Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Partners with AIP

Already a prime source of applied physics research, AIP now publishes Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters on behalf of the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.
The new journal contains short, original articles in all areas of theoretical and applied mechanics, as well as in a broad range of engineering-related fields.

Prof. Yonggang Huang was Interviewed by CBS Radio News

Prof. Yonggang Huang, Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal, was interviewed by CBS Radio News. The news was broadcast at 3pm EST on 9/20. To listen, click here.

Two phenomena: Honji instability, and ringing of offshore structures

J. Grue

Honji instability and ringing of offshore structrures are two different phenomena. Honji instability occurs at a circular cylinder in transverse periodic finite motion in a water tank. It is superposed on the streaming flow induced by the cylinder's boundary layer. Its oscillation period is half of the period of the cylinder oscillation. Finite volume calculations of the filtered Navier-Stokes equations visualize the three-dimensional instability, where fluid particles transported by the circumferencial roll pairs exhibit a periodic mushroom-like pattern. Force is the same with and without the Honji instability.

Theor. Appl. Mech. Lett. 1, 062001 (2011)