Publications
Journal papers & Book chapters & New taxa
Journal papers & Book chapters & New taxa
Palaeontology
-----2026-----
Z. Wang*, P. Buma-at, N. Stephenson, F.S. Dunn, Q. Zhuang, E.G. Mitchell, I.A. Rahman, (2026). Biomechanical analyses point to dense collagen fibre architecture in an Ediacaran frond. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293: 20261630 (In press).
Z. Wang*, A. Rindsberg, O. Miguez-Salas, (2026). The epistemic architecture of palaeontological reasoning: Trace fossil studies as an example. Earth-Science Reviews 282, 105668.
[New taxon]: Qipanshanichnus jiaolaoensis nov. isp.
Z. Wang*, Y. Zhou, Y. Shan, A. Yang, (2026). An exceptionally preserved Cambrian Psammichnites assemblage as a window into the earliest extensive horizontal-burrowing ecosystem engineers in shallow marine environments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 701, 114123.
Z. Wang*, R. Mikuláš*, V. Turek, M. Libertín, J. Dašková, (2026). Exceptional ecological resilience of nematode-like animals after fluvial events: insights from complex burrow networks from the Carboniferous Intrasudetic Basin, Czech Republic. Historical Biology, 1-16.
[New taxon]: Sinusichnus reticulatus nov. isp.
Z. Wang*, R. Gougeon, M.G. Mángano, L.A. Buatois, (2026). Trajectory smoothness – an important criterion in ichnotaxonomy and its implications for identifying tracemakers. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24 (2), 2681697.
[New taxa]: Gordia angularis nov. isp., Helminthoidichnites irregularis nov. isp.
Z. Wang*, Z. Chen, (2026). Quantifying navigational capacity in trace fossils using spectral bandwidths: Applications for animal movement ecology through the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 699, 113973.
Z. Wang*, T. Shi, (2026). Trace fossils constrain the perceptual ranges of the earliest motile animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 123 (23), e2609730123.
Z. Wang*, (2026). Reproducing and understanding a fossil trail in digitized worlds: a protocol to quantitative analyses of movement trajectories. Ichnos: An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces 33, 87-109.
Y. Hong, Z. Wang, C. Luo*, C.C. Shen, (2026). Hydrodynamic and ecological functions of the parietal gaps in Porifera: insights from Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 65 (1), 99-112.
-----2025-----
Z. Wang*, M.G. Mángano, L.A. Buatois, N. Hang, (2025). Smoothness analyses of trace fossils: expanding quantitative toolkits to unravel bilaterian movement ecology during the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292, 20250889.
Z. Wang*, O. Miguez-Salas, (2025). Quantitative decoding of Ediacaran locomotory trace fossil morphologies: Evidence for the emergence of slender anterior-posterior body profiles. Geology 53 (9), 732–736.
-----2024-----
Z. Wang*, I.A. Rahman, L. Zhang, (2024). Quantifying the rise of animals during the Ediacaran–Cambrian using ichnodissimilarity. Paleobiology 50, 532–547.
Z. Wang*, N.S. Davies, A.G. Liu, N.J. Minter, I.A. Rahman, (2024). Identifying signatures of the earliest benthic bulldozers in emergent subaerial conditions during the colonization of land by animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291, 20241629.
A. Olaru, S. Gutarra-Diaz, R.A. Racicot, F.S. Dunn, I.A. Rahman, Z. Wang, S.A.F. Darroch, B.M. Gibson, (2024). Functional morphology of the Ediacaran organism Tribrachidium heraldicum. Paleobiology 50, 475 - 489.
Z. Wang*, G.D. Edgecombe, J. Hou, (2024). Function of flow wakes for queuing trilobites: Positioning rather than drag reduction – Criteria for drag force assessment in palaeontological CFD simulations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 646, 112239.
-----2023-----
Z. Wang*, I.A. Rahman, (2023). Quantitative ichnology: a novel framework to determine the producers of locomotory trace fossils with the ichnogenus Gordia as a case study. Palaeontology 66, e12686.
Computational Mechanics
-----2026-----
J Chi, Z Wang*, Semi-resolved CFD-DEM modeling of pore clogging in pervious asphalt concrete. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 190, 106885.
Y. Zhang, H. Han, X. Ye*, Z. Wang, T. Wang*, (2026). Growth-induced crack propagation in biological epidermis: a three-dimensional phase-field-cohesive zone study. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 343, 112339.
-----2025-----
X. Nan, Z. Wang*, J. Hou*, G. Li, G. Hu, (2025). A virtual probe lattice method for CFD-DEM coupling: Multiphase super-quadric Particles as an examplar. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 179, 106421.
X. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Zhang, K. Yang, M. Liu, (2025). CFD-DEM multiphysics modeling of spatter transport for novel design of gas flow system in powder bed fusion. Computational Mechanics 76, 1117–1134.
-----2023-----
Z. Wang, M. Liu*, Z. Luo, Z. Yan, (2023). Simultaneous modeling of powder rigid motion and molten pool evolution for powder-based additive manufacturing. Powder Technology 415 (1), 118118.
C. Li, Z. Wang, H. Liu*, K. Ji, X. Zhang, (2023). A novel dimensionless number characterizing flow regimes based on Smoothed Dissipative Particle Dynamics (SDPD). The European Physical Journal Plus 138, 299.
N. Hang, Z. Wang, M. Liu*, (2023). A novel data-driven dimensional analysis framework for predicting melt pool morphology and porosity evolution in powder bed fusion. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 315, 117929.
X. Zhou, Z. Wang, P. Hu, M. Liu*, (2023). Discrepancies between Gaussian surface heat source model and ray tracing heat source model for numerical simulation of selective laser melting. Computational Mechanics 71, 599–613.
-----2022-----
G. Zhu, Y. Zhao, Z. Wang, M. Khalid, M. Liu*, (2022). Semi-resolved CFD-DEM simulation of fine particle migration with heat transfer in heterogeneous porous media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 197 (15), 123349.
Z. Luo^, Z. Wang^, Z. Yan*, J. Chen, S. Li, M. Liu*, (2022). Formation of defects in selective laser melted Inconel718 and its correlation with mechanical properties through dimensionless numbers. Science China: Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 65 (5), 254611.
D. Hui, Z. Wang, Y. Cai, W. Wu, G. Zhang, M. Liu, (2022). An immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method with hybrid multiple relaxation times for viscoplastic fluid-structure interaction problems. Applied Ocean Research 119, 103023.
-----2021-----
Z. Wang, M. Liu*, (2021). Whole-process cross-scale modelling of Laser Direct Deposition with semi-resolved VOF-DEM coupling. Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 53 (12), 3228-3239.
Z. Wang, M. Liu*, (2021). On the determination of grid size/smoothing distance in un−/semi-resolved CFD-DEM simulation of particulate flows. Powder Technology 394, 73-82.
Z. Wang, M. Liu*, X. Yang, (2021). Scaling laws of the lifting height of a conductive particle in a Gas Insulated Switchgear. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 54, 255501.
X. Nan, Z. Wang, J. Hou*, Y. Tong, B. Li, (2021). Clogging Mechanism of Pervious Concrete: From Experiments to CFD-DEM Simulations. Construction and Building Materials 270, 121422.
C. Li, H. Liu*, Z. Wang, H. Li, J. Chang, (2021). Simulation of droplet spreading on surfaces with asymmetrical wettability using multiphase Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). European Physical Journal Plus 136 (6), 692.
G. Zhu, H. Li, Z. Wang, T. Zhang, M. Liu*, (2021). Semi-resolved CFD-DEM modeling of gas-particle two-phase flow in the micro-abrasive air jet machining. Powder Technology 381, 585-600.
-----2020-----
Z. Wang, M. Liu*, (2020). Semi-resolved CFD-DEM for thermal particulate flows with applications to fluidized beds. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 159, 120150.
Z. Wang, M. Liu*, X. Yang, (2020). A four-way coupled CFD-DEM modeling framework for charged particles under electrical field with applications to Gas Insulated Switchgears. Powder Technology 373, 433-445.
-----2019-----
Z. Wang, H. Yang, C. Huang, M. Liu*, (2019). Asymptotics of a catenoid liquid bridge between two spherical particles with different radii and contact angles. Physics of Fluids 31, 062102.
Z. Wang, M. Liu*, (2019). Dimensionless analysis on selective laser melting to predict porosity and track morphology. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 273, 116238.
Z. Wang, K. Walayat, M. Liu*, (2019). A velocity corrected unresolved CFD-DEM coupled method to reproduce wake effects at moderate Reynolds number. Engineering Computations 36 (8), 2612-2633.
Z. Wang^, Y. Teng^, M. Liu, (2019). A semi-resolved CFD–DEM approach for particulate flows with kernel based approximation and Hilbert curve based searching strategy. Journal of Computational Physics 384, 151-169.
Z. Wang, W. Yan, W.K. Liu, M. Liu*, (2019). Powder-scale multi-physics modeling of multi-layer multi-track selective laser melting with sharp interface capturing method. Computational Mechanics 63 (4), 649–661.
-----2018-----
K. Walayat, Z. Wang, K. Usman, M. Liu, (2018). An efficient multi-grid finite element fictitious boundary method for particulate flows with thermal convection. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 126, 452-465.
-----2017-----
K. Walayat, Z. Wang, K. Usman, M. Liu, (2017). A multigrid finite element fictitious boundary method for fluid-solid two-phase flows. Advances in Computational Engineering Sciences, 53.
-----2016-----
Z. Li, G. Zhang, Z. Wang, S. Kan, S. Li*, (2016). Design and Implementation of FADS System Applied to Flying-Wing Aircraft. Automation Application 5,72–74.