Welcome to the Marine Mechanics Lab

Prof. R. W. Yeung
Research

Research Interests

Hydromechanics, mathematical modeling, numerical fluid mechanics, offshore mechanics, separated flows, wave-vorticity interaction, ship hydrodynamics, wave drift, two-layer fluid, internal waves, hydroelastic structures, roll damping, vortex-induced vibrations, finned-body fluid dynamics, high-speed hulls

Recent and Current Research Entities

Predcitive Tool Integration in Ship Design (Office of Naval Research - NNRI)
Roll Damping of Tumblehome Hulls (NAVSEA and Analysis & Technology Inc.)
Hydrodynamic Masses of Tainter Gate Dams (CEC-International)
Separated Flows due to Large Ship Motions - Methodology & Validation (Office of Naval Research).
Resistance of a Special Performance Hull (Service to Industry)
Wave-Viscosity Interaction in Roll Motions (Office of Naval Research).
Studies in Hydrodynamics (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.).
Viscosity and Wave Interaction in Nonlinear Roll (Office of Naval Research).
Nonlinear Wave-body Flow Mechanics (Office of Naval Research).
Offshore Platform Hydrodynamics (Chevron, USA, Inc.).
Barge Motion in Waves (Lockheed Space & Missiles Co.).
Viscous Wave-Structure Interaction in Marine Mechanics (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory).

Special Facility: Computational Marine Mechanics Lab