Kewei Xu, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
The University of Maine
Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, Room 247
Orono, ME 04469-5711
(207) 581-4136; kewei.xu@maine.edu
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Miami, 2021
External Engagements:
- Research assistant, co-flow jet active flow control innovations, University of Miami
- Postdoc researcher, machine-learning-driven active flow control for ship drag reduction, Chalmers Area of Advanced Transport
- Researcher, development of wind propulsion technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Reach Institutes of Sweden (RISE)
Teaching Areas:
- Fluid mechanics
- Turbomachinery
- CFD
Research Areas:
- Bluff body (ships and vehicles) airwakes
- Active flow control
- Aircraft aerodynamics
- Wind turbine
- Turbomachinery and engine inlet
Principal Sponsors:
- Area of Advanced Transport, Chalmers University of Technology.
Select Research / Collaboration Activities:
- Ship bi-stable wake and drag reduction
- Lift enhancement of aircraft control surface using co-flow jet active flow control
- Power output improvement of wind turbine
- Micro-compressor design and casing treatments
- Distortion suppression and exergy enhancement of engine serpentine inlet
Select Publications / Presentations:
- Kewei Xu, Xinchao Su, Rickard Bensow, and Sinisa Krajnovic, “Numerical Investigation of Wake Bi-stability of a Generic Ship Model”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, accepted, production in progress (2024), DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2024.511.
- Kewei Xu, Xinchao Su, Rickard Bensow, and Sinisa Krajnovic, “Large Eddy Simulation of Ship Airflow Control with Steady Coanda Effect,” (featured article) Physics of Fluids, 35, no. 1 (2023): 015112.
- Kewei Xu, Yan Ren, and Gecheng Zha. “Numerical Analysis of Energy Expenditure for Coflow Wall Jet Separation Control.” AIAA Journal 60.5 (2022): 3267-3285.
- Kewei Xu, and Gecheng Zha, “High Control Authority Three-Dimensional Aircraft Control Surfaces Using Co-flow Jet.” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, 58.1 (2021): 72-84.
- Kewei Xu, and Zha, G., “High Efficiency Wind Turbine Using Co-flow Jet Active Flow Control.” ASME Turbo Expo 2021 Virtual Event, GT2021-59664, June 07-11, 2021.
- Kewei Xu, and Gecheng Zha. “System energy benefit using co-flow jet active separation control for a serpentine duct.” Aerospace Science and Technology 128 (2022): 107746.
Professional Activities / Memberships:
- Reviewer for Physics of Fluids
- Reviewer for Energy
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers