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Engineering Dept.

Current and recent research projects include:

• Surface Tension Modelling

Students supervised by Jie Li currently are:

• Shengyong Xia

Dr. J. Li

Lecturer, BP Institute and Engineering

Dr. Li works on a variety of problems in computational fluid dynamics, mostly dealing with interfaces at low Reynolds number.

Biography

Career

• 2000 Lecturer, BP Institute
• 1997 Postdoctoral research, Virginia Tech., USA
• 1996 Ph.D. Fluid Mechanics, Université de Paris VI, France.
• 1993 M.Sci. Theoretical Mechanics, Université de Paris VI, France.
• 1992 M.Sci. Numerical Analysis, Université de Paris VI, France.
• 1988 B.Sci. Mathematics, Wuhan University, China.

Research

• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Non-Newtonian Flow
• Two Phase Flow

Earlier Publications

• Vella D. and Li J.E. (2010) The impulsive motion of a small cylinder at an interface. PHYS FLUIDS 22 (5): - MAY 2010 052104.
• Young Y.N., Booty M.R., Siegel M. and Li J. (2009) Influence of surfactant solubility on the deformation and breakup of a bubble or capillary jet in a viscous fluid. PHYS FLUIDS 21 (7): - JUL 2009 072105.
• Hameed M., Siegel M., Young Y.N., Li J., Booty M.R. and Papageorgiou D.T. (2008) Influence of insoluble surfactant on the deformation and breakup of a bubble or thread in a viscous fluid. J FLUID MECH 594: 307-340 JAN 10 2008.
• Boeck T., Li J., Lopez-Pages E., Yecko P. and Zaleski S. (2007) Ligament formation in sheared liquid-gas layers. THEOR COMP FLUID DYN 21 (1): 59-76 JAN 2007.
• Zheng M.Z., Li J., Mackley M.R. and Tao J.J. (2007) The development of asymmetry for oscillatory flow within a tube containing sharp edge periodic baffles. PHYS FLUIDS 19 (11): - NOV 2007 114101.
• Etienne J., Hinch E.J. and Li J. (2006) A Lagrangian-Eulerian approach for the numerical simulation of free-surface flow of a viscoelastic material. J NON-NEWTON FLUID 136 (2-3): 157-166 JUL 15 2006.
• Clasen C., Eggers J., Fontelos M.A., Li J. and McKinley G.H. (2006) The beads-on-string structure of viscoelastic threads. J FLUID MECH 556: 283-308 JUN 10 2006.
• Li J. (2006) The effect of an insoluble surfactant on the skin friction of a bubble. EUR J MECH B-FLUID 25 (1): 59-73 JAN-FEB 2006.
• Li J., Hesse M., Ziegler J. and Woods A.W. (2005) An arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian method for moving-boundary problems and its application to jumping over water. J COMPUT PHYS 208 (1): 289-314 SEP 1 2005.
• Fontelos M.A. and Li J. (2004) On the evolution and rupture of filaments in Giesekus and FENE models. J NON-NEWTON FLUID 118 (1): 1-16 MAR 20 2004.
• Li J. and Fontelos M.A. (2003) Drop dynamics on the beads-on-string structure for viscoelastic jets: A numerical study. PHYS FLUIDS 15 (4): 922-937 APR 2003.
• Renardy Y., Cristini V. and Li J. (2002) Drop fragment distributions under shear with inertia. INT J MULTIPHAS FLOW 28 (7): 1125-1147 JUL 2002.
• Renardy M., Renardy Y. and Li J. (2001) Numerical simulation of moving contact line problems using a volume-of-fluid method. J COMPUT PHYS 171 (1): 243-263 JUL 20 2001.
• Renardy Y.Y. and Li J. (2001) Merging of drops to form bamboo waves. INT J MULTIPHAS FLOW 27 (5): 753-763 MAY 2001.
• Renardy Y.Y. and Li J. (2000) Numerical simulation of two-fluid flows of viscous immiscible liquids. FLUID MEC A 57: 117-126 2000.
• Li J. and Renardy Y.Y. (2000) Shear-induced rupturing of a viscous drop in a Bingham liquid. J NON-NEWTON FLUID 95 (2-3): 235-251 DEC 25 2000.
• Li J., Renardy Y.Y. and Renardy M. (2000) Numerical simulation of breakup of a viscous drop in simple shear flow through a volume-of-fluid method. PHYS FLUIDS 12 (2): 269-282 FEB 2000.
• Li J. (2000) Numerical study of flows of two immiscible liquids at low Reynolds number. SIAM REV 42 (3): 417-439 SEP 2000.
• Gueyffier D., Li J., Nadim A., Scardovelli R. and Zaleski S. (1999) Volume-of-fluid interface tracking with smoothed surface stress methods for three-dimensional flows. J COMPUT PHYS 152 (2): 423-456 JUL 1 1999.
• Chen G., Kharif C., Zaleski S. and Li J. (1999) Two-dimensional Navier-Stokes simulation of breaking waves. PHYS FLUIDS 11 (1): 121-133 JAN 1999.
• Renardy Y.Y. and Li J. (1999) Comment on "A numerical study of periodic disturbances on two-layer Couette flow" [Phys. Fluids 10, 3056 (1998)]. PHYS FLUIDS 11 (10): 3189-3190 OCT 1999.
• Li J. and Renardy Y. (1999) Direct simulation of unsteady axisymmetric core-annular flow with high viscosity ratio. J FLUID MECH 391: 123-149 JUL 25 1999.
• Li J., Renardy Y.Y. and Renardy M. (1998) A numerical study of periodic disturbances on two-layer Couette flow. PHYS FLUIDS 10 (12): 3056-3071 DEC 1998.
• Zaleski S., Li J., Scardovelli R. and Zanetti G. (1997) Direct simulation of multiphase flows with density variations. FLUID MEC A 41: 51-58 1997.
• LI J. (1995) PIECEWISE-LINEAR INTERFACE CALCULATION. CR ACAD SCI II 320 (8): 391-396 Part 1 APR 20.
• ZALESKI S., LI J. and SUCCI S. (1995) Two-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Simulation of Deformation and Breakup of Liquid Patches. PHYS REV LETT 75 (2): 244-247 JUL 10 1995.

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