Research Areas
Rarefied gas dynamics, kinetic theory, nonequilibrium transport phenomena, multiscale fluid mechanics, high-performance computing, fluid-material/surface interaction, interfacial dynamics
Education
1998-2001 PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Aberdeen, UK
1992-1995 MEng, Fluid Mechanics, East China University of Technology, China
1988-1992 BEng, Thermal Energy Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, China
Experience
Work Experience
10/22-present Director of Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Fluids Institute of Mechanics
07/20-10/22 Jason Reese Chair of Multiscale Fluid Mechanics University of Edinburgh
School of Engineering
05/15-07/20 Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics University of Strathclyde
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
03/13-07/20 Director of James Weir Fluids Laboratory
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
05/14-04/15 Professor of Fluids Engineering
04/12-04/14 Reader
03/09-03/12 John Anderson Senior Research Lecturer
03/07-02/09 John Anderson Research Lecturer
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering University of Strathclyde
07/06-02/07 Senior Computational Scientist STFC Daresbury Laboratory
10/01-06/06 Computational Scientist STFC Daresbury LaboratoryTeaching Experience
Publications
Yonghao Zhang, David Emerson, Duncan Lockerby, Lei Wu, (ed.) (2019) Proceedings of 31st Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, AIP Conference Proceedings 2132 (ISBN: 978-0-7354-1874-5)
Philip Day, Andreas Manz, Yonghao Zhang, (ed.) (2012) ‘Microdroplet Technology and Microfluidics: Principles, Components and Emerging Applications’, Springer (ISBN 978-1-4614-3264-7)
Papers
1. K Walayat, S Haeri, I Iqbal, YH Zhang, (2024) PD-DEM hybrid modelling of leading edge erosion in wind turbine blades under controlled impact scenarios, Computational Particle Mechanics 1-19
2. B Shan, W Su, L Gibelli, YH Zhang, (2023) Molecular kinetic modelling of non-equilibrium transport of confined van der Waals fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 976, A7
3. S Li, W Su, YH Zhang, (2023) Sound wave propagation in rarefied molecular gases, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 973, A35
4. W Su, L Gibelli, J Li, MK Borg, YH Zhang, (2023) Kinetic modeling of nonequilibrium flow of hard-sphere dense gases, Physical Review Fluids 8 (1) 013401
5. B Shan, L Ju, W Su, Z Guo, YH Zhang, (2023) Non-equilibrium flow of van der Waals fluids in nano-channels, Physics of Fluids 35 (5) 052004
6. K Walayat, S Haeri, I Iqbal, YH Zhang, (2023) Hybrid PD-DEM approach for modeling surface erosion by particles impact, Computational Particle Mechanics 1-17
7. N Berry, YH Zhang, S Haeri, (2023) Contact models for the multi-sphere discrete element method, Powder Technology 416, 118209
8. B Shan, R Wang, P Wang, YH Zhang, Z Guo, (2022) Molecular kinetic modelling of nanoscale slip flow using a continuum approach, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 939, A9
9. W Su, Q Li, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2022) Temperature jump and Knudsen layer in rarefied molecular gas, Physics of Fluids 34 (3), 032010
10. A Abbati, Y Zhang, W Dempster, YH Zhang, (2022) The immersed boundary method for confined flows: numerical diffusion and simulation accuracy of a boundary retraction scheme. Computers & Fluids 249, 105690
11. B Shan, L Ju, Z Guo, YH Zhang, (2022) Investigation of shale gas flows under confinement using a self-consistent multiscale approach. Advances in Geo-Energy Research 6, 537-538.
12. H Liu, J Zhang, P Capobianchi, MK Borg, YH Zhang, D Wen, (2021) A multiscale volume of fluid method with self-consistent boundary conditions derived from molecular dynamics, Physics of Fluids 33 (6), 062004
13. J Li, MT Ho, MK Borg, C Cai, ZH Li, YH Zhang, (2021) Pore-scale gas flow simulations by the DSBGK and DVM methods, Computers & Fluids 226, 105017
14. C Corral-Casas, L Gibelli, MK Borg, J Li, SFK Al-Afnan, YH Zhang, (2021) Self-diffusivity of dense confined fluids, Physics of Fluids 33 (8), 082009
15. N Berry, YH Zhang, S Haeri, (2021) Lees-Edwards boundary conditions for the multi-sphere discrete element method, Powder Technology 389, 292-308
16. FD Bosco, YH Zhang, (2021) Pore-Scale Study of Rarefied Gas Flows Using Low-Variance Deviational Simulation Monte Carlo Method, Transport in Porous Media 138, 25-48
17. Y Zhang, S Haeri, G Pan, YH Zhang, (2021) Strongly coupled peridynamic and lattice Boltzmann models using immersed boundary method for flow-induced structural deformation and fracture, Journal of Computational Physics, 435, 110267
18. Q Gu, MT Ho, YH Zhang, (2021) Computational methods for pore-scale simulation of rarefied gas flow, Computers & Fluids, 222, 104932
19. L Zhu, X Pi, W Su, ZH Li, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2021) General synthetic iterative scheme for nonlinear gas kinetic simulation of multi-scale rarefied gas flows, Journal of Computational Physics 430, 110091
20. W Su, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2021) Multiscale simulation of molecular gas flows by the general synthetic iterative scheme, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 373, 113548
21. M Ho, J Li, W Su, L Wu, M Borg, Z Li, YH Zhang, (2020) Rarefied flow separation in microchannel with bends, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 901, A26
22. P Wang, L Wu, M Ho, J Li, Z Li, YH Zhang, (2020) The kinetic Shakhov-Enskog model for non-equilibrium flow of dense gases, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 863, A48
23. W Su, L Zhu, P Wang, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2020) Can we find steady-state solutions to multiscale rarefied gas flows within dozens of iterations? Journal of Computational Physics, 901, A26
24. L Germanou, MT Ho, Y Zhang, L Wu, (2020) Shale gas permeability upscaling from the pore-scale, Physics of Fluids 32 (10), 102012
25. FD Bosco, YH Zhang, (2020) Variance-reduction kinetic simulation of low-speed rarefied gas flow through long microchannels of annular cross sections, Physics of Fluids 32 (8), 082002
26. Q Sheng, L Gibelli, J Li, MK Borg, YH Zhang, (2020) Dense gas flow simulations in ultra-tight confinement, Physics of Fluids 32 (9), 092003
27. Y Zhang, G Pang, YH Zhang, S Haeri, (2020) A relaxed multi-direct-forcing immersed boundary-cascaded lattice Boltzmann method accelerated on GPU, Computer Physics Communications 245, 106861
28. W Yang, XJ Gu, L Wu, DR Emerson, YH Zhang, S Tang, (2020) A hybrid approach to couple the discrete velocity method and method of moments for rarefied gas flows, Journal of Computational Physics 410, 109397
29. W Su, L Zhu, P Wang, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2020) Implicit discontinuous Galerkin method for the Boltzmann equation, Journal of Scientific Computing 82 (2), 39
30. W Su, MT Ho, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2020) GSIS: An efficient and accurate numerical method to obtain the apparent gas permeability of porous media, Computers & Fluids 206, 104576
31. B Shan, P Wang, YH Zhang, Z Guo, (2020) Discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for all Knudsen number flows. IV. Strongly inhomogeneous fluids, Physical Review E 101 (4), 043303
32. M Fang, ZH Li, ZH Li, J Liang, YH Zhang, (2020) DSMC modeling of rarefied ionization reactions and applications to hypervelocity spacecraft reentry flows, Advances in Aerodynamics 2 (1), 1-25
33. Y Zhang, G Pang, YH Zhang, S Haeri, (2019) A multi-physics peridynamics-DEM-IB-CLBM framework for the prediction of erosive impact of solid particles in viscous fluids, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 352, 675-690
34. MT Ho, L Zhu, L Wu, P Wang, Z Guo, J Ma, YH Zhang, (2019) Pore-scale simulations of rarefied gas flows in ultra-tight porous media, Fuel 249, 341-351
35. P Wang, W Su, L Zhu, YH Zhang, (2019) Heat and mass transfer of oscillatory lid-driven cavity flow in the continuum, transition and free molecular flow regimes, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 131, 291-300
36. MT Ho, L Zhu, L Wu, P Wang, Z Guo, ZH Li, YH Zhang, (2019) A multi-level parallel solver for rarefied gas flows in porous media, Computer Physics Communications 234, 14-25
37. W Su, P Wang, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2019) A high-order hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method with fast convergence to steady-state solutions of the gas kinetic equation, Journal of Computational Physics 376, 973-991
38. Y Yu, H Liu, D Liang, YH Zhang, (2019) A versatile lattice Boltzmann model for immiscible ternary fluid flows, Physics of Fluids 31(1), 012108
39. W Yang, XJ Gu, DR Emerson, YH Zhang, S Tang, (2019) Modelling thermally induced non-equilibrium gas flows by coupling kinetic and extended thermodynamic methods, Entropy 21 (8) 816
40. L Zhu, L Wu, YH Zhang, F Sharipov, (2019) Ab initio calculation of rarefied flows of helium-neon mixture: Classical vs quantum scatterings, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 145, 118765
41. Q Gu, L Zhu, YH Zhang, HH Liu, (2019) Pore-scale study of counter-current imbibition in strongly water-wet fractured porous media using lattice Boltzmann method, Physics of Fluids 31(8), 086602
42. MT Ho, J Li, L Wu, JM Reese, YH Zhang, (2019) A comparison study of the DSBGK and DVM methods for low-speed rarefied gas flows, Computers & Fluids 181, 143-159
43. L Zhu, P Wang, S Chen, Z Guo, YH Zhang, (2019) GPU acceleration of an iterative scheme for gas-kinetic model equations with memory reduction techniques, Computer Physics Communications 245, 106861
44. W Su, P Wang, YH Zhang, (2019) High-order hybridisable discontinuous Galerkin method for the gas kinetic equation, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics DOI: 10.1080/10618562 .2019.1666110
45. H Liu, Y Ba, L Wu, Z Li, G Xi, YH Zhang, (2018) A hybrid lattice Boltzmann and finite difference method for droplet dynamics with insoluble surfactants, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 837, 381-412
46. Y Zhang, YH Zhang, G Pan, S Haeri, (2018) Numerical study of the particle sedimentation in a viscous fluid using a coupled DEM-IB-CLBM approach, Journal of Computational Physics 368, 1-20
47. P Wang, L Zhu, W Su, L Wu, YH Zhang, (2018) Nonlinear oscillatory rarefied gas flow inside a rectangular cavity, Physical Review E 97, 043103
48. P Wang, MT Ho, L Wu, Z Guo, YH Zhang, (2018) A comparative study of discrete velocity methods for low-speed rarefied gas flows, Computers & Fluids 161, 33-46
49. Q Gu, H Liu, YH Zhang, (2018) Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Immiscible Two-Phase Displacement in Two-Dimensional Berea Sandstone, Applied Sciences 8 (9), 1497
50. Y Yu, H Liu, YH Zhang, D Liang, (2018) Color-gradient lattice Boltzmann modeling of immiscible two-phase flows on partially wetting surfaces, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 232, 416-430
51. P Wang, W Su, YH Zhang, (2018) Oscillatory rarefied gas flow inside a three dimensional rectangular cavity, Physics of Fluids 30 (10), 102002
52. L Germanou, MT Ho, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2018) Intrinsic and apparent gas permeability of heterogeneous and anisotropic ultra-tight porous media, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 60, 271-283
53. J Li, MT Ho, L Wu, YH Zhang, (2018) On the unintentional rarefaction effect in LBM modeling of intrinsic permeability, Advances in Geo-Energy Research 2 (4), 404-409
54. W Su, H Liu, YH Zhang, L Wu, (2017) Rarefaction cloaking: Influence of the fractal rough surface in gas slider bearings, Physics of Fluids 29 (10), 102003
55. L Wu, MT Ho, L Germanou, X Gu, C Liu, K Xu, YH Zhang, (2017) On the apparent permeability of porous media in rarefied gas flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 822, 398-417.
56. K Hu, J Meng, H Zhang, XJ Gu, DR Emerson, YH Zhang, (2017) A comparative study of boundary conditions for lattice Boltzmann simulations of high Reynolds number flows, Computers & Fluids 156, 1-8.
57. YB Lu, GH Tang, Q Sheng, XJ Gu, DR Emerson, YH Zhang, (2017) Knudsen's permeability correction for gas flow in tight porous media using the R26 moment method, Journal of Porous Media 20 (9) 787-805.
58. P Wang, YH Zhang, Z Guo (2017) Numerical study of three-dimensional natural convection in a cubical cavity at high Rayleigh numbers, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 113, 217-228.
59. N Ioannou, H Liu, MSN Oliveira, YH Zhang (2017) Droplet dynamics of Newtonian and inelastic Non-Newtonian fluids in confinement, Micromachines 8(2) 57.
60. L Wu, J Zhang, H Liu, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2017) A fast iterative scheme for the linearized Boltzmann equation, Journal of Computational Physics 338, 431-451.
61. L Wu, YH Zhang, Z Li, (2017) Computable model on the collision integral of Boltzmann equation and application to rarefied aerodynamics (in Chinese), SCIENTIA SINICA Physica, Mechanica & Astronomica 74 (7) 070004
62. L Wu, H Liu, JM Reese, YH Zhang, (2016) Non-equilibrium dynamics of dense gas under tight confinement. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 794, 252-266.
63. H Liu, L Wu, Y Ba, G Xi, YH Zhang, (2016) A lattice Boltzmann method for axisymmetric multicomponent flows with high viscosity ratio, Journal of Computational Physics 327, 873-893.
64. H Liu, YH Zhang, (2016) Lattice Boltzmann simulation of the trapping of a microdroplet in a well of surface energy, Computers & Fluids 155, 68-75.
65. L Wu, YH Zhang, Y Lei, JM Reese (2016) Do thermal effects cause the propulsion of bulk graphene material? Nature Photonics 10 (3) 139. (comment)
66. N Ioannou, H Liu, YH Zhang (2016) Droplet dynamics in confinement, Journal of Computational Science 17, 463-474.
67. YH Zhang, HR Jiang (2016) A review on continuous-flow microfluidic PCR in droplets: Advances, challenges and future. Analytica Chimica Acta 914, 7-16.
68. MT Ho, L Wu, I Graur, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2016) Comparative study of the Boltzmann and McCormack equations for Couette and Fourier flows of binary gaseous mixtures. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 96, 29-41.
69. L Qian, C Tu, F Bao, YH Zhang (2016) Virtual-Wall Model for Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Molecules 21, 1678.
70. L Wu, J Zhang, JM Reese, YH Zhang (2015) A fast spectral method for the Boltzmann equation for monatomic gas mixtures. Journal of Computational Physics 298, 602-621.
71. H Liu, Y Ju, N Wang, G Xi, YH Zhang (2015) Lattice Boltzmann modeling of contact angle and its hysteresis in two-phase flow with large viscosity difference. Physical Review E 92, 033306
72. SM Zheng, YH Zhang, YL Zhang, WA Sheng (2015) Numerical study on the dynamics of a two-raft wave energy conversion device. Journal of Fluids and Structures 58, 271-290.
73. L Wu, H Liu, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2015) Influence of intermolecular potentials on rarefied gas flows: Fast spectral solutions of the Boltzmann equation, Physics of Fluids 27, 082002
74. HH Liu, YH Zhang, AJ Valocchi (2015) Lattice Boltzmann simulation of immiscible fluid displacement in porous media: homogeneous versus heterogeneous pore network. Physics of Fluids 27, 052103.
75. L Wu, C White, TJ Scanlon, JM Reese, YH Zhang, (2015) A kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation for nonvibrating polyatomic gases. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 763, 24-50.
76. JP Meng, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2015) Numerical simulation of rarefied gas flows with
specific heat flux boundary conditions. Communications in Computational Physics 17: 1185-1200.
77. L Wu, JM Reese, YH Zhang, (2015) Fast spectral solution of the generalized Enskog equation for dense gases. Journal of Computational Physics 303, 66-79.
78. J Li, HH Liu, N Ioannou, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2015) Lattice Boltzmann simulations of thermocapillary motion of droplets in microfluidic channels. Communications in Computational Physics 17: 1113-1126.
79. HH Liu, YH Zhang, (2015) Modelling thermocapillary migration of a microfluidic droplet on a solid surface. Journal of Computational Physics 280, 37-53.
80. FB Bao, Y Huang, YH Zhang, JZ Lin, (2015) Investigation of pressure driven gas flows in nanoscale channels using molecular dynamics simulation. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics18:1075-1084.
81. Q Sheng, GH Tang, XJ Gu, DR Emerson, YH Zhang, (2014) Simulation of thermal transpiration flow using a high-order moment method. International Journal of Modern Physics C 25, 1450061.
82. JP Meng, N Dongari, JM Reese, YH Zhang, (2014) Breakdown parameter for kinetic modeling of multiscale gas flows. Physical Review E 89, 063305.
83. L Wu, JM Reese, YH Zhang, (2014) Oscillatory rarefied gas flow inside rectangular cavities, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 748, 350-367.
84. L Wu, JM Reese, YH Zhang, (2014) Solving the Boltzmann equation deterministically by the fast spectral method: Application to gas microflows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 746, 53-84.
85. H Liu, AJ Valocchi, YH Zhang, Q Kang, (2014) Lattice Boltzmann phase-field modeling of thermocapillary flows in a confined microchannel, Journal of Computational Physics 256, 334-356.
86. JP Meng, YH Zhang, (2014) Diffuse reflection boundary condition for high-order lattice Boltzmann models with streaming-collision mechanism, Journal of Computational Physics 258, 601-612.
87. J Li, YH Zhang, JM Reese, (2013) Multiphase lattice Boltzmann simulations of droplets in microchannel networks, La Houille Blanche-International Water Journal 5, 5-11.
88. JP Meng, L Wu, JM Reese, YH Zhang (2013) Assessment of the ellipsoidal-statistical Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook model for force-driven Poiseuille flows, Journal of Computational Physics 251, 385-395.
89. K Ritos, N Dongari, M Borg, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2013) The dynamics of nanoscale droplets on moving surfaces, Langmuir 26, 6936–6943.
90. L Wu, C White, TJ Scanlon, JM Reese, YH Zhang (2013) Deterministic numerical solutions of the space-inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation using the fast spectral method. Journal of Computational Physics 250, 27-52.
91. N Dongari, C White, TJ Scanlon, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2013) Effects of curvature on rarefied gas flows between rotating concentric cylinders. Physics of Fluids 25, 052003
92. JP Meng, YH Zhang, NG Hadjiconstantinou, GA Radtke, X Shan (2013) Lattice ellipsoidal statistical BGK model for thermal non-equilibrium flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 718, 347-370.
93. HH Liu, AJ Valocchi, YH Zhang, QJ Kang (2013) Phase-field-based lattice Boltzmann finite-difference model for simulating thermocapillary flows. Physical Review E 87, 013010
94. N Dongari, RW Barber, DR Emerson, SK Stefanov, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2013) The effect of Knudsen layers on rarefied cylindrical Couette gas flows. Microfluidics Nanofluidics, 14, 31-43.
95. Q Tian, L Wu, YH Zhang, JF Zhang (2012) Vortex solitons in defocusing media with spatially inhomogeneous nonlinearity. Physical Review E 85, 056603.
96. L Wu, YH Zhang (2012) Applicability of the Boltzmann equation for a two-dimensional Fermi gas. Physical Review A 85, 045601.
97. L Wu, JP Meng, YH Zhang (2012) Kinetic modelling of the quantum gases in the normal phase. Proceedings of Royal Society A, 468, 1799-1823.
98. HH Liu, YH Zhang, AJ Valocchi (2012) Modeling and simulation of thermocapillary flows using lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Computational Physics 231, 4433-4453.
99. L Wu, YH Zhang (2012) Numerical investigation of the radial quadrupole and scissors modes in trapped gases. Europhysics Letters 97, 16003
100. HY An, CH Zhang, JP Meng, YH Zhang (2012) Analytical solution of axi-symmetrical lattice Boltzmann model for cylindrical Couette flows. Physica A 391, 8-14.
101. HH Liu, YH Zhang (2011) Droplet formation in microfluidic cross-junctions. Physics of Fluids 23: 082101.
102. N Dongari, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2011) Modeling of Knudsen layer effects in micro/nano scale gas flows. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering 133, 071101.
103. JP Meng, YH Zhang, XW Shan (2011) Multiscale lattice Boltzmann approach to modeling gas flows. Physical Review E 83, 046701.
104. N Dongari, YH Zhang, JM Reese (2011) Molecular free path distribution in rarefied gases. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 44, 125502.
105. JP Meng, YH Zhang (2011) Gauss-Hermite quadratures and accuracy of lattice Boltzmann models for non-equilibrium gas flows. Physical Review E 83, 036704.
106. JP Meng, YH Zhang (2011) Accuracy analysis of high-order lattice Boltzmann models for rarefied gas flows. Journal of Computational Physics 230, 835–849.
107. HH Liu, YH Zhang (2011) Lattice Boltzmann simulation of droplet generation in a microfluidic cross-junction. Communications in Computational Physics 9, 1235-1256.
108. HH Liu, YH Zhang (2010) Phase field modeling droplet dynamics with soluble surfactants. Journal of Computational Physics 229, 9166-87.
109. JP Meng, YH Zhang (2010) Analytical solution for the lattice Boltzmann model beyond Navier-Stokes. Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics 2, 670-676.
110. J Wu, C Shu, YH Zhang (2010) Simulation of incompressible viscous flows around moving objects by a variant of immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 62, 327-354.
111. HH Liu, YH Zhang (2009) Droplet formation in a T-shaped microfuidic junction. Journal of Applied Physics 106, 034906.
112. HH Liu, YH Zhang (2009) Lattice Boltzmann simulation of droplet behaviour in microfluidic devices. La Houille Blanche - International Water Journal, 6, 84-92.
113. JM Reese, YH Zhang (2009) Simulating fluid flows in micro and nano devices: the challenge of non-equilibrium behaviour. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 6, 2061-2074.
114. GH Tang, YH Zhang, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2009) Modeling viscous fluid damping in oscillating microstructures. Modern Physics Letters B, 23, 241-244.
115. YH Zhang, P Ozdemir (2009) Microfluidic DNA amplification - a review. Analytica Chimica Acta 638: 115-125.
116. GH Tang, YH Zhang, XJ Gu, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2009) Lattice Boltzmann model for thermal transpiration. Physical Review E 79, 027701.
117. GH Tang, XJ Gu, RW Barber, DR Emerson, YH Zhang (2008) Lattice Boltzmann simulation of nonequilibrium effects in oscillatory gas flows. Physical Review E 78, 026706.
118. GH Tang, YH Zhang, XJ Gu, DR Emerson (2008) Lattice Boltzmann modelling Knudsen layer effect in non-equilibrium flows. Europhysics Letters 83, 40008.
119. GH Tang, YH Zhang, DR Emerson (2008) Lattice Boltzmann models for nonequilibrium gas flows. Physical Review E 77, 046701.
120. YH Zhang, XJ Gu, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2007) Modelling thermal flow in a transition regime using a lattice Boltzmann approach. Europhysics Letters 77, 30003.
121. S Mohr, YH Zhang, A Macaskill, PJR Day, RW Barber, NJ Goddard, DR Emerson, PR Fielden (2007) Numerical and experimental study of a droplet-based PCR chip. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 3, 611-621.
122. YH Zhang, XJ Gu, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2006) Capturing Knudsen layer phenomena using a lattice Boltzmann model. Physical Review E 74, 046704.
123. R Qin, YH Zhang (2006) Lattice Boltzmann study of the effect of stirring on the migration rate of curved interfaces in binary slurries. Computers and Fluids 35, 929-933.
124. YH Zhang, RS Qin, DR Emerson (2005) Lattice Boltzmann simulation of rarefied gas flows in microchannels. Physical Review E 71, 047702.
125. YH Zhang, RS Qin, YH Sun, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2005) Gas flow in microchannels – a lattice Boltzmann method approach. Journal of Statistical Physics 121, 257-267.
126. YH Zhang, XJ Gu, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2005) Influence of the electric double layer on induced pressure fields and development lengths in electro-osmotic flows. Modern Physics Letters B 19, 1655-1658.
127. YH Zhang, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2005) Particle separation in microfluidic devices. Current Analytical Chemistry 1, 345-354.
128. YH Zhang, DR Emerson (2004) The effect of flow development region and fringing magnetic force field on annular splitter-flow thin fractionation. Journal of Chromatography A 1042, 137-145.
129. YH Zhang, XJ Gu, RW Barber, DR Emerson (2004) An analysis of induced pressure fields in electroosmotic flows through microchannels. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 275, 670-678.
130. YH Zhang, DR Emerson, JM Reese (2003) General theory for flow optimisation of split-flow thin fractionation. Journal of Chromatography A 1010, 87-94.
131. YH Zhang, JM Reese (2003) Two-fluid model for gas-solid flows with particle-gas turbulent interactions and inter-particle collisions. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal 49, 3048-3065.
132. YH Zhang, JM Reese (2003) Continuum modelling of granular particle flow with inelastic inter-particle collisions. Institution of Chemical Engineers, Transactions Part A, Chemical Engineering Research and Design 81, 483-488.
133. YH Zhang, JM Reese (2003) The drag force in two-fluid models of gas-solid flows. Chemical Engineering Science 58, 1641-1644.
134. YH Zhang, JM Reese (2001) Particle-gas turbulence interactions in a kinetic theory approach to granular flows. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 27, 1945-1964.
135. YH Zhang, JM Reese (2000) The influence of the drag force due to the interstitial gas on granular flows down a chute. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 26, 2049-2072.
Academic activities
- Editor in Chief, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, Elsevier, 2025-
- Associate Editor, Journal of Computational Physics, Elsevier, 2024-
- Associate Editor, Advances in Applied Mathematics and mechanics, Global Science Press, 2018-
- Editorial Board Member, Advances in Aerodynamics, Springer, 2022-
- Fellow of Institute of Physics, UK, 2015
- Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK, 2013