Dr Nian Sheng Cheng
Nanyang Technological University
Faculty Member, Civil Engineering & Construction
Singapore
My Publications
Scaling Analysis of Pier-Scouring Processes
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
August 2016
Comparison of Sediment-Pickup Rates over Plane Bed and Dunes
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
July 2016
Propeller Jet–Induced Suspended-Sediment Concentration
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
April 2016
Estimate of Sediment Pickup Rate with the Densimetric Froude Number
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
March 2016
Deviation of permeable coarse-grained boundary resistance from Nikuradse's observations
Water Resources Research
February 2016
Representative Grain Size and Equivalent Roughness Height of a Sediment Bed
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
January 2016
Single-Layer Model for Average Flow Velocity with Submerged Rigid Cylinders
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
October 2015
Incompressible SPH simulation of open channel flow over smooth bed
Journal of Hydro-environment Research
September 2015
Measurements of sediment pickup rate over dune-covered bed
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
May 2015
Erratum for “Scour Caused by a Propeller Jet” by Jian-Hao Hong, Yee-Meng Chiew, and Nia...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
May 2015
Resistance Coefficients for Artificial and Natural Coarse-Bed Channels: Alternative App...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
February 2015
Application of pseudo-fluid approximation to evaluation of flow velocity through gravel...
Powder Technology
July 2014
Experimental study of free-surface fluctuations in open-channel flow in the presence of...
Journal of Hydraulic Research
June 2014
Average Velocity of Solitary Coarse Grain in Flows over Smooth and Rough Beds
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
June 2014
Slope Correction for Calculation of Bedload Sediment Transport Rates in Steep Channels
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
June 2014
Measurements of Fluctuation in Drag Acting on Rigid Cylinder Array in Open Channel Flow
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
January 2014
Scour Caused by a Propeller Jet
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
September 2013
Calculation of Drag Coefficient for Arrays of Emergent Circular Cylinders with Pseudofl...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
June 2013
Flow Resistance in Smooth Rectangular Open Channels with Low Aspect Ratios
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
September 2012
A single-camera technique for simultaneous measurement of large solid particles transpo...
Experiments in Fluids
August 2012
Scaling of Velocity Profiles for Depth-Limited Open Channel Flows over Simulated Rigid ...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
August 2012
Source term treatment of SWEs using surface gradient upwind method
Journal of Hydraulic Research
April 2012
Scaling law for velocity profiles of surface granular flows observed in rotating cylinders
Powder Technology
March 2012
Closure to “Evaluation of Flow Resistance in Smooth Rectangular Open Channels with Modi...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
March 2012
Discussion of “Evaluation of Flow Resistance in Smooth Rectangular Open Channels with M...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
March 2012
Revisited Vanoni-Brooks sidewall correction
International Journal of Sediment Research
December 2011
Application of Incomplete Self-Similarity Argument for Predicting Bed-Material Load Dis...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
September 2011
Hydraulic Radius for Evaluating Resistance Induced by Simulated Emergent Vegetation in ...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
September 2011
Representative roughness height of submerged vegetation
Water Resources Research
August 2011
Wall effect on pressure drop in packed beds
Powder Technology
July 2011
Application of incomplete similarity theory for estimating maximum shear layer thicknes...
Chemical Engineering Science
June 2011
Evaluation of Flow Resistance in Smooth Rectangular Open Channels with Modified Prandtl...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
April 2011
Experimental investigation of single particle settling in turbulence generated by oscil...
Chemical Engineering Journal
July 2009
Comparison of formulas for drag coefficient and settling velocity of spherical particles
Powder Technology
February 2009
Formulas for Friction Factor in Transitional Regimes
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
September 2008
Comparison of quadratic and power law for nonlinear flow through porous media
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
September 2008
Comparison of Settling-Velocity-Based Formulas for Threshold of Sediment Motion
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
August 2008
Review of seepage effects on turbulent open-channel flow and sediment entrainment
Journal of Hydraulic Research
July 2008
Formula for the Viscosity of a Glycerol−Water Mixture
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
May 2008
A simple relationship for crenulate-shaped bay in static equilibrium
Coastal Engineering
January 2008
Power-law index for velocity profiles in open channel flows
Advances in Water Resources
August 2007
Oscillating-grid turbulence and its applications: a review/ Turbulence de grille oscill...
Journal of Hydraulic Research
January 2007
Time-mean structure of secondary flows in open channel with longitudinal bedforms
Advances in Water Resources
November 2006
Influence of shear stress fluctuation on bed particle mobility
Physics of Fluids
September 2006
Comparisons of Sidewall Correction of Bed Shear Stress in Open-Channel Flows
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
July 2005
Secondary flows over artificial bed strips
Advances in Water Resources
May 2005
Reynolds Stress in Open Channel Flow with Upward Seepage
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
April 2005
Two-Phase Analysis of Vertical Sediment-Laden Jets
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
March 2005
Analysis of bedload transport in laminar flows
Advances in Water Resources
September 2004
Analysis of Velocity Lag in Sediment-Laden Open Channel Flows
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
July 2004
Closure to “Exponential Formula for Bedload Transport” by Nian-Sheng Cheng
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
May 2004
Discussion of “Exponential Formula for Bedload Transport” by Nian-Sheng Cheng
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
May 2004
Evaluation of bed load transport subject to high shear stress fluctuations
Water Resources Research
May 2004
Settling Distance and Incipient Motion of Sandbags in Open Channel Flows
Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering
March 2004
Two-phase modeling of suspended sediment distribution in open channel flows
Journal of Hydraulic Research
January 2004
Two-phase modeling of suspended sediment distribution in open channel flows/ Modélisati...
Journal of Hydraulic Research
January 2004
Investigation of bed shear stresses subject to external turbulence
International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
December 2003
Computation of transcritical steady flow over a curved bed with lateral contraction
Journal of Hydraulic Research
November 2003
A diffusive model for evaluating thickness of bedload layer
Advances in Water Resources
August 2003
Application of Ergun Equation to Computation of Critical Shear Velocity Subject to Seepage
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
August 2003
Probability distribution of bed particle instability
Advances in Water Resources
April 2003
Discussion of “Two-Phase Flow Analysis of Concentration Profiles” by Blair P. Greimann ...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
March 2003
Exponential formula for computing effective viscosity
Powder Technology
January 2003
Fluctuations of Turbulent Bed Shear Stress
Journal of Engineering Mechanics
January 2003
Exponential Formula for Bedload Transport
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
October 2002
Discussion of “The Fall‐Velocity Equation” by Nian‐Sheng Cheng
Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering
August 2001
A Fall-Velocity Equation
Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering
August 2001
Measurements of Turbulence Generated by Oscillating Grid
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
March 2001
Oil Transport in Surf Zone
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
November 2000
Incipient sediment motion with upward seepage
Journal of Hydraulic Research
September 1999
Discussion and Closure: Prediction of Live-Bed Scour at Bridge Abutments
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
September 1999
Analysis of Initiation of Sediment Suspension from Bed Load
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
August 1999
Discussions and Closure: Pickup Probability for Sediment Entrainment
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
July 1999
Closure to “Effect of Concentration on Settling Velocity of Sediment Particles” by Nian...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
March 1999
Discussion of “Effect of Concentration on Settling Velocity of Sediment Particles” by N...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
March 1999
Closure to “Prediction of Live-Bed Scour at Bridge Abutments” by Siow-Yong Lim and Nian...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
January 1999
Pickup Probability for Sediment Entrainment
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
January 1999
Modified Logarithmic Law for Velocity Distribution Subjected to Upward Seepage
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
December 1998
Scouring in Long Contractions
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
September 1998
Prediction of Live-Bed Scour at Bridge Abutments
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
June 1998
Discussions and Closure: Simplified Settling Velocity Formula for Sediment Particle
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
June 1998
Turbulent open-channel flow with upward seepage
Journal of Hydraulic Research
May 1998
Pickup Probability for Sediment Entrainment
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
February 1998
Closure to “Simplified Settling Velocity Formula for Sediment Particle” by Nian-Sheng C...
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
January 1998
Effect of Concentration on Settling Velocity of Sediment Particles
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
August 1997
Simplified Settling Velocity Formula for Sediment Particle
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
February 1997