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David Zhu, PhD, PEng, FCAE

Professor Phased Post Retirement, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Contact Overview

Contact

Professor Phased Post Retirement, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Email
dzhu@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-5813
Address
7-371 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Water Resources Engineering

About

Dr. Zhu is NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Urban Drainage and the Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering (加拿大工程院院士)

Education

  • Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 1996
  • M.Eng., Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 1991
  • M.Sc., Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1989
  • B.Sc., Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1986

Professional Experience

  • Associate Chair (Graduate Studies), Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada, 2005 - 2007
  • Guest Professor, Zhejiang University, China,2006
  • Professor, University of Alberta, Canada, 2004
  • Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada, 2001 - 2004
  • Guest Professor, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2003 - 2004
  • Senior Visitor, University of Cambridge, U.K., 2003
  • Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Canada, 1997 - 2001
  • Engineer, British Columbia Hydro Power Authority (BC Hydro), Canada, 1997
  • Research Fellow, National Water Research Institute(Canada), 1996

Awards and Honours

  • American Society of Civil Engineers Hydraulic Structures Medal - 2022
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Best Technical Note Award - 2022
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize - 2018
  • Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering - 2017
  • NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Urban Drainage - 2017
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Camille A. Dagenais Award - 2017
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Samuel Arnold Greeley Award - 2017
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Donald R. Stanley Award - 2015
  • University of Alberta Killam Annual Professorship - 2014
  • Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Thomas C. Keefer Medal - 2010
  • Zhejiang University YC Tang Visiting Chair Professorship - 2009 - 2012
  • The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship - 2003-2004
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Best Technical Note Award - 2003

Research

General Interests

1. Air-water two-phase flows 

  • Water jet breakup in air
  • Air entrainment by plunging jet in pools
  • Mass transfer of air bubbles and water drops

2. Urban sewer hydraulics and smart monitoring 

  •  Sewer ventilation and air flow modeling
  •  Drop structure design
  • Weir hydraulics
  • Storm geyser generation and prevention
  • Sediment transport in sewer systems
  • Soil erosion and urban sinkholes
  • Smart sewer monitoring and control

3. Sustainable hydropower and fishway studies

  • Fish entrainment risk assessment
  • Release water temperature control
  • Hydropower induced gas supersaturation and prevention
  • Fishway and fish passes 

4. Mixing and water quality modeling of rivers, lakes, and coastal waters 


Technical Publications (Journal papers)

  1. Li, X., Zhang, J.M., Zhu, D.Z., and Qian, S.T. (2023) “Modelling Geysers Triggered by an Air Pocket Migrating with Running Water in a Pipeline”, Physics of Fluids, accepted.
  2. Chen, Y.H., Feng, J.G., Zhu, D.Z., Xu, H., Qian, S.T. (2023) “Air Pocket Removal during Siphon Priming”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, accepted.
  3. Zhang, N., Liang, C.L., Kan, P.Y., Yangyao, J., Lu, D.N., Yao, Z.Y., Gan, H.H., and Zhu, D.Z. (2023) “Indigenous microbial community governs the survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in constructed wetlands”, Journal of Environmental Management, 334, 117524.
  4. Sun, L.T., Zhang, W.M., and Zhu, D.Z. (2023), “Mass Transfer of Hydrogen Sulfide at Turbulent Water Surface by Falling Drops and Single Jet”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 149(5).
  5. Ahmed, S, Zhang, W.M., Loewen, M.R., Zhu, D.Z., Ghobrial, T.R., Mahmood, K., and van Duin, B. (2023) “Stratification and its consequences in two constructed urban stormwater wetlands”, Science of the Total Environment, 872, 162179.
  6. Zhang, N., Lu, D.N., Sheng, H.F., Xia, J.J., Kan, P.Y., Yao, Z.Y., Chen, H.H., Zhu, D.Z. and Liu, H.Z. (2023) “Constructed wetlands as hotspots of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens: Evidence from metagenomic analysis in Chinese rural areas”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 447, 130778.
  7. Yan, H.B., Zhu, D.Z., Loewen, M.R., Zhang, W., Liang, S., Ahmed, S., van Duin, B., Mahmood, K., and Zhao, S. (2023) “Impact of rainfall characteristics on urban stormwater quality using data mining framework”, Science of the Total Environment, 862, 160689.  
  8. Yang, Y.Z., Huang, B., and Zhu, D.Z. (2022) “Experimental Study of Sediment Washout from Stormwater Sumps”, Water Science and Technology, 86 (9): 2454–2464.
  9. Tang, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Chan, D.H., and Zhang, S. (2022) “Physical and Analytical Modeling of Soil Loss Caused by a Defective Sewer Pipe with Different Defect Locations”, Acta Geotechnica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-022-01747-7.
  10. Tang, Y., Chan, D.H., and Zhu, D.Z. (2022) “The Modeling of Free-fall Arch Formation in Granular Flow through an Aperture”, Frontiers in Physics, 10:963495. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2022.963495.
  11. Zhang, G.J., Wang, G.W., Zhou, Y.C., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, Y.P., and Zhang, T.Q. (2023). “Simultaneous use of nitrate and calcium peroxide to control sulfide and greenhouse gas emission in sewers”, Science of the Total Environment, 855, 158913. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158913
  12. Ahmed, S., Loewen, M.R., Ghobrial, T.R., Zhang, W.M., Zhu, D.Z., Mahmood, K., and van Duin, B. (2022) “Field observations of stratification in stormwater wet ponds”, Journal of Environmental Management, 322, 115988.
  13. Du, S.T, Wu, G.X., Liang, B.C., Zhu, D.Z., and Wang, R.S. (2022) “Scour at a submerged square pile in various flow depths under steady flow”, Water, 14, 2034.
  14. Li, P.C., Zhu, D.Z., Li, R., Wang, Y.M., Crossman, J.A., and Kuhn, L. (2022) “Production of Total Dissolved Gas Supersaturation at Hydropower Facilities and its Transport: A Review”, Water Research,  223, 119012. doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119012
  15. Liu, J.C., Huang, B., and Zhu, D.Z. (2022) “Jet impinging in plunging dropshafts of medium height”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 148(12): 04022028.
  16. Ma, Y.Y., Li, P.C., Zhu, D.Z., Khan, A. (2022), “Air flow inside a vertical pipe induced by a free-falling water jet”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 44, 23-34. doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2022.07.003.
  17. Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z., van Duin, B. (2022) “Design considerations for high-speed flow in sewer systems”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 148(9). doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0002004.
  18. Li, P.C., Zhu, D.Z., Crossman, J., Leake, A., and Li, R. (2022) “Generation of Supersaturated Total Dissolved Gases from Low-Level Outlets at Hydropower Facilities”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 148(12). 05022005.
  19. Zuo, J.L., Xu. T.B., Zhu, D.Z., and Gu, H.B. (2022) “Impact pressure of dam-break waves on a vertical wall with various downstream conditions by an explicit mesh-free method”, Ocean Engineering, 256, 111569.
  20. Algera, D.A., Kamal, R., Ward, T.D., Pleizier, N.K., Brauner, D.J., Crossman, J.A., Leake, A., Zhu, D.Z., Power, M., and Cooke, S.J. (2022) “Exposure risk of fish downstream of a hydropower facility to supersaturated total dissolved gas”, Water Resources Research, 58(6), e2021WR031887.
  21. Zhang, P., Liu, Q.Y., Wang, Y.M., Zhu, D.Z., Liang, R.F., Qin, L.L., Li, R., Ji. Q.F., Li, K.F. (2022) “River habitat assessment and restoration in high dam flood discharge systems with total dissolved gas supersaturation”, Water Research, 221, 118833. doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118833.
  22. Yang, Z., Zhu, D.Z., Yu, T., Shypanski, Edwini-Bonsu, S., and Liu, Y. (2022) “Sulfide Generation in Force Mains and its Control Using Nitrate Dosing”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 148(7): 04022032.
  23. Zhang, N., Lu, D.N., Kan, P.Y., Yangyao, J.N., Yao, Z.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Gan, H.H., and Zhu, B.Y. (2022) “Impact analysis of hydraulic loading rate on constructed wetland: Insight into the response of bulk substrate and root-associated microbiota”, Water Research, 216(1):118337.
  24. Wang, C.L, Huang, B., Xu, T.B., Zhu, D.Z., Wang, L.L., and Wang, Y. (2022) “Numerical modeling of energy dissipation of internal solitary waves encountering step topography”, Ocean Engineering, 259, 111853.
  25. Chen, X.L., Huang, B., Zhang, S.L., Liu, J.C., Qian, Y., Wang, C.L., and Zhu, D.Z. (2022) “Performance Evaluation of Sewer System Upgrade in an Old Residential Area in Ningbo, China”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 148(8).
  26. Ren, D.H., Zuo, Z.Q., Xing, Y.X., Ji, P.H., Yu, T., Zhu, D.Z., Huang, X., and Liu, Y.C., (2022) “Simultaneous control of sulfide and methane in sewers achieved by a physical approach targeting dominant active zone in sediments”, Water Research, 211, 118010.
  27. Yan, H.B., Fernandez, A., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, W.M., Loewen, M.R., Chen, L., Zhao, S., Mahmood, K., van Duin, B., and Jia, H.F. (2022) “Land Cover based Simulation of Urban Stormwater Runoff and Pollutant Loading”, Journal of Environmental Management, 303, 114147.
  28. Lu, D., Zhu, D. Z., Gan, H. et al. 2022 "An ultra-sensitive molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) and gold nanostars (AuNS) modified voltammetric sensor for facile detection of perfluorooctance sulfonate (PFOS) in drinking water." Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 352, 131055.
  29. Zhang, G.J., Pang, Y., Zhou, Y.C., Pang, Y., Zhang, Y.P., and Zhu, D.Z. (2022). “Effect of dissolved oxygen on N2O release in the sewer system during controlling hydrogen sulfide by nitrate dosing”, Science of the Total Environment, 816, 151581. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.
  30. Li, P.C., Zhu, D.Z., Xu, T.Y., and Zhang, J. (2022), “Air Demand of a Hydraulic Jump in a Closed Conduit with a Submerged Outlet”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 148(2).
  31. Qian, S.T, Zhu, D.Z., and Xu, H. (2022) “Splashing generation by water jet impinging on a horizontal plate”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 130, 110518, doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci. 2021.110518.
  32. Amin, M.R., Rajaratnam, N., and Zhu, D.Z. (2022), “Flow and energy loss downstream of rectangular sharp-crested weirs for free and submerged flows”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 144(3): 031201, doi.org/10.1115/1.4052049. 
  33. Zhang, G.J., Yang, Z., Zhou, Y.C., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, Y.P., Yu, T., and Shypanski, A. (2022) “Combination of nitrate and sodium nitroprusside dosing for sulfide control with low carbon source loss in sewer biofilm reactors”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 424, 127527. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127527.
  34. Liu, J.C., Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, J., Edwini-Bonsu, S., Zhou, F. (2022). “Numerical study on the mechanisms of storm geyser in a vertical riser-chamber system”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 60(2), 341-356.
  35. Felder, S., Erpicum, S., Mulligan, S., Valero, D., Zhu, D.Z., and Crokston, B. (2021) “Hydraulic structures at a crossroads towards the sustainable development goals”, IAHR white paper series, 2021/2.
  36. Zhou, Y.C., Yao, X.Y., Gu, Y.Q., Qian, D., Tang, Y., Zhang, Y.P., Zhu, D.Z., and Zhang T.Q. (2021) “Biological effects on incipient motion of sediments with organic matters”, Journal of Soils and Sediment, 21, 627–640.
  37. Zhang, G.J., Gu, T.F., Zhou, Y.C., Zhu, D.Z., and Zhang Y.P. (2021) “Effects of intermittent chemical dosing on volatile sulfur compounds in sewer headspace”, Environmental Engineering Research, 27(3); 210091, doi.org/10.4491/eer.2021.091.
  38. Zhu, D.Z., Yu, T., Liu, Y.C., and Zhou, Y.C. (2021) “Sustainable Urban Drainage: Current Interests and Future Needs”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 38, 1-3, doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2021.09.002.
  39. Kamal, R., Zhu, D.Z., Crossman, J., and Leake, A. (2021), “A System Model for Total Dissolved Gas Risk Assessment due to Multi-dam Spill Operations”, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 147(12): 04021086. 
  40. Pang, Y., Gu, T.F., Zhang, G.J., Yu, Z.G., Zhou, Y.C., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, Y.P., Zhang, T.Q. (2020) “Experimental study on volatile sulfur compound inhibition using a single-chamber membrane-free microbial electrolysis cell”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 27, 30571–30582.
  41. Yu, Z.J., Gan, H.H., Xiao, M., Huang, B., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, Z.Y., Wang, H.Y., Lin, Y.L., Hou, Y.L, Peng, S., and Zhang, W. (2021) “Performance of permeable pavement systems on stormwater permeability and pollutant removal”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 28571-28584.
  42. Yang, Z., Zhu, D.Z., Yu, T., Shypanski, A., Zhang, G.J., and Zhou, Y.C. (2021) “Effect of ferric iron and nitrate on hydrogen sulfide control in lab-scale reactors”, Environmental Science: WaterResearch & Technology, 7, 1806 - 1818.
  43. Li, P.C., Zhang, W.M., Burnett, N.J., Zhu, D.Z., Casselman, M., and Hinch, S.G. (2021) “Evaluating dam water release strategies for migrating adult salmon using computational fluid dynamic modeling and biotelemetry”, Water Resources Research, 57(8). doi: 10.1029/2020WR028981.
  44. van Duin, B., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, W.W, Muir, R.J., Johnston, C., Kipkie, C, and Rivard G. (2021), “Towards More Resilient Urban Stormwater Management Systems – Bridging the Gap from Theory to Implementation”, Front. Water 3:671059. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2021.67105.
  45. Yuan, Y., Yuan, Q., Wang, Y.M., Liang, R.F., Li, K.F., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021), “Impact of TDG supersaturation on native fish species under different hydropower flood discharge programs”, Aquatic Toxicology, 237:105898. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105898.
  46. Amin, M.R., Rajaratnam, N., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021), “Scouring of Sand Beds by Short Impinging Turbulent Jets”, Water Management (Proceedings of the ICE), 174(6), 309-320.
  47. Zhang, N., Liang, C.L., Liu, X.J., Yao, Z.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Du, S.C., and Zhang, H.J. (2021) “Divergent temporal response of abundant and rare bacterial communities to transient Escherichia coli O157:H7 invasion”, Frontiers in Microbiology: Terrestrial Microbiology, 12, 1664-302X, 665380.
  48. Ji, Q.F., Li, K.F., Wang, Y.M., Liang, R.F., Feng, J.J., Yuan, Q., Zhang, P., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021), “Total Dissolved Gases Induced Tolerance and Avoidance Behaviors in Pelagic Fish in the Yangtze River, China”, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 216, 112218.
  49. Lu, J.Y., Li, R., Wan, H., Ma, Q., Li, K.F., Zhu, D.Z., and Feng, J.J. (2021), “Dissolved oxygen transfer along falling water jets with developing surface disturbance”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Vol. 38, 129-136, doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2021.03.001.  
  50. Lu, D.N., Zhu, D.Z., Gan, H.H., Yao, Z.Y., Fu, Q., and Zhang, X.Q. (2021) “Prospects and challenges of using electrochemical immunosensors as an alternative detection method for COVID-19 wastewater-based epidemiology”, Science of the Total Environment, 777, 146239. doi.org/10.1016/ j.scitotenv.2021.146239.
  51. Leng, L.Y., Jia, H.F., Chen, A.S., Zhu, D.Z., Xu T., and Yu, S. (2021) “Multi-objective optimization for green-grey infrastructures in response to external uncertainties”, Science of the Total Environment, 775: 145831, doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145831.
  52. Liu, J.C., Zhang, S.Q., Huang, B., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021). “Numerical Study on Effects of Chamber Design and Multi-inlets on Storm Geyser”, Water Science and Technology, 83(6), 1286 - 1299.
  53. Golpira, A., Baki, A.B.M., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021) “Coherent Flow Structures around a Submerged Habitat Structure”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(7): 06021005.
  54. Xu, T.Y, Zhang, J., Chen, S., He, W., Yu, X.D., and Zhu, D.Z., (2021) “Operational Stability of a Hydropower Plant with a Pipe-shaped Air-cushion Surge Chamber”, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 143(4): 044501.
  55. Wang, H.Y., Gan, H.H., Zhang, Z.Y., Yu, Z.J., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021) “Purification efficiency of bioretention with modified media under varied rain intensity and drying conditions”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(4): 04021009.
  56. Qian, Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021) “Pressure Oscillation of an Air Pocket beneath a Water Column in a Vertical Riser”, Water Science and Technology, 83(1), 173-183. doi: 10.2166/wst.2020.560.   
  57. Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z., and Yue, D. (2021) “Effect of pump operation on headspace air pressure variation in sanitary sewer systems”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 147(3): 06021001. 
  58. Qian, Y., Shao, W.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Mohamad, K., Steffler, P.M., Edwini-Bonsu, S., Yue, D., and Krywiak, D. (2021), “Modeling air flow in sanitary sewer systems: a review”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, vol. 38, 84-95, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2020.10.003.
  59. Cheng, J.R., Gong, Y.M, Zhu, D.Z., Xiao, M., Zhang, Z.Z., Bi, J.P., Wang, K. (2021) “Modeling the sources and retention of phosphorus nutrient in a coastal river system in China using SWAT, Journal of Environmental Management, 278(1), 111556.
  60. Langford, M., Zhu, D.Z., Leake, A., Cooke, S.J. (2021). “Hydropower intake-induced fish entrainment risk zone analysis”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 48(3). 
  61. Huang, B., and Zhu, D.Z. (2021), “Rigid-column model for rapid filling in partially filled horizontal pipe”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(2).
  62. Zhou, Y.C., Wen, S.C., Zhang, Y.P., Zhu, D.Z., Tang, P., Xiang, Z.S., and Zhang. T.Q. (2020), “Experimental investigation of seepage flow properties with biofilm development in porous medium with different filter morphologies”, Journal of Hydrology, 591(12), 125596.
  63. Yang, Z, Zhu, D.Z., Yu, T., Edwini-Bonsu, S., Liu, Y.C., (2020) “Case Study of H2S Release and Transport in a Trunk Sewer with Drops”, Water Science and Technology, 82(11), 2271-2281. 10.2166/wst.2020.475.
  64. Zobeyer, H., Zhu, D.Z., and Edwini-Bonsu, S., (2020) “Air Flow Model Development and Application in a Complex Combined Sewer System”. Water Science and Technology, 82(2), 1687-1700.
  65. Ye, Y.Q., Xu, T.B., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020) “Numerical analysis of dam-break waves propagating over dry and wet beds by the mesh-free method”, Ocean Engineering, 217, 107969.
  66. Bett, N., Hinch, S.G., Bass, A.L., Braun, D.C., Burnett, N.J., Casselman, M.T., Cooke, S.J., Drenner, S.M., Gelchu, A., Harrower, W.L., Ledoux, R., Lotto, A.G., Middleton, C.T., Minke-Martin, V., Patterson, D.A., Zhang, W., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020) “Using an Integrative Research Approach to Improve Fish Migrations in Regulated Rivers: A Case Study on Pacific Salmon in the Seton River, Canada”, Hydrobiologia, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-020-04371-2. 
  67. Golpira, A., Baki, A.B.M., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020) “Higher-order Velocity Moments, Turbulence Scales, and Energy Dissipation Rate around a Boulder in a Rock-ramp Fish Passage”, Sustainability, 12, 5385; doi:10.3390/su12135385.
  68. Sun, L.T., Zhang, W.M., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020), “Emission of Hydrogen Sulfide from Falling Sewage Drops in Drop Structures”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 146(12).
  69. Zhang, Q., Shao, W.Y., Zhu, D.Z., and Xu, W.L., (2020) “Steady Air Flow Model for Large Sewer Networks: A Theoretic Framework”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 82(3), 503-512.
  70. Tang, Y.B., Zhu, D.Z., and van Duin, B. (2020), “Erosion on Cohesive Deposition in Storm Sewers”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 146(12).
  71. Tang, Y.B., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N., and van Duin, B. (2020), “Sediment Depositions in a Submerged Storm Sewer Pipe”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 146(10).
  72. Baki, A.B.M, Zhu, D.Z., Harwood, A., Lewis, A., Healey, K. (2020), “Hydraulic Design Aspects of Rock-weir Fishways with Notch for Habitat Connectivity”, Journal of Ecohydraulics, 5(1), 94-109. doi.org/10.1080/24705357.2019.1652706.
  73. Huang, B., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020), “Linearized Solution for Rapid Filling of a Horizontal Pipe with Entrapped Air”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 146(11): 06020006.
  74. Kamal, R., Zhu, D.Z., Crossman, J., and Leake, A. (2020), “Case Study of Total Dissolved Gas Transfer and Degasification in a Prototype Ski-jump Spillway”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 146(9): 05020007.
  75. Qian, Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020) “Impact pressure on an orifice plate by a rising water column driven by an air pocket in a vertical riser”, Water Science and Technology, 81(5), 1029-1038.
  76. Guo, R., Guo, Y.P., Zhang, S.H., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020) "A Tool for Water Balance Analysis of Bioretention Cells", ASCE Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 6(3): 04020013.
  77. Li, P.C., Ma, Y.Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020), “Mass Transfer of Gas Bubble Rising in Stagnant Water”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 146(8): 04020084.
  78. Tang, Y., Yao, X.Y., Chen, Y.N., Zhou, Y.C., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, Y.P., Zhang T.Q. and Y. Peng (2020) “Experimental research on physical clogging in porous media and its impact on permeability”, Granular Matter, 22, 37, doi.org/10.1007/s10035-020-1001-8.
  79. Ma, Y.Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020), “Axis-switching of Free-falling Elliptical Water Jets”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 146(7). 06020009.
  80. Peng, H.X., Shao, Y., Zhang, Y.F., Wang, R.W., Zhu, D.Z., Chen, H.Y., Liu, J.Q., (2020) “Optimization of ultrasonic parameters for effective detachment of biofilm cells in an actual drinking water distribution system”, Journal of Zhejiang University - Science A, 21: 167-178.  
  81. Zhang, J.H., Huang, T., Chen, L., Zhu, D.Z., Zhu, L.L., Feng, L.J. and Liu, X.F. (2020). “Impact of the Three Gorges Reservoir on the hydrologic regime of the river-lake system in the middle Yangtze River”, Journal of Clean Production, 258, 121004.
  82. Gu, Y., Zhang, Y., Qian, D., Tang, Y., Zhou, Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020). Effects of microbial activity on incipient motion and erosion of sediment. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 20(1), 175-188.
  83. Zhang, J., Zhu, D.Z., and Zhang, S.H., (2020) “Shallow slope stability evolution during rainwater infiltration considering soil cracking state”, Computers and Geotechnics, 117, 103285, doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.
  84. Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Liu, L., Shao, W.Y., Edwini-Bonsu, S., and Zhou, F. (2020), “Numerical and experimental study on mitigation of storm geysers”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 146(3).
  85. Liu, L., Shao, W.Y., Zhu, D.Z. (2020) “Experimental Study on Stormwater Geyser in a Vertical Shaft above a Junction Chamber”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 146(2).
  86. Zhou, Z., Wang, J.X., and Zhu, D.Z. (2020), “Energy dissipation in a deep tailwater stilling basin with partial flaring gate piers”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 2020, 47(5): 523-533.
  87. Tan, P.Y., Zhou, Y.C., Zhang, Y.P., Zhu, D.Z. and Zhang, T.Q. (2019) “Assessment and pathway determination for rainfall-derived inflow and infiltration of sanitary systems: a case study”, Urban Water Journal, 16(8), 600–607.
  88. Yang, H.M., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, Y.P., Zhou, Y.C., (2019) “Numerical investigation on bottom shear stress induced by flushing gate for sewer cleaning”, Water Science and Technology, 80(2), 290-299. doi: 10.2166/wst.2019.269.
  89. Yang, Z, Zhu, D.Z., Yu, T., Edwini-Bonsu, S., Liu, Y.C., (2019) “Case Study of Sulfide Generation and Emission in Sanitary Sewer with Drop Structures and Pump Station”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 79, 1685-1694. doi: 10.2166/wst.2019.164.
  90. Zuo, Z.Q., Chang, J., Lu, Z.S., Wang, M., Lin, Y.C., Zheng, M., Zhu, D.Z., Yu, T., Huang, X., Liu, Y.C. (2019) “Hydrogen sulfide generation and emission in urban sanitary sewer in China: What factor plays the critical role?” Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 5, 839–848.
  91. Gu, T.F, Tan, P.Y., Zhou, Y.C., Zhang. Y.P., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, T.Q. (2019) “Characteristics and Mechanism of Dimethyl Trisulfide Formation during Sulfide Control in Sewer by Adding Oxidants”, Science of the Total Environment, 673, 719-725.
  92. Li, P.C., Zhu, D.Z., Krywiak, D., and Yu, D. (2019), “Flow characteristics and energy dissipation of an offset jet in a rectangular stormwater pond”, Canadian Water Resources Journal, 44(3), 307–318.
  93. Schulz, H.A., Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z. (2019), “Water Column Oscillation in Partially Immersed Vertical Tubes”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 145(9): 04019063.
  94. Yu, T., Ding, Q., Zhu, D.Z., Shao, Y., (2019) “Experimental Study on Air Pressure Variation in a Horizontal Pipe of Single-stack Drainage System”, Water Science and Technology, 79(1):114-125. doi: 10.2166/wst.2019.014.
  95. Troitsky, B., Zhu, D.Z., Loewen, M.R., van Duin, B., and Mahmood, K. (2019), “Nutrient processes and modeling in urban stormwater ponds and constructed wetlands", Canadian Water Resources Journal, 44(3), 230–247.
  96. Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, W., and Edwini-Bonsu, S. (2019), “Field monitoring and design optimization of dropshafts with air circulation pipes”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Vol. 22, 57-69.
  97. Kamal, R., Zhu, D.Z., Leake, A., and Crossman, J. (2019), “Dissipation of Supersaturated Total Dissolved Gases in the Intermediate Mixing Zone of a Regulated River”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 145(2): 04018135.
  98. Kupferschmidt, C., Noddin, F., Zhu, D.Z., and Tonn, W.M. (2019), “Habitat Use by Arctic Grayling in an Engineered Stream in the Canadian Barrenlands”, Arctic, Vol. 72(2), 103-115. 
  99. Xue, H.C., Ma, Q., Li, R., Diao, M.J., Zhu, D.Z., and Lu, J.Y. (2019), “Experimental study on the dissipation of supersaturated TDG during the jet breakup process”, Journal of Hydrodynamics, Springer, 31(4), 760-766.
  100. Yin, Z.G., Wang, Y.X., Zhang, W.M., and Zhu, D.Z. (2019) “Computational Study of Bubbly Jets in Stagnant Water”, Journal of Hydrodynamics, 31(5), 1021-1033.
  101. Li, L., Zhu, D.Z., and Huang, B. (2018) “Analysis of Pressure Transients Following Rapid Filling of a Vented Horizontal Pipe", Water, 10(11), 1698; doi: 10.3390/w10111698.
  102. Huang, B., Wu, S.Q., Zhu, D.Z., and Wang, F.F. (2018), “Mitigating Peak Pressure of Storm Geysering by Orifice Plates Installed at the Top of Vent Pipes”, Water Science and Technology, 78(7): 1587-1596. 
  103. Ding, Q., Ma, Y.Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2018), “Air entrainment in a vertical dropshaft with limited air supply”, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, Vol. 8, 315-319.
  104. Tang, Y., Zhu, D.Z., and van Duin, B. (2018), “Note on Sediment Removal Efficiency in Oil - Grit Separators”, Water Science and Technology, 2017 (3): 729-735. doi: 10.2166/wst.2018.240. 
  105. Li, L., and Zhu, D.Z. (2018), “Modulation of the Transient Pressure by an Air Pocket in a Horizontal Pipe with an End Orifice”, Water Science and Technology, 77(10), 2528-2536. doi: 10.2166/wst.2018.213.
  106. Wei, J.F., Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, J. (2018), “Effect of Boundary Conditions on the Performance of a Dropshaft with an Internal Divider”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 2017(2), 441-449.
  107. Tang, Y., Chan, D.H., Zhu, D.Z. (2018), “An analytical solution for steady-state groundwater inflow into a circular tunnel in anisotropic soils”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 144(9): 06018003. 
  108. Wei, J.F., Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, J. (2018), “Performance of Plunging-Flow Dropshafts with Internal Air Circulation”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 144(9). 06018011.
  109. Huang, B., Wu, S.Q., Zhu, D.Z., and Schulz, H.E. (2018), “Experimental Study of Geysers through a Vent Pipe in Stormwater Drainage Systems”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 2017(1), 66-76.
  110. Zhang, M.K., Liu, Y., Cheng, X., Zhu, D.Z., and Shi, H.C., and Yuan, Z.G. (2018). “Quantifying rainfall-derived inflow and infiltration in sanitary sewer systems based on conductivity monitoring”, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 558, 174-183.
  111. Ding, Q., and Zhu, D.Z. (2018), “Flow Regimes inside a Dropshaft with Limited Air Supply”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 144(5): 06018006.
  112. Yang, H.M., Zhu, D.Z., Li, L. (2018), “Numerical Modeling on Sediment Capture in Catch Basins”, Water Science and Technology, 77 (5), 1346-1354; DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.009.
  113. Islam, M.R., Wood, I.R., and Zhu, D.Z. (2018) “Selective Withdrawal from an Intake Channel Connected to a Reservoir”, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 111:79–94.
  114. Yang, H.M., Zhu, D.Z., Liu, Y.C. (2018), “Effect of Doppler Flow Meter Position on Discharge Measurement in Surcharged Manholes”, Water Science and Technology, 77 (3), 647-654; DOI: 10.2166/wst.2017.563.
  115. Tang, Y., Chan, D.H., Zhu, D.Z., Guo, S. (2018), “An Analytical Solution for Steady Seepage into a Defective Pipe”, Water Science and Technology - Water Supply, 18(3), 926-935. 
  116. Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z., and Edwini-Bonsu, S. (2018), “Air Flow Modelling in a Prototype Sanitary Sewer System”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 144(3): 04018008.
  117. Guo, S., Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, W., and Edwini-Bonsu, S. (2018), “Effects of Drop Structures and Pump Station on Sewer Air Pressure and Hydrogen Sulfide: Field Investigation” ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 144(3): 04018011.
  118. Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Yu, T., and Liu, Y.C. (2018), “Assessing the Effectiveness of an Airshaft for Dropshaft Air Re-circulation and Depressurization”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Vol. 18: 49-62.
  119. Silva, A.T., M.C. Lucas, T. Castro-Santos, C. Katopodis, L.J. Baumgartner, J.D. Thiem, K. Aarestrup, P.S. Pompeu, G.C. O'Brien, D. Braun, N.J. Burnett, D.Z. Zhu, H-P. Fjeldstad, T. Forseth, N. Rajaratnam, J.G. Williams and S.J. Cooke (2018). “The Future of Fish Passage Science, Engineering, and Practice", Fish and Fisheries, Vol. 19:340–362.
  120. Chen, X. Zhu, D.Z. and Steffler, P.M. (2017) “Three-Dimensional Numerical Investigation on Velocity Field and Mixing Characteristics at Channel Junctions”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 44: 1071–1083. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2016-0228.
  121. Baki, A.B.M, Zhu, D.Z., Harwood, A., Lewis, A., Healey, K. (2017), “Rock-weir Fishpass. I: Flow Regimes and Hydraulic Characteristics”, Journal of Ecohydraulics, 2(2), 122-141.
  122. Baki, A.B.M, Zhu, D.Z., Harwood, A., Lewis, A., Healey, K. (2017), “Rock-weir Fishpass. II: Design Evaluation and Considerations”, Journal of Ecohydraulics, 2(2), 142-152.
  123. Gutowsky, L.F.G., Harrison, P.M., Martins, E.G., Leake, A., Patterson, D.A., Zhu, D.Z., Power, M., Cooke, S.J. (2017). “Daily temperature experience and selection by adfluvial bull trout”. Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol.100: 1167–1180.
  124. Schulz, H.E., and Zhu, D.Z. (2017) “Oscillations of water levels in vertical semi-immersed tubes: analytical solutions and experimental verification”, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 10(6), 1515-1525.
  125. Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N., van Duin, B. (2017), “Energy Dissipation in Circular Drop Manholes”, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 143(12): 04017047. 
  126. Kupferschmidt, C., and Zhu, D.Z. (2017), “Physical Modeling of Pool and Weir Fishways with Rock Weirs”, River Research and Applications, 33(7): 1130–1142.
  127. Azimi, A.H., Cai, J., Zhu, D.Z., and Rajaratnam, N. (2017), “Experimental and numerical investigations on withdrawal of water-capped viscoplastic fluid”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 139(8), 081102 (14 pages).
  128. Tang, Y., Chan, D.H., Zhu, D.Z. (2017), “Numerical Investigation of Sand Bed Erosion by an Upward Water Jet”, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 143(9): 04017104 (14 pages). 
  129. Tang, Y., Chan, D.H., Zhu, D.Z. (2017), “A Coupled Discrete Element Model for the Simulation of Soil and Water Flow through an Orifice”, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 41(14): 1477–1493.
  130. Tang, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Chan, D.H. (2017), “Experimental Study on Submerged Sand Erosion through a Slot on a Defective Pipe”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143(9): 04017026 (14 pages). 
  131. Guo, S. and Zhu, D.Z. (2017) “Analytical study on soil and groundwater erosion rates through a sewer pipe crack”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143(7), 06017008.
  132. He, Y.X, Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, T.Q., Shao, Y., Yu, T.C. (2017), “Experimental observations on initiation of sand bed erosion by an upward water jet”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143(7), 06017007.
  133. Banisoltan, S., Rajaratnam, N., Zhu, D.Z. (2017) “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Vertical Drains with Radial Inflow”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143(5). 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001277.
  134. Gu, L., Dai, B., Zhu, D.Z., Hua, Z.L., Liu, X.D., van Duin, B., and Mahmood, K. (2017), “Sediment modelling and design optimization for stormwater ponds", Canadian Water Resources Journal, 42(1), 70–87. DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2016.1210542.
  135. Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, W., Rajaratnam, N. and Edwini-Bonsu, S., Steffler, P.M. (2017), “Air movement induced by water flow with a hydraulic jump in changing slope pipes”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143(4). 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001252.
  136. Baki, A.B.M., Zhang, W., Zhu, D.Z., and Rajaratnam, N. (2017), “Flow Structures in the Vicinity of a Submerged Boulder within a Boulder Array”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 143(5). 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001273, 04016104. 
  137. Tang, Y.B., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N., and van Duin, B. (2016), “Experimental Study of Hydraulics and Sediment Capture Efficiency in Catchbasins”, Water Science and Technology, 74 (11), 2717-2726; DOI: 10.2166/wst.2016.448.
  138. Cahill, C.L., Howland, K.L., Hulsman, M.F., Noddin, F., Tonn, W.M., Courtice, G., and Zhu, D.Z. (2016), “Arctic Grayling Movement through a Nature-like Fishpass in Northern Canada”, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 145:5, 951-963.
  139. Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N., Camino, G.A. (2016), “Experimental Study of the Breakup of a Free-falling Turbulent Water Jet in Air”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142(10): 06016014, 8p. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001188.
  140. Ma, Y.Y., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2016), “Air entrainment in a tall plunging flow dropshaft”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142(10): 04016038, 11p. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001181.
  141. Yang, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, T.Q., Liu, W.C., and Guo, S. (2016) “Improved Model for Contaminant Intrusion Induced by Negative Pressure Events in Water Distribution Systems”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 142(10): 06016012, 8p. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001176.
  142. Baki, A.B.M., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2016), “Flow simulation in a rock-ramp fish pass”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol: 142(10): 04016031, 12 p. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001166.
  143. Cai, J., Azimi, A., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2016), “Experimental and numerical study on pumping viscoplastic fluids”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 43(8), 675-684. DOI: 10.1139/cjce-2015-0500.
  144. Marriner, B.A., Baki­­­­, A.B.M., Zhu,­­ D.Z., Cooke­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­, S.J., Katopodis, K. (2016). “The hydraulics of a vertical slot fishway: a case study on the multi-species Vianney-Legendre fishway in Quebec, Canada”, Ecological Engineering, Vol. 90, 190–202.
  145. Chen, W., Chen, K., Kuang, C.P., Zhu, D.Z., He, L.L, Mao, X.D., Liang, H.D., Song, H.L, (2016), “Influence of sea level rise on saline water intrusion in the Yangtze River Estuary, China”, Applied Ocean Research 54, 12–25.
  146. Courtice, G., Baki, A.B.M., Zhu, D.Z., Cahill, C., and Tonn, W.M. (2016), “Stream habitat connectivity in the Canadian Arctic: an onsite approach to design and construction”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 43(2): 139-150, 10.1139/cjce-2015-0241.
  147. Azimi, A.H., Rajaratnam, N. and Zhu, D.Z. (2016), “Water surface characteristics of submerged rectangular sharp-crested weirs”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 142(5): 06016001. 
  148. Pilechi, A., Mohammadian, M., Rennie, C., and Zhu, D.Z. (2016) “An efficient method for coupling field data and numerical modeling for the estimation of a transverse mixing coefficient in meandering rivers”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 142(6). 04016009. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001116.  
  149. Zhang, W., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N., Edwini-Bonsu, S., Fiala, J., and Pelz, W. (2016) “Use of air circulation pipes in deep dropshafts for reducing air entrainment into sanitary sewers," ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 142(4): 04015092. DOI:  10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001046.
  150. Langford, M., Zhu, D.Z., Leake, A. (2016). “Upstream hydraulics of a run-of-the river hydropower facility for fish entrainment risk assessment”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 142(4): 05015006. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001101.  
  151. Zhang, W.M. and Zhu, D.Z. (2015). “Far-Field properties of aerated water jets in air”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 76, 158–167.
  152. Cahill, C.L, Erwin, A.C., Howland, K.L., Hulsman, M.F., Lunn, B.D., Noddin, F., Tonn, W.M., Baki, A.B., Courtice, G.Y., Zhu, D.Z. (2015), “Assessing Responses of Fish to Habitat Enhancement in Barrenlands Streams, N.W.T., Canada”, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Vol. 35:755–764.
  153. Banisoltan, S., Rajaratnam, N., Zhu, D.Z. (2015) “An experimental study of the hydraulics of drill-drop manholes”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 141(2): 04015021.
  154. Shao, W.Y, Jiang, L.J., Fang, L., Zhu, D.Z., and Sun, Z.L (2015) “Assessment of the safe evacuation of people walking through flooding staircases based on numerical simulation”, Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A, Vol. 16 (2), 117-130.
  155. Azimi, A.H., Qian, Y., Zhu, D.Z. and Rajaratnam, N. (2015), “An experimental study of circular sand-water wall jets”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 74, 34–44. 
  156. Silva, A.T., Hatry, C., Thiem, J.D., Gutowsky, L.F.G., Hatin, D., Zhu, D.Z., Dawson, J. W., Katopodis, C., Cooke, S.J. (2015), “Behaviour and locomotor activity of a migratory catostomid during fishway passage”, PLoS ONE. 10(4), e0123051. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123051.
  157. Liu, M.J., Craik, S., and Zhu, D.Z. (2015) “Determination of cast iron pipe wall decay coefficient and modeling combined Chlorine concentrations in a municipal water distribution system”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, Vol. 42(4): 250-258.
  158. Islam, M.D. and Zhu, D.Z. (2015), “Selective withdrawal of two-layer stratified flows with a point sink”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 141(7): 04015009. 
  159. Liu, Y.C., Wu, C., Zhou, X.H., Zhu, D.Z., and Shi, H.C. (2015), “Sulfide elimination by intermittent nitrate dosing in sewer sediments”, Journal of Environmental Sciences, Elsevier. Vol. 27, 259-265.
  160. Baki, A.B.M., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2015), “Turbulence Characteristics in a Rock-Ramp Type Fishpass”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 141(2): 04014075.
  161. Camino, G.A., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2015) “Flow observations in tall plunging flow dropshafts”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 141(1): 06014020.
  162. Pilechi, A., Mohammadian, M., Rennie, C., and Zhu, D.Z. (2015). “In situ spatially distributed field measurements of transverse dispersion of a wastewater effluent in an extended natural meandering river reach for estimation of the full mixing length”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 53(1), 20-35.
  163. Huang, B., Zhu, D.Z., Shao, W., Fu, J.J., and Rui, J.L., (2015) “Forebay hydraulics and fish entrainment risk assessment upstream of a high dam in China”, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Vol. 9(1), 91–103.
  164. Martins, E., Gutowsky, L., Harrison, P., Flemming, J.M., Jonsen, I., Zhu, D.Z., Leake, A., Patterson, D., Power, M. and Cooke, S. (2014) “Behavioral attributes of turbine entrainment risk for adult resident fish revealed by acoustic telemetry and state-space modeling”, Animal Biotelemetry, 2:13. doi:10.1186/2050-3385-2-13. 
  165. Zhang, W.M., Liu, M., Zhu, D.Z., and Rajaratnam, N. (2014). “Mean and turbulent bubble velocities in free hydraulic jumps for small to intermediate Froude numbers”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 140(11), 04014055.
  166. Courtice, G., Baki, A.B.M., Zhu, D.Z., Cahill, C., and Tonn, W.M. (2014), “Stream modifications to enhance system connectivity for fish habitat compensation: a case study in the Barrenlands region of Canada”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 41(7): 650-659, doi:10.1139/cjce-2014-0012.
  167. Camino, G.A., Rajaratnam, N., Zhu, D.Z. (2014) “Choking conditions inside plunging flow dropshafts”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, Vol. 41: 624–632. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2014-0033.
  168. Zhu, D.Z., Yang, J. (2014),“Drinking water safety, security and sustainability”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 140(9), A2014001.
  169. Ma, Y.Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2014), “Improving sediment removal in standard stormwater sumps”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 69(10), 2099-2105. doi: 10.2166/wst.2014.122.
  170. Zhang, W.M. and Zhu, D.Z. (2014). “Trajectories of air-water bubbly jets in crossflows”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 140(7), A06014011.
  171. Shao, W.Y, Jiang, L.J., Zhang, Y.P., Zhu, D.Z., and Sun, Z.L (2014) “Hydraulic features of air-water mixture flow on staircase with rest platform”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 140(6), 04014016. 
  172. Marriner, B.A., Baki,­­­­, A.B.M., Zhu,­­­­, D.Z., Thiem,, J.D., Cooke­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­, S.J., Katopodis, K. (2014). “Field and numerical assessment of turning pool hydraulics in a vertical slot fishway”, Ecological Engineering, 63(2), 88–101.
  173. Jiang, L.J., Shao, W.Y., Zhu, D.Z. and Sun, Z.L. (2014) “Forces on surface piercing vertical circular cylinder group on flooding staircase", Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 46, 17-28, DOI: 10.1016 /j.jfluidstructs.2013.12.011.  
  174. Kuang, C.P., Chen, W., Gu, J., Zhu, D.Z., He, L.L., and Zhang, Y. (2014), “Numerical assessment of the impacts of potential future sea level rise on hydrodynamics of the Yangtze River Estuary, China”, Journal of Coastal Research, Vol. 30(3), 586-597. 
  175. Yang, Y., Zhang, T.Q., and Zhu, D.Z. (2014). “Influence of porous media on intrusion rate into water distribution pipes”, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology – AQUA, 63(1), 43 – 50. doi: 10.2166/aqua.2013.213.
  176. Azimi, A.H., Rajaratnam, N. and Zhu, D.Z. (2014), “Submerged flows over rectangular weirs of finite crest length”, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 140(5), 06014001.
  177. Zobeyer, H., Rajaratnam, N. and Zhu, D.Z. (2014), “Radial jet and hydraulic jump in a circular basin”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 140(1), 128-133.   
  178. Baki, A.B.M., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2014), “Mean flow characteristics in a rock-ramp type fishpass”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 140(2), 156-168.
  179. Azimi, A.H., Zhu, D.Z. and Rajaratnam, N. (2014), “An experimental study of sub-aqueous sand deposition from slurry wall jets”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 140(2), 296-314.   
  180. Shao, W.Y., Zhang, Y.P., Zhu, D.Z., and Zhang, T.Q. (2013) “Drag force on a free surface-piercing yawed circular cylinder in steady flow”. Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 43, 145–163. doi: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2013.09.007. 
  181. Martins, E.G., Gutowsky, L., Harrison, P.M., Patterson, D.A., Power, M., Zhu, D.Z., Leake, A., and Cooke, S.J., (2013) “Forebay use and entrainment rates of resident adult fish in a large hydropower reservoir”, Aquatic Biology, Vol. 19: 253–263, doi: 10.3354/ab00536.
  182. Guo, S., Shao, Y., Zhang, T.Q., Zhu, D.Z., Zhang, Y.P., (2013) “Physical modeling on sand erosion around defective sewer pipes under the influence of groundwater”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 139(12), 1247–1257.
  183. Zhou, Y.C, Zhang, Y.P., Tang, P., Chen, Y.M., and Zhu, D.Z. (2013), “Experimental study of the performance of a siphon sediment cleansing set in a CSO chamber”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 68(1), 184-191.
  184. Guo, S., T. Zhang, W. Shao, D.Z. Zhu, Y. Duan (2013), “Two-dimensional pipe leakage through a line crack in water 1 distribution systems”, Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A, 14(5):371-376,  DOI:10.1631/jzus.A1200227.
  185. Breton, F., A.B.M. Baki, O. Link, D.Z. Zhu and N. Rajaratnam, (2013) “Flow in nature-like fishway and its relation to fish behavior”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, Vol. 40: 567–573.
  186. Zhang, W.M. and Zhu, D.Z. (2013). “Bubble characteristics of air-water bubbly jets in crossflow”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 55, 156–171.
  187. Yin, Z., Zhu, D.Z., Liang, B., and Wang, L. (2013) “Theoretical analysis and experimental study on oxygen transfer under regular and non-breaking waves”, Journal of Hydrodynamics, Elsevier, 25(5):718-724. 
  188. Ma, Y., Qian, Y., and Zhu, D.Z. (2013), “Effect of air core on the shape and discharge of the outflow through a bottom outlet”, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters, 3(2), 022004. doi: 10.1063/2.1302204.
  189. Yin, Z., Zhu, D.Z., Cheng, D., Liang, B. (2013) “Oxygen transfer by air injection in a horizontal pipe flow”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 139 (6), 908-912.
  190. Islam, MD and Zhu, D.Z. (2013), “A kernel-density based algorithm for despiking ADV data”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 139(7), 785–793. 
  191. Azimi, A.H., Rajaratnam, N. and Zhu, D.Z. (2013), “Discharge characteristics of weirs of finite crest length with upstream and downstream ramps”, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 139 (1), 75-83.
  192. Martin, N., McEachern, P., Yu, T., Zhu, D.Z. (2013) “Model development for prediction and mitigation of dissolved oxygen sags in the Athabasca, River, Canada”, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 443, 403 - 412.
  193. Azimi, A.H., Rajaratnam, N. and Zhu, D.Z. (2012), “A note on sharp-crested weirs and weirs of finite crest length”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 39(11): 1234-1237, doi:10.1139/l2012.
  194. Guo, S., Zhang, T.Q., Zhang, Y.P., Zhu, D.Z. (2012), “An approximate solution for two-dimensional groundwater infiltration in sewer systems”, Water Science and Technology, Vol. 67(2):347-352. doi: 10.2166/wst.2012.568.
  195. Cai, J., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2012), “Observations on sand jets in viscoplastic fluids”, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters, 2, 052001, doi:10.1063/2.1205201.
  196. Baki, A.B.M., Zhu, D.Z., Courtice, G. (2012), “Hydraulic Geometry and Resistance to Flow in Small Headwater Streams in the Northwest Territories, Canada”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 39(11): 1252–126.
  197. Azimi, A.H., Zhu, D.Z. and Rajaratnam, N. (2012), “Computational investigation of vertical slurry jets in water”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 47, 94 – 114.  
  198. Langford, M., Daviau, J.L., Zhu, D.Z. (2012) “Design of a centralized regional water distribution system: A case study”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 39(7), 801-811. 
  199. Baki, A.B.M., Zhu, D.Z., Hulsman, M.F., Lunn, B.D. and Tonn, W.M. (2012), “The Hydrological Characteristics of a Stream within an Integrated Framework of Lake-Stream Connectivity in the Lac de Gras Watershed, N.W.T., Canada”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 39(3): 279–292.
  200. Azimi, A.H., Zhu, D.Z. and Rajaratnam, N. (2012), “Experimental study of sand jet front in water”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 40, 19–37. 
  201. Camino, G.A., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N (2012) “Energy dissipation by jet diffusion inside a confined chamber”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 50(1), 121-128.
  202. Fouli, H. and Zhu, D.Z. (2011). “Dynamics of the outflow and its effect on the hydraulics of two-layer exchange flows”, Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters, 1, 062003 (doi: 10.1063/2.1106203).
  203. Thiem, J.D., T.R. Binder, J.W. Dawson, P. Dumont, D. Hatin, C. Katopodis, D.Z. Zhu, S. J. Cooke (2011). “Behaviour and passage success of upriver-migrating lake 1 sturgeon in a vertical slot fishway on the Richelieu River, Quebec”, Endangered Species Research, Vol. 15, 1-11. 
  204. Smokorowski, K.E., and others (2011) NSERC’s HydroNet: A national research network to promote sustainable hydropower and healthy aquatic ecosystems, Fisheries, American Fisheries Society, 36(10), 480-488.
  205. Islam, MD and Zhu, D.Z. (2011), “A numerical study on confined wall jets in a shallow basin”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 49(5), 595-600. 
  206. Azimi, A.H., Zhu, D.Z. and Rajaratnam, N. (2011), “Effect of particle size on the characteristics of sand jets in water”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 137(12), 822-834. 
  207. Zhang, W., Zhu, D.Z. (2011) “Transverse mixing in an unregulated natural river”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 137(11), 1426–1440.
  208. Bhuiyan, F., Habibzadeh, A., Rajaratnam, N., Zhu, D.Z. (2011), “Reattached turbulent offset jets on rough bed with shallow tailwater”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 137(12), 1636–1648. 
  209. Fouli, H. and Zhu, D.Z. (2011). “Interfacial waves in two-layer exchange flows downslope of a bottom sill”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 680, 194-224.
  210. Zhang, W., Zhu, D.Z. (2011) “Near-field mixing downstream of a multiport diffuser in a shallow river”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 137(4), 230-240.
  211. Camino, G.A., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N (2011) “Hydraulics of stacked drop manholes”, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 137(8), 537-552. 
  212. Islam, MD and Zhu, D.Z. (2011), “Flow upstream of two-dimensional intakes”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 137(1), 129-134. 
  213. Islam, MD and Zhu, D.Z. (2011), “Anti-diffusion in central difference scheme for steady-state transport equation”, Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 11(1), 1-5. 
  214. Cai, J., Hall, N.A, Elenany, M., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2010), “Sand jets in air”, ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 136(9), 1181-1186.
  215. Hall, N.A, Elenany, M., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2010), “Experimental study of sand and slurry jets in water”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 136(10), 727-738.
  216. Wang, P.F., Wang, C., and Zhu, D.Z. (2010), “Hydraulic resistance of submerged vegetation related to effective height, Journal of Hydrodynamics, Elsevier, Vol. 22(2): 265-273, DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(09)60054-8.
  217. Rajaratnam, N., Zhu, D.Z., Rai, S.P. (2010) “Turbulence measurements in the impinging region of a circular jet”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 37(5):782-785. 
  218. Bhuiyan, F., N. Rajaratnam, D.Z. Zhu (2010), “An experimental study of mounds formed by sand dumping in channel Flow”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 48(3), 283-291. 
  219. Valentine, E., Kronebusch, K., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N., Lodewyk, S., Cairns, J., Chan, S., and Zhou, F., (2010). “Combined sewer overflow over an oblique weir at Rat Creek in Edmonton”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 37(3): 477-488.
  220. Shammaa, Y. and Zhu, D.Z. (2010). “Experimental study on selective withdrawal in a two-layer reservoir using a temperature-control curtain”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 136(4), 234-246.
  221. Camino, G.A., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. and Shome, M. (2009) “Use of a stacked drop manhole for energy dissipation: A case study in Edmonton”, Can. J. Civil Engineering, 36(6), 1037-1050. 
  222. Shammaa, Y, Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2009), “Flow field in a rectangular basin with a line inlet and a circular outlet”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 135(10), 856-864.
  223. Dow, K., Steffler, P.M. and Zhu, D.Z., (2009). “Intermediate field mixing of wastewater effluent in the North Saskatchewan River”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 135(1), 1-12.
  224. Negretti, M.E., Zhu, D.Z., and Jirka, G.H., (2008). “The effect of bottom roughness in two-layer flows down a slope”, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Vol. 45/1-2, 46-68. 
  225. Lima-Neto, E., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam (2008) “Bubbly jet in stagnant water”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 34, 1130-1141.
  226. Lima-Neto, E., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam (2008) “Horizontal injection of gas-liquid mixtures in a water tank”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 134(12), 1722-1731.  
  227. Fouli, H. and Zhu, D.Z. (2008). “Transition of two-layer stratified flow from the slope of bottom topography to a horizontal channel”, Atmosphere - Ocean, Vol. 46(4), 391-404.
  228. Lima-Neto, E., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam (2008) “Air Injection in Water with Different Nozzles”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 134(4), 283-294.
  229. Lima-Neto, E., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam (2008) “Effect of tank size and geometry on the flow induced by circular bubble plumes and water jets”, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 134(6), 833-842.  
  230. Zhao, C.H., Zhu, D.Z. and N. Rajaratnam (2008). “Computational and experimental study of surcharged flow at a 90-degree combining sewer junction". ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 134(6), 688-700.
  231. Negretti, M.E., Zhu, D.Z., and Jirka, G.H., (2007) “Barotropically induced interfacial waves in stratified exchange flows down a smooth sill”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 592, 135-154.
  232. Lima-Neto, E., Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N., Yu, T., Spafford, M., and McEachern, P. (2007) “Dissolved oxygen downstream of an effluent outfall in an ice-covered river: modeling and remediation”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 133(11), 1051-1060.  
  233. Yu, J.D., Liu, H. and Zhu, D.Z. (2007).  “Numerical simulation of gravity flows for two-layer stratified fluid”.  Chinese Quarterly of Mechanics, 2007(4), 539-548.
  234. Zhao, C.H., Zhu, D.Z. and N. Rajaratnam (2006). "Experimental study of surcharged flow at combining sewer junctions." ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 132(12), 1259-1271.  
  235. Mustaffa, Z., N. Rajaratnam and D.Z. Zhu. (2006) “An experimental study of flow into orifices and grating inlets on streets”. Can. J. Civil Engineering, Vol. 33(7), 837-845.
  236. Liu, M., Rajaratnam, N, and Zhu, D.Z. (2006) “Mean flow and turbulence structure in vertical slot fishways”. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 132(8), 765-777.
  237. Zhao, C., Zhu, D.Z., Sun, S. and Liu, Z., (2006) “An experimental study of a vortex dropshaft”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 132(1), 61-68.  
  238. Shammaa, Y, Zhu, D.Z., Rajaratnam, N. (2005) “Flow upstream of orifices and sluice gates”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 131(2), 127-133.
  239. Zhao, C., Zhu, D.Z, and Rajaratnam, N. (2004). “Supercritical sewer flow at a combining junction: a model study of Edworthy Trunk Junction, Calgary, Alberta”, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, Vol. 3(5), 343-353. 
  240. Zhu, D.Z., and Smith, D.W. (2004) “Introduction to Environmental Hydraulics”. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 3(5), 1-2.
  241. M. Liu, Rajaratnam, N., Zhu, D.Z. (2004) “Turbulence structure of hydraulic jumps of low Froude numbers”. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130(6), 511-520.
  242. Morin, V.M., Zhu, D.Z. and Loewen, M.R. (2004).  “Supercritical exchange flow down a sill”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 130(6), 521-531.
  243. Zhu, D.Z. (2003) “Hydraulic controls of exchange flows”, Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 41(5), 503-511.
  244. Zhu, D.Z., Fouli, H. and Okyere, Y.A. (2002). "Exchange flow through an opening", Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Vol. 40(3), 341-350.
  245. Zhu, D.Z. (2002) “Control curves for two-layer flows”, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 128(1), 113-116
  246. Shammaa, Y., Zhu, D.Z., Gyurek, L.L. and Labatiuk, C.W. (2002).  “Effectiveness of dry ponds for TSS removal”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 29(2), 316-324.
  247. Shammaa, Y. and Zhu, D.Z. (2001) “Techniques for controlling total suspended solids in stormwater runoff”, Canadian Water Resources Journal, Vol. 26(3), 1-17.
  248. Zhu, D.Z. and Lawrence, G.A. (2001). "Holmboe’s instability in exchange flows", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, U.K., Vol. 429, 391-409.  
  249. Froese, T., Zhu, D. and Bhat, S. (2001). "WWW courseware in applied science: cases and lessons". Computer Applications in Engineering Education, John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 9(2), 63-77.
  250. Liu, M. and Zhu, D.Z. (2000). "Study of tunnel outlet head-loss coefficient", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 27(6), 1306-1310.
  251. Zhu, D.Z. and Lawrence, G.A. (2000). "Hydraulics of exchange flows", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126 (12), 921-928.
  252. Hamblin, P.F., Zhu, D.Z., Chiocchio, F., He, C. and Charlton, M.N. (2000). "Monitoring suspended sediment plumes by optical and acoustical methods with application to sand capping", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 27(1), 125-137.
  253. Zhu, D.Z. and Lawrence, G.A. (1998). "Non-hydrostatic effects in layered shallow water flows", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, U.K. Vol. 355, 1-16.
  254. Lawrence, G.A., Haigh, S.P. and Zhu, D.Z. (1998). "In search of Holmboe's instability", Coastal and Estuarine Studies, AGU, Vol. 54, 281-289.
  255. Zhu, Z. and Lawrence, G.A. (1996). "Exchange flow through a channel with an underwater sill", Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Elsevier Science. Vol. 24, 153-161.