Guest Editors
Dr. Can Huang, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, North China University of Technology, China
Dr. Can Huang received the Ph.D degree in Mechanics from Beijing Institute of Technology University, Beijing, China. He is currently professor (Associate) in North China University of Technology. His current research interest includes meshless and particle methods, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, finite difference method, finite volume method, hybrid methods, fluid-structure interactions, heat transfer, multi-phase flows, wave energy, the interaction between waves and structures, marine gas hydrate, the interaction water and soil, aerodynamics, underwater robots and bionic aircraft.
Dr. Pengnan Sun, School of Ocean Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Peng-Nan Sun, associate professor at Sun Yat-sen University. He graduated with doctoral degree from Harbin Engineering University in 2018. From 2013-2015, he worked in Andrea Colagrossi’s research group in CNR-INM of Italy. From 2018-2020, he did his postdoctoral research in Ecole Central de Nantes of France. He is mainly engaged in the research on theory and applications of Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). He published more than 50 academic papers in peer reviewed journals such as JCP, CMAME, JFM, and POF, and obtained more than 2600 citations on Google Scholar. He received the 2022 EABE "Best Paper Award", the 2020 SPHERIC Online "Best Presentation Award", the "Journal of Hydrodynamics" High Citation Award. He serves as the editorial board member for six academic journals, including "Journal of Marine Science and Application", "Journal of Hydrodynamics", “Modern Subsea Engineering and Technology” and so on.
Dr. Zhilang Zhang, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Zhilang Zhang earned his Ph.D. from Peking University in 2021. Subsequently, he embarked on his academic journey as a postdoctoral research fellow at the National University of Singapore. Currently, he is working as a research scientist at ETH Zurich. His research primarily centers on computational mechanics, including the methodology development of smoothed particle hydrodynamics, the coupling of particle and mesh methods, multi-scale finite element methods, and peridynamics. In addition, Dr. Zhang also serves as an early-career editorial board member for the journal "Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer" and has reviewed for over 30 academic journals.
Dr. Ming He, School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, China
Dr. Ming He obtained his BEng and PhD degrees from Dalian University of Technology in 2010 and 2017, respectively. Afterwards, he joined Tianjin University where he serves as a lecturer (2017-2020) and now associate professor (2020-) in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. He has taken charge of 7 research projects and has published over 30 papers related to Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and wave/current-structure interaction. In addition, he is the review editor of Frontiers in Environmental Science, guest editor of Water and International Journal of Ocean and Coastal Engineering, and reviewer of over 30 journals.
Dr. Min Luo, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, China
Dr Min Luo is a Research Professor at the Ocean College of Zhejiang University. He obtained BEng from the Harbin Institute of Technology and PhD from the National University of Singapore. He previously worked as a Lecturer in the Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering at Swansea University. Dr Luo’s research concentrates on the development and application of advanced CFD models including particle methods for exploring the physics behind wave/current interaction with marine/coastal structures. The research outcomes have been published in 25 peer-reviewed journal papers. Dr Luo currently serves as the Associate Editor of Ocean Systems Engineering, the editorial board member of Journal of Hydrodynamics, and the guest editor of some SCI journals.
Summary
Background of the Topic
With technological advancements in computing equipment in the last few decades, the development of effective numerical methods has become increasingly crucial for research in important subfields of modern frontier physics, such as mechanics, electromagnetics, biology, and thermodynamics. Compared with the theoretical solutions and the experimental measurements, computational models usually demonstrate satisfactory accuracy, wide applicability, and adjustable scale. By making full use of advanced computer software and hardware technologies, numerical simulations are independent of considerations about the influence of external or operation factors, such as sensor sensitivity and operator error, and can obtain detailed, rich, and intuitive physically evolving solutions.
The most widely used methods in computational fluid dynamics are finite difference method (FDM), finite volume method (FVM), and finite element method (FEM). However, these methods usually require some special techniques in dealing with flows with free surface, multi-phase interface and moving boundaries. Special techniques to avoid mesh distortion include adaptive mesh generation and dynamic meshing technology. The computations and tracking of moving interfaces also usually require some special algorithms, such as VOF (Volume of Fluid) and LS (Level Set). In order to handle the limitations of traditional numerical methods, meshfree methods have been proposed, such as Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS), and Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM).
Goal of Topic
Meshfree methods have been widely applied into computational engineering sciences, and they are opening up new horizons of research in important fields that posed great challenges for conventional modelling capabilities previously. The main goal of this research topic is to provide a platform for researchers to exhibit the advances of theory and applications of meshfree methods in fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. With this context, the theoretical researches on meshfree methods include the improvement of accuracy, stability, and efficiency, as well as the mathematical analysis on computational aspects of meshfree techniques. The applications of meshfree methods include practical applications in engineering and sciences, as well as fluid mechanics and solid mechanics.
Scope of Topic
Both original research and review articles are encouraged. Topics of interest to this collection include, but are not limited to:
• Theoretical and mathematical aspects of meshfree methods
• Improved computational models and techniques of meshfree methods
• Boundary conditions of meshfree methods
• Coupling meshfree methods with mesh methods
• High-performance computing and visualization techniques of meshfree methods
• Computational models for fluid and structure
• Computational models for granular material
• Computational models for non-Newtonian fluid
• Computational models for soil
• Diversified meshless applications
Keywords
Meshfree Method; Fluid Mechanics; Solid Mechanics
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