See an always up-to-date publication list on Dr. Xiang Yang’s google scholar page.
Journal Papers
2023
Zhang, W., Yang, X., Zhu, X., Wan, M., & Chen, S., (2023) Asymmetric secondary flows above geometrically symmetric surface roughness, accepted in Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
Chen, P., Wu, W., Griffin, K., Shi, Y., Yang, X., (2023) A universal velocity transformation for boundary layers with pressure gradients, accepted in Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
Bin, Y., Huang, G., & Yang, X. (2023). A data-enabled re-calibration of the Spalart-Allmaras model. AIAA Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J062870.
Chen, P., Zhu, X., Shi, Y., & Yang, X. (2023). Quantifying uncertainties in DNS statistics due to wall-normal numerics and grids. Physical Review Fluids 8(7), 074602.
Vadrot, A., Abkar, M., & Yang, X. (2023). A survey of machine learning wall models for large eddy simulation. Physical Review Fluids 8(6), 064603.
Jain, N. (Author – Graduate Student), Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), Li, J. (Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Kunz, R. (2023). An Assessment of Second Moment Closure Modeling for Stratified Wakes Using Direct Numerical Simulations Ensembles. Journal of Fluid Engineering 145(9), 091502.
Koncoski, J., Yang, X., Kunz, R., Nickels, A., Devilbiss, D., & Harris, J. (2023). Experimental characterization of the flow field and cavitation physics of a tip-loaded hydrofoil. Physics of Fluids 35(5).
Yang, X., Zhang, W., Yuan, J., & Kunz, R. (2023). In Search of a Universal Rough Wall Model. Journal of Fluid Engineering. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062820
Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), Kunz, R., & Yang, X. (2023). Linear Logistic Regression with Weight Thresholding for Flow Regime Classification of a Stratified Wake. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 13(2), 100414.
Vadrot, A., Yang, X., Bae, J., & Mahdi, A. (2023). Log-law recovery through reinforcement-learning wall model for large-eddy simulation. Physics of Fluids 35(5), 055122.
Zhou, Z., Yang, X., Zhang, F., & Yang, X. (2023). A wall model learned from the periodic hill data and the law of the wall. Physics of Fluids 35(5).
Hansen, C., Yang, X., & Abkar, M. (2023). Data-Driven Dynamical System Models of Roughness-Induced Secondary Flows in Thermally Stratified Turbulent Boundary Layers. Journal of Fluid Engineering 145(6), 061102.
Huang, X., Chyczewski, T., Xia, Z., Kunz, R., & Yang, X. (2023). Distilling experience into a physically interpretable recommender system for computational model selection. Scientific Reports 13(1), 2225.
Chirayath, E. (Author – Graduate Student), Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Kunz, R. (2023). Full Stage Axial Compressor Performance Modeling Incorporating the Effects of Blade Damage due to Particle Ingestion. Journal of Turbomachinery. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062397
Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), Kunz, R., & Yang, X. (2023). Linear Logistic Regression with Weight Thresholding for Flow Regime Classification of a Stratified Wake. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 13(2), 100414.
Rincon, M., Reclari, M., Yang, X., & Abkar, M. (2023). Validating the design optimisation of ultrasonic flow meters using computational fluid dynamics and surrogate modelling. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 100, 109112.
2022
Chen, P., Huang, G., Shi, Y., Yang, X., & Lv, Y. (2022). A unified temperature transformation for high-Mach-number flows above adiabatic and isothermal walls. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 951, A38.
Eidi, A., Zehtabiyan-Rezaie, N., Ghiassi, R., Yang, X., & Abkar, M. (2022). Data-driven quantification of model-form uncertainty in Reynolds-averaged simulations of wind farms. Physics of Fluids 34, 085135.
Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), Lynch, S., & Yang, X. (2022). Direct numerical simulation of slot film cooling downstream of misaligned plates. Flow 2(1), E7.
Zhang, W., Zhu, X., Yang, X., & Wan, M. (2022). Evidence for Raupach et al.’s mixing-layer analogy in deep homogeneous urban-canopy flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 944, A46.
Yuanwei, B., Yang, X., Yang, Y., Ni, R., & Shi, Y. (2022). Evolution of two counter-rotating vortices in a stratified turbulent environment. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 951, A47.
Altland, S. (Author – Graduate Student), Zhu, X., McClain, S., Kunz, R., & Yang, X. (2022). Flow in additively manufactured super-rough channels. Flow 2(1), E19.
Li, J. (Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Kunz, R. (2022). Grid-point and time-step requirements for large-eddy simulation and Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes of stratified wakes. Physics of Fluids 34, 115125.
Yang, H., Ge, M., Abkar, M., & Yang, X. (2022). Large-eddy simulation study of wind turbine array above swell sea. Energy 256(1), 124674.
Chen, P., Lv, Y., Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), Shi, Y., & Yang, X. (2022). LES wall modeling for heat transfer at high speeds. Physical Review Fluids 7(1), 014608.
Yang, X., Chen, P., Hu, R., & Abkar, M. (2022). Logarithmic-linear law of the streamwise velocity variance in stably stratified boundary layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 1-15.
Altland, S. (Author – Graduate Student), Xu, H., Yang, X., & Kunz, R. (2022). Modeling of cube array roughness: RANS, large eddy simulation, and direct numerical simulation. Journal of Fluid Engineering 144(6), 06106.
Bin, Y., Chen, L., Huang, G., & Yang, X. (2022). Progressive, extrapolative machine learning for near-wall turbulence modeling. Physical Review Fluids 7(8), 084610.
Jain, N. (Author – Graduate Student), Pham, H., Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), Sarkar, S., Yang, X., & Kunz, R. (2022). Second moment closure modeling and direct numerical simulation of stratified shear layers. Journal of Fluid Engineering 144(4), 041102.
Guo, J., Yang, X., & Ihme, M. (2022). Structure of the thermal boundary layer in turbulent channel flows at transcritical conditions. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 934, A45.
2021
Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), & Yang, X. (2021). A Bayesian approach to the mean flow in a channel with small but arbitrarily directional system rotation. Physics of Fluids 33(1), 015103.
Lv, Y., Yang, X., Park, G., & Ihme, M. (2021). A discontinuous Galerkin method for wall-modeled large-eddy simulations. Computers & Fluids 222, 104933.
Zhang, H., Yang, X., & Ge, M. (2021). A new coupled model for the equivalent roughness heights of wind farms. Renewable Energy 171, 34-46.
Yang, X., Jariwala, V., Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), & Larosiliere, L. (2021). Aerodynamic functional diagnostics based on angular momentum transport lines. Journal of Turbomachinery 144(3), 031004.
Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Milani, P. (2021). Assessing wall-modeled large-eddy simulation for low-speed flows with heat transfer. AIAA Journal 59(6), 2060-2069.
Yang, X., & Xia, Z. (2021). Bifurcation and multiple states in plane Couette flow with spanwise rotation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 913, A49.
Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), Jain (Author – Graduate Student), Abkar, M., Kunz, R., & Yang, X. (2021). Determining a priori a RANS model’s applicable range via global epistemic uncertainty quantification. Computers & Fluids 230, 105113.
Yang, X., Hong, J., Lee, M., & Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student) (2021). Grid resolution requirement for resolving rare wall-shear stress events in direct numerical simulations. Physical Review Fluids 6(5), 054603.
Yang, X., & Griffin, K. (2021). Grid-point and time-step requirements for direct numerical simulation and large-eddy simulation. Physics of Fluids 33(1), 015108.
Wei, T., Wang, Y., & Yang, X. (2021). Layered structure of turbulent plane wall jet. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 92, 108872.
Eidi, A., Ghiassi, R., Yang, X., & Abkar, M. (2021). Model-form uncertainty quantification in RANS simulations of wakes and power losses in wind farms. Renewable Energy 179, 2212-2223.
Xiang, T. (Author – Undergraduate Student), Yang, X., & Shi, Y. (2021). Neuroevolution-enabled adaptation of the Jacobi method for Poisson’s equation with density discontinuities. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 11(3), 100252.
Xia, Z., Zhang, P., & Yang, X. (2021). On skin friction in wall-bounded turbulence. Acta Mechanica Sinica 37(4), 589-598.
Yang, X., & Ge, M. (2021). Revisiting Raupach’s flow-sheltering paradigm. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 179(1), 313–323.
Xie, J., de Silva, C., Baidya, R., Yang, X., & Hu, R. (2021). Third-order structure function in the logarithmic layer of boundary-layer turbulence. Physical Review Fluids 6(7), 074602.
Kumar, S., Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Hong, J. (2021). Three dimensional flow motions in the viscous sublayer. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 11(2), 100239.
Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), & Yang, X. (2021). Treatment of unphysical numerical oscillations via local grid refinement. Physics of Fluids 33(7), 077104.
Lv, Y., Huang, X. (Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Yang, X. (2021). Wall-model integrated computational framework for large-eddy simulations of wall-bounded flows. Physics of Fluids 33(12), 125120.
Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), Altland, S. (Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Kunz, R. (2021). Flow over closely packed cubical roughness. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 920, A37.
2020
Towne, A., Lozano-Duran, A., & Yang, X. (2020). Resolvent-based estimation of space-time flow statistics. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 883, A17.
Yang, X., Xia, Z., Lee, J., Lv, Y., & Yuan, J. (2020). Mean flow scaling in a spanwise rotating channel. Physical Review Fluids 5(7), 074603.
Xu, H. (Author – Graduate Student), Towne, A., Yang, X., & Marusic, I. (2020). Pressure power spectrum in high-Reynolds number wall-bounded flows. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow 84, 108620.
Forooghi, P., Yang, X., & Abkar (2020). Roughness-induced secondary flows in stably stratified turbulent boundary layers. Physics of Fluids 32(10), 105118.
Huang, X. (Student Author – Graduate Student), Yang, X., & Kunz, R. (2020). Wall-modeled large-eddy simulations of spanwise rotating turbulent channels—comparing a physics-based approach and a data-based approach. Physics of Fluids 31(12), 125105.
Yang, X., Pirozzoli, S., & Abkar, M. (2020). Scaling of velocity fluctuations in statistically unstable boundary-layer flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 886, A3.
2019
Hu, R., Yang, X., & Zheng, X. (2019). Wall-attached and wall-detached eddies in wall-bounded turbulent flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 885, A30.
Yang, X., Xu, H. (Student Author – Graduate Student), Huang, X. (Student Author – Graduate Student), & Ge, M. (2019). Drag forces on sparsely packed cube arrays. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 880, 992-1019.
Ge, M., Wu, Y., Liu, Y., & Yang, X. (2019). A two-dimensional Jensen model with a Gaussian-shaped velocity deficit. Renewable Energy 141, 46-56.
Yang, X., Zafar, S. (Student Author – Graduate Student), Wang, J., & Xiao, H. (2019). Predictive large-eddy-simulation wall modeling via physics-informed neural networks. Physical Review Fluids 4(3), 034602.
Ge, M., Yang, X., & Marusic, I. (2019). Velocity probability distribution scaling in wall-bounded flows at high Reynolds numbers. Physical Review Fluids 4(3), 034101.
Yang, X., & Meneveau, C. (2019). Hierarchical random additive model for wall-bounded flows at high Reynolds numbers. Fluid Dynamics Research 51(1), 011405.
2018
Yang, X., Baidya, R., Lv, Y., & Marusic, I. (2018). Hierarchical random additive model for the spanwise and wall-normal velocities in wall-bounded flows at high Reynolds numbers. Physical Review Fluids 3(12), 124606.
Howland, M., & Yang, X. (2018). Dependence of small-scale energetics on large scales in turbulent flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 852, 641-662.
Yang, X., & Lv, Y. (2018). A semi-locally scaled eddy viscosity formulation for LES wall models and flows at high speeds. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 32(5), 617-627.
Xu, H. (Student Author – Graduate Student), & Yang, X. (2018). Fractality and the law of the wall. Physical Review E 97(5), 053110.
Yang, X., & Abkar, M. (2018). A hierarchical random additive model for passive scalars in wall-bounded flows at high Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 842, 354-380.
Ma, P., Yang, X., & Ihme, M. (2018). Structure of wall-bounded flows at transcritical conditions. Physical Review Fluids 3(3), 034609.
Yang, X., & Howland, M. (2018). Implication of Taylor’s hypothesis on measuring flow modulation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 836, 222-237.
2017
Yang, X., & Lozano-Duran, A (2017). A multifractal model for the momentum transfer process in wall-bounded flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 824, R2.
Yang, X., Urzay, J., Bose, S., & Moin, P. (2017). Aerodynamic heating in wall-modeled large-eddy simulation of high-speed flows. AIAA Journal, 731–742.
Sadique, J., Yang, X., Meneveau, C., & Mittal, R. (2017). Aerodynamic properties of rough surfaces with high aspect-ratio roughness elements: effect of aspect ratio and arrangements. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 163(2), 203–224.
Yang, X., & Mittal, R. (2017). Efficient relaxed-Jacobi smoothers for multigrid on parallel computers. Journal of Computational Physics 332, 135–142.
Yang, X., Park, G. I., & Moin, P. (2017). Log-layer mismatch and modeling of the fluctuating wall stress in wall-modeled large-eddy simulations. Physical Review Fluids 2(10), 104601.
Yang, X., & Meneveau, C. (2017). Modelling turbulent boundary layer flow over fractal-like multiscale terrain using large-eddy simulations and analytical tools. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 375(2091), 20160098.
Krug, D., Yang, X., De Silva, C. M., Ostilla-Monico, Rodolfo, Verzicco, R., Marusic, I., & Lohse, D. (2017). Statistics of turbulence in the energy-containing range of Taylor–Couette compared to canonical wall-bounded flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 830, 797–819.
Yang, X., Baidya, R., Johnson, P., Marusic, I., & Meneveau, C. (2017). Structure function tensor scaling in the logarithmic region derived from the attached eddy model of wall-bounded turbulent flows. Physical Review Fluids 2(6), 064602.
2016
Graham, J., Kanov, K., Yang, X., Lee, M., Malaya, N., Lalescu, C., Burns, R., Eyink, G., Szalay, A., Moser, R., & others (2016). A web services accessible database of turbulent channel flow and its use for testing a new integral wall model for LES. Journal of Turbulence 17(2), 181–215.
Yang, X., Sadique, J., Mittal, R., & Meneveau, C. (2016). Exponential roughness layer and analytical model for turbulent boundary layer flow over rectangular-prism roughness elements. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 789, 127–165.
Yang, X., Meneveau, C., Marusic, I., & Biferale, L. (2016). Extended self-similarity in moment-generating-functions in wall-bounded turbulence at high Reynolds number. Physical Review Fluids 1(4), 044405.
Yang, X., Marusic, I., & Meneveau, C. (2016). Hierarchical random additive process and logarithmic scaling of generalized high order, two-point correlations in turbulent boundary layer flow. Physical Review Fluids 1(2), 024402.
Yang, X., & Meneveau, C. (2016). Large eddy simulations and parameterisation of roughness element orientation and flow direction effects in rough wall boundary layers. Journal of Turbulence 17(11), 1072–1085.
Yang, X., Marusic, I., & Meneveau, C. (2016). Moment generating functions and scaling laws in the inertial layer of turbulent wall-bounded flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 791, R2.
Yang, X. (2016). On the mean flow behaviour in the presence of regional-scale surface roughness heterogeneity. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 161(1), 127–143.
Yang, X., & Meneveau, C. (2016). Recycling inflow method for simulations of spatially evolving turbulent boundary layers over rough surfaces. Journal of Turbulence 17(1), 75–93.
2015
Yang, X., Sadique, J., Mittal, R., & Meneveau, C. (2015). Integral wall model for large eddy simulations of wall-bounded turbulent flows. Physics of Fluids 27(2), 025112.
2014
Yang, X., & Mittal, R. (2014). Acceleration of the Jacobi iterative method by factors exceeding 100 using scheduled relaxation. Journal of Computational Physics 274, 695–708.
