Research
Whoever speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit. [Proverbs 12:17]
Research Areas - Chronological Orders (Current to Past)
1. Artificial Reefs
- Modeling: module, set, group, complex, canyon, and boundary conditions
- Flow characteristics: wake, turbulent, upwelling, temperature, salinity, and more
- Deployment: terminal velocity, impact, initial settlement, breakage, and washout
- Materials: concrete, reinforced concrete, steel, and more
- Structures: stress and displacement of ARs (with thin steel plates) under current and wave actions
- Design: settlement, slide, overturning, and more
2. Current Forces for Net Structures
- Modeling upstream and downstream effects: disturbance potential, and more
- Drag on multiple cylinders: two cylinders, five cylinders, and more
- Three dimensional net structures: modeling, net cages, cone structures, and more
3. Submarine Power Cables and Pipelines
- Stresses: tensile, compressible, and more
- Protecting mechanism: rock-berm, tunnel structures, and more
- Flow characteristics: wake, turbulent, and more
- Collision and dragging analysis under accidental loads such as anchor collision
4. Risers for deep seawater upwelling
- Large diameter risers for upwelling deep ocean water (DOW)
- Connections: composite, HDPE, steel, and more
- Flow characteristics: temperature, salinity, and more
5. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation
- Guided wave techniques using Lamb waves, cylindrical guided waves etc
- Damage detection in reinforced concrete beams and pipelines using the guided waves above
- Numerical simulation of elastic waves for NDT