Name:

Yikai Xu

Ph.D. Candidate

Admission Year:

2020

Supervisor:

Chunxiao Xu

E-mail:

xuyk20@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Address:

N706, Meng Minwei Sci. & Tech. Building, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Research Interests:

 Turbulent boundary layer under curvature effect

 Vortex dynamic

 Fluid-structure coupling

Education:

2020~Now

Ph.D. student, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University (THU), China.

2016~2020

B.S. School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University(NWPU), China.

Recent Proceeding:

 Direct numerical simulations of turbulent boundary layer over yawed cylinders

 Scaling law in the transporting process of the turbulent kinetic energy

 Vortex dynamic process in the transition region of the turbulent boundary layer under the curvature effect

 Relations between coherent structures and pressure fluctuations

Publications:

[1] Yikai Xu, Weixi Huang, Chunxiao Xu. Coherent structures and pressure fluctuations in turbulent boundary layer along a slender cylinder[C]. 1st European Fluid Dynamics Conference, Aachen Germany, September 16-20, 2024.

[2] Yikai Xu, Weixi Huang, Chunxiao Xu. Direct numerical simulation of axisymmetric turbulent boundary layer along a slender cylinder[J]. (Preparing)

[3] Yikai Xu, Weixi Huang, Chunxiao Xu. The relationship between pressure fluctuations and coherent structures within turbulent boundary layer along a cylinder[J]. (Preparing)

[4] Yikai Xu, Weixi Huang, Chunxiao Xu. Vortical structures in turbulent boundary layer along a slender cylinder[C]. 76th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, November 19-21, 2023.