List of Recent Publications

• Chai, A., Tanny, J. and E. Kit, Simultaneous visualization of density and velocity variations in a stratified shear flow. Exp. Fluids, 9, 107-109, (1990).
• Kit, E. and E. Mazor, Numerical solution of laminar flow generated in an annulus by rotating screens. Acta Mechanica, 83, 9-24, (1990).
• Hassid, S., Kit, E. and E. Mazor, Turbulent flow generated in an annulus by a rotating screen. Acta Mechanica, 86,167-177, (1990).
• Chai, A. and E. Kit, Experiments on entrainment in an annulus with and without velocity gradient across the density interface. Exp. Fluids, 11, 45-57, (1990).
• Kholmyansky, M., Kit, E., Teitel, M. and A. Tsinober, Some experimental results on velocity-vorticity measurements in turbulent grid flows with controlled sign of mean helicity. Fluid Dynamics Research, 7,65-75, (1991).
• Shemer, L. and E. Kit, Simulation of an interferometric synthetic radar imagery of an ocean system consisting of a current and a monochromatic wave. J. Geophys. Res., 96, C12, 22,063-22,073, (1991).
• Tsinober, A., Kit, E. and T. Dracos, Experimental investigation of the field of velocity gradients in turbulent flows. J. Fluid Mech., 242, 169-192, (1992).
• Tsitverblit, N. and E. Kit, The multiplicity of steady flows in confined double-diffusive convection with lateral heating. Phys. Fluids A., 5 (4), 1062-1064, (1993).
• Bershadskii, A., Kit, E. and Tsinober, A. Spontaneous breaking of reflexional symmetry in real quasi-two-dimensional turbulence on traveling waves and solitons. Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 441, 147-155, (1993).
• Chai, A., Tanny, J. and E. Kit, Experimental investigation of turbulent entrainment in an annulus with moving sidewalls. Exp. Fluids, 15, 97-107, (1993).
• Bershadskii, A., Kit, E. and Tsinober, A. Self-organization and fractal dynamics in turbulence, Physica A, 199, 453-475, (1993).
• Bershadskii, A., Kit, E. and Tsinober, A. On universality of geometrical invariants in turbulence - experimental results. Phys. Fluids A., 5(7), 1523-1526 (1993).
• Bershadskii, A., Kit, E., Tsinober, A. and Vaisburd, H. Strongly localized events of energy, dissipation, enstrophy and enstrophy generation in turbulent flows. Fluid Dynamics Research, 14, 71-101, (1994).
• Tanny, J., Chai, A. and Kit, E. On the law of turbulent entrainment across a density interface. Fluid Dynamics Research, 15, 69-74, (1994).
• Kit, E., Fernando, H.J.S. and Brown, J.A. Experimental examination of Eulerian frequency spectra in zero-mean-shear turbulence. Phys. Fluids A., 7(5), 1168-1170 (1995)
• Tsitverblit, N., and Kit, E. Numerical study of axisymmetric vortex breakdown in an annulus. Acta Mechanica, 118(1-4), 79-98, (1996).
• Kit, E. and Fernando, H.J.S. Frequency spectra of scalar fluctuations at entraining stratified interfaces.Fluid Dynamics Research,, 19, 65-75 (1996).
• Kit, E., Strang, E.J. and Fernando, H.J.S. Measurement of turbulence near shear-free density interfaces. J. Fluid Mech., 334, 293-314, (1997).
• Tsitverblit, N. and Kit, E. On the onset of nonsteadiness in confined flows with vortex-breakdown. Fluid Dynamics Research, 23, 125-152, (1998).
• Kit, E. and Pelinovsky, E. Dynamical models for cross-shore transport and equilibrium bottom profiles. Journal of the Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division, ASCE, 124(3), 138-146, (1998).
• Shemer, L., Kit, E., Jiao Haiying., Eitan, O. Experiments on nonlinear Wave groups in intermediate water depth. Journal of the Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division, ASCE, 124(6), 320-327, (1998).
• Perlin, A. and Kit, E. Longshore sediment transport on Mediterranean Coast of Israel. Journal of the Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division, ASCE, 125 (2), 80-87, (1999).
• Talipova T., Pelinovsky E., Kit E., Eitan O. Nonlinear transformation of the wave packets in weak dispersive media. Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics (in Russian), - XLII (4), 354-358, (1999).
• Sladkevich, M., Militeev, A.N., Rubin, H. and Kit, E. Two and quasi three dimensional simulation of transport phenomena in a shallow aquatic environment. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Accepted for publication (2000).
• Kit E., Shemer, L., Pelinovsky, E., Talipova, T., Eitan, O. and Jiao Haiying. Nonlinear wave group evolution in shallow water. Journal of the Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division, ASCE, Accepted for publication (2000).

PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

• Shemer L. Jiao Haiying, Kit E. and Agnon Y. Evolution of a nonlinear wave field along a tank: Experiments and numerical simulations based on the spatial Zakharov equation. Submitted for publication (1999)

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS

• N. Tsitverblit and E. Kit. On the onset of nosteadiness in the flows with vortex breakdown in a cylindrical container. In Nonlinear Instability of Nonparallel Flows, 304-313, Springer-Verlag (1994).
• M. Sladkevich, A.N. Militeev, H. Rubin and E. Kit. Two and three-dimensional numerical modeling of flow in coastal zone. Proceedings of the 25th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering. 402-405 Haifa (May 1994).
• Kit, E. and Pelinovsky, E. Cross-shore transport and equilibrium bottom profiles. Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Coastal & Port Engineering (COPEDEC IV), Brazil, 185-199, 1995.
• Kit, E., Pelinovsky, E. and Talipova, T. Transformation of probability distribution of wind waves in coastal zone. Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Coastal & Port Engineering (COPEDEC IV), Brazil, 2344-2353, 1995.
• Kit, E., Fernando, H.J.S. and Ching, C.Y. Frequency spectra of scalar and velocity fluctuations of entraining stratified interfaces. To be published in Proceedings of 6th European Turbulence Conference - ETC6 Switzerland, 1996.
• M. Sladkevich, A.N. Militeev, H. Rubin and E. Kit. Numerical models of pollutant transport in coastal environments. Proceedings of the 26th Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering. 237-239 Haifa (May 1996).
• Fernando, H.J.S., Kit, E. and Strang, E., "Measurement of Zero-Mean-Shear Turbulence in Homogeneous and Two-Layer Fluids," Invited Paper, Fifth IMA Conference on Stratified Flows - "Mixing and Dispersion in Stably Stratified Flows", University of Dundee, Scotland, 24-27 September, 1996.
• E. Kit, J. Fernando and E Strang. Measurement of zero-mean-shear turbulence in homogeneous and two-layer fluids. Hydrodynamics, Chwang, Lee & Leung (eds) ICHD-96, 853-858, Hong Kong (December 1996).
• M. Sladkevich, A.N. Militeev and E. Kit. 2 and 3D-numerical models of pollutant transport in coastal environments. The 10th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Laminar and Turbulent flow, Swansea, (July 1997).
• V. German, D. Kunitsa, M. Weiss and E. Kit. Storm wave spectra near Israel's Mediterranian coast. Second Indian National Conference on Harbor and Ocean Engineering - Inchoe-97, Thiruvananthapuram, 38-47, (December 1997).
• Strang, E., Fernando, H.J.S. and Kit, E. "Aspects of Turbulent Mixing at Density Interfaces," Proceedings, Fifth IMA Conference on Stratified Flows - "Mixing and Dispersion in Stably Stratified Flows," Accepted, Oxford University Press, (1997).
• Kit, E., Jiao Haiying, Eitan, O. and Shemer, L. Experimental and numerical study of nonlinear wave groups transformation on a sloping beach. Hydrodynamics, H. Kim, S.H. Lee & S.J. Lee (eds), ICHD-98, 895-900, Seoul, (1998).
• Norton, H., Strang, E., Kit, E. and Fernando, H.J.S. "Distortion of Turbulent Regions by Stratified Shear Flows," Am. Geophys. Union, Ocean Sci., EOS, 79(1), 152, 1998
• Shemer, L., Jiao Haiying, Eitan, O. and Kit, E. Experiments on the shoaling of nonlinear wave groups in a tank. 26th International conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE'98, Copenhagen, ASCE, 645-655, (1998).
• Kit, E., Strang, E., Fernando, H.J.S and Norton, H. Experiments on the development of K-H billows in stratified shear layers. Advances in Turbulence VII - ETC7, 39-42, France, (July 1998).
• Pelinovsky, E., Talipova, T., Kit, E. and Eitan, O. Nonlinear Wave Group Evolution in Shallow Water. Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Coastal & Port Engineering (COPEDEC V). Mocke, G.P. (ed.), Cape Town, South Africa, 150-158, (1999).
• Kit, E. and Perlin, A. Longshore sediment drift on the coast of Israel. Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Coastal & Port Engineering (COPEDEC V). Mocke, G.P. (ed.), Cape Town, South Africa, 68-79, (1999).
• Perlin, A. and Kit, E. Wave climate evaluation for sedimentological studies. Proceeding of the international MEDCOAST conference. Abdalla, S. and Ozhan, E. (eds), Antalya, Turkey 237-249, (1999).
• Pelinovsky, E., Talipova, T., Kit, E. and Eitan, O. Nonlinear Wave Packet Evolution in Shallow Water. International Symposium on Progress in Coastal Engineering and Oceanography, Seoul 53-62, (1999).

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

• N. Tsitverblit and E. Kit A numerical bifurcation study of double-diffusive convection in a rectangular enclosure. Presented at 18th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics IUTAM August Haifa Israel (1992).
• A. Bershadskii, E. Kit, A. Tsinober and H. Vaisburd Intermmediate Multifractal Asymptotics and Strongly Localized Events of Energy, Dissipation, Enstrophy and Enstrophy Generation in Turbulent Flows. IMA Conference on Multiscale Stochastic Processes Analyzed using Multifractals and Wavelets, 29-31 March 1993.
• N. Tsitverblit and E. Kit Bifurcation phenomena in laterally heated thermosolutal systems. Presented at AGU Chapman Conference on DOUBLE-DIFFUSIVE CONVECTION, Scottsdale, Arizona USA (November 1993).

REPORTS

For 20 years of my work in CAMERI (Coastal and Marine Research Engineering Institute), I participated in preparation of about 50 scientific reports.

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