Dr Xianyun Wen

Senior Lecturer: Computational Fluid Dynamics

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 31425
Email address: x.wen@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 11.103

Biography

Qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD

Research Interests: Aerosols, Particulate Transport, Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Xianyun obtained his PhD from the University of Chengdu of science and technologyin Fluid Dynamics (1987). Xianyun has worked on a variety of engineering and industrail mathematical problems related to fluid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics. He has developed several novel CFD codes and has produced his own user-friendly CFD software package for turbulent flows. At present he supervises 2 PhD students, 1 MSc student and over the past few years he has supervised 6 PhD students 6 MSc students and two postdoctoral research fellows. He has published more than 80 research papers in internationally refereed journals. At present Xianyun surpervises on the CFD programme

Publications

Raval A; Wen X; Smith MH (2009) Numerical simulation of viscous, nonlinear and progressive water waves, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 637, pp.443-473.
Rap A; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2007) The inverse source problem for the variable coefficients convection-diffusion equation, INVERSE PROBLEMS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 15, pp.413-440. doi: 10.1080/17415970600731274
Marin L; Wen X; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Heggs PJ (2006) Parameter identification in two-dimensional fins using the boundary element method, Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications, 50, pp.315-344.
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2006) Parameter identification in Helmholtz-type equations with a variable coefficient using a regularized DRBEM, INVERSE PROBLEMS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 14, pp.837-858. doi: 10.1080/17415970600844325
Dunnett SJ; Wen X; Zaripov SK; Galeev RS; Vanunina MV (2006) A numerical study of calm air sampling with a blunt sampler, AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 40, pp.477-489. doi: 10.1080/02786820600681644
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2006) Dual reciprocity boundary element method solution of the Cauchy problem for Helmholtz-type equations with variable coefficients, JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION, 297, pp.89-105. doi: 10.1016/j.jsv.2006.03.045
Rap A; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2006) An inverse source problem for the convection-diffusion equation, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HEAT & FLUID FLOW, 16, pp.125-150. doi: 10.1108/09615530610644235
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2005) Two-dimensional thermal analysis of a polygonal fin with two tubes on a square pitch, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 48, pp.3018-3033. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.11.030
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2004) Comparison of regularization methods for solving the Cauchy problem associated with the Helmholtz equation, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN ENGINEERING, 60, pp.1933-1947. doi: 10.1002/nme.1031
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2004) Analysis of polygonal fins using the boundary element method, APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING, 24, pp.1321-1339. doi: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.12.022
Rap A; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2004) DRBEM for Cauchy convection-diffusion problems with variable coefficients, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS, 28, pp.1321-1333. doi: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2004.06.003
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2004) BEM solution for the Cauchy problem associated with Helmholtz-type equations by the Landweber method, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS, 28, pp.1025-1034. doi: 10.1016/j.enganaboung.2004.03.001
Manik K; Wen X; Ingham DB (2004) Gravitational fluid flow induced in a three layer stratified fluid by two submerged sinks or sources with stagnation points on the free surfaces, ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS, 28, pp.359-373. doi: 10.1016/S0955-7997(03)00084-5
Al-Hadhrami AK; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Wen X (2003) Flows through horizontal channels of porous materials, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, 27, pp.875-889. doi: 10.1002/er.923
Wen X; Manik K (2003) The fluid flow due to two submerged sinks in a two layer stratified fluid, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NUMERICAL METHODS FOR HEAT & FLUID FLOW, 13, pp.793-808. doi: 10.1108/09615530310498420
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2003) An alternating iterative algorithm for the Cauchy problem associated to the Helmholtz equation, COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING, 192, pp.709-722. doi: 10.1016/S0045-7825(02)00592-3
Marin L; Elliott L; Heggs PJ; Ingham DB; Lesnic D; Wen X (2003) Conjugate gradient-boundary element solution to the Cauchy problem for Helmholtz-type equations, COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS, 31, pp.367-377. doi: 10.1007/s00466-003-0439-y
Wen X; Dunnett S (2003) The aspiration efficiency of a tube sampler operating in a slow moving air stream facing vertically upwards, JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE, 34, pp.1235-1244. doi: 10.1016/S0021-8502(03)00099-5
Al-Hadhrami A; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Wen X (2003) Analytical solutions of fluid flows through composite channels, International Journal of Energy Research, 27, pp.875-889. doi: 10.1002/er.923
Dunnett SJ; Wen X (2002) A numerical study of the sampling efficiency of a tube sampler operating in calm air facing both vertically upwards and downwards, JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE, 33, pp.1653-1665. doi: 10.1016/S0021-8502(02)00118-0
Wen X; Ingham DB; Fletcher B (2002) The numerical modelling of a two-dimensional local exhaust system associated with an inclined jet flow, JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS, 43, pp.367-384. doi: 10.1023/A:1020328305459
Manik K; Wen X; Ingham DB (2002) The flow induced in a three layer stratified fluid by a submerged sink or source with stagnation points on the free surfaces, COMPUTERS & FLUIDS, 31, pp.891-910. doi: 10.1016/S0045-7930(01)00054-8
Al-Hadhrami AK; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Wen X (2001) Analytical solutions of fluid flows through composite channels, JOURNAL OF POROUS MEDIA, 4, pp.149-163.
Bradean R; Ingham DB; Wen X; Russell SJ; Pourmohammadi A; Harris SD (2001) Modelling of an aerodynamic technique of forming web structures in textile industries: I. Turbulent air flow past filters, MATHEMATICAL ENGINEERING IN INDUSTRY, 8, pp.137-160. doi: 10.1163/156856401316891934
Ingham DB; Bradean R; Wen X; Russell SJ; Pourmohammadi A (2001) Mathematical and Computational Modelling of Fluid and Fibre Dynamics in a Sifting Air-lay Process, International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 6, pp.287-310.
Al-Hadhrami AK; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Wen X (2001) Fluid flows through two-dimensional channels of composite materials, TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA, 45, pp.283-302.
Lonyangapuo JK; Elliott L; Ingham DB; Wen X (2001) Solving free surface fluid flow problems by the minimal kinetic energy functional, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS, 37, pp.577-600. doi: 10.1002/fld.188
Wen X (Not yet published) Wet/dry Areas Method for Interfacial (Free Surface) Flow, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, . doi: 10.1002/fld.3661