Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing Open Access Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Marcello Lappa
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Marcello Lappa

University of Strathclyde, UK

Interests: fluid motion and stability behavior, incompressible, compressible and hypersonic fluid-dynamics, viscoelastic liquids, organic and inorganic materials sciences and crystal growth, multiphase flows, solidification, high-temperature gas-dynamics, particle dynamics in fluid flow, biotechnology and biomechanics, methods of numerical analysis in computational fluid dynamics and heat/mass transfer, high performance computing

Associate Editors

Assoc. Prof. Mohammad Hatami 

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, IRAN

Interests: renewable energy, heat recovery, nanofluids, internal combustion engines, modeling and optimization

 

Assoc. Prof. Iskander Tlili

Majmaah University, SAUDI ARABIA

Interests: modelling and design of thermal engine for solar application, remote sensing and gis for water management and renewable energy, theoretical and experimental study of a solar desalination unit, energetic and exergetic analysis of thermal machine, optimization and modeling of thermal exchanger, cogeneration & trigeneration systems, nanofluid flow

Editorial Board Members

Dr. Gazy Faissal Saloomy AL-SUMAILY

University of Technology Baghdad, IRAQ

Interests: Convection heat transfer, fluid dynamics, porous media, air-conditioning and refrigeration systems design, computational fluid dynamics

 

Dr. Abdul Aabid

Prince Sultan University, SAUDI ARABIA

Interests: repair of aircraft structures using a composite patch, & pzt actuator, experimental, numerical, analytical, & doe methods, mechanical/aerospace eng. the major collaboration in control of flows using cfd method

 

Prof. Qasem Al-Mdallal

United Arab Emirates University, UAE

Interests: Computational and Theoretical Fluid Dynamics; Mathematical Modeling; Numerical Analysis; Fractional Ordinary and Differential equations

 

Assoc. Prof. Mamdouh El Haj Assad

University of Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Interests: thermal engineering, engineering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, numerical simulation, numerical modeling, modeling and simulation, numerical analysis, computational fluid dynamics, turbulence, cfd simulation

 

Prof. Mojtaba Babaelahi

University of QOM, IRAN

Interests: Power Production and Cryogenic System Cogeneration Renewable Energy Energy System Analysis Heat Exchangers (Shell & Tube and Plate type) External Combustion Engines Exergy, Exergoeconomic, Emergy and Environmental Analysis Solar System Optimization Heat Transfer (Analytical & Numerical)

 

Prof. Rachid Bennacer

Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, FRANCE

Interests: energythermal buildingmaterialsanisothermal fluid mechanics

 

Dr. Jiang Bian

China University of Petroleum (East China), CHINA

Interests: CFD simulation, separation techniques, natural gas processing, chemical engineering, fluid mechanics, environment protection, multiphase flow, erosion, modeling and simulation, condensation

 

Prof. Yihua Cao

Beihang University, CHINA

Interests: aerodynamics, flight dynamics, flight control, aircraft, aeronautics, computational fluid dynamics

 

Prof. Xuewen Cao

China University of Petroleum (East China), CHINA

Interests: multiphase flow and oil and gas field gathering and transportation technology

 

Dr. Paolo Capobianchi

University of Strathclyde, UK

Interests: the dynamics of droplets in both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, hydrothermal instability and particle dynamics in liquid bridges, multiphase interfacial flows in microfluidics devices

 

Dr. Sushovan Chatterjee

Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, INDIA

Interests: stress analysis on industrial pipelines, alternative fuels for i.c. engine

 

Dr. Huailei Cheng

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, CHINA

Interests: finite element analysis, asphalt material structual behaviour, pavement engineering

 

Prof. Kaiwei Chu

Shandong University, CHINA

Interests: Process modelling and optimisation, modelling of particle-fluid flows, CFD-DEM

 

Dr. Franco Concli

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, ITALY

Interests: cfd simulation, lubrication, stress analysis

 

Dr. Junjia Cui

Hunan University, CHINA

Interests: mechanical properties, mechanical behavior of materials, materials processing

 

Assoc. Prof. Kuanhai Deng

Southwest Petroleum University, CHINA

Interests: his research area is mechanics and corrosion of octg (oil country tubular goods), oil well construction engineering and well integrity. he is technical director of key lab for tubular goods engineering of china national petroleum corporation

 

Prof. Dimitris Drikakis

University of Nicosia, CYPRUS

Interests: fluid dynamics, aerodynamics and gas dynamics, transition, turbulence and turbulent mixing, acoustics, heat and mass transfer, nanoscience, fluid/solid interfaces, computational fluid dynamics, computational science, multiscale processes

 

Dr. Xiongbo Duan

Hunan University, CHINA

Interests: performance, combustion and emissions characteristics of the engine fulled with nature gas, hydrogen, ethanol and gasoline and their blends

 

Dr. Danilo Durante

Italian National Research Council, ITALY

Interests: Hydrodynamics, CFD Simulation, numerical modeling

 

Dr. M. Edwin

University College of Engineering, INDIA

Interests: Renewable energy, hybrid energy, solar energy, bio energy, gasification technology, fluid & heat transfer flow, dual fuel engine, bio hydrogen, fuel cell, thermal engineering, refrigeration

 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed R. Eid

New Valley University, EGYPT

Interests: heat and mass transfer, nanofluids, fluid mechanics, nanofluids

 

Dr. Antonio Esposito

University of Naples, ITALY

Interests: turbulent channel flow, isotropic turbulence, direct numerical simulation

 

Prof. Mohammed EL GANAOUI

University of Lorraine, FRANCE

Interests: heat and mass transfers

 

Prof. Sergey Galkin

Perm National Research Polytechnic University, RUSSIA

Interests: study of filtration and reservoir properties of rocks of oil fields, including the study of rock fracturing, methods of increasing the oil recovery coefficient, propant hydraulic fracturing with an assessment of the mechanical properties of rocks, development of preformed particle gel (ppg) with an assessment of their strength and filtration properties

 

Prof. Ming Gao

Shandong University, CHINA

Interests: three-dimensional fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, especially energy-saving research of thermal/nuclear/renewable energy power plants

 

Prof. Alexander Gelfgat

Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL

Interests: fluid mechanics, cfd simulation, numerical modeling, computational fluid dynamics

 

Dr. Heng Gu

Jiangsu University, CHINA

Interests: Laser material processing; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); cellular automaton (CA); metal additive manufacturing

 

Dr. Xingsen Guo

University College London, UK

Interests: Marine geotechnical engineering and geo-disasters, marine engineering geology and environment, hydrodynamics, non-Newtonian fluid, CFD, turbidity current, gravity flow, fluid-structure interaction, sediment plume, pipes and piles

 

Assis. Prof. Kürşat Gülteki̇n

Ondokuz Mayıs University, TURKEY

Interests: Material characterization, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, polymers, nanocomposites

 

Prof. Tianbiao He

China University of Petroleum (East China), CHINA

Interests: Energy system design and optimization, LNG cold energy utilization, liquefied natural gas technology, gas hydrate technology, desalination

 

Assoc. Prof. Suoying He

Shandong University, CHINA

Interests: Fluid dynamics in thermal engineering, heat and mass transfer enhancement, dry/wet/hybrid cooling (R&D), Low-carbon energy and new technologies for energy conservation

 

Dr. Can Huang

North China University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: moothed particle hydrodynamics, fluid-Structure Interactions, multi-phase Flow; ocean engineering, aerodynamics, computational fluid dynamics

 

Assoc. Prof. Jiwang Jiang

Southeast University, CHINA

Interests: Asphalt pavement, multiscale modelling, image analysis

 

Assoc. Prof. Jialong Jiao

South China University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: Naval architecture, ocean engineering, marine hydrodynamics, ship hydrodynamics, ship seakeeping, wave loads, fluid-structure interaction, hydroelasticity, water waves, CFD simulation, potential flow theory

 

Dr. M. Ijaz Khan

Riphah International University, PAKISTAN

Interests: nonlinear dynamics, fluid mechanics computational fluid dynamics, numerical simulation, numerical analysis, engineering, applied and computational mathematics, mathematical modelling, stability analysis, computational fluid mechanics, turbulence

 

Dr. Azizollah Khormali

Gonbad Kavous University, IRAN

Interests: scale formation and prevention, demulsification and corrosion inhibition, formation damage, water flooding, stimulation and hydraulic fracturing

 

Prof. Kai Li

Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

Interests: microgravity fluid physics, interfacial phenomena, heat and mass transfer process and its control in crystal growth systems, computational fluid dynamics

 

Prof. You-Rong Li

Chongqing University, CHINA

Interests: thermal energy utilization, convective heat transfer and mass transfer, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, stability and instability mechanism of thermal convection process, interface energy transfer

 

Dr. Tian Li

Southwest Jiaotong University, CHINA

Interests: Train aerodynamics, CFD and engineering application

 

Prof. Yan Li

Northeast Agricultural University, CHINA

Interests: Keywords of research interest: Wind turbine aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, superhydrophobic coating materials

 

Prof. Law Chung Lim

University of Nottingham Malaysia, MALAYSIA

Interests: wastewater treatment, process development process engineering, chemical reaction engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, processing, chemical technology, water purification technologies, chemical processes

 

Dr. Hui Liu

China University of Petroleum, CHINA

Interests: numerical well testing program, discrete fracture methods, complex fracture networks, 3d unstructured grid

 

Assoc. Prof. Ding Luo

China Three Gorges University, CHINA

Interests: Thermoelectric, thermal management, waste heat recovery

 

Prof. Tatyana Lyubimova

Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA

Interests: fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics, material characterization

 

Prof. Mohammad M.Rahman

Sultan Qaboos University, OMAN

Interests: heat transfer, fluids, boundry layer flow

 

Dr. Huihuan Ma

Sun Yat-sen University, CHINA

Interests: Marine civil engineering, complex steel structure and intelligent civil engineering

 

Dr. Alam Md. Mahbub

Harbin Institute of Technology, CHINA

Interests: fluid mechanics, aerodynamics flow, experimental fluid mechanics

 

Prof. Fateh Mebarek-Oudina

University of 20 Août 1955-Skikda, ALGERIA

Interests: nanofluids, mhd, cfd, rotating flows, magnetized nanoparticles, hydrodynamic stability, hybrid-nanofluids, modeling and simulation, energy…

 

Dr. Mahmud Zul Hanif Mohd

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MALAYSIA

Interests: Porous asphalt, pavement materials, acoustic behaviour, transportation

 

Assoc. Prof. Sabyasachi Mondal

North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), INDIA

Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, nanofluid flow, boundary value problem

 

Dr. Stefano Mungiguerra

University of Naples, ITALY

Interests: hybrid rocket engines, test firing, liquid oxidizers, zirconium carbides, spark plasma sintering, carbothermal reduction

 

Prof. Alexander Nepomnyashchy

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL

Interests: application of the theory of nonlinear waves and solitons to physics and fluid mechanics. nonlinear stability theory of viscous and convection flows. pattern formation and stability. generation of large-scale structures. dynamics and interaction of defects and localized structures. generation of chaos in distributed systems. thermogravitational and thermocapillary convection in systems with interfaces. microgravity phenomena

 

Prof. Baoyu Ni

Harbin Engineering University, CHINA

Interests: Hydrodynamics, ice-water-ship interactions, design of polar ships, etc.

 

Prof. Yufeng Nie

Northwestern Polytechnical University, CHINA

Interests: Finite element methods, mesh generation, numerical analysis

 

Prof. Koichi Nishino

Yokohama National University, JAPAN

Interests: thermocapillary convection, liquid bridges, prandtl number, jet impingement, heat transfer, swirling

 

Prof. Erkan Oterkus

University of Strathclyde, UK

Interests: peridynamics; marine structure; aerospace structure; offshore renewable energy; composite structures

 

Prof. Dingyi Pan

Zhejiang University, CHINA

Interests: on-newtonian fluid mechanics, rheology of complex fluids, multiphase fluid mechanics, mesoscopic scale numerical simulation

 

Prof. Fuping Qian

Anhui University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: numerical simulation of gas-solid two-phase flow characteristics, fine particle control theory and technology of building environment, optimization of ventilation and dust removal system and equipment

 

Dr. Xiang Rao

Yangtze University, CHINA

Interests: intelligent development and production optimization technology of oil and gas reservoirs, numerical simulation and numerical calculation method of unconventional oil and gas reservoirs

 

Dr. Alessio Ricci

University School for Advanced Studies IUSS, ITALY

Interests: Wind engineering, urban physics, climate change, fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, wind structures, aerosol/pollutant dispersion, ventilation

 

Assis. Prof. Konstantinos Ritos

University of Thessaly, GREECE

Interests: Nanotechnology; Fluid Dynamics; Mechanical Engineering

 

Prof. Ziad Saghir

Ryerson University, CANADA

Interests: heat, fluid flow and mass transfer

 

Prof. Sumon Saha

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, BANGLADESH

Interests: Turbulence; Heat transfer; CFD

 

Dr. S.O. Salawu

Bowen University, NIGERIA

Interests: Fluid dynamic, combustion systems, modeling and simulations

 

Prof. Khellil Sefiane

University of Edimburgh, UK

Interests: multiphase flows, interfaces and phase change from nano- to macro-scales

 

Prof. Valentina Shevtsova

University of Bruxelles, The Kingdom of Belgium

Interests: material sciencephysicsfluid mechanicsmiscible liquidsvibration

 

Prof. Mengjie Song

Beijing Institute of Technology, CHINA

Interests: solar, thermal comfort frosting, defrosting, solidification of water droplet, phase change materials, heat exchangers

 

Dr. Marius Stan

Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Interests: Artificial intelligence, materials engineering

 

Assoc. Prof. Yan Su

University of Macau, MACAU

Interests: Heat transfer, thermal dispersion in porous medium, computational fluid dynamics renewable energy systems, statistical and computational physics, indoor air quality, phase change materials

 

Prof. Mark Sussman

Florida State University, USA

Interests: deforming boundary problems computational fluid dynamics multiphase flow

 

Dr. Zijue Tang

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, CHINA

Interests: Additive manufacturing, directed energy deposition, laser processing, molten pool monitoring

 

Prof. Sergey Utyuzhnikov

University of Manchester, UK

Interests: fluid mechanics, computational fluid mechanics computational fluid dynamics, mechanical engineering, engineering, applied and computational mathematics, CFD simulation, numerical simulation, engineering thermodynamics, turbulence, numerical modeling

 

Assoc. Prof. Bing Wang

Jianghan University, CHINA

Interests: computational fluid dynamics and experimental fluid dynamics

 

Prof. Jingtao Wang

Tianjin University, CHINA

Interests: emulsions, rheology, soft materials, fluid, computational fluid dynamics

 

Dr. Jingying Wang

Shandong University, CHINA

Interests: hypersonics, hemodynamics, CFD

 

Assoc. Prof. Yijiang Wang

China University of Mining & Technology, CHINA

Interests: Geopolymer concrete, thermal insulation, thermal environment, laser cracking, phase change materials, heat transfer enhancement, thermoelectric materials, heat & mass transfer

 

Prof. Zhengtong Xie

University of Southampton, UK

Interests: large-eddy simulation for flow, scalar dispersion and heat transfer over a group of bluff bodies, modelling interaction of fluid and slender structures, e.g. long-span bridges, high-rise buildings, large wind-turbine blades

 

Prof. Jianxin Xu

Kunming University of Science and Technology, CHINA

Interests: Low temperature waste heat utilization, digital image processing, flow and heat transfer, data mining, direct contact heat transfer

 

Prof. Jingyu Xu

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

Interests: Multiphase fluid dynamics, petroleum engineering

 

Dr. Jianjun Xu

Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

Interests: Computational multiphase flows, Numerical analysis and scientific computing

 

Prof. Jiakuan Xu

Northwestern Polytechnical University, CHINA

Interests: Transition/turbulence modeling, flow instability, computational fluid dynamics, laminar flow design of aircraft

 

Prof. Yang Xu

Beihang University, CHINA

Interests: Jets/Synthetic jets, Vortex dynamics, Heat transfer and temperature measurements, Measurement technique development for experimental fluid mechanics, Bubble, bubbly flow and their interaction with cross-flow

 

Dr. Yi Xue

Xi'an University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: Unconventional energy development, multi-phase flow, thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling

 

Assoc. Prof. Dhananjay Yadav

University of Nizwa, OMAN

Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability, Nanofluids, Fluid flow in Porous Media, CO2 capture, storage and oil recovery, Computational sustainability and environmental analytics, Numerical Simulations

 

Dr. Zhenghua Yan

Simtec Soft Sweden, SWEDEN

Interests: CFD simulation, numerical methods, turbulence modeling, turbulent combustion modeling, thermal radiation, conjugate heat transfer, CFD software development, parallel computing, heterogeneous computing

 

Dr. Jin Yang

Hubei University of Technology, CHINA

Interests: steam-cured precast concrete product, internal curing for high performance concrete, mechanical grinding and activation, resource utilization of solid wastes, geopolymers

 

Dr. Huachao Yang

Zhejiang University, CHINA

Interests: nanoscale heat and mass transport mechanisms, electrochemical energy storage and advanced nanomaterials & electrolytes, molecular mynamics simulation, thermal management, seawater desalination

 

Prof. Ting Ye

Jilin University, CHINA

Interests: red blood cells, simulation modeling, fluid, microcirculation, mechanics, simulation and modeling, simulation modeling, mathematical programming, modeling and simulation

 

Prof. Xuemin Ye

North China Electric Power University, CHINA

Interests: Fluid dynamics, fluid machinery, new energy technology

 

Dr. Hao Yi

Chongqing University, CHINA

Interests: 3d printing and additive manufacturing, green manufacturing, production research

 

Assoc. Prof. Yu Zhou

North China Electric Power University, CHINA

Interests: engineering application of fluid mechanics, direct air-cooling technology, aerosol propagation characteristics papers

Early Career Editorial Board Member

Dr. Joshua Cummings

University of Strathclyde, UK

Interests: Computational Rheology; Viscoelastic Fluids; Inertialess Flow

 

Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Dorduncu

Erciyes University, TURKEY

Interests: Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical, Solid Mechanics, Fracture Mechanics, Finite Element Methods, Mathematics, Integral Equations, Numerical Analysis, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technology

 

Dr. Adriano Evangelisti

University of Rome, ITALY

Interests: CFD, cavitation, bubble dynamics, nuclear energy, marine energy, multi-physics modelling

 

Assis. Prof. Iman Farahbakhsh

Amirkabir University of Technology, IRAN

Interests: Fluid-Structure Interaction Elastic Behavior of Structures in Flow Field Instabilities in Fluids Multiphase Flows Numerical Linear Algebra Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Iterative methods to solve the large sparse linear systems arising from CFD problems Krylov subspace methods

 

Dr. Nikolai Kozlov

Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, FRANCE

Interests: steady streaming, heat and mass transfer, convection, waves, multiphase systems, acoustics and ultrasound

 

Assoc. Prof. Abdulkerim Okbaz

Dogus University, TURKEY

Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Nanogenerators

 

Dr. Imen Ben Salem

Zayed University, UAE

Interests: Multiphase flow, flow in porous media, flows in trickle bed reactors. Tools: ANSYS Fluent (Computational Fluid Dynamics model based on finite volume method)

 

Dr. Pablo Jaen Sola

Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Interests: Wind Energy; Renewable Energy; Mechanical Engineering; Structural Engineering

 

Dr. Pablo Salgado Sánchez

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, SPAIN

Interests: Applied / Experimental Physics; Modeling and Simulation; Numerical Simulation; CFD Simulation

 

Dr. Lei Tan

Nihon University, JAPAN

Interests: Marine hydrodynamics, offshore renewable energy (wind/wave/solar/tidal), floating platforms, wave-structure interactions, dynamic analysis, numerical simulations, physical model testing

 

Dr. Bohao Wu

Dalian Maritime University, CHINA

Interests: Renewable Energy and Fuel Cells on Board; CO2 Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS); Novel Thermal Interface Materials and Heat Transfer Enhancement; Visualization Analysis of 3D Image Based on Deep Learning

 

Dr. Shaofeng Xu

Donghua University, CHINA

Interests: Diagnostics and numerical simulations of plasma-chemical processes of atmospheric plas mas in contact with liquids; Advanced oxidation processes, Plasma medicine, Plasma water treatment; Computational fluid dynamics; Quantum chemistry of molecular electronic structures; Molecular dynamics simulations/Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations; Applications of machine learning to above fields

 

Dr. Taishi Yano

Kanagawa University, JAPAN

Interests: Marangoni convection; microgravity; particle tracking velocimetry