By Associate Professor Fangbao Tian

Journal articles

Ren H; Wang L; Young J; Tian F-B, 2026, 'A predictive framework for energy harvesting based on four canonical modes of vortex–foil interaction', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2026.11519

Rahimi Z; Young J; Tian FB, 2026, 'Buckling of three-dimensional wavy collapsible tubes conveying viscous flows', Physics of Fluids, 38, pp. 021920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0295364

Bhat SS; O'Shaughnessy T; Hrynuk JT; Young J; Tian FB; Ravi S, 2026, 'Propeller blade performance in low-pressure environments', Physics of Fluids, 38, pp. 021911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0311082

Widdup N; Wang L; Young J; Tian F-B, 2026, 'A comparison of rotating and flapping wings in highly compressible flows', Journal of Fluids and Structures, 143, pp. 104544 - 104544, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2026.104544

Aref O; Wang L; Young J; Tian F-B, 2026, 'Dynamic behaviours of flexible plates vertically fixed in a channel', Electronic Research Archive, 34, pp. 2839 - 2867, http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/era.2026129

Khan M; Wang L; Tian F-B, 2026, 'Optimization of compound performance of two tandem pitching and heaving aerofoils in Martian environment', Electronic Research Archive, 34, pp. 1290 - 1314, http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/era.2026059

Ma J; Mei Y; Liu Q; Peng S; Tian FB, 2025, 'A front-tracking immersed boundary method for dynamics of three-dimensional capsules in multiphase flow systems involving viscoelastic fluids', Physics of Fluids, 37, pp. 121905, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0301629

Jin BR; Ji X; Ravi S; Young J; Pereira GG; Tian FB, 2025, 'Lift increment scaling and its failure due to the leading-edge vortex detachment transition for a flapping wing under perturbations', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1022, pp. a28 - a28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.10804

Ahmed M; Young J; Tian FB, 2025, 'Effects of confined boundaries on hovering flight using the unsteady vortex lattice method', Physics of Fluids, 37, pp. 091910, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0282333

Widdup N; Wang L; Young J; Tian FB, 2025, 'The aerodynamic and acoustic performance of a bumblebee-inspired micro-air vehicle in Martian atmosphere', Physics of Fluids, 37, pp. 091916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0288043

Widdup N; Wang L; Young J; Tian FB, 2025, 'A numerical study of flexible flapping wings in highly compressible flows', Physics of Fluids, 37, pp. 071912, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0274245

Ibrahim M; Rajamuni M; Zhang C; Chen L; Young J; Tian FB, 2025, 'A conservative phase-field lattice Boltzmann method for boiling heat transfer at high density ratios', Physics of Fluids, 37, pp. 053319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0261024

Zhu Y; Kang L; Ma J; Tian F; Fan D, 2025, 'Intermittent swimmers optimize energy expenditure with flick-To-flick motor control', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1006, pp. a27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.45

Rahimi Z; Young J; Tian FB, 2025, 'Anomalous stability behaviors in two-sided wavy collapsible channels', Physics of Fluids, 37, pp. 021912, 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, pp. a10 - a10, 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, pp. 013627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0251393

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, pp. a70 - a70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.1065

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, pp. a25 - a25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.942

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

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, pp. 113619, 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, pp. e0299542 - e0299542, 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, pp. 035167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0198252

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

Wang L; Young J; Tian F-B; Ravi S, 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, pp. 108604 - 108604, 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, pp. 1050, 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

Ji X; Wang L; Ravi S; Young J; Lai JCS; Tian FB, 2023, '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

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, pp. 104701, 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, pp. 091901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0165614

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, pp. 103874, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2023.103874

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

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, pp. 1094146, 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, pp. 103762, 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, pp. 097101, 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, pp. 179, 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, pp. 103571, 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, pp. 041903, 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

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