Second International Conference on Hydrodynamics, Date: DEC 16-19, 1996, Location: UNIV HONG KONG, HONG KONG, HONG KONG, Sponsors: Amer Soc Civil Engineers, Engn Mech Div, Amer Soc Mech Engineers, Fluids Engn Div, Canadian Soc Civil Engineers, Engn Mech Div, Chinese Hydraulic Engn Soc, Chinese Soc Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Chinese Soc Oceanog, Chinese Soc Theoret & Appl Mech, J Hydrodynam, Edit Board, China, Hong Kong Inst Engineers, Hong Kong Soc Theoret & Appl Mech, Inst Marine Engineers, Int Assoc Hydraul Res, Japan Soc Civil Engineers, Kansai Soc Naval Architects, Japan, Royal Inst Naval Architects, UK, Soc Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, US, Soc Naval Architects Japan, Soc Naval Architects Korea, W Japan Soc Naval Architects, Croucher Fdn, K C Wong Educ Fdn, Natl Nat Sci Fdn China, NCKU Res & Dev Fdn, Tainan Hydraul Lab, Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol, Univ Hong Kong, Univ Hong Kong, Dept Mech Engn, Univ Hong Kong Dept Civil & Struct Engn, Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Host: UNIV HONG KONG