William W.
Liou, Ph.D.
Publications
Books
Microfluid Mechanics, William W.
Liou and Yichuan Fang,
Encyclopedia
of Micro- and Nanofluidics. Sole Contributer to Chaotic
Flows and
Technical Papers
2010:
Y.Yang and W.W. Liou, “A reduced-order general continuum method for dynamic simulations of carbon nanotube,” 51st AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Orlando, Florida, 12-25 April 2010. AIAA-2010-2898.
M.-H. Lu and W.W. Liou “Two-layer model for implicit large-eddy simulations using a high-order compact scheme,”. 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 4-7 January 2010. AIAA-2010-1101.
M.-H. Lu and W.W. Liou “A new second-order closure for rough- wall turbulent flows using the Brinkman equation,” Accepted for publication in Computers and Fluids (2010).
2009:
W.W. Liou and M.-H. Lu “Rough wall layer modeling using the flow Brinkman equation,” Journal of Turbulence, 10, 1-24 (2009).
W.W. Liou, Y. Peng, P. Parker, “Analytical modeling of capillary flow in tubes of nonuniform cross section,”Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 333, 389-399 (2009).
M.-H. Lu and W.W. Liou, “A new two-equation closure for turbulent flows over rough walls using the Brinkman equation,” AIAA Journal, 47, No.2, 386-398 (2009).
T. Liu, J. Montefort, W.W. Liou, S. Pantula, Y. Yang, Q. Shams “Post-Stall flow control using a flexible fin on airfoil,”, 47th AIAA AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, 5-8 January 2009. AIAA-2009-1106.
S. Pantula, M.-H. Lu, W.W. Liou, “Calculations of
turbulent flow around airfoils with attached flexible fin using an immerse boundary
method,” 47th AIAA AIAA Aerospace
Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
M.-H. Lu and W.W. Liou, “Numerical study of roughness effects on a NACA0012 airfoil using a new second-order closure of the rough wall layer modeling,” 47th AIAA AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Orlando, FL, 5-8 January 2009. AIAA-2009-0052.
T. Liu, W.W. Liou, and M. Schulte “Aeroship: A hybrid flight platform,” Journal of Aircraft, 46, 667-674 (2009).
2008:
W.W. Liou and M.-H.
Lu, “Rough wall layer modeling using the Brinkman equation,”
(Invited) 5th AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference,
M.-H. Lu and W.W.
Liou, “Numerical study of roughness effects on a NACA0012 Airfoil
using a new rough wall layer modeling,”. 38th
AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit,
M.-H. Lu and W.W. Liou, “A second-order closure for the new rough wall layer modeling using the Brinkman equation in turbulent boundary layers,” 38th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Seattle, Washington, 23-26 June 2008. AIAA-2008-4405.
M.-H. Lu and W.W. Liou “New Rough Wall Layer Modeling Using the Brinkman
Equation in Turbulent Boundary Layers,” 46th AIAA Aerospace
Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
W.W.
Liou, T. Liu, J. Montefort, S. Pantula, and Q.
Shams. “Extended Trailing
Edge: Experimental and Computational Studies,” (Invited) Oral only. 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
2007:
M.-H. Lu and W.W. Liou, “Assessment of two low-Reynolds-number k-ε models in turbulent boundary
layer with surface roughness,”
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 44, No.6. pp.1307-1316
(2007).
T. Liu, J. Montefort, W.W. Liou, and S. Pantula. “Static extended trailing edge for lift enhancement,” Journal of Aircraft, 44, 1939-1947 (2007).
W.W. Liou and S. Pantula.
“Unsteady flow calculation for flexible thin plate,” 37th
AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit,
T. Liu, J. Montefort, W.W.
Liou, and S. Pantula. “Static
extended trailing edge for lift enhancement: Experimental and Computational
Studies,” 3rd Internationa Symposium
on Integrating CFD and Experiments in Aerodynamics,
D.R. Gonzalez, M.Sanford, W.W.Liou, and R.
Hixon, “Acoustic
response modeling of energetics systems in confined
spaces,” Accepted for SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Modeling
and Simulation for Military Applications,
M.-H. Lu and W.W.
Liou, “Assessment of two
low-Reynolds-number k-ε model in turbulent boundary layer with surface
roughness,”
45th AIAA
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 8-11 January 2007. AIAA paper 2007-1448.
W.W. Liou and C-H Leong, “Gas turbine engine testing education at Western Michigan University,” 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 8-11 January 2007. AIAA paper 2007-703.
W.W.
Liou, S. Pantula, T. Liu, J. Montefort, and D. Ludens, “Simulation
of cylinder with a flapping element attached to its end,” 45th AIAA
Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
D.R. Gonzalez, W.W. Liou, and R.Hixon, “Turbulent flow predictions using a high-order CAA code,” 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, 8-11 January 2007. AIAA paper 2007-1453.
2006:
T.Liu and W.W.Liou, “Terrestrial and planetary aeroship,” AIAA 24th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA paper 2006-3922.
W.W.Liou, K. Ro, and H.Szu, “Interaction field modeling of mini-UAV swarm,” SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications, Orlando, FL, SPIE paper 6228-23 (2006).
Y. Fang and W.W. Liou,
“Toward the development of
information preservation and its statistical scattering for DSMC,” 44th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
2005:
H. Szu,
N. Xing, W.W.Liou,
and K. Ro, “Nanotechnology applied
to aerospace and aeronautics: Swarming,” AIAA Infotech@Aerospace,
Y.Yang, W.W.Liou, “Comparison of computational and experimental aerodynamics results for a WMU solar car model,” 2005 SAE World Congress, SAE 2005-01-1910.
Y.Fang, W.W.Liou, and G.A.Bird, ``DSMC Collision Separation Distance Effects
on the Pattern Formation of Stationary Microflows,”
43th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and
Exhibit,
2004:
W.W.Liou,
Y.Fang, and G.A.Bird, ``Direct
numerical simulation of a forced micro Couette flow
using DSMC,” 24th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas
Dynamics, PortoGiardino,
C.H. Leong, J. Jacob and W.W. Liou,
``Development of a Turbojet Engine Lab for Propulsion Education,”
40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit,
Y.Fang, W.W. Liou, and G.A. Bird, ``Three-Dimensional
simulations of Rayleigh-Benard Convection by
DSMC,” 37th AIAA Thermalphysics
Conference,
Y.Fang, W.W. Liou, and G.A. Bird, ``DSMC
simulations of disturbance dynamics in a forced chaotic flow," 34th
AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference,
W.W. Liou, Y.Fang and G.A. Bird, ``Forced
Couette flow simulations using DSMC," 42nd
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
W.W. Liou and Y.Fang, ``Forced Couette flow simulations using DSMC," Physics of Fluids, 16 (4211-4200) 2004.
Fengjun Liu and
W.W. Liou, ``Numerical calculation of the transitional flow over a
hydrofoil," 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
2003:
W.W. Liou, Y.Fang
and G.A. Bird, ”DSMC simulations of forced chaotic flows,"
33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference,
W.W. Liou, F. Liu, Y.Fang and G.A.
Bird, ``Navier-Stokes and DSMC simulations
of forced chaotic micro flows," 33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference,
W.W. Liou and F. Liu,``Compressible
linear stability of confluent wake/boundary layers," AIAA Journal,
41, No.12, 2349-2356 (2003). Also, 33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference,
W.W. Liou and Y.Fang, ``Modeling of
the surface roughness effects for microchannel flows,"
33rd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference,
F.Liu, W.W.Liou,
and R.D.Joslin,``Numerical simulations
of confluent wake/boundary layer flows," AIAA 41st Aerospace
Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
W.W.Liou, Y.Fang ,and G.A. Bird, ``Three-dimensional vortical flow simulations using direct simulation Monte Carlo method,," AIAA 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, 6-9, January 2003. AIAA paper 2003-1288.
Y. Fang, W.W.Liou, and
X. Xu, ``Skin friction prediction for high-speed
turbulent boundary layer with ablation," Journal of Spacecraft and
Rockets, 41 (893-895) 2004. Also, AIAA 41st Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit,
2002:
Y. Fang and W.W.Liou, ``Computations of the flow and heat transfer in microdevices using DSMC with implicit boundary conditions," Journal of Heat Transfer, 124, Issue 2, 338-345 (2002).
W.W.Liou and Y. Fang, ``Bursting
frequency predictions for compressible turbulent boundary layers," AIAA
Journal, 41, No.6, 1022-1028 (2003). Also, AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit,
Y. Fang and W.W.Liou,
``Microfluid flow computations using a
parallel DSMC code," AIAA 40th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit,
2001:
W.W.Liou and Y. Fang, "Heat transfer in microchannel devices using DSMC," Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 10, 274-279 (2001).
W.W.Liou and F. Liu, “Spatial linear instability of confluent wake/boundary layers," AIAA Journal, 39, No. 11, 2076-2081 (2001).
Y. Fang and W.W.Liou, ``Predictions
of MEMS flow and heat transfer using DSMC with implicit boundary conditions,"
AIAA 35th Thermophysics Conference,
Y. Fang and W.W.Liou,
``The development of a Burnett equations solver for microfluid
flow and heat transfer simulations," AIAA 31st Fluid Dynamics
Conference,
2000:
W.W.Liou and F. Liu, "Computational modeling for the transitional flow over a multi-element airfoil." AIAA 18th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Denver, CO, August 2000, AIAA paper 2000-4322.
W.W.Liou and Y.Fang,
"Implicit boundary conditions for Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method
in MEMS flow predictions" Computer Modeling in Engineering and
Sciences, 1, 119 (2000).
W.W.Liou, G.Huang, and T.-H.Shih, "Turbulence model assessment of shock wave/turbulent boundary-layer interaction in transonic and supersonic flows." Computers and Fluids, 29, 275-299 (2000).
W.W.Liou, Y.Fang,
and R.S. Baty, "Bursting frequency prediction in turbulent boundary
layers," International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and
Fluid Flow, 10, 862-876
(2000).
1999:
W.W.Liou and F. Liu,
"Computational modeling for the flow over a multi-element airfoil."
AIAA 17th Applied Aerodynamics Conference,
F. Liu and W.W.Liou
"A new Approach for eliminating numerical oscillations of Roe family of
schemes at sonic points." AIAA 37th Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit, January,
1998:
W.W.Liou and T.H. Shih, " Modeling of shock wave/turbulent boundary-layer interactions," AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 34th Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 1998, AIAA paper 98-3244.
1997:
W.W.Liou and T.H.Shih, "Bypass transitional flow calculations using a Navier-Stokes solver and two-equation models," 33rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, July 6-9, 1997, AIAA paper 97-2738.
A. Yoshizawa, W.W.Liou,
N. Yokoi, and T.H. Shih, "Modeling of compressible effects on the
Reynolds stress using a Markovianized two-scale
method," Physics of Fluids,
9, 3024-3036 (1997)
T.H. Shih, J. Zhu, W.W.Liou, K.H. Chen, N.S. Liu, and J.L. Lumley, "Modeling of turbulent swirling flows" Turbulent Shear Flow XI, NASA TM 113112 (1997).
1996:
A.Norris, W.W.Liou, and J. Deur,"Calculations of turbulent reacting flows in can combustors," 32nd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, July 1-3, 1996, AIAA paper 96-3169.
1995:
W.W.Liou, T.H.. Shih,
and B.S. Duncan,"A multiple-scale
model for compressible turbulent flows," Physics of Fluids, 7,
658-666 (1995)
T.H. Shih, W.W.Liou, A.Shabbir, Z.Yang, and J.Zhu, "A new k-e eddy viscosity model for high
Reynolds number turbulent flows", Computers and Fluids, 24,
227-238 (1995).
W.W.Liou and T.H. Shih, "Transonic turbulent flow predictions with new two-equation turbulence models,"13th AIAA Applied Aerodynamic Conference, 1995, AIAA paper 95-1805.
W.W.Liou and P.G. Huang,"Calculatios of oblique shock wave/turbulent boundary-layer interactions with new two-equation turbulence models," ASME FED-Vol 224, 123-130.(1995).
1994:
P.G. Huang and W.W.Liou,"Numerical
calculation of shock-wave/boundary-layer flow interactions," NASA TM
106694 (1994).
W.W.Liou, "Linear instability of curved free shear layer," Physics of Fluids, 6, 541-549 (1994).
1993:
T.H.Shih, W.W.Liou, A.Shabbir, Z.Yang and J.Zhu, "A vorticity dynamics based model for the turbulent dissipation," NASA TM106177 (1993).
1992:
W.W.Liou and P.J. Morris, "Weakly nonlinear models for turbulent mixing in a plane mixing layer," Physics of Fluids, 4, 2798-2808 (1992).
W.W.Liou and P.J. Morris, "The eigenvalue spectrum of the Rayleigh
equation for a plane shear layer,"
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 15,
1407-1415 (1992).
W.W.Liou, "A new energy transfer model for turbulent free shear flow," NASA TM 105854 (1992).
1991:
W.W.Liou and T.H.Shih,"On the basic equations for the second-order modeling of compressible turbulence," NASA TM 105277 (1991)
Invited Lectures
“Rough Wall Layer Modeling using the
Brinkman Equation,” Invited
paper in Turbulent Boundary Layer, 5th
AIAA Theoretical Fluid Mechanics Conference,
“Career Development/Building
a Successful Research Program,”
Grant Development Workshop, Office of the Vice President For Research,
“Extended Trailing Edge:
Experimental and Computational Studies,”
Invited paper in Further Case Studies in
the Fluids Information Triad, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences
Meeting and Exhibit,
“Globalization in
Engineering-Automotive,”
Invited speaker in Engineering for the
Global Market: Automotive Excellence. 26th American Society of
Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI) National Convention,
“Center for Advanced Vehicle
Design and Simulation,”
Invited luncheon speaker, Engineering Leaders Conference, DANA Corporation, Commercial
Vehicle Systems, May 30, 2007.
“Microfluid Dynamics”
Invited paper in 24th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas
Dynamics,
"Computational
Modeling of Turbulent Flows" given
to a short course on Advances in Computational
Fluid Dynamics,
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