Assistant Professor, Shenzhen University
Many natural plants are composed of leaves and stem, both of which are flexible and reconfigure (bend) in response to current and waves. The motion of plant elements impacts the plant drag, which in turn, modifies the flow structure and turbulent intensity, decreases in-canopy flow velocity, and dissipates wave energy. My research uses experiments with live and model plants, numerical simulation, and field investigation to understand the interaction of flexible plants with current and waves and to build physical-based simple predictive models for plant drag, flow structure, and wave dissipation.