人物经历
1985.10-1988.7 在
天津大学力学系攻读硕士学位。
1988.10-1991.12 在
英国帝国理工学院数学系攻读博士学位。
1992.3-1993.9 在
英国帝国理工学院数学系从事博士后研究。
1993.10-1999.9 在
英国帝国理工学院数学系任讲师。
1999.9-至今 在
英国帝国理工学院数学系任高级讲师。
2001.10-至今 在
天津大学力学系任特聘教授。
研究方向
非线性流动稳定性。
层流－湍流转捩的理论研究。
主要讲授课程:流体力学。
高等常微分方程。
微分方程的差分方法。
复变函数及变分法。
主要贡献
学术成就
1. 发展了次谐共振的数学描述。推导的幅值方程可以同时适用两类不同不稳定波所形成的三波共振问题。
三维波按超指数规律放大的机理。
3. 提出由斜波直接引起转捩的理论。统一两种现有的理论，系统地研究了一对三维波从线性，经过一系
列弱非线性，最终到强非线性，引起转捩的演化过程。
4. 在边界层的'接受性'机理方面提出了来流中的声波和漩涡涨落直接激发不稳定波的机理。
科研项目
学术论著
1. Wu, X & Zhou, H. Linear instability of turbulent boundary layer as a mechanism for the
generation of large scale coherent structures. Chinese Science Bulletin English Edition,
34(20): 1685-1688, 1989
2. Wu, X. The nonlinear evolution of high-frequency resonant-triad waves in Stokes-Layers
at high Reynolds numbers. J. Fluid Mech. 245: 553-597, 1992
3. Wu, X., Lee, S.S. & Cowley, S.J. On the weakly nonlinear instability of shear flows to
pairs of oblique waves: the Stokes layer as a paradigm. J. Fluid Mech. 253: 681-720, 1993
Also published as NASA Technical Memorandum: NASA TM-105918: 92-20, 1992
4. Wu, X. On critical-layer and diffusion-layer nonlinearity in the three-dimensional stage of
boundary-layer transition. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lon. A443: 95-106, 1993
5. Mankbadi, R.R., Wu, X. & Lee, S.S. A critical-layer analysis of resonant triad in Blasius
boundary layer transition: nonlinear interactions. J. Fluid Mech. 256: 85-106, 1993
6. Wu, X. Nonlinear temporal-spatial modulation of near-planar Rayleigh waves in shear
flows: formation of streamwise vortices. J. Fluid Mech. 256 : 685-719, 1993
7. Wu, X. & Cowley, S.J. On the nonlinear evolution of instability modes in unsteady shear
layers: the Stokes layer as a paradigm. Q. J. Mech. Appl. Math. 48: 159-188, 1995
8. Wu, X. 1995 Viscous effects on fully coupled resonant-triad interactions: an analytical
approach. J. Fluid Mech. 292: 377-407, 1995
9. Wu, X. On an active resonant triad of mixed modes in symmetric shear flows: a plane
wake as a paradigm. J. Fluid Mech. 317: 337-368, 1996
10. Wu, X. & Stewart, P.A. Interaction of phase-locked modes: a new mechanism for the
rapid growth of three-dimensional disturbances. J. Fluid Mech. 316: 335-372, 1996
11. Wu, X., Stewart, P.A. & Cowley, S.J. On the weakly nonlinear development of Tollmien-
Schlichting wavetrains in boundary layers. J. Fluid Mech. 323: 133-171, 1996
12. Elgin, J.N. & Wu, X. Stability of cellular states of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation.
SIAM J. Appl. Maths. 56: 1621-1638, 1996
13. Wu, X., Leib, S.J. & Goldstein, M.E. On the nonlinear evolution of a pair of oblique
Tollmien-Schlichting waves in boundary layers. J. Fluid Mech. 340: 361-394, 1997
14. Wu, X. Generation of Tollmien-Schlichting waves by convecting gusts interacting with
sound. J. Fluid Mech. 397: 285-316, 1999
15. Wu, X. Receptivity of boundary layers with distributed roughness to vortical and
acoustic disturbances: a second-order asymptotic theory and comparison with
experiments. J. Fluid Mech. 431: 91-133, 2001
16. Wu, X. On local boundary-layer receptivity to vortical disturbances in the free
stream. J. Fluid Mech. 449: 373-393, 2001
17. Wu, X. Generation of sound and instability waves due to unsteady suction and
injection. J. Fluid Mech., 453: 289-313, 2002
18. Floryan, J.M., Szumbarski, J. & Wu, X. Stability of flow in a channel with vibrating
walls. Phys. Fluids 14: 3927-2936, 2002
19. Wu, X. & Luo, J.S. Linear and nonlinear instability of a Blasius boundary layer perturbed
by streamwise vortices. Part I: Steady streaks. J. Fluid Mechanics, 2002
20. Wu, X. & Choudhari, M. Linear and nonlinear instability of a Blasius boundary layer
perturbed by streamwise vortices. Part II: Intermittent instability induced by long-wavelength
Klebanoff modes. J. Fluid Mechanics, 2002
21. Wu, X., Wang, M., Moin, P., et al, Combustion instability due to nonlinear
acoustic-flame interaction. J. Fluid Mechanics, 2002
22. Wu, X., Stewart, P.A. & Jennings, M.J. On the role of phase-locked interaction of
Tollmien-Schlichting waves in boundary-layer transition. J. Fluid Mechanics, 2002