Solomon C. Yim

Solomon C. Yim is a Professor of civil and construction engineering, Oregon State University. He is the Principle Investigator of the National Science Foundation (NSF), George E. Brown Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES), Tsunami Research Facility for Construction (2000–2004), Operations and Maintenance (since 2004). He obtained his B.S degree in civil engineering from Rice University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in structural engineering, mechanics, and materials, and M.A. degree in mathematics on computational fluid dynamics from the University of California, Berkeley. His research activities involve computational and experimental structural-fluid-sediment mechanics with applications in naval, ocean, and offshore engineering, with recent focuses on multiphysics contact/impact problems using boundary element methods for potential flow, particle finite-element methods for turbulent flow, smoothed particle hydrodynamic methods for sediment transport, finite-element methods for solids, and domain decomposition methods for coupling the various physical phenomena. He was the Director of Transportation Research Institute at OSU; a Visiting Associate Professor at UC Berkeley; and a Senior Research Engineer at Exxon Production Research Company. He is the current Editor of the ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, and also serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the ASCE Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, the ASME Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, and the International Journal of Ocean Engineering. His professional recognitions include Office of Naval Research Young Investigator; US Navy/ASEE Senior Faculty Research Fellow; Norwegian Research Council Senior Visiting Research Scientist; and US-Japan Natural Resources Panel Task Committee on Storm Surge and Tsunamis Cochair. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering and the NSF NEES Consortium.

Biography Updated on 1 April 2008

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Global and Local Nonlinear System Responses under Narrowband Random Excitations. I: Semianalytical Method
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 133, no. 1, p. 22, 2007
  2. Global and Local Nonlinear System Responses under Narrowband Random Excitations. II: Prediction, Simulation, and Comparison
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 133, no. 1, p. 30, 2007
  3. Lessons from Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge on Bridges and Buildings
    Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, vol. 133, no. 6, p. 463, 2007
  4. FNPF Analysis of Stochastic Experimental Fluid-Structure Interaction Systems
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 129, no. 1, p. 9, 2007
  5. Stochastic Control of Sensitive Nonlinear Motions of an Ocean Mooring System
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 129, no. 1, p. 29, 2007
  6. A Risk-based Global Coordination System in a Distributed Product Development Environment for Collaborative Design, Part I, Framework
    Concurrent Engineering, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 357–368, 2007
  7. A Risk-based Global Coordination System in a Distributed Product Development Environment for Collaborative Design, Part II, Application
    Concurrent Engineering, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 369–380, 2007
  8. An Independent-Flow-Field Model for a SDOF Nonlinear Structural System–Part I: Identification and Comparisons
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 128, no. 1, p. 17, 2006
  9. An Independent-Flow-Field Model for a SDOF Nonlinear Structural System–Part II: Analysis of Complex Responses
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 128, no. 1, p. 23, 2006
  10. Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of a FRP-Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Bridge
    Journal of Bridge Engineering, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 21, 2006
  11. Coupled Surge-Heave Motions of a Moored System. I: Model Calibration and Parametric Study
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 132, no. 6, p. 671, 2006
  12. Coupled Surge-Heave Motions of a Moored System. II: Stochastic Analysis and Simulations
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 132, no. 6, p. 681, 2006
  13. Numerical modeling of submarine mass-movement generated waves using RANS model
    Computers & Geosciences, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 927–935, 2006
  14. Coupled Nonlinear Barge Motions, Part I: Deterministic Models Development, Identification and Calibration
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 127, no. 1, p. 1, 2005
  15. Coupled Nonlinear Barge Motions, Part II: Stochastic Models and Stability Analysis
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 127, no. 2, p. 83, 2005
  16. Nonlinear Model for Sub- and Superharmonic Motions of a MDOF Moored Structure, Part 2—Sensitivity Analysis and Comparison
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 127, no. 4, p. 291, 2005
  17. Nonlinear Model for Sub- and Superharmonic Motions of a MDOF Moored Structure, Part 1—System Identification
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 127, no. 4, p. 283, 2005
  18. Implications of the Observed Seismic Performance of a Pile-Supported Wharf for Numerical Modeling
    Earthquake Spectra, vol. 21, no. 3, p. 617, 2005
  19. Assessment and Risk Ranking of Conventionally Reinforced Concrete Bridges for Shear
    Transportation Research Record, vol. 1928, no. 1, pp. 110–117, 2005
  20. Modeling and Identification of a Nonlinear SDOF Moored Structure, Part 2—Comparisons and Sensitivity Study
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 126, no. 2, p. 183, 2004
  21. Modeling and Identification of a Nonlinear SDOF Moored Structure, Part 1—Hydrodynamic Models and Algorithms
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 126, no. 2, p. 175, 2004
  22. Stochastic Analysis of a Single-Degree-of-Freedom Nonlinear Experimental Moored System Using an Independent-Flow-Field Model
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 130, no. 2, p. 161, 2004
  23. Chaotic rocking behavior of freestanding objects with sliding motion
    Journal of Sound and Vibration, vol. 262, no. 5, pp. 1091–1112, 2003
  24. Unified Analysis of Complex Nonlinear Motions via Densities
    Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 103–127, 2001
  25. Noisy Nonlinear Motions of Moored System. II: Experimental Study
    Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, vol. 126, no. 3, p. 113, 2000
  26. Large angular motions of tethered surface buoys
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 1345–1371, 2000
  27. Seismic response of rotating machines-structure-RFBI systems
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 213–240, 2000
  28. Experimental investigation of response stability and transition behaviour of a nonlinear ocean structural system
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 25, no. 4-5, pp. 323–343, 1998
  29. Experimental Calibration of Bifurcation Superstructure of Nonlinear System
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 124, no. 4, p. 471, 1998
  30. Analysis of Bifurcated Superstructure of Nonlinear Ocean System
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 123, no. 11, p. 1180, 1997
  31. Noisy Nonlinear Motions of Moored System. Part I: Analysis and Simulations
    Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, vol. 123, no. 5, p. 287, 1997
  32. Control of noisy chaotic motion in a system with nonlinear excitation and restoring forces
    Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 290, 1997
  33. Coupled dynamics of tethered buoy systems
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 445–464, 1997
  34. Nonlinear dynamics of a coupled surge-heave small-body ocean mooring system
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 479–495, 1997
  35. Deterministic and stochastic analyses of chaotic and overturning responses of a slender rocking object
    Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 83–106, 1996
  36. Stochastic Response of Offshore Structures Excited by Drag Forces
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 122, no. 5, p. 442, 1996
  37. Nonlinear Rocking Motions. I: Chaos under Noisy Periodic Excitations
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 122, no. 8, p. 719, 1996
  38. Nonlinear Rocking Motions. II: Overturning under Random Excitations
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 122, no. 8, p. 728, 1996
  39. Parameter Identification of Nonlinear Ocean Mooring Systems Using the Hilbert Transform
    Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 118, no. 1, p. 29, 1996
  40. Experimental and numerical investigations of tethered spar and sphere buoys in irregular waves
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 765–784, 1995
  41. Chaotic roll motion and capsize of ships under periodic excitation with random noise
    Applied Ocean Research, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 185–204, 1995
  42. Drag-induced instabilities and chaos in mooring systems
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 569–599, 1993
  43. Nonlinear oscillations, bifurcations and chaos in a multi-point mooring system with a geometric nonlinearity
    Applied Ocean Research, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 241–257, 1992
  44. Practical methods of extreme value estimation based on measured time series for ocean systems
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 219–238, 1992
  45. Chaotic behavior and stability of free-standing offshore equipment
    Ocean Engineering, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 225–250, 1991
  46. Nonlinear Impact and Chaotic Response of Slender Rocking Objects
    Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 117, no. 9, p. 2079, 1991
  47. Earthquake response of structures with partial uplift on winkler foundation
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 263–281, 1984
  48. Rocking response of rigid blocks to earthquakes
    Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 565–587, 1980