Associate Professor
Email: haolu@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas: Turbulence, Turbulent Combustion, Wind Energy
Research Interests: Direct Numerical Simulation and Large-Eddy Simulation of Boundary Layer Turbulence, Stratified Turbulence, Isotropic Turbulence, Rotating Turbulence, Compressible Flow, Reacting Flow, Active and Passive Scalar Transport; Wind Energy Application; Statistical Theory; Turbulence Modeling; Experimental Fluid Mechanics; Numerical Analysis; Parallel Computing
Academic Degrees
Ph.D., 2007，College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
M.S., 2002, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Peking University, China
B.S., 1999, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Peking University, China
Professional Experience
Associate Professor (2014.11-present); School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Scientist (2012.11-2014.11); Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory (WIRE), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2008.10-2012.11); Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2007.8-2008.9); Engine Research Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Selected Publications
· 1. Xiang Qian, Hao Lu, Chun Zou, Hanlin Zhang, Shujing Shao and Hong Yao. Numerical investigation of the effects of turbulence on the ignition process in a turbulent MILD flame, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2021
· 2. Shujing Shao, Hao Lu, Zhaowen Wang and Xiaobei Cheng. Large-eddy simulation of high-speed vaporizing liquid-fuel spray using mixed gradient-type structural subgrid-scale model, Combustion Science and Technology, 193:5, 762-783, 2021
· 3. Hao Lu, Wuzhong Chen, Chun Zou and Hong Yao. Large-eddy simulation of Sandia Flame F using structural subgrid-scale models and partially-stirred-reactor approach, Physics of Fluids, 2019
· 4. Hao Lu, Chun Zou, Shujing Shao and Hong Yao. Large-eddy simulation of MILD combustion using partially stirred reactor approach, Proceedings of The Combustion Institute, 2019
· 5. Hao Lu and Christopher Rutland. Structural subgrid-scale modeling for large-eddy simulation - A review, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 32(4), 2016
· 6. Hao Lu and Fernando Porté-Agel. On the impact of wind farms on convective atmospheric boundary layer: A large-eddy simulation study, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2015
· 7. Hao Lu and Fernando Porté-Agel. On the development of a dynamic non-linear closure for large-eddy simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2014
· 8. Hao Lu and Fernando Porté-Agel. A modulated gradient model for scalar transport in large-eddy simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer, Physics of Fluids, 25, 2013
· 9. Hao Lu and Fernando Porté-Agel. Large-eddy simulation of a very large wind farm in a stable atmospheric boundary layer, Physics of Fluids, 23, 2011
· 10. Fernando Porté-Agel, Yu-Ting Wu, Hao Lu, and Robert J. Conzemius. Large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flow through wind turbines and wind farms, Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, 99: 154-168, 2011
· 11. Hao Lu and Fernando Porté-Agel. A modulated gradient model for large-eddy simulation: Application to a neutral atmospheric boundary layer, Physics of Fluids, 22, 2010
· 12. Hao Lu, Christopher J. Rutland, and Leslie M. Smith. A-posteriori tests of one-equation LES modeling of rotating turbulence, International Journal of Modern Physics C, 19(12): 1949-1964, 2008
· 13. Hao Lu, Christopher J. Rutland, and Leslie M. Smith. A-priori tests of one-equation LES modeling of rotating turbulence, , Journal of Turbulence, 8(37): 1-27, 2007
Course Taught
Combustion and Emissions in Internal Combustion Engine
Project
National Natural Science Foundation of China：51776082, Nonlinear large-eddy simulation and experimental study on the effects of turbulence on the ignition process in MILD flame, 2018/01—2021/12
