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20202026
most citedA solver for subsonic flow around airfoils based on physics-informed neural networks and mesh transformation

54 citations · 163 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

cs.LG2026

Single-condition neural solvers encode transferable response spaces for parametric differential equations

Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Operator learning for parametric partial differential equations (PDEs) typically builds global models over prescribed domains, requiring cross-condition data or costly physics-cons…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Physics-informed neural networks for shock capturing in inviscid flows around an airfoil

Jiahao Song, Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have shown remarkable prospects in solving forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, PINNs sti…

physics.comp-ph2026

Verified residual-specific explicit derivative kernels for physics-informed learning and discretized PDE adjoints

Wenbo Cao, Zhe Lu, Weiwei Zhang

Derivative computation is central to scientific computing, from space-time derivatives in physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) to residual Jacobian actions and discrete-adjoint…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Optimization-Based Discovery of A Non-Attracting Flow State in An Oscillating-Cylinder Wake

Daiwei Dong, Wenbo Cao, Wei Suo +2

In the flow past a stationary circular cylinder, the classical Karman vortex street arises from a Hopf bifurcation of the steady flow at the critical Reynolds number. Although this…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Solving compressible Navier-Stokes equations using the feature-enhanced neural network

Jiahao Song, Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have shown remarkable prospects in solving partial differential equations (PDEs) involving fluid mechanics. However, the method has so far…

cs.LG2026

Linearized subspace refinement framework to expose hidden accuracy in trained neural networks

Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Neural networks trained by gradient-based methods often exhibit optimization-induced accuracy plateaus in scientific machine learning tasks. We present Linearized Subspace Refineme…

math.NA2025

A matrix preconditioning framework for physics-informed neural networks based on adjoint method

Jiahao Song, Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have recently emerged as a popular approach for solving forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs). Compa…

cs.CE2025

Overcoming the Loss Conditioning Bottleneck in Optimization-Based PDE Solvers: A Novel Well-Conditioned Loss Function

Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Optimization-based PDE solvers that minimize scalar loss functions have gained increasing attention in recent years. These methods either define the loss directly over discrete var…

physics.flu-dyn2025

FENN: Feature-enhanced neural network for solving partial differential equations involving fluid mechanics

Jiahao Song, Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have shown remarkable prospects in solving forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs). However, PINNs sti…

physics.flu-dyn2025★ 3 cited

Solving all laminar flows around airfoils all-at-once using a parametric neural network solver

Wenbo Cao, Shixiang Tang, Qianhong Ma +2

Recent years have witnessed increasing research interests of physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) in solving forward, inverse, and parametric problems governed by partial diffe…

physics.comp-ph2024★ 5 cited

Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) as intelligent computing technique for solving partial differential equations: Limitation and Future prospects

Weiwei Zhang, Wei Suo, Jiahao Song +1

In recent years, Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) have become a representative method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) with neural networks. PINNs provide…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 1 cited

An analysis and solution of ill-conditioning in physics-informed neural networks

Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have recently emerged as a novel and popular approach for solving forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PD…

physics.flu-dyn2024

New Interpretation for error propagation of data-driven Reynolds stress closures via global stability analysis

Xianglin Shan, Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

In light of the challenges surrounding convergence and error propagation encountered in Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with data-driven Reynolds stress closures,…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 54 cited

A solver for subsonic flow around airfoils based on physics-informed neural networks and mesh transformation

Wenbo Cao, Jiahao Song, Weiwei Zhang

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have recently become a new popular method for solving forward and inverse problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs). Howev…

physics.flu-dyn2024★ 46 cited

A complete state-space solution model for inviscid flow around airfoils based on physics-informed neural networks

Wenbo Cao, Jiahao Song, Weiwei Zhang

Engineering problems often involve solving partial differential equations (PDEs) over a range of similar problem setups with various state parameters. In traditional numerical meth…

cs.CE2024★ 2 cited

VW-PINNs: A volume weighting method for PDE residuals in physics-informed neural networks

Jiahao Song, Wenbo Cao, Fei Liao +1

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have shown remarkable prospects in the solving the forward and inverse problems involving partial differential equations (PDEs). The method…

cs.LG2023★ 7 cited

TSONN: Time-stepping-oriented neural network for solving partial differential equations

Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Deep neural networks (DNNs), especially physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), have recently become a new popular method for solving forward and inverse problems governed by par…

cs.CE2022★ 12 cited

A novel convergence enhancement method based on Online Dimension Reduction Optimization

Wenbo Cao, Yilang Liu, Xianglin Shan +2

Iterative steady-state solvers are widely used in computational fluid dynamics. Unfortunately, it is difficult to obtain steady-state solution for unstable problem caused by physic…

physics.flu-dyn2021

High Reynolds number airfoil turbulence modeling method based on machine learning technique

Xuxiang Sun, Wenbo Cao, Yilang Liu +2

In this paper, a turbulence model based on deep neural network is developed for turbulent flow around airfoil at high Reynolds numbers. According to the data got from the Spalart-A…

physics.flu-dyn2021★ 27 cited

Analysis on numerical stability and convergence of RANS turbulence models from the perspective of coupling modes

Yilang Liu, Weiwei Zhang, Zhenhua Xia

Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations are still the main method to study complex flows in engineering. However, traditional turbulence models cannot accurately predict flow f…

eess.SP2020★ 6 cited

Machine Learning of Partial Differential Equations from Noise Data

Wenbo Cao, Weiwei Zhang

Machine learning of partial differential equations from data is a potential breakthrough to solve the lack of physical equations in complex dynamic systems, but because numerical d…