Prof. Dr. Jinhai ZHENG

 

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1.Education

Ph.D.: Hohai University, China, September 1998

BEng: Hohai University, China, July 1993

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2.Academic Positions

Professor, Hohai University, China, since December 2006

Associate Professor, Hohai University, China, April 2001-November 2006

Lecturer, Hohai University, China, September 1998-March 2001

 

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3.Research Interests

Estuarine and Coastal Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics

Harbor, Waterway, Estuary and Coastal Engineering

Marine Renewable Energy Engineering

 

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4.Services and Courses Taught at Hohai University

Dean, College of Harbor Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Hohai University, China, since 2010

Coastal Dynamics (UG, Level 3)

Coastal Engineering (MSc)

 

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5.Selected Publications

[1]Zheng Jinhai, Xiong Mengjie, Wang Gang (2016). Trapping mechanism of submerged ridge on trans-oceanic tsunami propagation. China Ocean Engineering, 30(2): 271-282

[2]Chen Lihua, Zheng Jinhai, Shao Xiaohou, Shen Shanshan, Yu Zhiheng, Mao Xinyu, Chang Tingting (2016) Effects of Trichoderma harzianum T83 on Suaeda salsa L. in coastal saline soil. Ecological Engineering, 91: 58-64

[3]Zheng Jinhai, Zhang Jisheng, Wang Jun, Tao Aifeng (2015) Evaluation of tidal stream energy around radial sand ridge system in the southern Yellow Sea. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 23(6): 951-956

[4]Zhang Jisheng, Gao Peng, Zheng Jinhai, Wu Xiuguag, Peng Yuxuan, Zhang Tiantian (2015) Current-induced seabed scour around a pile-supported horizontal-axis tidal stream turbine. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 23(6): 929-936

[5]Tao Aifeng, Peng Ji, Zheng Jinhai, Wang Yao, Wu Yuqing (2015) Discussions on the occurrence probabilities of observed freak waves. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 23(6): 923-928

[6]Zhang Jisheng, Zheng Jinhai, Jeng Dong-Sheng, Guo Yakun (2015) Numerical simulation of solitary wave propagation over a steady current. ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 141(3): 04014041

[7]Zhang Wei, Wang Weiguang, Zheng Jinhai, Wang Hongge, Wang Gang, Zhang Jisheng (2015) Reconstruction of stage-discharge relationships and analysis of hydraulic geometry variations: The case study of the Pearl River Delta, China. Global and Planetary Change, 125(1): 60-70

[8]Zhang Wei, Xu Yang, Hoitink A.J.F. , Sassi M.G., Zheng Jinhai, ChenXiaowen, Zhang Chi (2015) Morphological change in the Pearl River Delta, China. Marine Geology, 363: 202-219

[9]Li Lijuan, Zheng Jinhai, Peng Yuxuan, Zhang Jisheng, Wu Xiuguang (2015) Numerical investigation of flow motion and performance of a horizontal axis tidal turbine subjected to a steady current. China Ocean Engineering, 29(2): 209-222

[10]Xu Yanwen, Zhang Wei, Chen Xiuhua, Zheng Jinhai, Chen Xiaowen (2015) Comparison of analytical solutions for salt intrusion applied to the Modaomen Estuary. Journal of Coastal Research, 31(3): 735-741

[11]Ji Xiaomei, Sheng Jinyu, Zheng Jinhai, Zhang Wei (2015) Numerical study of seasonal circulation and variability over the inner shelf of the northern South China Sea. Ocean Dynamics, 65(8): 1103-1120

[12]Lu Sheng, Tong Chaofeng, Lee Dong-Yong, Zheng Jinhai, Shen Jian, Zhang Wei, Yan Yixin (2015) Propogation of tidal waves up in Yangtze Estuary during the dry season. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120(9): 6445-7473

[13]Feng Xiangbo, Tsimplis M, Marcos M, Calafat F, Zheng Jinhai, Jorda G, Cipollini P (2015) Spatial and temporal variations of the seasonal sea level cycle in the northwest Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120(10): 7091-7112

[14]Wang Gang, Zheng Jinhai, Liang Qiuhua, Zhang Wei, Huang Cheng (2015) Theoretical analysis of harbor resonance in harbor with an exponential bottom profile. China Ocean Engineering, 29(6): 821-834

[15]Shi Jian, Shi Fengyan, Kirby James, Ma Gangfeng, Wu Guoxiang, Tong Chaofeng, Zheng Jinhai (2015) Pressure Decimation and Interpolation (PDI) method for a baroclinic non-hydrostatic model. Ocean Modelling, 96(2): 265-279

[16]Zheng Jinhai, Zhang Chi, Demirbilek Zeki, Lin Lihwa (2014) Numerical study of sandbar migration under wave-undertow interaction. ASCE Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 140 (2): 146-159

[17]Zheng Jinhai, Wang Gang, Dong Guohai, Ma Xiaozhou, Ma Yuxiang (2014) Numerical study on Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou problem for 1D shallow-water waves. Wave Motion, 51(1): 157-167

[18]Wang Gang, Zheng Jinhai, Liang Qiuhua, Zheng Yanna (2014) Analytical solutions for oscillations in a harbor with a hyperbolic-cosine squared bottom. Ocean Engineering, 83: 16-23

[19]Zhang Chi, Zheng Jinhai, Zhang Jisheng (2014) Predictability of wave-induced net sediment transport using the conventional 1DV RANS diffusion model. Geo Marine Letter, 34(4): 353-364

[20]Zhang Wei, Du Jing, Zheng Jinhai, Wei Xiaoyan, Zhu Yuliang(2014) Redistribution of the suspended sediment at the apex bifurcation in the Pearl River Network, South China. Journal of Coastal Research, 30(1): 41-51

[21]Wang Yao, Tao Aifeng, Zheng Jinhai, Doong Dong-Jing Fan Jun, Peng Ji (2014) A preliminary investigation on the coastal rogue waves of Jiangsu, China. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 14(9):2521-2527

[22]Zheng Jinhai, Zhang Wei, Zhang Peng, Zhu Yuliang (2014) Understanding space-time patterns of long-term tidal fluctuation over the Pearl River Delta, South China. Journal of Coastal Research, 30(3): 515-527

[23]Wang Gang, Nguyen Viet Thanh, Zheng Jinhai, Dong Guohai, Ma Xiaozhou, Ma Yuxiang (2013) Disintegration of linear edge waves. China Ocean Engineering, 27(4): 557-562

[24]Wang Gang, Zheng Jinhai, Maa Jerome Peng-Yea, Zhang Jisheng, Tao Aifeng (2013) Numerical experiments on transverse oscillations induced by normal-incident waves in a rectangular harbor of constant slope. Ocean Engineering, 57(2-3): 456-467

[25]Zhang Wei, Feng Haochuan, Zheng Jinhai, Hoitink A. J. F., van der Vegt M., Zhu Yuliang, Cai Huijuan (2013) Numerical simulation and analysis of saltwater intrusion lengths in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Journal of Coastal Research, 29(2): 372-382

[26]Zhang Wei, Zheng Jinhai, Ji Xiaomei, Zhu Yuliang (2013) Surficial sediment distribution feature and net sediment transport pattern in the Pearl River Estuary, South China. Continental Shelf Research, 62: 41-51

[27]Zhou Xiaoyan, Zheng Jinhai, Doong Dong-Jiing, Demirbilek Zeki (2013) Sea level rise along the East Asia and Chinese coasts and its role on the morphodynamic response of the Yangtze River Estuary. Ocean Engineering, 71: 40-50

[28]Zhang Jisheng, Wang Jun, Tao Aifeng, Zheng Jinhai and Li Hui (2013) New concept for assessment of tidal current energy in Jiangsu Coast, China. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, doi:10.1155/2013/340501

[29]Zhang Wei, Wei Xiaoyan, Zheng Jinhai, Zhu Yuliang, Zhang Yanjing (2012) Estimating suspended sediment loads in the Pearl River Delta region using sediment rating curves. Continental Shelf Research, 38: 35-46

[30]Tao Aifeng, Zheng Jinhai, Mee Mee Soe, Chen Botao (2012) The most unstable conditions of modulation instability. Journal of Applied Mathematics, doi:10.1155/2012/ 656873

[31]Xue Mi’an, Zheng Jinhai, Lin Pengzhi (2012) Numerical simulation of sloshing phenomena in cubic tank with multiple baffles. Journal of Applied Mathematics, doi:10.1155/ 2012/245702

[32]Zhang Jisheng, Zheng Jinhai, Jeng Dong-Sheng and Wang Gang (2012) Numerical simulation of solitary wave induced flow motion around a permeable submerged breakwater. Journal of Applied Mathematics, doi:10.1155/2012/ 508754

[33]Nguyen Viet Thanh, Zheng Jinhai, Zhang Chi (2012) Beach profiles characteristics along Giao Thuy and Hai Hau coasts, Vietnam: A field study. China Ocean Engineering, 26(4): 699-712

[34]Feng Xiangbo, Zheng Jinhai, Yan Yixin (2012) Wave spectra assimilation in typhoon wave modeling for the East China Sea. Coastal Engineering, 69: 29-41

[35]Zheng Jinhai, Wang Tianwen, Wang Gang, Zhang Chenming, Zhang Chi (2012) Iteration coupling simulation of random waves and wave-induced currents. Journal of Applied Mathematics, doi:10.1155/2012/205376

[36]Zhang Chi, Zheng Jinhai, Wang Yigang, Zhang Mengtao, Jeng Dong-sheng, Zhang Jisheng (2011) A process-based model for sediment transport under various wave and current conditions. International Journal of Sediment Research, 26(4): 500-514

[37]Tao Aifeng, Zheng Jinhai, Mee Mee Soe, Chen Botao (2011) Restudy on recurrence period of Stokes wave trainwith High Order Spectral Method. China Ocean Engineering, 25(4): 679-686

[38]Zhang Chi, Zheng Jinhai, Wang Yigang, Zhang Mengtao, Jeng Dong-sheng, Zhang Jisheng (2011) Comparison of turbulence schemes for predicting wave-induced near-bed sediment suspension above a plane bed. China Ocean Engineering, 25(3):395-412

[39]Zheng Jinhai, Nguyen Viet Thanh, Zhang Chi (2011) Spectral wave transformation model for simulating refraction-diffraction with strongly reflecting coastal structures. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 30(2): 25-32

[40]Zhang Chi, Zheng Jinhai, Wang Yigang, Zeki Demirbilek (2011) Modeling wave-current bottom boundary layers beneath shoaling and breaking waves. Geo Marine Letter, 31(3): 189-201

[41]Hsu Tai-Wen, Liau Jian-Ming, Lin Jaw-Guei, Zheng Jinhai, and Ou Shan-Hwei (2011) A sequential assimilation in wind wave model around Taiwan Island during typhoon events. Ocean Engineering, 38 (2-3): 456-467

[42]Zhang Wei, Yan Yixin, Zheng Jinhai, Zhu Yuliang Wu Hongxu (2010) Temporal and spatial variability of tidal in the Pearl River Delta region, China. Geomorphology, 120(3-4): 209-223

[43]Chen Xiaowen, Zheng Jinhai, Zhang Chi, Yang Xiong (2010) Evaluation of diffraction predictability in two phase averaged wave models. China Ocean Engineering, 24(2): 235-244

[44]Zheng Jinhai, Soe Mee Mee, Zhang Chi, Hsu Tai-Wen (2010) Numerical wave flume with improved smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 22(6): 773-781

[45]Zhang Wei, Yan Yixin, Zheng Jinhai, Zhu Yuliang (2009) Temporal and spatial variability of annual extreme water level in the Pearl River Delta region, China. Global and Planetary Change, 69(1-2): 35-47.

[46]Demirbilek Zeki, Lin Lihwa, Seabergh WC, Mase Hajime, Zheng Jinhai (2009) Laboratory and numerical studies of hydrodynamics near jetties. Coastal Engineering Journal, 51(2): 143-175.

[47]Zhang Chi, Wang Yigang, Zheng Jinhai (2009) Numerical study on vertical structure of undertow inside and outside of surf zone. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 28(5): 103-111.

[48]Zheng Jinhai, Tang Yu (2009) Numerical simulation of spatial lag between wave breaking point and location of maximum wave-induced current. China Ocean Engineering, 23(1): 59-71.

[49]Zheng Jinhai, Mase Hajime, Demirbilek Zeki, Lin Lihwa (2008) Implementation and evaluation of alternative wave breaking formulas in a coastal spectral wave model. Ocean Engineering, 35(11-12): 1090-1101

 

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6.Professional Activities

[1]Co-Editor: The Open Civil Engineering (Since 2011)

[2]Editorial Board member, Journal of Ocean Engineering and Marine Energy (since 2014)

[3]Editorial Board member, China Ocean Engineering (since 2013)

[4]Editorial Board member, Water Science and Engineering (since 2008)

[5]Editorial Board member, Marine Science Bulletin (in Chinese, since 2008)

[6]Editorial Board member, Ocean Engineering (in Chinese, since 2014)

[7]Editorial Board member, Journal of Tropical Oceanography (in Chinese, since 2007)

[8]Editorial Board member, Journal of Transport Science and Engineering (in Chinese, since 2009)

[9]Editorial Board Member, Journal of Hohai University (in Chinese, since 2009)

[10]Executive member of the Council of Higher Education Branch of China Association for Water Education   (since 2009)

[11]Scientific Committee member, The Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering (since 2010)

[12]Technical Program Committee member，The International Ocean (Offshore) and Polar Engineering Conference (since 2013)

 

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7.Professional Award

[1]Distinguished Visiting Fellowship Award, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, 2016

[2]Numerical study of sandbar migration under wave-undertow interaction. Best Journal Paper Award, ASCE- Journal of Waterways, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 2015

[3]Key technologies and applications of hydraulic control in complex multi-objective river network. Second Prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress in China, the State Council of PR China, 2014

 

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