Refereed Journal Articles (Lab member in bold)

Submitted / In Preparation

  • Chen, X., Hu, Z., Tomiczek, T., Chang, C.-W., Cox, D., Maza, M., Mori, N., Narayan, S., Shin, S., and Suzuki, T. The state of knowledge for Engineering with Nature: vegetation as wave buffer. (in revision)
  • Chang, C.-W. et al. The role of natural mangrove morphology in wave force parameterization: a large-scale laboratory investigation. (in preparation)
  • Park, J. N., Kim, S., Jo, J., Tsai, Y.-L., Mori, N., Chang, C.-W., Tsuruta, N., Trung, L. H., and Tung, D. H. Numerical modeling of wave-current-vegetation interaction: effects of wave nonlinearity and morphology. (in preparation)
  • Chang, C.-W. et al. The scaling effects in modeling mangrove resistance to water waves: the comparisons of prototype- and model-scale experiments. (in preparation)
  • Lee, J.-W., Choi, Y., Bonus, J., and Chang, C.-W. Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic amplification induced by debris damming on macro-roughness during tsunami events. (in preparation)

2026

  • Tsai, Y.-L., Chang, C.-W., and Mori, N. Investigation of wave attenuation by Rhizophora apiculata mangroves: coupled laboratory experiments and Boussinesq modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131, e2025JC022836. (https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022836)

2025

  • Mori, N., Chang, C.-W. et al., 2025. Field experiment study to assess critical wave conditions leading to failure of mangrove Rhizophora stylosa. Coastal Engineering , 199, 104749. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104749)
  • Wang, S. and Chang, C.-W., 2025. SPH simulations to investigate the influence of realistic mangroves in reducing breaking wave forces on coastal structures. Ocean Engineering, 316, 120014. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.120014)

2022

  • Chang, C.-W., Mori, N., Tsuruta, N., Suzuki, K. and Yanagisawa, H., 2022. An experimental study of mangrove-induced resistance on water waves considering the impacts of typical Rhizophora roots. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2022JC018653. (https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018653)
  • Mori, N., Chang, C.-W. et al., 2022. Parameterization of mangrove root structure of Rhizophora stylosa in coastal hydrodynamic model. Frontiers in Built Environment, 7: 782219. (https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2021.782219)

2021

  • Hu, J., Mei, C.C., Chang, C.-W. and Liu, Philip L.-F., 2021. Effect of flexible coastal vegetation on waves in water of intermediate depth. Coastal Engineering, 168: 103937. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.103937)
  • Chang, C.-W. and Mori, N., 2021. Green infrastructure for the reduction of coastal disasters: A review of the protective role of coastal forests against tsunami, storm surge, and wind waves. Coastal Engineering Journal, 63: 370-385. (https://doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2021.1929742)

2020

  • Chang, C.-W. and Mori, N., 2020. Application of Boussinesq modeling on water waves through mangroves. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.B2 (Coastal Engineering), 76(2): I_49-I_54
  • Fukui, N., Mori, N., Chang, C.-W., Chida, Y., Yasuda, T. and Yamamoto, T., 2020. Experimental study of tsunami and storm surge inundation using coastal city model. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.B2 (Coastal Engineering), 76(2): I_373-I_378.

2019

  • Chang, C.-W. and Mori, N., 2019. Engineering functional evaluation of mangrove forests for coastal disaster reduction, Hydrolink, IAHR, No.4, 110-113. (Invited article)
  • Chang, C.-W., Mori, N., Tsuruta, N. and Suzuki, K., 2019. Estimation of wave force coefficients on mangrove models, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.B2 (Coastal Engineering), 75(2): I_1105-I_1110. (https://doi.org/10.2208/kaigan.75.I_1105)
  • Chang, C.-W. and Liu, Philip L.-F., 2019. Long waves dissipation and harmonic generation by coastal vegetation, Applied Ocean Research, 82: 210-224. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2018.10.001)

2017

2015