Education Background
Ph. D. (08/2008) : Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering
M. S. (12/2002): University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Department Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
M. E. (07/2001): Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Department of Engineering Mechanics
B. E. (07/1998): TianjinUniversity, Tianjin, China
Department of Engineering Mechanics
08/2021~ Present: Vice Director, Institute for Industrial Software, College of Engineering,
Peking University, China
09/2020~ Present: Executive Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory for Turbulence and Complex Systems,
Peking University, China
08/2014~ Present: Tenured Associate Professor,
Peking University, China
09/2013~08/2018: Vice Chair, Department of Mechanics & Engineering Science,
Peking University, China
09/2008~07/2014: Assistant Professor (Tenure track),
Peking University, China
Course Teacher and Instructor:
Undergraduate: College of Engineering, Peking University
- Gas Dynamics (Spring 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020)
- Computational Aerodynamics (Spring 2011, Fall 2013)
- Fluid Mechanics (Fall 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017; Spring 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018)
- Engineering Fluid Mechanics (Fall 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2018; Spring 2017, 2021)
- Advanced Mathematics (Calculus) D (Fall 2019, 2020)
Graduate: College of Engineering, Peking University
- Turbulence (Fall 2010)
- Marine Hydrodynamics (Fall 2014)
- Wang Ren Mechanics Lecture (Fall 2016,2017; Spring 2017, 2018)
Teaching Assistant:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- Engineering Computing Method (Spring 2007)
- Heat Transfer (Spring 2005)
Department Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California
- Astronautics and Space Environments (Spring 2002)
- Spacecraft Propulsion (Fall 2001)
- The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics ‘Xu Zhilun’ Excellent Teacher National Award in 2021
- Peking University ‘Zhengda’ Excellent Teacher Award in 2021
- Peking University Special (First) Prize for Teaching Achievements (Fluid Mechanics) in 2021, One of the Main Completion Persons
- Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China National-level Offline First-class Undergraduate Course (Fluid Mechanics) in 2020, One of the Main Completion Persons
- Peking University Excellent Head Teacher Award, 2009-2010
- Turbulent Flows
- Fluid Interfacial Instabilities and turbulent mixing
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Turbulence Modeling and Large-Eddy Simulation (LES)
- Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) of Turbulent Flows
- High-fidelity Numerical Simulation of Complex Flows
Refereed Journal Articles:
- Xiaole Wang and Zuoli Xiao*, Transition based constrained large-eddy simulation method with application to an ultra-high-lift low-pressure turbine cascade flow, J. Fluid Mech. 941, A22, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.286
- Lei Wu and Zuoli Xiao*. Subgrid-scale modeling based on artificial neural network. Acta Mechanica Sinica (Chinese Edition), 53 (10): 2667-2681, 2021. https://doi.org/ 10.6052/0459-1879-21-356
- Naifu Peng, Yue Yang, and Zuoli Xiao, Effects of the secondary baroclinic vorticity on the energy cascade in the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, J. Fluid Mech. 925, A39, 2021.
- Cancan Li, Jiaqi Luo, and Zuoli Xiao*, A throughflow-based optimization method for multi-stage axial compressor, AIP Advances 11, 115207, 2021. https://doi.org/ 10.1063/5.0062619
- Rui Wang and Zuoli Xiao*, Influence of free-stream turbulence on the aerodynamic performance of a three-dimensional airfoil, AIP Advances 11, 075304, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0054619
- Lei Zhan, Rui Wang, Xiaole Wang, Zuoli Xiao, and Feng Liu, An implicit Time Spectral Method Using Adaptive Stablization, Comput. Fluids 227, 105030, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.105030
- Tianrou Miao and Zuoli Xiao*, Numerical investigation on motion of an ellipsoidal particle inside confined microcavity flow, Theo. Appl. Mech. Lett., 11 (1), 100234, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taml.2021.100234
- Longxiang Zhao, Zuoli Xiao, and Feng Liu, Simulation of flow induced by single-dielectricbarrier-discharge plasma actuator using a high-order flux-reconstruction scheme, Phys. Fluids 33, 047108, 2021.
- Naifu Peng, Yue Yang, Jinxin Wu, and Zuoli Xiao, Mechanism and modelling of the secondary baroclinic vorticity in the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability, J. Fluid Mech. 911, A56, 2021.
- Bing Cui, Xiaole Wang, Rui Wang, and Zuoli Xiao*, Numerical investigation of transonic axial compressor rotor flows using an improved transition-sensitized turbulence model, Phys. Fluids 33, 035149, 2021.
- Qingqing Zhang and Zuoli Xiao*, On the time irreversibility of compressible turbulence reflected by particles of various inertias, Phys. Fluids 33, 036113, 2021.
- Jinxin Wu, Han Liu, and Zuoli Xiao*, Refined modelling of the single-mode cylindrical Richtmyer–Meshkov instability, J. Fluid Mech. 908, A9, 2021.
- Xiaole Wang, Bing Cui, and Zuoli Xiao*, Numerical investigation on ultra-high-lift low-pressure turbine cascade aerodynamics at low Reynolds numbers using transition-based turbulence models, J. Turbul. 22: 2, 114-139, 2021.
- Lei Zhan, Zuoli Xiao*, and Feng Liu, Implicit Time-Spectral Method for Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes Computations of Turbulent Flows, AIAA Journal 59:5, 1718-1734, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J059524
- Geng Tian and Zuoli Xiao*, New insight on large-eddy simulation of flow past a circular cylinder at subcritical Reynolds number 3900, AIP Advances 10, 085321, 2020.
- Rui Wang and Zuoli Xiao*, Transition effects on flow characteristics around a static two-dimensional airfoil, Phys. Fluids 32, 035113, 2020.
- Shuai Zhang, Hao Liu, Wei Kang, Zuoli Xiao, Jianjun Tao, Ping Zhang, Weiyan Zhang, and X. T. He, Coupling effects and thin-shell corrections for surface instabilities of cylindrical fluid shells, Phys. Rev. E 101, 023108, 2020.
- Zongqiang Ma, LiliWang and Zuoli Xiao*, Anisotropy of the Spectral Structures in Compressible Homogeneous Turbulent Shear Flow, Adv. Appl. Math. Mech. 11: 3, 723-736, 2019.
- Jinxin Wu, Han Liu and Zuoli Xiao*, A Numerical Investigation of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Spherical Geometry, Adv. Appl. Math. Mech. Vol. 11: 3, 583-597, 2019.
- Lei Zhan, Juntao Xiong, Feng Liu, and Zuoli Xiao*, Fully Implicit Chebyshev Time-Spectral Method for General Unsteady Flows, AIAA Journal 56:11, 4474-4486, 2018.
- Qingqing Zhang and Zuoli Xiao*, Single-particle dispersion in compressible turbulence, Phys. Fluids 30, 040904, 2018.
- Liang Chen, Zuoli Xiao*, Yipeng Shi and Shiyi Chen, Constrained large-eddy simulation of supersonic turbulent boundary layer over a compression ramp, J. Turbul. 18 (8): 781-808, 2017.
- Changping Yu, Zuoli Xiao* and Xinliang Li, Scale-adaptive subgrid-scale modelling for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flows, Phys. Fluids 29, 035101, 2017.
- Zongqiang Ma and Zuoli Xiao*, Turbulent kinetic energy production and flow structures in compressible homogeneous shear flow, Phys. Fluids 28, 096102, 2016.
- Zhou Jiang, Zuoli Xiao*, Yipeng Shi and Shiyi Chen, Constrained large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow and heat transfer in a stationary ribbed duct, Int. J. Num. Meth. Heat & Fluid Flow 26 (3/4), 1069-1091, 2016.
- Han Liu and Zuoli Xiao*, Scale-to-scale energy transfer in mixing flow induced by the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability, Phys. Rev. E 93, 053112, 2016.
- Qingqing Zhang, Han Liu, Zongqiang Ma and Zuoli Xiao*, Preferential concentration of heavy particles in compressible isotropic turbulence, Phys. Fluids 28, 055104, 2016.
- Zhenhua Xia, Zuoli Xiao*, Yipeng Shi and Shiyi Chen, Mach number effect of compressible flow around a circular cylinder, AIAA J. 54 (6), 2004-2009, 2016.
- Changping Yu, Zuoli Xiao and Xinliang Li, Dynamic optimization methodology based on subgrid-scale dissipation for large eddy simulation, Phys. Fluids 28, 015113, 2016.
- Yantao Yang, Jianchun Wang, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao, X. T. He and Shiyi Chen, Intermittency caused by compressibility: a Lagrangian study, J. Fluid Mech. 786, R6, 2016.
- Yipeng Shi, Jianchun Wang, Yantao Yang, Zuoli Xiao, and Xiantu He, Advances in study of compressible turbulence, High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 27(3):032002-1-032002-9, 2015.
- Yantao Yang, Jianchun Wang, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao, Xiantu He and Shiyi Chen, Interactions between inertial particles and shocklets in compressible turbulent flow, Phys. Fluids 26 (9), 091702, 2014.
- Yaomin Zhao, Zhenhua Xia, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao and Shiyi Chen, Constrained large-eddy simulation of laminar-turbulent transition in channel flow, Phys. Fluids 26 (9), 095103, 2014.
- Changping Yu, Zuoli Xiao*, Yipeng Shi and Shiyi Chen, Joint-constraint model for large-eddy simulation of helical turbulence, Phys. Rev. E 89, 043021, 2014.
- Zuoli Xiao*, Yipeng Shi, Zhenhua Xia and Shiyi Chen, Comment on "A hybrid subgrid-scale model constrained by Reynolds stress" [Phys. Fluids 25, 110805 (2013)], Phys. Fluids 26 (5), 059101, 2014.
- Renkai Hong, Zhenhua Xia, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao* and Shiyi Chen, Constrained Large-Eddy Simulation of Compressible Flow Past a Circular Cylinder, Commun. Comput. Phys., 15(2), 388-421, 2014.
- Changping Yu and Zuoli Xiao*, Refined subgrid-scale model for large-eddy simulation of helical turbulence, Phys. Rev. E 87, 013006, 2013.
- Changping Yu, Renkai Hong, Zuoli Xiao* and Shiyi Chen, Subgrid-scale eddy viscosity model for helical turbulence, Phys. Fluids 25, 095101, 2013.
- Zhou Jiang, Zuoli Xiao*, Yipeng Shi and Shiyi Chen, Constrained large-eddy simulation of wall-bounded compressible turbulent flows, Phys. Fluids 25, 106102, 2013.
- Yantao Yang, Jianchun Wang, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao, X. T. He and Shiyi Chen, Acceleration of Passive Tracers in Compressible Turbulent Flow, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110(6): 064503, 2013.
- Jianchun Wang, Yantao Yang, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao, X. T. He and Shiyi Chen, Cascade of kinetic energy in three-dimensional compressible turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110:214505, 2013.
- Shiyi Chen, Yingchun Chen, Zhenhua Xia, Kun Qu, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao, Qiuhong Liu, Qingdong Cai, Feng Liu, Cunbiao Lee, Rikui Zhang and Jinsheng Cai, Constrained large-eddy simulation and detached eddy simulation of flow past a commercial aircraft at 14 degrees angle of attack, Sci. China-Phys. Mech. Astron. 56 (2): 270-276, 2013.
- Zhenhua Xia, Yipeng Shi, Renkai Hong, Zuoli Xiao and Shiyi Chen, Constrained large-eddy simulation of separated flow in a channel with streamwise-periodic constrictions, J. Turbul. 14 (1): 1-21, 2013.
- Jianchun Wang, Yantao Yang, Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao, X. T. He and Shiyi Chen, Statistics and structures of pressure and density in compressible isotropic turbulence, J. Turbul. 14 (6): 21-37, 2013.
- Jianchun Wang, Yipeng Shi, Lian-Ping Wang, Zuoli Xiao, X. T. He and Shiyi Chen, Scaling and Statistics in Three-Dimensional Compressible Turbulence, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108: 214505, 2012.
- Shiyi Chen, Zhenhua Xia, Suyang Pei, Jianchun Wang, Yantao Yang, Zuoli Xiao and Yipeng Shi, Reynolds-stress-constrained large-eddy simulation of wall-bounded turbulent flows, J. Fluid Mech. 703, 1-28, 2012.
- Jianchun Wang, Yipeng Shi, Lian-Ping Wang, Zuoli Xiao, X. T. He and Shiyi Chen, Effect of compressibility on the small-scale structures in isotropic turbulence, J. Fluid Mech. 713:588-631, 2012.
- Jianchun Wang, Yipeng Shi, Lian-Ping Wang, Zuoli Xiao, X. T. He and Shiyi Chen, Effect of shocklets on the velocity gradients in highly compressible isotropic turbulence, Phys. Fluids 23, 125103, 2011.
- M. Wan, Z. Xiao, C. Meneveau, G. Eyink and S. Chen, Dissipation-energy flux correlations as evidence for the Lagrangian energy cascade in turbulence, Phys. Fluids 22, 061702, 2010.
- J. Wang, L.-P. Wang, Z. Xiao, Y. Shi and S. Chen, A hybrid numerical simulation of isotropic compressible turbulence, J. Comp. Phys. 229: 5257-5279, 2010.
- K. Ding, Z. Xiao and Y. Shi, Scaling Laws, Turbulence Structure and Subgrid-Scale Models for Large Eddy Simulation, Mode. Phys. Lett. B 24(13): 1445-1448, 2010.
- Z. Xiao*, M. Wan, S. Chen and G. L. Eyink, Physical mechanism of the inverse energy cascade of two-dimensional turbulence: a numerical investigation, J. Fluid Mech. 619, 1-44, 2009.
- Yipeng Shi, Zuoli Xiao and Shiyi Chen, Constrained subgrid-scale stress model for large eddy simulation, Phys. Fluids. 20, 011701, 2008.
- Shiyi Chen, Gregory L. Eyink, Minping Wan and Zuoli Xiao, Is the Kelvin theorem valid for high Reynolds number turbulence? Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 144505, 2006.
- Shiyi Chen, Robert E. Ecke, Gregory L. Eyink, Michael Rivera, Minping Wan and Zuoli Xiao, Physical mechanism of the two-dimensional inverse energy cascade, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 084502, 2006.
- Shiyi Chen, Robert E. Ecke, Gregory L. Eyink, Xin Wang and Zuoli Xiao, Physical mechanism of the two-dimensional enstrophy cascade, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 214501, 2003.
- J. Andrzej Domaradzki, Z. Xiao and Piotr Smolarkiewicz, Effective eddy viscosities in implicit modeling of turbulent flows, Phys. Fluids. 15: 3890-3893, 2003.
- Jisheng Luo and Zuoli Xiao, Numerical Study on the mixing of a mixing layer under active control, Acta Mechanica Sinica (Chinese Edition), 34(02): 168-175, 2002. https://doi.org/10.3321/j.issn:0459-1879.2002.02.003
Book Chapters:
- S. Chen, Y. Shi, Z. Xiao, Z. Xia and J. Wang, “Constrained Large Eddy Simulation of Wall-bounded turbulent flows”, In S. Fu et al. (Eds.): Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modelling, NNFM 117, pp.121-130. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
- Z. Xia, Z. Xiao, Y. Shi and S. Chen, “Constrained Large-Eddy Simulation for Aerodynamics”, In S. Girimaji et al. (Eds.): Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modelling, NNFMMD 130, pp.105-115. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015.
- R. Wang and Z. Xiao*, “Reynolds-Constrained Large-Eddy Simulation: Sensitivity to Constraint and SGS Models”, In Y. Hoarau et al. (Eds.): Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modelling, NNFMMD 143, pp.131-142. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27607-2_10
Selected Conference Presentations
- The 4th Annual Conference of Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, Beijing, China, June 17-18, 2021, “Numerical Simulations of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability and Turbulent Mixing in Converging Geometries”.
- Symposium on Turbulence and Flow Instabilities 2021, Shanghai, China, May 14-17, 2021, “Transition-based Turbulence Modeling and Typical Applications”.
- The First Symposium on Fundamentals and Frontiers in Target Physics, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, June 30-July 3, 2019, “Numerical Investigation on Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities in Cylindrical and Spherical Geometries”.
- The 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society-Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, USA, November 23-26, 2019, “Numerical Simulation of Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Converging Geometries”.
- The 7th Symposium on Hybrid RANS-LES Methods, Berlin, Germany, September 19-21, 2018, “Reynolds-constrained Large-eddy Simulation: Sensitivity to Constraint and Subgrid-scale Models”.
- Advanced Seminar for Multi-material Multi-phase and Turbulent Mxing flows, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing, Beijing, China, August 24-25, 2018, “Structure Patterns and Interaction Mechanisms in Multi-phase Turbulent Mixing Flows”.
- The 16th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing (16IWPCTM), Marseilles, France, July 15-20, 2018, “Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in Planar and Converging Geometries”.
- The 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Glasgow, UK, June 11-15, 2018, “Large-eddy Simulation of Wall-bounded Turbulent Flows with Separations”.
- The 7th International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing- Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Complex Processes, Hanoi, Vietnam, March 19-23, 2018, “Reynolds-Constrained Subgrid-scale Modeling for Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Wall Flows” (Session Chair).
- The Seventh International Symposium on Physics of Fluids, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, June 12-15, 2017, “Effect of Compressibility on Time Irreversibility of Particle-laden Turbulence”.
- The 6th symposium on Hybrid RANS-LES methods, Strasbourg, France, September 26-28, 2016, “Reynolds-constrained subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulation of turbulent wall flow”.
- The Second Cross-Strait Workshop on Fluid Mechanics (2016), Xining, Qinghai, China, September 4-8, 2016, “Reynolds-constrained large-eddy simulation of compressible flow over a compression ramp”.
- The 12th World Congress on Computational Mechanics and The 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Seoul, Korea, July 24-29, 2016, “Preferential concentration of heavy particles in compressible homogeneous isotropic turbulence”.
- The 15th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulence Mixing, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, July 10-15, 2016, “Energy transfer in Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced turbulent mixing”.
- The American Physical Society, 68th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Boston, MA, November 22-24, 2015, “Reynolds-constrained large-eddy simulation of compressible flow over a compression ramp”.
- ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2015, COEX, Seoul, Korea, July 26-31, 2015, “Constrained Large-eddy Simulation od Wall-bounded Turbulent Flows”.
- Sixth International Symposium on Bifurcations and Instabilities in Fluid Dynamics, ESPCI, Paris, France, July 15-17, 2015, “Numerical investigation of Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in planar and spherical geometries”.
- 2nd Frontiers in Computational Physics: Energy Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, June 3-5, 2015, “On the transfer of energy in Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced mixing flow”.
- 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Heat & Mass Transfer, Ottawa, Canada, April 30-May 1, 2015, “Reynolds-constrained Subgrid-scale Model for Large-eddy Simulation of Turbulent Wall Flows” (Session Chair).
- The American Physical Society, 67th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, San Francisco, CA, November 23-25, 2014, “Energy dynamics in the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability induced turbulent mixing flow”.
- WCCM XI-ECCM V-ECFD VI (2014): The 6th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Barcelona, Spain, July 20-25, 2014, “Constrained subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulation of wall-bounded flows”.
- The 10th East Asia Section of SIAM Conference (EASIAM 2014), Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand, June 23-25, 2014, “Constrained Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flows: Theory and Application” (Session Chair).
- 5th Symposium on Hybrid RANS-LES Methods, Houston, USA, March 19-21, 2014, “Constrained Large-Eddy Simulation for wall-bounded turbulent flows”.
- The 8th National Young Scientists’ Symposium on Fluid Mechanics, Shanghai, China, May 18-19, 2013, “A numerical study on the relative dispersion of particles in Richtmeyer-Meshkov instability”.
- The 7th National Young Scientists’ Symposium on Fluid Mechanics, Nanjing, China, May 20-22, 2011, “Effect of the large-scale shear on the turbulent structures of Kolmogorov turbulence”.
- International Symposium on Turbulence, Beijing, China, September 23, 2009, “Numerical simulation of two-dimensional inverse cascade”.
- The American Physical Society, 60th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Salt Lake City, UT, Tuesday, November 20, 2007, “Constrained dynamic subgrid-scale model for large eddy simulation”.
- The American Physical Society, 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Tampa, FL, Monday, November 20, 2006, “Large eddy simulation with energy and helicity flux constraint”.
- 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, Monday, July 24, 2006, “On the Inverse Energy Cascade of Two-Dimensional Turbulence”.
- The American Physical Society, 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Chicago, IL, Tuesday, November 22, 2005, “Production of turbulent energy flux in inertial-range cascades”.
- The American Physical Society, 57th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle, WA, Tuesday, November 23, 2004, “On vortex-merger and vortex-thinning in a 2D inverse energy cascade”.
- The American Physical Society, 56th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, Meadowlands, NJ, Monday, November 24, 2003, “Physical Mechanism of the Two-Dimensional Enstrophy Cascade”.
Professional & Social Services
Invited Reviewer for:
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Physics of Fluid
- Journal of Turbulence
- Science China-Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy
- Chinese Journal of Computational Physics
- Acta Mechanica Sinica (Chinese & English Editions)
- International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Editorial Board Member for:
- Acta Mechanica Sinica (Chinese Edition)
- International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics
- International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow