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