Zhe Li

Research

• Coupling algorithms for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) such as the blood-aortic valve interaction, piezoelectric energy harvesting, etc.
• Numerical methods for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) such as SPH, LBM, FVM, etc.
• Gas kinetic theory and numerical schemes

1. R. Mou, Z. Li, X. Huang, W. Huang, L. Fang*. Lift mechanism and strategies of a variable-area flapping wing. Journal of Fluids and Structures, vol. 138, pp. 104388, 2025.
2. J. Lopez*, Z. Li, G. Oger. An LBM-FEM robust and efficient fluid-structure coupling scheme for partitioned numerical simulation of blood flow-aortic valve interaction. Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 196, pp. 110578, 2025.
3. W. Yang, D. Yang, Z. Li, L. Jézéquel, X. Huang*. Modal-based hybrid vibration control using friction and piezoelectric actuation for broadband frequency suppression. International Journal of Dynamics and Control, vol. 13, pp. 205, 2025.
4. H. Wang, X. Huang, Z. Li, L. Fang*. Design of a Portable Integrated Fluid–Structure Interaction-Based Piezoelectric Flag Energy-Harvesting System. Fluids, vol. 10, pp. 121, 2025.
5. G. Wang, X. Yu, G. Wang, X. Kong, Z. Li, Y. Xie, K. Liu*. Research on the influence of intake structure on Local-Scrubber combustion process. Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 511, pp. 162126, 2025.
6. G. Wang, L. Lai, X. Kong, G. Wang, Z. Li, Y. Xie, K. Liu*. Thermal distribution experiment and structural deformation analysis of Roots dry vacuum pump. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 163, pp. 108733, 2025.
7. R. Mou, Z. Li, X. Huang, W.X. Huang, L. Fang*. Shape optimization of a flexible flapping wing with hovering kinematics. Physics of Fluids, vol. 37, pp. 031916, 2025.
8. Z. Li*. Improved gas kinetic flux solver with locally rescaled Gauss-Hermite quadrature for supersonic continuum and rarefied flows. Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 524, pp. 113700, 2025.
9. L. Fang, Z. Zhou, X. Huang, Z. Li. Initialization Algorithms of a Rigid-Flexible Coupling Fluid-Structure Interaction System by Considering Length-and-Area Constraints. Water, vol. 16, pp. 3265, 2024.
10. Y. Cheng, G. Wang, Z. Li, W. Ni, J. Wang, Y. Xie*, K. Liu*. Numerical Calculation and Simulation Analysis of Gas Thermodynamic Process in Screw Vacuum Pump. Chinese Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, vol. 44, pp. 1040-1051, 2024.
11. G. Wang, X. Kong, Z. Li, L. Lai, Y. Xie, D. Ba, G. Wang, K. Liu. Research on the influence of gas types on the pumping performance of dry Roots vacuum pump. Vacuum, vol. 229, pp. 113584, 2024.
12. Z. Li, G. Wang, X. Zou, X. Wang, K. Liu*. Grad's 13 moments-based gas kinetic flux solver with triangle unstructured meshes for simulating continuum and rarefied fluid flows. Physics of Fluids, vol. 36, pp. 027147, 2024.
13. Z. Li, X. Huang*, L. Fang. Numerical modeling of fluid–structure–piezoelectric interaction for energy harvesting. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 414, pp. 116164, 2023.
14. Z. Tan, P. Sun*, N. Liu, Z. Li, H. Lyu, R. Zhu. SPH simulation and experimental validation of the dynamic response of floating offshore wind turbines in waves. Renewable Energy, vol. 205, pp. 393-409, 2023.
15. Z. Li*, L. Vittoz, G. Oger, D. Le Touzé. A simplified and efficient weakly-compressible FV-WENO scheme for immiscible two-phase flows. Computers & Fluids, vol. 244, pp. 105555, 2022.
16. Z. Li*, G. Oger, D. Le Touzé. A partitioned framework for coupling LBM and FEM through an implicit IBM allowing non-conforming time-steps: application to fluid-structure interaction in biomechanics. Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 449, pp. 110786, 2022.
17. W. Cao, Z. Li*, X. Li, D. Le Touzé. A regularized single-phase lattice Boltzmann method for free-surface flows. Computers & Mathematics with Applications, vol. 80, pp. 2194-2211, 2020.
18. Z. Li*, G. Oger, D. Le Touzé. A finite volume WENO scheme for immiscible inviscid two-phase flows. Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 418, pp. 109601, 2020.
19. Z. Li*, W. Cao, D. Le Touzé. On the coupling of a direct-forcing immersed boundary method and the regularized lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-structure interaction. Computers & Fluids, vol. 190, pp. 470-484, 2019.
20. Z. Li*, J. Favier. A non-staggered coupling of finite element and lattice Boltzmann methods via an immersed boundary scheme for fluid-structure interaction. Computers & Fluids, vol. 143, pp. 90-102, 2017.
21. Z. Li*, J. Favier, U. D'Ortona, S. Poncet. An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for single- and multi-component fluid flows. Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 304, pp. 424-440, 2016.
22. Z. Li, J. Leduc, J. Nunez-Ramirez, A. Combescure*, J. Marongiu. A non-intrusive partitioned approach to couple smoothed particle hydrodynamics and finite element methods for transient fluid-structure interaction problems with large interface motion. Computational Mechanics, vol. 55, pp. 697-718, 2015.
23. Z. Li, J. Leduc, A. Combescure*, F. Leboeuf. Coupling of SPH-ALE method and finite element method for transient fluid–structure interaction. Computers & Fluids, vol. 103, pp. 6-17, 2014.
24. Z. Li, A. Combescure*, F. Leboeuf. Coupling of finite volume and finite element subdomains using different time integrators. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, vol. 72, pp. 1286-1306, 2013.