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Email: knapp@eng.hawaii.edu
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Solid mechanics and design. Ocean structures, shells, undersea cables, ropes, and flexible pipe. Development of cable modeling software. Rehabilitation engineering.

Selected Publications

R. H. Knapp, W. H. Chan and Y. Murata, "The Effect of Wire Indentation on Cable Torque," Proc. International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Osaka, japan, 1994, also Intl. J. of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 340-345, 1994.

T. T. Le and R. H. Knapp, "A Finite Element Model for Cables with Nonsymmetrical Geometry and Loads," ASME J. Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 14-20, 1994.

R. H. Knapp, "Structural Modeling of Undersea Cables," Trans. ASME, J. of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 111, pp. 323-330, 1989.

R. H. Knapp, "Helical Wire Stresses in Bent Cables," Proc. ASME 1986 Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering Fifth International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 1986, also Trans. ASME, J. Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Vol. 11O, pp. 55-61, 1988.

R. H. Knapp and E. Y. C. Chiu, "Tension Fatigue Model for Helically Armored Cables," Trans. ASME, J. of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 110, pp. 12-18, 1988.

Introduction to Engineering Design; Measurements Lab; Computer Methods in Engineering; Mechanics of Solids; Component Design; Kinematics; System Dynamics; Engineering Design Methodology; Design Project; Continuum Mechanics; Finite Element Analysis

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