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About关于我

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, working with Prof. Lei Fang. My research focuses on turbulence in the weak-inertia regime — flows where inertia is nearly gone, yet multiscale transport stubbornly persists.

我是匹兹堡大学土木与环境工程系的博士研究生,导师是 方磊 教授。 我的研究聚焦于弱惯性区间的湍流——在这类流动中,惯性几乎消失,多尺度输运却依然顽固地存在。

I study low-Reynolds-number turbulence, Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS), active-matter–flow interactions, and scale-to-scale energy transfer in quasi-two-dimensional flows, combining laboratory experiments (3D particle tracking velocimetry, electromagnetically forced flows) with custom spectral and Lagrangian diagnostics. A recurring theme in my work is that the geometry of a flow — how its stress and strain-rate tensors align — can carry as much physics as its energy, and that carefully controlling that geometry lets turbulence-like transport emerge in places it was never expected.

我研究低雷诺数湍流、拉格朗日拟序结构(LCS)、活性物质与流动的相互作用,以及准二维流动中尺度间的能量传递; 方法上把实验室实验(三维粒子追踪测速、电磁驱动流动)与自己开发的谱分析和拉格朗日诊断工具结合起来。 我工作中反复出现的一个主题是:流动的 几何结构——它的应力张量与应变率张量如何对齐—— 所承载的物理不亚于它的能量;而精细地调控这种几何结构,能让类湍流的输运在人们从未预期的地方出现。

I came to fluid mechanics from a mechanical and aerospace engineering background at the Southern University of Science and Technology, where I worked with Prof. Hongyan Yuan. That path — from solids and computation toward the physics of flows — shaped how I like to work: build the experiment, measure it carefully, and let the structure in the data tell the story rather than the other way around.

我从南方科技大学的机械与航空航天工程背景走进流体力学,本科期间跟随 袁鸿雁 教授做研究。 这条从固体力学与计算走向流动物理的路径,塑造了我喜欢的工作方式:亲手搭建实验、仔细测量, 让数据里的结构来讲述故事,而不是反过来。

Alongside research, I have taught as a teaching assistant at Pitt for Fluid Mechanics and for Engineering & Sustainable Development, which earned me the department's Teaching Assistant of the Year award. I find that explaining an idea clearly is part of understanding it in the first place.

在科研之外,我在匹兹堡大学担任过助教,教授流体力学以及工程与可持续发展课程,并因此获得了系里的 年度最佳助教 奖。我发现,把一个想法讲清楚,本身就是真正理解它的一部分。

Outside the lab, I enjoy photography — you'll find some of my photos around this site — and tinkering with hardware of all kinds.

实验室之外,我喜欢摄影——你会在这个网站的各处看到我拍的一些照片——也喜欢捣鼓各种硬件。

Ziyue Yu with advisor Prof. Lei Fang, holding the 2025 Teaching Assistant of the Year award
With my advisor, Prof. Lei Fang — 2025 CEE Teaching Assistant of the Year.与我的导师方磊教授合影——2025 年土木与环境工程系年度最佳助教。
  • PositionPh.D. Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • UniversityUniversity of Pittsburgh
  • B.Eng.Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUSTech (2020–2024)
  • LocationPittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Emailyuziyue20020619@outlook.com
  • 职位土木与环境工程博士研究生
  • 学校匹兹堡大学
  • 本科机械与航空航天工程,南方科技大学(2020–2024)
  • 所在地美国宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡
  • 邮箱yuziyue20020619@outlook.com
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Programs & Publications研究与论文

Research programs, papers, and talks. Preprints and PDFs are linked where available.研究项目、论文与学术报告。有预印本或 PDF 的地方都附了链接。

Accepted已接收

Tensor-Geometry-Activated Spectral Energy Transfer at Reynolds Numbers of Order Unity in Two-Dimensional Flows二维流动中由张量几何激活的、雷诺数为 O(1) 量级的谱能量传递

Z. Yu, X. Si, and L. Fang · Accepted, Journal of Fluid Mechanics · arXiv:2511.05800 [physics.flu-dyn] (2025)

Turbulence-grade spectral energy transfer does not require inertia. By aligning the stress and strain-rate tensors with small directional perturbations in an electromagnetically driven thin-layer flow, the scale-to-scale energy flux is amplified up to ~300× at Re ~ O(1), crossing the weak-turbulence threshold in a nominally laminar flow.达到湍流量级的谱能量传递并不需要惯性。在电磁驱动的薄层流动中,用微小的方向扰动使应力张量与应变率张量对齐,跨尺度的能量通量在 Re~O(1) 时被放大最多约 300 倍,使一个名义上层流的流动越过了弱湍流的门槛。

Finalizing定稿中

Two-Way Coupling in Active Suspensions Suppresses Particle Accumulation and Induces Non-Monotonic Flow Stabilization活性悬浮液中的双向耦合抑制颗粒聚集并诱导非单调的流动稳定化

M. Wu, Z. Yu, and L. Fang · Manuscript being finalized · Physical Review Fluids (2026)

Across 85 experiments with live Artemia salina swimmers in an electromagnetically driven cellular flow, finite swimmer loading suppresses the LCS accumulation predicted by one-way coupling, and the swimmers' back-reaction can either disrupt or — a previously unreported effect — reinforce the flow's transport skeleton, yielding a non-monotonic stability phase diagram in swimmer number × forcing strength.在 85 组以活体丰年虾(Artemia salina)为游动者、电磁驱动的胞状流动实验中,有限的游动者负载抑制了单向耦合所预测的 LCS 聚集;游动者的反作用既可能破坏、也可能——一种此前未见报道的效应——强化流动的输运骨架,从而在“游动者数量 × 驱动强度”平面上给出一个非单调的稳定性相图。

In Preparation筹备中

Filter-Space Decomposition of the Enstrophy Flux in Two-Dimensional Turbulence: Leonard Artifacts and Cross-Term Transfer二维湍流中拟涡能通量的滤波空间分解:Leonard 伪像与交叉项传递

Z. Yu and L. Fang · Manuscript in preparation · Physics of Fluids (2026)

Extends the Leonard/Cross/SGS decomposition of the energy flux to the enstrophy flux. The enstrophy Leonard term turns out to be a measurement artifact — 'pinwheels without transfer' — that vanishes identically for single-shell flows and appears only through zero-mean cross-shell mixing, while the true forward enstrophy cascade lives in the cross term. Validated with 1024²–4096² DNS and experiments across Re ≈ 11–959.把能量通量的 Leonard/交叉/亚格子分解推广到拟涡能通量。研究发现拟涡能的 Leonard 项其实是一种测量伪像——“只转不传”——它对单一波数壳层恒为零,只有通过空间均值为零的跨壳层混合才会出现;真正的正向拟涡能级串则来自交叉项。结论由 1024²–4096² 直接数值模拟与 Re≈11–959 的实验共同验证。

In Progress进行中

How Many Steps Does It Take to Kill the Tornado需要多少步才能“杀死”龙卷

Z. Yu and L. Fang · Research in progress (2025)

An energy-efficient strategy for destabilizing tornado-like vortices with small directional perturbations that trigger forward spectral energy flux and progressively collapse the vortex core.一种高能效的策略:用微小的方向扰动触发正向的谱能量通量,逐步瓦解类龙卷涡的涡核,从而使其失稳。

In Progress进行中

Three-Dimensional Active Suspensions: Alignment-Selected Inverse Energy Transfer三维活性悬浮液:取向选择型逆向能量传递

Z. Yu and L. Fang · Research in progress (2026)

A three-dimensional follow-on to the active-suspension work, pairing multi-camera 3D Lagrangian tracking (Shake-the-Box) of swimming brine shrimp with OpenFOAM simulations of jet arrays. It tests whether collective small-scale activity builds large-scale structure by enlarging the spatial fraction of tensor-aligned shear regions, driving an inverse energy cascade that strengthens with active-jet length.活性悬浮液工作的三维延续:将多相机三维拉格朗日追踪(Shake-the-Box)测得的丰年虾游动数据与射流阵列的 OpenFOAM 模拟结合,检验小尺度的集体活动是否通过扩大“张量对齐”的剪切区域占比来构建大尺度结构,从而驱动一个随活性射流长度增强的逆向能量级串。

In Progress进行中

Background-Flow Amplification of Small-Scale Stress in Stirred Two-Dimensional Flows受扰二维流动中背景流对小尺度应力的放大

Z. Yu and L. Fang · Research in progress · toward Physical Review Fluids (2026)

A background flow dynamically amplifies the sub-filter stress generated by a stirring rod array by roughly 7–70× — an enhancement not reproduced by kinematic linear superposition that grows with the background strain rate. Studied with PTV experiments and Brinkman-penalization simulations of rod arrays in cellular and shear backgrounds.背景流会把搅拌杆阵列产生的亚滤波尺度应力动态放大约 7–70 倍——这种增强无法用运动学线性叠加来解释,并随背景应变率增大。研究结合了 PTV 实验与杆阵列在胞状 / 剪切背景流中的 Brinkman 罚方法模拟。

In Progress进行中

Cross-Scale Energy and Enstrophy Cascades in Geophysical Flows: Typhoon Case Studies地球物理流动中的跨尺度能量与拟涡能级串:台风个例研究

Z. Yu and L. Fang · Research in progress (2026)

Applies the coarse-graining / tensor-geometry cascade framework to real atmospheric wind fields, computing the scale-to-scale energy flux and enstrophy flux in ERA5 850 hPa winds for super typhoons (Haiyan, Bavi).把粗粒化 / 张量几何的级串分析框架应用到真实大气风场,利用 ERA5 850 hPa 风场计算超强台风(海燕、巴威)中的跨尺度能量通量与拟涡能通量。

Talk会议报告

Low Reynolds Number Turbulence: Tensor Geometry Drives Turbulence in the Diminishing of Inertia低雷诺数湍流:张量几何在惯性消退中驱动湍流

Z. Yu and L. Fang · 78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Houston, TX (2025)

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Resume履历

A condensed version — the full CV is available as a PDF download.精简版——完整简历可 下载 PDF。

Education教育背景

Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering博士,土木与环境工程

Sep 2024 – Present2024 年 9 月 – 至今

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

匹兹堡大学,美国宾州匹兹堡

Advisor: Prof. Lei Fang

导师:方磊 教授

B.Eng., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering工学学士,机械与航空航天工程

Sep 2020 – Jun 20242020 年 9 月 – 2024 年 6 月

Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen

南方科技大学,深圳

Advisor: Prof. Hongyan Yuan

导师:袁鸿雁 教授

Presentations学术报告

78th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics美国物理学会流体力学分会第 78 届年会

Nov 20252025 年 11 月

“Low Reynolds Number Turbulence: Tensor Geometry Drives Turbulence in the Diminishing of Inertia,” Houston, TX.

《低雷诺数湍流:张量几何在惯性消退中驱动湍流》,美国德州休斯敦。

Teaching教学

Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh助教,匹兹堡大学

2024 – 2025

CEE 1402 Fluid Mechanics · CEE 1610 Engineering and Sustainable Development

CEE 1402 流体力学 · CEE 1610 工程与可持续发展

Selected Awards主要荣誉

Teaching Assistant of the Year年度最佳助教

2025

Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

匹兹堡大学土木与环境工程系

SUSTech Scholarships & Honors南方科技大学奖学金与荣誉

2020 – 2022

Second-class Scholarship for Outstanding Students · Fastest Progress Scholarship (MAE) · Star of Literature and Art · Outstanding Student Advisor

优秀学生二等奖学金 · 最快进步奖学金(机械系) · 文艺之星 · 优秀学生助理班主任

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Contact联系

Always glad to talk about fluid mechanics, active matter, or photography — whether it's a potential collaboration, a question about my work, or just to say hello. Email is the fastest way to reach me.

无论是潜在的合作、关于我研究的问题,还是只想打个招呼,我都很乐意聊聊流体力学、活性物质或摄影。 发邮件是找到我最快的方式。

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