Prof. Yonghui Zhu

Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute

Deputy Director, Professor, Senior Engineer

My Profile

About

Yonghui Zhu graduated in Water conservancy and hydropower engineering from Hohai University, China, in 1998, and obtained a doctorate in hydraulic engineering from Delft University of Technology in 2006. He is currently Professor, Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of the International Cooperation Department of the CRSRI. He is member of the executive committee of IAHR-APD and IAHR China Chapter. His research interests include flood protection and disaster mitigation, evolution and regulation of rivers and lakes, river modeling, etc.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Research Institutes and Centers

Expertise Fields/Interests:

evolution and regulation of rivers and lakes, river modeling, flood protection and disaster mitigation, etc.

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Flood Risk Management
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation
Committee on Global Water Security
Working Group on Nature Based Solutions

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
China Chapter	Member	2018-01-01	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Technology and Practice of Emergency Treatment for Barrier Lake Hazards	2025
Experimental Study on River Bank Collapse Under Influencing Factors	2023
Application of Embankment Breaching Model to Simulate Dambreak Floods of Barrier Lakes	2020
The Baige Barrier Lake in the Upper Changjiang River and Its Dam-Breach Flood Simulation	2019
Comparative Study of Optimization Algorithms for the Optimal Reservoir Operation	2018
Physical Modelling of the Fluvial Process of the Yangjianao-Beinianziwan Reach in the Middle Yangtze River Downstream of the Tgp	2017
2D Mathematical Modeling of Headcut Erosion During Breaching of Homogeneous Embankments	2015
Experimental Observations of Headcut Erosion During Embankment Breaching	2013
Modeling Breach Growth in Clay-Dikes	2007
Breach Erosion in Clay-Dikes	2005
A Model for Prediction of Headcut Migration	2004
A Model for Breach Growth in Sand-Dikes	2002

My Videos

Title	Year
Introduction of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute (CRSRI)	2022
Panel Discussion	2022

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date