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Senior Research Associate

Dr Li Wang

PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT).

UNSW Canberra
School of Eng & Tech

Ph.D from the Beijing Institute of Technology (June 2017); 

Research Associate at SEIT, UNSW Canberra since July 2017;

Senior Research Associate at SEIT, UNSW Canberra since Jan 2022.
E-mail
l.wang@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2023
    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
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wang L; Liu Z; Rajamuni M, 2023, 'Recent progress of lattice Boltzmann method and its applications in fluid-structure interaction', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 237, pp. 2461 - 2484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09544062221077583
    Journal articles | 2022
    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 - 097101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0101584
    Journal articles | 2022
    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
    Journal articles | 2022
    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
    Journal articles | 2022
    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 - 041903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0085021
    Journal articles | 2022
    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
    Journal articles | 2021
    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
    Journal articles | 2021
    Tian FB; Wang L, 2021, 'Numerical modeling of sperm swimming', Fluids, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/FLUIDS6020073
    Journal articles | 2021
    Wang L, 2021, 'Locomotion of a self-propulsive pitching plate in a quiescent viscous fluid', Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235, pp. 342 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954406220903338
    Journal articles | 2020
    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
    Journal articles | 2020
    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
    Journal articles | 2019
    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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.053111
    Journal articles | 2019
    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
    Journal articles | 2018
    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
    Journal articles | 2018
    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
    Journal articles | 2017
    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
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wang L; Han F; Zhou Q, 2017, 'The projection angles of fragments from a cylindrical casing filled with charge initiated at one end', International Journal of Impact Engineering, 103, pp. 138 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.01.012
    Journal articles | 2016
    Wang L; Han F; Chen F, 2016, 'Fragment Velocity Distribution of Velocity Enhanced Warhead under Double Symmetric Initiations', Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 41, pp. 672 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prep.201500234
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    Wang L; Younas A; Ravi S; Young J; Tian F, 2022, 'An immersed boundary method for fluid-structure interaction in rarefied gas slip flow', Sydney, presented at The 23rd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Sydney, 04 December 2022 - 08 December 2022
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Huang Q; Wang L; Tian F; Young J; Lai JCS, 2021, 'A diffused interface immersed boundary–lattice boltzmann method for simulation of stenosis', in World Congress in Computational Mechanics and ECCOMAS Congress, CIMNE, pp. 1 - 7, presented at 14th WCCM-ECCOMAS Congress, http://dx.doi.org/10.23967/wccm-eccomas.2020.013
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Ji X; Wang L; Tian F-B; Lai J; Young J, 2020, 'The Serrated Trailing Edge Influence on Flapping-wing Acoustics', in Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), The University of Queensland, presented at 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/388ad15
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Ma J; Wang L; Tian F-B, 2020, 'IB-LBM study of non-Newtonian flexible capsule flows in contraction-expansion microchannels', in Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, presented at 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, Brisbane, 11 December 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/6e15e3d
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Wang L; Tian F-B, 2020, 'Sound generation by three-dimensional flapping wings during hovering flight', in Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (AFMC), The University of Queensland, presented at 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference AFMC2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/6ff6dca
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Wang L; Tian F; Beier S, 2019, 'An immersed boundary method for hemodynamics involving complex geometries', in ACCM4, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, presented at The 4th Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 28 November 2019 - 29 November 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Wang L; Tian F; Lai J, 2019, 'An immersed boundary method for fluid–structure–acoustics interaction at low Reynolds numbers', in Proceedings of the 23rd Inter- national Congress on Acoustics, Aachen, Germany, pp. 2049 - 2056, presented at 23rd Inter- national Congress on Acoustics, Aachen, Germany, 09 September 2019 - 13 September 2019
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Wang L; Tian F, 2019, 'A hybrid immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann and finite difference method for bushfire simulation', in MODSIM2019, Canberra, ACT, Australia, pp. 365 - 371, presented at 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 01 December 2019 - 06 December 2019
    Conference Abstracts | 2018
    Tian F; Wang L; Xu L; Young J; Lai J, 2018, 'Advanced immersed boundary methods and their applications in biological flows (Invited keynote presentation for “Immersed Methods for CFD and Fluid-Structure Interaction”)', in The 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics, The 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics, New York, USA, presented at The 13th World Congress in Computational Mechanics, New York, USA, 22 July 2018 - 27 July 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Wang L; Lei C; Tian F, 2018, 'Fluid–structure interaction of a flexible plate vertically fixed in a laminar boundary layer over a rigid wall', in Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Australasian Fluid Mechanics Socie, Adelaide, presented at The 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Adelaide, 10 December 2018 - 13 December 2018, https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/imarusic/proceedings/21/Contribution_770_final.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Wang L; Lei C; Tian FB, 2018, 'Fluid–structure interaction of a flexible plate vertically fixed in a laminar boundary layer over a rigid wall', in Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Wang L; Lei C; Tian FB, 2018, 'Fluid–structure interaction of a flexible plate vertically fixed in a laminar boundary layer over a rigid wall', in Proceedings of the 21st Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, AFMC 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Wang L; Tian F, 2018, 'An immersed boundary method for fluid--structure interaction and acoustic modelling', Toronto, Canada, presented at The 9th International Symposium on Fluid--Structure Interactions, Flow-Sound Interactions, Flow-Induced Vibration & Noise, Toronto, Canada, 08 July 2018 - 11 July 2018
    Conference Abstracts | 2018
    Wang L; Tian F, 2018, 'Fluid–structure interaction method for compressible flow with application to model acoustic perturbations', in The Third Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, The Third Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Geelong, Victoria, presented at The Third Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics, Geelong, Victoria, 12 February 2018 - 14 February 2018
    Conference Abstracts | 2018
    Xu L; Tian F; Young J; Lai J, 2018, 'A geometry-adaptive immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method for modelling fluid–structure interaction problems', in Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics,, Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics, Christchurch, New Zealand, presented at Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics, Christchurch, New Zealand, 12 February 2018 - 15 February 2018
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Xu L; Wang L; Tian F; Young J; Lai J, 2018, 'A Geometry-Adaptive Immersed Boundary–Lattice Boltzmann Method for Modelling Fluid–Structure Interaction Problems', in IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics, Christchurch, New Zealand, presented at IUTAM Symposium on Recent Advances in Moving Boundary Problems in Mechanics, Christchurch, New Zealand, 12 February 2018 - 15 February 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13720-5_14

Co-chief investigator, Numerical study of the aerodynamics of racing wheelchair, Australia Institute of Sport, 45,000 AUD, 2023.

Lead-chief investigator, National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme, 1500 KSU, 2022-2023.

Co-chief investigator, Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme Funding: Engineering polarizability in acoustic and elastic metasurfaces, 26,000 AUD, 2019-2020.

Co-chief investigator, Accurate and efficient calculations of fractional ow reserve in cardiovascular system, 240,653 AUD, Shukun Tec, 2019-2024.

Dr Wang is working on computational fluid dynamics, particularly fluid-structure interaction. His research interests include the development of novel numerical methods and their applications to challenging fluid-structure interactions, such as flapping wings, biological flows, turbulent flows and etc. Dr Wang is also interested in using machine learning and CFD to solve complex problems.

Numerical methods: high-order finite difference method, finite element method, lattice Boltzmann method, material point method and etc.

Applications: aerodynamics and aeroacoustics of flapping wings, turbulent flow around blunt bodies, blood flow in cardivascular system, bushfire modelling and etc.

My Research Supervision

Currently, I am co-supervising 3 PhD students and 1 Master student working on flapping wing, bushfire modelling and etc.

I am currently a member of Flow Science Lab led by A/Prof Fangbao Tian at UNSW Canberra, we have a strong supervision team including another two professors and two associate professors, see http://fsl-unsw.com/TianFSL/links.html for more details.

You are welcome to propose your own projects and we will review to confirm that if we can provide sufficient supports to enhance your strength.

My Teaching

Computational Fluid Dynamics ZEIT4003

Aerodynamics ZEIT3503

Thermal Fluids ZEIT2500

Introduction to Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering ZEIT1504