S. Rapaka, S. Chen, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer and D. Zhang, Non-modal growth of perturbations in density-driven convection in porous media, J. Fluid Mech., vol 609, pp285-303, 2008, doi:10.1017/S0022112008002607, Copyright Cambridge University Press 2008

Z.-H. Xia, K. Connington, S. Rapaka, P. Yue, J. Feng and S. Chen, Flow patterns in the sedimentation of an elliptical particle, J. Fluid Mech., vol 625, pp249-272, 2009, doi:10.1017/S0022112008005521, Copyright Cambridge University Press 2009.

S. Rapaka, S. Chen, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer, D. Zhang and S.Chen, Onset of convection over a transient base-state in anisotropic and layered porous media, J. Fluid Mech., vol 641, pp 227-244, 2009, doi:10.1017/S0022112009991479, Copyright Cambridge University Press 2009

Conference Presentations

S. Rapaka, C. Meneveau and S. Chen, Renormalized Numerical Simulations of flow in fractal porous media, 58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago IL, 2005

S. Rapaka, The Science of Burying Global Warming: Theory and Simulations, LANL Student Symposium, Los Alamos NM, 2006

S. Rapaka, S. Chen, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer and S. Chen, Direct Numerical Simulation of the onset of density-driven convection in anisotropic porous media, 59th Annual meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa Bay FL, 2006

S. Rapaka, S. Chen, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer and D. Zhang, Critical times for the onset of density-driven convection in anisotropic porous media, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet Suppl., Abstract NG31C-1606, 2006

S. Rapaka, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer, G. Zyvoloski, D. Zhang and S. Chen, Effects of heterogeneity on density-driven convection in porous media, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City UT, 2007

S. Rapaka, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer, G. Zyvoloski, S. Chen and D. Zhang, Numerical Simulations of Density-Driven Convection in Heterogeneous Porous Media, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Suppl, Abstract H33H-1710, 2007

S. Rapaka, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer, D. Zhang and S. Chen, Onset of density-driven convection in heterogeneous porous media: Non-modal stability analysis, 61st Annual meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Antonio TX, 2008

S. Rapaka, S. Chen, R. J. Pawar, P. H. Stauffer and D. Zhang, Non-modal analysis of the onset of density-driven convection in porous media: Effect of medium heterogeneity, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract H12C-08, San Francisco CA, 2008