Contact Information:

Email: baofang.song@pku.edu.cn    

Tel: 18222527605

Work experience:

2023.03-present, College of Engineering, Peking University, tenure-track associated professor

2017.02-2023.02, Center for Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University, associated professor

2016.03-2017.02, ZARM, University of Bremen, Postdoc

2015.11-2016.2, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Postdoc

2014.11-2015.10, Institute of Multiscale Simulation, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Postdoc

Education:

2010.10-2014.10，Department of Physics, University of Göttingen，PhD

2007.09-2010.04，Department of Fluid Mechanics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Master

2003.09-2007.07，School of Aeronautics， Bachelor

Research Areas:

Flow instability, transition to turbulence and turbulence

Interested Research Areas in CAPT：

Flow instability and turbulence under strong magnetic field and heating; AI applications to fluid mechanics

Grants and Awards：

NSFC grant: 2019-2021

NSFC grant: 2023-2026

NSFC grant: 2024-2026

Selected Publications：

1.      Wu Haoyang & Baofang Song*, Scaling and mechanism of the propagation speed of the upstream turbulent front in pipe flow. J. Fluid Mech. 977:R4 (2023)

2.      Xueyan Zhai, Kaiwen Chen & Baofang Song*, Linear instability of channel flow with microgroove-type anisotropic superhydrophobic walls, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 8, 023901 (2023)

3.      Jun Hu*, Haoyang Wu & Baofang Song*, Linear instability and nonlinear flow states in a horizontal pipe flow under transverse magnetic field and bottom heating, J. Fluid Mech. (2022), 953, A33

4.      Duo Xu & Baofang Song*, Size-dependent transient nature of localized turbulence in channel flow, J. Fluid Mech., 2022, 950:R3

5.        Haoyang Wu & Baofang Song*, A numerical study of the side-wall effects on turbulent bands in channel flow at transitional Reynolds numbers, Computers & Fluids, 2022, 240:1054204.

6.      Kaiwen Chen, Duo Xu, & Baofang Song*, Propagation speed of turbulent fronts in pipe flow at high Reynolds numbers, J. Fluid Mech., 2022, 935:A11

7.      Masato Nagata*, Baofang Song and Darren P. Wall, Onset of vortex structures in rotational plane Couette flow, J. Fluid Mech., 2021, 918:A2

8.      Duo Xu*, Baofang Song, and Marc Avila, Non-modal transient growth of disturbances in pulsatile and oscillatory pipe flow, J. Fluid Mech., 2021, 907:R5

9.      Kaiwen Chen and Baofang Song*, Linear stability of slip pipe flow, J. Fluid Mech., 2021, 910:A35

10.    Baofang Song* and Xiangkai Xiao, Trigger turbulent bands directly at low Reynolds numbers in channel flow using a moving-force technique, J. Fluid Mech., 2020, 903:A43

11.    Xiangkai Xiao and Baofang Song*, The growth mechanism of turbulent bands in channel flow at low Reynolds numbers, J. Fluid Mech., 2020, 883:R1

12.    Duo Xu*, Atul Varshney, Xingyu Ma, Baofang Song, Michael Riedl, Marc Avila, and Björn Hof*, Nonlinear hydrodynamic instability and turbulence in pulsatile flow, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2020, 117:11233-11239.

13.    Chunshuo Chai and Baofang Song*, Stability of slip channel flow revisited, Physics of Fluids, 2019, 31:084105

14.    Baofang Song, Carlos Plana, Jose M. Lopez, & Marc Avila*, Phase-field simulation of coreannular pipe flow, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2019, 117:14-24

15.    Jakob Kühnen*#, Baofang Song#, Davide Scarselli, Nazmi Burak Budanur, Ashley P. Willis, Marc Avila, & Björn Hof*, Destabilizing turbulence in pipe flow, Nature Physics, 2018, 14:386-390