Professor

Yun-Ta Wu

Associate Professor

Office:4F 4686

Extension: 63272
Email:ytwu@mail.ncku.edu.tw
NCKU Research

Education

  • PhD, Dept. Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, (2010/09-2015/01)
  • MS, Dept. Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, (2008/09-2010/06)
  • BS, Dept. Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, (2004/09-2008/06)

Specialties:

Experimental Fluid Mechanics

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Teaching courses:

  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Mathematics (II)
  • Engineering Mathematics (III)
  • Water Wave Theory
  • Nearshore Hydrodynamics
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2019/08-2022/07)
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (2018/08-2019/07)
  • Research Fellow, Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2017/06-2018/08)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, International Wave Dynamics Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2015/04-2017/06)
  • Visiting Scholar, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA (2014/02-2014/12)

111年度『第23屆海洋與水下技術研討會優秀論文競賽』 優等獎

110年度社團法人台灣海洋工程學會 『海洋工程論文獎』

110年度『第43屆海洋工程研討會學生海報論文競賽』 佳作 (獲獎同學:張鈞程)

  • Yun-Ta Wu*, Kuang-An Chang (2024) “Experimental study on flow kinematics of breaking wave impinging and overtopping on a deck structure”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 302, 117663. (SCI, EI) [Link]
  • Wei Han Khor, Jie Heng Goh, Qi Ming Yew, Hooi-Siang Kang, Jun-Wei Lim, Koji Iwamoto, Collin Howe-Hing Tang, Kee-Quen Lee, Yun-Ta Wu, Pei Sean Goh (2023) “Residence time distribution of an offshore floating photobioreactor under hydrodynamic sloshing effect”, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Vol. 198, 340-348. (SCI, EI) [Link]
  • In Mei Sou, Yun-Ta Wu, Philip L.-F. Liu (2023) “Swash flows generated by a train of solitary waves on a planar slope”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 968, A1. (SCI, EI) [Link]
  • Chun-Cheng Chang, Yun-Ta Wu* (2023). “SPH modeling of dam-break bores on smooth and macro-roughness slopes”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 279, 114484. (SCI, EI) [Link]
  • Yun-Ta Wu* (2022). “Modeling the evolution and runup of breaking solitary and solitary-like waves on straight and composite slopes”, Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami, Vol. 16 (6), 2241003. (SCI, EI) (63/88, Geochemistry & Geophysics)
  • Yun-Ta Wu*, Kang-Wei Huang, Nobuhisa Kobayashi (2022). “Runup of breaking solitary waves on rough uniform slopes”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 245, 110551. (SCI, EI) (1/16, Marine Engineering) [Link]
  • Yun-Ta Wu* (2022). “Breaking solitary wave impact on a vertical seawall”, Water, Vol. 14 (4), 583. (SCI, EI) (39/98, Water Resources) [Link]
  • Yun-Ta Wu*, Pablo Higuera, Philip Li-Fan Liu (2021). “On the evolution and runup of a train of solitary waves on a uniform beach”, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 170, 104015. (SCI, EI) (1/16, Ocean Engineering) [Link]
  • Shih-Chun Hsiao, Wen-Son Chiang, Jiun-Huei Jang, Han-Lun Wu, Wei-Shiun Lu, Wei-Bo Chen, Yun-Ta Wu (2021). “Flood risk influenced by the compound effect of storm surge and rainfall under climate change for low-lying coastal areas”, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 764, 144439. (SCI, EI) (25/274, Environmental Sciences)
  • Lian Tang, Yun-Ta Wu, Onyx. W.H. Wai, Pengzhi Lin (2020). “Experimental study of turbulence and entrained air characteristics in a plunging breaking solitary wave”, International Journal of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, Vol. 3(1-2), 2050001.
  • Yun-Ta Wu, Shih-Chun Hsiao (2020). “Propagation of solitary waves over a submerged slotted barrier”, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol. 8(6), 419. (SCI, EI) (6/16, Marine Engineering) [Link]
  • G.M. Arif, M.H. Kamaruddin, C.H.-H. Tang, C.-L. Siow, K.-Q. Lee, K.-S. Kim, Yun-Ta Wu, H.-S. Kang (2019). “Sloshing in a closed domain under unidirectional excitation”, Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, Vol. 48 (7), 1145-1153. (SCI, EI) (62/64, Oceanography)
  • Hooi-Siang Kang, U.G.M. Arif, Kyung-Sung Kim, Moo-Hyun Kim, Yu-Jie Liu, Kee-Quen Lee, Yun-Ta Wu (2019). “Sloshing suppression by floating baffle”, Ocean Systems Engineering, Vol. 9 (4), 409-422.
  • Yun-Ta Wu*, Philip Li-Fan Liu, Kao-Shu Hwang, Hwung-Hweng Hwung (2018). “Runup of laboratory-generated breaking solitary and periodic waves on a uniform slope”, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering (ASCE), Vol. 144 (6), 04018023, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000476. (SCI, EI) (6/14, Ocean Engineering) [Link]
  • Yun-Ta Wu, Shih-Chun Hsiao (2018). “Generation of stable and accurate solitary waves in a viscous numerical wave tank”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 167, 102-113. (SCI, EI) (2/14, Ocean Engineering) [Link]
  • Linlin Li, Jie Yang, Chuan-Yao Lin, Constance T. Chua, Yu Wang, Kuifeng Zhao, Yun-Ta Wu, Philip Li-Fan Liu, Adam D. Switzer, Kai Meng Mok, Peitao Wang, Dongju Peng (2018). “Field survey of Typhoon Hato (2017) and a comparison with storm surge modeling in Macau”, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 18, 3167-3178. (SCI, EI) (25/90, Water Resources)
  • Chang Lin, Wei-Ying Wong, Ming-Jer Kao, Ching-Piao Tsai, Hwung-Hweng Hwung, Yun-Ta Wu, Rajkumar V. Raikar (2018). “Evolution of velocity field and vortex structure during run-down of solitary wave over very steep beach”, Water, Vol. 10(12), 1713. (SCI, EI) (39/98, Water Resources)
  • Yun-Ta Wu, Shih-Chun Hsiao (2017). “Propagation of solitary waves over double submerged barriers”, Water, Vol. 9(12), 917. (SCI, EI) (39/98, Water Resources)
  • Gangfeng Ma, Fengyan Shi, Shih-Chun Hsiao, Yun-Ta Wu (2014) “Non-hydrostatic modeling of wave interactions with porous structures”, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 91, 84-98. (SCI, EI) (1/16, Ocean Engineering)
  • Tai-Wen Hsu, Jian-Feng Lin, Shih-Chun Hsiao, Shan-Hwei Ou, Alexander V Babanin, Yun-Ta Wu (2014). “Wave reflection and vortex evolution in Bragg scattering in real fluids”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 88, 508-519. (SCI, EI) (1/16, Marine Engineering)
  • Yun-Ta Wu, Chia-Lin Yeh, Shih-Chun Hsiao (2014). “Three-dimensional numerical simulation on the interaction of solitary waves and porous breakwaters”, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 85, 12-29. (SCI, EI) (1/16, Ocean Engineering)
  • Yun-Ta Wu, Shih-Chun Hsiao (2013). “Propagation of solitary waves over a submerged permeable breakwater”, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 81, 1-18. (SCI, EI) (1/16, Ocean Engineering) (Ranked 24th on the top 25 for Coastal Engineering – Jan to Dec 2013)
  • Yun-Ta Wu*, Shih-Chun Hsiao (2013). “Turbulence induced by a solitary wave propagating over a submerged object using particle image velocimetry”, Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 65, 416-421. (SCI, EI) (170/190, Geosciences, Multidisciplinary)
  • Yun-Ta Wu, Shih-Chun Hsiao, Zhi-Cheng Huang, Kao-Shu Hwang (2012). “Propagation of solitary waves over a bottom-mounted barrier”, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 62, 31-47. (SCI, EI) (1/16, Ocean Engineering)
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  • Academic publishing Committee, The Taiwan Society of Ocean Engineering (2018/12 ~ 2021/12)
  • Research Development Committee, The Taiwan Society of Ocean Engineering (2018/12 ~ 2021/12)