Computational Ocean Hydrodynamics · Marine Renewable Energy海洋计算水动力学 · 海洋可再生能源

From Complex Ocean Flows to Reliable Marine Energy从复杂海洋流动到可靠海洋能源

We develop validated and scalable SPH/CFD and multiphysics approaches to understand energy conversion, unsteady loading, and fatigue life in marine energy systems—and translate high-fidelity predictions into tools for design, control, and life-cycle operation.发展可验证、可扩展的 SPH/CFD 与多物理场方法,研究复杂波流环境下海洋能源装备的能量转换、非定常载荷与疲劳寿命,并将高保真预测转化为设计、控制和全寿命运行工具。

Assistant Professor助理教授 Master's Supervisor硕士生导师 Dalian University of Technology大连理工大学
Portrait of Guixun Zhu
MethodsSPH · CFD · HPC
SystemsWave · Tidal · Floating
OutcomeEnergy · Load · Lifetime
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Our vision研究愿景

Efficient energy conversion and long-term reliability must be designed together.高效获能与长期可靠运行,必须从一开始协同设计。

Marine renewable energy systems operate under stochastic, nonlinear, and extreme sea states. Our research connects fundamental flow physics, energy-conversion mechanisms, structural loading, fatigue accumulation, and operational decision-making in one coherent framework.海洋可再生能源装备长期工作在随机、强非线性和极端海况中。我们的研究把复杂流动物理、能量转换机理、结构载荷、疲劳累积与运行决策连接成一条完整的研究链。

Signature concept核心学术概念 Energy–Load–Lifetime Co-Design of Marine Energy Systems海洋能源装备“能量—载荷—寿命”协同设计
Integrated research story from prediction to energy harvesting and reliable operation
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Predict the ocean–structure interaction算准海洋与结构的相互作用

Develop high-order, multiresolution, and scalable SPH/CFD tools for nonlinear free surfaces and wave–current–structure interaction.发展高阶、多分辨率和可扩展的 SPH/CFD 方法,描述非线性自由液面及波流—结构相互作用。

Predict
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Understand and optimise energy capture理解并优化海洋能转换

Reveal how waves, currents, device configuration, PTO or rotor operation, and platform motion jointly govern performance and loading.揭示波浪、潮流、装置构型、PTO/转子运行与平台运动如何共同控制效率与载荷。

Harvest
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Sustain reliable life-cycle operation保障装备全寿命可靠运行

Translate high-fidelity data into extreme-load assessment, fatigue prediction, reliability design, reduced-order models, and digital twins.将高保真数据转化为极端载荷评估、疲劳预测、可靠性设计、降阶模型与数字孪生工具。

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Research themes三大研究方向

Methods, energy systems, and life-cycle reliability.从计算方法、能源系统到全寿命可靠性。

The three themes are not separate topics. They form a single pathway from physical prediction to marine-energy technology and reliable engineering decisions.三个方向不是相互割裂的关键词,而是一条从物理预测、能源装备到可靠工程决策的连续路径。

High-fidelity SPH and computational hydrodynamics results01

High-Fidelity Computational Ocean Hydrodynamics高保真海洋计算水动力学

Accurate, efficient, and scalable SPH/CFD methods for nonlinear free-surface flows, moving structures, and wave–current–structure interaction.面向非线性自由液面、运动结构及波流—结构相互作用的高精度、高效率、可扩展 SPH/CFD 方法。

High-order SPHMultiresolutionHPCDigital wave tank
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Wave-energy experiments and numerical models02

Wave & Tidal Energy Systems波浪能与潮流能系统

Hydrodynamics, energy conversion, multi-device interaction, and coupled response of wave, tidal, floating, and hybrid marine-energy technologies.研究波浪能、潮流能、浮式及混合能源装备的水动力学、能量转换、多装置干扰与耦合响应。

OWCPoint absorbersTidal turbinesFloating systems
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Physical experiments and numerical models for offshore system reliability03

Marine Energy Reliability & Life-Cycle Engineering海洋能源装备可靠性与全寿命工程

Extreme loads, load spectra, fatigue, probabilistic reliability, reduced-order modelling, and digital-twin tools for safe long-term operation.研究极端载荷、载荷谱、疲劳、概率可靠性、降阶建模及数字孪生,支撑装备长期安全运行。

Extreme responseFatigueReliabilityDigital twins
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Integrated research chain完整研究链条

Flow physics becomes an engineering decision.让流动物理最终转化为工程决策。

The core contribution is not a single numerical method or a single device. It is a coherent chain that connects reliable computation, physical mechanisms, energy-system design, structural lifetime, and operational intelligence.核心贡献不只是某一种数值方法或某一种装置,而是把可信计算、物理机理、能源系统设计、结构寿命与智能运行连接成体系。

Complex ocean environment复杂海洋环境Waves · currents · extremes
Energy & load response能量与载荷响应Conversion · coupling · spectra
Lifetime & operation寿命与运行决策Fatigue · reliability · twins

Selected publications代表性论文

A continuous portfolio from methods to energy systems and fatigue.从数值方法、能源系统到疲劳可靠性的连续成果链。

2026
Performance and fatigue analysis of a tidal turbine under wave-current interactions
Energy, 356, 141232 · First author
2025
Iterative high-order weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics model for viscous fluid flows
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 447, 118339 · First author
2024
A parallel multi-resolution smoothed particle hydrodynamics model with local time stepping
Journal of Computational Physics, 508, 113039 · First author
2023
Numerical investigation on the hydrodynamic performance of a 2D U-shaped oscillating water column wave energy converter
Energy, 274, 127357 · First author
2023
Experimental study of interactions between focused waves and a point absorber wave energy converter
Ocean Engineering, 287, 115815 · First author
2023
A novel MPI-based parallel smoothed particle hydrodynamics framework with dynamic load balancing for free surface flow
Computer Physics Communications, 284, 108608 · First author

Students and collaborators are welcome.欢迎学生加入,也欢迎学术与产业合作。

Potential topics include high-order and high-performance SPH/CFD, nonlinear free-surface flow and fluid–structure interaction, wave and tidal energy, extreme loads and fatigue, reduced-order modelling, and physics-informed machine learning.可开展高阶与高性能 SPH/CFD、复杂自由液面与流固耦合、波浪能与潮流能、极端载荷与疲劳、降阶模型及物理约束机器学习等研究。