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Kwing-So Choi is an academic researcher affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics among related subfields. Their contributions span topics in Fluid Dynamics, Surface Modification, and Icing Technologies.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies
  • Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
  • Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics
  • Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows

Choi has contributed to multiple research publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Physics of Fluids
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • AIAA Journal

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Choi include:

  • "Intrinsic dependence of ice adhesion strength on surface roughness," 2020, Surface and Coatings Technology
  • "Transitional pulsatile flows with stenosis in a two-dimensional channel," 2021, Physics of Fluids
  • "Durability enhancement of low ice adhesion polymeric coatings," 2020, Progress in Organic Coatings
  • "Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal de-icing on a flat surface," 2021, Applied Thermal Engineering
  • "On the manipulation of flow and acoustic fields of a blunt trailing edge aerofoil by serrated leading edges," 2020, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Frequent collaborators in Choi's work include:

  • Xuerui Mao
  • Xianghui Hou
  • Qiangqiang Sun
  • Wenqiang Zhang
  • Halar Memon

The body of work produced by Kwing-So Choi integrates experimental and computational approaches to advance understanding in areas such as icing phenomena, flow control, surface engineering, and aerodynamic acoustics. Their contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach closely tied to both theoretical and applied aspects of fluid mechanics and material surfaces.

Best Publications

  • The return to isotropy of homogeneous turbulence

    Kwing-So Choi;John L. Lumley

  • Recent developments in DBD plasma flow control

    Jin-Jun Wang;Kwing-So Choi;Li-Hao Feng;Timothy N. Jukes

  • Near-wall structure of a turbulent boundary layer with riblets

    Kwing-So Choi

  • Gurney flap—Lift enhancement, mechanisms and applications

    J.J. Wang;Y.C. Li;K.-S. Choi

  • TURBULENT BOUNDARY-LAYER CONTROL BY MEANS OF SPANWISE-WALL OSCILLATION

    Kwing-So Choi;Jean-Robert Debisschop;Brian R. Clayton

  • Mechanisms on Transverse Motions in Turbulent Wall Flows

    G.E. Karniadakis;Kwing-So Choi

  • Turbulent drag reduction using compliant surfaces

    K.–S. Choi;X. Yang;B. R. Clayton;E. J. Glover

  • Turbulent boundary-layer control with plasma actuators.

    Kwing-So Choi;Timothy Jukes;Richard Whalley

  • The mechanism of turbulent drag reduction with wall oscillation

    Kwing-So Choi;Brian R Clayton

  • Flow control around a circular cylinder using pulsed dielectric barrier discharge surface plasma

    Timothy N. Jukes;Kwing-So Choi

  • Near-wall structure of turbulent boundary layer with spanwise-wall oscillation

    Kwing-So Choi

  • Drag reduction of turbulent pipe flows by circular-wall oscillation

    Kwing-So Choi;Mark Graham

  • Turbulent drag reduction by Lorentz force oscillation

    Junguo Pang;Kwing-So Choi

  • The return to isotropy of homogeneous turbulence

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  • Accurate measurements of local skin friction coefficient using hot-wire anemometry

    Nick Hutchins;Kwing-So Choi

  • The starting vortex in quiescent air induced by dielectric-barrier-discharge plasma

    Richard D. Whalley;Kwing-So Choi

  • Characterization of Surface Plasma-Induced Wall Flows Through Velocity and Temperature Measurements

    Timothy N. Jukes;Kwing-So Choi;Graham A. Johnson;Simon J. Scott

  • Turbulent Drag Reduction by Surface Plasma Through Spanwise Flow Oscillation

    Timothy Jukes;Kwing-So Choi;Graham Johnson;Simon Scott

  • Dielectric-barrier-discharge vortex generators: characterisation and optimisation for flow separation control

    Timothy N. Jukes;Kwing-So Choi

  • Flow control over an airfoil using virtual Gurney flaps

    Li-Hao Feng;Kwing-So Choi;Jin-Jun Wang

  • On the formation of streamwise vortices by plasma vortex generators

    Timothy N. Jukes;Kwing-So Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Phillip Joseph
Phillip Joseph University of Southampton
Nicholas Hutchins
Nicholas Hutchins University of Melbourne
Ho-Hwan Chun
Ho-Hwan Chun Pusan National University
Pericle Zanchetta
Pericle Zanchetta University of Nottingham
Bharathram Ganapathisubramani
Bharathram Ganapathisubramani University of Southampton
John L. Lumley
John L. Lumley Cornell University
Michael A. Leschziner
Michael A. Leschziner Imperial College London
Paul Houston
Paul Houston University of Nottingham
George Em Karniadakis
George Em Karniadakis Brown University
Mehmet Atlar
Mehmet Atlar University of Strathclyde

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