Associate Professor
Mathematics & Statistics

Yan Peng

2327 ENGR & COMP SCI BLDG
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Computational Fluid Dynamics, National University of Singapore, (2005)

M.S. in Computational Aerodynamics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, (1999)

Other in Computational Aerodynamics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, (1996)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Peng, Y. and Wang, J. "Numerical study of electrokinetic bioparticle transport through fluid-structure-electric interaction" $213,903. Federal. September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2016
Peng, Y., Luo, L., Liao, W. and Qian, S. "Numerical and experimental study of complex bio-fluids in microfluidic lab-on-a-chip for bio-medical applications" $70,599. 麻豆国产AV. January 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010
Luo, L., Liao, W. and Peng, Y. "Computing using general purpose graphic processing units (NNL08AA00C)" $30,000. Federal. June 24, 2008 - October 31, 2009
Luo, L., Liao, W. and Peng, Y. "Development and implementation of effective multigrid solvers for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations in 3D" $60,000. Federal. April 1, 2007 - September 25, 2007

Research Interests

My research has been concentrated on the mathematical analysis, numerical modeling and simulations by using kinetic methods, such as the lattice Boltzmann equation and gas kinetic scheme.

Articles

Liu, N. and Peng, Y. (2014). Length effects of a built-in flapping flat plate on the flow over a traveling wavy foil. Physical Review E 89 , pp. 063019.
Peng, Y., Liao, L. Wei., Luo, L. and Wang, L. (2010). Comparison of the lattice Boltzmann and pseudo-spectral methods for decaying turbulence: Low-order statistics. Computers & Fluids 39 , pp. 568-591.
Liao, W., Peng, Y. and Luo, L. (2009). Gas-kinetic schemes for direct numerical simulations of compressible homogeneous turbulence. Physical Review E 80 , pp. 046702.
Peng, Y. and Luo, L. (2008). A comparative study of immersed-boundary and interpolated bounce-back methods in LBE. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics 8 , pp. 156-167.
Liao, W., Peng, Y., Luo, L. and Xu, K. (2008). Modified gas-kinetic scheme for shock structures in argon. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics 8 , pp. 97-108.
Liao, W., Diskin, B., Peng, Y. and Luo, L. (2008). Textbook-efficiency multigrid solver for three-dimensional unsteady compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Journal of Computational Physics 227 , pp. 7160-7177.
Lallemand, P., Luo, L. and Peng, Y. (2007). A lattice Boltzmann front-tracking method for interface dynamics with surface tension in two-dimensions. Journal of Computational Physics 226 , pp. 1367-1384.
Peng, Y., Shu, C. and Chew, Y. T. (2007). Three-dimensional lattice kinetic scheme and its application to simulate incompressible viscous thermal flows. Communications in Computational Physics 2 , pp. 239-254.
Niu, X. D., Shu, C., Chew, Y. T. and Peng, Y. (2006). A momentum exchange-based immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method for simulating incompressible viscous flows. Physics Letters A 354 (3) , pp. 173-182.
Peng, Y., Shu, C., Chew, Y. T., Niu, X. D. and Lu, X. Y. (2006). Application of multi-block approach in the immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method for viscous fluid flows. Journal of Computational Physics 218 , pp. 460-478.
Shu, C., Peng, Y., Zhou, C. F. and Chew, Y. T. (2006). Application of Taylor series expansion and least-squares-based lattice Boltzmann method to simulate turbulent flows. Journal of Turbulence 7 , pp. N38.
Shu, C., Niu, X. D., Peng, Y. and Chew, Y. T. (2005). Taylor series expansion- and least square-based lattice Boltzmann method: an efficient approach for simulation of incompressible viscous flows. Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics 5 , pp. 27-36.

Conference Proceeding

Liao, W., Peng, Y. and Luo, L. (2010). Decay of compressible homogeneous turbulence with multi-temperature non-equilibrium (pp. 350) Orlando, Florida: AIAA.
Peng, Y., Liao, W., Luo, L. and Wang, L. (2009). A comparative study of the lattice Boltzmann and pseudo-spectral methods for decaying homogeneous istropic turbulence (pp. 0586) AIAA.
Liao, W., Peng, Y. and Luo, L. (2008). A comparative study of the LBE and GKS methods for direct numerical simulation of decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence (pp. 0548) AIAA.

Presentations

Peng, Y. and Luo, L. (November , 2009). A comparison of multiphase model for LBGK and LBE-MRT 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Peng, Y. and Luo, L. (July , 2009). A comparison of multiphase model for LBGK and LBE-MRT The 6th International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science Guanzhou, China.
Peng, Y., Liao, W., Luo, L. and Wang, L. (January , 2009). A comparative study of the lattice Boltzmann and psuedo-spectral methods for decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition Orlando, Florida.
Peng, Y. (April 25, 2008). Kinetic methods for computational fluid dynamics Richard F. Barry Colloquium Norfolk, VA.
Peng, Y. (February 16, 2007). Lattice Boltzmann equation - a kinetic method for CFD Richard F. Barry Colloquium Norfolk, VA.
Peng, Y. ( 2006). A study of lattice Boltzmann equation with immersed boundary method 3rd International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science Hampton, Virginia.
Peng, Y. ( 2006). Comparison of the interpolated bounce-back and immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann methods South Eastern Atlantic Mathematical Sciences Workshop Charleston, SC.
  • 2013: The college of science early career distinguished research award, college of science
  • 2010: The shining star award, 麻豆国产AV division of student engagement and enrollment services