Institute of High Performance Computing

• Directors
• Computing Science (CS)
• Electronics & Photonics (EP)
• Engineering Mechanics (EM)
• Fluid Dynamics (FD)
• Material Science & Engineering (MSE)
• IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

Fluid Dynamics (FD)

Dr Cheng Ming

• Title: Senior Scientist
• Tel: 64191276
• Email: chengm@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

Research Interests:

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Lattice Boltzmann method
• Modeling of shock wave propagation in liquid-gas media
• Vortex dynamics
• Multiphase flow

Qualifications:

• PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1997
• M. Eng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, PRC, 1987
• B. Eng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, PRC, 1982

Published Journals/ Articles:

Published Journals/ Articles

• Cheng, M. and Luo, L.S. Characteristics of flow around a rotating circular cylinder near a plane wall, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2010 (in press).
• Cheng, M. and Lou, J. and Lim, T. T. Vortex ring with swirl: A numerical study, Physics of Fluids, 22, 2010 (in press).
• Cheng, M. Hua, J. and Lou, J. Simulation of bubble-bubble interaction using a lattice Boltzmann method, Computer & Fluids, 39, pp260-270, 2010.
• Cheng, M. and Lou, J. and Lim, T. T. Motion of a vortex ring in a simple shear flow, Physics of Fluids, 21:081701, 2009.
• Cheng, M. and Luo, L.S. Characteristics of flow around a rotating circular cylinder near a plane wall, Physics of Fluids, 19:063601, 2007.
• Cheng, M., Whyte D. S and Lou, J. Numerical investigation of a square cylinder in uniform-shear flow, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 23, pp207-226, 2007.
• Cheng, M., Hung, K. C. Vortex structure of steady flow in a rectangular cavity, Computer & Fluids 35, pp1046-1062, 2006.
• Cheng, M., Yao, Q. and Luo, L. S. Simulation of flow past a rotating circular cylinder near a plane wall, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 20, pp391-400, 2006.
• Cheng, M., Tan, S. H. N. and Hung, K. C. Linear shear flow over a square cylinder at low Reynolds number, Physics of Fluids, 17: 078103, 2005.
• Cheng, M., Hung, K. C. and Chong, O. Y. Numerical study water mitigation effect on blast wave, Shock Wave, 14: pp 217-223, 2005.
• Zhou, L., Cheng, M. and Hung, K. C. Suppression of fluid force on a square cylinder by flow control, Journal of Fluids and Structures, 21, pp151-267, 2005.
• Cheng, M. and Hung, K. C. Lattice Boltzmann method on nonuniform mesh, International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, 5, No.2, pp291-302, 2004.
• Cheng, M. and Liu, G. R. A novel finite point method for flow simulation, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 39, pp1161-1178, 2002.
• Cheng, M., Liu, G. R. and Lam, K. Y. Numerical simulation of flow past a rotationally oscillating cylinder, Computer & Fluids, 30, pp365-392, 2001.
• Cheng, M., Chew, Y. T. and Luo, S. C. 2001 Numerical investigation of a rotationally oscillating circular cylinder in mean flow. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 15, pp981-1007, 2001.
• Cheng, M. and Liu, G. R.Effects of afterbody shape on flow around prismatic cylinder, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 84, pp81-1967, 2000.
• Liu, B., Sheng, G., Hua, W., Yuan, Z., Cheng, M. & Liu, G. R. 1999 A dual stage slider-suspension design for contact recording, Journal of Applied Physics, 85, pp5621-5623,1999.
• Cheng, M., Liu, G. R., Lam, K. Y., Cai, W. J. & Lee, E. L. Approaches for improving airflow uniformity in unidirectional flow cleanrooms, Building and Environment, 34, pp275-284, 1999.
• Chew, Y. T., Luo, S. C. and Cheng, M. Numerical study of a linear shear flow past a rotating cylinder, Journal of Wind Engineering and industrial Aerodynamics, 66, pp107-125, 1997.
• Cheng, M., Chew, Y. T., and Luo, S. C.  A hybrid vortex method for flows over bluff body, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 24, pp253-274, 1997.
• Chew, Y. T., Cheng, M. and Luo, S. C. A numerical study of flow past a rotating circular cylinder using a hybrid vortex scheme, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 299, 35-71 1995.
• Cheng, M., Chew, Y. T. and Luo, S. C.  Discrete vortex simulation of the separated flow around a rotating circular cylinder at high Reynolds number, Finite Element in Analysis and Design, 18, pp225-236,1994.
• Cheng, M., Chew, Y. T. and Luo, S. C. Numerical simulation of the separated flow around a rotating circular cylinder at high Reynolds number, Computational Method in Engineering Advances & Applications, Eds. Tay, A. A. O. & Lam, K. Y. World Scientific Press, 1, pp517-522, 1992.
• Cheng, M., Ling, G. P. and Zhuang, Y. G. Numerical simulation of the separated flow around a rotating circular cylinder in a uniform stream, Journal of Hydrodynamics (in Chinese), 5, pp65-73, 1990.

Patent

• Cai, C., Cheng, M. and Hung, K. C. High Performance Muffler, United States Patent, US6892853B2, May, 17, 2005.