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  1. Ma, J., Yu, P. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Anomalous behaviours of a capsule in a shear-banding viscoelastic shear flow due to strong rheological nonlinearities, , Submitted.
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  2. Lin, M. X., Zhao, J., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Lift scaling of bio-inspired hovering flapping wings in compressible flows based on piston theory, , Submitted.
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  3. Zadeh, S. M. H., Wang, L., Jin, B. R., Petty, D., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Fire-enhanced wind load of a low-rise building and its mitigation by bio-inspired geometries, , Under revision.
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  4. Zadeh, S. M. H., Wang, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2026) An efficient immersed boundary method for unsteady flows disturbed by fires based on the volumetric heating source, , Submitted.
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  5. Dhileep, K., Anastasidias, A., Huang, Q., Mulleners, K., Tian, F. B., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S., Ijspeert, A. & Ravi, S. (2026) Amplitude and phase modulation govern diverse undulatory swimming profiles, , Submitted.
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  6. Dhileep, K., Huang, Q., Tian, F. B., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Ravi, S. (2026) Moonwalk of swimming: Head to tail body waves enable mosquito larvae to swim backwards, , Submitted.
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  7. Rajendran, V., Ma, J., Wang, L., Young, J., Ravi, S. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Self-sustained vortex-induced vibration of a cylinder in compressible flows through a shock-induced feedback mechanism, , Revised.
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  8. Jin, B. R., Huang, Q., Ji, X., Pereira, G. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Spanwise twisting optimizes flapping wing propulsive efficiency through force reallocation and the leading-edge vortex growth regulation, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Accepted for publication.
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  9. Ren, H., Wang, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2026) A predictive framework for energy harvesting based on four canonical modes of vortex-foil interaction, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1034, A49.
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  10. Aref, O., Wang, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Dynamic behaviours of flexible plates vertically fixed in a channel, Electronic Research Archive, 34, 2839-2867.
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  11. Widdup, N., Wang, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2026) A comparison of rotating and flapping wings in highly compressible flows, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 143, 104544.
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  12. Rahimi, Z., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Buckling of three-dimensional wavy collapsible tubes conveying viscous flows, Physics of Fluids, 38, 021920.
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  13. Khan, M., Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2026) Optimisation of compound performance of two tandem pitching and heaving aerofoils in Martian environment, Electronic Research Archive, 34, 1290-1314.
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  14. Bhat, S.S., O'Shaughnessy, T., Hrynuk, J. T., Young, J., Tian, F. B. & Ravi, S. (2026) Propeller blade performance in low-pressure environments, Physics of Fluids, 38, 021911.
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  15. Ma, J., Mei, Y., Liu, Q., Peng, S. & Tian, F. B. (2025) A front-tracking immersed boundary method for dynamics of three-dimensional capsules in multiphase flow systems involving viscoelastic fluids, Physics of Fluids, 37, 121905.
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  16. Jin, B. R., Ji, X., Ravi, S., Young, J., Pereira, G. & Tian, F. B. (2025) Lift increment scaling and its failure due to the leading-edge vortex detachment transition for a flapping wing under disturbances, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1022, A28.
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  17. Ahmed, M., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2025) Effects of confined boundaries on hovering flight using the unsteady vortex lattice method, Physics of Fluids, 37, 091910.
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  18. Widdup, N., Wang, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2025) The aerodynamic and acoustic performance of a bumblebee-inspired micro-air vehicle in Martian atmosphere, Physics of Fluids, 37, 091916. (PoF Best Paper, Featured Article, highlighted by Scilight of AIP)
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  19. Widdup, N., Wang, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2025) A numerical study of flexible flapping wings in highly compressible flows, Physics of Fluids, 37, 071912.
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  20. Ibrahim, M., Rajamuni, M., Zhang, C., Chen, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2025) A conservative phase-field lattice Boltzmann method for boiling heat transfer at high density ratios, Physics of Fluids, 37, 053319.
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  21. Rahimi, Z., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2025) Anomalous stability behaviours in two-sided wavy collapsible channels, Physics of Fluids, 37, 021912. (Was collected in Editor's Picks).
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  22. Zhu, Y., Kang, L., Tong, X., Ma, J., Tian, F. & Fan, D. (2025) Intermittent swimmers optimize energy expenditure with flick-to-flick motor control, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1006 A27.
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  23. Ibrahim, M., Aref, O., Zhang, C., Rajamuni, M., Chen, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2025) Effects of surface morphologies on boiling heat transfer in droplet impingement on superheated surfaces, Physics of Fluids, 37, 013627.
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  24. Widdup, N., Wang, L., Young, J., Daria, V., Liu, H. & Tian, F. B. (2025) A scaling law for the lift of a bio-inspired wing hovering in low-density compressible flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1003, A10.
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  25. Ji, X., Jin, B. R., Huang, Q., Wang, L., Ravi, S., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Tian, F. B. (2024) The evolution of vortices determines the aeroacoustics generated by a hovering wing, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1000, A70.
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  26. Rajamuni, M. M., Liu, Z., Wang, L., Ravi, S., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Tian, F. B. (2024) An immersed boundary-regularised lattice Boltzmann method for modelling fluid-structure-acoustics interactions involving large deformation, Physics of Fluids, 36, 113619.
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  27. Kang, X., Ma, J., Cha, H., Hansen, H. H. W. B., Chen, X., Ta, H., Tian, F., Nguyen, N.-T., Klimenko, A., Zhang, J. & Yuan, D. (2024) Ultra-stretchable microfluidic devices for optimizing particle manipulation in viscoelastic fluids, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16, 61765-61773.
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  28. Jin, B. R., Wang, L., Ravi, S., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Tian, F. B. (2024) Enhancing tip vortices to improve the lift production through shear layers in flapping-wing flow control, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 999, A25.
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  29. Ji, X., Wang, L., Ravi, S., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Tian, F. B. (2024) Aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of a pitching foil with trailing edge serrations at a high Reynolds number, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 38, 825-844. (Invited research paper).
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  30. Ibrahim, M., Zhang, C., Rajamuni, M., Chen, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2024) Enhancement of the subcritical boiling heat transfer in microchannels by a flow-induced vibrating cylinder, Physics of Fluids, 36, 093614.
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  31. Wang, L., Liu, Z., Jin, B., Huang, Q., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2024) Wall-modeled large eddy simulation in the immersed boundary--lattice Boltzmann method, Physics of Fluids, 36, 035167.
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  32. Bhat, S., Medina, A., Tian, F. B., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Ravi, S. (2024) Proximity to the water surface markedly enhances the force production on underwater flapping wings, Plos One, 19 (3), e0299542.
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  33. Wang, L., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2024) An immersed boundary method for the thermo-fluid-structure interaction in rarefied gas flows, Physics of Fluids, 36, 013616.
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  34. Bhat, S. S., Mazharmanesh, S., Medina, A., Tian, F. B., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Ravi, S. (2023) Pitch perturbation effects on a revolving wing at low Reynolds number, Physical Review Fluids, 8, 104701.
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  35. Huang, Q., Bhat, S., Yeo, E. C., Young, J., Lai, J., Tian, F. B. & Ravi, S. (2023) Power synchronisations determine the hovering flight efficiency of passively pitching flapping wings, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 974, A41.
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  36. Mazharmanesh, S., Tian, F. B. & Lei, C. (2023) Enhancing heat transfer using flow-induced oscillations of a flexible baffle attached to a vertical heated flat surface, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 194, 108604.
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  37. Ma, J., Huang, Q., Zhu, Y., Xu, Y.-Q. & Tian, F. B. (2023) Effects of fluid rheology on dynamics of a capsule through a microchannel constriction, Physics of Fluids, 35, 091901. (Was collected in Editor's Picks)
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  38. Tian, F. B. (2023) The lattice Boltzmann method and itsapplications in engineering flows, Inst. Mech. Eng. C J. Mech. Eng. Sci., 237, 2431-2432. (Editorial notes)
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  39. Mazharmanesh, S., Young, J., Tian, F. B., Ravi, S. & Lai, J. C. S. (2023) Coupling performance of two tandem and side-by-side inverted piezoelectric flags in an oscillating flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 119, 103874.
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  40. Wang, Z., Lu, R., Wang, W., Tian, F. B., Feng, J. J. & Sui, Y. (2023) A computational model for the transit of a cancer cell through a constricted microchannel, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 22, 1129-1143.
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  41. Liu, B., Yildirim, T., Lv, T., Blundo, E., Wang, L., Jiang, L., Zou, H., Zhang, L., Zhao, H., Yin, Z., Tian, F. B., Polimeni, A. & Lu, Y. (2023) Variant plateau's law in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide dome network, Nature Communications, 14, 1050.
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  42. Zhu, Y., Pang, J.-H., Gao, T. & Tian, F. B. (2023) Learning to school in dense configurations with multi-agent deep reinforcement learning, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 18, 015003.
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  43. Wang, Y., Majumder, R., Gao, X. & Tian, F. B. (2022) Editorial: Modeling of Cardiovascular Systems, Frontiers in Physiology, 13, 1094146.
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  44. Mazharmanesh, S., Young, J., Tian, F. B., Ravi, S. & Lai, J. C. S. (2022) Energy harvesting of inverted piezoelectric flags in an oscillating flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 115, 103762.
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  45. Huang, Q., Liu, Z., Wang, L., Ravi, S., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S. & Tian, F. B. (2022) Streamline penetration, velocity error and consequences of the feedback immersed boundary method, Physics of Fluids, 34, 097101.
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  46. Wang, L., Dong, D. & Tian, F. B. (2022) Fast prediction of blood flow in a stenosed artery using machine learning and immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method, Frontiers in Physiology, 13, 953702.
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  47. Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2022) Sound generated by the flow around an airfoil with an attached flap: from passive fluid-structure interaction to active control, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 111, 103571.
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  48. Wang, L., Tian, F. B. & Liu, H. (2022) Numerical study of three-dimensional flexible flapping wings hovering in ultra-low density atmosphere, Physics of Fluids, 34, 041903.
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  49. Yi, J., Tian, F. B., Simmons, A. & Barber, T. (2022) Impact of modelling surface roughness in an arterial stenosis, Fluids, 7 (5), 179.
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  50. Zhu, Y., Pang, J.-H. & Tian, F. B. (2022) Point-to-point navigation of a fish-like swimmer in a vortical flow with deep reinforcement learning, Frontiers in Physics, 10, 870273.
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  51. Liu, Z. Tian, F. B. & Feng, X. (2022) An efficient geometry-adaptive mesh refinement framework and its application in the immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann method, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 392, 114662.
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  52. Zhu, Y., Pang, J. H. & Tian, F. B. (2022) Stable schooling formations emerge from the combined effect of the active control and passive self-organization, Fluids, 7 (1), 41.
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  53. Li, A. Luo, Y. X., Liu, Y., Xu, Y. Q., Tian, F. B. & Wang, Y. (2022) Hydrodynamic behaviors of self-propelled sperms in confined spaces, Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 16, 141-160.
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  54. Ji, X., Wang, L., Ravi, S., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J.C.S. (2022) Influences of serrated trailing edge on the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of a flapping wing during hovering flight, Physics of Fluids, 34, 011902.
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  55. Wang, H., Tian, F. B. & Liu, X. (2022) Lattice Boltzmann model for interface capturing of multiphase flows based on the Allen-Cahn equation, Chinese Physics B, 31, 024701.
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  56. Huang, Q., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2021) Transition to chaos in a two-sided collapsible channel flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 926, A15.
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  57. Mazharmanesh, S., Stallard, S., Medina, A., Fisher, A., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Ravi, S. (2021) Performance of passively pitching flapping wings in the presence of vertical inflows, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 16, 056003.
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  58. Mazharmanesh, S., Stallard, S., Medina, A., Noriyasu, A., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Ravi, S. (2021) Effects of uniform vertical inflow perturbations on the performance of flapping wings, Royal Society Open Science, 8, 210471.
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  59. Yi, J., Tian, F. B., Simmons, A. & Barber, T. (2021) A computational analysis of the influence of a pressure wire in evaluating coronary stenosis, Fluids, 6 (4), 165. (Invited research paper).
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  60. Ma, J., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J.C.S. (2021) Dynamic behaviours of a filament in a viscoelastic uniform flow, Fluids, 6, 90. (Invited research paper).
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  61. Tian, F. B. & Wang, L. (2021) Numerical modeling of sperm swimming, Fluids, 6 (2), 73. (Cover story).
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  62. Xu, L., Tian, F. B., Lai, J. C. S. & Young, J. (2021) Optimal efficiency and heaving velocity in flapping foil propulsion, AIAA Journal, 59, 2143-2155.
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  63. Zhu, Y., Tian, F. B., Young, J., Liao, J. C. & Lai, J. C. S. (2021) A numerical study of fish adaption behaviors in complex environments with a deep reinforcement learning and immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method, Scientific Reports, 11, 1691.
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  64. Widdup, N. A., Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2021) Numerical study of the sound generated by two tandem arranged wings in forward flight, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235, 265-279.
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  65. Tian, F. B. (2021) Numerical simulations of biological flows and their engineering applications, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 235, 205-207. (Editorial notes)
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  66. Han, J., Hui, Z., Tian, F. B. & Chen, G. (2021) Review on bio-inspired flight systems and bionic aerodynamics, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 34, 170-186.
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  67. Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2020) Numerical study of sound generation by three-dimensional flexible flapping wings in hovering flight, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 99, 103165.
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  68. Young, J., Tian, F. B., Liu, Z., Lai, J. C. S., Nadim, N. & Lucey, A. D. (2020) Analysis of unsteady flow effects on the Betz limit for flapping foil power generation , Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 902, A30.
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  69. Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2020) Fluid-structure interaction of flexible flapping wing in hovering flight, Physics of Gas, 5(4), 21-30. (Invited research paper, in Chinese)
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  70. Liu, Q. Y., Tang, X. Y., Chen, D. D., Xu, Y. Q. & Tian, F. B. (2020) Hydrodynamic study of sperm swimming near a wall based on the immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method, Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 14, 853-870.
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  71. Ma, J., Wang, Z., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S., Sui, Y. & Tian, F. B. (2020) An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-structure interactions involving viscoelastic fluids and complex geometries, Journal of Computational Physics, 415, 109487.
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  72. Wang, L., Tian, F. B. & Lai, J. C. S. (2020) An immersed boundary method for fluid-structure-acoustics interactions involving large deformations and complex geometries, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 95, 102993.
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  73. Mazharmanesh, S., Young, J., Tian, F. B. & Lai, J. C. S. (2020) Energy harvesting of two inverted piezoelectric flags in tandem, side-by-side and staggered arrangements, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 83, 108589.
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  74. Yu, X., Xu, L., Regenauer-Lieb, K. Jing, Y. & Tian, F. B. (2020) Modeling the effects of gas slippage, cleat network topology and scale dependence of gas transport in coal seam gas reservoirs, Fuel, 264, 116715.
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  75. Tian, F. B. (2020) Hydrodynamic effects of mucus on swimming performance of an undulatory foil by using the DSD/SST method, Computational Mechanics, 65, 751-761.
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  76. Yu, X., Regenauer-Lieb, K & Tian, F. B. (2020) Effects of surface roughness and derivation of scaling laws on gas transport in coal using a fractal-based lattice Boltzmann method, Fuel, 259, 116229.
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  77. Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2019) Numerical study of flexible flapping wings with an immersed boundary method: fluid-structure-acoustics interaction, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 90, 396-409.
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  78. Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2019) Numerical simulation of flow over a parallel cantilevered flag in the vicinity of a rigid wall, Physical Review E, 99, 053111.
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  79. Yu, X., Regenauer-Lieb, K. & Tian, F. B. (2019) A hybrid immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann/finite difference method for coupled dynamics of fluid flow, advection, diffusion and adsorption in fractured and porous media, Computers & Geosciences, 128, 70-78.
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  80. Huang, W. X. & Tian, F. B. (2019) Recent trends and progresses in the immersed boundary method, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 233, 7617-7636. (JMES 60th Anniversary)
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  81. Ma, J., Xu, L., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2019) Dynamic characteristics of a deformable capsule in a simple shear flow, Physical Review E, 99, 023101.
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  82. Tian, F. B., Tobing, S., Young, J., Lai, J. C. S., Walker, S. M., Taylor, G. K. & Thomas, A. L. R. (2019) Aerodynamic characteristics of hoverflies during hovering flight, Computers and Fluids, 183, 75-83.
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  83. Liu, Z., Bhattacharjee, K. S., Tian, F. B., Young, J., Ray, T. & Lai, J. C. S. (2019) Kinematic optimization of a flapping foil power generator using a multi-fidelity evolutionary algorithm, Renewable Energy, 132, 543-557.
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  84. Wu, J., Zhang, M. & Tian, F. B. (2018) Numerical analysis of three-dimensional electro-convection of dielectric liquids in a cubical cavity, Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 50, 1458-1469. (Invited research paper, in Chinese).
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  85. Shahzad, A., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2018) Effects of hawkmoth-like flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings with different shapes and aspect ratios, Physics of Fluids, 30, 091902.
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  86. Xu, L., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2018) A novel geometry-adaptive Cartesian grid based immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for fluid-structure interactions at moderate and high Reynolds numbers, Journal of Computational Physics, 375, 22-56.
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  87. Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2018) Recent progress of immersed boundary method and its applications in compressible flows, Science China: Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, 48, 094703. (Invited review paper, Special Issue for USTC 60th anniversary, in Chinese)
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  88. Li, W., Wang, W., Yan, Y. & Tian, F. B. (2018) Effects of pitching motion profile on energy harvesting performance of a semi-active flapping foil using immersed boundary method, Ocean Engineering 163, 94-106.
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  89. Shahzad, A., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2018) Effects of flexibility on the aerodynamic performance of flapping wings with different shapes and aspect ratios in hover, Journal of Fluids and Structures 81, 69-96.
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  90. Wang, L. & Tian, F. B. (2018) Heat transfer in non-Newtonian flows by a hybrid immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann and finite difference method, Applied Science 8, 559.
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  91. Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2018) Bio-inspired flapping foils and their applications, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 232, 2493. (Editorial notes)
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  92. Xu, Y. Q., Jiang, Y. Q., Wu, J., Sui, Y. & Tian, F. B. (2018) Benchmark numerical solutions for two-dimensional fluid--structure interaction involving large displacements with the deforming-spatial-domain/stabilized space--time and immersed boundary--lattice Boltzmann methods, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 232, 2500-2514.
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  93. Tian, F. B., Wang, Y., Liu, H. & Zhang, Y. (2018) The lattice Boltzmann method and its applications in complex flows and fluid-structure interactions, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science 232, 403-404. (Editorial notes)
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  94. Wang, W., Yan, Y. & Tian, F. B. (2018) Fluid-structure coupling for a non-sinusoidal forced oscillating hydrofoil based on an immersed boundary method, Ocean Engineering 147, 606-620.
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  95. Xu, Y. Q., Wang, M. Y., Liu, Q. Y., Tang, X. Y. & Tian, F. B. (2018) External force-induced focus pattern of a flexible filament in a viscous fluid, Applied Mathematical Modelling 53, 369-383.
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  96. Liu, Z., Tian, F. B., Young, J. and Lai, J. C. S. (2017) Flapping foil power generator performance enhanced with a spring-connected tail, Physics of Fluids 29, 123601. (Was collected in Editor's Picks)
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  97. Wang, L., Currao, G. M. D., Han, F., Neely, A. J., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2017) An immersed boundary method for fluid-structure interaction with compressible multiphase flows, Journal of Computational Physics 346, 131-151.
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  98. Gao, D., Tian, F. B., Chen, Z. & Zhang, D. (2017) An improved lattice Boltzmann method for solid-liquid phase change in porous media under local thermal non-equilibrium conditions, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 110, 58-62.
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  99. Liu, Z., Lai, J. C. S., Young, J. & Tian, F. B. (2017) Discrete vortex method with flow separation corrections for a flapping foil power generator, AIAA Journal 55, 410-418.
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  100. Wang, W., Yan, Y. & Tian, F. B. (2017) A simple and efficient implicit direct forcing immersed boundary framework for simulations of complex flow, Applied Mathematical Modelling 43, 287-305.
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  101. Shahzad, A., Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2016) Effects of wing shape, aspect ratio and deviation angle on aerodynamic performance of flapping wings in hover, Physics of Fluids 28, 111901.
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  102. Tian, F. B., Sui, Y., Zhu, L., Shu, C. & Sung, H. J. (2016) Computational methods and models in circulatory and reproductive systems, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine 2016, 9028409. (Editorial notes)
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  103. Tian, F. B. (2016) Deformation of a capsule in a power-law shear flow, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine 2016, 7981386.
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  104. Jiang, Y., Guo, R. Y., Tian, F. B. & Zhou, S. (2016) Macroscopic modeling of pedestrian flow based on a second-order predictive dynamic model, Applied Mathematical Modelling 40, 9806-9820.
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  105. Stewart, W. J., Tian, F. B., Akanyeti, O., Walker, C. & Liao, J. C. (2016) Refusing rainbow trout selectively exploit flows behind tandem cylinders, Journal of Experimental Biology 219, 2182-2191. (Highlighted by INSIDE JEB: Surfing trout foiled by widespread obstacles; Was selected into JEB Subject collection: Comparative biomechanics of movement; Was selected for 2016 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize Shortlist)
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  106. Wei, Q., Xu, Y. Q., Tang, X. Y. & Tian, F. B. (2016) An IB-LBM study of continuous cell sorting in deterministic lateral displacement arrays, Acta Mechanica Sinica 32, 1023-1030. (Invited research paper)
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  107. Tian, F. B., Wang, W., Wu, J. & Sui, Y. (2016) Swimming performance and vorticity structures of a mother-calf pair of fish, Computers and Fluids 124, 1-11.
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  108. Tian, F. B., Wang, Y., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2015) An FSI solution technique based on the DSD/SST method and its applications, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences 25, 2257-2285. (Invited research paper)
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  109. Jiang, Y., Zhou, S. & Tian, F. B. (2015) Macroscopic pedestrian flow model with degrading spatial information, Journal of Computational Science 10, 36-44.
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  110. Wu, J., Wu, J., Tian, F. B., Zhao, N. & Li, Y. D. (2015) How a flexible tail improves the power extraction efficiency of a semi-activated flapping foil system: a numerical study, Journal of Fluids and Structures 54, 886-899.
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  111. Wu, J., Shu, C., Zhao, N. & Tian, F. B. (2015) Numerical study on the power extraction performance of a flapping foil with a flexible tail, Physics of Fluids 27, 013602.
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  112. Tian, F. B. (2015) A numerical study of linear and nonlinear kinematic models in fish swimming with the DSD/SST method, Computational Mechanics 55, 469-477.
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  113. Wu, J., Traore, P., Tian, F. B., Perez, A. T., Louste, C. & Dascalescu, L., (2015) Numerical investigation of electrohydrodynamic plumes for locally enhanced cooling in dielectric liquids, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 51, 669-678.
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  114. Jiang, Y., Zhou, S. & Tian, F. B. (2015) A higher-order macroscopic model for bi-directional pedestrian flows, Physica A 425, 69-78.
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  115. Tian, F. B., Young, J. & Lai, J. C. S. (2014) Improving power-extraction efficiency of a flapping plate: From passive deformation to active control, Journal of Fluids and Structures 51, 384-392.
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  116. Tian, F. B. (2014) FSI modeling with the DSD/SST method for the fluid and finite difference method for the structure, Computational Mechanics 54, 581-589.
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  117. Wu, J., Traore, P., Tian, F. B., Louste, C., Dascalescu, L. & Perez, A. T., (2014) Effect of mobility parameter on the oscillatory electro-convection of dielectric liquids subject to strong unipolar charge injection, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 50, 2306-2313.
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  118. Tian, F. B., Dai, H., Luo, H., Doyle, J. F. & Rousseau, B. (2014) Fluid-structure interaction involving large deformations: 3D simulations and applications to biological systems, Journal of Computational Physics 258, 451-469. (Listed as one of the Most Downloaded Papers in Last 90 Days on the journal website)
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  119. Tian, F. B., Bharti, R. P. & Xu, Y. Q. (2014) Deforming-Spatial-Domain/Stabilized Space-Time (DSD/SST) method in computation of non-Newtonian fluid flow and heat transfer with moving boundaries, Computational Mechanics 53, 257-271. (This paper has been highlighted by Advances in Engineering. Find details from this link.)
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  120. Xu, Y. Q., Tang, X. Y., Tian, F. B., Peng, Y. H., Xu, Y. & Zeng, Y. J. (2014) IB-LBM simulation of the hemocyte dynamics in a stenotic capillary, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 17, 978-985.
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  121. Ma, J. T., Xu, Y. Q., Tian, F. B. & Tang, X. Y. (2014) IB-LBM study on cell sorting by pinched flow fractionation, Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering 24, 2547-2554.
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  122. Wei, Q., Xu, Y. Q., Tian, F. B., Gao, T. X., Tang, X. Y. & Zu, W. H. (2014) IB-LBM simulation on blood cell sorting with a micro-fence structure, Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering 24, 475-481.
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  123. Tian, F. B. (2013) Role of mass on the stability of flag/flags in uniform flow, Applied Physics Letters 103, 034101 (Cover article).
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  124. Tian, F. B., Zhu, L., Fok, P. W., & Lu, X. Y. (2013) Simulation of a pulsatile non-Newtonian flow past a stenosed 2D artery with atherosclerosis, Computers in Biology and Medicine 43, 1098-1113.
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  125. Chang, S., Tian, F. B., Luo, H., Doyle, J. F. & Rousseau, B. (2013) The role of finite displacements in vocal fold modeling, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 135, 111008.
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  126. Deng, H. B., Xu, Y. Q., Chen, D. D., Dai, H., Wu, J. & Tian, F. B. (2013) On numerical modeling of animal swimming and flight, Computational Mechanics 52, 1221-1242.
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  127. Tian, F. B., Luo, H., Song, J. L. & Lu, X. Y. (2013) Force production and asymmetric deformation of a flexible flapping wing in forward flight, Journal of Fluids and Structures 36, 149-161.
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  128. Xu, Y. Q., Tian, F. B. & Deng, Y. L. (2013) An efficient red blood cell model in the frame of IB-LBM and its application, International Journal of Biomathematics 6, 1250061. (Listed as Most Read paper on the IJB web)
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  129. Tian, F. B., Xu, Y. Q., Tang, X. Y. & Deng, Y. L. (2013) Study on a self-propelled fish swimming in viscous fluid by a finite element method, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 13, 1340012.
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  130. Xu, Y. Q., Tian, F. B., Tang, X. Y. & Peng, Y. H. (2013) A mathematical model for micro- and nano-swimmers, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 13, 1340013.
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  131. Tian, F. B., Lu, X. Y. & Luo, H. (2012) Propulsive performance of a body with a traveling wave surface, Physical Review E 86, 016304. (Selected by BioMedLib as the top 20 articles published on the same topic since 2012).
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  132. Tian, F. B., Lu, X. Y. & Luo, H. (2012) Onset of instability of a flag in uniform flow, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 2, 022005. (Listed as Most Cited This Month on the AIP web, was awarded as the Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters 2012 Best Paper Award in June 2015.)
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  133. Xu, Y. Q., Tian, F. B., Li, H. J. & Deng, Y. L. (2012) Red blood cell partitioning and blood flux redistribution in microvascular bifurcation, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters 2, 024001.
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  134. Zhu, W. P., Tian, F. B. & Ran, P. (2012) Analytical solutions of non-Fourier Pennes and Chen-Holmes equations, International Journal of Biomathematics 5, 1250022.
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  135. Tian, F. B., Luo, H., Zhu, L. & Lu, X. Y. (2011) Coupling modes of three filaments in side-by-side arrangement, Physics of Fluids 23, 111903.
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  136. Tian, F. B., Luo, H., Zhu, L., Liao, J. C. & Lu, X. Y. (2011) An efficient immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for the hydrodynamic interaction of elastic filaments, Journal of Computational Physics 230, 7266-7283.
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  137. Tian, F. B., Luo, H., Zhu, L. & Lu, X. Y. (2010) Interaction between a flexible filament and a downstream rigid body, Physical Review E 82, 026301.
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  138. Wang, S. Y., Tian, F. B., Jia, L. B., Lu, X. Y. & Yin, X. Z. (2010) Secondary vortex street in the wake of two tandem circular cylinders at low Reynolds number, Physical Review E 81, 036305.
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  139. Li, Y., Men, H., Thomson, G. & Tian, F. B. (2010) The development and stability analysis of a nonlinear growth model for microorganisms, International Journal of Biomathematics 3 (4), 417-438.
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  140. Men, H., Li, Y. & Tian, F. B. (2010) The parameter's effect on the stability in microbial growth model, Journal of Computers 5, 741-748.
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  141. Liu, Z., Sun, W. & Tian, F. B. (2009) A full-Newton step infeasible interior-point algorithm for linear programming based on a kernel function, Applied Mathematics and Optimization, 60, 237-251.
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  142. Tian, F. B. & Lin, M. (2007) Studies on the mechanism of water jet-assisted drilling technology (2)--high-speed drip impacting with solid target, Mechanics in Engineering (in Chinese) 29 (2), 34-39.
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  143. Tian, F. B. & Lin, M. (2007) Studies on the mechanism of water jet-assisted drilling technology (1)--cavitation and erosion, Mechanics in Engineering (in Chinese) 29 (1), 29-33.
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