{"id":13,"date":"2017-07-07T20:21:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/faculty-page-example\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2020-10-21T02:53:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T07:53:48","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"imCell_29\">\n<div id=\"imCellStyle_29\">\n<div id=\"imTextObject_29\">\n<div id=\"imTextObject_29_tab0\" class=\"text-tab-content\">\n<h3><b>Follow us on Youtube for a Complete Course on Introductory Fluid Mechanics!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClA0xKOWLnRlRIoa5eU5Prw\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#2D89EF;border-color:#246ec0;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:8px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;border-color:#6cadf4;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/08\/ThumbFinal_4.9.15.png\" alt=\"Follow us on YOUTUBE\" style=\"width:30px;height:30px\" \/> Follow us on YOUTUBE<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf1\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Flow Physics Laboratory is established at the University of Texas at San Antonio by Dr. Firat Y. Testik. Our group, led by Dr. Testik, consists of both graduate and undergraduate students. We study a wide range of natural and man-made\u00a0flow problems in all of the coastal\/oceanic, atmospheric, and overland environments. \u00a0For a given problem in hand, we use \u00a0one or a combination of the laboratory experimentation, field measurements, \u00a0numerical modeling, and theoretical analysis approaches. \u00a0Some of our research topics have been related to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Precipitation microphysics<\/li>\n<li>In-situ and remote sensing of rainfall<\/li>\n<li>Coastal sediment transport<\/li>\n<li>Gravity\/Turbidity current dynamics<\/li>\n<li>Water wave mechanics<\/li>\n<li>Wave-structure interactions<\/li>\n<li>Coastal morphodynamics<\/li>\n<li>Natural Hazards (hurricanes, tsunamis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Precipitation<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"imGroup_2\" class=\"imHGroup\">\n<div id=\"imGroup_3\" class=\"imVGroup\">\n<div id=\"imGroup_4\" class=\"imEGroup\">\n<table style=\"width: 800px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: top;width: 400px\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"imObjectImage_16\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: inherit\" src=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/~ftestik\/images\/HOD_we3z2m90.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"392\" \/>Field deployment of the High-Speed Optical Disdrometer (HOD) that we developed for precipitation measurements.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: top;width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-202 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/HOD2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/HOD2.png 463w, https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/HOD2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/HOD2-160x106.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/>High-speed video camera and sensor unit placement is shown for the High-speed optical disdrometer (HOD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;vertical-align: top;width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imObjectImage_20\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/~ftestik\/images\/Extrct_resize.png\" alt=\"\" \/>Image of an equilibrium raindrop.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imObjectImage_18\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/~ftestik\/images\/HOD4.png\" alt=\"\" \/>Field deployment of HOD for a snowfall experiment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"imGroup_7\" class=\"imHGroup\">\n<div id=\"imGroup_8\" class=\"imVGroup\">\n<div id=\"imCell_22\">\n<div id=\"imCellStyleGraphics_22\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"imCellStyle_22\">\n<div id=\"imTextObject_22\">\n<div id=\"imTextObject_22_tab0\" class=\"text-tab-content\">\n<div class=\"text-inner\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span class=\"fs27 cf1 ff1 cb1\">Dynamics of Gravity Currents<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"imCell_25\">\n<div id=\"imCellStyle_25\">\n<div id=\"imObjectVideo_25\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-13-1\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/Gravity-Current3.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/Gravity-Current3.mp4\">http:\/\/utsaengineer.wpengine.com\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/Gravity-Current3.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">An example movie from our experiments with fluid-mud gravity currents.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Web Analytics Made Easy - StatCounter\" href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/c.statcounter.com\/10680095\/0\/960947df\/1\/\" alt=\"Web Analytics Made Easy - StatCounter\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span class=\"fs27 cf1 ff1 cb1\">Beach Morphodynamics<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/IMG_2059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/10\/IMG_2057.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Photographs from one of our field campaigns to assess the impact of Hurricane Harvey on various beaches in Port Aransas\/Corpus Christi\/Rockport TX area.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us on Youtube for a Complete Course on Introductory Fluid Mechanics! \u00a0 \u00a0 Flow Physics Laboratory is established at the University of Texas at San Antonio by Dr. Firat Y. 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We study a wide range of natural and man-made\u00a0flow problems &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Research&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research - FLOW PHYSICS LABORATORY<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Flow Physics; Physics of Fluids; Fluid Mechanics; Coastal Engineering; Precipitation; Gravity Currents; Coastal Erosion; Fluid Mechanics Lecture\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research - FLOW PHYSICS LABORATORY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Flow Physics; Physics of Fluids; Fluid Mechanics; Coastal Engineering; Precipitation; Gravity Currents; Coastal Erosion; Fluid Mechanics Lecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FLOW PHYSICS LABORATORY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-21T07:53:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ceid.utsa.edu\/ftestik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/image050.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/\",\"name\":\"Research - FLOW PHYSICS LABORATORY\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/image050.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-07T20:21:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-21T07:53:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Flow Physics; Physics of Fluids; Fluid Mechanics; Coastal Engineering; Precipitation; Gravity Currents; Coastal Erosion; Fluid Mechanics Lecture\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/image050.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/21\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/image050.png\",\"width\":550,\"height\":320},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/research\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Research\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ceid.utsa.edu\\\/ftestik\\\/\",\"name\":\"FLOW PHYSICS LABORATORY\",\"description\":\"Dr. FIRAT Y. 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