I am a tenure-track associate professor at School of Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. My research interests are bluff body aerodynamics, unsteady separated flows, and wind turbine aerodynamics.
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2020.03 - 2022.01, Rutgers University
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Postdoctoral research associate
2019.01 - 2020.02, University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Postdoctoral research associate
2017.11 - 2018.12, Florida State University
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Postdoctoral research associate
2014.10 - 2017.09, Yokohama National University 横浜国立大学
Department of Civil Engineering
Doctor of Engineering
2012.10 - 2014.09, Yokohama National University 横浜国立大学
Department of Civil Engineering
Master of Engineering
2011.09 - 2012.09, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 上海交通大学
Department of Civil Engineering
Master candidate
2007.09 - 2011.08, Xi'an Jiao Tong University 西安交通大学
Department of Civil Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
A multi-fidelity framework for power prediction of wind farm under yaw misalignment
Tu, Y., Chen, Y., Zhang, K., He, R., Han, Z. & Zhou, D.
Applied Energy Accpeted
An optimization framework for wind farm layout design using CFD-based Kriging model
Wang, Z.-F., Tu, Y., Zhang, K., Han, Z., Cao., Y., & Zhou, D.
Ocean Engineering 293, 116644. (2024)
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Assessment of the aerodynamic benefits of collocating horizontal- and vertical-axis wind turbines in tandem using actuator line model
Shao, Y., Su, J., Tu, Y., Kuang, L., Han, Z., Zhang, K. & Zhou, D.
Physics of Fluids 35, 075115. (2023)
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Aerodynamic characterization of two tandem wind turbines under yaw misalignment control using actuator line model
Tu, Y., Zhang, K.*, Han, Z., Zhou, D. & Bilgen, O.
Ocean Engineering 281, 114992. (2023)
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Reynolds number effects on the bistable flows over a wavy circular cylinder
Zhang, K., Zhu, H., Cao, Y. & Zhou, D.
Ocean Engineering 271, 113776. (2023)
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End boundary effects on wakes dynamics of inclined circular cylinders
Zhang, K., Bao, Y., Zhou, D. & Han, Z.
Ocean Engineering 269, 113543. (2023)
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Wing sweep effect on laminar separated flows
Marques Ribeiro, J. H., Yeh, C.-A., Zhang, K. & Taira, K.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 950, A23 (2020).
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Wake interactions between two side-by-side circular cylinders with different sizes
Zhang, K*. & Haque, N.
Physical Review Fluids 7, 064703. (2022)
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Linear modal instabilities around post-stall swept finite aspect ratio wings at low Reynolds numbers
Burtsev, A., He, W., Hayostek, S., Zhang, K., Theofilis, V., Taira, K. & Amitay, M.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 944, A6. (2022)
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Laminar vortex dynamics around forward-swept wings
Zhang, K.* & Taira, K.
Physical Review Fluids 7(2), 024704. (2022)
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Low-Reynolds-number aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils with piezocomposite trailing control surfaces
Zhang, K.*, Shah, B. & Bilgen, O.
AIAA Journal 60(4), 1-6. (2022)
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Toward practical uses of neural networks for fluid flow estimation
Morimoto, M., Fukami, K., Zhang, K. & Fukagata, K.
Neural Computing and Applications 34, 3647–3669. (2022)
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Aerodynamic characterization of low-aspect-ratio swept wings at Re=400
Zhang, K. and Taira, K.
AIAA SciTech. San Diego, CA. Jan. 3-7, 2022.
Convolutional neural networks for fluid flow analysis: toward effective metamodeling and low dimensionalization
Morimoto, M., Fukami, K., Zhang, K., Nair, A. G. & Fukagata K.
Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 33, 103603. (2021)
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Sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics with low-dimensionalized flow representations
Fukami, K., Murata, T., Zhang, K. & Fukagata, K.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 926, A10. (2021)
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Laminar separated flows over finite-aspect-ratio swept wings
Zhang, K.*, Hayostek, S., Amitay, M., Burtsev, A., Theofilis V. & Taira, K.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 905, R1. (2020)
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Bistable states in the wake of a wavy cylinder
Zhang, K., Zhou, D., Katsuchi, H., Yamada, H., Han, Z. & Bao, Y.
Physics of Fluids 32 (7), 074112. (2020)
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On the formation of three-dimensional separated flows over wings under tip effects
Zhang, K.*, Hayostek, S., Amitay, M., He, W., Theofilis V. & Taira, K.
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 895, A9. (2020)
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Multi-fidelity aerodynamic modeling of a floating offshore wind turbine rotor
Zhang, K. and Bilgen, O.
International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. online. Nov. 2020.
Wake dynamics of finite aspect ratio wings. Part I: An experimental study
Hayostek, S., Amitay, M., Zhang, K., Taira, K., He, W. and Theofilis, V.
AIAA SciTech. San Diego, CA. Jan. 7-11, 2019.
Wake dynamics of finite aspect ratio wings. Part II: Computational study
Zhang, K., Taira, K., Hayostek, S., Amitay, M., He, W. and Theofilis, V.
AIAA SciTech. San Diego, CA. Jan. 7-11, 2019.
Wake dynamics of finite aspect ratio wings. Part III: TriGlobal linear stability study
He, W., Burtsev, A., Theofilis, V. Zhang, K., Taira, K., Hayostek, S. and Amitay, M.
AIAA SciTech. San Diego, CA. Jan. 7-11, 2019.
Collaborative investigation of 3-D separation on low aspect ratio finite span wings
Hayostek, S., Amitay, M., Zhang, K., Taira, K., He, W., Burtsev, A. and Theofilis, V.
59th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences. Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel. March 2019.
Separated flows over finite-aspect-ratio wings: computational, experimental, and stability analyses
Taira, K., Zhang, K., Amitay, M., Hayostek, S., Theofilis, V., He, W. and Burtsev, A.
11th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomenon. Southampton, UK. Jul. 2019.
Large eddy simulation of flow over inclined wavy cylinders
Zhang, K., Katsuchi, H., Zhou, D., Yamada, H., Bao, Y., Han, Z & Zhu, H.
Journal of Fluids and Structures 80, 179-198. (2018)
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Numerical study of flow past a transversely oscillating wavy cylinder at Re=5000
Zhang, K., Katsuchi, H., Zhou, D., Yamada, H., Bao, Y., Han, Z & Zhu, H.
Ocean Engineering 169, 539-550. (2018)
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A smoothed finite element approach for computational fluid dynamics: applications to incompressible flows and fluid–structure interaction
He, T. & Zhang H. & Zhang, K.
Computational Mechanics 62, 1037–1057. (2018)
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Free and forced vibration of a wavy cylinder in cross-flow direction
Zhang, K., Zhou, D., Katsuchi, H., Yamada, H., Bao, Y. and Han, Z.
7th Conference on Bluff Body Wakes and Vortex-Induced Vibrations. Marseille, France. Jul. 2018.
An Overview of the Combined Interface Boundary Condition Method for Fluid–Structure Interaction
He, T. & Zhang, K.
Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering 24, 891–934. (2017)
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AC-CBS-Based partitioned semi-implicit coupling algorithm for fluid-structure interaction using stabilized second-order pressure scheme
He, T. & Zhang, K. & Wang, T.
Communications in Computational Physics 21(5), 1449-1474. (2017)
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Numerical simulation of vortex induced vibrations of a flexibly mounted wavy cylinder at subcritical Reynolds number
Zhang, K., Katsuchi, H., Zhou, D., Yamada, H., Zhang, T. & Han, Z.
Ocean Engineering 133, 170-181. (2017)
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On the fluid dyanmics of circular cylinders with spanwise waviness
Zhang, K., Katsuchi, H., Yamada, H. and Zhou, D.
the 7th European-African Conference on Wind Engineering. Liege, Belgium. Jul. 2017.
Numerical study on the effect of shape modification to the flow around circular cylinders
Zhang, K., Katsuchi, H., Zhou, D., Yamada, H. & Han, Z.
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics 152, 23-40. (2016)
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Numerical study of flow around circular cylinders with shape modification
Zhang, K., Zhou, D., Katsuchi, H., and Yamada, H.
14th International Symposium on Structural Engineering. Beijing, China. Oct. 2016.
Numerical investigation of vortex induced vibration of wavy cylinders
Zhang, K., Zhou, D., Katsuchi, H., and Yamada, H.
IASS Annual Symposium. Tokyo, Japn. Sep. 2016.
Numerical investigation of vortex induced vibration of wavy cylinders
Zhang, K., Katsuchi, H., Zhou, D. and Yamada, H.
8th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodyanmics and Applications. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Jun. 2016.
Combined interface boundary condition method for fluid–structure interaction: Some improvements and extensions
He, T. & Zhang, K.
Ocean Engineering 109(15), 243-255. (2015)
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Large eddy simulation of flow around circular cylinders with shape modification
Zhang, K., Katsuchi, H., Zhou, D., Yamada, H. and M. Nishio.
14th International Conference on Wind Engineering. Porto Alegre, Brazil. Jun. 2015.
Flow-induced vibration on a circular cylinder in planar shear flow
Tu, J., Zhou, D., Bao, Y., Fang, C., Zhang, K., Li, C. & Han Z.
Computers & Fluids 105, 138-154. (2014)
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