Cao Yong, born in Chenzhou, Hunan Province  

October 2020 – Present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Ocean and Civil Engineering, Tenure-Track Associate Professor  

April 2020 – September 2020, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Special Researcher, Collaborating Professor: Tetsuro Tamura  

October 2016 – June 2020, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, Researcher, Collaborating Professor: Tetsuro Tamura  

April 2018 – March 2019, RIKEN, Center for Computational Science, Visiting Researcher, Collaborating Professor: Makoto Tsubokura  

September 2013 – December 2016, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Major in Environmental Science and Engineering, Supervisor: Tetsuro Tamura  

      Dissertation: LES study of aerodynamics of two-dimensional bluff bodies in crossflow at very high Reynolds numbers  

September 2011 – July 2013, Harbin Institute of Technology, Master’s Degree, Major in Structural Engineering, Supervisors: Professor Hui Li, Professor Wenli Chen  

      Dissertation: Numerical simulation study on flow Control of cylinder wake based on steady suction

English Homepage：https://yongcaosjtu.github.io/

International students are welcome, with backgrounds in civil engineering, ocean engineering, fluid mechanics, and related fields. 

Our research group currently includes international students, and the team maintains a positive international atmosphere.

Contact me: yongcao@sjtu.edu.cn

Research Focus: Bridge and Structural Wind Engineering; Urban Wind Environment under Extreme Weather Conditions; Flow Characteristics and Mechanisms Around Bluff Bodies; Wind Energy Utilization (Offshore and Mountainous Wind Turbines)  

Research Methods: Artificial Intelligence; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Numerical Weather Prediction Models

Member of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics  

Member of the Japan Association for Wind Engineering  

Member of the Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics Committee, Chinese Society of Aerodynamics  

Ad-hoc Reviewer for internationally authoritative and mainstream journals in the fields of engineering and mechanics, including:  

*Journal of Fluid Mechanics*  

*Physics of Fluids*  

*Journal of Fluids and Structures*  

*Computers & Fluids*  

*International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer*  

*Ocean Engineering*  

*Marine Structures*  

*Flow, Turbulence and Combustion*  

*Building and Environment*  

*Wind and Structures*  

Special Issue Editor, MDPI *Mathematics*, "Advanced Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Solutions in Applied Mechanics and Engineering"

Principal Investigator, Ongoing Projects:

-  National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program

-  National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund

-  Shanghai "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan" Natural Science Foundation General Program

-  Chongqing Natural Science Foundation General Program

Principal Investigator, Concluded Projects:

-  National Supercomputing Center "Tianhe" Qing Suo Program 2022 Special Fund for Climate, Meteorology, and Oceanography

Key Participant, Concluded Projects:

-  Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Flagship 2020 Project (Next-Generation National Supercomputing Development and Utilization Program), Apr 2017 – Mar 2020, Funding: ~¥2.55 million

Principal Investigator, Concluded Collaborative Research:

-  Joint Usage/Research Project, Wind Engineering Research Center, Tokyo Polytechnic University

Journal Paper: 

Cao, Y., Tamura, T. (2025). Spanwise resolution effects on flow simulations around a square cylinder at the critical angle. Physics of Fluids. (in press)

Cao, Y., Xie, P.*, Huang, G., Wang, W., Chen, W.L., Hu, G., Cao, S. (2025). A pattern-constrained deep learning model for urban canopy turbulence reconstruction from sparse sensor data. Building and Environment. (in press)

Song B., Cao, Y., Yushan Y., Zhou, D.* (2025). Aerodynamic characteristics of a surface mounted prism of small aspect ratio immersed in atmospheric boundary layer. Physics of Fluids, 37, 015129.

Huang, G., Song, B., Wu, H., Duong, V., Zhou, D., Cao, Y.* (2025). Aerodynamic forces and flows around a wall-mounted body in typhoon boundary layers. Physics of Fluids, 37, 015119.

Zhao, F., Wang, R., Zhu, H., Cao, Y., Bao, Y.*, Zhou, D., Cheng, B., Han, Z. (2024). Free-surface effects on the flow around two circular cylinders in tandem. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1001, A7.

Shi, Y., Tao, T., Wu, H., Chen, Y., Han, Z., Zhou, D., Chen, W. L., Cao, Y.* (2024). Assessment of turbulence model effects on WRF-LES of separated turbulent flows past a 3D hill. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 254, 105910.

Xie, P., Li, R., Chen, Y., Song, B., Chen, W. L., Zhou, D., Cao, Y.* (2024). A Physics-informed deep learning model to reconstruct turbulent wake from random sparse data. Physics of Fluids, 36, 065145.

Wu, H., Zhang, K., Zhou, D., Chen, W. L., Han, Z. L., Cao, Y.* (2024). High-flexibility reconstruction of small-scale motions in wall turbulence using a generalized zero-shot learning. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 990, R1.

Li, R., Song, B., Chen, Y., Jin, X., Zhou D., Han, Z., Chen, W. L., Cao, Y.* (2024). Deep learning reconstruction of high-Reynolds-number turbulent flow field around a cylinder based on limited sensors. Ocean Engineering, 304, 117857.

Song, B., Bao, Y., Zhang, K., Zhou, D., Cao, Y.* (2024). Wake suppression of a cylinder immersed in turbulence using rotating rods. Physics of Fluids, 36, 015117.

Wu, H.[吴昊恺], Chen, Y.[陈耀然], Zhou, D.[周岱], Chen, W. L.[陈文礼], Cao, Y.*[曹勇] (2024). A detailed study on super-resolution reconstruction of near-wall turbulent flow fields based on CNN and GAN deep learning models. Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 56(6), 1-12. (In Chinese)

Liu, D.[刘达琳], Tao, T.[陶韬], Cao, Y.*[曹勇], Zhou, D.[周岱], Han, Z.[韩兆龙] (2024). Refined simulation study of near-ground wind fields in the atmospheric boundary layer based on the WRF-LES model. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 58(2), 220-231. (In Chinese)

Chen, Y., Cai, C., Cao, L., Zhang, D., Kuang, L., Peng, Y., Pu, H., Wu, C., Zhou, D., Cao, Y. (2024). WindFix: Harnessing the power of self-supervised learning for versatile imputation of offshore wind speed time series. Energy, 287, 128995.

Wu, H., Chen, Y., Xie, P., Zhou, D., Tamura, T., Zhang, K., Cao, S., Cao, Y.* (2023). Sparse-measurement-based peak wind pressure evaluation by super-resolution convolutional neural networks. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 242, 105574.

Cao, Y., Li, W., Tao, T., Wang, S., Zhou, D. (2023). Peak suction on a wall-mounted square cylinder by conditional POD: Effects of incident angles. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 239, 105460.

Cao, Y., Tao, T., Shi, Y., Cao, S., Zhou, D., Chen, W. L. (2023). Large-eddy simulation of separated turbulent flows over a three-dimensional hill using WRF and OpenFOAM. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 236, 105357.

Kuang, L., Katsuchi, H., Zhou, D., Chen, Y., Han, Z., Zhang, K., Wang, J., Bao, Y., Cao, Y., Liu, Y. (2023). Strategy for mitigating wake interference between offshore vertical-axis wind turbines: Evaluation of vertically staggered arrangement. Applied Energy, 351, 121850.

Chen, Y., Zhang, D., Li, X., Peng, Y., Wu, C., Pu, H., Zhou, D., Cao, Y., Zhang, J., (2023). Significant wave height prediction through artificial intelligent mode decomposition for wave energy management. Energy and AI, 14, 100257.

Ran, Y., Chen, W.L., Cao, Y., Li, H., Gao, D. (2023). On the distributed blowing control of flow around a square cylinder at a low Reynolds number. Ocean Engineering, 285, 115240.

Chen, Y., Zhang, D., Li, X., Peng, Y., Zhang, X., Han, Z., Cao, Y., Dong, Z. (2023). Surrogate models for twin-VAWT performance based on Kriging and artificial neural networks. Ocean Engineering, 273, 113947.

Kuang, L., Zhang, R., Su, J., Shao, Y., Zhang, K., Chen, Y., Zhang, Z., Tu, Y., Zhou, D., Han, Z., Bao, Y., Cao, Y., (2023). Systematic investigation of effect of rotor solidity on vertical-axis wind turbines: Power performance and aerodynamics analysis. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 233, 105284.

Cao, Y.*, Liu, X., Zhou, D., Ren, H. (2022). Investigation of local severe suction on the side walls of a high-rise building by standard, spectral and conditional POD. Building and Environment, 217, 109047.

Cao, Y.*, Ping, H., Tamura, T., Zhou, D.** (2022). Wind peak pressures on a square-section cylinder: Flow mechanism and standard/conditional POD analyses. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 222, 104918.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T., Zhou, D.**, Bao, Y., Han, Z. (2022). Topological description of near-wall flows around a surface-mounted square cylinder a high Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 933, A39.

Ping, H., Cao, Y., Zhang, K., Han, Z., Zhou, D., Zhu, H., Bao, Y. (2022). Vortex-induced vibrations of two rigidly coupled circular cylinders in tandem arrangement. Ocean Engineering, 263, 112316.

Chen, Y., Kuang, L., Su, J., Zhou, D., Cao, Y., Chen, H., Han, Z., Zhao, Y., Fu, S. (2022). Investigation of pitch angles on the aerodynamics of twin-VAWT under staggered arrangement. Ocean Engineering, 254, 111385.

Song, B., Ping, H., Zhu, H., Zhou, D., Bao, Y., Cao, Y., Han, Z. (2022). Direct numerical simulation of flow over a cylinder immersed in the grid-generated turbulence. Physics of Fluids, 34, 015109.

Dong Z., Chen Y., Zhou D.*, Su J., Han Z., Cao Y., Bao Y., Zhao F., Wang R., Zhao Y., Xu Y. (2022). The mean wake model and its novel characteristic parameter of H-rotor VAWTs based on random forest method. Energy, 239, 122456.

Zhao, F., Wang, R., Zhu, H., Cao, Y., Bao, Y., Zhou, D., Han, Z. (2022). Wake dynamics and hydrodynamic forces of a circular cylinder beneath a free surface. Ocean Engineering, 265, 112669.

Zhao, F., Wang, R., Zhu, H., Ping, H., Bao, Y.*, Zhou, D.**, Cao, Y., Cui, H. (2021). Large-eddy simulations of flow past a circular cylinder near a free surface. Physics of Fluids, 33, 115108.

Wang, W.*, Cao, Y., Okaze, T. (2021). Comparison of hexahedral, tetrahedral and polyhedral cells for reproducing the wind field around an isolated building by LES. Building and Environment, 195, 107717.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T. (2020). Low-frequency unsteadiness in the flow around a square cylinder with critical angle of 14° at the Reynolds number of 2.2×10⁴. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 97, 103087.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T. (2020). Large-eddy simulation study of Reynolds number effects on the flow around a wall-mounted hemisphere in a boundary layer. Physics of Fluids, 32, 025109.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T., Kawai, H. (2020). Spanwise resolution requirements for the simulation of high-Reynolds-number flows past a square cylinder. Computers & Fluids, 196, 104320.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T., Kawai, H. (2019). Investigation of wall pressures and surface flow patterns on a wall-mounted square cylinder using very high-resolution Cartesian mesh. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 188, 1-18.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T. (2018). Aerodynamic characteristics of a rounded-corner square cylinder in shear flow at subcritical and supercritical Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 82, 473-491.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T. (2018). Shear effects on flows past a square cylinder with rounded corners at Re= 2.2×10⁴. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 174, 119-132.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T. (2017). Supercritical flows past a square cylinder with rounded corners. Physics of Fluids, 29, 085110.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T. (2016). Large-eddy simulations of flow past a square cylinder using structured and unstructured grids. Computers & Fluids, 137, 36-54.

Chen, W. L.*, Cao, Y., Li, H., Hu, H. (2015). Numerical investigation of steady suction control of flow around a circular cylinder. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 59, 22-36.

Cao, Y.*, Tamura, T. (2015). Numerical investigations into effects of three-dimensional wake patterns on unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of a circular cylinder at Re= 1.3×10⁵. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 59, 351-369.

Graduate Course: Wind Disaster Mitigation and Safety of Engineering Structures (32 credit hours)

2021, Selected for the Shanghai Overseas High-Level Talent Introduction Program  

2021, Selected for the Shanghai "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan" Young Science and Technology Talent Sailing Program  

2023, Second Prize for Outstanding Youth Paper at the Second National Conference on Aerodynamics in China  

2020, First-authored paper selected as the cover of *Physics of Fluids* (Research on the transition from subcritical to supercritical Reynolds numbers for hemispheres)  

2019, Awarded the "33rd Numerical Fluid Dynamics Society Best CFD Image Award" by the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (High-performance computation and visualization of transition processes and turbulent flow)  

2018, Received the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Elsevier