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Overview

Clarence Choi is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and contributes extensively to fields spanning Environmental Science and Engineering. Their research frequently addresses topics related to landslides, sediment transport, granular flow, and fluid dynamics, as well as dam engineering and ecosystem fire effects.

The main fields of study where Choi's work is situated include:

  • Environmental Science (110 publications)
  • Engineering (90 publications)

They further specialize in several subfields, including:

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change

The primary research topics addressed by Choi encompass:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Granular flow and fluidized beds
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis

Choi has published multiple articles in a selection of academic venues, with recurrent contributions to:

  • Computers and Geotechnics (10 publications)
  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal (8 publications)
  • Engineering Geology (7 publications)
  • Landslides (6 publications)
  • E3S Web of Conferences (6 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Choi are:

  • Improved Settling Velocity for Microplastic Fibers: A New Shape-Dependent Drag Model (2021), Environmental Science & Technology
  • Impact Dynamics of Boulder-Enriched Debris Flow on a Rigid Barrier (2021), Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Numerical investigation of the mechanism of granular flow impact on rigid control structures (2021), Acta Geotechnica
  • Effect of slit size on the impact load against debris-flow mitigation dams (2020), Engineering Geology
  • Effects of barrier deformability on load reduction and energy dissipation of granular flow impact (2020), Computers and Geotechnics

Clarence Choi frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Charles Wang Wai Ng (15 coauthored works)
  • Haiming Liu (11 coauthored works)
  • W. A. R. K. De Silva (7 coauthored works)
  • Sunil Poudyal (6 coauthored works)
  • Charles W.W. Ng (5 coauthored works)

Best Publications

  • Influence of debris flow solid fraction on rigid barrier impact

    Dongri Song;C.W.W. Ng;Clarence Choi;Gordon G.D. Zhou

  • The cost of rapid and haphazard urbanization: lessons learned from the Freetown landslide disaster

    Yifei Cui;Deqiang Cheng;Clarence Edward Choi;Wen Jin

  • Impact mechanisms of granular and viscous flows on rigid and flexible barriers

    C.W.W. Ng;Dongri Song;Clarence Choi;L. H. D. Liu

  • Flume investigation of landslide granular debris and water runup mechanisms

    C. E. Choi;S. C. H. Au-Yeung;C. W. W. Ng;D. Song

  • Experimental investigation on the longitudinal evolution of landslide dam breaching and outburst floods

    Gordon G.D. Zhou;Mingjun Zhou;Mandira Singh Shrestha;Dongri Song

  • Physical Modeling of Baffles Influence on Landslide Debris Mobility

    Charles Wang Wai Ng;Clarence Choi;Dongri Song;J.H.S. Kwan

  • Effects of Particle Size of Mono-disperse Granular Flows Impacting A Rigid Barrier

    Yifei Cui;Clarence Edward Choi;Luis H. D. Liu;Charles Wang Wai Ng

  • Computational investigation of baffle configuration on impedance of channelized debris flow

    Clarence Choi;Charles Wang Wai Ng;Raymond P.H. Law;Dongri Song

  • Froude characteristics of both dense granular and water flows in flume modelling

    C. E. Choi;C. W. W. Ng;S. C. H. Au-Yeung;G. R. Goodwin

  • Improved Settling Velocity for Microplastic Fibers: A New Shape-Dependent Drag Model

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  • Geophysical flows impacting a flexible barrier: effects of solid-fluid interaction

    Dong Song;Dong Song;Clarence Edward Choi;Charles Wang Wai Ng;Gongdan Zhou

  • Dry granular flow interaction with dual-barrier systems

    C. W. W. Ng;C. E. Choi;R. C. H. Koo;G. R. Goodwin

  • Numerical study of granular debris flow run-up against slit dams by discrete element method

    Gordon G. D. Zhou;Junhan Du;Dongri Song;Clarence E. Choi

  • Depositional mechanisms and morphology of debris flow: physical modelling

    Gordon G. D. Zhou;Shuai Li;Dongri Song;Clarence E. Choi

  • Impact Dynamics of Boulder-Enriched Debris Flow on a Rigid Barrier

    Charles Wang Wai Ng;Haiming Liu;Clarence Edward Choi;Julian S. H. Kwan

  • Quantitative analysis of debris-flow flexible barrier capacity from momentum and energy perspectives

    Dongri Song;Gongdan G.D. Zhou;Min Xu;Clarence Edward Choi

  • Discrete-element investigation of influence of granular debris flow baffles on rigid barrier impact

    Raymond Pak Hei Law;Clarence Edward Choi;Charles Wang Wai Ng

  • Velocity attenuation of debris flows and a new momentum-based load model for rigid barriers

    R. C. H. Koo;J. S. H. Kwan;C. W. W. Ng;C. Lam

  • Numerical investigation of the mechanism of granular flow impact on rigid control structures

    Edward Yang;Ha H. Bui;Giang D. Nguyen;Clarence E. Choi

  • Coarse Granular Flow Interaction with Slit Structures

    C. E. Choi;G. R. Goodwin;C. W. W. Ng;D. K. H. Cheung

  • Influence of particle size on the mechanism of dry granular run-up on a rigid barrier

    C. W. W. Ng;C. E. Choi;L. H. D. Liu;Y. Wang

  • Large-Scale Successive Boulder Impacts on a Rigid Barrier Shielded by Gabions

    Charles Wang Wai Ng;Clarence Choi;A.Y. Su;Julian S.H. Kwan

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Wang Wai Ng
Charles Wang Wai Ng Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Abdelmalek Bouazza
Abdelmalek Bouazza Monash University
Alessandro Pasuto
Alessandro Pasuto National Research Council (CNR)
Kostas Senetakis
Kostas Senetakis City University of Hong Kong
Ha H. Bui
Ha H. Bui Monash University
Hao Wang
Hao Wang Tianjin University
Matthew Richard Coop
Matthew Richard Coop University College London
Jeffrey S. Kargel
Jeffrey S. Kargel Planetary Science Institute
Li Min Zhang
Li Min Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Giang D. Nguyen
Giang D. Nguyen University of Adelaide

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