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P. Ananthakrishnan
Associate Professor

Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991.

Tel. 1-561-297-3463 (or) 1-561-297-3430 (main office)
Fax. 1-561-297-3885

at SeaTech, Dania (the other campus): Tel. 1-954-924-7227
(or) 1-954-924-7000 (main office); Fax: 1-954-924-7007

e-mail: panantha@fau.edu

EDUCATION

B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, Chennai

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Advisor: Professor Ronald W. Yeung
Dissertation: Surface waves generated by a translating two-dimensional body: effects of viscosity.



EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Associate Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 2000--.

Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 1995-2000.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 1993-1995.

Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer, Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1991-1993.

Graduate Student Research Assistant, Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1986-1991.



RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

  • Hydrodynamics of Underwater Vehicles in Shallow Waters

  • Oscillating fin for underwater propulsion and station keeping

  • Dynamic stability of near-surface vehicles

  • Numerical Method for Nonlinear Wave Motions

  • Wave-Vortex Interactions

  • Nonlinear and Viscous Effects on Resonant Multi-Hull Ship Wave Motions

  • Hydrodynamics of surface effect ships

  • Dynamics of Wave-Adaptive Surface Crafts

  • Analysis of Wave Effects on Near-Surface Ocean Current Turbines



    TEACHING ACTIVITIES

    Undergraduate courses in Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Ocean Wave Mechanics, Ship Hydrodynamics and Ocean Engineering Systems Design.

    Graduate courses in Physical Oceanography, Hydrodynamics, Advanced Wave Mechanics and Computational Methods.

    Spring 1993

  • NA243: Advanced Methods in Free-Surface Flows. (taught at UC Berkeley)

    Fall 1993

  • EOC 4510: Ship Hydrodynamics II.
  • EOC 6185: Advanced Hydrodynamics I.

    Spring 1994

  • EOC 3113: Dynamics.
  • EOC 3123: Fluid Mechanics.

    Summer 1994

  • OCE 6066: Physical Aspects of Oceanography.

    Fall 1994

  • EOC 4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics.
  • EOC 4510: Ship Hydrodynamics II.

    Spring 1995

  • EOC 3123: Fluid Mechanics.
  • EOC6320: Advanced Wave Mechanics

    Summer 1995

  • EOC 3123: Fluid Mechanics.
  • OCE 6066: Physical Aspects of Oceanography.

    Fall 1995

  • EOC 4510: Ship Hydrodynamics II.

    Spring 1996

  • EOC 4804: Senior Design.

    Summer 1996

  • EOC 3123: Fluid Mechanics.

    Fall 1996

  • EOC 4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics.
  • EOC 6185: Advanced Hydrodynamics I.

    Spring 1997

  • EOC 4510: Ship Hydrodynamics II.

    Summer 1997

  • EOC 3105: Statics & Buoyancy.
  • OCE 6066: Physical Aspects of Oceanography.

    Fall 1997

  • EOC 4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics.
  • PHY 2048: General Physics I.

    Spring 1998

  • EOC 4124: Fluid Mechanics II.
  • EOC 6186: Advanced Hydrodynamics II.

    Summer 1998

  • OCE 6066: Physical Aspects of Oceanography.

    Fall 1998

  • EOC 4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics.
  • EOC 6189: Computational Fluid Dynamics.

    Spring 1999

  • EOC 3105: Statics and Buoyancy.

    Summer 1999

  • EOC 3105: Statics and Buoyancy.

    Fall 1999

  • EOC 4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics.
  • EOC 6186: Advanced Hydrodynamics II.

    Spring 2000

  • EOC 3105: Statics and Buoyancy.
  • EOC 6186: Advanced Hydrodynamics II.

    Summer 2000

  • EOC 3105: Statics and Buoyancy.

    Fall 2000

  • OCE 6066: Physical Aspects of Oceanography.

    Spring 2001

  • EOC 3105: Statics and Buoyancy

    Summer 2001

  • OCE6066: Physical Aspects of Oceanography

    Fall 2001

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics

    Spring 2002

  • EOC 4124: Fluid Mechanics II

    Summer 2002

  • OCE6066: Physical Aspects of Oceanography

    Fall 2002

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics

    Spring 2003

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

    Summer 2003

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography

    Fall 2003

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics

    Spring 2004

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

    Summer 2004

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography

  • EOC6934: Advanced Engineering Analysis II


    Fall 2004

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics


    Spring 2005

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

  • EOC6935: Ship Design

    Summer 2005

  • EOC3123: Fluid Mechanics I

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography

    Fall 2005

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics

    Spring 2006

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

  • EOC6935: Ship Design

    Summer 2006

  • EOC3123: Fluid Mechanics I

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography

    Fall 2006

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics

  • EOC6189: Computational Fluid Dynamics


    Spring 2007

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

  • EOC6186: Advanced Hydrodynamics II

  • EOC6934: Hydrodynamics Aspects of Ship Design


    Fall 2007

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics

  • EOC6189: Computational Fluid Dynamics



    Spring 2008

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

  • EOC6934: Hydrodynamics Aspects of Ship Design


    Summer 2008

  • EOC3123: Fluid Mechanics I

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography


    Fall 2008

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics


    Spring 2009

  • EOC3123: Fluid Mechanics I

  • EOC6515: Hydrodynamics Aspects of Ship Design


    Summer 2009

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography


    Fall 2009

  • OCE2001: Introduction to Oceanography

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics

  • EOC6934: Fundamentals of Ship Design


    Spring 2010

  • OCE3008: Oceanography

  • EOC6515: Hydrodynamics Aspects of Ship Design


    Summer 2010

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography


    Fall 2010

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics


    Spring 2011

  • EOC3123: Fluid Mechanics I

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

  • EOC6515: Hydrodynamics Aspects of Ship Design


    Summer 2011

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography

  • EOC6934: Ocean Energy Conversion


    Fall 2011

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics


    Spring 2012

  • EOC3123: Fluid Mechanics I

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II

  • EOC6515: Hydrodynamics Aspects of Ship Design


    Summer 2012

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography


    Fall 2012

  • EOC4422: Ocean Wave Mechanics


    Spring 2013

  • EOC3123: Fluid Mechanics I

  • EOC4124: Fluid Mechanics II


    Summer 2013

  • OCP6050: Physical Aspects of Oceanography



    SELECT PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS


    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Radiation hydrodynamics of a surface effect ship,’’ Proceedings of the 2013 ASME Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, Nantes, 2013.

    M. Dhanak, P. Ananthakrishnan, J. Frankenfield and K. Von Ellenrieder, ``Seakeeping characteristics of a wave-adaptive modular unmanned surface vehicle,’’ Proceedings of the 2013 ASME Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Conference, Nantes, 2013

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Effects of Viscosity and Free-Surface Nonlinearity on the Wave Motion Generated by an Oscillating Twin-Hull,'' Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Ocean, Arctic and Offshore Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012

    F. Lakitosh and P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Analysis of Ship Hull Plate Vibrations Induced by Wave and Slamming Forces,'' Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Ocean, Arctic and Offshore Engineering, ASME, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012

    O. Saout and P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Hydrodynamic and Dynamic Analysis to Determine the Stability of an Underwater Vehicle near a Free Surface,'' Applied Ocean Research , 33: 158-167, 2011.

    P. Ananthakrishnan and J. Chafin, ``Inviscid and Viscous Flow Analysis of Multihull Ships Under Forced Oscillations in a Free Surface,'' p. 229-237, Proceedings of the VIII International Conference on Hydrodynamics , Nantes, France, October 2008.

    D. Lysogorski, W. Hartt and P. Ananthakrishnan, ``A modified potential attenuation equation for cathodically polarized marine pipelines and risers,'' The Journal of Science and Engineering, Corrosion , pp. 684-687, August 2003.

    P. Pierson, K. Bethune, W. Hartt and P. Ananthakrishnan, ``A new equation for potential attenuation and anode current output projection for cathodically polarized pipelines and risers,'' The Journal of Science and Engineering, Corrosion , pp. 350-361, April 2000.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Radiation hydrodynamics of a floating vertical cylinder in a viscous fluid,'' Journal of Engineering Mechanics, vol. 125, No.7, pp. 836-847, 1999.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Heave oscillations of a submerged vertical cylinder in a viscous fluid,'' International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering , vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 173--181, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Nonlinear diffraction of waves over a submerged body in a real fluid,'' Proceedings of the Eighth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Montreal, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Analysis of rigid-body oscillations near the free surface of a viscous fluid,'' Developments in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, vol. 19, pp. 512--526, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Viscosity and surface-tension effects on wave generation by a translating body,'' Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 32, pp. 257--280, 1997.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Heave oscillation of a submerged vertical cylinder,'' Proceedings of the Seventh International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu, vol. III, pp. 672--679, 1997.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Nonlinear interaction of a vortex pair with clean and surfactant-covered free surfaces,'' Wave Motion, vol. 19, pp. 343--365, 1994.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Vortical flows with and without a surface-piercing body,'' Proceedings of the Nineteenth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Seoul, Korea, pp. 219--240, 1992.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Oscillation of a floating body in a viscous fluid,'' Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 26, pp. 211--230, 1992.



    P. Ananthakrishnan and J. Chaffin, ``Inviscid and Viscous Flow Analysis of Multihull Ships Under Forced Oscillations in a Free Surface,'' VIII International Conference on Hydrodynamics , Nantes, France, October 2008.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Development of Computational Tools for Hydrodynamics and Hydro-Elasticity Analyses of Multi-Hull (including SES) Craft and Large Ocean Platforms,'' ONR’s T-Craft Program Review , Florida Atlantic University, February 2009.

    P. Ananthakrishnan and J. Chaffin, ``Oscillation of Multiple Bodies in a Free Surface,'' 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 2007.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Nonlinear Wave, Vortex and Submerged-Body Interactions in Inviscid and Viscous Fluids,'' 57th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics , American Physical Society, Seattle, 2004.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with L. Martel), ``Simulation of AUV motion in shallow water,'' Proceedings of the Oceans Community Conference'98, Baltimore, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with K. Zhang), ``AUV motion in a wave field,'' Proceedings of the IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, Nice, France, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with J. Cairns, E. Larnicol, S. Smith and S. Dunn), ``Design of AUV propeller based on a blade element method,'' Proceedings of the IEEE OCEANS'98 Conference, Nice, France, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``On the evolution of body-generated vortex rings underneath a free surface,'' Proceedings of the 12th Engineering Mechanics Conference, San Diego, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with S. Vantouroux, K-Q. Zhang, S. M. Smith), ``Nonlinear dynamics and hydrodynamics considerations in the design of an autonomous underwater vehicle,'', Proceedings of the Oceanology International'98 Conference, vol. 3, pp. 119--128, Brighton, UK, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Scattering of waves by a submerged body,'' Proceedings of the ONR Workshop on Free-Surface Turbulence and Bubbly Flows, Pasadena, 1998.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Nonlinear wave radiation and diffraction by a near-surface body,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Program of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, 1997.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Hydrodynamics of waves and vortices generated by an oscillating body,'' Proceedings of the 1997 ASME Fluid Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Paper: FEDSM97-3396, Vancouver, 1997.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Generation of waves and vortices by an oscillating body a nd their interactions,''Proceedings of the U.S. Office of Naval Research Workshop on Free-Surface and Wall-Bounded Turbulence and Turbulent Flows, California In stitute of Technology, Pasadena, 1997.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Numerical modeling of nonlinear air-sea interactions,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Program of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Syracuse University, 1996.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Radiation hydrodynamics of a slightly-submerged body,'' Proceedings of the 11th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, pp. 832--835, 1996.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Nonlinear free-surface flow about oscillating bodies,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Program of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Syracuse University, 1996.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Analysis of nonlinear air-sea interactions,'' Proceedings of the Forum on Advances in Numerical Modeling of Free Surface and Interface Fluid Dynamics, ASME, Publication FED-Vol. 234, pp.175--182, 1995.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``On vortex breakdown in swirling free-surface flows,'' Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Program of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, University of California at Irvine, 1995.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Nonlinear interaction between air flow and water waves,'' Proceedings of the U.S. Office of Naval Research Workshop on Free-Surface and Wall-Bounded Turbulence and Turbulent Flows, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1995.

    P. Ananthakrishnan, ``Nonlinear vorticity and wave interactions: an axisymmetric swirling flow near a free surface,'' Proceedings of the U.S. Office of Naval Research Workshop on Free-Surface and Wall-Bounded Turbulence and Turbulent Flows, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1994.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Free-surface and submerged-body interactions in a viscous fluid,'' Proceedings of the Symposium on Vorticity and Free-Surface Interactions, Twelfth U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, University of Washington, Seattle, 1994.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Oscillation of a slightly-submerged cylinder in a viscous fluid,'' Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Val de Reuil, France, 1992.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Free-surface flows in a viscous fluid,'' Proceedings of the U.S. Office of Naval Research Free-surface Vorticity Workshop, University of California at San Diego, 1992.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Large-amplitude oscillation of two-dimensional bodies in a viscous fluid with a free surface,'' Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Woods Hole, 1991.

    P. Ananthakrishnan (with R. W. Yeung), ``Solution of nonlinear water-wave and wave-body interaction problems using a new boundary-fitted coordinates method,'' Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Oystese, Norway, 1990.


    Reports

    P. Ananthakrishnan and S. Decron, ``Dynamics of Small- and Mini-Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: Part I. Analysis and Simulation for Midwater Applications'', Technical Report , 63p, Department of Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, July 2000


    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

    Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

    American Physical Society

    Tau Beta Pi


    Link to Surface Waves by J. V. Wehausen and E. V. Laitone


    Links to

    Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering

    Florida Atlantic University