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Faculty and Staff Chao-Lin Chiu

Professor, Emeritus

Email:
Phone: (412) 624-9872
Fax: (412) 624-0135
Office: Benedum 941

Education

  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1964
  • MSA, University of Toronto, 1961
  • BSA, National Taiwan University, 1957

Professional Interests

Professor Chiu conducts teaching, research and professional consulting work in hydraulics, hydrology and water resources. His research interest includes applications of probability concepts in modeling and measurements of flow and sediment transport in rivers and streams; flow forecasting; velocity and shear stress distributions; transport of sediments and other types of solid materials through pipes and open channels; and applications of probability (stochastic) concepts in analysis and design of hydraulic systems.

Representative Publications:

  • Chen, Y.C., Chiu, C.L. (2004) "A fast method of flood discharge estimation, "Hydrologic Processes, an international journal, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Vol. 18, No. 9, Pp 1671-1684.
  • "An Efficient Method of Discharge Estimation Based on Probability Concept" (with Y.-C. Chen), Journal of Hydraulic Research, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Vol. 41, No. 6, 2003.
  • "Maximum Velocity and Regularities in Open-Channel Flow" (with N.-C. Tung), Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 128 (4), 390-398, April, 2002.
  • "Mathematical Models of Distribution of Sediment Concentration" (with W. Jin, and Y.-C Chen), Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 126 (1), 16-23, January, 2000.
  • "Maximum and Mean Velocities and Entropy in Open-Channel Flow,"(with C. A. Said), Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 121(1), 26-35, January,1995.
  • "Uncertainties in Flow Modeling and Forecasting for Niagara River," (with R. D. Crissman, W. Yu, K. Mizumura and I. Corbu), Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 119 (11), 1231-1250, November, 1993.
  • "Application of Entropy Concept in Open-Channel Flow Study," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 117(5), 615-628, May, 1991.
  • "Velocity Distribution in Open Channel flow," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 115, 5, 576-594, May, 1989.
  • "Entropy and 2-D Velocity Distribution in Open Channels," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 114( 7), 738-756, July 1988
  • "Entropy and Probability Concepts in Hydraulics," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 113 (5), 583-600, May, 1987.
  • "Structure of 3-D Flow in Rectangular Open channels," (with J. D. Chiou), Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 112, 11, 1050-1068, November, 1986.

Leading Researchers

Faculty research encompasses the major areas of civil engineering

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