Short Bio

Dr. Chen is now a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He received his BEng and PhD from Tsinghua University (THU), honored as an Outstanding Graduate of THU and an Outstanding Graduate in Beijing City. Also, his PhD thesis is awarded an Outstanding PhD Thesis of THU, and an Outstanding PhD Thesis of CSAA. He obtained the Outstanding Young Scientist Award in the 14th IWMO conference in 2024.

Research Interests

Computational fluid dynamics
Geophysical fluid dynamics
Instability, transition and turbulence
Numerical analysis

Publications

 Chen, X., Gan, J., Hui, C. & McWilliams, J.C. Parameterization of the vertical mixing for the Luzon Undercurrent in the northern Western Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(11): e2024JC021378 (2024).
 Chen, X., Gan, J. & McWilliams, J.C. Baroclinic nonlinear saturation and secondary instability of current-undercurrent meanders. Physical Review Fluids, 9(10): 103801 (2024).
 Chen, X., Gan, J. & Fu, L. An improved Baldwin–Lomax algebraic wall model for high-speed canonical turbulent boundary layers using established scalings. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 987, A7 (2024).
 Chen, X., Gan, J. & McWilliams, J.C. Biglobal analysis of baroclinic instability in a current-undercurrent oceanic system. Physical Review Fluids 8(12), 123801 (2023).
 Chen, X., Cheng, C., Gan, J. & Fu, L. Study of the linear models in estimating coherent velocity and temperature structures for compressible turbulent channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 973, A36 (2023).
 Chen, X., Cheng, C., Fu, L. & Gan, J. Linear response analysis of supersonic turbulent channel flows with a large parameter space. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 962, A7 (2023).
 Chen, X., Xi, Y., Ren, J. & Fu, S. Cross-flow vortices and their secondary instabilities in hypersonic and high-enthalpy boundary layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 947, A25 (2022).
 Chen, X., Wang, L. & Fu, S. Energy transfer of hypersonic and high-enthalpy boundary layer instabilities and transition. Physical Review Fluids 7(3), 033901 (2022).
 Chen, X. & Fu, S. Progress in the research of hypersonic and high-enthalpy boundary layer instabilities and transition (Review article). Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 54(11), 2937–2957 (2022).
 Chen, X., Wang, L. & Fu, S. Parabolized stability analysis of hypersonic thermal-chemical nonequilibrium boundary-layer flows. AIAA Journal 59(7), 2382–2395 (2021).
 Chen, X., Wang, L. & Fu, S. Secondary instability of the hypersonic high-enthalpy boundary layers with thermal–chemical nonequilibrium effects. Physics of Fluids 33(3), 034132 (2021).
 Chen, X., Xu, D. & Fu, S. Oblique-mode breakdown in hypersonic and high-enthalpy boundary layers over a blunt cone. Advances in Aerodynamics 3(1), 24 (2021).
 Chen, X. & Fu, S. Convergence acceleration for high-order shock fitting methods in hypersonic flow applications with efficient implicit time-stepping schemes. Computers & Fluids 210, 104668 (2020).
 Chen, X. & Fu, S. Linear stability analysis of hypersonic boundary layer on a flat-plate with thermal-chemical non-equilibrium effects. Acta Aerodynamica Sinica 38(2), 316–325 (2020).
 Cheng, C., Chen, X., Zhu, W., Shyy, W. & Fu, L. Progress in physical modeling of compressible wall-bounded turbulent flows (Review article). Acta Mechanica Sinica 40(1), 323663 (2024).
 Ying, A., Chen, X., Li, Z. & Fu, L. Optimization and modeling of eddy viscosity in the resolvent analysis of turbulent channel flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in press.
 Zhu, W., Chen, X. & Fu, L. Resolvent analyses of incompressible turbulent channel, pipe and boundary-layer flows. International Journal of Heat & Fluid Flow 106, 109331 (2024).