Journal Papers

  1. Nicolau del Roure, F., Socolofsky, S.A. & Chang, K.-A. (2008) "Structure and evolution of tidal starting-jet vortices at idealized barotropic inlets."  Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.

  2. Lim, H.-J., Chang, K.-A., Su, C. B. & Chen, C.-Y. (2008) "Bubble velocity, diameter and void ratio measurements in a multiphase flow using fiber optic reflectometry." Submitted to Review of Scientific Instruments.

  3. Yeh, P.-H., Chang, K.-A., Henriksen, J., Edge, B., Chang, P., Silver, A., & Vargas, A. (2008) "Large scale laboratory experiment on erosion of sand beds by moving circular vertical jets." Submitted to Ocean Engineering.

  4. Yeh, P.-H., Park, N., Chang, K.-A., Chen, H.-C. & Briaud, J.-L. (2007) "Migration distance of a meander channel in sand using a hyperbolic function approach." Submitted to Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.

  5. Chang, K.-A., Ryu, Y. & Mori, N. (2007) "Parameterization of neutrally buoyant horizontal round jet in wave environment." Submitted to Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering.

  6. Lin, C., Hsieh, S.-C., Kuo, K.-J. & Chang, K.-A. (2008) "Periodic oscillation caused by a flow over a vertical drop pool." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 134, 948-960.

  7. Ryu, Y. & Chang, K.-A. (2008) "Green water void fraction due to breaking wave impinging and overtopping." Experiments in Fluids, DOI 10.1007/s00348-008-0507-3.

  8. Ryu, Y., Chang, K.-A. & Mercier, R. (2007) "Application of dam-break flow to green water prediction." Applied Ocean Research, 29, 128-136.

  9. Ryu, Y., Chang, K.-A. & Mercier, R. (2007) "Runup and green water velocities due to breaking wave impinging and overtopping."  Experiments in Fluids, 43, 555-567.

  10. Lin, C., Hwung, W.-Y., Hsieh, S.-C. & Chang, K.-A. (2007) "Experimental study on mean velocity characteristics of flow over vertical drop." Journal of Hydraulic Research, 45, 33-42.
    [Discussion of this paper and reply from the authors: 46, 424-428 (2008)]

  11. Su, C. B., Kameoka, J., Ilic, B., Chu, K.-H. & Chang, K.-A. (2006) "The property of an optical multi-pass surface plasmon resonance technique."  Applied Physics Letters, 89, 071101.

  12. Lin, C., Chang, S.-C., T.-C. Ho & Chang, K.-A. (2006) "Laboratory observation of a solitary wave propagating over a submerged rectangular dike."  Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 132, 545-554.

  13. Wang, M., Jing, N., Su, C. B., Kameoka, J., Chou, C.-K., Hung, M.-C. & Chang, K.-A. (2006) "Electrospinning of silica nanochannels for single molecule detection." Applied Physics Letters, 88, 033106.

  14. Jung, K. H., Chang, K.-A. & Jo, H. J. (2006) "Viscous effect on the roll motion of a rectangular structure." Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 132, 190-200.

  15. Lin, C., Ho, T.-C., Chang, S.-C., Hsieh, S.-C., & Chang, K.-A. (2005) "Vortex shedding induced by a solitary wave propagating over a submerged vertical plate." International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 26, 894-904.

  16. Ryu, Y., Chang, K.-A. & Mori, N. (2005) "Dispersion of neutrally buoyant horizontal round jet in wave environment." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 131, 1088-1097.

  17. Ryu, Y., Chang, K.-A. & Lim, H.-J. (2005) "Use of bubble image velocimetry for measurement of plunging wave impinging on structure and associated greenwater."  Measurement Science and Technology, 16, 1945-1953.

  18. Chang, K.-A., Hsu, T.-J. & Liu, P. L.-F. ( 2005) "Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle.  Part II: Cnoidal waves."  Coastal Engineering, 52, 257-283.

  19. Jung, K. H., Chang, K.-A. & Huang, E. T. (2005) "Two-dimensional flow characteristics of wave interactions with a free-rolling rectangular structure." Ocean Engineering, 32, 1-20.

  20. Jung, K. H., Chang, K.-A. & Huang, E. T. (2004)  "Two-dimensional flow characteristics of wave interactions with a fixed rectangular structure." Ocean Engineering, 31, 975-998.

  21. Mori, N. & Chang, K.-A. (2003) "Experimental study of a horizontal jet in a wavy environment." Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 129, 1149-1155.

  22. Lin, C., Lai, W.-J. & Chang, K.-A. (2003) "Simultaneous particle image velocimetry and laser Doppler velocimetry measurements of periodical oscillatory horseshoe vortex system near square cylinder-base plate juncture." Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 129, 1173-1188.

  23. Chang, K.-A., Lim, H.-J. & Su, C. B. (2003) "Fiber optic reflectometer for velocity and fraction ratio measurements in multiphase flows." Review of Scientific Instruments, 74, 3559-3565.
    [    Discussion of this paper and reply from the authors: 75, 284-286 (2004)]

  24. Chang, K.-A., Lim, H.-J. & Su, C. B. (2002) "A fiber optic Fresnel ratio meter for measurements of solute concentration and refractive index change in fluids." Measurement Science and Technology, 13, 1962-1965.

  25. Chang, K.-A. & Cowen, E. A. (2002)  "Turbulent Prandtl number in a neutrally buoyant turbulent round jet."  Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 128, 1082-1087.

  26. Chang, K.-A., Hsu, T.-J. & Liu, P. L.-F. ( 2001) "Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle.  Part I: Solitary waves."  Coastal Engineering, 44, 13-36.

  27. Cowen, E. A., Chang, K.-A. & Liao, Q.  (2001) "A single camera coupled PTV-LIF technique."  Experiments in Fluids, 31, 63-73.

  28. Chang, K.-A., Cowen, E. A., Liao, Q. & Zarruk, G. A. (2000) "Simultaneous velocity and concentration fields in a turbulent round jet."  Journal of Visualization, 3 (2), frontispiece.

  29. Chang, K.-A. & Liu, P. L.-F. (2000) "Pseudo turbulence in PIV breaking wave measurements."  Experiments in Fluids, 29, 331-338.

  30. Chang, K.-A. & Liu, P. L.-F. (1999) "Experimental investigation of turbulence generated by breaking waves in water of intermediate depth."  Physics of Fluids, 11, 3390-3400.

  31. Liu, P. L.-F., Lin, P., Chang, K.-A. & Sakakiyama, T. (1999) "Numerical modeling of wave interaction with porous structures." Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 125, 322-330. 
    [Discussion of this paper and reply from the authors: 127, 123-124 (2001)]

  32. Lin, P., Chang, K.-A. & Liu, P. L.-F. (1999) "Runup and rundown of solitary waves on sloping beaches."  Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 125, 247-255.

  33. Chang, K.-A. & Liu, P. L.-F. (1998) "Velocity, acceleration and vorticity under breaking waves." Physics of Fluids, 10, 327-329.

Patents/Technical Disclosures

Optic Fresnel Ratio Meters and Method of Utilizing Same (2003)
 By C. B. Su & K.-A. Chang.  Disclosure filed at TAMUS Technology Licensing Office.  Provisional patent application filed.

On-Line Mechanical Property Measurement of Sheet Metal in a Processing Line (2003)
By J. Wang, K.-A. Chang & C. B. Su. Disclosure filed at TAMUS Technology Licensing Office

A Fiber Optic Reflectometer for Velocity and Fraction Measurements of Each Phase in Multiphase Flows (2002)
By K.-A. Chang & C. B. Su.  Disclosure filed at TAMUS Technology Licensing Office.

Selected Other Publications

Mori, N. & Chang, K.-A. (2003) Introduction to MPIV – PIV Toolbox in MATLAB, online particle image velocimetry (PIV) software and user manual.

Liu, P. L.-F. (Editor) (2000) Advances in Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 6, picture in cover page.

Chang, K.-A. (1999) Experimental Study of Wave Breaking and Wave-Structure Interaction. Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University. [Abstract]

Edge, B. L. & Hemsley, J. M. (Editors) (1997) Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium WAVES 97, figures in cover page.

Chang, K.-A. (1994) A 2-D Boundary Integral Equation Model for Water Wave Generation, Propagation, and Run-up. M.S. thesis, Cornell University. [Abstract]