T. W. Wu

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY 40506

(859) 257-6336 X80644

Education

 

Ph.D.               Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1987.

M.S.                 Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984.

B.S.                  Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1979.

 

 

Academic Experience

 

Professor (2002-present)

Associate Professor (1994-2002)

Assistant Professor (1989-1994)

 

 

Research Areas

 

Boundary Element Methods, Acoustics and Vibration.

 

 

Honors

 

1.  Tau Beta Pi Outstanding CoE Teacher Award, College of Engineering, 2001

2.  Outstanding Teacher Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2000 , 2008, 2011

3.  Fellow of the Wessex Institute of Great Britain, 2000

 

   

Book

 

T. W. Wu (Editor) Boundary Element Acoustics, Fundamentals and Computer Codes, ISBN: 1-85312-570-9, WIT Press, Boston, 2000.

 

   

Selected Publications

 

L. Yang, P. Wang, and T. W. Wu, "Boundary Element Analysis of Bar Silencers Using the Scattering Matrix with Two-Dimensional Finite Element Modes," Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Vol. 74, pp. 100-106, (2017)

 

P. Wang and T. W. Wu, "Impedance-to-Scattering Matrix Method for Large Silencer Analysis Using Direct Collocation," Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Vol. 73, pp. 191-199, (2016)

L. Zhou, T. W. Wu, K. Ruan, and D. W. Herrin, “A Reciprocal Identity Method for Large Silencer Analysis,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 364, pp. 165-176 (2016).

P. Wang, T. W. Wu and D. W. Herrin, “BEM Analysis of Large Two-Inlet Silencers,” In INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, vol. 252, no. 2, pp. 703-712, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, (2016).

J. Li, P. Wang, T. W. Wu and D. W. Herrin, “Analytical and Boundary Element Solutions of Bulk-Reacting Lined Ducts and Parallel-Baffle Silencers,” In INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings, vol. 252, no. 2, pp. 720-727, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, (2016).

P. Wang, X. Hua, T. W. Wu, D. Herrin, "Methods for Determining Muffler Transmission Loss in Octave Bands," SAE Technical Paper No. 2016-01-1317 (2016)

L. Yang, Z. L. Ji, and T. W. Wu, “Transmission Loss Prediction of Silencers by Using Combined Boundary Element Method and Point Collocation Approach,”, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Vol. 61, pp. 265-273 (2015).

P. Wang, J. Li, and T. W. Wu, “Numerical Determination of Transfer Impedance for Perforates,” SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars-Mech. Syst. 8(3):2015, doi: 10.4271/2015-01-2313, (2015).

P. Wang and T. W. Wu, “BEM Analysis of Large Tuned Dissipative Silencers and Bar Silencers,” Inter-Noise 2015, paper 647, (2015).

K. Ruan, T. W. Wu, and D. W. Herrin, “Validation of the Reciprocal Work Identity Method with AML for Large Silencer Analysis,” Inter-Noise 2015, paper 953, (2015).

L. Yang, Z. Ji, and T. W. Wu, “Acoustic Attenuation Prediction of Splitter Silencers by Using a Combined BEM and Point Collocation Approach,” Inter-Noise 2015, paper 021, (2015).

X. Hua, C. Jiang, D. W. Herrin, and T. W. Wu, “Determination of Transmission and Insertion Loss for Multi-Inlet Mufflers using Impedance Matrix and Superposition Approaches with Comparisons,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 333, No. 22, pp. 5680-5692 (2014).

P. Wang and T. W. Wu, “Impedance-to-Scattering Matrix Method for Silencer Analysis,” Noise-Con 2014, Paper NC14-58357 (2014).

L. Zhou, K. Ruan, and T. W. Wu, “Bar Silencer Analysis Using Reciprocal Work Identity and BEM Impedance Msatrix,” Noise-Con 2014, Paper NC14-58348 (2014)

 L. Zhou, L., D. W. Herrin, and T. W. Wu, “Using the Reciprocal Work Identity to Evaluate the Transmission Loss of Mufflers, “ SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars-Mechanical Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 1108-1114.  (2013).

X. Hua, D. W. Herrin, T. W. Wu and T. Elnady, “Simulation of Disel Particulate Filters in Large Exhaust Systems,” Applied Acoustics, Vol. 74, pp. 1326-1332 (2013).

M. I. Hassan, T. W. Wu and K. Saito, “A Combination Effect of Reburn, Post-flame Air and Acoustic Excitation on NOx Reduction,” Fuel Vol. 108, pp. 231-237, (2013).

L. Zhou, D. W. Herrin and T. W. Wu, “Simulation of Enclosures Including Attached Duct Work,” SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars-Mech. Syst. 6(2), pp. 1300-1305, (2013).

C. Jiang, T. W. Wu, M. B. Xu, and C. Y. R. Cheng, “BEM Modeling of Mufflers with Diesel Particulate Filters and Catalytic Converters,” Noise Control Engineering Journal Vol. 58, pp. 244-250, (2010).

C. Jiang, T. W. Wu, and C. Y. R. Cheng, “A Single-Domain Boundary Element Method for Packed Silencers with Multiple Bulk-Reacting Sound Absorbing Materials,” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements Vol. 34, pp. 971-976, (2010).

K. L. Pan, C. I. Chu, and T. W. Wu, “A Direct Mixed-Body Boundary Element Method for Mufflers with Internal Thin Components Covered by Lining and a Perforated Panel,” Journal of Computational Acoustics, Vol. 15, pp. 145-157, (2007).

G. Lou, T. W. Wu, and C. Y. R. Cheng, “Boundary Element Analysis of Packed Silencers with a Substructuring Technique,” Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, Vol. 27, pp. 643-653, (2003)

T. W. Wu, C. Y. R. Cheng, and P. Zhang, “A Direct Mixed-Body Boundary Element Method for Packed Silencers,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 111, pp. 2566-2572, (2002).