Prof Rui Zhao

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Brief introduction:

Dr. Zhao received his bachelor's degree from School of Aeronautic Science and Technology, Beihang University in 2008 and PhD from National Laboratory of CFD, Beihang University in 2013. Before joining Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) as a Research Assistant, he worked for School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology as a Associate Professor.

Dr Zhao is currently focusing on the following research topics:
(1) Hypersonic boundary-layer transition control;
(2) Hypersonic transition predication and modeling;
(3) DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES methods;
(4) CFD software design;
(5) Aero-acoustic environment prediction.

Publication

1. Zhao, C. Y. Wen, T. H. Long, X. D. Tian, L. Zhou, and Y. Wu. Spatial Direct Numerical Simulation of the Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Stabilization using Porous Coatings [J], AIAA Journal (Revision submitted)
2. Zhao, X. X. Zhang and C. Y. Wen, Theoretical Modeling of Porous Coatings with Simple Shapes of Pores for Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Stabilization [J], AIAA Journal (Revision submitted)
3. Tian, R. Zhao*, T. Long and C. Y. Wen, Reverse Design of Ultrasonic Absorptive Coating for the Stabilization of Mack Modes [J], AIAA Journal, 57(6),2264-2269,2019. (SCI)
4. Zhao, R., Liu, T., Wen, C., Zhu, J., and Cheng, L., Impedance-Near-Zero Acoustic Metasurface for Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Flow Stabilization [J], Physical Review Applied, 11, 044015, 2019. (SCI)
5. Ling Zhou, Rui Zhao*, Wu Yuan, Application of improved k-ω-γ transition model to hypersonic complex configurations [J], AIAA Journal, 57(5),2214-2221,2019. (SCI)
6. Zhao, T. Liu, C. Y. Wen*, J. Zhu, and L. Cheng. Theoretical Modeling and Optimization of Porous Coating for Hypersonic-laminar-flow Control [J], AIAA Journal,56(8),2942-2946,2018.(SCI)
7. Zhao, L. Zhou*, J. Ma, CFD design of ventilation system for large underground bus terminal in Macau Barrier Gate [J], Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics,179,1-13,2018. (SCI)
8. Ling Zhou, Rui Zhao*, Renfu Li. A combined criteria-based method for hypersonic three-dimensional boundary layer transition prediction [J]. Aerospace Science and Technology, 73,105-117,2018.(SCI)
9. Zhao R.*, Wen C.Y., Tian X.D, Long T H and Yuan W. Numerical simulation of local wall heating and cooling effect on the stability of a hypersonic boundary layer [J]. International Journal of heat and mass transfer 121,986-998,2018. (SCI)
10. Zhou L, Zhao R, Shi X P. An entropy-assisted shielding function in DDES formulation for the SST Turbulence Model [J], Entropy, 2017, 19(3): 93. (SCIE)
11. Zhao Rui, Rong Jili, Li Haixu, et al. Entropy-base detached-eddy simulation of the airwake over a simple frigate shape [J], Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 7(11), 1-13, 2015. (SCIE)
12. Zhao Rui, Rong Jili, Li Xinliang. Entropy and its application in turbulence modeling [J], Chinese Science Bulletin, 59(31),4137-4141, 2014. (SCI)
13. Zhao Rui, Yan Chao, Li Xinliang, Kong Weixuan. Towards an entropy-based detached eddy simulation [J], SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy,56(10),1970-1980, 2013. (SCI)
14. Zhao Rui, Yan Chao, Yu Jian, and Li Xinliang. A new kind Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model under the limit of entropy [J], Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 26(3), 529-534, 2013. (SCIE)
15. Zhao Rui, Xu Jinglei and Yan Chao. Scale-Adaptive Simulation of flow past wavy cylinders at a subcritical Reynolds number [J], Acta Mechanica Sinica, 27(5), 660-667, 2011. (SCI)
16. ZHAO Rui, LI Hai-xu, ZHAO Peng-cheng, RONG Ji-li. Progress in ship airwake qualification program [J], Journal of Ship Mechanics, 22(11),1431-1444, 2018. (EI, in Chinese)
17. RONG Jili, WANG Chao, ZHAO Rui, LI Haixu. Numerical calculation of frigate ship airwake with different hangar shapes [J], Journal of Ship Mechanics [J], 23(5), 512-522,2019. (EI, in Chinese)
18. Zhao Rui, Wang Chao, Li Hai-bo, et al. A new version of dynamic RANS/LES hybrid method [J], Journal of Aerospace Power, 38(9)，1950-1955,2017. (EI, in Chinese)
19. Zhao Rui, Rong Ji-li, Li Hai-bo. An investigation of the fluctuating pressure environment around the rocket fairing with different curvetypes [J], ACTA ARMAMENTARII, 38(5): 1020-1026, 2017. (EI, in Chinese).
20. Zhao Rui, Rong Jili, Li Haibo, Ren Fang. Definition of turbulent boundary-layer with entropy concept [J], MATEC Web of Conferences, 77: 02005, 2016.(EI)
21. Zhao Rui, Rong Ji-li, Ren Fang, et al. Improvement of the fluctuating pressure empirical functions of a body of revolution at transonic Mach numbers [J], Journal of Astronautics, 37(10)，1179-1184， (EI, in Chinese).
22. Zhao Rui, Rong Ji-li, Ren Fang, et al. Large eddy simulation of the aeroacoustic environment of a rocket fairing [J], Journal of Astronautics, 36(9), 891-897, 2015. (EI, in Chinese)
23. Zhao Rui, Yan Chao. Detailed investigation of detached-eddy simulation for the flow past a circular cylinder at Re=3900 [J], Applied Mechanics and Materials Journal, 232, 2012. (EI)
24. Zhao Rui, Yan Chao, Li Xinliang. Entropy increment ratio and its application in turbulence models [J], Acta Aerodynamica Sinica, 31(3), 381-386, 2013 (EI, in Chinese)
25. Zhao Rui, Yan Chao. A new version of Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model under the limit of entropy for supersonic flows [J], Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 38(2): 175-179, 2011. (EI, in Chinese)
26. Zhao Rui, Yan Chao. Evaluation of engineering turbulence models for complex supersonic flows [J], Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 37(2): 202-205, 2010. (EI, in Chinese)
27. Zhao Rui, Yan Chao, Kong Weixuan. A new version of detached-eddy simulation under the limit of entropy [J], Physics of Gases, Theory and Application. 2012, 7(1): 25-32. (in Chinese)
28. Zhao Rui, Tang Jun and Yan Chao. Drag optimization of airship using a new method [C], The 14th National Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2009: 829-833. (in Chinese) 
29. Zhao Rui.Aerothermal and ablation analysis of space debris reentry [D], Bachelor degree thesis, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 2008. (in Chinese)
30. Kong Weixuan, Zhao Rui, Yu Jian, et al. Numerical investigation of hypersonic double cone flow [J], Applied Mechanics and Materials Journal, 232, 2012. (EI)
31. Miao Meng, Zhao Rui, Qu Feng, et al. Evaluation of compressible corrections in hyper/supersonic flows [C], The 16th symposium of hypersonic aerodynamics/thermodynamics, 2011.(in Chinese)
32. Gao Ruize, Xu Jinglei, Zhao Rui and Yan Chao. Evaluation of XY-SAS model for separated flows [J], Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 36(4): 415-419, 2010. (EI, in Chinese)

(Conference)
1. Investigation of aeroacoustic environment around the launch vehicle fairing. Flight Dynamics and Automatic Control Workshop 2016 (FDACW 2016), July 25-29, 2016, Munich, German. 

2. Definition of turbulent boundary-layer with entropy concept. 2016 International Conference on Power, Energy and Mechanical Engineering (ICPEME 2016), June 18-20, 2016, Bangkok, Thailand 

3. Empirical predication of fluctuating pressure environments around a rocket fairing. 2016 3nd International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME 2016), January 30-31, 2016, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 

4. Numerical and modeling influences on detached-eddy simulation of the flow past a circular cylinder at Re=3900. 3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE 2012), Paris, France, July,2012 

5. Detailed investigation of detached-eddy simulation for the flow past a circular cylinder at Re=3900. Fourth Symposium on Hybrid RANS-LES Methods, Beijing, China, Sept. 2011. 

6. Direct Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Stabilization with Acoustic Metasurfaces. The 32nd International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW32), July 14–19, 2019, Singapore.