Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2019 - present

Lecturer, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2011 - 2018

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 2010

M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2007

B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Sun Yat-sen University, 2004

Bubble dynamics, Cavitation flows

[1]   M. Wen, Y. Liu* and B. Wang, Pressure fluctuations in high gas volume fraction turbulent bubbly channel flows at Re_τ ≈ 550, J. Fluid Mech., 2026, 1039, A4.

[2]   S. Ai, H. Lu, Y. Liu* and B. Wang, Localization of multiple sound sources in confined underwater environments using deep neural operators, Ocean Eng., 2026, 353, 124715.

[3]   Y. Cai, Y. Liu*, B. Wang and S. Takagi, Sound propagation through inhomogeneous and polydisperse bubble clouds: A decoupling approach, Inter. J. Multiphase Flow, 2026, 195, 105545.

[4]   Y. Xu, Y. Liu* and B. Wang, Prediction of bubble size distribution in cloud cavitation flow based on physics-informed neural network, Phys. Fluids, 2025, 37, 103343.

[5]   K. Hu, M. Song, C. Ma, Y. Liu* and B. Wang, Characteristics of radiated noise from the cavitation flows around a NACA16012 twisted hydrofoil, J. Hydrodynamics, 2025, 37, 449-467.

[6]   X. Feng, Y. Liu and B. Wang, An improved laminar–turbulent transition cavitation model using the IDDES method, Ocean Eng., 2024, 297, 117182.

[7]   Q. Wang, B. Wang, C. Wan, H. Zhang and Y. Liu*, Modeling the distribution characteristics of vapor bubbles in cavitating flows, Phys. Fluids, 2023, 35, 123316.

[8]   Y. Liu, H. Zhang, W. Zhang and B. Wang, Bubble size distribution at early stage of hydrodynamic cloud cavitation, Phys. Fluids, 2023, 35, 063305.

[9]   X. Feng*, Y. Liu and B. Wang, Tip leakage flow structures and its influence on cavitation inception for a NACA0009 hydrofoil, J. Fluid Eng., 2023, 145, 051203.

[10]     H. Zhang, Y. Liu, B. Wang and X. Cheng, Phase-resolved characteristics of bubbles in cloud cavitation shedding cycles, Ocean Engineering, 2022, 256, 111529.

[11]     H. Zhang, Y. Liu and B. Wang, Spatial-temporal features of the coherent structure of sheet/cloud cavitation flows using a frequency-weighted dynamic mode decomposition approach, Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33, 053317.

[12]     Y. Liu, B. Wang* and K. Sugiyama, Interaction of two cylindrical bubbles embedded in a corotating vortex pair, Physics of Fluids, 2020(32), 102112.

[13]     Y. Liu and B. Wang*, Dynamics and surface stability of a cylindrical cavitation bubble in a rectilinear vortex, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019(865), 963-992.

[14]     Y. Liu, Q. Wang* and A. Zhang, Surface stability of a bubble in a liquid fully confined by an elastic solid, Physics of Fluids, 2018(30), 127106.

[15]     Y. Liu, M. L. Calvisi and Q. Wang*, Shape oscillation and stability of an encapsulated microbubble translating in an acoustic wave, Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 2018(144), 2189-2200.

[16]     Y. Liu, D. He, X. Gong* and H. Huang, Deformation of an encapsulated bubble in steady and oscillatory electric fields, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018(844), 567-596.

[17]     Y. Liu*, M. L. Calvisi and Q. Wang, Nonlinear oscillation and interfacial stability of an encapsulated microbubble under dual-frequency ultrasound, Fluid Dynamics Research, 2017(49), 025518.

[18]     Y. Liu*, K. Sugiyama and S. Takagi, On the interaction of two encapsulated bubbles in an ultrasound field, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2016(804), 58-89.

[19]     Y. Liu and Q. Wang*, Stability and natural frequency of nonspherical mode of an encapsulated microbubble in a viscous liquid, Physics of Fluids, 2016(28), 062102. 

[20]     Y. Liu*, K. Sugiyama, S. Takagi, and Y. Matsumoto, Surface instability of an encapsulated bubble induced by an ultrasonic pressure wave, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2012(691), 315-340. 

[21]     Y. Liu, K. Sugiyama, S. Takagi*, and Y. Matsumoto, Numerical study on the shape oscillation of an encapsulated microbubble in ultrasound field, Physics of Fluids, 2011(23), 041904.

Fluid Mechanics

Fundamentals of Multiphase Flow