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Hongyou Liu

Name：Hongyou Liu
Date of Birth：June 1, 1988
Nationality：China
Institution：Center for Particle-Laden Turbulence, College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, , Lanzhou University
Address：222 Tinashe Road, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Email：liuhongyou@lzu.edu.cn
Education
Sep 2011-Jun 2017 Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (Supervisor: Prof. Xiaojing Zheng)
Sep 2007-Jun 2011 B.E. in Engineering Mechanics, School of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Appointments
Feb 2025-present Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Feb 2020-Jan 2025 Research Scientist, College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Sep 2017- Sep 2019 Postdoctoral, College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (Supervisor: Prof. Youhe Zhou)
Research Areas
High-Reynolds-Number Wall-bounded Turbulence, Particle-Laden Flow, Turbulent in Sandstorm, Thermal Stability, Field Observation, Non-stationary Flow
Visiting Positions
1.Member of the Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM)
2.Distinguished Member of the Environmental Mechanics Technical Committee, Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM)
3.Editorial Board Member, Acta Mechanica Sinica
Members and Activities
Awards
2024 Gansu Province Feitian Scholars Distinguished Professorship Program
2018 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
2012 National scholarship for postgraduate students
Main Courses
Research Grants

2026-2028  PI, “Turbulence Dynamics of Sandstorms”, Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Class B) [Formerly known as Outstanding Youth Science Foundation Project], National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 12522210, Ongoing

2024-2027  PI, “Studies on the two-phase structures and their evolution relationship over the sandstorm formation, stabilization and extinction process”, General Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 12372217, Ongoing

2022-2026  PI, National-level Key Basic Research Project (Subproject 1) of the Basic Strengthening Program, Ongoing

2021-2024  Co-PI, “Near-wall particle motions and their effects on turbulent structures in gas-solid two-phase flows with erodible surface”, Major Research Plan, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 92052201, Completed

2019-2021  PI, “Amplitude Modulation of the Small Scale by the Large-/Very Large-Scale Motions in Differentially-Stratified Atmospheric Surface Layers”, Young Scientists Fund Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Project No. 11802110, Completed

Refereed Publications
  1. Wansong Xiao, Hongyou Liu*, Refinements in the nonlinear term of a turbulence predictive model based on atmospheric surface layer observations, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2025, 1011: A25.
  2. Yanxiong Shi, Hongyou Liu*, Xiaojing Zheng. Evolution of two-phase structures during the entire sandstorm process. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2025, 1007: A16.
  3. Yan Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Yongfen Chai, Haojie Huang, Hongyou Liu*. Aerodynamic performance of small wind turbines in sand-laden atmospheric flows, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2025, 41: 324151.
  4. Xibo He, Hongyou Liu*, Xiaojing Zheng. Wall-attached structure characteristics of flow and dust concentration fields in high-Reynolds-number particle-laden flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024, 986: A21.
  5. Yuen Feng, Hongyou Liu*, Xiaojing Zheng. The modulation of coherent structures by the near-wall motions of particles, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024, 981: A26.
  6. Hongyou Liu, Yanxiong Shi, Xiaojing Zheng*. Scaling law of the second-order structure function over the entire sandstorm process. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024, 978: A29.
  7. Xibo He, Hongyou Liu*, Xiaojing Zheng. Self-scaling generalized Townsend-Perry constants for high-order Self-scaling generalized Townsend-Perry constants for high-order. Physical Review Fluids, 2024, 9: L082602.
  8. Hongyou Liu, Xiaojing Zheng*. Buoyancy effects on very-large-scale motions and amplitude modulation in convective atmospheric surface layers. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2024, 106: 109327. 
  9. Yan Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Pan Lu, Hongyou Liu*. Effects of multi-scale turbulent motions on aerodynamic performance of wind turbine under sand-laden conditions. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36: 105181.
  10. Xiang Xiao, Hongyou Liu*, Xiaojing Zheng. Coherent structure and energy distribution of atmospheric surface layer turbulent flow over a barchan dune in Minqin, China. Atmospheric Research, 2024, 307: 107503.
  11. Hongyou Liu, Xiang Xiao, Xiaojing Zheng*. A trans-scale simulation of aeolian sand flow – dune – dune field based on actual environmental wind field. Geomorphology, 2024, 463: 109358.
  12. Shengjun Feng, Hongyou Liu, Haokun Liu, Xiaojing Zheng*. Comparisons of temperature structures with turbulent structures in thermally stratified channel flows by direct numerical simulation. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2024, 105: 109253.
  13. Xibo He, Hongyou Liu*. The effect of turbulent motions on particle spatial distribution in high-Reynolds-number particle-laden flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023, 976: A14.
  14. Hongyou Liu, Xibo He, Xiaojing Zheng*. Amplitude modulation in particle-laden atmospheric surface layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023, 957: A14.
  15. Xiang Xiao, Hongyou Liu*, Xiaojing Zheng. Temporal Evolution of Dune Number Density in a Barchan Dune Field. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2023, 128, e2022JF007036.
  16. Xiaojing Zheng*, Yanxiong Shi, Hongyou Liu. Two-Phase Structures in high-Reynolds-Number Sand-Laden Wall-Bounded Turbulence. In: Zheng, X., Balachandar, S. (eds) Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Turbulent Structure and Particles-Turbulence Interaction. IUTAM 2023. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 41. Springer, Cham.
  17. Hongyou Liu, Yuen Feng, Xiaojing Zheng. Experimental investigation of the effects of particle near-wall motions on turbulence statistics in particle-laden flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022, 943: A8.
  18. Hongyou Liu, Yanxiong Shi, Xiaojing Zheng. Evolution of turbulent kinetic energy during the entire sandstorm process. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022, 22: 8787-8803.
  19. Hongyou Liu & Xiaojing Zheng. Large-scale structures of wall-bounded turbulence in single- and two-phase flows: advancing understanding of the atmospheric surface layer during sandstorms. Flow, 2021, 1: E5.
  20. Hongyou Liu, Xibo He, Xiaojing Zheng. An investigation of particles effects on wall-normal velocity fluctuations in sand-laden atmospheric surface layer flows. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33: 103309.
  21. Hongyou Liu, Guohua Wang, Xiaojing Zheng. Amplitude modulation between multi-scale turbulent motions in high-Reynolds-number atmospheric surface layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019, 861: 585-607.
  22. Hongyou Liu, Guohua Wang, Xiaojing Zheng. Three-dimensional representation of large-scale structures based on observations in atmospheric surface layers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2019, 124: 10753-10771.
  23. Hongyou Liu, Guohua Wang, Xiaojing Zheng. Spatial length scales for large-scale structures in atmospheric surface layers. Physical Review Fluids, 2017, 2: 064606.
  24. Hongyou Liu, Tianli Bo, Yirui Liang. The variation of large-scale structure inclination angles in high Reynolds number atmospheric surface layers. Physics of Fluids, 2017, 29: 035104.
  25. Hongyou Liu, Tianli Bo, Guohua Wang, Xiaojing Zheng. The Analysis of Turbulence Intensity and Reynolds Shear Stress in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows at High Reynolds Numbers. Boundary-layer meteorology, 2014, 150(1): 33-47.
  26. Xiaojing Zheng, Jinghong Zhang, Guohua Wang, Hongyou Liu, Wei Zhu. Investigation on very large scale motions (VLSMs) and their influence in a dust storm. Science China Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 2013, 56(2): 306-314.

 

Patent 

  1. Liu H., Wang G., Zheng X. (2024). Hot-wire vertical multi-point synchronous measurement device. China Patent ZL201811486700.0. Issued September 11, 2024.
  2. Lü L., Liu H. (2024). An active grid device for generating high free-stream turbulence intensity. China Patent ZL202322716796.8. Issued April 16, 2024.

 

Plenary Lecture or Invited Talk 

  1. Hongyou Liu, Turbulence Analysis of Sandstorm Processes, 18th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (ACFM), Seoul Korea, September 10-13, 2025 (Plenary Lecture)
  2. Hongyou Liu, Field Observations and Wind Tunnel Measurements of Wind-Blown Sand Turbulence. 14th National Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Hohhot, China, August 20-23, 2025 (Invited Talk)
  3. Hongyou Liu, Evolution of Two-Phase Structures and Their Interactions During the Full Life Cycle of Sandstorms. 19th National Conference on Environmental Mechanics, Xining China, August 17-18, 2024 (Plenary Lecture)
  4. Xibo He, Hongyou Liu* & Xioajing Zheng, Wall-attached and wall-detached eddies in high-Reynolds-number atmospheric surface layer, 26th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), Daegu Korea, August 25-30, 2024
  5. Hongyou Liu, Field and Wind Tunnel Experimental Measurements of Wind-Sand Flow and Sandstorms. 13th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Harbin, China, August 9-13, 2024 (Invited Talk).
  6. Hongyou Liu, Near-Wall Measurements of Wind-Sand Two-Phase Wall Turbulence. Experimental Fluid Mechanics Salon, Guangzhou, China, November 29 - December 1, 2024 (Invited Talk).
  7. Hongyou Liu, Refinements on Non-linear Term of Velocity Predictive Model in High Reynolds Number wall Turbulence, JFM & FLOW Symposia, Hefei China, July 29-30, 2023 (Invited Talk)
  8. Hongyou Liu, Relationship and Modulation Between Flow Field and Dust Concentration Field Structures in High-Reynolds-Number Wind-Sand Two-Phase Wall Turbulence. 1st Forum on Interdisciplinary Frontiers in Mechanics, Nanjing, China, April 21-23, 2023 (Invited Talk).
  9. Hongyou Liu, Analysis of non-stationary processes in high-Reynolds-number particle-laden wall-bounded turbulence. JFM & FLOW Symposia, Xi’an, China, June 11, 2022 (Invited Talk)
  10. Hongyou Liu, Amplitude Modulation Among Multi-Scale Structures in High-Reynolds-Number Wall Turbulence and Its Applications. 45th Fluid Mechanics Young Scholars Academic Salon, Online, October 15, 2022 (Invited Talk)
  11. Hongyou Liu, Analysis of Non-Stationary Processes in High-Reynolds-Number Gas-Solid Two-Phase Wall Turbulence. 10th Young Scholars Salon on Experimental Mechanics, Online, April 23, 2022 (Invited Talk)
  12. Hongyou Liu*, Xiaojing Zheng, Near-Surface Observations of Wind-Sand Flow and Sandstorms. 16th National Conference on Environmental Mechanics, Shanghai (synchronously online), November 20, 2021 (Invited Talk).