Publication

Journal Papers

  1. J. Rim, J. Yan, Y. Bazilevs, A naturally sharpened level-set formulation for incompressible free-surface flows, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2026.118798, 2026
  2. Y. Xu, Z. Zhao, J.Yan,DPTMS: data-physics coupling thermo-mechanical simulation method of quenching process, Engineering with Computers, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-025-02234-9, 2026
  3. S. Paudel, J. Yan, High-fidelity simulations of full-flight soccer ball aerodynamics using a monolithic overset approach, Computational Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-025-02705-2, 2025
  4. H. Cheng, S. Paudel, T. Sparks, J. Lua, J. Yan, A unified unresolved/semi-resolved ALE-VMS-DEM framework for flow–particle interaction with applications to powder dynamics modeling in additive manufacturing, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.118178, 2025
  5. J. Rim, J. Yan, An enriched immersed boundary method for Stefan problem with application to thermal modeling of additive manufacturing process, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2025.118157, 2025
  6. G. Zhai, B. Spencer, J. Yan, W. Liao, D. Gu, C. Contiguglia, C. Demartino, Y. Xu, Coupled data/physics-driven framework for accurate and efficient structural response simulation, Engineering Structures,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2025.119636, 2025
  7. J. Rim, Z. Zhao, J. Yan, Enriched immersed boundary method for convective conjugate heat transfer with level set-based surface reconstruction, Advances in Computational Science & Engineering, doi:10.3934/acse.2025002, 2025
  8. Q. Zhu, Z. Zhao, J. Yan, Multi-physics modeling of the 2022 NIST additive manufacturing benchmark (AM-Bench) test series, Computational Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-024-02532-x, 2025
  9. Y. Xu, Z. Zhao, K. Shrestha, W. Seneviratne, S. Liyanage, U. Palliyaguru, A. Karuppiah, J. Lua, N. Phan, J. Yan, A coupled data-physics computational framework for temperature, residual stress, and distortion modeling in autoclave process of composite materials, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108218, 2024
  10. J. Kim, H. Yoon, S. Cheng, F. Liu, S. Kang, S. Paudel, D. Cho, H. Luan, M. Lee, G. Jeong, J. Park, Y. Huang, S. Lee, M. Cho, G. Lee, M. Han, B. Kim, J. Yan, Y. Park, S. Jung, L. Chamorro, J. Rogers, Functional bio-inspired hybrid fliers with separated ring and leading edge vortices, PNAS Nexus, https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae110, 2024
  11. Z. Zhao, S. Paudel, Y. Xu, X. Wang, Q. Zhu, J. Yan, A monolithic overset finite element method for CFD with application to bio-inspired fliers, Engineering with Computers, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4623652/v1, 2024
  12. X. Wang, M. Jaiswal, A. Corpuz, S. Paudel, A. Balu, A. Krishnamurthy, J. Yan, M. Hsu, Photogrammetry-based computational fluid dynamics, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2023.116311, 2023
  13. R. Hunt, Z. Zhao, E. Silver, J. Yan, Y. Bazilevs, D. Harris, Drag on a partially immersed sphere at the capillary scale, Physical Review Fluids, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.084003, 2023 (Editor’s pick)
  14. Q. Zhu, X. Wang, C. Demartino, J. Yan, Revealing aeroelastic effects on low-rise roof structures in turbulent winds via isogeometric fluid-structure interaction, Computational Mechanics, 10.1007/s00466-023-02341-8, 2023
  15. H. Du, Z. Zhao, H. Cheng, J. Yan, Q. He, Modeling density-driven flow in porous media by physics-informed neural networks for CO2 sequestration, Computers and Geotechnics, 159, 105433, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105433, 2023
  16. Z. Zhao, J. Yan, On the space discretization and time integration for level set convection, Computational Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-023-02338-3, 2023
  17. Q. Yang, F. Chen, B. Yan, T. Li, J. Yan. A transport model of convective flow on self-excited vibrating flat flexible roofs using LES, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 238, 105426, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2023.105426, 2023
  18. Z. Zhao, J. Yan, Enriched immersed boundary method (EIBM) for interface-coupled multi-physics and applications to convective conjugate heat transfer, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2022.115667, 2022
  19. Z. Zhao, Q. Zhu, A. Karuppiah, M. Stuebner, J. Lua, N. Phan, J. Yan, Computational multi-phase convective conjugate heat transfer on overlapping meshes: a quasi-direct coupling approach via Schwarz alternating method, Computational Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-022-02217-3, 2022
  20. Q. Zhu, Z. Zhao, J. Yan, Physics-informed machine learning for surrogate modeling of wind pressure and optimization of pressure sensor placement, Computational Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00466-022-02251-1, 2022
  21. Q. Yang, F. Chen, B. Yan, T. Li, J. Yan, X. Hu, Effects of free-stream turbulence on motion-induced aerodynamic forces of a long-span flexible flat roof using LES simulations, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2022.105236, 2022
  22. Q. Zhu, M. Zhu, J. Yan, Isogeometric large-eddy simulations of turbulent particle-laden flows, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218202522500609, 2022
  23. Y. Yuan, B. Yan, X. Zhou, Q. Yang, G. Huang, Y. He, J. Yan, RANS simulations of aerodynamic forces on a tall building under twisted winds considering horizontal homogeneity, Journal of Building Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104628, 2022
  24. Z. Zhao, M. Stuebner, J. Lua, N. Phan, J. Yan, Full-field temperature recovery during water quenching processes via physics-informed machine learning, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2022.117534, 2022
  25. Q. Zhu, J. Yan, A mixed interface-capturing/interface-tracking formulation for thermal multi-phase flows with emphasis on metal additive manufacturing processes, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2021.113910, 2022
  26. Q. Zhu, Z. Liu, J. Yan, Machine learning for metal additive manufacturing: Predicting temperature and melt pool fluid dynamics using physics-informed neural networks, Computational Mechanics, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-020-01952-9, 2021
  27. Z. Zhao, Q. Zhu, J. Yan, A thermal multi-phase flow model for directed energy deposition processes via a moving signed distance function, Computer Method in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113518, 2021
  28. Z. Zhao, J. Yan, Variational multi-scale modeling of interfacial flows with a balanced-force surface tension model, Mechanics Research Communication, DOI:10.1016/j.mechrescom.2020.103608, 2021.
  29. Q. Zhu, J. Yan, A moving-domain CFD solver in FEniCS with applications to tidal turbine simulations in turbulent flows, Computers & Mathematics with Applications, DOI: j.camwa.2019.07.034, 2021
  30. G. Wang, L. Feng, W. Huang, S. Mukherjee, Y. Chen, D. Shen, B. Wang, J. Strzalka, D. Zheng, F. Melkonyan, J. Yan, F. Stoddart, S. Fabiano, D. DeLongchamp, M. Zhu, A. Facchetti, T. Marks, Mixed-flow design for microfluidic printing of two-component polymer semiconductor systems, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2000398117, 2020.
  31. Q. Zhu, J. Yan, AE Tejada-Martínez, Variational multiscale modeling of Langmuir turbulent boundary layers in shallow water using Isogeometric Analysis, Mechanics Research Communications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechrescom.2020.103570, 2020
  32. S. Lin, Z. Gan, J. Yan, G. Wangner, A conservative level set method on unstructured meshes for modeling multiphase thermo-fluid flow in additive manufacturing processes, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2020.113348, 2020
  33. J. Yan, X. Deng, F. Xu, S. Xu, Q. Zhu, Numerical simulations of two back-to-back horizontal axis tidal stream turbines in free-surface flows, Journal of Applied Mechanics, DOI:10.1115/1.4046317, 2020.
  34. J. Gao, M. Xiao, L. Gao, J. Yan, W. Yan, Isogeometric topology optimization for computational design of re-entrant and chiral auxetic composites, Computer Method in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2020.112876, 2020.
  35. Q. Zhu, F. Xu, S. Xu, M. Hsu, J. Yan, An immersogeometric formulation for free-surface flows with application to marine engineering problems, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, DOI:10.1016/j.cma.2019.112748, 2020.
  36. S. Xu, N. Liu, J. Yan, Residual-based variational multi-scale modeling for particle-laden gravity currents over flat and triangular wavy terrains, Computers and Fluids, DOI: j.compfluid.2019.05.008, 2019
  37. T. Helgedagsrud, Y. Bazilevs, K. Mathisen, J. Yan, and O. Oiseth, Modeling and simulation of bridge-section buffeting response in turbulent flow, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218202519410045, 2019
  38. S. Lin, J. Yan, D. Kats, G. Wagner, A Volume-conserving level set method on unstructured meshes using a control volume finite element formulation, Journal of Computational Physics, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2018.11.032, 2019
  39. Y. Bazilevs, J. Yan, A. Korobenko, X. Deng, Computer modeling of wind turbines: 2. Freesurface FSI and fatigue-damage, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-018-9287-y, 2019
  40. J. Yan, S. Lin, Y. Bazilevs, G. Wagner, Isogeometric analysis of multi-phase flows with surface tension and its application on bubble dynamics, Computers and Fluids, DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2018.04.017, 2019
  41. K. Li, Y. Shao, Z. Lu, H. Yan, Z. Lu, K.J. Griffith, J. Yan, G. Wang, H. Fan, J. Lu, W. Huang, B. Bao, X. Liu, C. Hou, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, J. Y, H. Wang, Lattice contraction triggered synchronous electrochromic actuator, Nature communication, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07241-7, 2018
  42. J. Yan, W. Yan, S. Lin, G. Wagner, A fully coupled finite element formulation for liquid-solid-gas thermo-fluid flow with melting and solidification, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2018.03.017, 2018
  43. W. Yan, S. Lin, O. Kafka, Y. Lian, C. Yu, Z. Liu, J. Yan, S. Wol, E. Ndip-Agbora, M. Mozaara, K. Ehmann, J. Cao, G. Wagner, W. Liu, Data-driven multi-scale multi-physics models to derive process-structure-property relationships for additive manufacturing, Computational Mechanics, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-018-1539-z, 2018
  44. R. Li, K. Li, G. Wang, L. Li, Q. Zhang, J. Yan, Y. Chen, Q. Zhang, C. Hou, Y. Li, H. Wang, Ion-Transport Design for High-Performance Na+-based Electrochromics, ASC Nano, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00974, 2018
  45. D. Kamensky, F. Xu, C. Lee, J. Yan, Y. Bazilevs, M. Hsu, A contact formulation based on a volumetric potential: Application to isogeometric simulations of atrioventricular valves, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2017.11.007, 2018
  46. Korobenko, J. Yan, S. Gohari, S. Sarkar, Y. Bazilevs, FSI simulation of two back-to-back wind turbines in atmospheric boundary layer flow, Computers and Fluids, DOI: 10.1016/j.comp, 2017
  47. J. Yan, X. Deng, A. Korobenko, Y. Bazilevs, Free-surface flow modeling and simulation of horizontal-axis tidal-stream turbines, Computers and Fluids, DOI: 10.1016/j.compuid.2016.06.016, 2017 (Tecplot 2016 Plot-Contest Winner)
  48. J. Yan, A. Korobenko, AE Tejada-Martnez, R. Golshan, Y. Bazilevs, A new variational multiscale formulation for stratified incompressible turbulent flows, Computers and Fluids, DOI: 10.1016/j.comp, 2017
  49. T. Opstal, J. Yan, C. Coley, J. Evans, T. Kvamsdal, Y. Bazilevs, Isogeometric divergence-conforming variational multiscale formulation of incompressible turbulent flows, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2016.10.015, 2017
  50. J. Yan, A. Korobenko, X. Deng, Y. Bazilevs, Computational free-surface fluid-structure interaction with application to floating offshore wind turbines, Computers and Fluids, DOI: 10.1016/j.comp, 2016
  51. Y. Bazilevs, X. Deng, A. Korobenko, J. Yan, Fluid-structure interaction modeling for fatigue-damage prediction in full-scale wind turbine blades, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, DOI: 10.1115/1.4030795, 2016
  52. J. Yan, B. Augier, A. Korobenko, J. Czarnowski, G. Keterman, Y. Bazilevs, FSI modeling of a propulsion system based on compliant hydrofoils in a tandem configuration, Computers and Fluids, DOI: 10.1016/j.comp, 2016
  53. X. Deng, J. Wang, J. Yan, T. Liu, S. Wang, Topology optimization of total femur structure: application of parameterized level set method under geometric constraints, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, DOI: 10.1115/1.4031803, 2016
  54. Y. Bazilevs, A. Korobenko, J. Yan, A. Pal, S. Gohari, S. Sarkar, ALE-VMS formulation for stratified turbulent incompressible flows with applications, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Science, DOI: 10.1142/S0218202515400114, 2015
  55. B. Augier, J. Yan, A. Korobenko, J. Czarnowski, G. Ketterman, Y. Bazilevs, Experimental and numerical FSI study of compliant hydrofoils, Computational Mechanics, DOI: 10.1007/s00466-014-1090-5, 2015
  56. Y. Bazilevs, A. Korobenko, X. Deng, J. Yan, Novel structural modeling and mesh moving techniques for advanced FSI simulation of wind turbines, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, DOI: 10.1002nme.4738, 2015
  57. Y. Wang, Q. Wang, X. Deng, Z. Xia, J. Yan, H. Xu, Graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerated fast multipole BEM with level-skip M2L for 3D elasticity problems, Advances in Engineering Software, DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2015.01.002, 2015
  58. X. Deng, A. Korobenko, J. Yan, Y. Bazilevs, Isogeometric analysis of continuum damage in rotation-free composite shells, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, DOI: 10.1016j.cma.2014.09.015, 2015
  59. Y. Bazilevs, J. Yan, M. Stadler, S. Sarkar, Computation of the ow over a sphere at Re = 3700: a comparison of uniform and turbulent inflow conditions, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, DOI: 10.1115/1.4028754, 2014
  60. Y. Bazilevs, A. Korobenko, X. Deng, J. Yan, M. Kinzel, J. Dabiri, FSI modeling of vertical-axis wind turbines, Journal of Applied Mechanics, DOI:10.1115/1.4027466, 2014
  61. J. Liu, J. Yan, S. Lo, A new insertion sequence for incremental Delaunay triangulation, Acta Mechanica Sinica, DOI 10.1007/s10409-013-0001-x, 2013

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