Researchers
Present Post: Professor,
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1982), Northern Jiaotong University (Beijing)
Mechanical Engineer (1982-1986), Beijing 2.7 Locomotive Company (Beijing)
M.S. in Applied and Experimental Fluid Mechanics (1989), NJU(Beijing)
Ph.D. degree (1994) Universite AIX-MARSEILLE II (Marseille, France)
Professor (1998-present) Institute of Mechanics, CAS
Mail Address: Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Bei-Si-Huan-Xi Road, 15, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
Tel: (8610) 82544095; Fax: (8610) 82544096
E-mail Address: liu@imech.ac.cn
Other Positions:
President of the National Society of Microgravity Science and Application of China (NSMSA)
Managing Director of the Chinese Society on Space Science.
Member of the Microgravity Sciences and Processes Committee, International Astronautical Federation (IAF).
Main Research and Scientific Topics:
？ Heat and Mass Transfer in Space, Microgravity Fluid Physics
？ Morphological stability of solid/liquid interface, macrosegregation of melt in convective flow
？ Convection and Instability of liquid in mush-layer or porous medium layer
？ Thermocapillary and thermo-gravitational convection in liquid metals of low Prandlt number with liquid encapsulation, applied to crystal-growth process technique with a free or enclosed encapsulated liquid layer
？ Evaporation effect and convective instability of liquid
？ Fluid flow experiments in space
？ Instability analysis and nonlinear numerical simulations of the Rayleigh-Marangoni-Benard convection in multi-layer fluid system.
？ Hydro-thermal waves on free surface or interface between two liquids in Marangoni convection.
？ Vibration control dynamics of fluid convection
？ Developing numerical modelling of deformation of interface in buoyancy and thermocapillary driven convection.