Professor Shuisheng He
BSc, MSc, PhD, CEng, FIMechE
Professor of Thermofluids
Course Director: Nuclear Engineering Programme
Head: Thermofluids Subject Group
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
UK
Telephone: +44(0)114 2227756
Fax: +44(0)114 2227890
email : s.he@sheffield.ac.uk
Profile
Professor He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China with a BSc and MSc degree in thermal power engineering. He then pursued his doctoral research in the Nuclear Engineering Research Group at the University of Manchester where he received his PhD in 1992. Following six years post-doctoral research in Manchester, he joined British Energy’s reactor thermal hydraulics team, where he served as an analyst for over three years.
He returned to academic life in 2002 as a lecturer and later a reader at Robert Gordon University, and moved to the University of Aberdeen in 2005 as a senior lecturer and then a reader in 2008. He joined the University of Sheffield as a chair in thermofluids in March 2011.
Shuisheng is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Research Interests
Shuisheng and his group conduct research in the field of fluid mechanics and heat transfer combining computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with experimental studies. Their research activities often fall in one of the following areas:
- Nuclear thermal hydraulics
- Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and flow of supercritical CO2
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
- Turbulence modelling
- Unsteady turbulent flow
- Buoyancy-influenced flow
- Biofluids
Research Grants
Current Projects
- Thermal hydraulics for boiling and passive systems, EPSRC, £797,147, 2012-2014, CoI, with Simon Walker (Imperial, PI) and Michael Fairweather (Leeds).
- Fundamental study of migration of supercritical carbon dioxide in porous media under conditions of saline aquifers, ESPRC, £470,805, 2011-2014, PI, with Bruce Yardley (Leeds) and Dubravka Pokrajac, (Aberdeen).
- Turbulence and wall shear stress in unsteady internal flows with rough surfaces, EPSRC, £342,737, 2010-2013, PI, with Tom O'Donoghue & Dubravka Pokrajac (Aberdeen) and Alan Vardy (Dundee).
- CFD investigation of AGR Cross-Flows for Hartlepool, EDF Energy, £74,439, 2011-2013, PI.
Recently Completed Projects
- Enhancement of heat transfer due to cross flow - Investigation of discrepancy between measured and calculated brick temperatures, EDF Energy, £60,000, 2009-2011, (PI)
- Advice in the field of thermal hydraulics, British Energy, £2,900, 2009, (PI)
- Development of a specialised downhole pumping system for the extension of the life of gas wells, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, £112,000, 2008-2010, (CI)
- ITI Energy: Resonance enhanced drilling, £806,486, 2008-2009, (CI)
- TelepathTM - a new non-invasive approach to locating leaks in subsea umbilicals, Knowledge Transfer Partnership project with Brinker Technology, £112,000, 2008-2010, (CI)
- Development of a novel and innovative multiphase flow meter for in line measurement of oil and gas flows, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, £100,144, 2007-2009, (PI)
- Study of fluid flow and heat transfer in mini/micro channels, The Royal Society, £12,000, 2007-2009, (PI)
- Integrated infrastructural initiative hydralab III - 'Unsteady friction in pipes and ducts', EC Framework-6, Funding for access to facilities, 2007-2008, (CI)
- Dependence of transient pipe fiction on turbulence dynamics, EPSRC, £153,678, 2006-2008, (PI)
- Design and development of an abrasive water jet cutting system, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, £100,144, 2005-2007, (PI)
- Modelling of heat transfer to fluids at supercritical pressure, EPSRC, £125,447, 2003-2006
- Computational and experimental studies of unsteady, rough-walled channels flow, Northern Research Partnership and Webber Fund, £60,000, 2007-2010
Selected Publications
- Turbulence in transient channel flow,
He, S. & Seddighi, M. (2013),
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 715, pp. 60-102,
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- Experimental investigation of three–dimensional flow in a double-diffusive interface system with lateral heating,
Okorafor, A. A, He, S. & Morrison, D. (2012),
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 42, pp. 143-153,
Online (journal subscription required) - Wall shear stress in accelerating turbulent pipe flow,
He, S. Ariyaratne, C. & Vardy A. E. (2011),
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 685, pp. 440-460,
Online (journal subscription required) - A comparative study of turbulence in a ramp-up and a ramp-down flow,
Seddighi, M., He, S., Orlandi, P. & Vardy, A. (2011),
Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 86(3-4), pp. 439-454 - Development of kerosene–water two‐phase up‐flow in a vertical pipe downstream of A 90° bend,
Hamad F. A. , He, S., Khan, M. K. & Bruun, H. H. (2011),
The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 91(2), pp. 354-367,
Online (journal subscription required) - Wall shear stress in the early stage of unsteady turbulent pipe flow,
He, S., and Ariyaratne, C.
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137(5), pp. 606-610,
Online (journal subscription required) - Development of an image-based capillary model for retinal vasculature,
Ganesan, P., He, S., and Xu, H. (2011)
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 102 (1), pp. 35-46.
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- Computational study of effects of traffic force on the ventilation in highway curved tunnels,
Wang, F., Wang, M., He, S., and Deng, Y. (2011)
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 26 (3), pp. 481-489.
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- Modelling of the pulsatile blood flow in arterial trees of retinal vasculature,
Ganesan, P., He, S., and Xu, H. (2011),
Medical Engineering and Physics, 33(7), pp. 810-823.
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- Wall friction and turbulence dynamics in decelerating pipe flows,
Ariyaratne, C., He, S., and Vardy, A. E. (2010)
Journal of Hydraulic Research, 48 (6), pp. 810-821.
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- Development of an image-based network model of retinal vasculature,
Ganesan, P., He, S., and Xu, H. (2010)
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 38 (4), pp. 1566-1585.
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- Analysis of retinal circulation using an image-based network model of retinal vasculature,
Ganesan, P., He, S., and Xu, H. (2010)
Microvascular Research, 80 (1), pp. 99-109.
Online (journal subscription required) - Evaluation of hot-film, dual optical and Pitot tube probes for two-phase flow measurements by comparison with CFD simulation,
Hamad, F. A., and He, S. (2010)
Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 21 (3), pp. 302-311.
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- Computational study of effects of jet fans on the ventilation of a highway curved tunnel,
Wang, F., Wang, M., He, S., Zhang, J., and Deng, Y. (2010)
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 25 (4), pp. 382-390.
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- An experimental study of pulsating turbulent flow in a pipe,
He, S., and Jackson, J. D. (2009)
European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, 28 (2), pp. 309-320.
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- Transient three-dimensional stability analysis of supercritical water reactor rod bundle subchannels by a computational fluid dynamics code,
Sharabi, M., Ambrosini, W., He, S., Jiang, P. S., and Zhao, C. (2009)
Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 131 (2), pp. 309-320.
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- Assessment of performance of turbulence models in predicting supercritical pressure heat transfer in a vertical tube,
He, S., Kim, W. S, and Bae, J. H. (2008)
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 (19-20), pp. 4659-4675.
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- Assessment by comparison with DNS data of turbulence models used in simulations of mixed convection,
Kim, W. S., He, S., and Jackson, J. D. (2008)
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 (5-6), pp. 1293-1312.
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- A computational study of wall friction and turbulence dynamics in accelerating pipe flows,
He, S., Ariyaratne, C., and Vardy, A. E. (2008)
Computers and Fluids, 37 (6), pp. 674-689.
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- A computational study of convective heat transfer to carbon dioxide at a pressure just above the critical value,
He, S., Kim, W. S., and Jackson, J. D. (2008)
Applied Thermal Engineering, 28 (13), pp. 1662-1675.
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- Prediction of transpiration effects on heat and mass transfer by different turbulence models,
Bucci, M., Sharabi, M. B., Ambrosini, W., Forgione, N., Oriolo, F., and He, S. (2008)
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 238 (4), pp. 958-974.
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- Schizophrenia-related neural and behavioral phenotypes in transgenic mice expressing truncated Disc1,
Shen, S., Lang, B., Nakamoto, C., Zhang, F., Pu, J., Kuan, S. L., Chatzi, C., He, S., Mackie, I., Brandon, N. J., Marquis, K. L., Day, M., Hurko, O., McCaig, C. D., Riedel, G., and St Clair. D. (2008)
Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (43), pp. 10893-10904.
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- Prediction of turbulent convective heat transfer to a fluid at supercritical pressure in square and triangular channels,
Sharabi, M., Ambrosini, W., He, S., and Jackson, J. D. (2008)
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 35 (6), pp. 993-1005.
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- Prediction of unstable behaviour in a heated channel with water at supercritical pressure by CFD models,
Sharabi, M., Ambrosini, W., and He, S. (2008)
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 35 (5), pp. 767-782.
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- Experimental investigation of flow resistance and convection heat transfer of CO2 at supercritical pressure in a vertical porous tube,
Jiang, P., Shi, R., Xu, Y., and He, S. (2006)
Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 38 (3), pp. 339-346.
- Numerical simulation of enhanced convection heat transfer using methane-steam reforming in catalyst films in a vertical tube,
Liu, F., Jiang, P., and He, S. (2006)
Journal of Engineering Thermophysics (in Chinese), 27 (6), pp. 987-989.
- A computational study of convection heat transfer to CO2 at supercritical pressure in a vertical mini tube,
He, S., Jiang, P., Xu, Y., Shi, R., Kim, W. S., and Jackson, J. D. (2005)
International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 44 (6), pp. 521-530.
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- A computational study of the effect of distortions of the moderator cooling channel of the advanced gas-cooled reactor,
He, S., and Gotts, J. (2005)
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 235 (9), pp. 965-982.
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- Studies of turbulent mixed convection heat transfer in a vertical tube,
Liu, F., Jiang, P., He, S., and Jackson, J. D. (2005)
Engineering Thermophysics (in Chinese), 26, pp. 286-288.
- Calculation of friction coefficient for non-circular channels,
He, S., and Gotts, J. (2004)
Journal of Fluids Engineering, 126 (6), pp. 1033-1038.
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- Simulations of mixed convection heat transfer to carbon dioxide at supercritical pressure,
He, S., Kim, W. S., Jiang, P. and Jackson, J. D. (2004)
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 218 (11), pp. 1281-1296.
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- Experimental investigation of convection heat transfer of CO2 at super-critical pressures in vertical mini tubes and in porous media,
Jiang, P., Xu, Y., Jiang, P., Jing, L., Shi, R., He, S., and Jackson, J. D. (2004)
Journal of Applied Thermal Engineering, 24 (8-9), pp. 1255-1270.
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- Computational simulations of experiments of buoyancy-influenced turbulent flow and convective heat transfer in a vertical plane passage,
Wang, J., Li, J., He, S., and Jackson, J. D. (2004)
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 218 (11), pp. 1385-1387.
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- Performances of a variety of low-Reynolds number turbulence models applied to mixed convection heat transfer to air flowing in a vertical tube,
Kim, W. S., Jackson, J. D., He, S., and Li, J. (2004)
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 218 (11), pp. 1361-1372.
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