Hong
Zhou's Publications
(Listed in reverse chronological order)
- "Laser-induced temperature
rise in a composite sandwich structure" (with J. Pickett and A.
Minut), Journal of Mathematical and
Computational Science, in press.
- "Temperature rise in a
two-layer structure induced by a rotating or dithering laser beam", Journal of Mathematical and
Computational Science, Vol.2 Issue
2, pages 339-359, 2012 (PDF)
- "Transient temperature
rises in a sandwich-structured composite induced by a dithering or
rotating laser beam", IOSR
Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN),
Vol.2 Issue 2, pages 234-246, 2012 (PDF)
- "Laser propagation in
biaxial liquid crystal polymers" (with E. Choate), Fourteenth Annual Directed Energy
Symposium Proceedings, pages
1381-1396, 2011
- "Transient temperature
distributions produced in a two-layer finite structure by a dithering or
rotating laser beam", Fourteenth
Annual Directed Energy Symposium Proceedings, pages 1416-1431, 2011
- "Stability of equilibria
of nematic liquid crystalline polymers" (with H. Wang), Acta Mathematica Scientia, 31B(6), 2289-2304, 2011 (PDF)
- "Numerical solution for
a transient temperature distribution on a finite domain due to a dithering
or rotating laser beam" (with T. Tan), International Journal of Operations Research and Information
Systems, in press
- "Light propagation in
biaxial nematic liquid crystal polymers using finite-difference
time-domain method" (with E. Choate),
2011 Directed Energy Systems Symposium Proceedings, 2011
- "Transient temperature
distribution on a finite domain induced by a dithering or rotating laser
beam" (with T. Tan), 2011
Directed Energy Systems Symposium Proceedings, pages 83-105, 2011
- "Temperature rise
induced by a rotating or dithering laser beam", Advanced Studies
in Theoretical Physics, Vol.
5 (no. 10), 443-468, 2011(PDF)
- "Observability
of the Doi orientation tensor model",
Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 5 (no. 7), 337-350, 2011 (PDF)
- "Phase diagram of
nematic polymer monolayers with the Onsager interaction potential"
(with H. Wang) , Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience,
7, 738-755, 2010 (PDF)
- "Mathematical studies
and simulations of nematic liquid crystal polymers and
nanocomposites" (with M.G.
Forest and H.
Wang), Journal of Computational
and Theoretical Nanoscience, 7, 645-660, 2010 (PDF)
- "Observability of
viscoelastic fluids" (with W. Kang,
A. Krener and H. Wang), Journal
of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 165, 425-434, 2010 (PDF)
- "Efficiency of
inhomogeneous thermoelectric generators", Applied Mathematical Sciences,
Vol. 4 (no. 11), 505-514, 2010 (PDF)
- "Sheared nematic liquid
crystal polymer monolayers" (with H. Wang and M. G. Forest), Discrete and Continuous
Dynamical Systems-Series B , 11 (2), 497-517, 2009 (PDF)
- " Extendability of
equilibria of nematic polymers" (with H. Wang), Abstract and
Applied Analysis ,Vol. 2008, Article ID 854725, 2008 (PDF)
- "Stokes efficiency of
molecular motor-cargo systems" (with H. Wang), Abstract and
Applied Analysis ,Vol. 2008, Article ID 241738, 2008 (PDF)
- "Controllability of
non-newtonian fluids under homogeneous extensional flow" (with L.
Wilson, W. Kang and H. Wang), Applied
Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 2 (no. 43), 2145-2156, 2008 (PDF).
- "Multiple branches of
ordered states of polymer ensembles with the Onsager excluded volume
potential" (with H. Wang), Physics Letters A, 372, 3423-3428,
2008 (PDF)
- "Homogeneous flow field
effect on the control of Maxwell materials" (with W.
Kang, A. Krener and H. Wang), Journal of Non-Newtonian
Fluid Mechanics, 150, 104-115, 2008 (PDF)
- "Exact solution of a
constrained optimization problem in thermoelectric cooling" (with H.
Wang), Applied Mathematical Sciences , 2(4), 177-186, 2008 (PDF).
- "Steady states and their
stability of homogeneous, rigid, extended nematic polymers under imposed
magnetic fields" (with G. Ji, Q. Wang, P. Zhang and H. Wang), Communications
in Mathematical Sciences, 5(4), 917-950, 2007 (PDF)
- "Elongational
perturbations on nematic liquid crystal polymers under a weak shear"
(with H. Wang), Physics of Fluids, 19, 103107, 2007 (PDF).
- "Monotonicity of a key
function arised in studies of nematic liquid crystal polymers" (with
H. Wang), Abstract and Applied Analysis, Vol. 2007, Article ID
76209, 7 pages, 2007 (PDF).
- "Asymptotic study on the
extendability of equilibria of nematic polymers" (with H. Wang), International
Journal of Contemporary Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 2 (no. 21),
1009-1023, 2007 (PDF).
- "Anchoring-induced
texture and shear banding of nematic polymers in shear cells" (with M.G. Forest and Q. Wang), Discrete
and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, Vol. 8 (no. 3), 707-733,
2007 (PDF).
- "On the equilibria of
the extended nematic polymers under elongational flow" (with L.
Wilson and H. Wang), Abstract and Applied Analysis, Vol. 2007,
Article ID 36267, 15 pages, 2007 (PDF).
- "Nonparallel solutions
of extended nematic polymers under an external field" (with H. Wang
and Q. Wang), Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B,
7(4), 907-929, 2007 (PDF).
- "Steady states and dynamics
of 2-D nematic polymers driven by an imposed weak shear" (with H.
Wang), Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 5(1), 113-132, 2007
(PDF).
- "Characterization of
stable kinetic equilibria of rigid, dipolar rod ensembles for coupled
dipole-dipole and Maier-Saupe potentials" (with H. Wang, Q. Wang and M.G. Forest), Nonlinearity, 20,
277-297, 2007 (PDF).
- "Nematic liquids in weak
capillary Poiseuille flow: structure scaling laws and effective
conductivity implications" (with M.G. Forest),
International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling , 4,
460-477, 2007 (PDF).
- "Study of phase
transition in homogeneous, rigid extended nematics and magnetic
suspensions using an order-reduction method" (with G. Ji, Q. Wang and
P. Zhang), Physics of Fluids, 18, 123103, 2006 (PDF).
- "On weak plane Couette
and Poiseuille flows of rigid rod and platelet ensembles" (with Z.
Cui, M.G. Forest
and Q. Wang), SIAM
J. Appl. Math. , 66 (4), 1227-1260, 2006 (PDF).
- "Anchoring distortions
coupled with plane Couette & Poiseuille flows of nematic polymers in
viscous solvents: morphology in molecular orientation, stress &
flow" (with M.
G. Forest),
Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 6 (2), 407-425,
2006 (PDF).
- "Steady state solutions
of the Smoluchowski equation for nematic polymers under imposed
fields" (with Q. Wang and S. Sircar),
Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 3 (4), 605-620, 2005 (PDF).
- "A new proof on
axisymmetric equilibria of a three-dimensional Smoluchowski equation"
(with H. Wang, M.G.
Forest and Q. Wang) Nonlinearity
,18, 2815-2825, 2005 (PDF).
- "A numerical study of
unsteady, thermal, glass fiber drawing processes" (with M. G. Forest),
Communications in Mathematical Sciences, 3(1),27-45,2005 (PDF).
- "Extension-enhanced
conductivity of liquid crystalline polymer nano-composites" (with M.G. Forest, X. Zheng, Q. Wang, and R.
Lipton), Macromolecular Symposia,228, 81-89, 2005
(PDF).
- "Structure scaling
properties of confined nematic polymers in plane Couette cells: The weak
flow limit" (with M.
G. Forest,
Q. Wang and R. Zhou), Journal of Rheology, 48(1), 175-192, 2004 (PDF).
- " Slender vortex
motion" (with H. Wang), Recent Res. Devel. Fluid Dynamics, 4,
159-179, 2003 (PDF).
- "Computational study of
a weakly compressible mixing barrier in low Prandtl number, strongly
stratified fluids" (with R. M. McLaughlin and M. G. Forest), Physics of Fluids,
15 (10), 2872-2885, 2003 (PDF).
- "Unsteady analyses of
thermal glass fibre drawing processes" (with M. G. Forest), European Journal of
Applied Mathematics 12, 479-496, 2001 (PDF).
- "Non-Newtonian viscous
oscillating free surface jets, and a new strain-rate dependent viscosity
form for flows experiencing low strain rates" (with S. E. Bechtel, M.
G. Forest, N. T. Youssef and K. W. Koelling), Rheol. Acta 40,
373-383, 2001 (PDF).
- "Methods for the exact
construction of mesoscale spatial structures in liquid crystal
polymers" (with M.
G. Forest
and Q. Wang), Physica D 152-153, 288-309, 2001
(PDF).
- "On the flow-phase
diagram for discotic liquid crystals in uniaxial extension and
compression" (with M.
G. Forest
and Q. Wang), Liquid Crystals 28(5), 717-720, 2001 (PDF).
- "Exact banded patterns
from a Doi-Marrucci-Greco model of nematic liquid crystal
polymers"(with M.G.
Forest and Q. Wang),
Physical Review E 61(6), 6655-6662, 2000 (PDF).
- "Homogeneous biaxial
patterns and director instabilities of liquid crystal polymers in axial
and planar elongation" (with M.G. Forest
and Q. Wang), Physics of Fluids 12(3), 490-498, 2000 (PDF).
- "Thermotropic liquid
crystalline polymer fibers"(with M.G. Forest
and Q. Wang), SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 60(4), 1177-1204,
2000 (PDF).
- "Nonhomogeneous patterns
with core defects in elongational flows of liquid crystal polymers"
(with M.G. Forest and Q. Wang), Journal of
Rheology, 43(6), 1573-1582, 1999 (PDF).
- "A model study of the spinning
of thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers: Fiber performance predictions
and bounds on throughput" (with M.G. Forest
and Q. Wang), Advances in Polymer Technology, 18(4), 314-335, 1999 (PDF).
- "Dynamics of free
surface and pure elongational flows of liquid crystalline polymers"
(with Q. Wang and M.G. Forest), in Rheology and Fluid Mechanics of
Nonlinear Materials, edited by D.A. Siginer and D. DeKee, FEB-Vol 246,
MD-Vol 81, ASME New York, 101-114, 1998.
- "Free surface
viscoelastic and liquid crystalline polymer fibers and jets" (with S.
E. Bechtel, M. G. Forest and Q. Wang), in
Advances in the Flow and Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids, edited
by D. A. Siginer, D. DeKee and R. P. Chabra, Elsevier, 1998 (PDF).
- "The effect of dynamic
surface tension on the oscillation of slender elliptical Newtonian
jets" (with S. E. Bechtel, M.
G. Forest
and N. T. Youssef), J. Appl. Mech. 65 (3), 694-704, 1998 (PDF).
- "On the motion of
slender vortex filaments", Physics of Fluids. 9 (4), 970-981,
1997 (PDF).



