RESUME

Research interests

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid-Solid Interaction, Computational Biofiluds, Sediment Entrainment, Flow-Induced Vibration, Marine and Coastal Engineering, Marine Current Energy Harvesting, Deepsea Mining, Computational Biofluids.

Languages

Chinese (native)

English

Work

experience

Professor

2015 - present

Department of Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Tianjin University, P.R. China.

Visiting Professor

2023

Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.

Visiting Professor

2015 - 2016

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, USA.

Associate Professor

2008 - 2015

Department of Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Tianjin University, P.R. China.

Marie Curie Fellow (Post-doc)

2009 - 2012

School of Engineering & Materials Science, Queen Mary, University of London, UK.

Lecturer

2006 - 2008

Department of Port, Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Tianjin University, P.R. China.

Education

Tianjin University

2003 - 2006

Ph.D in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Thesis: Application of the Fictitious Domain Method on Wave-Structure Interaction

Tianjin University

2000 - 2003

M.Sc in Civil Engineering

Thesis: Study on Fluid Dynamics in Rubble Mound Breakwater

Hebei Institute of Architectural and Civil Engineering

1996 - 2000

B.Sc in Civil Engineering

Peer-review

papers

Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, J.J.R. Williams (2012). A novel iterative direct-forcing immersed boundary method and its ﬁnite volume applications, Journal of Computational Physics, 231, 4, 1797-1821.

Shi. X., Bai, H., Alam, M., Ji, C., Zhu, H. (2023). Wake of wavy elliptic cylinder at a low Reynolds number: wavelength effect. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 969, A22.

Chen, W., Alam, M., Li, Y., Ji, C. (2023). Two-degree-of-freedom flow-induced vibrations of a D-section prism. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 971, A5.

Z Zhang, YM Chiew, C Ji (2023). Equilibrium depth and time scale of local scour around a forced vibrating pipeline, Coastal Engineering, 185, 104378.

Chen, W., Ji, C., Alam, M., Xu, D., An, H., Tong, F., Zhao, Y. (2022). Flow-induced vibrations of a D-section prism at a low Reynolds number. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 941, A52.

Z Zhang, YM Chiew, C Ji (2022). Experimental study on local scour around a forced vibrating pipeline in unidirectional flows. Coastal Engineering, 104162.

Chen, W., Ji, C., Alam, M. M., Williams, J., Xu, D. (2020). Numerical simulations of flow past three circular cylinders in equilateral-triangular arrangements. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 891, A14.

Chunning Ji, Yuting Cui, Dong Xu, Xiaoxiao Yang, Narakorn Srinil (2019). Vortex-induced vibrations of dual-step cylinders with different diameter ratios in laminar flows. Physics of Fluids, 31, 073602.

W .Chen, C. Ji, D. Xu, N. Srinil (2019). Wake patterns of freely vibrating side-by-side circular cylinders in laminar flows. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 89, 82-95.

Chen WL, Ji CN, Williams JJR, Xu D, Yang LH, Cui YT (2018). Vortex-induced vibration of three tandem cylinders in laminar cross-flow: Vibration response and galloping mechanism, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 78: 215-238.

]W. Chen, C. Ji, W. Xu, S. Liu, J. Campbell (2015). Response and wake patterns of two side-by-side elastically supported circular cylinders in uniform laminar cross-flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 55, 218-236.

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, E. Avital, D. Xu, J.J.R. Williams (2014). Saltation of particles in turbulent channel flow. Physical Review E, 89, 5, 052202.

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, E. Avital, J. Ma, J.J.R. Williams (2013). Direct numerical simulation of sediment entrainment in turbulent channel flow. Physics of Fluids, 25, 056601.

Other Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

D Xu, J Liu, Y Wu, C Ji (2023). A high‐efficiency discretized immersed boundary method for moving boundaries in incompressible flows, Scientific Reports, 13, 1699.

Jinyuan Ni, Chunning Ji, Dong Xu, Xing Zhang, Dongfang Liang (2023). On Monami modes and scales of a flexible vegetation array in a laminar boundary layer. Physics of Fluids, 35, 074113.

Hongjun Zhu, Wenli Liu, Yue Gao, Chunning Ji, Hong Liu, Tongming Zhou (2023). An experimental investigation on the vortex-induced vibration mode transition and response interaction of a fixed–hinged catenary flexible riser. Physics of Fluids, 35, 014106.

Weilin Chen, Yuhan Wei, Chunning Ji, Yawei Zhao (2023). Mass ratio effects on flow-induced vibrations of an equilateral triangular prism. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 116, 103808.

Wei, Y.; Ji, C.; Yuan, D.; Song, L.; Xu, D. (2023). Experimental Study on the Effect of the Angle of Attack on the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Harbor Seal’s Whisker. Fluids, 8, 206.

G Chen, MM Alam, Y Zhou, C Ji, H Zhu (2023). Wall-proximity effects on vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder, Ocean Engineering, 287, 115874.

Rastan, M.R., Alam, M.M., Zhu, H., Ji, C. (2022). Onset of vortex shedding from a bluff body modified from square cylinder to normal flat plate, Ocean Engineering, 244, 110393.

Zhao, S., Ji, C., Sun, Z., Yu, H., Zhang, Z. (2022). Effects of the gap on the local scour around two tandem piles in shallow flows. Ocean Engineering, 246, 110575.

Lyu, H.-G.; Sun, P.-N.; Huang, X.-T.; Zhong, S.-Y.; Peng, Y.-X.; Jiang, T.; Ji, C.-N. (2022). A Review of SPH Techniques for Hydrodynamic Simulations of Ocean Energy Devices. Energies, 15, 502.

JF Derakhshandeh, Y Gharbia, C Ji (2022). Numerical investigations on flow over tandem grooved cylinders, Ocean Engineering, 251, 111160.

D Xu, J Liu, Y Wu, C Ji (2022). Numerical investigation of the dynamics of flexible vegetations in turbulent open-channel flows. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 34 (4), 681-699.

W Chen, C Ji, MM Alam, D Xu, Z Zhang (2022). Three-dimensional flow past a circular cylinder in proximity to a stationary wall, Ocean Engineering, 247, 110783.

Chen, W., Ji, C., Alam, MM., Yan, Y. (2022). Three-dimensional flow past two stationary side-by-side circular cylinders, Ocean Engineering, 244, 110379.

W Chen, C Ji, D Xu, Z Zhang (2022). Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder in proximity to a stationary wall. Physical Review Fluids, 2022, 7(4), 044607.

W Chen, C Ji, D Xu, MM Alam (2022). Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of two interfering side-by-side circular cylinders at intermediate spacing ratios, Applied Ocean Research, 123, 103162.

W Chen, C Ji, N Srinil, Y Yan, Z Zhang (2022). Effects of upstream wake on vortex-induced vibrations and wake patterns of side-by-side circular cylinders, Marine Structures, 84, 103223.

Zhu, H.; Hu, Y.; Tang, T.; Ji, C.; Zhou, T (2022). Evolution of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in an M-Shaped Jumper and the Resultant Flow-Induced Vibration Response. Processes, 10, 2133.

H Zhu, J Hu, Y Gao, C Ji, T Zhou (2022). Experimental investigation on flow-induced vibration of a flexible catenary riser conveying severe slugging with variable gas superficial velocity, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 113, 103650.

Feifan Li, Chunning Ji, Dong Xu (2022). A novel optimization algorithm for the selective frequency damping parameters, Physics of Fluids, 34, 124112.

H Zhu, J Hu, MM Alam, C Ji, T Zhou (2022). Hydrodynamic characteristics and wake evolution of a submarine pipe with the presence of gas leakage at a low Reynolds number of 160. Physics of Fluids, 34 (8), 083609.

Z Zhang, C Ji, D Xu, H Zhu, JF Derakhshandeh, W Chen (2022). Effect of yaw angle on vibration mode transition and wake structure of a near-wall flexible cylinder, Physics of Fluids, 34 (7), 077106.

Z Zhang, C Ji, MM Alam, D Xu (2022). Dynamics and wake structure of a near-wall flexible cylinder, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 107229.

Z Zhang, C Ji (2022).Spacing effect on the vortex-induced vibrations of near-wall flexible cylinders in the tandem arrangement, Physics of Fluids, 34 (9), 097123.

Z Muhammad, MM Alam, C Ji, H Zhu, BR Noack (2022), Asymmetric wake, origin, generation, and suppression behind asymmetrically pitching hydrofoil, Ocean Engineering, 266, 112466.

Yan Y., JI C., Srinil N. (2021). On wake modulation and interaction features of a pair of dual-step circular cylinders in side-by-side arrangements, Physics of Fluids, 33, 093604.

Zhang, Z., Ji, C., Xu, D. (2021). Temporal and spatial evolution of vortex shedding for flow around a cylinder close to a wall. Ocean Engineering, 228, 108964.

Zhang, Z., Ji, C., Chen, W., Hua, Y., Srinil, N. (2021). Influence of boundary layer thickness and gap ratios on three-dimensional flow characteristics around a circular cylinder in proximity to a bottom plane. Ocean Engineering, 226, 108858.

Bai, X., Ji, C., Grant, P., Phillips, N., Oza, U., Avital, E. J., Williams, J. J. R., 2021. Turbulent flow simulation of a single-blade Magnus rotor. Advances in Aerodynamics, 3, 19.

Chao, L., Alam, M.M., Ji, C., Wang H., 2021. Flow map of foil undergoing combined fast and slow pitching, Physics of Fluids, 33, 101902.

Chao, L., Alam, M.M., Ji, C., 2021. Drag–thrust transition and wake structures of a pitching foil undergoing asymmetric oscillation, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 103, 103289.

Zhao, S., Ji, C., Sun, Z., Yu, H., Zhang, Z., 2021. Effect of the yaw angle and spanning length on flow characteristics around a near-wall cylindrical structure, Ocean Engineering, 235, 109340.

Alam, M.M., Chao, L., Rehman, S., Ji, C., Wang, H. 2021. Energy harvesting from passive oscillation of inverted foil. Physics of Fluids, 33, 075111.

Chen,W., Zhao, Y., Ji, C., Srinil, N., Song, L., 2021. Experimental observation of flow-induced vibrations of a transversely oscillating D-section prism. Physics of Fluids, 33, 091701.

Mingyang Wang, Eldad J. Avital, Xin Bai, Chunning Ji, Dong Xu, John J. R. Williams, Antonio Munjiza(2020). Fluid–structure interaction of flexible submerged vegetation stems and kinetic turbine blades. Computational Particle Mechanics, 7, 839–848.

Ji, C., Yang, X., Cui, Y., Chen, W. (2020). Vortex dislocation characteristics of a dual-step cylinder in low-Re flow. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 62(4), 307-317.

Zhang, Z., Ji, C., Alam, M. M., Xu, D. (2020). DNS of vortex-induced vibrations of a yawed flexible cylinder near a plane boundary. Wind and Structures, 30(5), 465-474.

Chen, W., Ji, C., Xu, D., An, H., Zhang, Z. (2020). Flow-induced vibrations of two side-by-side circular cylinders at low Reynolds numbers. Physics of Fluids, 32(2), 023601.

Chen, W., Ji, C., Xu, D. Zhang, Z. (2020). Oscillation regimes and mechanisms in the vortex-induced vibrations of three circular cylinders with equilateral-triangular arrangements. Physics of Fluids, 32, 043602.

Zhang, B., Xu, D., Zhang, B., Ji, C., Munjiza, A., Williams, J. (2020). Numerical investigation on the incipient motion of non-spherical sediment particles in bedload regime of open channel flows. Computational Particle Mechanics, 7(5), 987-1003.

Ji, C., Yang, X., Yu, Y., Cui, Y., Srinil, N. (2020). Numerical simulations of flows around a dual step cylinder with different diameter ratios at low Reynolds number, European Journal of Mechanics/B Fluids, 79, 332–344.

Chen, W., Ji, C., Xu, D., Zhang, Z, Wei, Y. (2020). Flow-induced vibrations of an equilateral triangular prism at various angles of attack, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 97, 103099.

Chen, W., Ji, C., Xu, D., Zhang, Z. (2020). Vortex-induced vibrations of two inline circular cylinders in proximity to a stationary wall. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 94, 102958.

Ji, C., Zhang, Z., Xu, D., Srinil, N. (2020). Direct Numerical Simulations of Horizontally Oblique Flows Past Three-Dimensional Circular Cylinder Near a Plane Boundary. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 142(5).

Y Yan, C Ji, N Srinil (2020). Three-dimensional flip-flopping flow around a pair of dual-stepped circular cylinders in a side-by-side arrangement, Physics of Fluids, 32 (12), 123608.

Wang, H. K., Yan, Y. H., Chen, C. M., Ji, C. N., Zhai, Q., (2019). Numerical investigation on vortex-induced rotations of a triangular cylinder using an immersed boundary method. China Ocean Engineering, 33(6): 723–733.

Xu WH, Ji CN, Sun H, Ding WJ, Bernitsas, MM (2019). Flow-induced vibration of two elastically mounted tandem cylinders in cross-flow at subcritical Reynolds numbers, Ocean Engineering, 173, 375-387.

Wu, L., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Ji, C (2019). A meshless method by using radial basis function for numerical solutions of wave shoaling equation. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 31: 83.

XU, D., JI, C. N., MUNJIZA, A., KALIVIOTIS, E., AVITAL, E., WILLAMS, J (2019). Study on the packed volume-to-void ratio of idealized human red blood cells using a finite-discrete element method. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 40: 737.

Weilin Chen , Chunning Ji , Dong Xu (2019). Vortex-induced vibrations of two side-by-side circular cylinders with two degrees of freedom in laminar cross-flow, Computers and Fluids, 193, 104288.

Weilin Chen, Chunning Ji, Dong Xu, John Williams (2019). Two-degree-of-freedom vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder in the vicinity of a stationary wall, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 91, 102728.

Weilin Chen , Chunning Ji , Md. Mahbub Alam, Dong Xu(2019). Flow-induced vibrations of three circular cylinders in an equilateral triangular arrangement subjected to cross-flow, Wind and Structures, 29(1), 43-53.

Md. Mahbub Alam, Q. Zheng, J.F. Derakhshandeh, S. Rehman, C. Ji, F. Zafar (2018). On forces and phase lags between vortex sheddings from three tandem cylinders, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 69: 117-135.

Xu WH, Ji CN, Sun H, Ding WJ, Bernitsas MM (2018). Flow-induced vibration and hydrokinetic power conversion of two staggered rough cylinders for 2.5x104 < Re < 1.2x105, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 140: 021905, 1-8.

Xu WH, Ma Y, Ji CN, Sun C (2018). Laboratory measurements of vortex-induced vibrations of a yawed flexible cylinder at different yaw angles, Ocean Engineering, 154: 27-42.

Ji CN, Xu WH, Sun H, Wang R, Ma CH, Bernitsas MM (2018). Interactive flow-induced vibrations of two staggered, low mass-ratio cylinders in the TrSL3 flow regime (2.5x104 < Re < 1.2x105): smooth cylinders, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 140: 041801.

Bin Qin, Md. Mahbub Alam, Chunning Ji, Yang Liu, Shengjin Xu (2018). Flow-induced vibrations of two cylinders of different natural frequencies, Ocean Engineering, 155: 189-200.

Liu, XL, Yang, B, Ji, CN, Chen, Q, Song, MR (2018) Research on the Turbine Blade Vibration Base on the Immersed Boundary Method, Journal of Fluids Engineering-Transactions of the ASME, 140(6), 061402.

Chunning Ji, Ziteng Peng, Md. Mahbub Alam, Weilin Chen, Dong Xu (2018). Vortex-induced vibration of a long flexible cylinder in uniform cross-flow, Wind and Structures, 26, 5, 267-277.

Bangwen Zhang, Shaowu Li, Chunning Ji (2018). Numerical Simulation of Ripple Evolution under Turbulent Flow Using a Coupled LES and DPM Model. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 144(11), 04018067.

W. Xu, J, Xu., Y. Wu, C. Ji. (2017). Study on pure IL viv of a free spanning pipeline under general boundary conditions. China Ocean Engineering, 31(1), 114-122.

Xu WH, Luan YS, Han QH, Ji CN, Cheng AK. (2017). The effect of yaw angle on VIV suppression for an inclined flexible cylinder fitted with helical strakes, Applied Ocean Research, 67: 263-276.

Dong Xu, Chunning Ji, Eldad Avital, Efstathios Kaliviotis, Ante Munjiza, John Williams (2017). An Investigation on the Aggregation and Rheodynamics of Human Red Blood Cells Using High Performance Computations, Scientifica, 6524156, 1-10.

D. Xu, C. Ji, Y. Bai, X. Song (2017). Three-dimensional numerical investigation on the influence of geometric shape on flow in river bends, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 19(5): 666-685.

X. Liu, C. Ji, X. Xu, D. Xu, J.J.R. Williams (2017). Distribution characteristics of inertial sediment particles in the turbulent boundary layer of an open channel flow determined using Voronoï analysis, International Journal of Sediment Research, 32, 401–409.

Singh, K. M., Avital, E. J., Williams, J. J. R., Ji, C., Bai, X., Munjiza, A. (2017). On parallel pre‐conditioners for pressure poisson equation in les of complex geometry flows. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 83: 446–464.

D. Xu, Y. Bai, C. Ji, J.J.R. Williams (2015). Experimental study of the density influence on the incipient motion and erosion modes of muds in unidirectional flows: the case of Huangmaohai Estuary, Ocean Dynamics, 65, 2, 187-201.

W. Chen, C. Ji, R. Wang, D. Xu, J. Campbell (2015). Flow-induced vibrations of two side-by-side circular cylinders: Asymmetric vibration, symmetry hysteresis and near-wake patterns, Ocean Engineering, 110, 244-257.

D. Xu, E. Kaliviotis, A. Munjiza, E. Avital, C. Ji, J.J.R. Williams (2013). Large scale simulation of red blood cell aggregation in shear flows. Journal of Biomechanics, 46(11), 1810-1817.

C. Ji, Z. Xiao, Y. Wang, H. Wang (2011). Numerical investigation on vortex-induced vibration of an elastically mounted circular cylinder at low Reynolds number using the fictitious domain method. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 25(4), 207-221.

C. Ji, X. Dong, C. Zhao, Y. Wang (2007). A fully coupled fluid-structure interaction model based on Distributed Lagrange Multiplier/Fictitious Domain method. China Ocean Engineering, 21(3), 439-450.

C. Ji, Y. Wang, J. Wang (2005). A novel VOF-type volume-tracking method for free-surface flows based on unstructured triangular mesh. China Ocean Engineering, 19(4), 529-538.

C. Ji, Y. Wang, Y. Shi (2005). Application of modified EP method in steady seepage analysis. Computers and Geotechnics, 32(1), 27-35.

S. Bie, W. Li, Z. Li, Z. Ren, C. Ji (2003). Experimental study on stability of breakwaters with penetrating box foundations. China Ocean Engineering, 17(1), 71-82.

S. Bie, C. Ji, Z. Ren, Z. Li (2002). Study on floating properties and stability of air floated structures. China Ocean Engineering, 16(2), 263-272.

Conference

papers

Keynote Speeches

Chunning Ji (2019), Vortex dynamics in the wake of a dual-step cylinder in uniform & shear flows, Keynote lecture, International Symposium on High-Fidelity Computational Methods & Applications 2019 (HiFiCoMa 2019), 2019.12.13-16, Shanghai, China.

Conference Papers

Chunning Ji, Zhimeng Zhang, Md. Mahbub Alam and Dong Xu (2019). Three-dimensional DNS of vortex-induced vibrations of an inclined flexible cylinder near a plane boundary, The 2019 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ACEM19), September 17- 21, 2019, Jeju Island, Korea.

Chunning Ji, Zhimeng Zhang, Dong Xu, Narakorn Srinil (2019). Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of flows past an inclined cylinder near a plane boundary, Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2019), June 9-14, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland.

Chen, W., Ji, C. & Xu, D. (2018). Wake patterns of two stationary/vibrating side-by-side circular cylinders in laminar flow, the 7th Conference on Bluff Body Wakes and Vortex-Induced Vibrations (BBVIV-7), Carry-le-Rouet (Marseille), France, July 3-6, 2018.

Ji, C., Zhang, Z., Xu, D., Fan, D. & Xu, W. (2018). Vortex-Induced Vibration of an isolated flexible cable in stepped flow with Re=4000: a numerical study, the 7th Conference on Bluff Body Wakes and Vortex-Induced Vibrations (BBVIV-7), Carry-le-Rouet (Marseille), France, July 3-6, 2018.

Weilin Chen, Chunning Ji, Md. Mahbub Alam and Dong Xu (2018). Vortex-induced vibrations of three circular cylinders in an equilateral triangular arrangement subjected to cross-flow, The 2018 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ACEM18), August 27- 31, 2018, Incheon (Seoul), Korea.

W. Xu, C. Ji, H. Sun, W. Ding, M.M. Bernitsas (2017).Flow-Induced vibration (FIV) AND hydrokinetic power conversion of Two Staggered, Low Mass-Ratio Cylinders, with Passive Turbulence Control in the TrSL3 Flow Regime (2.5 x 10^4 < Re < 1.2 x 10^5), Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2017, June 25-27, 2017, Trondheim, Norway.

C. Ji, W. Xu, H, Sun, M.M. Bernitsas (2017). Interactive flow-induced vibrations of two staggered, low mass- ratio cylinders in the TrSL3 flow regime (2.5x104<Re<1.2x105): smooth cylinders, Proceedings of the 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE2017, June 25-27, 2017, Trondheim, Norway.

Md. Mahbub Alam, J.F. Derakhshandeh, Q. Zheng, S. Rehman, Chunning Ji and F. Zafar (2017). The flow around three tandem circular cylinders, The 2017 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM17), August 28- September 1, 2017, Ilsan (Seoul), Korea.

Chunning Ji, Ziteng Peng, Md. Mahbub Alam, Weilin Chen and Dong Xu (2017). Vortex-induced vibration of long flexible cylinder in uniform cross-flow, The 2017 World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ACEM17), August 28- September 1, 2017, Ilsan (Seoul), Korea.

Dong Xu, Ji Chunning, John Williams (2015). Simulation of Fluid-Structural Interactions using LES and DEM, International Symposium on Meshfree Methods in Computational Hydraulics, 2015.12.8-2015.12.9, Shanghai, China.

Dong Xu, Ji Chunning, Xu Bin, Bai Yuchuan (2015). Parallelized Numerical Simulation of Urban Flooding from Tsunami, the 8th South China Sea Tsunami Workshop (SCSTW-8), 2015.11.11-2015.11.13, Nanning, China.

C. Ji, D. Liu, D. Xu, J.J.R. Williams (2014). Direct numerical simulation of particle saltation in the bed-load regime, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, ICSE2014, Perth, Australia, 2-4, December 2014

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, E. Avital, J.J.R. Williams (2014). Direct numerical simulation of particle saltation in turbulent channel flow, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, HIC2014, New York, USA, 17-21, August 2014.

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, E. Avital, J.J.R. Williams (2013). Numerical Simulation of Bed-Load Transport in Turbulent Channel Flow. Proceedings of the 35th IAHR World Congress, IAHR2013, Chengdu, China, 8-13 September 2013.

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, E. Avital, J.J.R. Williams (2013). Hydrodynamic Forces on Saltating Particles in Turbulent Channel Flow. Advances in River Sediment Research. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS2013, Kyoto, Japan, 2-5 September 2013.

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, J.J.R. Williams (2012). Direct Numerical Simulation of Sediment Transport in Turbulent Channel Flow. Proceedings of the 6th Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, CGJOINT2012, Keelung, Taiwan, 23-29 September 2012.

C. Ji, A. Munjiza, J.J.R. Williams (2011). Numerical Simulation of Sediment Entrainment in Turbulent Channel Flow, UK Turbulence Consortium Annual Conference, London, United Kingdom, 7-9 September 2011.

C. Ji, Y. Wang (2006). Application of the Fictitious Domain method in the Fluid Solid Interaction, China Petroleum Company Annual Meeting, Beijing, China, 1 June 2006.

C. Ji, Y. Wang (2006). A Fully Coupled Wave-Structure Interaction Model, China Deep-Sea Development Strategy Academician Forum, Shanghai, China, 15 April 2006.

Research

projects

Key Technologies of Intelligent waterway facilities of large coastal port groups, National Key Research and Development Plan, 2023-2026, Research on Dynamic real-time digital twin technology of port groups Waterway (project), Principal Investigator, 2,550,000 (CNY).

Key Technologies for the construction of large coastal ports to improve service life, National Key Research and Development Plan, 2022-2025, Research and development of super-large self-stabilizing protected breakwater structure (Special topic), Principal Investigator, 500,000 (CNY).

Study on the microscopic process and mechanism of local erosion of submarine pipeline and slow flow of biomimetic aquatic grass to promote sedimentation under complex conditions, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2018-2021, Principal Investigator, 650,000 (CNY).

Study on coupling mechanisms of vortex-induced vibration of flexible submarine pipelines and 3-dimensional local scour of sandy seabed, Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2016-2019. Principal Investigator, 630,000 (CNY).

A Novel Marine Current Energy Harvesting Device: Hydrodynamics and Optimization, Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, 2015-2016. Principal Investigator, 30,000 (CNY)

Application of the fluid-structure interaction code – Y-CgLes-IBM to hydraulic and ocean engineering, Open Fundings of the State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering (Sichuan University), 2014-2016. Co-investigator, 100,000 (CNY)

Fundamental Experimental and Numerical Studies on a Novel Skin Raft Wave Energy Convertor, National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2013-2016. Co-Investigator, 800,000 (CNY).

Bearing Mechanisms of Cell Steel Sheet Pile in deep Soft Clay Base, National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2013-2016. Co-Investigator, 830,000 (CNY).

Numerical Investigation on the Vortex-induced Vibration of Slender Marine Riser, Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (NSFT), 2012-2015. Principal Investigator, 80,000 (CNY)

Numerical Simulation of Sediment Entrainment, Marie Curie Action, the 7th European Community Framework Programme (FP7), 2009-2012. Researcher, 174,300 (EUR).

Study on Vortex-induced Vibration of a Marine Riser with In-line Vibration and Three-dimensional Wake, Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2009-2011. Principal Investigator, 200,000 (CNY).

Fundamental Research on Fully Coupled Wave-Structure Interaction Model, Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (SRFDP), 2008-2010. Principal Investigator, 36,000 (CNY).

Stability Evaluation Method on Bucket-Base Structures Considering the Dynamic and Creep Properties of Soft Clay, National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2008-2010. Co-Investigator, 380,000 (CNY).

Generation Mechanisms of Vortices Near Breakwaters and Their Effects on Hydraulic Structures, National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2008-2010. Co-Investigator, 360,000 (CNY).

Numerical Simulation of Vortex-induced Vibration (VIV) Using Fictitious Domain (FD) Method, Preeminent Young Teacher Research Fund (A-type) of Tianjin University (PYTRF-A), 2008-2010. Principal Investigator, 150,000 (CNY).

Numerical Simulation of Vortex-induced Vibration (VIV) Using Fictitious Domain (FD) Method, Preeminent Young Teacher Research Fund (B-type) of Tianjin University (PYTRF-B), 2008-2010. Principal Investigator, 50,000 (CNY).

Dynamic Processes of Caisson Breakwaters in All-Life Period under Random Wave Loads, National Nature Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2005-2007. Co-Investigator, 240,000 (CNY).

Teaching & tutoring

Advance Structure Dynamics, 2006-2009, provided to postgraduate students.

Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2013-2023, provided to postgraduate students.

Oceanic and Coastal Disasters, 2012, provided to undergraduate students.

Structure Mechanics, 2008-2009, 2012-2023, provided to undergraduate students.

Research students:

PhD students:

Feifan Li (2018), Cheng Lu (2018) , Jianzeng Li (2019), Yawei Zhao (2020), Yuhan Wei (2021), Yue Yuan (2021), Yilin Pan (2022), Xincong Chen (2022), Penghui Wang (2023), Weipeng Feng (2023), Rui Zhang (2023) .

Master students:

Luoning Zhang (2021), Jinyuan Ni (2021), Jiahang Lv (2021), Yinkai Ma (2021), Hongwei Tan (2021), Siyuan Zong (2021), Shuqi Chang (2022), Xiangyi Chang (2022), Hanghao Zhao (2022), Heng Xiang (2023), Yuelei Wang (2023), Taolin Huang (2023), Muyuan Du (2023), Xianghe Li (2023), Sefah Edward Yaw (2023).

Research student graduated:

Yan Zhang, Study on vortex-induced vibration group characteristics of circular cylinders under uniform incoming flow conditions, Master Thesis, 2023.

Penghui Wang, The Stability of AccropodeTM Blocks on Rubble Mound Breakwater under Medium-Long Period Wave Loads, Master Thesis, 2023.

Zhimeng Zhang，Study on the mechanism of flow-induced vibrations of submarine pipeline and its effect on local scour of the seabed, PhD Thesis, 2022.

Yuhao Yan, Three-dimensional Numerical Simulation of Flow Around a Pair of Dual-step Cylinders, Master Thesis, 2022.

Muqing Song, Numerical Investigation on the Local Scour of Offshore Wind Turbine Foundation under Unidirectional Flow, Master Thesis, 2022.

Yixuan Wang, Numerical simulations on vortex-induced vibrations of two side-by-side circular cylinders in the presence of thermal buoyancy, Master Thesis, 2022.

Zhiwen Mao, Numerical simulation study on blocking mechanism of polymetallic nodules in deep-sea mining hoisting pipe, Master Thesis, 2022.

Liqun Song, Vortex-induced vibration and tracking mechanism of single-degree-of-freedom harbor seal whisker model: an experimental study, Master Thesis, 2021.

Tong Yin, Experimental study on vortex-induced vibration of stepped cylinders in uniform flow, Master Thesis, 2021.

Weilin Chen, Numerical simulations of bluff bodies in crossflow, PhD Thesis, 2020.

Yuhan Wei, Parametric Study and its Application of Flow-induced Vibration of Two D-Section Cylinders using Gaussian Process Regression, Master Thesis, 2020.

Md Akter-Uz-Zaman, Numerical Simulation of Two-Dimensional Local Scour Around Submarine Pipelines Using Two-Phase Flow Model, Master Thesis, 2020.

Yuting Cui, Numerical investigations on flow around and vortex induced vibration of a dual-step circular cylinder in shear flow, Master Thesis,2019.

Ziteng Peng, Numerical Investigation on the Three-Dimensional Local Scour of Seabed near a Submarine Pipeline, Master Thesis, 2019.

R. Razibur, Characteristics of wake patterns and vortex induced vibration of three circular cylinders in a triangular arrangement at low Reynolds number, Master Thesis, 2019.

Xiaoli Xu, Study on energy harvesting and hydrodynamic characteristics of a power convertor using rod-controlled VIV, Master Thesis, 2018.

Yang Hua, Three dimensional numerical simulation on flow around and vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder near a wall, Master Thesis, 2018.

Guoyuan Xing, Numerical simulation of vortex-induced vibration of flexible riser in oblique flow and shear flow, Master Thesis, 2017.

Li Zhang, Numerical investigation on the mechanisms of vortex induced vibration of three side-by-side cylinders, Master Thesis, 2017.

Yong Chen, Direct numerical simulation of secondary flow and turbulence coherent structures in compound open channel, Master Thesis, 2017.

Danqing Liu, Numerical investigation of vortex-induced vibration of two circular cylinders in tandem arrangements in oscillatory flow, Master Thesis, 2016.

Bing Han, Numerical investigation on the vortex-induced vibration of a flexible slender riser with internal oscillating flow, Master Thesis, 2016.

Xiaoyang Song, The application of the discrete particle method and the ‘point particle’ immersed boundary method in the numerical investigation of sediment transport, Master Thesis, 2015.

Weilin Chen, Numerical investigation on the mechanisms of flow-induced vibration of circular cylinders, Master Thesis, 2015.

Feifan Li, Numerical investigation on the vortex-induced vibration of a flexible slender riser with internal flow, Master Thesis, 2015.

Shuang Liu, Numerical investigation on vortex-induced vibrations of two side-by-side arranged circular cylinders at a low Reynolds number, Master Thesis, 2014.

Lihong Yang, Numerical investigation on flow-induced vibrations of multiple circular cylinders in tandem arrangement at a low Reynolds number, Master Thesis, 2014.

Jilu Huang, Study on flow-induced vibrations of two tandem-arranged circular cylinders in larminar flow with low Reynolds number, Master Thesis, 2013.

Yuanzheng Du, Three Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Flow around a Circular Cylinder and Vortex-induced Vibration, Master Thesis, 2012.

Weiwei Wang, Numerical Investigation on the Vortex-induced Vibration of 2D Marine Riser with Stream-wise Vibration and In-plane Rotation, Master Thesis, 2012.