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Overview

Tian-Jian Hsu is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing extensively on subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Aeolian processes and effects, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Geological formations and processes, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Recent papers by Tian-Jian Hsu include:

  • Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In?, 2021, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • Oil-mineral flocculation and settling velocity in saline water, 2020, Water Research
  • Three-dimensional scour simulations with a two-phase flow model, 2020, Advances in Water Resources
  • Modeling the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of sandbar migration events, 2021, Coastal Engineering
  • An efficient cellular flow model for cohesive particle flocculation in turbulence, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Collaborative work is an important aspect of Tian-Jian Hsu's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Julien Chauchat (18 collaborations)
  • Cyrille Bonamy (11 collaborations)
  • Andrew J. Manning (9 collaborations)
  • Yashar Rafati (7 collaborations)
  • Leiping Ye (7 collaborations)

The scientist commonly publishes in several academic venues, the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans (8 publications)
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics (6 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (5 publications)
  • Coastal Engineering (4 publications)
  • Water Research (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • A numerical model for wave motions and turbulence flows in front of a composite breakwater

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Tsutomu Sakakiyama;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • On two-phase sediment transport: sheet flow of massive particles

    Tian-Jian Hsu;James T. Jenkins;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Vortex generation and evolution in water waves propagating over a submerged rectangular obstacle: Part II: Cnoidal waves

    Kuang-An Chang;Tian-Jian Hsu;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • Wave-induced sediment transport and onshore sandbar migration

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Steve Elgar;R.T. Guza

  • Effects of wave shape on sheet flow sediment transport

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Tian-Jian Hsu;Daniel M. Hanes;Daniel M. Hanes

  • On two‐phase sediment transport: Dilute flow

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Tian-Jian Hsu;James T. Jenkins;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • SedFoam: A multi-dimensional Eulerian two-phase model for sediment transport and its application to momentary bed failure

    Zhen Cheng;Tian-Jian Hsu;Joseph Calantoni

  • SedFoam-2.0: a 3-D two-phase flow numerical model for sediment transport

    Julien Chauchat;Zhen Cheng;Zhen Cheng;Tim Nagel;Cyrille Bonamy

  • A two-layer granular landslide model for tsunami wave generation: Theory and computation

    Gangfeng Ma;James T. Kirby;Tian-Jian Hsu;Fengyan Shi

  • The effect of variable yield strength and variable fractal dimension on flocculation of cohesive sediment.

    M. Son;T.-J. Hsu

  • Flocculation model of cohesive sediment using variable fractal dimension

    Minwoo Son;Tian-Jian Hsu

  • Two-phase model for sand transport in sheet flow regime

    L. Amoudry;T.-J. Hsu;P. L.-F. Liu;P. L.-F. Liu

  • Modeling the Morphodynamics of Coastal Responses to Extreme Events: What Shape Are We In?

    Christopher R. Sherwood;Ap van Dongeren;James Doyle;Christie A. Hegermiller

  • Toward modeling turbulent suspension of sand in the nearshore

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Philip L.-F. Liu

  • On modeling boundary layer and gravity‐driven fluid mud transport

    T.-J. Hsu;P. A. Traykovski;G. C. Kineke

  • Advances in numerical modelling of swash zone dynamics

    Riccardo Briganti;Alec Torres-Freyermuth;Tom E. Baldock;Maurizio Brocchini

  • The effects of flocculation and bed erodibility on modeling cohesive sediment resuspension

    Minwoo Son;Tian-Jian Hsu

  • Hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling of New River Inlet (NC) under the interaction of tides and waves

    Jia Lin Chen;Tian Jian Hsu;Fengyan Shi;Britt Raubenheimer

  • A numerical investigation of fine particle laden flow in an oscillatory channel: the role of particle-induced density stratification

    Celalettin E. Ozdemir;Tian-Jian Hsu;S. Balachandar

  • High-resolution numerical modeling of wave-supported gravity-driven mudflows

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Celalettin E. Ozdemir;Peter A. Traykovski

  • Steep wave, turbulence, and sediment concentration statistics beneath a breaking wave field and their implications for sediment transport

    Nicholas V. Scott;Tian-Jian Hsu;Daniel Cox

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhen Cheng
Zhen Cheng Stanford University
S. Balachandar
S. Balachandar University of Florida
Andrew J. Manning
Andrew J. Manning Plymouth University
Philip L.-F. Liu
Philip L.-F. Liu National University of Singapore
Daniel T. Cox
Daniel T. Cox Oregon State University
Jack A. Puleo
Jack A. Puleo University of Delaware
Fengyan Shi
Fengyan Shi University of Delaware
James T. Kirby
James T. Kirby University of Delaware
Eckart Meiburg
Eckart Meiburg University of California, Santa Barbara
Steve Elgar
Steve Elgar Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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