American Journal of Fluid Dynamics

American Journal of Fluid Dynamics is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes, debate and short reports in all areas of Fluid Dynamics.


Shuangzhang Tu

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Fluid Dynamics

Assistant Professor, Jackson State University, USA

Research Areas

Numerical Methods for PDEs, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Parallel Computing

Education

2001Ph.DAerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2001MSElectrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
2000MSAerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
1998MSMechatronic Control Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing
1995BSFlight Vehicle Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Experience

2006-presentAssistant Professor, Department of Computer Engineering at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
2006-2006Research Assistant Professor, School of Engineering at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
2005-2005Senior Research Associate, Northrop Grumman Center for High Performance Computing of Ship Systems Engineering at Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, USA
2002-2004Postdoctoral Research Associate, Computation and Modeling Laboratory (CAML), Clark Atlanta University
1998-2001Graduate Research Assistant, Aerothermodynamics Research and Technology Lab (ARTLab), Georgia Institute of Technology
1995-1998Graduate Research Assistant, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Publications: Journals

[1]  S. Tu, G.W. Skelton and Q. Pang, "Extension of the High-Order Space-Time discontinuous Galerkin Cell Vertex Scheme for Time Dependent Diffusion Equations, " (2011) accepted and to appear in Communications in Computational Physics. (new).
[2]  S. Tu, G. Skelton and Q. Pang, "A Compact High-order Space-time Method for Conservation Laws, " Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 9, No. 2, (2011) pp. 441-480. (new).
[3]  S. Tu, S. Aliabadi, R. Patel and M. Watts, "An Implementation of the Spalart-Allmaras DES Model in an Implicit Unstructured Hybrid Finite Volume/Element Solver for Incompressible Turbulent Flow, " International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 59, No. 9, (2008) pp. 1051-1062.
[4]  S. Tu and S. Aliabadi, "Development of a Hybrid Finite Volume/Element Solver for Incompressible Flows on Unstructured Meshes, " International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 55, No. 2, (2007) pp. 177-203.
[5]  S. Aliabadi, S. Tu, M. Watts, A. Ji and A. Johnson, "Integrated High Performance Computational Tools for Simulations of Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants in Urban Areas, " International Journal of CFD, Vol. 20, No. 3-4, (2006) pp. 253-267.
[6]  S. Tu and S. Aliabadi, "Computation of High Temperature Equilibrium Airflows Using Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method, " Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 12, (2005) pp. 735-745.
[7]  S. Tu and S. Aliabadi, "A Slope Limiting Procedure in Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Gasdynamics Applications, " International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol. 2, No. 2, (2005) pp. 163-178.
[8]  S. Aliabadi, A. Johnson, J. Abedi, S. Tu and A. Tate, "High Performance Simulation of Contaminant Dispersion on the Cray X1: Verification and Implementation, " Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, Vol. 1, No. 8, (2004) pp. 341-361.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  S. Tu, "Wave Computation Using a A High Order Space-time Riemann Solver Free Method, " presented at the 17th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Portland, Oregon, June, 2011. AIAA Paper 2011-2846.
[2]  S. Tu, G.W. Skelton, and Q. Pang, "Solving Time Dependent Diffusion Equations on Arbitrary Grids Using the High-Order Space-Time discontinuous Galerkin Cell Vertex Scheme, " AIAA Paper 2011-0050. Presented at the 49th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Jan. 4-7, 2011, Orlando, FL.
[3]  S. Tu and Z. Tian, "Preliminary Implementation of a High Order Space-time Method on Overset Cartesian/Quadrilateral Grids, " presented at the 48th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Jan. 4-7, 2010, Orlando, FL. AIAA Paper 2010-0544.
[4]  S. Tu, "A Solution Limiting Procedure for an Arbitrarily High Order Space-Time Method, " presented at the 19th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Jun. 22-25, 2009, San Antonio, TX, AIAA Paper 2009-3983.
[5]  S. Tu, "A High-order Space-time Method for Compressible Euler Equations, " presented at the 47th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Jan. 5-8, 2009, Orlando, FL. AIAA Paper 2009-1335. (new).
[6]  S. Tu, S. Aliabadi, and M. Watts, "A Parallel Program for Subdividing 3-D Hybrid Unstructured Meshes, " in Proceedings of 10th ISGG Conference on Numerical Grid Generation, Sept. 16-20, 2007, Forth, Crete, Greece.
[7]  M. Watts, S. Aliabadi, S. Tu and C. Bigler, "Free-Surface Flow Computations Using Scalable Parallel Finite Element Method, " in Proceedings of Parallel CFD Conference, May 21-24, 2007, Antalya, Turkey.
[8]  M. Watts, S. Tu and S. Aliabadi, "Numerical Simulation of a Spinning Projectile Using Parallel and Vectorized Unstructured Flow Solver, " Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2007. Also appears in Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 67, pp. 1-8, 2009. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92744-0_1.
[9]  S. Tu, M.Watts, A. Fuller, R. Patel and S. Aliabadi, "Development and Performance of CaMEL_Aero, a Truly Matrix-free, Parallel and Vectorized Unstructured Finite Volume Solver for Compressible Flows, " in Proceedings of 25th Army Science Conference, Nov. 2006, Orlando, FL.
[10]  M. Watts, S. Aliabadi and S. Tu, "A Coupled Interface-Tracking/Interface-Capturing Technique for Free-surface Flows, " in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computational Methods in Multiphase Flow, pp. 353-363, Oct. 30 . Nov. 2 2005, Portland, Maine.
[11]  S. Tu and S. Aliabadi, "A Space-time Upwind Cell-Vertex Scheme (CVS) for Conservation Laws on Unstructured Meshes — A Riemann Solver Free Approach, " in Proceedings of the Third M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, pp. 1191-1195, on June 14-17, 2005, Cambridge, MA.
[12]  S. Aliabadi, S. Tu, M.D. Watts, "High Performance Computing of Compressible Flows, " hpcasia, pp. 153-160, in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on High-Performance Computing in Asia-Pacific Region (HPCASIA'05), 2005.
[13]  S. Tu, S. Aliabadi, A. Johnson and M. Watts, "High Performance Computation of Compressible Flows on the Cray X1, " in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Ballistics, pp. 347-356, on May 18-20, 2005, Cordoba, Spain.
[14]  S. Tu, S. Aliabadi, A. Johnson and M. Watts, "A Robust Parallel Implicit Finite Volume Solver for High-speed Compressible Flows, " 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit on January 10-13, 2005, Reno, Nevada, AIAA paper 2005-1396.
[15]  S. Aliabadi and S. Tu, "Simulation of Cavitating Flows Using Stabilized Finite Element Method, " 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit held on 10-13 January 2005 at the Reno Hilton in Reno, Nevada, AIAA paper 2005-1288.
[16]  S. Aliabadi and S. Tu, "An Alternative to Limiter in Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method, " 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2004, AIAA paper 2004-0076.
[17]  S. Tu and S.M. Ruffin, "Solution Adaptive, Unstructured Cartesian-Grid Methodology for Chemically Reacting Flow, " 8th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, St. Louis, June 2002, AIAA paper 2002-3097.
[18]  S. Tu and S.M. Ruffin, "Calculation of Non-equilibrium Flows Using a Solution Adaptive, Unstructured Cartesian-Grid Solver, " 8th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, St. Louis, June 2002, AIAA paper 2002-3098.