Applied Mathematics and Other Miscellaneous

 

JOURNAL AND FULL-LENGTH CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

Okal, E.A., and C.E. Synolakis, 2003. Theoretical comparison of tsunamis from dislocations and landslides, Pure Appl. Geophys., 160, 2177-2188.

Okal, E.O. and Synolakis, C.E., 2003, A Theoretical Comparison of Tsunamis from Dislocations and Landslides, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 160, 10/11.

Liu, P.L-F., Lynett, P., Synolakis, C.E., 2003, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 478, 101 -109.

Okal, E.A., G. Plafker, C.E. Synolakis, and J.C. Borrero, Near-field survey of the 1946 Aleutian tsunami on Unimak and Sanak Islands, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer.,93, 1226-1234, 2003.

Bardet, J.-P., C.E. Synolakis, H.L. Davies, F. Imamura, and E.A. Okal, Landslide tsunamis: Recent findings and research directions, Pure Appl. Geophys., 160, 1793-1809, 2003.

Okal, E.A., J.C. Borrero, and C.E. Synolakis, The earthquake and tsunami of 17 November 1865: evidence for far-field tsunami hazard from Tonga, Geophys. J. Intl., submitted, 2003.

Okal, E.A., J.C. Borrero, and C.E. Synolakis, The earthquake and tsunami of 17 November 1865: evidence for far-field tsunami hazard from Tonga, Geophys. J. Intl., submitted, 2003.

Liu, P. L--F, Lynett, P., Synolakis, C.E., 2003, Analytical solutions for forced long waves on a sloping beach, Journal of Fluid Mechanics ,In press.

Okal, E.A., J.C. Borrero, and C.E Synolakis, Solving the puzzle of the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami: The case for a slump, in: Solutions to Coastal Disasters, Ed. by L. Wallendorf and L. Ewing, Amer. Soc. Civil Eng.,pp. 863-877, 2002.

Kanoglu, U. and Synolakis, C.E., 1998, Long wave runup on piecewise linear topographies, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 374, 1-28.

Titov, V.V. and Synolakis, C.E., 1998, Numerical modeling of tidal wave runup, Journal of Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, 124, (4), pp 157-171.

Kanoglu, U. and Synolakis, C.E., 1998, Long wave runup on piecewise linear topographies, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 374, 1-28.

- Kitto, A., Pirbazari, M., Badriyha B., Ravindran, V., Synolakis, C.E.,
1997,
Emissions of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds and
particulate matter from hot asphalts
, Environmental Technology, 18, pp. 121-138.

- Zhou Z. , Synolakis, C.E., Leahy, R.M., Song S.M., 1995, Calculation of 3-D Internal Displacement Fields form 3-D X-ray Computer Tomographic Images,
Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series A, 449, pp. 537-554.

- Synolakis, C.E., 1995, Tsunami Prediction. SCIENCE, 270, pp. 15-16. **

- Tadepalli, S. and Synolakis, C.E., 1994, Roots of $f(z)=J_n (z) \pm iJ_{n+1} (z)$
and the evaluation of integrals with cylindrical function kernels
. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, LII, (1), pp. 103-112.

- Titov V.V., 1994, The study of tsunamis, Hearing on The Tsunami Threat to California, California Seismic Safety Commission, Report #SSC-94-02, Sacramento, California, pp. 12-13.

- Brewell, B. D., Tegulapalle, M. , Chih-Ming Ho and Synolakis, C.E., 1993, Passive control of delta wing rock. Journal of Aircraft, AIAA, 30, (1), pp. 131-133.

- Liu, P.L.-F., Synolakis, C.E., Yeh, H., 1991, Impressions from the First International Workshop on Long Wave Runup. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 229, pp. 675-688. **

- Synolakis, C.E., 1991, Green's law and the evolution of solitary waves. Physics of Fluids A, 3, (3), pp. 490-492. **

- Synolakis, C.E., 1989, Discussion on Wave reflection and runup on rough slopes, by Kobayashi et al., Journal of Waterways, Ports and Coastal Engineering, ASCE, 115, (1) , pp. 139-143. **

- Synolakis, C.E. and Badeer, S.H., 1989, On combining the Bernoulli and the Poiseuille equations. American Journal of Physics, 57, (11), pp. 1013-1019.

- Badeer, S.H. and Synolakis, C.E., 1989, The Bernoulli and the Poiseuille equations. The Physics Teacher, APS, 30, pp. 598-601.

- Synolakis, C.E., 1988, On the roots of $f(z)=J_0(z)-iJ_1(z)$. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, XLVI, (1), pp. 105-108.

 

BOOKS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

Yalciner, E.C., Pelinofsky, E., Okal, E., Synolakis, C.E., 2003, Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis, Nato Sciences Series, In press.

 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

-Lynett, P., Liu, P.L--F., Synolakis, C.E., 2003 Numerical modeling of tsunami generation by subaerial and submerged landslides, in Submarine mass movements and their consequences, Advances in Natural Hazards, 19, Locat, J and Mienert J (Editors) , Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrect, 77-84.

-Borero, J.Yalciner., A.C., Kanoglu, U., Titov, V., McCarthy, D., Synolakis, C.E., 2003, Producing inundation maps : The California experience, 2003, in Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis, Yalciner, A.C. et al (Editors) Nato Sciences Series, In press, 315-326.

- Synolakis, C.E., 1999, Exact Solutions of the Shallow Water Wave Equations, Advances in Coastal Engineering, 4, World Scientific, Singapore.

 

PEER-REVIEWED FULL-LENGTH PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:

- Synolakis, C.E., Zhou, Z., Leahy, R.E., Masri, S.F. 1994, A transducer for determining internal deformations using X-ray computer tomography, Proceedings 1st World Congress on Structural Control, Dept. of Civil Engineering, USC, Vol. 1, WA13--22,.ISBN 0-9628908-3-9, Los Angeles, California.

- Leahy, R.E., Zhou, Z., Synolakis, C.E.., Song, S.M., 1993, Three dimensional multi-resolution motion estimation for incompressible continuous media, Proceedings 1993 International Conference Neural Networks and Signal Processing, Guangzhou, China, pp. 875-880.

- Synolakis, C.E., Papanicolaou P., Hodge, D., Merculief, P., 1993, The maximum
height of rise of asymmetric buoyant jets in stratified fluids, NATO Advanced Workshop on Turbulent Jets, Oporto, Portugal (INVITED PAPER - peer reviewed
short paper, but full-length paper never sent in final form anticipating journal publication.)

- Abdel-Ghaffar, A.M., Leahy, R.M., Masri, S.F., Synolakis, C.E., 1992, A feasibility
study of a Concrete Core Tomographer
, in Nondestructive Testing of Concrete Elements and Structures, Proceedings ASCE, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 37-48.

 

THESES AND REPORTS IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

Borrero, J..C, Analysis of tsunami hazards in Southerm California, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 262pp.

- Zhou, Z., 1995, Maximum likelihood hyper--parameter estimation for Gibbs
priors from incomplete data with applications in image processing
,Ph.D. Thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 181pp. (Dr. Zhou was a joint Ph.D. student with professor R.E. Leahy.)

- Pirbazari M., Synolakis, C.E., 1993-1996, Emission of organic pollutants from asphalt, Research Contract Reports S-C 93081. SCAQMD, Diamond Bar, CA. (About 700 pages in three volumes.)

- Agbabian, M, Abdel-Ghaffar, A., Anderson, J., Masri S., Wellford, C. and Synolakis, C., 1994, Volumes 1-4 Innovative testing methods for reinforced
concrete structures. FINAL REPORT. Department of Civil Engineering, USC. (About 2200 pages.)

- Synolakis, C.E., Chang V., Yen, D. Leahy, R. Singh, M.,1989--1990, Quarterly
Progress Report, Volumes 1--8, Asphalt Research Program, Department of Civil Engineering University of Southern California. - Each volume is a quarterly
progress report for the work of Professors Chang, Yen, Leahy, Singh and Synolakis. (About 1200 pages).

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