Biography
Dr Yadong Han is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Environmental Fluid Mechanics group at the University of Oxford. He received his PhD in Energy and Power Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2024.
His research focuses on flow dynamics in energy systems, particularly vortex dynamics, cavitation, flow control, and fluid–structure interaction. During his PhD, he carried out detailed investigations of tip leakage vortices and cavitation in hydromachinery, resulting in two ESI Highly Cited Papers and several awards, including the NSK Sino-Japan Friendship Outstanding Paper Award (2022).
At Oxford, his research has expanded to tidal energy, supported by the EPSRC-funded CoTide programme and the Tidal Turbine Benchmarking project. He currently investigates unsteady loading on tidal turbines under waves and floating-platform motions, with the aim of enhancing turbine reliability, reducing lifetime costs, and enabling large-scale tidal energy deployment.
Research Interests
Dr Han’s research interests focus on flow dynamics and flow control strategies in renewable energy systems, with particular emphasis on tidal energy. His work combines experimental measurements and high-fidelity numerical simulations to investigate unsteady hydrodynamic phenomena. He is currently conducting experimental studies on unsteady loading of tidal turbines operating in waves and under floating platform motions, using towing tanks and flume facilities.
His research interests include:
- Hydrodynamics and unsteady loading of tidal turbines
- Flow control strategies, including individual pitch control and passive flow control
- Vortex dynamics, including tip leakage vortices and tip vortices
- Multiphase flow and cavitation in turbomachinery
