Dr Hao Xia

BEng, MSc, PhD, FHEA, MAIAA

  • Reader in Gas Turbine Aerothermal Engineering
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Background:

Member of the Rolls-Royce UTC in Combustion System Aerothermal Processes since 2014

Before moving to Loughborough in 2014, Hao was a lecturer in Computational Thermofluids at the University of Sussex. He held Research Associate/Fellow posts previously at the Whittle Lab (Cambridge) and the Osney Lab (Oxford) soon after his PhD. His main research interests cover fluid flow modelling and simulation concerning understanding of flow-induced instability, noise and heat transfer phenomena. He has also developed new interests in magnetohydrodynamics recently with cooling and turbulence in mind. High-performance parallel computing is an essential part of Hao’s research, especially in the new era of data-driven modelling. He strongly believes data-driven techniques potentially hold the key to step-changing our modelling capabilities.

Qualifications:

  • PGCertHE, PhD, MSc.

Key Awards and accomplishments:

  • Best Paper Award (co-author), ICCHMT 2019.
  • 3rd Prize, 17th Osborne Reynolds Competition, ERCOFTAC UK, 2019, (supervisor).
  • Research Informed Teaching Award (RiTA), Loughborough University, 2017.
  • 2nd Prize, 4th Osborne Reynolds Competition, ERCOFTAC UK, 2006.

Outline of current research interests:

  • Eddy-Resolving Methods for Higher Reynolds Number Flows
  • Computational Aeroacoustics
  • Computational Thermofluids
  • Machine Learning and Decomposition Methods
  • Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulent Flows
  • High Performance Computing

[Hao is a member of the Applied Aerodynamics Group and is accepting PhD research students.]

Current teaching responsibilities:

  • Part B (Yr2) – Turbomachinery & Propulsion (Module Leader)
  • Part C (Yr3) – Introduction to CFD
  • Part D (Yr4) – Advanced CFD (Module Leader)
  • MSc – Vehicle Aerodynamics

Current administrative responsibilities:

  • Library Academic Consultant (AACME)
  • Induction tutor
  • Personal tutor

Recent papers

Xia, H, Chen, X, Ellis, C (2024) Modelling and Simulation of Effusion Cooling—A Review of Recent Progress, Energies, ISSN: 1996-1073. DOI: 10.3390/en17174480.

Ellis, CD and Xia, H (2024) LES Informed Data-driven Models for RANS Simulations of Single-hole Cooling Flows, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, ISSN: 0017-9310. (Accepted)

Fico, F, Xia, H, Langella, I, Politis, G (2024) Numerical study of liquid metal magnetoconvection and heat transfer in an electrically conductive square duct, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, ISSN: 0017-9310.

Ellis, C and Xia, H (2023) Data-driven turbulence anisotropy in film and effusion cooling flows, Physics of Fluids, 35(10), 105114, ISSN: 1070-6631. DOI: 10.1063/5.0166685.

Panesar, S, Xia, H, Passmore, M (2023) Oblique and parallel modes of the bistable bluff body wake, Physical Review Fluids, 8(8), 084601, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.084601.

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External roles and appointments:

  • Committee Member: Royal Aeronautical Society - Aerodynamics
  • Editorial Board: International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, ISSN 1687-5966
  • Editorial Board: Aerospace, ISSN 2226-4310
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy
  • External PhD Examiner
  • External Examiner for Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Programmes