Publications of the

The Berkeley Marine Mechanics Lab (BMML)

<Only publications from 1991 onwards are listed; for publications prior to 1991, contact Prof. R. W. Yeung>
Prof. R.W. Yeung, Email:   rwyeung@berkeley.edu  (510) 642-8347

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Son, D. and Yeung, R. W., "Optimizing ocean-wave energy extraction of a dual coaxial-cylinder WEC using nonlinear model predictive control", Applied Energy, Dec. 2016 (In Press).

Yeung, R. W., Jiang, Y., and Wang, L., "Validations of a discrete-vortex method (SS-FSRVM) for modeling nonlinear coupled vertical-plane and lateral-plane motions in head waves," Proceedings, 31st Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Monterey, CA, Sept. 2016. i+17 pp.

Wang, L., Son, D., and Yeung, R. W., “Effects of mooring-line stiffness on the performance of a dual coaxial-cylinder wave-energy converter," Applied Ocean Research, 2016, vol. 59, pp. 577–588. [DOI:10.1016:j.apor.2016.07.014]

Wang, L. and Yeung, R. W.,"On the performance of a micro-scale Bach-type turbine as predicted by discrete vortex simulations," Applied Energy, 183 (2016) 823-836. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.185 ]

Wang, L. and Yeung, R. W., "Investigation of full and partial ground effects on a flapping foil hovering about above a finite-sized platform", Physics of Fluids, 2016, Vol. 28, 071902, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4954656]

Son, D., Belissen, V., and Yeung, R. W., "Optimizing the Performance Validation and Optimization of a of a Dual Coaxial-Cylinder Wave-Energy Extractor", Renewable Energy, Vol. 92, pp.192-201, July 2016. [dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.01.032].

Tom, N.. Madhi, F., and Yeung, R. W., "Balancing Power-Absorption and Structural Loading for a Heaving Asymmetric Wave-Energy Converter in Regular Waves", Proceedings, ASME 35th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Paper OMAE2016-55050, Busan, S. Korea, June 19-22, 2016.

Zhong, Q. and Yeung, R. W., "Wave-body Interactions among an array of truncated vertical cylinders", Proceedings, ASME 35th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Paper OMAE2016-55055, Busan, S. Korea, June 19-22, 2016.

Wang, L., Son, D., and Yeung, R. W., "On the performance of a dual-cylinder wave-energy converter: Single versus two-degrees of freedom", Proceedings, ASME 35th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Paper OMAE2016-54422, Busan, S. Korea, June 19-22, 2016.

Zhang, X. and Yeung, R. W. "On Hydrodynamic Behavior of a Cylindrical Moonpool with an Entrapped Two-Layer Fluid," Proceedings, 31st Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Plymouth, MI, April 3-6. 2016

Jiang, Y. and Yeung, R. W., "Efficient Modeling of the Free Roll Motion of Ship Hulls with Bilge Keels", Proceedings, 31st Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Plymouth, MI, April 3-6. 2016,

Son, D., Belissen, V., and Yeung, R. W., "Optimizing the Performance of a Dual Coaxial-Cylinder Wave-Energy Extractor", Proceedings, ASME 34th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Paper OMAE2015-42379, St John’s, NL. May 31-June 5, 2015.

Tom, N., Son, D., Belissen, V., and Yeung, R. W., "Modeling of a Permanent Magnet Linear Generator For Wave-Energy Conversion", Proceedings, ASME 34th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Paper #OMAE2015-42370, St John’s, NL. May 31-June 5, 2015.

Fagan, E., Yeung, R. W., Lean, S., B., and Goggins, J.,"Structural and Hydrodynamic Modelling of Composite Tidal Turbine Blades", Proceedings, 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC-15), September 6-11, Nantes, France.

Jiang, Y. and Yeung, R. W., "Computational Modeling of Rolling Wave-Energy Converters in a Viscous Fluid", Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 061901, (Oct 12, 2015) [DOI: 10.1115/1.4031277]

Hariri Nokob, M. and Yeung, R. W., "Diffraction and radiation loads on open cylinders of thin and arbitrary shapes," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 772: pp. 649-677, 2015. [DOI:10.1017/jfm.2015.165]

Wang, L. and Yeung, R. W., "Nonlinear waves generated by a traveling pressure distribution and the associated waveless shapes," Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Volume 91:1-16, 2015. [DOI 10.1007/s10665-014-9738-x]

Tom, N. and Yeung, R. W., "Experimental Confirmation of Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control Applied Offline to a Permanent Magnet Linear Generator for Ocean-Wave Energy Conversion", IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. 2015, Issue 99, pp. 1-15, DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2015.2439871.

Koukina, E., Kanner, S., and Yeung, R. W., "Actuation of Wind-Loading Torque on Vertical Axis Turbines at Model Scale", Proceedings, Oceans'15, Marine Technology Society/IEEE, Paper 141206-002, Genoa, Italy, May18-21,2015.

Jiang, Y. and Yeung, R. W., "Performance of "Salter's Cam" in 3-DOF Motion and in a Viscous Fluid", Proceedings, 30th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Bristol, U.K., April 12-15 2015.

Lu, D. Q. and Yeung, R. W., "Hydroelastic Waves Generated by Point Loads in a Current", International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering (IJOPE), Vol. 25, No. 1, March 2015, pp. 8-12.

Jbaily, A. and Yeung, R. W. "Piezoelectric devices for ocean energy: a brief survey", J. Ocean Eng. & Mar. Energy , January, 2015, 1:101-118. [DOI 10.1007/s40722-014-0008-9]
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Lin, Q., Lu, D.Q., and Yeung, R. W., "Hydroelastic Response of a Circular Elastic Plate in Waves on a Two-Layer Fluid of Finite Depths," China Ocean Engineering, vol. 28, #5, pp 671-686, 2014, [DOI: HYPERLINK "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs13344-014-0053-0"10.1007/s13344-014-0053-0]

Tom, N. and Yeung, R. W., "Non-Linear Model Predictive Control Applied to a Generic Ocean-Wave Energy Extractor," Journal Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 136, 04190-1, November 2014. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4027651]

Yeung, R. W. and Jiang, Y., "Shape Effects on Viscous Damping and Motion of Heaving Cylinders", Journal Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 136, 04180-1, November 2014, [DOI: 10.1115/ 1.4027650]

Jiang, Y. and Yeung, R. W., "Effects of Bilge Keels and Forward Speed on Roll Decay of Three-Dimensional Hull", Proceedings, 30th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2-7 November 2014, 20pp.

Li, J., Tang, YG, and Yeung, R. W., "Effects of Second-order Difference-Frequency Wave Forces on a New Floating Platform for Offshore Wind Turbines," Journal of Renewable & Sustainable Energy, Vol. 6, 033102-1, 2014. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4872360]

Kanner, S. and Yeung, R. W., "Innovation for a Reduction of the Yaw Moment on a Floating Platform with a Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine", Proceedings, ASME 33rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), Paper OMAE2014-23819, San Francisco, CA, June 8-13, 2014.

Fernandez, D., Moreu, J., Guzman, S., Yeung, R. W., and Moreu, M., "Numerical Simulations in the Design of a New Tension-Tethered Marine Current Turbine," Proceedings, ASME 33rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), Paper OMAE2014-24382, San Francisco, CA, June 8-13, 2014.

Hariri Nokob, M. and Yeung, R. W., "Computations of Arbitrary Thin-Shell Vertical Cylinders in a Wave Field by a Hypersingular Integral-Equation Method." OMAE2014-24544, Proceedings, ASME 33rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), Paper OMAE2014-24582, San Francisco, CA, June 8-13, 2014.

Son, D.W. and Yeung, R. W., "Performance Prediction and Validation of a Two-Coaxial Cylinder System as a Wave-Energy Extractor," Proceedings, ASME 33rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), Paper OMAE2014-24582, San Francisco, CA, June 8-13, 2014.

Yeung, R. W. and Jiang, Y., "Bilge-Keel Influence on The Free Decay of Roll Motion of a Three-Dimensional Hull", Proceedings, ASME 33rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2014), Paper OMAE2014-24542, San Francisco, CA, June 8-13, 2014.

Hariri Nokob, M. and Yeung, R. W., "Hypersingular Integral-Equation Method for Wave Diffraction about Arbitrary, Shell-Like Vertical Cylinders in Finite-Depth Waters", Proceedings, 29th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Osaka, Japan, March 30 - April 2, 2014.

Madhi, F., Sinclair, M. E., and Yeung, R. W., "The "Berkeley Wedge": an asymmetrical energy-capturing floating breakwater of high performance", Journal of Marine Systems and Ocean Technology (MS&OT), 2014, vol. 9, no. 1, pp 5-16. US Provisional Patent No. 61/883,274 (UC No. BK-2014-037-1). "The Berkeley Wedge, A High-performance Energy-Capturing Floating Breakwater or Wave Shield" (HYPERLINK "http://techtransfer.universityofcalifornia.edu/NCD/23530.html"http://techtransfer.universityofcalifornia.edu/NCD/23530.html)
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Lin, Y.H., Fang, M.-C., and Yeung, R. W., "The optimization of ship weather-routing algorithm based on the composite influence of multi-dynamic elements", Applied Ocean Research, 43, 184-194, October 2013. [doi:10.1016/j.apor.2013.07.010]

Tom, N. and Yeung, R. W., "Non-Linear Model Predictive Control Applied to a Generic Ocean-Wave Energy Extractor," Proceedings of the ASME 32nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2013), Paper No. OMAE2013-11247, Nantes, France, June 9-14, 2013.

Kanner, S. and Yeung, R. W., "Consideration of a Rotary Power Take-Off Mechanism as a Wave-Energy Converter on the WindFloat Platform," Proceedings, ASME 32nd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2013), Paper No. OMAE2013-11248, Nantes, France, June 9-14, 2013.

Yeung, R. W. and Hariri Nokob, M., "Hypersingular integral-equation solution for a finite-draft surface-piercing cylindrical shell at high- and low-frequency," Proceedings, 28th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, France, April 7-10, 2013.

Yeung, R. W., Seah, R. K.M., and Imamura, J., "Lateral Force and Yaw Moment on a Slender Body in Forward Motion at a Yaw Angle", ASME J. Offshore Mech. & Arctic Eng., March 2013, Vol. 135/031101-1, [DOI: 10.1115/1.4006153], See also: Proceedings of OMAE2008, Estoril, Portugal, Paper No. OMAE2008-57480.
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Cochet, C. and Yeung, R.W.,"Dynamic Analysis and Configuration Design of a Two-Component Wave-Energy Absorber", Proceedings, ASME 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2012), Paper OMAE2012-83613, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1-6, 2012.

Chau, F. P. and Yeung, R. W., "Inertia, Damping, and Wave Excitation of Heaving Coaxial Cylinders", Proceedings, ASME 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering, (OMAE2012), Paper OMAE2012-83987, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1-6, 2012.

Jiang, Y. and Yeung, R. W., "Computational Modeling of Rolling Cams for Wave-Energy Capture in a Viscous Fluid," Proceedings, ASME 31st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2012), Paper OMAE2012-84150, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1-6, 2012.

Tom, N. and Yeung, R. W., "Performance Enhancements and Validations of a Generic Ocean-Wave Energy Extractor," ASME Journal of Offshore Mech. & Arctic Engineering, vol. 135, issue 4, 10 pages September, 2013 [DOI:10.1115/1.4024150]; See also: Proceedings, ASME 31st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2012), Paper OMAE2012-83736. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1-6, 2012.

Cochet, C. and Yeung, R. W., "Two-Component Wave-Energy Absorber - Dynamics Analysis and Configuration Evaluation", Proceedings, 27-th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 22-25, 2012.

Aubault, A. and Yeung, R. W., "Interference resistance of multi-hull vessels in finite-depth waters" J. Marine Systems and Ocean Technology (MS&OT), 2012, vol. 7, no. 2, pp 107-116. See also: Proceedings, The 31st ASME International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE-2012), Paper OMAE2012-83777, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1-6, 2012.

Wan, H. and Yeung, R. W., "Interaction of bodies in free surface with consideration of cross-flow", Journal of Computers and Fluids, 2012, vol. 54, p.127-142. [doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2011.10.005]

Bachynski, E. E., Young, Y. L., and Yeung, R. W., "Analysis and optimization of a tethered wave energy converter in irregular waves", Journal of Renewable Energy, 8:133-145, 2012.
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Yeung, R. W., Toh, W. Y. and Jiang, Y. C., "Geometrical and Viscosity Effects on the Hydrodynamic Properties of Heaving Cylinders", Marine Technology & Engineering, vol. 1, pp. 779-788, Guedes Soares et al. (eds) , 2011 CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, London.[ ISBN-13: 978-0415698085 ISBN-10: 0415698081]

Yeung, R. W. and Jiang, Y., "Shape Effects on Viscous Damping and Motion of Heaving Cylinders," Proceedings, ASME 30th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2011), Paper No. OMAE2011-52043. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 19-24, 2011.

Yeung, R. W., Makasyeyev, M., and Matte, C., "Wave Elevation under a Moving Pressure Distribution at Minimum-Resistance Conditions" Proceedings, 26-th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves & Floating Bodies, Athens, Greece, April 16-20, 2011.

Nguyen, T. C. and Yeung, R. W., "Unsteady Three-Dimensional Sources for a Two-Layer Fluid of Finite Depths and Their Applications", Journal of Engineering Mathematics - Special Memorial Volume of E. O. Tuck, July 2011. 70 (1-3): 67-91. [doi:10.1007/s10665-010-9439-z]

Hamilton, J. A. and Yeung, R. W., "Viscous and Inviscid Matching of Three-dimensional Free-surface Flows Utilizing Shell Functions", Journal of Engineering Mathematics, July 2011, 70 (1-3): pp 43-66, [doi:10.1007/s10665-010-9438-0].

Bachynski, E. E., Young, Y. L., and Yeung, R. W., "Analysis and Dynamic Scaling of Tethered Wave-Energy Converters in Irregular Waves," Proceedings, ASME 30th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2011), Paper # OMAE2011-49684, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 19-24, 2011.
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Chau, F. P. and Yeung, R. W., "Inertia and Damping of Heaving Compound Cylinders", Proceedings, 25-th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Harbin, China, May 9-12, 2010.

Bachynski, E. E., Young, Y. L., and Yeung, R. W., "Performance of a Tethered Point Wave-Energy Absorber in Regular and Irregular Waves", Proceedings, ASME 3rd Joint US-European Fluid Engineering Summer Meeting and 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Paper # FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30545, 10 pp, 2010.

Yeung, R. W., Peiffer, A., Tom, N., and Matlak, T., "Design, Analysis, and Evaluation of the UC-Berkeley Ocean-Wave Energy Extractor", Proceedings, 28th Int'l Conf. on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 11pp, Jun 6-11, 2010, Shanghai, China, See also J. Offshore Mech. Arctic Engg 134(2), 021902, Dec 06, 2011, [DOI:10.1115/1.4004518]

Young, Y. L., Motley, M. R., and Yeung, R. W., "Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of the Transient Fluid-Structural Interaction Response of Tidal Turbines," ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, Vol. 132, Iss.1, December 2009, (URL: http://link.aip.org/link/?JOM/132/011101)

Yeung, R. W., Wan, H., Banumurthy, S., Ham, W. L., and Lew, J-M., "Effects of Configuration on Wave Resistance of Multiple Pressure Distributions" Journal of Marine Systems & Ocean Technology, vol. 4, no.2, 53-62, December 2008/June 2009.

Dhanak, M., Yeung, R. W., and Kinnas, S., "Impact of the NNRNE Program on Ocean Engineering Education", Proceedings, Annual Meeting of American Society of Engineering Education, Paper AC2009-2427, Atlanta, GA, 14 pp, June 2009.

Young, Y. L., Motley, M. R., and Yeung, R. W., "Hydroelastic Response of Wind or Tidal Turbines", Proceedings, 28th Int'l Conference on Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, 7pp, Paper #OMAE2009-80087, Honolulu, USA, May 31-June 5, 2009.

Aubault, A. and Yeung, R. W., "Multi-Hull Interference Wave-Resistance in Finite-Depth Waters", Proceedings, 24th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Zelenogorsk, Russia, April 19-22, 2009.

Seah, R. K.M. and Yeung, R. W., "Vortical-Flow Modeling for Ship Hulls in Forward and Lateral Motion", Proceedings, 27th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Seoul, S. Korea, 21 pp, September 2008.

Yeung, R. W., Seah, R. K.M., and Imamura, J., "Separated Flow About a Slender Body in Forward and Lateral Motion", Proceedings, 27th Int'l Conference on Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, Estoril, Portugal, June 15-20, 2008.

Yeung, R. W., Wan, H., and Lew, J-M., "Interference Drag of Multiple Pressure Cushions", Proceedings, 23rd Int'l Workshop of Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Jeju City, S. Korea, March 28-31, 2008.

Yeung, R. W. and Wan, H., "Multi-hull and Surface-Effect Ship Configuration Design: A Framework for Powering Minimization", Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, vol. 130(3), 2008, http://link.aip.org/link/?JOM/130/031005/1.

Yeung, R. W. and Wan, H., "Multi-Hull Configuration Design - A Framework for Powering Minimization", Proceedings, ASME-Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE-2007), Paper # OMAE-2007-29723, 10 p, San Diego, CA, June 10-15, 2007.

Yeung, R. W. and Seah, R. K. M., "On Helmholtz and Higher-Order Resonance of Twin Floating Bodies",  Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 58, 251-265, 2007.

Elkin, J. E.  and Yeung, R. W., "Sway and Roll Hydrodynammics of Twin Rectangular Cylinders", Proceedings, 22nd International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Plitvice, Croatia, April  2007.

Elkin, J. E., "Hydrodynamic Properties of Twin Rectangular Cylinders Swaying and Rolling in Finite-Depth Waters," Report # CMML-2007-01, Mechanical Engineering - Fluid Mechanics, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley,  iv +58 p., January 2007.
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Immaura, J., "Kochin-Function Computations of the WDRAD3D Free-Surface Code", Report #CMML-2005-03, Mechanical Engineering - Fluid Mechanics, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, iv + 55 p., October 2006.

Yeung, R. W., "Wave Drag of a Tri-Hull System - Short Theory and User Manual," Version Beta-C, Computational Marine Mechanics Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, 14 p, June 10, 2006.

Yeung, R. W. and Seah, R. K. M., "On the Behavior of Twin-Hull Heave Hydrodynamic Coefficients," Proceedings, 16th International Offshore & Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2006), vol. III, pp. 230-235, San Francisco, CA, May 2006.

Seah, R. K. M. and Yeung, R. W., "Symmetric Resonant Modes Between Twin Bodies", Proceedings, 21st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Loughborough, England, April 2006.

Seah, Robert K. M.,  "Resonant Modes of Rectangular Twin Hulls," Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, 20 pp., presented on February 15, 2006.

Yeung, R. W., "Interference Resistance of Multi-Hulls per Thin-Ship Theory", Proceedings, 20th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway, May 2005.

Aubault, Alexia, "Wave Resistance of Multi-hull Ships in Finite-Depth Waters," Report #CMML-2005-03, Mechanical Engineering - Fluid Mechanics, Univ. of Calif. at Berkeley, v+ 65 p., May 2005.

Raybon, Todd E.,"Generating Regular and Random Ocean Waves at Model Scale with Flap-type Wavemaker," Report #CMML-2005-02, 23 pp. + 3, Mechanical Engineering - Fluid Mechanics, University of California at Berkeley, May 2005.

Silverberg, Jon P., "On Lagrangian Meshless Methods in Free-Surface Flows," Report #CMML-2005-01, Mechanical Engineering - Fluid Mechanics, 64 pp., University of California at Berkeley, January 2005.

Yeung, R. W., Poupard, G., and Toilliez, J.  O., "Interference-Resistance Prediction and Its Applications to Optimal Multi-Hull Configuration Design", Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, vol. 112, pp. 142-169, 2004.

Yeung, R. W., Poupard, Grégoire and Toilliez,  Jean  O., "Interference-Resistance Prediction and Its Applications to Optimal Multi-Hull Configuration Design", Proceedings, SNAME Maritime Technology Conference, Paper D41, September 29-October 1, 2004, Washington. D.C.

Yeung, R.W. and Seah, R. K-M., "The Effects of Viscosity on the Hydrodynamic Properties of Bodies in a Free Surface",  Proceedings, 19th Int’l Workshop of Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Cortona, Italy, March 28-31, 2004.

Poupard, G. and Toilliez,  J. O., "Fast Evaluators for Optimal Mutli-hull Configurations", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, March 16, 2004, 28 pp.

Poupard, Grégoire and Toilliez,  Jean  O., "Multi-hulls and Pressure Distributions, Optimal Configurations in Terms of Wave Resistance", Report OE2004-1, Mechanical Engineering - Fluid Mechanics Group, University of California at Berkeley, 30 p, March, 2004.

Yeung, R. W., "Nonlinear Viscosity Effects on Hydrodynamic Inertia and Damping", Abstracts of the 40th Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference (ANZIAM 2004), Hobart, Australia, p. 50,  February 1-6, 2004.   

Semtner, J. B., "Tsunami Modeling - Wave Propagation due to a Step Impulse in the Sea Floor," Report # OE2003-2, 44 p, Mechanical Engineering - Fluid Mechanics Group, University of California at Berkeley, December 2003.

Seah, R. K-M and Yeung, R.W., "Sway and Roll Hydrodynamics of Cylindrical Sections", International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineers, vol 13, no. 4, pp. 241-248, December 2003.

Seah, R. K-M and Yeung, R.W., "Sway and Roll Hydrodynamics of Cylindrical Sections", Proceedings, 13th Conference of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE 2003) Honolulu, HI, vol. 3 , pp,  516-523, May, 2003.

Hamilton, J. A. and Yeung, R. W., "Viscous and Inviscid Matching for Surface-Piercing Wave-Body Interaction Problems", Proceedings, 18th  Int’l Workshop of Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Le Croisic, France, April 6-9, 2003.

Hamilton, J. A. and Yeung, R. W., "Spectral Shell and Perfectly Transparent Open-Boundary Condition for Unsteady Wave-Body Interaction", Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 125, p. 9-16, 2003.

Chakrabarti, S., Ertekin, R. C., Hammack, J. L, Valentine, D. T., and Yeung , R. W., Editors, Special Issue on Ocean Engineering, Journal of Offshore
Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, vol. 125, no. 1, 79 pp, February 2003.

Yeung, R. W. and Hamilton, J. A., "A Spectral-Shell Solution for Viscous Wave-Body Interaction", Proceedings, 24th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, vol. 2, Fukuoka, Japan, July, 2002.

Hamilton, J. A. and Yeung, R. W., "A Perfectly Transparent Spectral Shell for Unsteady Wave-Body Interaction", with Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Oslo, Norway, June, 2002.

Yeung, R. W., "Fluid Dynamics of Finned Bodies - From VIV to FPSO", Plenary Lecture, Proceedings, 12th Conference of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, ISOPE 2002, Kitakyushu, Japan, Vol. 2, pp., 1-11, May, 2002.

Seah, R. K-M, Celano, T., and Yeung, R.W., "The Roll Decay of Floating Cylinders with Bilge Keels",  Proceedings, 17th Int’l Workshop of Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Cambridge, England, April, 2002.

Constantinides, Yiannis, "Vortex-Induced Vibrations (VIV) of Cylinders with Fins", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, March 21, 2002, 34 pp.

Yeung, R. W., Seah , R. K-M., and Constantinides, Y., "Roll Damping of Ship Sections with Bilge Keels", Report OEGG 02-1, Ocean Engineering Graduate Group, University of California at Berkeley, iii+50pp. February, 2002.

Yeung, R. W. and Liao, S.-W., "Investigation of the Mathieu Instability of Roll Motion by a Time-Domain Viscous-Fluid Method", Proceedings, 16th Int’l Workshop of Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Hiroshima, Japan, April, 2001.

Yeung, R. W. and Yu, X., "Three-Dimensional Free-Surface Flow with Viscosity -- A Spectral Solution", Hydrodynamics in Ship and Ocean Engineering, Special Volume in Honor of M. Ohkusu, RIAM, Kyushu University Publisher, Fukuoka, Japan, April, 2001, pp. 87-115.

Roddier, D. R., Liao, S.-W., and Yeung, R. W., "Wave-Induced Motion of Floating Cylinders Fitted with Bilge Keels", International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineers, vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 241-248, 2000.

Yeung, R. W. and Kim, J. W., "Effects of a Translating Load on a Floating Plate -- Structural Drag and Plate Deformation", Journal of Fluids and Structures, vol. 14, 2000, pp. 993-1011.

Yeung, R. W., Roddier, D. R., Alessandrini, L., Gentaz, L, & Liao, S.W., "On Roll Hydrodynamics of  Cylinders Fitted with Bilge Keels", Proceedings, 23rd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Val de Reuil, France, September, 2000.

Roddier, D. R.,  Liao, S.-W., and Yeung, R. W., "On Freely-Floating Cylinders Fitted with Bilge Keels", Proceedings, 10th International Conference of Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, Seattle, USA, May 2000.

Hamilton, J. A. and Yeung, R. W. "Nonlinear Motion of a Submerged Body in Waves", Proceedings, 15th Int’l Workshop of Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Caesarea, Israel, February, 2000.

Yeung, R. W. and Liao, S.-W., "Time-Domain Solution of Freely-Floating Cylinders in a Viscous Fluid", Proceedings, 9th International Conference of Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, vol. III, pp. 454-462, Brest, France, May 1999.

Yeung, R. W. and Newman, J. N., Special Issue on Ocean Mechanics, Editors, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Editors, vol. 35, no.1-2,  250 pp, 1999.

Yeung R. W., "Special Issue on Ocean Mechanics - and a Dedication to Sir James Lighthill", Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 35,  no. 1-2, pp. 1-4, 1999.

Yeung R. W. and Liao, S.-W., "Interaction of Regular and Extreme Waves with Submerged Cylinders", Proceedings, 14th Int’l Workshop of Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Port Huron, Michigan, April, 1999.

Yeung, R. W. and Nguyen, T. C., "Waves Generated by a Moving Source in a Two-Layer Ocean of Finite Depth", Journal of Engineering Math., vol., 34, no. 5, 1999.

Yeung, R. W. and Kim, J. W., "Structural Drag and Deformation of a Moving Load on a Floating Plate", Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Hydroelasticity in Marine Technology, Fukuoka, Japan, December, 1998.

Yeung, R. W., Liao, S.-W., and Roddier, D., "Hydrodynamic Coefficients of Rolling Rectangular Cylinders", Int'l Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineers, vol. 8, no. 4., pp. 241-250, 1998.

Yeung, R. W. and Nguyen, T. C., "Radiation and Diffraction of Waves in a Two-Layer Fluid", Proceedings, 22nd Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Washington, DC, August, 1998.

Roddier, R. D. and Liao, S.-W.., "Generation of Plunging Breakers - Laboratory and Numerical Simulations", Report OEGG98-1, Ocean Engineering Graduate Group, University of California at Berkeley, July, 1998, 29 pp.

Yeung, R. W., Liao, S.-W., and Roddier, D., "On Roll Hydrodynamics of Rectangular Cylinders", Proceedings, 8th Int'l Conference of Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, vol. III, pp 445-453, Montreal, 1998.

Liao, S.-W., and Roddier, D., "Simulation of Breaking Waves - Theory and Experiments", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, April, 1998, 22 pp.

Yeung R. W. and C. Cermelli, "Vortical Flow Generated by a Rolling Plate in a Free Surface", Chapter One in Advances in Fluid Mechanics, Computational Mechanics Publisher, pp. 1-35, 1998.

Yeung R. W. and Nguyen, T. "Steady Waves Systems in a Two-Layer Fluid of Finite Depth", Proceedings, 12th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Marseille, France, March 1997.

Fotsch, A. R., "Inertia and Damping of Plates and Blocks in Finite-Depth Water", Graduate Student Paper, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, April 10, 1997, 31 pp.

Hamilton, J. A. and Yeung, R. W., "Shell-Function Solutions for Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Body-Motion Problems", Schiffstechnik, Band 44, No. 1, pp. 62-70, 1997.

Yeung R. W. and P. Ananthakrishnan,"Viscosity and Surface-Tension Effects on Wave Generation by Translating Bodies", Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vo. 32, 257-280, 1997.

Yeung, R. W., Cermelli C., and Liao, S.-W., "Vorticity Fields Due to Rolling Bodies in a Free Surface - Experiment and Theory", Proceedings, 21st Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Trondheim, Norway, June, 1996.

Yeung, R.W., "3-D Interaction of Surface Waves with a Cylinder in a Viscous Fluid", Proceedings, International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics - 96, Hamburg, Germany, July, 1995.

Yeung, R. W. and Yu, X., "Unsteady Waves Near a Circular Cylinder in a Viscous Fluid", Proceedings, 10th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Oxford, England, April, 1995.

Yeung, R. W. and Yu, X., "Wave-Structure Interaction in a Viscous Fluid", Proceedings, 14th Int'l Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering (OMAE) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 1995.

Yu, X. and Yeung, R. W., "Interaction of Transient Waves with a Circular Surface-Piercing Body", ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, vol. 11, 99. 382-388, 1995.

Yeung, R. W. and Vaidhyanathan, M. "Highly Separated Flows Near a Free Surface", Proceedings, International Conference on Hydrodynamics, Wuxi, China, October, 1994.

Yeung, R. W. and Yu, X. "Three-Dimensional Flow Around a Surface-Piercing Body", Proceedings, 20th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Santa Barbara, California, August, 1994.

Ananthakrishnan P. and Yeung, R. W., "Free-Surface and Submerged-Body Interactions in a Viscous Fluid", Symposium on Vorticity and Free-Surface Interactions, Proceedings, 12th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Seattle, Washington, June, 1994.

Vaidhyanathan, M. and Yeung, R. W., "Wave Effects on Separated Flow About a Body in a Free Surface", Symposium on Vorticity and Free-Surface Interactions, Proceedings, 12th U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Seattle, Washington, June, 1994.

Ananthakrishnan P, and Yeung R. W., "Nonlinear Interaction of a Vortex Pair with Clean and Surfactant-covered Free Surfaces", Wave Motion, vol. 19, pp. 343-365, 1994.

Hamilton, J. A., "Shell Functions Methodology for Unsteady Hydrodynamics", Graduate Student Paper,  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Northern California Section, April 26, 1994, 24 pp.

Yeung, R. W. and Yu, X., "Transient Waves Near a Circular Cylinder in Closed and Open Domains", with, Proceedings, 9th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, April, 1994.

Ananthakrishnan, P. and Yeung, R. W., "Axisymmetric Swirling Flow Near a Free Surface", Proceedings, ONR Workshop on Free-Surface Turbulence Flows, Pasadena, CA, February 1994.

Yeung, R. W. and Vaidhyanathan, M., "Flow Past Oscillating Bodies", ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, vol. 115, pp. 197-205,1993.

Yeung, R. W., Yu, X. and Ananthakrishnan, P., "Interaction of Surface Waves with a Surface-Piercing Structure", Rept. NAOE 93-1, Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, August, 1993.

Yu, X., "Interaction of Transient Waves with a Circular Surface-Piercing Structure" ASME, Division of Ocean Engineering, Best Student Project Competition, August, 1993.

Yeung, R. W. and Vaidhyanathan, M. ,"Flow Past Oscillating Bodies", with M. Vaidhyanathan, Proceedings, 12th International Offshore Mech. and Arctic Engineering (OMAE) Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, June, 1993.

Yeung, R. W., Sphaier, S. H., and M. Vaidhyanathan, M., "Unsteady Flows About Bluff Cylinders", International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, vol. 3, no. 2, pp 81-92, 1993.

Yeung, R. W. and Cermelli, C.. "Shell Functions: A Methodology to Compute Time-Dependent Free-Surface Flows", Proceedings, 8th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, St. John's, Newfoundland, May 1993.

Yeung, R. W. and Ananthakrishnan, P., "Vortical Flows With and Without a Surface-Piercing Body", Proceedings, 19th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Seoul, South Korea, August 1992.

Yeung, R. W. "Nonlinear Diffraction of Surface Waves over a Submerged Cylinder", Proceedings, 5th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics, Taejon, South Korea, August 1992.

Yeung, R. W. and Vaidhyanathan, M., "Unsteady Separated Flows About Blunt Bodies", Proceedings, International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineering, San Francisco, June, 1992.

Yeung, R. W. and Ananthakrishnan, P. "Oscillation of a Slightly Submerged Cylinder in a Viscous Fluid", Proceedings, 7th Int. Workshop on Water Waves & Floating Bodies, Val de Reuil, France, May 1992.

Yeung, R. W. and Vaidhyanathan, M., "Non-linear Interaction of Water Waves with Submerged Obstacles", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 14, pp. 1111-1130, 1992.

Yeung, R. W. and Ananthakrishnan, P., "Oscillation of a Floating Body in a Viscous Fluid", Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 26, pp. 211-230, 1992.

Yeung, R. W. and Wu, C.-F., "Viscosity Effects on the Radiation Hydrodynamics of Horizontal Cylinders", Journal of Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering, vol 113, pp. 334-343, 1991; see also Proceedings, 10th Conference. Offshore. Mech. & Arctic Engineering., Stavanger, Norway, 1991.

Yeung, R. W. and Chau, F. P., "Motion of a Barge in Regular and Irregular Waves", Report NAOE 91-1, Dept of Naval Architecture & Offshore Engineering, Univ. of California, Berkeley, June, 1991

Yeung, R. W., "Nonlinear Bow and Stern Waves - Inviscid and Viscous Solutions", Chapter 26, Mathematical Approaches in Hydrodynamics, SIAM publisher, May, 1991.

Yeung, R. W. and Ananthakrishnan, P., "Large-Amplitude Oscillation of Two-dimensional bodies in a Viscous Fluid with a Free Surface", Proceedings, 6th Int'l Workshop on Water Waves & Floating Bodies, Woods Hole, Mass, April, 1991.

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