Research Interests

  • Computational fluid dynamics, lattice Boltzmann method, finite element method, finite volume method
  • Multi-phase flows, multi-scale flows, reacting flows
  • Aerospace propulsion, bio-fluid mechanics, micro-fluidics, drug delivery technologies

Honors and Awards

  • 2019 - Paper “Three-dimensional flow dynamics and mixing in a gas-centered liquid-swirl coaxial injector at supercritical pressure” (Physics of Fluids, 31, 065109, DOI: 10.1063/1.5097163): Featured Paper, Front Cover.
  • 2017 - Paper “Near-field flame dynamics of liquid oxygen/kerosene bi-swirl injection at supercritical conditions” (Combustion and Flame, 190, 1-11, DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.11.007): Most downloaded Combustion and Flame articles over 90 days.
  • 2017 - Paper “Central recirculation zones and instability waves in internal swirling flow with tangential entry” (Physics of Fluids, 30, 013602, DOI: 10.1063/1.5000967): Featured Paper of Physics of Fluids (POF), AIP Scilight.
  • 2017 - Paper “Evolution and transition mechanisms of internal swirling flows with tangential entry” (Physics of Fluids, 30, 013601, DOI: 10.1063/1.5001073): Editor’s Pick of Physics of Fluids (POF).
  • 2017 - “Fundamental Mechanisms Identified for Swirling Flow Instabilities” @ AIP Scilight (summarizes newly published research in AIP Journals, emphasizing its significance to a particular field.)
  • 2017 - http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/sci/2018/3/10.1063/1.5021592, “Gut Reaction: Digestion Revealed in 3-D” @ Discovery of National Science Foundation
  • 2008 - https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112393, “Gut Reaction: Digestion Revealed in 3-D” @ Health of LiveScience
  • 2008 - https://www.livescience.com/2915-gut-reaction-digestion-revealed-3.html, “Gut Check: A team of mechanical engineers may be close to understanding a key body function” @ Engineering – Penn State, Spring/Summer, 2009

Funded Projects

  • Wang, Yanxing (PI), “Multi-Fidelity Modeling of Diffusion- and Hydrodynamics-Driven Monodisperse and Polydisperse Particle Dissolution”, Sponsoring Organization: Eli-Lilly and Company. Total Award: $118,190.
  • Wang, Y. (Co-I), “Electromagnetic Field for Membrane Scaling Control”, Sponsoring Organization: National Alliance for Water Innovation, Co-I, Total Award: $650,001.00.
  • Wang, Y. (PI), "ERI: Shear-Flow-Driven Coupled Mechanisms as a Means to Actively Control Particle Dissolution”, Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation, PI Total Award: $193.274.00.

Publications

Journal Papers

  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Cody Barka, Tie Wei, Fangjun Shu, Quasi steady-state modelling and characterization of diffusion-controlled dissolution from polydisperse spheroidal particles, II: characterization, Proceedings of The Royal Society A, 480 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2023.0768.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Rusitan Refuaiti, Tie Wei, Fangjun Shu, Quasi steady-state modelling and characterization of diffusion-controlled dissolution from polydisperse spheroidal particles, I: modelling, Proceedings of The Royal Society A, 480 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2023.0721.
  • Tie Wei, Zhaorui Li, Yanxing Wang, New momentum integral equation applicable to boundary layer flows under arbitrary pressure gradients, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 984, A64 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.207.
  • Tie Wei, Zhaorui Li, Yanxing Wang, New formulations for the mean wall-normal velocity and Reynolds shear stress in a turbulent boundary layer under zero pressure gradient, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 969, A3 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.541.
  • Yanxing Wang, David Vazquez, Hui Wan, Ruben Gonzalez Pizarro, Fangjun Shu, Advection-enhanced heat and mass transport from neutrally suspended droplet in simple shear flow, Physics of Fluids, 35, 063317 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0153117.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Ruben Gonzalez Pizarro, Seokbin Lim, Fangjun Shu, Heat and mass transport from neutrally suspended oblate spheroid in simple shear flow, Physics of Fluids, 35, 033319 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0140778.
  • Tie Wei, John Abraham, Yanxing Wang, New temperature and heat loss charts for one-dimensional, transient heat conduction, ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 145, 014502 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055817.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Tie Wei, Dominick Nevares, Fangjun Shu, quasi steady-state modeling and characterization of diffusion-controlled dissolution from monodisperse prolate and oblate spheroidal particles, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 478, 2267 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2022.0283.
  • Yanxing Wang, Hui Wan, Tie Wei, John Abraham, Enhancement of heat and mass transfer by herringbone microstructures in a simple shear flow, Physics of Fluids, 34, 082012 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0094725.
  • Tie Wei, Yanxing Wang, Cat Vo Tu, David Wood, Maximum wall stress on a smooth flat plate under planar jet impingement, Journal of Fluid Engineering, 144, 081302 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053618.
  • Tie Wei, Yanxing Wang, Xiang Yang, Layered structure of turbulent plane wall jet, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 92, 108872 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2021.108872.
  • Tie Wei, Yanxing Wang, John Abraham, Layered structure of turbulent natural convection over a vertical flat plate, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 181, 121866 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121866.
  • Tie Wei, Yanxing Wang, John Abraham, Integral properties of turbulent natural convection over a vertical flat plate, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 125, 105286 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105286.
  • Tie Wei, Seokbin Lim, Yanxing Wang, Scaling of Hugoniot curves for shock-compressed liquids, Journal of Applied Physics, 128, 235901 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0027829.

Papers Published Prior to Joining NMSU

  • Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Vaporization of liquid droplet with large deformation and high mass transfer rate, I: constant-density, constant-property case, Journal of Computational Physics, 392, 56-70, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.03.013, 2019.
  • Yanxing Wang, Xiaodong Chen, Xingjian Wang, Vigor Yang, Vaporization of liquid droplet with large deformation and high mass transfer rate, II: variable-density, variable-property case, Journal of Computational Physics, 394, 1-17, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.04.052, 2019.
  • Xingjian Wang, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Three-dimensional flow dynamics and mixing in a gas-centered liquid-swirl coaxial injector at supercritical pressure, Physics of Fluids, 31, 065109, DOI: 10.1063/1.5097163, 2019. (Featured Paper, Front Cover)
  • Yanxing Wang, James Brasseur, Enhancement of mass transfer from particles by local shear-rate and correlations with application to drug dissolution, AIChE Journal, DOI: 10.1002/aic.16617, 2019.
  • Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Central recirculation zones and instability waves in internal swirling flow with tangential entry, Physics of Fluids, 30, 013602, DOI: 10.1063/1.5000967, 2018. (Featured Paper, AIP Scilight).
  • Yanxing Wang, Xingjian Wang, Vigor Yang, Evolution and transition mechanisms of internal swirling flows with tangential entry, Physics of Fluids, 30, 013601, DOI: 10.1063/1.5001073, 2018. (Editor’s Pick)
  • Xingjian Wang, Yixing Li, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Near-field flame dynamics of liquid oxygen/kerosene bi-swirl injection at supercritical conditions, Combustion and Flame, 190, 1-11, DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.11.007, 2018. (Most downloaded Combustion and Flame articles)
  • Yanxing Wang, James Brasseur, 3D Mechanisms of macro-to-micro scale transport and absorption enhancement by gut villi motions, Physical Review E, 95, 062412, 2017.
  • Xingjian Wang, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Geometric effects on liquid oxygen/kerosene bi-swirl injector flow dynamics at supercritical conditions, AIAA Journal, DOI: 10.2514/1.J055952, 2017.
  • Xingjian Wang, Hongfa Huo, Yanxing Wang, Vigor Yang, Comprehensive study of cryogenic fluid dynamics of swirl injectors at supercritical conditions, AIAA Journal, DOI: 10.2514/1.J055868, 2017.
  • Yanxing Wang, Bertil Abrahamsson, Lennart Lindfors and James Brasseur, Analysis of diffusion-controlled dissolution from polydisperse collections of drug particles with an assessed mathematical model, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 104, pp 2998-3017, 2015.