling and simulation
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsNumerical MethodsRivers
Hodges, B.R., and F. Liu (2014), “Rivers and and Electric Networks: Crossing Disciplines in Modeling and Simulation,” Foundations and Trends in Electronic Design Automation, 8:1:1-116, Jan. 2014. http://doi.org/10.1561/1000000033
Publication year: 2014
Flow around a dredge spoil island in a shallow estuary during peak tidal currents
.Supervised ThesisEstuariesFluid Mechanics
D.A. Christiansen, Flow around a dredge spoil island in a shallow estuary during peak tidal currents, M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 83 pgs., Dec. 2013.
Publication year: 2013
Comparison of supersaturated total dissolved gas dissipation with dissolved oxygen release and reaeration
.Journal ArticleDissolved GasFluid MechanicsWater Quality
Li, R., B.R. Hodges, J. Feng, and X. Yong (2013), “Comparison of supersaturated total dissolved gas dissipation with dissolved oxygen release and reaeration” ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 139(3):385-390, Mar., 2013. http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000598
Publication year: 2013
Case Study: A thin-layer gravity current with implications for desalination brine disposal
.Journal ArticleDesalination BrineEstuariesFluid MechanicsNumerical MethodsWater Quality
Hodges, B.R., J.E. Furnans and P.S. Kulis (2011), “Case Study: A thin-layer gravity current with implications for desalination brine disposal,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137(3):356-371, Mar., 2011. http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000310
Publication year: 2011
Time-centered split method for implicit discretization of unsteady advection problems
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
Fu, S., and B.R. Hodges (2009), “Time-centered split method for implicit discretization of unsteady advection problems,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 135(4):256-265, Apr., 2009. http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:4(256)
Publication year: 2009
Hydrostatic versus nonhydrostatic Euler-Equation modeling of nonlinear internal waves
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
Wadzuk, B.M., and B.R. Hodges (2009), “Hydrostatic versus nonhydrostatic Euler-Equation modeling of nonlinear internal waves,” ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 135(4):1069-1080, Oct., 2009. http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2009)135:10(1069)
Publication year: 2009
A hydrostatic/non-hydrostatic grid-switching strategy for computing high-frequency, high wave number motions embedded in geophysical flows
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
Botelho, D., J. Imberger, C. Dallimore, and B.R. Hodges (2009), “A hydrostatic/non-hydrostatic grid-switching strategy for computing high-frequency, high wave number motions embedded in geophysical flows,” Environmental Modelling and Software, 24(4):473-488, Apr. 2009. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.09.008
Publication year: 2009
The physics of episodic hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuariesFluid Mechanics
B.R. Hodges, “The physics of episodic hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay,” Ninth Biennial Basics of the Basin Research Symposium and Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting, November 5-7, 2008. University of New Orleans, 4 pgs.
Publication year: 2008
Semi-implicit two-level predictor-corrector methods for non-linearly coupled, hydrostatic, barotropic/baroclinic flows
.Journal ArticleFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
Hodges, B.R., and F.J. Rueda (2008), “Semi-implicit two-level predictor-corrector methods for non-linearly coupled, hydrostatic, barotropic/baroclinic flows,” International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 22(9):593-607, Oct.-Nov. 2008. http://doi.org/10.1080/10618560802353389
Publication year: 2008
Isolation time and hypoxia in a dense gravity current
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuariesFluid MechanicsHazards/Risks
P. Kulis and B.R. Hodges, “Isolation time and hypoxia in a dense gravity current.” 12th Workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters, Univ. of California at Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, Incline Village, NV, Sept. 2-5, 2008.
Publication year: 2008
Gravity Current Entrainment in Shallow Wind-Dominated Systems
.ConferenceEstuariesFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
P.S. Kulis and B.R. Hodges, “Gravity Current Entrainment in Shallow Wind-Dominated Systems.” Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2-7, 2008.
Publication year: 2008
A time-centered split for implicit discretization of unsteady advection problems
.Supervised ThesisFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
S. Fu, A time-centered split for implicit discretization of unsteady advection problems, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 183 pgs., May 2008
Publication year: 2008
A Time Centered Split Method for Multi-Dimensional Nonlinear Advection
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
S. Fu and B.R. Hodges, “A Time Centered Split Method for Multi-Dimensional Nonlinear Advection.” Inaugural International Conference of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 19-21, 2008.
Publication year: 2008
Thin-layer gravity currents in a shallow estuary
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuariesFluid MechanicsHazards/Risks
B.R. Hodges and J.E. Furnans, “Thin-layer gravity currents in a shallow estuary”, Proceedings of the 18th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia. Electronic Proceedings (CD-ROM), 6 pgs., June 3-6, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
Numerical simulation of the shallow water equations using a time-centered split-implicit method
.ConferenceFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
S. Fu and B.R. Hodges, “Numerical simulation of the shallow water equations using a time-centered split-implicit method”, Proceedings of the 18th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia. Electronic Proceedings (CD-ROM), 6 pgs., June 3-6, 2007.
Publication year: 2007