Yufeng Yao's Outputs (16)

Large-Scale Streamwise Vortices in Turbulent Channel Flow Induced by Active Wall Actuations (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature. Direct numerical simulations of turbulent flow in a plane channel using spanwise alternatively distributed strips (SADS) are performed to investigate the characteristics of large-... Read More about Large-Scale Streamwise Vortices in Turbulent Channel Flow Induced by Active Wall Actuations.

Ensemble-Empirical-Mode-Decomposition based micro-Doppler signal separation and classification (2017)
Journal Article

The target echo signals obtained by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI platforms are mainly composed of two parts, the micro-Doppler signal and the target body part signal. The wheeled vehicle and the track vehicl... Read More about Ensemble-Empirical-Mode-Decomposition based micro-Doppler signal separation and classification.

Equations of state for thrust modeling of ram accelerator at different bores (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The ram accelerator is a propulsion concept based on using shock-induced combustion to accelerate projectiles traveling at supersonic speeds in a launch tube pre-filled with a gaseous combustible mixture. Extensive experimental studies have been carr... Read More about Equations of state for thrust modeling of ram accelerator at different bores.

Direct numerical simulation of a tip-leakage vortex model in a planar duct with a longitudinal slit (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A computational model of a planar duct with a cross flow injected from a longitudinal slit on the top of the duct is developed to study the tip-leakage vortex (TLV) which is one of the most important flow phenomena within the rotor of turbomachinery.... Read More about Direct numerical simulation of a tip-leakage vortex model in a planar duct with a longitudinal slit.

Zeolite supported Pd electrocatalyst nano-particle characterization (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Palladium (Pd) as one of platinum (Pt) group metals has
attracted significant attentions since it has shown good
activities for hydrogen reaction (HOR) and oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cell application and high
solubility and mobility... Read More about Zeolite supported Pd electrocatalyst nano-particle characterization.

En-situ EXAFS investigation of zeolite supported Pt electrocatalyst structure (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Experimental investigation was carried out for Pt electrochemical performance and Pt particle size using 1.5 and 5 wt% Pt loading on zeolite electrocatalysts made by Pt(NH3)4(NO3)2 or Pt... Read More about En-situ EXAFS investigation of zeolite supported Pt electrocatalyst structure.

Tetrahedral mesh improvement by shell transformation (2017)
Journal Article

© 2016, Springer-Verlag London. Existing flips for tetrahedral meshes simply make a selection from a few possible configurations within a single shell (i.e., a polyhedron that can be filled up with a mesh composed of a set of elements that meet each... Read More about Tetrahedral mesh improvement by shell transformation.

Ex-situ exafs investigation of zeolite supported pt electrocatalyst structure (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The electrochemical performance of zeolite supported 1.5 wt% Pt electrocatalyst in fuel cell has been discussed in previous studies [1, 2]. This work will focus on investigating the influence of Pt loading and Pt deposition methods on Pt electrochemi... Read More about Ex-situ exafs investigation of zeolite supported pt electrocatalyst structure.

Large-scale secondary vortices in the turbulent channel flow induced by active wall actuations (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the turbulent channel flow with spanwise alternatively distributed out-of-phase (OP) and in-phase (IP) wall actuations strips (SADS) are conducted to investigate the characteristics of the large-scale streamwise... Read More about Large-scale secondary vortices in the turbulent channel flow induced by active wall actuations.

Large-scale Secondary Vortices Generated by Wall Actuations: Application to the Turbulent Channel Flow (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The large-scale streamwise vortex (LSSV) generation mechanism in the turbulent boundary layer is closely linked to the turbulent mixing process and its potential to suppress flow separation. Direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of weakly compressible... Read More about Large-scale Secondary Vortices Generated by Wall Actuations: Application to the Turbulent Channel Flow.

Zeolite supported palladium nanoparticle characterization for fuel cell application (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC Palladium (Pd) has been widely used as a type of hydrogen storage material and has attracted much attention for fuel cell applications, due to its high solubility and mobility of hydrogen in Pd. In this study,... Read More about Zeolite supported palladium nanoparticle characterization for fuel cell application.

Unsteady parametrization of a morphing wing design for improved aerodynamic performance (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A morphing wing is a bio-inspired concept where all moving parts e.g. slats/flaps are replaced with a deformable body. This paper describes a methodology that uses modified parametrization methods to define a morphing geometry, and applies user-defin... Read More about Unsteady parametrization of a morphing wing design for improved aerodynamic performance.

DES prediction of a 3-element high-lift airfoil with a blown flap (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Over the last 20 years, research on aerodynamic flow control methods has received considerable attention due to its ability to improve aircraft aerodynamic performance beyond current capabilities (Ternoy et al., 2013). It is evident that a successful... Read More about DES prediction of a 3-element high-lift airfoil with a blown flap.

Numerical analysis of HyShot Scramjet Model with different throat heights (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study of non-reacting and reacting flows in a scramjet model with three different throat heights. This scramjet model includes two compression ramps at the inlet, followed by a combustion chamb... Read More about Numerical analysis of HyShot Scramjet Model with different throat heights.

The influence of acoustic field induced by HRT on oscillation behavior of a single droplet (2017)
Journal Article

This paper presents an experimental and theoretical study on the effects of an acoustic field induced by Hartmann Resonance Tube (HRT) on droplet deformation behavior. The characteristics of the acoustic field generated by HRT are investigated. Resul... Read More about The influence of acoustic field induced by HRT on oscillation behavior of a single droplet.

Large-eddy simulation of MVG controlled oblique Shockwave/Boundary layer interaction (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017 by Guang Yang, Beihang University, Beijing, China. Shock wave boundary layer interaction is an ubiquitous and important phenomenon in supersonic and hypersonic flow scheme. In this paper, a Mach 2.5 supersonic boundary layer impinged by an obl... Read More about Large-eddy simulation of MVG controlled oblique Shockwave/Boundary layer interaction.