C. C. David Tung
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Professor Emeritus of Civil EngineeringStructural Engineering and Mechanics Office: 300 Mann Hall |
Research Interests
Structures, earthquake engineering, ocean engineering, water waves.
Education
- PhD, Engineering & Structural Mechanics, University of California, Berkeley, 1964
- MS, Structural Mechanics, University of California, Berkeley, 1961
- BS, Civil Engineering, Tung Chi University, China, 1953
- Civil Engineering, Chiao Tung University, Shanghai, China, 1952
Representative Publications
Huang, N.E. et. al. (1998) "The Empirical Mode Decomposition and the Hilbert Spectrum for Nonlinear Nonstationary Time Series Analysis," Philosophical Transaction of Royal Society of London, Vol. A454, pp. 1-93.
Shyu, Jinn-Hwa and Tung, C.C. (1999) "Analytical Solutions of the Wave Reflection Phenomenon by Current and Their Application to Numerical Computations," J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 396, pp. 143-182.
Shao,Y. and Tung,C.C. (1999) "Seismic Response of Unanchored Bodies," Earthquake Spectra,15(3), 523-536.
Aydin, K. and Tung,C.C. (2001) "Energy Balance Equation for Estimating Overturning Potential of An Unanchored Rocking Body," Earthquake Spectra,17(2), 209-222.
Tung,C.C. (2005) "Criteria for Initiation of Motion of Rigid Bodies to Base Excitation," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 34, 1343-1350.
Tung,C.C.(2007) "Initiation of Motion of a Free-standing Body to Base Excitation," Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 36,1431-1439.
Tung, C.C.(2007) "Behavior of a Caisson Subjected to a Horizontal Breaking Wave Force, J. Engineering Mechanics," ASCE, 133(12), 1302-1310.
Professional Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Academy of Mechanics
Chi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi
International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineering



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