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Zhihua Xie

Dr Zhihua Xie

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Overview

Dr Zhihua Xie is a Reader in the School of Engineering at Cardiff University. He obtained Ph.D. in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in 2010 from the University of Leeds, funded by the Marie Curie EST Fellowship. He previously worked as a Research Associate in Computational Hydraulics at Cardiff University from 2010 to 2012 before working as a Research Associate in Numerical Modelling of Multiphase Flows at Imperial College London between 2013 and 2016. In January 2017, he was hired as a Lecturer of Fluid Mechanics in the School of Engineering at Cardiff University and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in August 2019 and Reader in August 2022. He hosted the Royal Society Newton Advanced Fellowship in 2020 and awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers in 2023.

His main research interest is in development and application of CFD codes (FVM, FDM, FEM) for predicting interfacial and multiphase flows in environmental and industrial problems. His research is funded by EPSRC, Royal Society and British Council. He is a member of the UKRI Talent Panel College and EPSRC Peer Review College, Leadership Team of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Technical Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics, and Technical Program Committee for International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE). He is an Editorial Board Member for Applied Ocean Research and Scientific Reports.

Selected Publications:

  • P. Hergibo, Q. Liang, T.N. Phillips, Z. Xie. A quadtree-based adaptive moment-of-fluid method for interface reconstruction with filaments. Journal of Computational Physics, 499:112719, 2024. DOI
  • S. Martelo Lopez, A. Christou, S. Pan, T. Stoesser, Z. Xie. A new ghost-cell/level-set method for three-dimensional flows. Journal of Computational Physics, 499:112710, 2024. DOI
  • P. Hergibo, T.N. Phillips, Z. Xie. A moment-of-fluid method for resolving filamentary structures using a symmetric multi-material approach. Journal of Computational Physics, 491:112401, 2023. DOI
  • W. Doherty, T.N. Phillips, Z. Xie. A stabilised finite element framework for viscoelastic multiphase flows using a conservative level-set method. Journal of Computational Physics, 477:111936, 2023. DOI
  • Z. Xie. An implicit Cartesian cut-cell method for incompressible viscous flows with complex geometries. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 399:115449, 2022. DOI
  • Z. Xie, P. Lin, T. Stoesser. A conservative and consistent implicit Cartesian cut-cell method for moving geometries with reduced spurious pressure oscillations. Journal of Computational Physics, 459:111124, 2022. DOI
  • Z. Xie, P. Lin. Eulerian and Lagrangian transport by shallow-water breaking waves. Physics of Fluids, 34:032116, 2022. DOI
  • Z. Xie, B. Lin, R.A. Falconer, A.N. Nichols, S.J. Tait, and K.V. Horoshenkov. Large-eddy simulation of turbulent free surface flow over a gravel bed. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 60:205-219, 2022. DOI
  • Z. Xie, T. Stoesser. A three-dimensional Cartesian cut-cell/volume-of-fluid method for two-phase flows with moving bodies. Journal of Computational Physics, 416:109536, 2020. DOI
  • Z. Xie, T. Stoesser, S. Yan, Q. Ma, and P. Lin. A Cartesian cut-cell based multiphase flow model for large-eddy simulation of three-dimensional wave-structure interaction. Computers & Fluids, 213:104747, 2020. DOI

Research Interests:

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Turbulence Modelling and Simulation
  • Interfacial and Multiphase Flows
  • Water Wave Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Hydraulics
  • Coastal and Ocean Engineering
  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Fluid-Structure Interaction
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Numerical Methods and High Performance Computing.

Expert Reviewer for Journals:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Cambridge University Press)
  • Journal of Computational Physics (Elsevier)
  • Computers & Fluids (Elsevier)
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (Wiley)
  • Journal of Hydraulic Research (IAHR)
  • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE)
  • Applied Ocean Research (Elsevier)
  • Coastal Engineering (Elsevier)
  • Advances in Water Resources (Elsevier)
  • Journal of Hydro-environment Research (Elsevier)
  • European Journal of Mechanics / B Fluids  (Elsevier)
  • Ocean Modelling (Elsevier)
  • Ocean Engineering (Elsevier)
  • Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier)
  • International Journal of Multiphase Flow (Elsevier)
  • Physics of Fluids (AIP)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research (AGU)
  • Water Resources Research (AGU)
  • Water Research (Elsevier)
  • Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE)
  • Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE)
  • International Journal of Sediment Research (Elsevier)
  • Computer Physics Communications (Elsevier)
  • Computer Modelling in Engineering & Sciences (Tech Science)
  • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Elsevier)
  • Computers and Mathematics with Applications (Elsevier)
  • Proceedings of ICE - Water Management (ICE)
  • Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics (Taylor & Francis)
  • International Journal of River Basin Management (Taylor & Francis)
  • Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research (Taylor & Francis)
  • Journal of Scientific Computing (Springer)
  • Journal of Hydrodynamics (Springer)
  • Natural Hazards (Springer)
  • Numerical Algorithms (Springer)
  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Elsevier)
  • Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier)
  • Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier)
  • Advanced Power Technology (Elsevier)
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier)
  • Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier)
  • Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering (Elsevier)
  • Food and Bioproducts Processing (Elsevier)
  • International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE)
  • Scientific Reports (Nature)
  • Engineering Computations (Emerald)
  • Proc. IMechE, Part C: J. of Mechanical Engineering Science (SAGE)
  • International Journal of Ocean and Coastal Engineering (World Scientific)

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Conferences

  • Xie, Z., Yan, S., Ma, Q., Stoesser, T. and Lü, L. 2019. Three-dimensional numerical study of solitary waves interacting with a horizontal plate. Presented at: 29th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu; US, 16-21 June 2019Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth (2019) International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Vol. 3. US: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) pp. 2733-2738.
  • Yan, S., Wang, J., Wang, J., Ma, Q. and Xie, Z. 2019. Numerical simulation of wave structure interaction using qalefoam. Presented at: 29th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Honolulu; US, 16-21 June 2019Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. US: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE) pp. 3089-3095.

Research

Research interests

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Turbulence Modelling and Simulation
  • Interfacial and Multiphase Flows
  • Water Wave Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Hydraulics
  • Coastal, Ocean and Offshore Engineering
  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • Fluid-Structure Interaction
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Numerical Methods and High Performance Computing.

Research grants and projects

Title People Funder Value Duration

ARCHER2 eCSE project

Z.Xie

EPSRC £171,930

15/02/2024-14/08/2025

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researcher

Z.Xie (hosted by Prof. Markus Uhlmann at KIT)

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation  

01/03/2024-28/02/2027

International Exchanges with China (IEC\NSFC\211143)

Z.Xie

Royal Society £12,000

31/03/2022-30/03/2024

New Generation Modelling Suite for the Survivability of Wave Energy Convertors in Marine Environments (WaveE-Suite) (EP/V040235/1)

CoI, Cardiff PI (Led by City University of London)

EPSRC £1,003,317

01/09/2021-31/08/2024

GCRF Small Project Award

Z.Xie

HEFCW £37,395

01/01/2021-30/06/2021

International Exchanges with Italy for Prof. Maurizio Brocchini (IES\R2\202095)

Z.Xie

Royal Society £12,000

14/12/2020-13/12/2024

EPSRC DTP PhD Studentship for Philippe Hergibo (2440134)

Z.Xie, T.N. Phillips

EPSRC £65,000

01/10/2020-31/03/2024

EPSRC DTP PhD Studentship for Will Doherty (2397637)

Z.Xie, T.N. Phillips, S.Pan

EPSRC £65,000

01/07/2020-31/12/2023

Newton Advanced Fellowship                        (NAF\R1\201156)

Z.Xie (UK PI),            J.Xia (China PI)

Royal Society £73,000

31/03/2020- 30/09/2023

Distributed Fibre-optic Cable Sensing for Buried Pipe Infrastructure (EP/S016376/1)

T.Stoesser, Z.Xie, P.Ouro

EPSRC £371,330

01/05/2019- 30/04/2022

China-UK Researcher Link Workshop "Coastal and Offshore Renewable Energy Systems under Extreme Events" (2018-RLWK10-10151)

Z.Xie Newton Fund from British Council £21,600

01/01/2019- 31/12/2019

Rapid Monitoring of River Hydrodynamics and Morphology using Acoustic Holography (EP/R022135/1) T.Stoesser, Z.Xie, R.A.Falconer EPSRC £410,620 01/11/2018- 30/04/2022
GW4 Crucible Seed Fund "The Resilience Games" M.Alexander, H.Smith, A.Healy, G.Giardina, L.Petetin, R.Poole, Z.Xie GW4 £4,000 01/09/2018- 31/03/2019
Cardiff University GCRF-HEFCW Fellowship Z.Xie GCRF £6,500 01/05/2018- 31/07/2018
Short Research Visit to University of Cambridge Z.Xie EPSRC via UK Fluids Network £960 01/01/2018- 31/12/2018

Teaching

Undergraduate courses

  • EN1091 - Engineering Analysis
  • EN1914 - Professional Studies (Fluid Mechanics)
  • EN3317 - Environmental Hydraulics
  • EN3100 - Project
  • MEng (International) Mobility Tutor for Civil Engineering

Postgraduate courses

  • ENT602 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • ENT725 - Case Study

Biography

Education and qualifications

  • 2010: PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  • 2006: Postgraduate study in Hydrodynamics, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
  • 2003: BEng Environmental Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China

Honours and awards

  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (2023).
  • Baker Medal, The Institution of Civil Engineers (2021, 2022)
  • Outstanding Contribution Award, Cardiff University (2018)
  • Participant of GW4 Crucible Programme (2018)
  • Marie Curie EST Fellowship, University of Leeds (2006-2009)
  • Kwang-Hua Scholarship, Kwang-Hua Education Foundation (2006)

Professional memberships

  • Member of the UKRI Talent Panel College (2023 - )
  • Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College (2017 - )
  • Member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR)
  • Member of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE)
  • Member of American Physical Society (APS)
  • STEM Ambassador

Academic positions

  • 03/2024 -             :  Humboldt Fellow, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • 08/2022 - present:  Reader, Cardiff University
  • 08/2019 - 07/2022: Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
  • 01/2017 - 07/2019: Lecturer, Cardiff University
  • 01/2017 - present: Honorary Research Associate, Imperial College London
  • 01/2013 - 12/2016: Research Associate, Imperial College London
  • 01/2010 - 12/2012: Research Associate, Cardiff University
  • 11/2006 - 10/2009: Marie Curie EST Research Fellow, University of Leeds

Committees and reviewing

Co-Chair, China-UK Newton Fund Researchers Link Workshop on Coastal and Offshore Renewable Energy Systems under Extreme Events (CORESEE 2019) in Dalian, China 28-31 July 2019. http://coresee2019.wordpress.com

External PhD Examiner for:

  • University of Cambridge, UK (2018, 2022)
  • University College Dublin, Ireland (2021)
  • Bournemouth University, UK (2021)
  • University of Warwick, UK (2022)
  • Cranfield University, UK (2022)
  • Queen Mary University of London, UK (2023)
  • Delft University of Technology, Netherlands (2023)
  • University College London, UK (2024)

Editorial Board for:

  • Applied Ocean Research (Elsevier)

Grant reviewer for:

  • EPSRC
  • British Council
  • UKRI COVID-19 Proposals
  • Czech Science Foundation

Committee member for:

  • Leadership Team of IAHR Technical Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics
  • Technical Program Committee for International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE)

Supervisions

Current supervision

Philippe Hergibo

Philippe Hergibo

Research student

Contact Details

Email ZXie@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 79375
Campuses Queen's Buildings - West Building, Room W/2.36, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA