Publications

  • Z. Jane Wang, Aerodynamic efficiency of flapping flight: analysis of a two-stroke model, J. Exp. Biol. 211, 234 (2008) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang and David Russell, Effect of Forewing and Hindwing Interactions on Aerodynamic Forces and Power in Hovering Dragonfly Flight, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99.14, 148101 (2007) [PDF]
  • A. J. Bergou, S. Xu, and Z. J. Wang, Passive wing pitch reversal in insect flight, J. Fluid Mech. 591, 321-337 (2007) [PDF]
  • G. Berman, and Z. J. Wang, Energy-minimizing kinematics in hovering insect flight, J. Fluid Mech. 582, 153-168 (2007) [PDF]
  • Sheng Xu and Z. Jane Wang, An Immersed Interface Method for Simulating the Interaction of a Fluid with Moving Boundaries, J. Comp. Phys 201, 454-493 (2006) [PDF]
  • Sheng Xu and Z. Jane Wang, Systematic Derivation of Jump Conditions for the Immersed Interface Method in Three-dimensional Flow Simulation, SIAM J. Sci. Comp. 27.6, 1948-1980 (2006) [PDF]
  • A. Andersen, U. Pesavento, and Z. Jane Wang, Analysis of transitions between fluttering, tumbling and steady descent of falling cards, J. Fluid Mech. 541, 91-104 (2005) [PDF]
  • A. Andersen, U. Pesavento, and Z. Jane Wang, Unsteady aerodynamics of fluttering and tumbling plates J. Fluid Mech.541, 65-90 (2005) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, Dissecting Insect Flight, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 2005.37, 183-210 (2005) [PDF]
  • David B. Russell, Numerical and Experimental Investigations into the Aerodynamics of Dragonfly Flight (2004)
  • Umberto Pesavento and Z. Jane Wang, Falling Paper: Navier-Stokes Solutions, Model of Fluid Forces, and Center of Mass Elevation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93.14, 144501 (2004) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, The role of drag in insect hovering, J. Expr. Bio. 207,4147-4155 (2004) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, James M. Birch, and Michael H. Dickinson, Unsteady forces and flows in low Reynolds number hovering flight: two-dimensional computations vs robotic wing experiments, J. Expr. Bio. 207,449-460 (2004) [PDF]
  • D.I. Pullin and Z. Jane Wang, Unsteady forces on an accelerating plate and application to hovering insect flight, J. Fluid Mech 509, 1-21 (2004) [PDF]
  • R.B. Bhiladvala and Z.J. Wang, Effect of fluids on the Q factors and resonance frequency of oscillating micrometer and nanometer scale beams, Phys. Rev. E 69, 036307 (2004) [PDF]
  • David Russell and Z. Jane Wang, A cartesian grid method for modeling multiple moving objects in 2D incompressible viscous flow, J. Comp. Phys. 191, 177-205 (2003) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, Unsteady Aerodynamics of Insect Flight, Computational Modeling in Biological Fluid Dynamics, IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Springer 2001
  • Z. Jane Wang, Computations of Insect Hovering, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Wiley, vol. 209 (2001)
  • John Chalker and Z. Jane Wang, Spectrum of the Fokker-Planck operator representing diffusion in a random velocity field, Phys. Rev. E, 61, 196 (2000) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, Two Dimensional Mechanism for Insect Hovering, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85.10, 2216-2219 (2000) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, Vortex shedding and frequency selection in flapping flight, J. Fluid Mech. 410, 323-341 (2000) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, J.G. Liu, and S. Childress, Connection between corner vortices and shear layer instability in flow past an ellipse, Phys. of Fluids 11.9, 2446-2448 (1999) [PDF]
  • Z. Jane Wang, Efficient Implementation of the Exact Numerical Far field Boundary Condition for Poisson Equation on an Infinite Domain, J. Comp. Phys. 153, 666 (1999) [PDF]
  • J. Eggers and Z. Jane Wang, Crossover behavior in turbulent velocity fluctuations, Phys. Rev. E 57.4, 4281-4288 (1998) [PDF]
  • S. Succi, Z. Jane Wang, and Y.H. Qian, Clustering Instability in Granular Gases, International Journal of Modern Physics C 8.4, 999 (1998)
  • J.T. Chalker and Z. Jane Wang, Diffusion in a Random Velocity Field: Spectral Properties of a Non-Hermitian Fokker-Planck Operator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79.10, 1797-1800 (1997) [PDF]
  • Virginie Emsellem, Leo P. Kadanoff, Detlef Lohse, Patrick Tabeling, and Z. Jane Wang, Transitions and probes in turbulent helium, Phys. Rev. E 55.3, 2672-2681 (1997) [PDF]
  • Jonathan Miller and Jane Wang, Passive Scalars, Random Flux, and Chiral Phase Fluids, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76.9, 1461-1464 (1996) [PDF]
  • A. Sanchez, D. Cai, N. Cronbech-Jensen, A.B. Bishop, and Z. Wang, Roughening transitions of driven surface growth, Phys. Rev. B 14664 (1995)
  • Leo Kadanoff, Detlef Lohse, Jane Wang, and Roberto Benzi, Scaling and dissipation in the GOY shell model, Phys. of Fluids 7.3, 617-629 (1995) [PDF]
  • S. Chen, Z. Wang, G. Doolen, and X. Shan, Three Dimensional Lattice Bontzmann Computational Fluid Dynamics, J Stat. Phys. 68, 379 (1992)