Published in Communications Earth & Environment, 2026
We developed the physics-based, calibration-free model that predicts wave attenuation over muddy shelves, revealing the fundamental role of sediment rheology in controlling wave energy dissipation.
Recommended citation: Hu, Z., Chen, W., Li, Y.P., 2026. Sediment rheology governs wave damping over muddy shelves. Commun. Earth Environ., accepted.
Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2025
This study experimentally investigates the hydroelastic response of a vertical cantilever plate subjected to a practical range of breaking wave impacts from non-breaking to highly aerated conditions.
Recommended citation: Hu, Z. and Li, Y.P., 2025. Breaking wave impacts on an elastic plate. J. Fluid Mech., 1015: A54. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.10397
Published in Coastal Engineering, 2025
In this study, we conduct rigid-bed and morphological simulations to investigate the role of seepage response in full-scale tsunami-induced flow features and sediment transport around a circular pile.
Recommended citation: Hu, Z. and Li, Y.P., 2025. Full-scale tsunami-induced scour around a circular pile with three-dimensional seepage. Coast. Eng., 197: 104676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104676
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2025
In this study, we explicitly quantify the role and mechanics of seepage response in field-scale tsunami-induced bed mobility and scour through theoretical analyses and fully coupled hydrodynamic and morphological simulations.
Recommended citation: Hu, Z., Qi, W.-G., Li, Y.P., 2025. The role of dynamic seepage response in sediment transport and tsunami-induced scour. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 130, e2024JC021084. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021084
Published in Coastal Engineering, 2023
The impacts of four distinctive types of violent breaking waves on a flexible wall at a large scale are investigated using a fully-coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational solid mechanics (CSM) model in the finite-volume framework.
Recommended citation: Hu, Z. and Li, Y., 2023. Two-dimensional simulations of large-scale violent breaking wave impacts on a flexible wall. Coast. Eng., 185: 104370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104370
Published in Coastal Engineering, 2023
The hydroelastic behavior of a vertical wall in periodic waves is investigated using a fully-coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational solid mechanics (CSM) model.
Recommended citation: Hu, Z., Huang, L. and Li, Y., 2023. Fully-coupled hydroelastic modeling of a deformable wall in waves. Coast. Eng., 179: 104245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104245