Seminar Series - Dr. Yaqing Jin
Fluid-structure feedback in complex flow environments
Abstract:
Fluid-structure-feedback plays an important role in many engineering applications and natural phenomena. Specifically, the structure movements or deformation can highly alter the local flow and leads to complex coupling between wake flows and structure dynamics. In this talk, I will discuss three interesting examples of fluid-structure-feedback with the combination of experimental measurements and theoretical frameworks. First, I will talk about the deformation and oscillation of flexible wall-mounted plates under various flow environments, which mimics the dynamics of grass in both air and water flows. The second topic will be the boundary layer flow over obstacles and the induced sediment motions; special attentions will focus on the coupling between wake characteristics and sediment suspension. Last, I will talk about the control and optimization of wind turbine operations with wind tunnel experiments.
Bio:
Dr. Yaqing Jin is an assistant professor in the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his PhD. and MS. degrees both in the department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign in 2019 and 2015 respectively. He received his BS. in the School of Naval Architecture, Ocean & Civil Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong Univresity. Dr. Jin’s research focuses on experimental fluid mechanics with various fluid-structure feedback problems including wind energy, underwater robotics, sedimentary flows, flow sensing, among others. Dr. Jin has published 28 peer-reviewed journal articles including Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical review Fluids, Physical review E, among others. He received the outstanding self-financed students abroad award in 2019 and Yee fellowship in 2018.