Qingping Zou, Ph.D.

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External Graduate Faculty

Email: qingping.zou@maine.edu

Education:

Ph. D. – Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California, San Diego

B.S. – Physics,
Nanjing University

Interests:

  • Turbulent boundary layers
  • Wave dynamics and breaking waves
  • Free surface flow interactions with fixed and floating structure
  • Marine renewable energy
  • Coastal flood risk and erosion
  • Sediment transport
  • Mixing and dispersion of pollutants in the coastal region
  • Air-sea interactions

Publications:

    1. Monk, K.U., Q.-P. Zou, and D. C. Conley 2013: “Numerical and Analytical Simulations of Wave Interference about a Single Row Array of Wave Energy Converters”, Estuary and Coast, submitted.
    2. Zhang, Y.L., Q.-P. Zou and D. Greaves, D. Reeve, A. Hunt-Raby, and D. Graham, 2013: “The Hydrodynamic response of an oscillating water column device under regular and extreme wave conditions”, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, in revision.
    3. Gonzalez-Santamaria, R., Q.-P. Zou, and S. Pan 2013: “Impacts of a wave farm on waves and tides, currents and coastal morphology”. Estuary and Coast, in press, (DOI 10.1007/s12237-013-9634-z).
    4. Zou, Q.-P., Chen, Y., Cluckie, I., Hewston, R., Pan, S., Peng, Z. and Reeve, D., 2013: “Ensemble prediction of coastal flood risk arising from overtopping and scour by linking meteorological, ocean, coastal and surf zone models”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Vol 139, Issue 671, pages 298–313, (DOI: 10.1002/qj.2078).
    5. Monk, K.U., Q.-P. Zou, and D. C. Conley 2013: “An approximate solution for the wave energy shadow in the lee of an array of overtopping type wave energy converters”, Coastal Engineering, Vol.73, Pages 115–132.
    6. Vandamme, J. & Q.-P. Zou 2013: “Investigation of Levee Instability Caused by Seepage and Erosion Using a Particle Method,” Computer & Geotechnics, Vol 48, Pages 9-20.
    7. Jones, D. K., Q.-P. Zou, D. E. Reeve 2012: “Computational modelling of coastal flooding caused by combined surge overflow and wave overtopping on embankments”, Journal of Flood Risk Management, Vol 6, pages 70-84, (DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-318X.2012.01155.x).
    8. Zhang, Y.L., Q.-P. Zou, & D. Greaves 2012: “An investigation of hydrodynamic characteristics of an oscillating water column device using a two-phase flow model”, Renewable Energy, Vol 41, May 2012, Pages 159–170 (10.1016/j.renene.2011.10.011).
    9. Lv, X., Q.-P. Zou, Y. Zhao & D. E. Reeve 2012: “A Preconditioned Implicit Free-Surface Capture Scheme for Large Density Ratio on Tetrahedral Grids”, Communications in Computational Physics, Vol 11, No 1, Pages 215-248.
    10. Vandamme, J., Q.-P. Zou, & E. Ellis, 2012: “A novel particle method for episodic collapse of coastal cliffs”, Geomorphology, Vol 138, Issue 1, Pages 295–305.
    11. Lv, X., Q.-P. Zou, & D. E. Reeve 2011: “Numerical Simulation of Overflow at Vertical Weirs Using an Accurate Hybrid Free Surface Flow Model”, Advances in Water Resources, Vol 11, No 1, Pages 215-248.
    12. Zou, Q.-P. 2011: “Generation, transformation and scattering of long waves induced by a short-wave group over finite topography”, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol 41, Issue 10, 1842–1859.
    13. Gonzalez-Santamaria, R., Q.-P. Zou, and S. Pan 2011: “A two way coupled wave and tide modelling for a wave farm in the South West of England”, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, 1038 -1042, (ISSN 0749-0208).
    14. Peng, Z. & Q.-P. Zou, 2011: “Spatial distribution of wave overtopping water behind coastal structures”, Coastal Engineering, Vol 58, Issue 6, Pages 489-498 (doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng. 2011.01.010) .
    15. Zou, Q.-P., & Z. Peng, 2011: “Evolution of wave shape over a Low-crested Structure”, Coastal Engineering, Vol 58, Issue 6, Pages 478-488, (doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng. 2011.01.00).
    16. Vandamme, J., Q.-P. Zou, D. E. Reeve, 2011: “Modelling floating object entry and exit using Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics, ASCE”, J Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol 137, Issue 5, pages 213-268, (doi:10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000086).
    17. Bakhtyar, R., Razmi, A.M., Barry, D.A., Yeganeh-Bakhtiary, A. & Q.-P. Zou, 2010: “Air-water two-phase flow modeling of turbulent surf and swash zone wave motions”, Advances in Water Resources, Vol 33, Issue 12, Pages 1560-1574 (doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.09.007).
    18. Dance, S. & Zou Q.-P. 2010: “Ensembles, uncertainty and flood prediction”, Hydrology & Earth Systems Science Discussions (HESS), 7, 3591-3611, (doi:10.5194/hessd-7-3591-2010).
    19. Zhang, Y.L., Q.-P. Zou and D. Greaves, D. Reeve, A. Hunt-Raby, D. Graham, P. James and X. Lv 2010: “A level set immersed boundary method for water entry and exit.”, Communications in Computational Physics, Vol 8, No. 2, pages 265-288, (doi: 10.4208/cicp.060709.060110a).
    20. Lv, X., Q.-P. Zou, Y. Zhao & D. E. Reeve 2010: “A Novel Coupled Level Set and Volume of Fluid Method for Sharp Interface Capturing on 3D Tetrahedral Grids”, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol 229, Issue 7, Pages 2573-2604, (doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2009.12.005).
    21. Pedrozo-Acuna, A., A. Torres-Freyermuth, Q.-P. Zou, T.-J. Hsu, D. E. Reeve 2010: “Diagnostic investigation of impulsive pressures induced by plunging breakers impinging on gravel beaches”, Coastal Engineering, Vol 57, Issue 3, Pages 252-266, (doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.09.010)
    22. Zhang, Y.L., Q.-P. Zou, & D. Greaves 2010: “Numerical Simulation of two phase flow using the level set method with global mass correction”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Fluids, Vol 63, issue 6, pages 651-680 (DOI: 10.1002/fld.2090).
    23. Lv, X., Q.-P. Zou, D. E. Reeve 2009: “An unstructured 3D LES solver for free surface flow and breaking waves”, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 4, pages 308–316.
    24. Greaves, D. M., G. Smith, M. Attrill, M. Belmont, A.Chadwick, D. Conley, A. Eccleston, B. Godley, N. Harrington, C.L. Hor, P. Hosegood, L. Johanning, D. Millar, S.-Q. Pan, D. Reeve, J. Williams, J.Wolfram, J.-J. Xu, A. Zobaa, Q.-P. Zou, 2009: “Development of Marine Renewable Energy in the South West of England”, ICE Maritime Engineering, Volume 162, Issue 4, pages 187 –196, (doi:10.1680/maen.2009.162.4.187)
    25. Peng, Z., Q.-P. Zou, D. E. Reeve and B. Wang 2009: “Parameterisation and Transformation of Wave Asymmetries over a Low Crested Breakwater”, Coastal Engineering, Vol 56, Issues 11-12, Pages 1123-1132, (doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.08.005).
    26. Wang, Z.Y., Q.-P. Zou, & D. E. Reeve 2009: “Simulation of spilling breaking waves using a two phase flow CFD model”, Computers & Fluids, Vol 38, Issue 10,1995-2005, (DOI:10.1016/j.compfluid.2009.06.006).
    27. Zou, Q.-P., Y.-J. He, W. Perrie & P.W. Vachon 2007: “ vector estimation for RADARSAT-1 SAR images”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol 4, No. 1, 176-180.
    28. Zou, Q.-P., A. J. Bowen & A. E. Hay 2006: “The vertical distribution of wave shear stress in variable water depth: theory and field observations”, Journal of Geophysical Resarch, Vol 111, C09032, (doi:10.1029/2005JC003300, 2006).
    29. He, Y.-J., W. Perrie, Q.-P. Zou & P.W. Vachon 2005: “A new wind vector algorithm for C-band SAR”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol 43, No. 7, 1453-1458.
    30. He, Y.-J., W. Perrie, T. Xie & Q.-P. Zou 2004: “Ocean wave spectra from a linear polarimetric SAR”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol 42, No. 11, 2623-2631.
    31. Zou, Q.-P. 2004: “A simple model for random wave bottom friction and dissipation”, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol 34, No. 6, 1459-1467. (DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034)
    32. Perrie W., B. Toulany, Y.-C. Hu, R. Padilla-Hernadez, P. Smith, Q.-P. Zou, W.-Q. Zhang and X.-J. Ren 2004: “Waves in Hurricane Juan”, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2, 45-48.
    33. Zou, Q.-P., A. E. Hay & A. J. Bowen 2003: “The vertical structure of surface gravity waves propagating over a sloping sea bed: theory and field measurements”, Journal of Geophysical Resarch, 108 (C8), Art. No. 3265. (doi:10.1029/2002JC001432).
    34. Zou, Q.-P. & A. E. Hay 2003: “The vertical structure of the wave bottom boundary layer over a sloping bed: theory and field measurements”, J. Phys. Oceanogr, Vol. 33, No. 7, 1380-1400. (DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033)
    35. Zou, Q.-P. 2002: “An analytical model of wave bottom boundary layers incorporating turbulent relaxation and diffusion effects”, J. Phys. Oceanogr, Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 2441–2456. (DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032)
    36. Zou, Q.-P. 1998: “A viscoelastic model for turbulent flow over an undulating topography”, Journal of Fluid Mech., Vol 355, 81-112.
    37. Miles, J. W. & Zou, Q.-P. 1993: “Parametric excitation of a detuned spherical pendulum”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol 164, 237-250.
    38. Miles, J. W. & Zou, Q.-P. 1993: “Gravity-wave reflection at a discontinuity in bottom slope”, J. Phys. Oceanogr, Vol 23, 1870-1871. (DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023)