Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Southern California
Dr. Yang's research interest lies in the fields of dynamics, vibrations, structures, controls, applied mechanics, and applied mathematics. He has undertaken various research projects on modelling, dynamic analysis, control, and failure analysis of complex mechanical systems including aircraft and vehicle structures, flexible robot arms, automobile brakes, weapon systems, cable-stayed long span bridges, distributed vibration dampers, intelligent vehicle/highway systems, information storage systems, and machines for material processing and manufacture. Those projects have been sponsored by various government and industrial funding agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Powell Foundation, the U.S. Army Research Office, Tektronix, Motorola, Caltrans, Structural Research & Analysis Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Hughes, and General Motor Company, Dr. Yang's research has resulted in over 60 journal publications.
Dr. Yang is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is currently an Associate Technical Editor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Yang, B., 1994, "Distributed Transfer Function Analysis of Complex Distributed Parameter Systems," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 61, No. 1, March, pp. 84-92.
Kang, M.S., and Yang, B., 1994, "Discrete Time Noncolocated Control of Flexible Mechanical Systems Using Time Delay," ASME Journal Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 116, No. 2, June, pp. 216-222.
Yang, B., 1995, "Modal Controllability and Observability of General Mechanical Systems," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 117, No. 4, October, pp. 510-515.
Yang, B., and Zhou, J., 1995, "Analysis of Ring-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 62, No. 4, December, pp. 1005-1014.
Zhou, J., and Yang, B., 1996, "Strip Distributed Transfer Function Method for the Analysis of Plates," International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 11, June, pp. 1915-1932.
Yang, B., 1996, "Integral Formulas for Non-Self-Adjoint Distributed Dynamic Systems," AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 10, October, pp. 2132-2139.