David Apsley - Publications List

Journal Papers

• Mullings, H., Ghobrial, M., Ye, W., Zhang, Y., Apsley, D. and Stansby, P., 2026, Wind turbine control for spatially varying turbulence, Wind Energy, 29:e70139, https://doi.org/10.1002/we.70139
• Apsley, D.D., Stansby, P.K. and Zhang, Y., 2026, Stabilisation of a semisubmersible floating-wind-turbine platform using pumping between floats, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 145, 104614, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2026.104614
• Wang, P., 2026, Bai, H., Apsley, D., Stansby, P. and Li, G., 2026, Multi-objective non-causal optimal control of an active pumping system for a floating wind platform, accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1109/TSTE.2026.3673069
• Zhang, Y., Stansby, P., Apsley, D. and Mullings, H., 2026, Turbulent wind thrust control to reduce pitch motion of floating wind platforms with improved rotor operation, Renewable Energy, 259, 125074, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.125074
• Apsley, D.D., 2024, CFD simulation of tidal-stream turbines in a compact array, Renewable Energy, 224, 120133, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120133
• Kang, W., Apsley, D. and Stallard, T., 2023, Assessment of turbulence correction for actuator-line model of a horizontal-axis tidal stream turbine in near-wake region, Physics of Fluids, 35 (8): 085126, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0162698
• Zheng, P., Apsley, D., Zhong, S., Sznitman, J. and Smits, A., 2023, Image systems for regularised Stokeslets at walls and free surfaces, European Journal of Mechanics / B Fluids, 97, 112-127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2022.09.005
• Guo, T., Zhong, S., Apsley, D. and Craft, T., 2022, Theoretical drag analyses of laminar channel and pipe flows with wall roughness, Fluid Dynamics Research, 54:4, 045501, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1873-7005/ac7ba5
• Yang, G, Iacovides, H., Craft, T. and Apsley, D., 2021, RANS Model development on temperature variance in conjugate heat transfer, Journal of Turbulence, 22:3, 180-207, https://doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2020.1860214
• Ahmed, U., Apsley, D., Stallard, T., Stansby, P. and Afgan, I., 2021, Turbulent length scales and budgets of Reynolds stress-transport for open-channel flows; friction Reynolds numbers (Reτ) = 150, 400 and 1020, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 59:1, 36-50, https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2020.1729265
• Apsley, D.D. and Stansby, P.K., 2020, Unsteady thrust on an oscillating wind turbine: comparison of blade-element momentum theory with actuator-line CFD, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.103141
• Stansby, P.K., Carpintero Moreno, E., Apsley, D.D. and Stallard, T., 2019, Slack-moored semi-submersible wind floater with damping plates in waves: linear diffraction modelling with mean forces and experiments, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 90, 410-431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2019.07.010
• Apsley, D.D. and Lane-Serff, G.F., 2019, Collapse of particle-laden buoyant plumes, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 865, 904-927, https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.74
• Apsley, D.D., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P.K., 2018, Actuator-line CFD modelling of tidal-stream turbines in arrays, Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy, 4, 259-271, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40722-018-0120-3
• Ahmed, U., Apsley, D.D., Afgan, I., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P.K., 2017, Fluctuating loads on a tidal turbine due to velocity shear and turbulence: comparison of CFD with field data, Renewable Energy, 112, 235-246, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.05.048
• Jeffcoate, P., Stansby, P.K. and Apsley, D.D., 2017, Flow and bed shear magnification downstream of a barrage with swirl generated in ducts by stators and rotors, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143, 06016023, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001228
• McNaughton, J., Afgan, I., Apsley, D.D., Rolfo, S., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P.K., 2014, A simple sliding-mesh interface procedure and its application to the CFD simulation of a tidal-stream turbine, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 74, 250-269, https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.3849
• Afgan, I., McNaughton, J., Apsley, D.D., Rolfo, S., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P., 2013, Turbulent flow and loading on a tidal stream turbine by LES and RANS, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 43, 96-108, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2013.03.010
• Jeffcoate, P., Stansby, P.K. and Apsley, D.D., 2013, Flow due to multiple jets downstream of a barrage: experiments, 3-D CFD and depth-averaged modelling, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 139, 754-762, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000729
• McCabe, M., Stansby, P.K. and Apsley, D.D., 2013, Random-wave runup and overtopping a sea wall: shallow-water and Boussinesq (SWAB) modelling with generalised breaker and impact algorithms validated against laboratory and field measurements, Coastal Engineering, 74, 33-49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.11.010
• McCabe, M., Stansby, P.K. and Apsley, D.D., 2011, Coupled wave action and shallow-water modelling for random wave runup on a slope, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 49, 515-522, https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2011.566253
• Stansby, P.K., Huang, J., Apsley, D.D., Garcia-Hermosa, M.I., Borthwick, A.G.L., Taylor, P.H. and Soulsby, R.L., 2009, Fundamental study for morphodynamic modelling: sand mounds in oscillatory flows, Journal of Coastal Engineering, 56, 408-418, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.09.011
• Apsley, D.D. and Stansby, P.K., 2008, Bed-load sediment transport with large slopes, model formulation and implementation within a RANS flow solver, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 134, 1440-1451, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:10(1440)
• Cuthbertson, A.J.S, Apsley, D.D., Davies, P.A., Lipari, G. and Stansby, P.K., 2008, Deposition from particle-laden, plane, turbulent, buoyant jets, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 134, 1110-1122, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2008)134:8(1110)
• Apsley, D.D., 2007, CFD calculation of turbulent flow with arbitrary wall roughness, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 78, 153-175, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10494-006-9059-x
• Hasan, R.G.M., McGuirk, J.J., Apsley, D.D. and Leschziner, M.A., 2004, A turbulence model study of separated 3D jet/afterbody flow, Aeronautical J. Royal Aeronautical Society, January 2004.
• Saghafian, M., Stansby, P.K., Saidi, M.S., and Apsley, D.D., 2003, Simulation of turbulent flows around a circular cylinder using nonlinear eddy-viscosity modelling: steady and oscillatory ambient flows, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 17, 1213-1236.
• Apsley, D.D. and Hu, W., 2003, CFD Simulation of two- and three-dimensional free-surface flow, International Journal for Numerical Methods in fluids, 42, 465-491.
• Leschziner, M.A. and Apsley, D.D., 2001, Investigation of advanced turbulence models for the flow in a generic wing-body junction, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 67, 25-55.
• Apsley, D.D. and Leschziner, M.A., 2000, Advanced Turbulence Modelling of separated flow in a diffuser, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 63, 81-112.
• Apsley, D.D. and Leschziner, M.A., 1998, A new low-Re non-linear two-equation turbulence model for complex flows, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 19, 209-222.
• Apsley, D.D., Chen, W.L., Leschziner, M.A. and Lien, F.S., 1997, Non-linear eddy-viscosity modelling of separated flows, IAHR Journal of Hydraulic Research, 35, 723-798.
• Goldberg, U.C. and Apsley, D.D., 1997, A wall-distance-free low-Re k-e turbulence model, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 145, 227-238.
• Apsley, D.D., and Castro, I.P., 1997, Flow and dispersion over hills: comparison between numerical predictions and experimental data, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 67, 375-386.
• Apsley, D.D. and Castro, I.P., 1997, A limited-length-scale k-e model for the neutral and stably-stratified atmospheric boundary layer, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 83, 75-98.
• Apsley, D.D. and Castro, I.P., 1997, Numerical modelling of flow and dispersion around Cinder Cone Butte, Atmospheric Environment, 31, 1059-1071.
• Castro, I.P. and Apsley, D.D., 1997, Flow and dispersion over topography: a comparison between numerical and laboratory data for two-dimensional flows, Atmospheric Environment, 31, 839-850.
• Carruthers, D.J., Holroyd, R.J., Hunt, J.C.R., Weng, W.S., Robins, A.G., Apsley, D.D., Thompson, D.J. and Smith, F.B., 1994, UK-ADMS - a new approach to modelling dispersion in the earth's atmospheric boundary layer, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 52, 139-153.

Conference Proceedings

• Wang, P., Bai, H., Apsley, D., Stansby, P, Li, Guang, 2026, Noncausal optimal control-based pumping strategy to suppress pitch motion of FOWTs, IFAC World Congress 2026, Busan, Korea, August.
• Apsley, D.D. and Stansby, P.K., 2025, Stabilisation of floating platforms by pumping between columns, 16th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC25), Funchal, Madeira, 7-11 September.
• Apsley, D.D., 2023, Actuator-line CFD simulation of tidal-stream turbines in a compact array, 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC23), Bilbao, Spain, 3-7 September.
• Willden, R.H.J., ...., Apsley, D.D., .... (42 authors), 2023, Tidal turbine benchmarking project: stage I - steady flow blind predictions, 15th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC23), Bilbao, Spain, 3-7 September.
• Yang, G., Iacovides, H., Craft, T. and Apsley, D.D., 2019, RANS Modelling for temperature variance in Conjugate Heat Transfer, 5th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering (MCM'19), Lisbon, Portugal
• Apsley, D.D. and Lane-Serff, G.F., 2017, Collapse of particle-laden buoyant plumes in a stratified environment, 5th IAHR Europe Conference, Trento, Italy, 12-14 June.
• Apsley, D.D., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P.K., 2016, Actuator-line modelling of tidal-stream turbines, 2nd International Conference on Offshore Renewable Energy (CORE2016), Glasgow, Scotland, 12-14 September.
• Ahmed, U., Afgan, I., Apsley, D.D., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P.K., 2015, CFD simulations of a full-scale tidal turbine: comparison of LES and RANS with field data, 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Nantes, France, 6-11 September.
• McNaughton, J., Rolfo, S., Apsley, D.D., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P.K., 2013, CFD power and load prediction on a 1MW tidal stream turbine with typical velocity profiles from the EMEC Test Site, 10th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Aalborg, Denmark, 2-5 September.
• McNaughton, J., Rolfo, S., Apsley, D., Stansby, P.K. and Stallard, T., 2012, CFD prediction of turbulent flow on an experimental tidal-stream turbine using RANS modelling, 1st Asian Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (AWTEC), Korea, 27-30 November.
• Afgan, I., McNaughton, J., Apsley, D., Rolfo, S., Stallard, T. and Stansby, P.K., 2012, Large-eddy simulation of a 3-bladed horizontal-axis tidal stream turbine: comparisons to RANS and experiments, Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer 7 (THMT7), Sicily, 24-27 September.
• Jeffcoate, P., Stansby, P.K. and Apsley, D.D., 2011, Near-field flow downstream of a barrage: experiments, 3-d CFD and depth-averaged modelling, 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2011), Rotterdam, 19-24 June.
• McCabe, M., Stansby, P.K. and Apsley, D.D., 2011, The coupling of spectral energy and shallow-water modelling in the nearshore, IAHR European Congress, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
• Apsley, D.D., 2007, Wall functions for arbitrarily rough surfaces with application to sediment morphodynamics, 5th Int. Symp. Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Munich, 27-29 August.
• Winter, S.L., Bailey, C.G. and Apsley, D.D., 2006, Computational-fluid-dynamics modelling of compartment fires, 5th Int. Symp. Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transport, Dubrovnik, 25-29 September.
• Apsley, D.D., Lane-Serff, G.F., Lipari, G. and Stansby, P.K., 2006, Numerical modelling of particle-laden buoyant jets, 30th Int. Conf. on Coastal Engineering, San Diego, 3-8 September.
• Lipari, G., Apsley, D.D. and Stansby, P.K., 2006, Numerical particle tracking studies in a turbulent round jet, EUROMECH 477: Particle-laden flows, University of Twente, 21-23 June.
• Apsley, D.D. and Hu, W., 2003, CFD Simulation of Two- and Three-Dimensional Free-Surface Flows Using a RANS Solver International Symposium on Shallow Flows, Delft, 16-18 June.
• Leschziner, M.A. and Apsley, D.D., 2001, Advanced turbulence modelling of the flow in a generic wing-body junction, 2nd Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Stockholm, Sweden, 27th-29th June.
• Apsley, D.D. and Leschziner, M.A., 1999, Application of non-linear eddy-viscosity and differential stress closures to separated flow, 1st Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Santa Barbara, California, 12th-15th September.
• Apsley, D.D. and Leschziner, M.A., 1997, A new low-Re non-linear two-equation turbulence model for complex flows, 11th Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Grenoble, France, 8th-10th September.
• Goldberg, U.C., Apsley, D.D. and Batten, P., 1996, A wall-distance-free low Reynolds k-e turbulence model, 6th International Symposium on flow modelling and turbulence measurements, Tallahassee, Florida.
• Apsley, D.D. and Castro, I.P., 1992, Numerical computation of stratified flow over obstacles, Proc. Symposium on Mixing in Geophysical Flows and Effects of Body Forces in Turbulent Flows, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona.
• Apsley, D.D., 1992, Modelling turbulent stratified flow over buildings and hills, Proc. of 4th IMA conference on stably stratified flows - flow and dispersion over topography, University of Surrey, 21st-23rd September, Oxford University Press.
• Hunt, J.C.R., Holroyd, R.H., Carruthers, D.J., Robins, A.G., Apsley, D.D., Smith, F.B. and Thomson, D.J., 1990, Developments in modelling air pollution for regulatory uses, 18th NATO-CCMS International Conference on Air Pollution Modelling and its Applications, Vancouver.
• Apsley, D.D., 1989, Prediction of airflow over a potential windfarm site, Proc. of European Wind Energy Conference, Glasgow.

Last updated: 17 July 2026