Dust devil boundary layers
Developing mathematical models of boundary-layer flows associated with dust devils.
FLUID MECHANICS · SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Yuchen Hou
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering
I am a Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, co-advised by Abhishek Saha and Antonio Sanchez. My current research focuses on boundary-layer flows associated with dust devils. Previously, I worked on reinforcement learning control of active nematics, schlieren velocimetry, and combustion diagnostics.
RESEARCH
Research interests
Active nematics & reinforcement learning
GPU-accelerated pseudospectral simulation in PyTorch and closed-loop PPO control of topological defect dynamics in two-dimensional active nematic flows.
Schlieren velocimetry & diagnostics
Wavelet optical flow, physics-constrained motion reconstruction, synthetic focusing-schlieren imaging, and premixed-flame diagnostics.
SELECTED PUBLICATION
Evaluation of seedless wavelet-based optical flow velocimetry for schlieren images ↗
Mingjia Chen, Zhixin Zhao, Yuchen Hou, Jiajian Zhu, Mingbo Sun, and Bo Zhou.
Physics of Fluids · 2024
Notes & more
Research notes, technical writing, and photography are available on the Chinese site.
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