Refereed Journal Articles, and Book Chapters
Boussinesq Wave Theory and Non-Hydrostatic Flow Models
Liu, K., Chen, Q., and Kaihatu, J. M., 2015. Modeling wind effects on shallow water waves. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000314.
Zhu, L., Chen, Q., and Wan, X., 2014. Optimization of non-hydrostatic Euler model for water waves, Coastal Engineering, 91: 191-199.
Liu, D., Chen, Q., and Wang, Y., 2013. A sixth order accuracy solution to a system of nonlinear differential equations with coupled compact method. Journal of Computational Engineering, Vol. 2013, ID 432192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/432192.
Wu, H. C., Young, C.-C., Chen, Q., and Lynett, P. J., 2010. Efficient non-hydrostatic modeling of nonlinear waves from shallow to deep waters. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 136 (2): 104-118.
Cruz, E. and Chen, Q. 2007. Numerical modeling of nonlinear waves over heterogeneous porous beds. Ocean Engineering, 34:1303-1321.
Cruz, E. and Chen, Q., 2006. Fundamental properties of Boussinesq-type equations for wave motion over a permeable bed. Coastal Engineering Journal, 48 (3): 225-256.
Chen, Q., 2006. Fully nonlinear Boussinesq-type equations for waves and currents over porous beds. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 132 (2): 220-230.
Chen, Q., Kaihatu, J. M., and Hwang, P. A., 2004. Incorporation of the wind effects into Boussinesq wave models. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 130 (6): 312-321.
Chen, Q., Kirby, J. T., Dalrymple, R. A., Shi, F. and Thornton, E. B., 2003. Boussinesq modeling of longshore currents. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (C11): 3362, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001308.
Shi, F., Kirby, J. T., Dalrymple, R. A., and Chen, Q., 2003. Wave simulations in Ponce de Leon inlet using a Boussinesq model. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 129: 124-135.
Shi, F., Dalrymple, R. A., Kirby, J. T., Chen, Q., and Kennedy, A. B., 2001. A fully nonlinear Boussinesq model in generalized curvilinear coordinates. Coastal Engineering, 42: 337-358.
Kennedy, A. B., Kirby, J. T., Chen, Q., and Dalrymple, R. A., 2001. Boussinesq-type equations with improved nonlinear performance. Wave Motion, 33: 225-243.
Kennedy, A. B., Dalrymple, R. A., Kirby, J. T., and Chen, Q., 2000. Determination of inverse depths using direct Boussinesq modeling. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 126: 206-214.
Kennedy, A. B., Chen, Q., Kirby, J. T., and Dalrymple, R. A., 2000. Boussinesq modeling of wave transformation, breaking and runup. I: 1D. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 126: 39-47.
Chen, Q., Kirby, J. T., Dalrymple, R. A., Kennedy, A. B., and Chawla, A., 2000. Boussinesq modeling of wave transformation, breaking and runup. II: 2D. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 126: 48-56.
Chen, Q., Dalrymple, R. A., Kirby, J. T., Kennedy, A. B., and Haller, M. C., 1999. Boussinesq modeling of a rip current system. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104 (C9): 20,617-20,637.
Chen, Q., Madsen, P. A., and Basco, D. R., 1999. Current effects on nonlinear interactions of shallow-water waves. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 125(4): 176-186.
Chen, Q., Madsen, P. A., Schaffer, H. A., and Basco, D. R., 1998. Wave-current interaction based on an enhanced Boussinesq approach. Coastal Engineering, 33: 11-39.
Fluid-Vegetation, Wave-Seabed, and Fluid-Structure Interactions
Zhu, L. and Chen, Q., 2015. Numerical modeling of surface waves over submerged flexible vegetation, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000913.
Mao, S., Chen, Q., Li, D., and Feng, Z., 2015. Modeling of free surface flows using improved material point method and dynamic adaptive mesh refinement, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000981.
Karimpour, A., and Chen, Q., 2015. A simplified parametric model for fetch-limited peak wave frequency in shallow estuaries. Journal of Coastal Research, in press.
Jadhav, R., and Chen, Q., 2013. Probability distribution of wave heights attenuated by salt marsh vegetation during tropical cyclone, Coastal Engineering, 82: 47-55.
Jadhav, R., Chen, Q., Smith, J. M., 2013. Spectral distribution of wave energy dissipation by salt marsh vegetation, Coastal Engineering, 77: 99–107.
Chen, Q., and Zhao, H., 2012. Theoretical models for wave energy dissipation caused by vegetation, Journal of Engineering Mechanics.138 (2): 221-229, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000318.
Siadatmousavi, S. M., Allahdadi, M. N., Chen, Q., Jose, F., and Roberts, H. H., 2012. Simulation of wave damping during a cold front over the muddy Atchafalaya shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 47 (15): 165–177.
Xiao, H., Huang, W., and Chen, Q., 2010. Effects of submersion depth on wave uplift force acting on bridge decks during Hurricane Katrina, Journal of Computers and Fluids, 39 (8): 1390-1400.
Huang, L and Chen, Q., 2009. Spectral collocation model for solitary wave attenuation and mass transport over viscous fluid mud, Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 135 (8): 881-891.
Chen, Q. and Svendsen, I. A., 2003. Effects of cross-shore boundary condition errors in nearshore circulation modeling. Coastal Engineering, 48: 243-256.
Computer Modeling of Hurricane Winds, Storm Surges and Surface Waves
Hu, K., Chen, Q. and Wang, H., 2015. A numerical study of vegetation impact on reducing storm surge by wetlands in a semi-enclosed estuary. Coastal Engineering, 95: 66-76.
Zhao, H. and Chen, Q., 2014. Modeling attenuation of storm surge over deformable vegetation. Methodology and verification, Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 140 (12): 04014090.
Chen, Q., Wang, H., Wang, L., Tawes, R., and Rollman, D., 2014. Predicting the impacts of tropical cyclones and sea-level rise on beach mouse habitat, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 68: 12-19, ISSN 0749-0208.
Twilley, R.R., S. Brandt, D. Breaux, J. Cartwright, Q. Chen, G. Easson, P. Fitzpatrick, K. Fridley, S. Graves, S. Harper, C. Kaiser, A. Maestre, M. Maskey, W. McAnally, J. McCorquodale, E. Meselhe, T. Miller-Way, K. Park, J. Pereira, T. Richardson, J. Tao, A. Ward, J. Wiggert and D. Williamson, 2014. Simulation Management Systems developed by the Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory (NG-CHC): An overview of cyberinfrastructure to support the coastal modeling community in the Gulf of Mexico. Advances in Coastal and Marine Resources: Remote Sensing and Modeling edited by Charles W. Finkl, Antonio H.F. Klein, and Christopher Makowski. Coastal Research Library (CRL) series. ISBN 978-3-319-06326-3.
Hu, K., Chen, Q., and Kimball, K. S., 2012. Consistency in hurricane surface wind forecasting: An improved parametric model, Natural Hazards, 61: 1029-1050, doi: 10.1007/s11069-011-9960-z.
Hu, K., Chen, Q. and Fitzpatrick, P. J., 2012. Assessment of a Parametric Hurricane Surface Wind Model for Tropical Cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico. In Advances in Hurricane Research - Modelling, Meteorology, Preparedness and Impacts, K. Hickey (ed.), ISBN 978-953-51-0867-2, InTech.
Hu, K. and Chen, Q., 2011. Directional spectra of hurricane-generated waves in the Gulf of Mexico, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 38, L19608, doi:10.1029/2011GL049145.
Kennedy, A. B., Gravois, U., Zachry, B., Luettich, R., Whipple, T., Weaver, R., Fleming, F., Chen, Q., and Avissar, R., 2010. Rapidly installed temporary gauging for waves and surge during Hurricane Gustav. Continental Shelf Research, 30: 1743-1752.
Chen, Q., Wang, L., and Zhao, H., 2009. Hydrodynamic investigation of coastal bridge collapse during Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 135 (3), 175-186
Chen, Q., Wang, L., and Tawes, R., 2008. Hydrodynamic response of northeastern Gulf of Mexico to hurricanes. Estuaries and Coasts, 31 (6): 1098-1116. DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9089-9.
Zhao, H. and Chen, Q. 2008. Characteristics of extreme meteorological forcing and water levels in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Estuaries and Coasts. 31(4): 704-718, DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9062-7.
Chen, Q. and Zhao, H., 2008. Hydrodynamic modeling of St. Joseph Bay for stability analysis of coastal barrier breaching. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 52: 181-192.
Chen, Q., Wang, L., Zhao, H., and Douglass, S. L., 2007. Predictions of storm surges and wind waves on coastal highways in hurricane-prone areas. Journal of Coastal Research, 23: 1304-1317.
Chen, Q., Zhao, H., Hu, K, and Douglass, S. L, 2005. Prediction of wind waves in a shallow estuary. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 131 (4): 137-148.
Erosion, Sediment Transport and Particle Tracking
Liu, D., Zheng, Y-L, and Chen, Q., 2015. Grain‐resolved simulation of micro‐particle dynamics in shear and oscillatory flows. Computers and Fluids, 108, 129-141. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2014.12.003.
SiadatMousavi, S.M., Jose, F., Chen, Q., and Roberts, H. H., 2013. Comparison between optical and acoustical estimation of suspended sediment concentration: A field study from a muddy coast. Ocean Engineering, 72: 11–24.
Chen, Q., Ozeren, Y., Zhang, G., Wren, D., Wu, W., Jadhav, R., Parker, K., and Pant, H., 2013. Laboratory and field investigations of marsh edge erosion. Sediment Transport: Monitoring, Modeling and Management, A. Khan and W. Wu, (ed.), Nova Science Publishers. ISBN-13: 9781626186835, 311-337.
Karimpour, K., Chen, Q., and Jadhav, R., 2013. Turbidity dynamics in upper Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana. Sediment Transport: Monitoring, Modeling and Management, Khan, A. and Wu, W. (ed.), Nova Science Publishers. ISBN-13: 9781626186835, 339-360.
Tao, J., Benger, W., Hu, K., Mathews, E., Ritter, M., Diener, P., Kaiser, C., Zhao, H., Allen, G, and Chen, Q., 2013. An HPC framework for large scale simulations and visualizations of oil spill trajectories. Coastal Hazards, W. Huang, K.H. Wang and Q. Chen (ed.), ASCE. ISBN: 9780784412664.
ASCE Task Committee on Dam/Levee Breaching Processes (Chen, Q. co-author), 2011. Earthen embankment breaching, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 1137(11), 1549-1564.
Liu, D., Chen, Q., Wang, Y. 2011. Spectral element modeling of sediment transport in shear flows. Journal of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 200: (17-20), 1691-1707, doi:10.1016/j.cma.2011.01.009.
Zhao, H., Chen, Q., Walker, D. N, Zheng, Q., and MacIntyre, L. H., 2011. A study of sediment transport in a shallow estuary using MODIS imagery and particle tracking simulation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32 (21): 6653-6671.
- Zheng, Q., Chen, Q., Zhao, H., Shi, J., and Cao, Y., 2008. A statistic-thermodynamic model for the DOM degradation in the estuary. Geophysical Research Letters, 35: L06604, DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033150.
Refereed Journal Articles under Review