Xiaolin Zhong, Ph.D.
(Stanford, 1991)

xiaolin@seas.ucla.edu
(310) 825-2905


Link(s):

Hypersonics and Computational Aerodynamics Group

 

 

Computational fluid dynamics, hypersonic flow, hypersonic boundary layer stability and transition, numerical simulation of transient hypersonic flow with nonequilibrium real gas effects, numerical simulation of micro two-phase flow, MHD control of hypersonic boundary layers, high-order numerical methods for flow simulation.



Selected Recent Publications:


Zhong, X., and Tatineni, M., "High-Order Non-Uniform Grid Schemes for Numerical Simulation of Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Stability and Transition," J of Computational Physics 190(2), 419–458, 2003.

Cheng, F., Zhong, X., Gogineni, S., and Kimmel, R., "Magnetic Field Effects on the Instability of a Weakly Ionized Mach 4.5 Boundary Layer," Physics of Fluids 15(7), 2020–2040, 2003.

Ma, Y., and Zhong, X., "Receptivity of a Supersonic Boundary Layer over a Flat Plate. Part 1: Wave Structures and Interactions," J of Fluid Mechanics 488, 31–78, 2003.

Ma, Y., and Zhong, X., "Receptivity of a Supersonic Boundary Layer over a Flat Plate. Part 2: Receptivity to Freestream Sound," J of Fluid Mechanics 488, 79–121, 2003.

Lee, T.K., Zhong, X., Gong, L., and Quinn, R., "Hypersonic Aerodynamic Heating Prediction Using Weighted Essentially NonoscillatorySchemes," J of Spacecraft and Rockets 30(2), 294–298, 2003.

Dong, H., and Zhong, X., "High-Order Semi-Implicit Schemes for Unsteady Compressible Flow Simulations," AIAA Journal 40, 869–878, May 2002.

Zhong, X., "Leading-Edge Receptivity to Free Stream Disturbance Waves for Hypersonic Flow over a Parabola," J of Fluid Mechanics 441, 315–367, 2001.