Advances in Engineering Mechanics Reflections and Outlooks: In Honor of Theodore Y. -T. Wu

This volume presents more than 40 original papers on recent advances in several topics in engineering mechanics presented at The Theodore Y-T Wu Symposium on Engineering Mechanics : A celebration of Professor Wu's scientific contributions for his 80th birthday. The distinguished contributors include several members of the National Academy of Engineers and the topics cover nonlinear water waves, swimming and flying in nature, biomechanics, data analysis methodology, and propulsion hydrodynamics. The papers honor the significant accomplishments of Professor Wu in Engineering Science at Caltech, particularly in the areas of nonlinear waves, hydrodynamics, biomechanics and wave-structure interaction. They review the present state of the art of engineering mechanics, and chart the future of the field from the viewpoint of civil engineering, biomechanics, geophysics, mechanical engineering, naval architecture, ocean, and offshore engineering. The primary purpose of this book is to provide guidance and inspiration for those interested in continuing to advance engineering mechanics into the 21st century. To quote Professor Wu : "The value of a book publication lies in disseminating new knowledge attained with effort and dedication from all those who participate, and in having the useful results within ready reach of students and researchers actively working in the field." Ch. 1. Nonlinear waves : theoretical considerations. Localization of dispersive waves in weakly random media / C.C. Mei [und weitere]. Water wave equations / Jin E. Zhang. Wu's mass postulate and approximate solutions of the fKdV equation / S.S.P. Shen [und weitere]. Explicit analytic solutions of KdV equation given by the homotopy analysis method / Chen Chen, Chun Wang & Shijun Liao. Rigorous computation of Nekrasov's integral equation for water waves / Sunao Murashige & Shin 'ichi Oishi. Numerical modeling of nonlinear surface waves and its validation / W. Choi, C.P. Kent & C.J. Schillinger. Three dimensional wave for water waves on finite depth : the Davey-Stewartson system / K.W. Chow, D.H. Zhang & C.K. Poon. Rip currents due to wave-current interaction / Jie Yu & A. Brad Murray. Higher order Boussinesq equations for water waves on uneven bottom / Hua Liu & Benlong Wang. Waves on a liquid sheet / S.P. Lin. A different view on data from a nonlinear and nonstationary world / Norden E. Huang -- ch. 2. Nonlinear waves : experiments and computations. Solitary-wave collisions / Joseph Hammack [und weitere]. Computer simulations of overtaking internal solitary waves / Brian C. Barr & Daniel T. Valentine. Theoretical and experimental investigation of waves due to a moving dipole in a stratified fluid / Shiqiang Dai [und weitere]. Thin film dynamics in a liquid lined circular pipe / Roberto Camassa & Long Lee. Transverse waves in a channel with rectangular cross section / L.M Deng & A.T. Chwang. Long time evolution of nonlinear wave trains in deep water / Hwung-Hweng Hwung & Wen-Son Chiang. On the Zhang-Wu run-up model / Hongqiang Zhou [und weitere]. A numerical study of bore runup a slope / Qinghai Zhang & Philip L.-F. Liu. Studies of intense internal gravity waves: Field measurements and numerical modeling / Hsien P. Pao & Andrey N. Serebryany. Nonlinear internal waves in the South China Sea / Antony Liu, Yunhe Zhao & Ming-Kuang Hsu. A numerical predictive model of tides around Taiwan / Hsien-Wen Li & Yung-Ching Wu. New concepts in image analysis applied to the study of nonlinear wave interactions / Steven R. Long -- ch. 3. Wave structure interaction. Nonlinear wave loads acting on a body with a low-frequency oscillation / Motoki Yoshida, Takeshi Kinoshita & Weiguang Bao. Analytical features of unsteady ship waves / Xiao-Bo Chen. A note on the classical fiee surface hydrodynamic impact problem / Celso P. Pesce. Measurements of velocity field around hydrofoil of finite span with shallow submergence / S.J. Lee -- ch. 4. Biomechanics : medical. Blood flow abnormalities in sickle cell anemia / Anthony T. Cheung. Does interfacial viscosity exist, its application to medical science / S.C. Ling. Unsteady flows with moving boundaries : Pulsating blood flows and earthquake hydrodynamics / Tin-Kan Hung. Interdisciplinary education and research experiences for undergraduates in mathematics and biology / George T. Yates. In vitro study on the internal design of Provox 2[symbol] voice prosthesis / Horace H. Lam. A potential role for muscle pump-generated intravascular solitons in maintenance of tissue-engineered bioreactors implanted in bone / H. Winet, C. Caulkins-Pennell & J.Y. Bao -- ch. 5. Biomechanics : zoological. Creeping flow around a finite row of slender bodies / Efrath Barta & Daniel Weihs/ Theory and numerical calculation of hovering flight of a dragonfly / Hiroshi Isshiki. A numerical study on fluid dynamics of backward and forward swimming in the eel Anguilla Anguilla / Wenrong Hu, Binggang Tong & Hao Liu. Impulse extremization in vortex formation for application in low speed maneuvering of underwater vehicles / Kamra Mohseni -- ch. 6. Hydrodynamics : MHD, viscous and geophysical flows. MHD self-propulsion and motion of deformable shapes / Touvia Miloh. Nonlinear analysis on transition to form coherent structures / Jun Yu & Yi Yang. Large-Reynolds-number flow across a translating circular cylinder / Bang-Fuh Chen, Yi-Hsiang Yu & Tin-Kan Hung. A spectral method for the mass transport in a layer of power-law fluid under periodic forcing / Lingyan Huang, Chiu-On Ng & Allen T. Chwang. The cohesion and re-separation of particles in slow viscous flows / Ren Sun & A.T. Chwang. On coherent vortices in turbulent plane jets generated by surface water waves / Chin-Tsau Hsu & Jun Kuang. A dynamic model for strong vortices over topography on a [symbol] Plane / Hung-Cheng Chen, Chin-Chou Chu & Chien-Cheng Chang. Sea ice floe tracking and motion analysis for SAR imagery in the marginal ice zone / Jun Yu & Antony Liu -- Reflections and resolutions. Reflections and resolutions to some recent studies on fluid mechanics / Theodore Y.-T. Wu