By Associate Professor Fangbao Tian

Journal articles

Rahimi Z; Young J; Tian FB, 2025, 'Anomalous stability behaviors in two-sided wavy collapsible channels', Physics of Fluids, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0249541

Widdup N; Wang L; Young J; Daria V; Liu H; Tian FB, 2025, 'A scaling law for the lift of a bio-inspired wing hovering in low-density compressible flows', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.1216

Ibrahim M; Aref O; Zhang C; Rajamuni M; Chen L; Young J; Tian FB, 2025, 'Effects of surface morphologies on boiling heat transfer in droplet impingement on superheated surfaces', Physics of Fluids, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0251393

Ji X; Wang L; Ravi S; Young J; Lai JCS; Tian FB, 2024, 'Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of a pitching foil with trailing edge serrations at a high Reynolds number', Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 38, pp. 825 - 844, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00162-023-00677-8

Ji X; Jin BR; Huang Q; Wang L; Ravi S; Young J; Lai JCS; Tian FB, 2024, 'The evolution of vortices determines the aeroacoustics generated by a hovering wing', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.1065

Kang X; Ma J; Cha H; Hansen HHWB; Chen X; Ta HT; Tian F; Nguyen NT; Klimenko A; Zhang J; Yuan D, 2024, 'Ultra-Stretchable Microfluidic Devices for Optimizing Particle Manipulation in Viscoelastic Fluids', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16, pp. 61765 - 61773, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c15893

Jin BR; Wang L; Ravi S; Young J; Lai JCS; Tian FB, 2024, 'Enhancing tip vortices to improve the lift production through shear layers in flapping-wing flow control', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.942

Rajamuni M; Liu Z; Wang L; Ravi S; Young J; Lai J; Tian F, 2024, 'An immersed boundary-regularised lattice Boltzmann method for modelling fluid-structure-acoustics interactions involving large deformation', Physics of Fluids, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0234280

Rajamuni MM; Liu Z; Wang L; Ravi S; Young J; Lai JCS; Tian FB, 2024, 'An immersed boundary-regularized lattice Boltzmann method for modeling fluid-structure-acoustics interactions involving large deformation', Physics of Fluids, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0234280

Ibrahim M; Zhang C; Rajamuni M; Chen L; Young J; Tian F, 2024, 'Enhancement of the subcritical boiling heat transfer in microchannels by a flow-induced vibrating cylinder', Physics of Fluids, 36, pp. 093614 - 093614, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0221948

Bhat SS; Medina A; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS; Ravi S, 2024, 'Proximity to the water surface markedly enhances the force production on underwater flapping wings', PLoS ONE, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299542

Wang L; Liu Z; Jin BR; Huang Q; Young J; Tian FB, 2024, 'Wall-modeled large eddy simulation in the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method', Physics of Fluids, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0198252

Wang L; Young J; Tian FB, 2024, 'An immersed boundary method for the thermo-fluid-structure interaction in rarefied gas flows', Physics of Fluids, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0181397

Wang L; Young J; Tian F-B, 2024, 'An immersed boundary method for the thermo–fluid–structure interaction in rarefied gas flows', Physics of Fluids, 36, pp. 013616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0181397

Wang L; Young J; Tian F-B, 2024, 'An immersed boundary method for the thermo–fluid–structure interaction in rarefied gas flows', Physics of Fluids, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0181397

Mazharmanesh S; Tian FB; Lei C, 2023, 'Enhancing heat transfer using flow-induced oscillations of a flexible baffle attached to a vertical heated flat surface', International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2023.108604

Liu B; Yildirim T; Lü T; Blundo E; Wang L; Jiang L; Zou H; Zhang L; Zhao H; Yin Z; Tian F; Polimeni A; Lu Y, 2023, 'Variant Plateau’s law in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide dome networks', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36565-2

Huang Q; Bhat SS; Yeo EC; Young J; Lai JCS; Tian FB; Ravi S, 2023, 'Power synchronisations determine the hovering flight efficiency of passively pitching flapping wings', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 974, pp. a41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.821

Bhat SS; Mazharmanesh S; Medina A; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS; Ravi S, 2023, 'Pitch perturbation effects on a revolving wing at low Reynolds number', Physical Review Fluids, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.104701

Ma J; Huang Q; Zhu Y; Xu YQ; Tian FB, 2023, 'Effects of fluid rheology on dynamics of a capsule through a microchannel constriction', Physics of Fluids, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0165614

Wang Z; Lu R; Wang W; Tian FB; Feng JJ; Sui Y, 2023, 'A computational model for the transit of a cancer cell through a constricted microchannel', Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 22, pp. 1129 - 1143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10237-023-01705-6

Tian FB, 2023, 'The lattice Boltzmann method and its applications in engineering flows', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 237, pp. 2431 - 2432, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09544062231170105

Mazharmanesh S; Young J; Tian FB; Ravi S; Lai JCS, 2023, 'Coupling performance of two tandem and side-by-side inverted piezoelectric flags in an oscillating flow', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2023.103874

Zhu Y; Pang JH; Gao T; Tian FB, 2023, 'Learning to school in dense configurations with multi-agent deep reinforcement learning', Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac9fb5

Wang Y; Majumder R; Tian FB; Gao X, 2022, 'Editorial: Modeling of cardiovascular systems', Frontiers in Physiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1094146

Mazharmanesh S; Young J; Tian FB; Ravi S; Lai JCS, 2022, 'Energy harvesting of inverted piezoelectric flags in an oscillating flow', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2022.103762

Huang Q; Liu Z; Wang L; Ravi S; Young J; Lai JCS; Tian FB, 2022, 'Streamline penetration, velocity error, and consequences of the feedback immersed boundary method', Physics of Fluids, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0101584

Wang L; Dong D; Tian FB, 2022, 'Fast prediction of blood flow in stenosed arteries using machine learning and immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method', Frontiers in Physiology, 13, pp. 953702, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.953702

Zhu Y; Pang JH; Tian FB, 2022, 'Point-to-Point Navigation of a Fish-Like Swimmer in a Vortical Flow With Deep Reinforcement Learning', Frontiers in Physics, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.870273

Yi J; Tian FB; Simmons A; Barber T, 2022, 'Impact of Modelling Surface Roughness in an Arterial Stenosis', Fluids, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids7050179

Wang L; Tian FB, 2022, 'Sound generated by the flow around an airfoil with an attached flap: From passive fluid–structure interaction to active control', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2022.103571

Wang L; Tian FB; Liu H, 2022, 'Numerical study of three-dimensional flapping wings hovering in ultra-low-density atmosphere', Physics of Fluids, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0085021

Liu Z; Tian FB; Feng X, 2022, 'An efficient geometry-adaptive mesh refinement framework and its application in the immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method', Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.114662

Wang H; Tian FB; Liu XD, 2022, 'Lattice Boltzmann model for interface capturing of multiphase flows based on Allen-Cahn equation', Chinese Physics B, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/ac11d8

Li A; Luo YX; Liu Y; Xu YQ; Tian FB; Wang Y, 2022, 'Hydrodynamic behaviors of self-propelled sperms in confined spaces', Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 16, pp. 141 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2021.2008500

Ji X; Wang L; Ravi S; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2022, 'Influences of serrated trailing edge on the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of a flapping wing during hovering flight', Physics of Fluids, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0070450

Zhu Y; Pang JH; Tian FB, 2022, 'Stable Schooling Formations Emerge from the Combined Effect of the Active Control and Passive Self-Organization', Fluids, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids7010041

Zhu Y; Tian FB; Young J; Liao JC; Lai JCS, 2021, 'A numerical study of fish adaption behaviors in complex environments with a deep reinforcement learning and immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method', Scientific Reports, 11, pp. 1691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81124-8

Mazharmanesh S; Stallard J; Medina A; Fisher A; Ando N; Tian FB; Young J; Ravi S, 2021, 'Performance of passively pitching flapping wings in the presence of vertical inflows', Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 16, pp. 056003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac0c60

HAN J; HUI Z; TIAN F; CHEN G, 2021, 'Review on bio-inspired flight systems and bionic aerodynamics', Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 34, pp. 170 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cja.2020.03.036

Mazharmanesh S; Stallard J; Medina A; Fisher A; Ando N; Tian FB; Young J; Ravi S, 2021, 'Effects of uniform vertical inflow perturbations on the performance of flapping wings', Royal Society Open Science, 8, pp. 210471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210471

Yi J; Tian FB; Simmons A; Barber T, 2021, 'A computational analysis of the influence of a pressure wire in evaluating coronary stenosis', Fluids, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/FLUIDS6040165

Ma J; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2021, 'Dynamic behaviours of a filament in a viscoelastic uniform flow', Fluids, 6, pp. 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids6020090

Tian FB; Wang L, 2021, 'Numerical modeling of sperm swimming', Fluids, 6, pp. 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/FLUIDS6020073

Young J; Tian FB; Liu Z; Lai JCS; Nadim N; Lucey AD, 2021, 'Analysis of unsteady flow effects on the Betz limit for flapping foil power generation', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.612

A Widdup N; Wang L; Tian FB, 2021, 'Numerical study of the sound generated by two tandem arranged wings in forward flight', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235, pp. 265 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954406220924460

Xu L; Tian FB; Lai JCS; Young J, 2021, 'Optimal Efficiency and Heaving Velocity in Flapping Foil Propulsion', AIAA Journal, 59, pp. 2143 - 2155, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J059866

Huang Q; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2021, 'Transition to chaos in a two-sided collapsible channel flow', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 926, pp. a15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.710

Wang L; Tian FB, 2020, 'Numerical study of sound generation by three-dimensional flexible flapping wings during hovering flight', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.103165

Ma J; Wang Z; Young J; Lai JCS; Sui Y; Tian FB, 2020, 'An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-structure interaction problems involving viscoelastic fluids and complex geometries', Journal of Computational Physics, 415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109487

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