Selected Faculty Publications

Robert F. Beck

1. "Numerical Aspects of the Neumann-Kelvin Problem," (with L.J. Doctors), Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 1-13, March 1987.
2. "Time-Domain Analysis for Predicting Ship Motions," (with A. Magee), Developments in Marine Technology 7: Dynamics of Marine Vehicles and Structures in Waves, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, 1991.
3. "A Three-Dimensional Desingularized Boundary Integral Method for Potential Problems," (with Y. Cao and W. Schultz), International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 11, 1991.
4. "Numerical Computations of Two-Dimensional Solitary Waves Generated by Moving Disturbances," (with Y. Cao and W. Schultz), International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 17, pp. 905-920, 1993.
5. "Time-Domain Computations for Floating Bodies," Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 16, pp. 267-282, 1994.
6. "Nonlinear Ship Motion Computations Using the Desingularized Method," (with Y. Cao, S. Scorpio, and W.W. Schultz), Proceedings 20th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, University of California at Santa Barbara, August 1994.
7. "A Multipole Accelerated Desingularized Method for Computing Nonlinear Wave Forces on Bodies," (with S. Scorpio), 15th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Florence, Italy, June 1996.
8. "Nonlinear Water Wave Computations Using a Multipole Accelerated, Desingularized Method," (with S. Scorpio and T. Korsmeyer), 21st Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway, June 1996.
9. "Geometric Modeling for Fully-Nonlinear Ship-Wave Interactions," (M.S. Celebi), Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 17-25, March 1997.
10. "Two-Dimensional Inviscid Transom Stern Flow," (with S. Scorpio), 12th Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Carry-le-Rouet, France, March 1997.

Klaus-Peter Beier

1. "Multiple Graphics Workstations for CAD," Ship Technology Research , Vol. 37, No. 4, 1990.
2. "Global Contact Dynamics of an Ice-Structure Interaction Model," (with D.G. Karr and A.W. Troesch), International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1992.
3. "LaGrangian Velocity Profiles in the Wake of a High Speed Vessel," (with L. Meadows, G. Meadows, A.W. Troesch, S. Cohen, G. Root, O. Griffin, T. Swean), Ocean Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 2, 1994.
4. "The Highlight Band, a Simplified Reflection Model for Interactive Smoothness Evaluation," (with Y. Chen), chapter in Designing Fair Curves and Surfaces, N. Sapidis (ed.), SIAM, 1994.
5. "Virtual Reality in Design and Manufacturing," Proceeding Convergence '94, SAE, October 1994.
6. "Direct Highlight Line Modifications on NURBS Surfaces," (with Y. Chen and D. Papageorgiou), Computer Aided Geometric Design, accepted for publication, August 1996.


Harry Benford

- Presentations at Meetings and Symposia

"Assessing the Economics of Ice Navigation -- The Great Lakes as a Case Study," Western European Graduate Education in Marine Technology, Helsinki, Finland, March 1983.
"The Role of Economics in Ship Design for Fuel Economy," Western European Graduate Education in Marine Technology," Gothenburg, Sweden, September 1983.
"Ships' Capital Costs: The Approaches of Economists, Naval Architects and Business Managers," Ships' Costs Conference, Cardiff, Wales, September 1984.
"Ocean Transport -- The Decade Past and the Decade Ahead," Society of Naval Architects and Shipbuilding Technicians, Rijeka, Yugoslavia, March 1985.
"On Placing our Bets for Survival: Priorities for Attempting Change in Maritime Transport," Fourth International Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Conference, Helsinki, Finland, September 1986.
"Integrating Ship Operations and Management for Best Economics," keynote address for SNAME 1987 Ship Operations, Management and Economics Symposium, New York City, September 1987.
"Manning the Ships of Developed Countries: An Alternative Approach," Bicentennial Maritime Symposium, Sydney, Australia, January 1988.
"Nurturing Creativity and Expediting Innovation in the Marine Industry," Third Annual Chua Chor Teck Memorial Lecture, Singapore, 1989.

- Selected Publications

1. "Naval Manning Trends in Northern Europe, Implications for American Shipowners and Naval Architects," Trans. SNAME, 1984.
2. "A Get-Well Recipe for European Shipbuilders," Maritime Policy and Management (British), Vol. 12, No. 2, April-June 1985.
3. "Samuel Plimsoll: His Book and His Mark," Seaway Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, Jan-March 1986.
4. "A Naval Architect's Guide to Practical Economics," Report No. 319, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, 1991.
5. Naval Architecture for Non-Naval Architects, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Jersey City, NJ, 1991.
6. A Half-Century of Maritime Technology, (ed.), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Jersey City, NJ, 1993.

Michael M. Bernitsas

1. "Hydrodynamic Memory Effect on Stability, Bifurcation, and Chaos of Two Point Mooring Systems," (with J.S. Chung), Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 26-44, March 1997.
2. "Effect of Mooring Line Arrangement on the Dynamics of Spread Mooring Systems," (with L.O. Garza-Rios), Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME Transactions, Vol. 118, No. 1, pp. 7-20, February 1996.
3. "Structural Model Correlation Using Large Admissible Perturbations in Cognate Space," (with R.L. Tawekal), Journal of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Vol. 29, No. 12, pp. 2222-2232, December 1991.
4. "Redesign of Plates by Large Admissible Perturbations," (with C.W. Rim), Journal of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 1021-1028, May 1994.
5. "Nonlinear Three-Dimensional Dynamic Analysis of Marine Risers," (with J.E. Kokarakis), Journal of Energy Resources Technology, ASME Transactions, Vol. 109, No. 3, pp. 105-111, September 1987.
6. "Static, Dynamic and Eigen Analysis of Non-Integral Production Risers," (with N. Vlahopoulos), Journal of Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 144-154, July 1988.
7. "Forces and Moments on a Small Body Moving in a 3-D Unsteady Flow," (with L. Foulhoux), ASME Transactions, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 91-104, May 1993.

Howard M. Bunch

1. Ship Production, Cornell Maritime Press, [LC86-47715; ISBNO-87033-357.7], 512 pp., (co-author), 1988.
2. "A Study of the Construction Planning and Manpower Schedules for Building the Multi-Purpose Mobilization Ship, PD214, in a Shipyard of the People's Republic of China," Journal of Ship Production, November 1988.
3. "Comparison of the Construction Planning and Manpower Schedules for Building the PD214 Ship in a U.S. Shipyard and in a Japanese Shipyard," Journal of Ship Production, February 1987.
4. "A Study of the Construction Planning and Manpower Schedules for Building the Multi-Purpose Mobilization Ship, PD214, in a Shipyard of the People's Republic of China," SNAME Ship Production Symposium, New Orleans, 1987.
5. "Comparison of the Construction Planning and Manpower Schedule for Building the PD214 General Mobilization Ship in a U.S. Shipyard and in a Japanese Shipyard," SNAME Ship Production Symposium, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 27-28, 1986.
6. "A Study of the Cause of Man-Hour Variance of Naval Shipyard Work Standards," Journal of Ship Production, November 1990.
7. "Journal of Ship Production: The Beginning," Journal of Ship Production, Vol. 1, Issue 1, February 1985.

Movses J. Kaldjian

1. Interactive and Data Mode Preprocessor for SAP, Structural Mechanics Software Series I, The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, pp. 227-273, (edited by N. Perrone and W.D. Pilkey), 1977.
2. "Ice Strengthening of Great Lakes Ore Carriers: A Computer-Aided Analysis," Journal of Marine Technology, pp. 264-269, July 1973.
3. "Ice Strengthening of Ship Hulls Using Steel, Ferrocement or Reinforced Concrete," Report to the Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration Contract No. 1-35487, University of Michigan, Department of Naval Architecture.
4. "Ferrocement-Steel Plate Composite Beams," (with Kahn and Townsend), Journal of American Concrete Institute, March 1975.
5. "Interactive Data Preprocessor Program for Michigan SAP (MSAP)," Journal of Computer and Structure, Vol. 6, No. 4/5, August-October 1976.
6. "Three Dimensional Interactive Graphic Display Program for Michigan SAP (MSAP)," Journal of Computers and Structures, Vol. 7, No. 2, April 1977.
7. "Efficiency of Bolt Connected Reinforced Concrete Shear Panels to Strengthen Building Structures," (with O. Yuzugulla), Proceedings of the First Conference on Concrete Technology for Developing Countries, Yarmouk University, Amman, October 1983.
8. "Modeling and Analysis of Bias-Ply Motorcycle Tires," (with Y. Watanabe), Journal of Computer and Structures, Vol. 17, No. 5-7, pp. 653-658, 1983.
9. "Deflections of Great Lakes Ore Carrier Hull Structure by Finite Element Analysis," (with Woodward and Reid), Journal of Marine Technology, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 160-169, April 1984.
10. "Ice-Sheet Failure Against Incline and Conical Surfaces," Journal of Computers and Structures, Vol. 26, No. 1/2, pp. 145-152, June 1987.
11. "Stress-Deformation Response of Geotextile Reinforced Granular Structures", (with D. Gray, and C. Wu), Geosynthetics, 1989.
12. "Interactive Preprocessors for SAP IV, NASTRAN, and ADINA in the Teaching Environment," Journal of Computers and Structures, MS 579 Compendium, 1989.
13. "Finite Element Analysis of Masonary Prisms," (with F. Afshari), Journal of American Concrete Institute, Materials Journal, Vol. 86, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1989.
14. "Ice Loads on Offshore Structures of Various Waterline Geometry," Proceedings International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions (POAC), Lulea, Sweden, June 12-16, 1989.

Dale G. Karr

1. "Compresive Failure of Microcracked Purous Brittle Solids," (with S.A. Wimmer), Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 22, pp. 265-277, 1996.
2. "Microcrack Induced Bifurcation of Stress-Strain Relations for Sintered Materials," Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Materials Processing Defects, Cachan, France, 1997.
3. "Shape and Topology Structural Redesign by Large Admissible Perturbations," (with M.M. Bernitsas, D. Suryatama, and B. Kang), Proceedings of the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, Austin, Texas, pp. 285-292, September 1994.
4. "Shear Band Initiation of Brittle Damage Materials," (with X. Sun and S.A. Wimmer), International Journal of Damage Mechanics, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 403-421, October 1996.
5. "Brittle Compressive Failure of Microcracked Ice", (with S.A. Wimmer), Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Florence, Italy, June 16-20, 1996.
6. "Damage Evolution During Impact of an Ice Bar with Lateral Confinement," (with X. Sun), International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 23-31, 1995.
7. "Some Effects of Threshold Singularities on a Dynamical System with Intermittent Contact and Breakage," (with A.W. Troesch and R. Levi), Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 185, No. 4, pp. 609-625, 1995.
8. "Failure Analysis of Inertia Driven Edge-Loaded Circular Disks," (with S.K. Choi and T. Wierzbicki), ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, to appear, 1996.
9. "A Combined Analytical and Numerical Approach for the Solution of an Edge Loaded Semi-Infinite Elastic Sheet," (with S. Xin and C. Han), Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, Irvine, California, 1996.

Thomas Lamb

1. Engineering for Ship Production, National Shipbuilding Research Program, 1986.
2. "Group Technology in Shipbuilding," Proceedings Gulf Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, April 1986.
3. "Organization Theory and Shipbuilding -- A Brief Overview," Marine Technology, April 1992.
4. "Shell Plate Development -- Is There a Problem or Not?" Proceedings National Shipbuilding Research Program Symposium, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1993.
5. "Technology Survey of U.S. Shipyards," Proceedings Ship Production Symposium, Seattle, Washington, 1995.
6. "Build Strategy Development," Proceedings Ship Production Symposium, Seattle, Washington, 1995.
7. "Concurrent Engineering: Application and Implementation for U.S. Shipbuilding," Proceedings Ship Production Symposium, Seattle, Washington, 1995.
8. "A Review of Technology, Development, Implementation, and Strategies for Further Improvement in U.S. Shipbuilding," (with A. Allan, J. Clark, and G.R. Smith), Transactions, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Washington, DC, 1995.
9. "CE or not CE. That is the Question," Proceedings Ship Production Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997.

David R. Lyzenga

1. "Microwave Techniques for Measuring Directional Wave Spectra," (with F.C. Jackson), Chapter 14, Surface Waves and Fluxes, ed. by G.L. Geernaert and W.J. Plant, Kluwer Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1990.
2. "Estimation of Ocean Wave Spectra Using Two-Antenna SAR Systems," (with J.R. Bennett), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, pp. 463-465, 1991.
3. "Interaction of Short Surface and Electromagnetic Waves with Ocean Fronts," Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 96, pp. 10765-10772, 1991.
4. "In Situ Measurements of Capillary-Gravity Wave Spectra Using a Scanning Laser Slope Gauge and Microwave Radars," (with T. Hara and E.J. Bock), Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 99, pp. 12593-12602,1994.
5. "Measurement of Optical Properties in the Delaware Estuary," (with M. Wang and V. Klemas), Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 12, pp. 211-228, 1996.
6. "Radar Backscatter and Surface Roughness Measurements for Stationary Breaking Waves," (with D.T. Walker, E.A. Ericson, and D.E. Lund), Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series A, Vol. 452, pp. 1953-1984, 1996.
7. "Numerical Calculations of Radar Scattering from Sharply Peaked Ocean Waves," (with E.A. Ericson), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, in press, 1997.
8. "Measurement of Surface Currents Using Sequential SAR Images of Slick Patterns Near the Edge of the Gulf Stream," (with G.O. Marmorino), Journal of Geophysical Research, accepted for publication, 1997.

Guy A. Meadows

1. "The Use of Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery to Detect Hazards to Navigation," (with E.S. Kasischke and P.L. Jackson), Defense Mapping Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Washington, D.C., 1984.
2. "Suspended Sediment Concentrations Outside the Surf Zone, DUCK85," (with L. Weishar), Proceedings of Coastal Sediments '87, New Orleans, LA, 1987.
3. "An Intercomparison of Four Mixed Layer Models in a Shallow Inland Sea ," (with M.J. McCormick), Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 93, No. C6, pp. 6774-6778, June 1988.
4. "DARTS (Digital Automated Radar Tracking System) Applications to Tidal Inlet Hydrodynamic Studies," (with L. Meadows, L. Weishar and L. Fields), Proceedings of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics of Tidal Inlets, Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Vol. 29, pp. 169-185, 1988.
5. "The Effect of Wind on Transport and Circulation in Lake St. Clair," (with D. Schwab, A. Clites, C. Murthy, J. Sandall, and L. Meadows), Journal of Geophysical Reserch, Vol. 94, Chapter 4, pp. 4947-4958, April 1989.
6. "Estimation of a Moving Ship's Hull Shape from its Wave Spectrum," (with Z. Wu), IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, special IGARSS '92 issue, 1992.
7. "Vernal Thermal Flows in Large Lakes: A Case Study from Lake Michigan," Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol., Vol. 24, pp. 65-68, 1993.
8. "LaGrangian Velocity Profiles in the Wake of a High Speed Vessel," (with L. Meadows, A. Troesch, S. Cohen, K.P. Beier, G. Root, O. Griffin, and T. Swean), Ocean Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 221-242, February 1994.
9. "Ship Hull Characteristics from Surface Wave Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging," (with O. Griffin and H. Wong), Ocean Engineering, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 363-383, 1996.
10. "The Relationship Between Great Lakes Water Levels, Wave Energies and Shoreline Damage," (with L.A. Meadows, J.L. Wood, J.M. Hubertz, and M. Perlin), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 78, No. 4.
11. "A Model of the Thermal Bar Circulation in a Long Basin," (with M. Gbah, J. Jacobs, and A. Bratkovich), Journal of Geophysical Research, in revision, 1997.

Michael G. Parsons

1. "Design of the Great Lakes Ballast Technology Demonstration Project," (with A. Cangelosi, R. Harkins, T. Mackey, and D. Munro), Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Vol. 105, 1997.
2. "Improved Methods for Processing Position Information for Dynamic Positioning," (with S.H. Suh), Proceedings of the Texas Section of SNAME Annual Meeting on Station Keeping, February 1992; accepted for Journal of Ship Research.
3. "An Assessment of Fuzzy Logic Vessel Path Control," (with A. Chubb and Y. Cao), IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. 20, No. 4, October 1995.
4. "Forecasting Tanker Freight Rate Using Neural Networks," (with J. Li), Journal of Maritime Policy and Management, January 1997.
5. "The Use of Fuzzy Logic in Shipping and Shipbuilding Market Modeling, Analysis, and Forecasting," (with J. Li), Journal of Ship Production, May, 1996.
6. "Complete Design of Fuzzy Systems Using a Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm with Imbedded Constraints," (with J. Li), accepted for publication in the Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems.
7. "Time-Varying Lateral Motion of a Marine Shafting System Due to Propeller Excitation, (with Z. Karni), Proceedings of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineerings National Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, May 1987.
8. "Structural Reliability of Marine Diesel Engine Shafting Systems," (with E. Nikolaidis and A.N. Perakis), Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Vol. 93, 1985.


Anastassios N. Perakis

1. "Optimal Maintenance, Repair and Replacement for Great Lakes Marine Diesels," (with B. Inözü), special issue of the European Journal of Operations Research focusing on water transportation, Vol. 55, pp. 165-182, 1991.
2. "An Operational Tanker Scheduling Optimization System, Parts I and II," (with W.M. Bremer), Maritime Policy and Management, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 177-187 and 189-199, 1992.
3. "Level Crossing Probabilities for Multipath Acoustic Processes with Bimodal Spectra," (with D.V. Lyridis), Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 87, pp. 2122-2127, May 1990.
4. "Fleet Deployment Optimization for Liner Shipping, Parts I and II," (with D.I. Jaramillo) Maritime Policy and Management, Cardiff, Wales, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 183-200 and No. 4, pp. 235-262, 1991.
5. "Deterministic Minimal Time Vessel Weather Routing," (with N.A. Papadakis), Operations Research, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 426-438, May-June 1990.
6. "Statistical Assessment of the Stochastic Modeling of Torsional Vibratory Loads in Internal Combustion Engines," (with D.V. Lyridis and M.G. Parsons), Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 76-85, March 1995.
7. "Torsional Vibration Analysis of Diesel Engine Shafting Systems: A Structural Reliability Approach," (with E. Nikolaidis and M.G. Parsons), Chapter 3, Advanced Diesel Engineering and Operation, Ellis Harwood/Wiley, pp. 107-159, 1988.
8. "Probabilistic Torsional Vibration Analysis of a Marine Diesel Engine Shafting System: The Level Crossing Problem," (with E. Nikolaidis and M.G. Parsons), Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 56, pp. 953-959, December 1989.
9. "Structural Reliability Analysis of Marine Diesel Shafting Systems: An Equivalent Stationary Process Approach to the Level Crossing Problem," (with D.V. Lyridis and M.G. Parsons), Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 253-258, September 1994.

Marc Perlin

1. "The Velocity and Vorticity Fields Beneath Gravity-Capillary Waves Exhibiting Parasitic Ripples," (with H.J. Lin), Physics of Fluids, submitted.
2. "Unsteady Ripple Generation on Steep Gravity-Capillary Waves," (with L. Jiang, H.J. Lin and W.W. Schultz), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, submitted.
3. "Improved Methods for Thin Surface Boundary Layer Investigations," (with H.J. Lin), Experiments in Fluids, accepted.
4. "Period Tripling and Energy Dissipation of Breaking Standing Waves," (with L. Jiang and W.W. Schultz), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, submitted.
5. "Highly Nonlinear Standing Water Waves with Small Capillary Effect," (with W.W. Schultz, J.-M. Vanden-Broeck and L. Jiang), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, submitted.
6. "Moderate and Steep Faraday Waves: Instabilities, Modulation and Temporal Asymmetries," (with L. Jiang, C.-L. Ting, and W.W. Schultz), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 329, 275-307, 1996.
7. "An Experimental Study of Deep Water Plunging Breakers," (with L. Bernal and J. He), Physics of Fluids, accepted May 1996.
8. "Boundary Conditions in the Vicinity of the Contact Line at a Vertically Oscillating Upright Plate: An Experimental Investigation," (with C.-L. Ting), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 295, 1995.
9. "On Parasitic Capillary Waves Generated by Steep Gravity Waves: An Experimental Investigation with Spatial and Temporal Measurements," (with C.-L. Ting and H.J. Lin), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 255, 1993.
10. "Steep Gravity-Capillary Waves within the Internal Resonance Regime," (with C.-L. Ting), Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 11, November 1992.
11. "Experiments on Ripple Instabilities. Part 3: Resonant Quartets of the Benjamin-Feir Type," (with J.L. Hammack), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 229, 1991.
12. "Experiments on Ripple Instabilities. Part 2: Selective Amplification of Resonant Triads," (with D.M. Henderson and J.L. Hammack), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 219, 1990.

Armin W. Troesch

1. "Effects of Non-Linearities on Hull Springing," Marine Technolgy, Vol. 2, No. 4, October 1984.
2. "Streaming Flows Generated by High Frequency-Small Amplitude Oscillations of Arbitrarily Shaped Cylinders," (with S. Kim), Physics of Fluids A, Vol. 1, No. 6, June 1989.
3. "Global Contact Dynamics of an Ice-Structure Interaction Model," (with D.G. Karr and K.-P. Beier), International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering, September 1992.
4. "On the Hydrodynamics of Vertically Oscillating Planing Hulls," Journal of Ship Research, September 1992.
5. "Modern Nonlinear Dynamical Analysis of Vertical Plane Motion of Planing Hulls," (with J. Falzarano), Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 189-199, September 1993.
6. "The Efficient Use of Simulation in Planing Hull Motion Analysis," (with J.D. Hicks), Naval Engineers Journal, pp. 75-85, January 1994.
7. "Hydrodynamic Damping Estimation and Scaling for Tension Leg Platforms," (with K.P. Thiagarajan) Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 116, No. 2, May 1994.
8. "A Nonlinear Probabilistic Method for Predicting Vessel Capsizing," (with S-R. Hsieh and S. S. Shaw), Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Vol. 446, pp. 195-211, 1994.
9. "Risk Assessment of Small Fishing Vessel Trap Net Operations," (with T. Schauer, B. Romberg, and C. Jiang), Marine Technology, July 1995.
10. "A Vortex Lattice Method for High Speed Planing," (with C. Lai), Inter'l Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 22, 1996.
11. "Highly Nonlinear Rolling Motion of Biased Ships in Random Beam Seas," (with C. Jiang and S.S. Shaw), Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 40, No.2, June 1996.
12. "Effects of Appendages and Smal Currents on the Hydrodynamic Heave Damping of TLP Columns," (with K.P. Thiagarajan), Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering , to appear.

Nickolas Vlahopoulos

1. "Structural/Acoustic Sensitivity Analysis of a Structure Subjected to Stochastic Excitation," AIAA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 7, 2001, pp. 1270-1279.
2. "Noise Generated from a Flexible and Elastically supported Structure subject to Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow Excitation," accepted by Finite Elements in Analysis and Design.
3. "A Computational Acoustic Field Reconstruction Process based on an Indirect Boundary Element Formulation," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 108, No. 5, November 2000, pp. 2167-2178.
4. "An Investigation of Power Flow in the Mid-Frequency Range for Systems of Co-Linear Beams Based on a Hybrid Finite Element Formulation," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 242(3), 3 May 2001, pp. 445-473.
6. "A Hybrid Finite Element Formulation for Mid-Frequency Analysis of Systems with Excitation Applied on Short Members," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 237(2), October 19, 2000, pp. 181-202.
7. "An Energy Finite Element Optimization Process for Reducing High Frequency Vibration in Large Scale Structures," Journal of Finite Element Analysis and Design, Vol. 36, 2000, pp. 51-67.
8. "Damage Length Predictor for High Speed Craft," Marine Technology, Vol. 36, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 203-210.
9. "Optimized Alignment of a USCG Polar Class Icebreaker Wing Shaft Using a Distributed Bearing Finite Element Model," Marine Technology, Vol. 36, No. 4, Fall 1999, pp. 238-247.
10. "Integration of Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods for Calculating the Radiated Sound from a Randomly Excited Structure," Computers and Structures, Vol. 77, No. 2, 2000, pp. 155-169.
11. "A Basic Development of a Hybrid Finite Element Method for Mid-Frequency Computations of Structural Vibrations," AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 11, November 1999, pp. 1495-1505.
12. "An Approach for Evaluating Power Transfer Coefficients for Spot-Welded Joints in an Energy Finite Element Formulation," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 220, No. 1, 1999, pp.135-154.
13. "Numerical Implementation, Validation, and Marine Applications of an Energy Finite Element Formulation," Journal of Ship Research, Vol. 43, No. 3, Sept. 1999, pp. 143-156.
14. "Development of an Equivalent Force Method and an Application in Simulating the Radiated Noise from an Operating Diesel Engine," Shock and Vibration Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3, 1999, pp. 113-123.
15. "A Coupling Algorithm for Structural-Acoustic Models with Unequal Discretization and Partially Interfacing Surfaces," Finite Element in Analysis and Design, Vol. 32, 1999, pp. 257-277.
16. "Computing the Noise Induced Vibration of an Expanding Nozzle of a Rocket Engine due to Acoustics Loads," AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 35, No. 3, May-June 1998, pp. 355-360.
17. "An Indirect Boundary Element Formulation for Multi-Valued Impedance Simulation in Structural Acoustics," Applied Mathematical Modeling, Vol. 22, 1998, pp. 379-393.
18. "Formulation, Implementation, and Validation of Multiple Connection and Free Edge Constraints in an Indirect Boundary Element Formulation," Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 210, No.1, 1998, pp. 137-152.
19. "Radiation Efficiency Calculations for Verification of Boundary Element Acoustic Codes," Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 44, No. 5, Sept./Oct. 1996, pp. 215-223.
20. "A Numerical Structure-Borne Noise Prediction Scheme Based on the Boundary Element Method, with a New Formulation for the Singular Integral," Computers and Structures, Vol. 50, No. 1, 1994, pp. 97-110.
21. M. J. Allen, N. Vlahopoulos, "Accounting for Manufacturing Variability in Interior Noise Computations," 2001 SAE Noise and Vibration Conference, SAE Paper No. 2001-01-1527.
22. "Development and Validation of a Computational Process for Pass-by Noise Simulation," 2001 SAE Noise and Vibration Conference, SAE Paper No. 2001-01-1561.
23. "Validation of the EFEA Method through Correlation with Conventional FEA and SEA Results," 2001 SAE Noise and Vibration Conference, SAE Paper No. 2001-01-1618.

John B. Woodward

- Selected Symposium Presentations

"Electric Power for Small Commercial Vessels," (co-author), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Spring Meeting, 1973.
"The Auxiliary Sailboat Engine Meets Lead-Free Gasoline," Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Great Lakes/Great Rivers Section Meeting, October 1985.
"Confrontations with Data: Some Examples for the Engineer," Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Great Lakes/Great Rivers Section Meeting, January 1981.
"The Titanic and Lusitania: A Final Forensic Analysis," (co-author), Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Chesapeake Section, March 2, 1995.
"RMS Titantic: An Engineer's Evaluation," Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Great Lakes/Great Rivers Section, Toledo, Ohio, January 1996.

- Selected Publications

1. Marine Gas Turbines, John Wiley & Sons, 1975.
2. Slow Speed Marine Diesel, John Wiley & Sons, 1981.
3. "Deflections of Hull and Propulsion Shafting for Great Lakes Ore Carriers," (co-author) Marine Technology, April 1984.
4. "Modeling of Diesel Engine Transient Behavior in Marine Propulsion Analysis," (co-author) Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1984.
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