Yang Lu

University of Leeds

Marie Curie Research Fellow • November 2020 — November 2023

Funded by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, I have taken a three-year position as an Early-Stage Researcher to work on a Horizon 2020 European Industry Doctorate project entitled "Eagre/Aegir: high-seas wave-impact modelling" (project number: 859983). The Marie Curie Actions offer the opportunity to combine academic research with industrial experiences and support inter-discipline and international research. Within this framework, a collaboration between the University of Leeds, the UK and the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN), the Netherlands has been set up, where I spent the first 18 months at the former to develop the mathematical and computational model, and the second half at the latter to perform the verifications and validations of the model. The target of the subproject I have undertaken, which is entitled "ExtremeWaves", focuses on better modelling of nonlinear water waves. It is set in the context of maritime-engineering sector. Its overall goal is to develop mathematical models, and accordingly, deliver computational modelling tools for simulating three-dimensional water waves as well as wave interactions commonly seen in this field. The goal has been achieved by using "Firedrake", a general finite-element simulation environment, where advanced numerical analysis and efficient implementation and validation have been performed.

Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN)

Visiting Researcher • June 2022 — October 2023

As part of the three-year Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks project that I have been participating in, entitled "Eagre/Aegir: high-seas wave-impact modelling", I have undertaken a secondment at the Maritime Research Institue Netherlands (MARIN), the Netherlands after 18 months of study and research at the University of Leeds, the UK. I worked as a Visiting Researcher to continue my research on mathematical and computational modelling of nonlinear water waves, which was expected to be empowered by the experiments conducted at the wave basin facilities at MARIN.

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Master of Engineering, Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics • 2017 — 2020

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Bachelor of Engineering, Energy and Power Engineering • 2013 — 2017

Outreach Activities

• Wajiha and Yang visited MathsCity in Trinity Leeds, the UK’s first National Mathematics Discovery Centre, to deliver the first outreach activity on 17 November 2021. Through the exhibition, the concept of green energy production by using offshore wind turbines was introduced to a group of home-schooled children and their parents.
• On 26 February 2022, Wajiha and Yang jointly delivered a talk to Year 9 students at the Leeds Maths Masterclasses under the auspices of the Royal Institution. The topic was "Maths for Green Power: Windmills in Sea Waves".

Social Media

A Twitter account and a Sina Weibo account have been created, and the project updates will be posted on these social media platforms.

GitHub Organisation

A Github organization has been created for this project, which serves as a platform to share our computational models for different sub-projects, to collaborate and communicate with group members as well as external users.

Variational potential-flow water-wave modelling • PhD research

• Junho Choi, Anna Kalogirou, Yang Lu, Onno Bokhove, and Mark A. Kelmanson. A Study of Extreme Water Waves Using a Hierarchy of Models Based on Potential-Flow Theory. Water Waves, 2024. (link)
• Floriane Gidel, Yang Lu, Onno Bokhove, and Mark A. Kelmanson. Variational and numerical modelling strategies for cost-effective simulations of driven free-surface waves. (EarthArXiv)

Lattice Boltzmann colour-gradient model for ternary fluid flows • Master's research

• Haihu Liu, Yang Lu, Sheng Li, Yuan Yu, and Kirti Chandra Sahu. Deformation and breakup of a compound droplet in three-dimensional oscillatory shear flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Volume 134, 2021, 103472. (link)
• Sheng Li, Yang Lu, Fei Jiang, and Haihu Liu. Lattice Boltzmann simulation of three-phase flows with moving contact lines on curved surfaces. Physical Review E, Volume 104, 2021, 015310. (link)

• Prof. Onno Bokhove
• Prof. Mark Kelmanson
• Dr. Tim Bunnik
• Wajiha Rehman