Dr Qinling Li MSc, PhD
Senior Lecturer
Summary
Qinling is a senior lecturer in thermo-fluids. She is interested in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodology and applications. Before moving to Sheffield Hallam, she was a research associate in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of Cambridge.
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About
Qinling also spent part time in the CFD Lab, which is part of the Acoustics, Fluid Mechanics, Turbomachinery and Thermodynamics Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge.
From 2003-2006, she worked as a research associate in the Aeronautical and Automatics Engineering Department, Loughborough University.
She studied for a PhD degree in the Aerodynamic Flight Mechanics Research Group, Southampton University, in 2003. Qinling obtained her first and master degrees, and used to be a lecturer, at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
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Teaching
Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Science, Technology and Arts
Modules:
- Further Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics;
- Advanced CFD;
- Body Styling & CFD. -
Research
- Materials and Engineering Research Institute
Areas of research interests:
• LES of Supersonic Jet in crossflow (SJICF);
• Energy Storage;
• Turbomachinery design and performance;
• Fundamentals of turbulence;
• Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of compressibility effects in wall-bounded flow;
• Shockwave/boundary layer interaction using DNS;
• Large eddy simulation (LES) of fan/outlet guide vane (OGV) broadband noise prediction;
• LES for short take-off and vertical landing aircraft (STOVL);
• Turbine blade cooling effectiveness (PhD student's work);
• Fluid-structure interaction (FSI). -
Publications
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Other activities
- Reviewer of Journal of Applied Computational Methods, June 2018 - present.
- Distinguished Visiting Scholar, School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), 1st June - 30th Sept 2017.
- Distinguished Visiting Scholar, School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), 19th - 30th December 2016.
- Reviewer for Physics of Gases, China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA), December 2016 - present.
- IMechE Automotive Division in Yorkshire, University co-opted member (January 2015 - July 2018), https://nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/UK/Yorkshire/Yorkshire-Automobile
- Member of Institute of Engineering & Technology (IET), 2015 - 2018.
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA, subject to renew).
- Royal Aeronautics Society (RAeS, subject to renew). -
Postgraduate supervision
Qinling has previously acted as PhD supervisor for Hari Daud on Numerical and Experimental Study of Flow in a Gas Turbine Chamber, 2012.