QINGHAI ZHANG
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
155 S. 1400 E. Rm 233
University of Utah
Salt Lake City UT 84112-0090
qinghai at math dot utah dot edu
EDUCATION
Ph. D. in Computational Fluid Mechanics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
M. Engr. in Computational Fluid Mechanics
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
B. Engr. in Hydraulic Engineering
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
TEACHING
2012 Fall : Math 6610-001 Analysis Num Mthds I,
guest lectures on multgrid methods.
Notes:
the lean version,
the longer version.
2013 Spring :
Math 1321-004 Accelerated Engineering Calculus II .
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Large-scale scientific computing based on differential equations;
Complex multi-phase flows with multiple scales and multiple physics;
Navier-Stokes equations; Finite volume methods;
Adaptive mesh refinement; Parallel computing;
Interface tracking methods; Free-surface flow;
Fluid-structure interaction; Hybrid particle-continuum models;
Mathematical Biology
Link to my google scholar citations
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
1. Qinghai Zhang.
"On Donating Region: Lagrangian Flux through a Fixed Curve.",
SIAM Review, accepted for publication, 2013.
pdf
2. Qinghai Zhang, Hans Johansen, and Phillip Colella.
"A fourth-order accurate finite-volume method with structured adaptive mesh refinement for solving the advection-diffusion equation.",
SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 34(2):B179-B201, 2012.
pdf
3. Qinghai Zhang.
"High-order, multi-dimensional, and conservative coarse-fine interpolation for adaptive
mesh refinement.",
Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 200(45-46):3159-3168, 2011. pdf
4. Qinghai Zhang and Philip L.-F. Liu.
"Handling solid-fluid interfaces for viscous flows: explicit jump
approximations vs. ghost cell approaches.",
Journal of Computational Physics, 229(11):4225-4246, 2010. pdf
5. Qinghai Zhang and Philip L.-F, Liu.
"HyPAM : A hybrid continuum-particle model for incompressible
free-surface flows",
Journal of Computational Physics, 228(4):1312-1342, 2009. pdf
6. Qinghai Zhang and Philip L.-F. Liu.
"A New Interface Tracking Method : the Polygonal Area Mapping Method".
Journal of Computational Physics, 227(8):4063-4088, 2008. pdf
(Top 25 Hottest Articles J. Comput. Phys. Jan.-Mar. 2008)
7. Qinghai Zhang and Philip L.-F, Liu.
"A numerical study of swash flows generated by bores",
Coastal Engineering, 55(12):1113-1134, 2008. pdf
8. Chunbo Jiang, Kai Li, Ning Liu and Qinghai Zhang.
"Implicit Parallel FEM Analysis of Shallow Water Equations",
Tsinghua Science and Technology, 10(3):364-371, 2005. pdf
9. Chunbo Jiang, Liqiu Chen and Qinghai Zhang.
"Parallel algorithm to analyze shallow water flow" (in Chinese),
Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), 42(11):1548-1551, 2002. pdf
10. Chunbo Jiang, Xiaomi An and Qinghai Zhang.
"2D Shallow Water Flow simulation using parallel arithmetic for FEM" (in Chinese),
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 5:65-68, 2002. pdf
11. Chunbo Jiang, Lihui Du and Qinghai Zhang.
"A fractional step finite element method based on Taylor expansion - stability and accuracy analysis" (in Chinese),
Journal of Hehai University (Natural Science), 29(6):99-102, 2001. pdf
12. Chunbo Jiang, Xiuying Xing and Qinghai Zhang.
"Fractional step finite element method for three dimensional incompressible flows" (in Chinese),
Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), 40(8):110-113, 2000. pdf
13. Chunbo Jiang, Qinghai Zhang and Zhongxin Gao.
"A 2-D unsteady flow model for predicting temperature and pollutant distribution in the vertical cross section of a river" (in Chinese),
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 9:20-24, 2000. pdf
Papers to Appear (selected)
14. Qinghai Zhang.
"Highly Accurate Lagrangian Flux Calculation
via Algebraic Quadratures
on Spline-Approximated Donating Regions",
Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., submitted.
pdf
15. Qinghai Zhang.
"On a family of unsplit advection algorithms
for volume-of-fluid methods",
SIAM J. Numer. Anal., submitted.
pdf
16. Qinghai Zhang.
"A Fourth-order Projection Method
for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations
on Locally-refined Periodic Domains.",
submitted.
17. Qinghai Zhang.
"C++ Design Patterns for Managing Parameters in Scientific Computing.",
submitted. pdf
Conference Papers
18. Qinghai Zhang.
"A Mathematician's View on 'Three gives birth to innumerable things' ", pdf
6th International Conference on Daoist Studies, June 3-6, 2010, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
Open-Source Software
1. Qinghai Zhang.
"AMRCFI: A matlab package for coarse-fine interpolation in adaptive mesh refinement",
2011. http://amrcfi.sourceforge.net/
2. Qinghai Zhang.
"SADoRe: A MATLAB package for 2D donating region construction and Lagrangian flux computation",
2011. http://sadore.sourceforge.net/