By Associate Professor Fangbao Tian

Journal articles

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, pp. 165 - 165, 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, 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

Mazharmanesh S; Young J; Tian FB; Lai JCS, 2020, 'Energy harvesting of two inverted piezoelectric flags in tandem, side-by-side and staggered arrangements', International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2020.108589

Wang L; Tian FB; Lai JCS, 2020, 'An immersed boundary method for fluid–structure–acoustics interactions involving large deformations and complex geometries', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.102993

Yu X; Xu L; Regenauer-Lieb K; Jing Y; Tian FB, 2020, 'Modeling the effects of gas slippage, cleat network topology and scale dependence of gas transport in coal seam gas reservoirs', Fuel, 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116715

Tian FB, 2020, 'Hydrodynamic effects of mucus on swimming performance of an undulatory foil by using the DSD/SST method', Computational Mechanics, 65, pp. 751 - 761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00466-019-01792-2

Yu X; Regenauer-Lieb K; Tian FB, 2020, 'Effects of surface roughness and derivation of scaling laws on gas transport in coal using a fractal-based lattice Boltzmann method', Fuel, 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116229

Liu QY; Tang XY; Chen DD; Xu YQ; Tian FB, 2020, 'Hydrodynamic study of sperm swimming near a wall based on the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method', Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 14, pp. 853 - 870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2020.1779134

Tian FB, 2020, 'Numerical simulations of biological flows and their engineering applications', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235, pp. 205 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954406220969095

Huang WX; Tian FB, 2019, 'Recent trends and progress in the immersed boundary method', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 233, pp. 7617 - 7636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954406219842606

Wang L; Tian FB, 2019, 'Numerical study of flexible flapping wings with an immersed boundary method: Fluid–structure–acoustics interaction', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 90, pp. 396 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2019.07.003

Yu X; Regenauer-Lieb K; Tian FB, 2019, 'A hybrid immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann/finite difference method for coupled dynamics of fluid flow, advection, diffusion and adsorption in fractured and porous media', Computers and Geosciences, 128, pp. 70 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2019.04.005

Wang L; Tian FB, 2019, 'Numerical simulation of flow over a parallel cantilevered flag in the vicinity of a rigid wall', Physical Review E, 99, pp. 053111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.053111

Liu Z; Bhattacharjee KS; Tian FB; Young J; Ray T; Lai JCS, 2019, 'Kinematic optimization of a flapping foil power generator using a multi-fidelity evolutionary algorithm', Renewable Energy, 132, pp. 543 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.08.015

Ma J; Xu L; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2019, 'Dynamic characteristics of a deformable capsule in a simple shear flow', Physical Review E, 99, pp. 023101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.023101

Yu X; Regenauer-Lieb K; Tian F, 2019, 'Investigation of effects of surface roughness on coal seam gas transport using a fractal-based lattice Boltzmann method', Exploration Geophysics, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22020586.2019.12073014

Xu L; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2018, 'A novel geometry-adaptive Cartesian grid based immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method for fluid–structure interactions at moderate and high Reynolds numbers', Journal of Computational Physics, 375, pp. 22 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2018.08.024

Wu J; Zhang M; Tian F, 2018, 'NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRO-CONVECTION OF DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS IN A CUBICAL CAVITY', Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 50, pp. 1458 - 1469, http://dx.doi.org/10.6052/0459-1879-18-301

Tian F; Tobing S; Young J; Lai J; Walker SM; Taylor GK; Thomas ALR, 2018, 'Aerodynamic characteristics of hoverflies during hovering flight', Computers and Fluids, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.10.008

Shahzad A; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2018, 'Effects of hawkmoth-like flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings with different shapes and aspect ratios', Physics of Fluids, 30, pp. 091902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5044635

Li W; Wang W; Yan Y; Tian F, 2018, 'Effects of pitching motion profile on energy harvesting performance of a semi-active flapping foil using immersed boundary method', Ocean Engineering, 163, pp. 94 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.05.055

Shahzad A; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2018, 'Effects of flexibility on the hovering performance of flapping wings with different shapes and aspect ratios', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 81, pp. 69 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2018.04.019

Xu YQ; Jiang YQ; Wu J; Sui Y; Tian FB, 2018, 'Benchmark numerical solutions for two-dimensional fluid–structure interaction involving large displacements with the deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space–time and immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann methods', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 232, pp. 2500 - 2514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954406217723942

Young J; Tian FB, 2018, 'Bio-inspired flapping foils and their applications', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 232, pp. 2493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954406218785272

Wang L; Tian FANG-BAO, 2018, '浸入边界法及其在可压缩流动中的进展和应用（科大校庆专刊） Recent progress of immersed boundary method and its applications in compressible fluid flow (Special Issue, USTC 60th anniversary)', SCIENTIA SINICA Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica, 48, pp. 094703 - 094703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1360/SSPMA2018-00191

Wang L; Tian FB, 2018, 'Heat transfer in non-Newtonian flows by a hybrid immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann and finite difference method', Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app8040559

Tian FB; Wang Y; Liu H; Zhang Y, 2018, 'The lattice Boltzmann method and its applications in complex flows and fluid–structure interactions', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 232, pp. 403 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954406218754913

Xu YQ; Wang MY; Liu QY; Tang XY; Tian F, 2018, 'External Force-Induced Focus Pattern of a Flexible Filament in a Viscous Fluid', Applied Mathematical Modelling, 53, pp. 369 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.09.001

Liu Z; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2017, 'Flapping foil power generator performance enhanced with a spring-connected tail', Physics of Fluids, 29, pp. 123601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4998202

Wang W; Yan Y; Tian F, 2017, 'Fluid-structure coupling for a non-sinusoidal forced oscillating hydrofoil based on an immersed boundary method', Ocean Engineering, 147, pp. 606 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2017.10.013

Wang L; Currao GMD; Han F; Neely AJ; Young J; Tian FB, 2017, 'An immersed boundary method for fluid–structure interaction with compressible multiphase flows', Journal of Computational Physics, 346, pp. 131 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.06.008

Wang WQ; Yan Y; Tian FB, 2017, 'A simple and efficient implicit direct forcing immersed boundary model for simulations of complex flow', Applied Mathematical Modelling, 43, pp. 287 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2016.10.057

Gao D; Tian FB; Chen Z; Zhang D, 2017, 'An improved lattice Boltzmann method for solid-liquid phase change in porous media under local thermal non-equilibrium conditions', International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 110, pp. 58 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.03.014

Liu Z; Lai JCS; John Y; Tian FB, 2017, 'Discrete vortex method with flow separation corrections for flapping-foil power generators', AIAA Journal, 55, pp. 410 - 418, http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/1.J055267

Wei Q; Xu YQ; Tang XY; Tian FB, 2016, 'An IB-LBM study of continuous cell sorting in deterministic lateral displacement arrays', Acta Mechanica Sinica Lixue Xuebao, 32, pp. 1023 - 1030, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10409-016-0566-2

Jiang YQ; Guo RY; Tian FB; Zhou SG, 2016, 'Macroscopic modeling of pedestrian flow based on a second-order predictive dynamic model', Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40, pp. 9806 - 9820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2016.06.041

Shahzad A; Tian FB; Young J; Lai JCS, 2016, 'Effects of wing shape, aspect ratio and deviation angle on aerodynamic performance of flapping wings in hover', Physics of Fluids, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4964928

Stewart WJ; Tian FB; Akanyeti O; Walker CJ; Liao JC, 2016, 'Refuging rainbow trout selectively exploit flows behind tandem cylinders', Journal of Experimental Biology, 219, pp. 2182 - 2191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.140475

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