Prof. Wei Li | Mechanical Engineering | Research Excellence Award
Dean | Jiangsu University | China
Prof. Wei Li is a distinguished researcher in fluid machinery and turbomachinery, recognized for his impactful contributions to pump engineering and unsteady flow analysis. His research interests focus on centrifugal, mixed-flow, and axial-flow pumps, cavitation and multiphase flow, hydrogen circulation pumps, flow instability, rotating stall, entropy-based energy loss analysis, and performance optimization during transient operating conditions. His research skills include advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD), turbulence modeling (WA, DES), reduced-order modeling, numerical simulation of unsteady flows, and experimental flow diagnostics such as Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Prof. Li’s work bridges theory and application, supporting high-efficiency and low-loss pump designs for energy and hydrogen systems. His scholarly excellence has earned him recognition through high-impact journal publications and strong citation performance, reflecting his influence in fluid and thermal engineering. According to Scopus, Prof. Wei Li has published 216 documents, accumulated 3,913 citations, and achieved an h-index of 31, underscoring his sustained academic impact and leadership in the field.
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Featured Publications
PIV experimental study on dynamic and static interference flow field of multi-operating centrifugal pump under the influence of impeller wake
– Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2025 (Citations: 11)
Flow instability in mixed-flow/axial-flow pump: A review of relationship between tip leakage flow distortion and rotating stall
– Review Article, 2025 (Citations: 6)
Blade wear intensity of a centrifugal pump based on an improved four-way coupling method
– Physics of Fluids, 2025 (Citations: 2)
Effect of axial clearance on performance of roots-type hydrogen pump
– Journal of Central South University (Science and Technology), 2025 (Citations: 1)