Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2024) Scaling laws for natural convection boundary layer of a Pr > 1 fluid on a vertical solid surface subject to a sinusoidal temperature in a linearly-stratified ambient fluid. Physics of Fluids, 36 (1). 013621.

Jobby, Antony, Khatamifar, Mehdi, and Lin, Wenxian (2023) Alternative Internal Configurations for Enhancing Heat Transfer in Telecommunication Cabinets. Energies, 16 (8). 3505.

Dong, Liqiang, Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, Steven W., Kirkpatrick, Michael P., Williamson, Nicholas, and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) Direct numerical simulation of “fountain filling box” flow with a confined weak laminar plane fountain. Heat Transfer, 52 (1). pp. 193-215.

Nguyen, Duy, Kirkpatrick, Michael, Williamson, Nicholas, Armfield, Steven, and Lin, Wenxian (2023) Effect of Thermal Stratification in Meandering Turbulent Open-Channel Flow with Varying Sinuosity. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 149 (9). 04023029.

Cowley, Joshua, Khatamifar, Mehdi, Lin, Wenxian, and Erskine, Daniel (2023) Experimental investigation of static pressure characteristics in a slotted short pin array. Experimental Heat Transfer, 36 (4). pp. 564-583.

Inam, Mohammad I., Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, Steven W., and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) Maximum Penetration Height and Intrusion Speed of Weak Symmetric Plane Fountains in Linearly Stratified Fluids. Fluids, 8 (4). 127.

Maika, Nosare, Lin, Wenxian, and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2023) A Review of Gravitational Water Vortex Hydro Turbine Systems for Hydropower Generation. Energies, 16. 5394.

Ahmed, Farhan, Khatamifar, Mehdi, Lin, Wenxian, and Situ, Rong (2023) Thermal performance of dynamic, origami‐inspired geometries: An experimental study. Heat Transfer, 52 (5). pp. 3799-3816.

Nguyen, D., Kirkpatrick, M.P., Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, W. (2022) Effects of meander curvature in thermally stratified turbulent open-channel flow. Physics of Fluids, 34 (9). 096601.

Peng, Da, Khatamifar, Mehdi, and Lin, Wenxian (2022) Experimental and numerical studies of the orientation effect on the natural convection heat dissipation of composite polymer heat sinks. Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, 29 (6). pp. 1-26.

Di Bella, Brody, Khatamifar, Mehdi, and Lin, Wenxian (2022) Experimental study of flow visualisation using fluorescent dye. Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 87. 102231.

Tucker, Robert, Khatamifar, Mehdi, Lin, Wenxian, and McDonald, Kyle (2022) The Influence of Geometry Variation and Heat Sink Angle on its Thermal Performance. In: [Presented at the 12th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference] (8) From: 12AHMTC: 12th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 30 June – 1 July 2022, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Xiao, Yuan, and Lin, Wenxian (2022) Linear temporal stability analysis on cross sheared flow: the stabilization effects via cross shear. Physics of Fluids, 34. 034101.

Xiao, Yuan, Lin, Wenxian, and Ding, Junling (2022) Linear temporal stability analysis on the inviscid sheared convective boundary layer flow. Physics of Fluids, 34. 114119.

Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S. W., and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2022) Scaling laws for natural convection boundary layer of a Pr > 1 fluid on a vertical solid surface subject to a sinusoidal heating flux in a linearly stratified ambient. Heat Transfer, 51 (4). pp. 2956-2976.

Inam, M.I., Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2022) Thermal Entrainment in the Core Regions of Transitional Plane Fountains in Linearly Stratified Ambient Fluids. International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 14 (3). 2250020.

Nguyen, Duy, Kirkpatrick, Michael P., Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, W. (2022) Turbulence structure in a very sharp thermally stratified open-channel meander. Physics of Fluids, 34. 035130.

Tucker, Robert, Khatamifar, Mehdi, Lin, Wenxian, and McDonald, Kyle (2021) Experimental investigation of orientation and geometry effect on additive manufactured aluminium LED heat sinks under natural convection. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 23. 100918.

Dong, Liqiang, Lin, Wenxian, and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) Experimental study on the intrusion and stratification produced by confined laminar and turbulent round fountains. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 89. 108785. pp. 1-26.

Dong, Liqiang, Lin, Wenxian, and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) Direct numerical simulation of confined weak round fountains in homogeneous ambient. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 28. 101528.

Timbs, Kalen, Khatamifar, Mehdi, Antunes, Elsa, and Lin, Wenxian (2021) Experimental study on the heat dissipation performance of straight and oblique fin heat sinks made of thermal conductive composite polymers. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 22. 100848.

Xiao, Yuan, and Lin, Wenxian (2021) Linear temporal stability analysis on non-parallel free cross sheared flow with a primary hyperbolic velocity and an orthogonal Bickley jet velocity. Physics of Fluids, 33. 124101.

Zhou, Linjing, Armfield, Steven, Williamson, Nicholas, Kirkpatrick, Michael, and Lin, Wenxian (2021) Natural convection in a cavity with time-dependent flux boundary. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 92. 108887.

Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., and Khatamifar, Mehdi (2021) Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layer under time-varying heating flux in a small Prandtl number fluid. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 27. 101351.

Khatamifar, Mehdi, Lin, Wenxian, and Dong, Liqiang (2021) Transient conjugate natural convection heat transfer in a differentially-heated square cavity with a partition of finite thickness and thermal conductivity. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 25. 100952.

Abdulwahid, A., Situ, R., Brown, Ri., and Lin, W. (2020) Bubble dynamics in a diesel exhaust wet scrubber. In: Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 258. From: AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 7-10 December 2020, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Li, Qiong, Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, Liu, Tao, Zhang, Yonggang, Ding, Xiang, Huang, Xiaoqiao, and Liu, Wuming (2020) Experiment and simulation study on convective heat transfer of all-glass evacuated tube solar collector. Renewable Energy, 152. pp. 1129-1139.

Xia, Yaowen, Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, Liu, Tao, Li, Qiong, and Li, Anran (2020) Experimental and numerical studies on indoor thermal comfort in fluid flow: a case study on primary school classrooms. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 19. 100619.

Timbs, K., Khatamifar, M., Lin, W., and Antunes, E. (2020) Experimental study on the thermal performance of straight and oblique finned, polymer heat sinks. In: Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. From: AFMC2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 7-10 December 2020, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Zhou, L., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, W. (2020) Natural convection in a cavity with time-dependent flux boundary. In: Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 67. From: AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 7-10 December 2020, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Zhou, L., Armfield, S.W., Williamson, N., Kirkpatrick, M.P., and Lin, W. (2020) Natural convection in a cavity with time-varying thermal forcing on a sidewall. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 150. 119234.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2020) Prandtl number scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate in a homogeneous Pr > 1 fluid. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 77 (6). pp. 619-631.

Abdulwahid, A., Situ, R., Brown, R., and Lin, W. (2020) Thermodynamic analysis of a diesel exhaust wet scrubber. In: Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 252. From: AFCM2020: 22nd Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 7-10 December 2020, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Inam, Mohammad Ilias, Lin, Wenxian, Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., and He, Yinghe (2019) Characteristics of unsteadiness for transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 100. pp. 83-97.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, Steven W. (2019) Natural convection boundary-layer flow on an evenly heated vertical plate with time-varying heating flux in a stratified Pr < 1 fluid. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 76 (6). pp. 393-419.

Awin, L.A., Armfield, S.W., Williamson, N., Kirkpatrick, M.P., and Lin, W. (2019) Numerical simulation for entrainment of forced turbulent fountains. In: ANZIAM Journal: proceedings of the Computational Techniques and Applications Conference (60) C156-C171. From: CTAC 2018: 19th Biennial Computational Techniques and Applications Conference, 27-30 November 2018, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Chen, Huai, Gao, Wenfeng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, and Li, Ming (2019) An experimental study on the effect of salt spray testing on the optical properties of solar selective absorber coatings produced with different manufacturing technologies. International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering, 10 (2). pp. 231-242.

Zhou, Linjing, Armfield, Steven, Williamson, Nicholas, Kirkpatrick, Michael, and Lin, Wenxian (2018) Natural convection stratification and scaling in a cavity with unsteady sidewall heating. In: AIP Conference Proceedings (1983) 020034. From: ICOME 2017: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical Engineering: disruptive innovation in mechanical engineering for industry competitiveness, 5–6 October 2017, Surabaya, Indonesia.

Gao, W.F., Lin, W.X., Liu, T., and Li, M. (2017) An experimental study on the application of polyalcohol solid-solid phase change materials in solar drying with cross-corrugated solar air collectors. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (93) From: NEFES 2017: 2nd International Conference on New Energy and Future Energy Systems, 22-25 September 2017, Kunming, China.

Gharahjeh, Siamak, Situ, Rong, He, Yinghe, Lin, Wenxian, and Brown, Richard (2017) A review on ocean acidification as a result of shipping emissions in harbors. In: Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference. pp. 483-486. From: Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference: working with nature, 21-23 June 2017, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Khatamifar, Mehdi, Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., Holmes, David, and Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2017) Conjugate natural convection heat transfer in a partitioned differentially-heated square cavity. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 81. pp. 92-103.

Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, Liu, Tao, Armfield, S.W., and Li, Ming (2017) Penetration height of transitional round fountains in a linearly stratified fluid. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 81. pp. 79-91.

Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, Liu, Tao, Armfield, S.W., and Li, Ming (2017) Transition to asymmetry of transitional round fountains in a linearly stratified fluid. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 85. pp. 29-41.

Khatamifar, M., Lin, W., Holmes, D., Armfield, S.W., and Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2016) Transient laminar conjugate natural convection in a cavity with a finite thickness and conductivity partition. In: Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 672. From: AFMC 2016: 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 5-8 December 2016, Perth, WA, Australia.

Zhou, L., Armfield, S.W., Williamson, N., Kirkpatrick, M.P., and Lin, Wenxian (2016) Transient natural convection flow in a cavity subject to time-varying sidewall heating and cooling. In: Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 516. From: AFMC 2016: 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 5-8 December 2016, Perth, WA, Australia.

Mahmud, Hasan, Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, Armfield, S.W., and He, Yinghe (2016) Interaction behavior of triple transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 62 (Part B). pp. 437-454.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2016) Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on a vertical plate at time-dependent temperature. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 111. pp. 78-99.

Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., Lin, Wenxian, and Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2016) Stability and Nusselt number scaling for inclined differentially heated cavity flow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 97. pp. 787-793.

Inam, Mohammad Ilias, Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., and He, Yinghe (2016) Correlations for maximum penetration heights of transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 77. pp. 64-77.

Inam, Mohammad Ilias, Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., and He, Yinghe (2015) Asymmetry and penetration of transitional plane fountains in stratified fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 90. pp. 1125-1142.

Xiao, Y., Lin, W., McCormack, J., He, Y., Armfield, S.W., and Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2015) Turbulent mixing in cross sheared stratified flow. In: Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena. 4C-5. pp. 1-6. From: TSFP-9: 9th Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, 30 June - 3 July 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Hu, Xiao-fang, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, and Lin, Wen-xian (2015) Fluid flow situation in the nozzle of the theoretical analysis and numerical simulation. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 35 (1). pp. 11-16.

Mahmud, Hasan, Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, Hill, Blair, Armfield, S.W., and He, Yinghe (2015) Behavior of the interaction between twin transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid, Part 1: experimental study. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 86. pp. 957-972.

Mahmud, Hasan, Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, Armfield, St.W., and He, Yinghe (2015) Behavior of the interaction between twin transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid, Part 2: numerical study. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 86. pp. 973-991.

Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., Kirkpatrick, M.P, and Lin, Wenxian (2015) Bifurcation of natural convection flow in an inclined differentially heated closed square cavity. Computational Thermal Sciences, 7 (5-6). pp. 417-425.

Xing, Xiu-lan, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wen-xian, Liu, Bai-hong, and Hu, Xiao-fang (2015) Experimental study on the operating characteristics of a trichotomous vacuum tube solar water heater. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 35 (4). pp. 11-18.

Xiao, Y., Lin, W., He, Y., Armfield, S.W., and Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2015) Hydrodynamic stability analysis of sheared convective boundary layer flows in stratified environments. In: Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena. P-51. pp. 1-6. From: TSFP-9: 9th Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, 30 June - 3 July 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Liu, Bai-hong, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wen-xian, Xing, Xiu-lan, and Hu, Xia-fang (2015) Numerical simulation and analysis on stagnation performance of all—glass evacuated collector tubes. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 35 (4). pp. 5-10.

Walsh, Matthew, and Lin, Wenxian (2015) A parametric study on the thermal performance of unglazed solar water collectors with their colorbond steel absorber plates also used as roofs. International Journal of Green Energy, 12 (12). pp. 1309-1322.

Inam, M.I., Lin, W., Armfield, S.W., and He, Y. (2014) Penetration height and onset of asymmetric behaviour of transitional plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 427. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Khatamifar, M., D’Urso, R,, Lin, W., Holmes, D., Armfield, S.W., and Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2014) A numerical and experimental study on the unsteady conjugate natural convection boundary layers in a water filled rectangular cavity with a conducting partition wall at varied locations. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 324. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Li, Ren-fei, Gao, Wen-feng, Lin, Wen-xian, and Liu, Tao (2014) Numerical simulation analysis on the influence of tilt angle on the evacuated tube water heaters. Energy Engineering, 2014 (5). pp. 31-38.

Inam, Mohammad Ilias, Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, Steven W., and He, Yinghe (2014) Asymmetric transition for high froude number plane fountains in linearly stratified fluids. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference. 8812. pp. 1-14. From: IHTC-15: 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, 10-15 August 2014, Kyoto, Japan.

Xiao, Y., Lin, W., McCormack, J., Armfield, S.W., Kirkpatrick, M.P., and He, Y. (2014) Coherent structures in cross sheared flows in weakly stratified environments. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 84. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Stewart, Nicholas J., Holmes, David W., Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, Steven W., and Kirkpatrick, Michael P. (2014) Comparison of semi-implicit and explicit finite difference algorithms on highly parallel processing architectures. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 553. pp. 193-198.

Leng, Tianjiu, Lin, Wenxian, and Liu, Tao (2014) Computational simulation of object falling into water based on breach parabolic movement. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 556-562. pp. 3468-3474.

Wang, Guan-long, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, and Lin, Wen-xian (2014) Development of automatic test system for thermal performance of all-glass heat pipe evacuated solar collector tube. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 34 (4). pp. 25-29.

Stewart, N.J., Holmes, D.W., and Lin, W. (2014) Direct numeric simulation of sheared convective boundary layer mixing and entrainment. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 444. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Zhu, Hai-wei, Gao, Wen-feng, Lin, Wen-xian, Liu, Tao, and Li, Ze-dong (2014) Effect of position of upper connecting pipe on the tank on thermal performance of domestic solar water heaters with a vertical storage tank and flat-plate collectors. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 34 (4). pp. 20-24.

Xiao, Y., Lin, W., Armfield, S.W., Kirkpatrick, M.P., and He, Y. (2014) Hydrodynamic stability analysis on inviscid cross sheared stratified flows. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 82. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Armfield, Steven W., Kirkpatrick, M.P., Williamson, Nicholas, and Lin, Wenxian (2014) Natural convection in an inclined differentially heated square cavity. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Heat Transfer Conference. 9053. pp. 1-10. From: IHTC-15: 15th International Heat Transfer Conference, 10-15 August 2014, Kyoto, Japan.

Chen, Huai, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wen-xian, and Liu, Xue-ping (2014) Numerical simulation study on thermal performance of four cross-V-groove solar air collectors. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 34 (4). pp. 12-19.

Armfield, S.W., Williamson, N., Lin, Wenxian, and Kirkpatrick, M.P. (2014) Nusselt number scaling in an inclined differentially heated square cavity. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 462. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Lin, W., Armfield, S.W., Liu, T., and Gao, W. (2014) Scaling analysis of unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with a time-dependent temperature. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 531. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Lin, Wenxian, Liu, Tao, Gao, Wenfeng, and Armfield, Steven W. (2014) Three-dimensional direct numerical simulation of unsteady transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 553. pp. 150-155.

Li, Ren-fei, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, and Lin, Wen-xian (2014) The influence of daily radiation collected on the daily heat gain of an evacuated tube solar water heater. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 34 (1). pp. 31-35.

Hoque, N., Situ, R., Hagan, W., Almedia, J., Lin, W., and Brown, R.J. (2014) A thermo-fluid study of a diesel engine wet scrubber. In: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 361. From: AFMC 2014: 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 8-11 December 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Stewart, Nicholas J., Holmes, David W., Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, Steven W., and Kirkpatrick, Michael P. (2013) Direct numeric simulation of sheared convective boundary layer entrainment with GPUs. In: Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th International Symposium on Computational Mechanics. 1392. pp. 1-8. From: APCOM and ISCM 2013: 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th International Symposium on Computational Mechanics, 11-14 December 2013, Singapore.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2013) Direct numerical simulation of unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with time-varying heating flux. In: Proceedings of the 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th International Symposium on Computational Mechanics. 1292. pp. 1-8. From: APCOM and ISCM 2013: 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics and 4th International Symposium on Computational Mechanics, 11-14 December 2013, Singapore.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2013) Scalings for unsteady natural convection boundary layers on an evenly heated plate with time-dependent heating flux. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), E88 (6). 063013. pp. 1-17.

Li, Ze-dong, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wen-xian, and Zhao, Jia-yin (2013) The hourly cycling forecasting model of thermal performance for an evacuated solar water heater. Renewable Energy Resources, 31 (12). pp. 11-16.

Ding, Xiang, Gao, Wenfeng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, and Li, Ming (2013) Study on operational performance of a solar water heater hanged on the balcony wall under different inclinations in summer. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, 34 (11). pp. 1895-1902.

Song, Xin, Gao, Wenfeng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, Li, Ming, and Luo, Chuanxu (2013) The operational thermal performance of a simple passive solar house in winter: a case study in Kunming, China. International Journal of Green Energy, 10 (6). pp. 647-660.

Srinarayana, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, Wenxian (2013) Behaviour of laminar plane fountains with a parabolic inlet velocity profile in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 67. pp. 87-95.

He, Yun, Liu, Tao, and Lin, Wenxian (2013) Direct numerical simulation and analysis of transient velocity fields in a Trombe wall channel. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 33 (1). pp. 13-20.

Leng, Tianjiu, Hu, Dongdo, Hu, Peng, Lin, Wenxian, and Liu, Tao (2013) Real estate industry situation analysis model. In: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (218) 4. pp. 29-39. From: IEA 2012: 2nd International Conference on Information Engineering and Applications, 26-28 October, 2012, Chongqing, China.

Ma, Fangfang, Gao, Wenfeng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, and Li, Ming (2013) An experimental study on the impacts of key parameters of all-glass evacuated tubes on the thermal performances of all-glass evacuated tube solar water heaters. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 5. 023140. pp. 1-14.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2012) Unified Prandtl number scaling for start-up and fully developed natural-convection boundary layers for both Pr ≳1 and Pr ≳1 fluids with isothermal heating. Physical Review E, 86 (6). 066312. pp. 1-10.

Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, Liu, Tao, and Armfield, Steven (2012) Onset of asymmetry and three-dimensionality in transitional round fountains in a linearly stratified fluid. In: Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 213. pp. 1-4. From: 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3-7 December 2012, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Mahmud, H., Hill, B., Gao, W., Lin, W., He, Y., and Armfield, S.W. (2012) PIV study on the interaction of triple transitional round fountains in a homogeneous fluid. In: Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. 93. pp. 1-4. From: 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3-7 December 2012, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Mahmud, H., Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, He, Yinghe, and Armfield, S.W. (2012) Direct numerical simulation of interaction of twin transitional fountains in a homogeneous fluid. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM 2012). 149. pp. 1-8. From: 4th International Conference on Computational Methods (ICCM 2012), 25-28 NOV 2012, Gold Coast, Australia.

Ma, Fang-fang, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, and Lin, Wen-xian (2012) Experimental study on the influence of the absorptance of the selective absorbing coating on the thermal performance of all-glass evacuated tubes. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 32 (4). pp. 17-22.

Zhang, Lei, Liu, Tao, Gao, Wenfeng, and Lin, Wenxian (2012) Comparison of performance of four commonly-used turbulence models in numerically simulating two-dimensional backward-facing step turbulent flows. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 32 (4). pp. 8-16.

Wei, Shengxian, Li, Ming, Lin, Wenxian, Ji, Xu, Yu, Qiongfen, Luo, Xi, and Long, Xing (2012) Mass area ratio of solar hot water systems integrated with so[u]th-facade of high-rise residential buildings. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, 33 (4). 0254-0096. pp. 663-669.

Ding, Xiang, Xu, Ling, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, and Lin, Wen-xian (2012) Research progress in the numerical simulation to the manufacturing of GaN-based materials. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 32 (1). pp. 25-30.

Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, and Armfield, Steven W. (2012) Onset asymmetry and three-dimensionality in transitional round fountains in homogeneous fluid. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. FM05-003. pp. 1-2. From: ICTAM 2012: 23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 19-24 August 2012, Beijing, China.

Mahmud, Hasan, Hill, Blair, Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, He, Yinghe, and Armfield, Steven (2012) PIV Study of behavior of interaction of twin fountains in homogenous fluid. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. FM05-048. pp. 1-2. From: ICTAM 2012: 23rd International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 19-24 August 2012, Beijing, China.

Ding, Xiang, Gao, Wenfeng, Liu, Tao, and Lin, Wenxian (2011) Thermal performance of solar water heater hanged on balcony wall with separate pressure bearing. Transactions of the CSAE (Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering), 27 (10). pp. 233-237.

Liu, Xueping, Gao, Wenfeng, Xu, Ling, Lin, Wenxian, Ding, Xiang, Dai, Wei, and Liu, Tao (2011) Comparative study on the two testing methods to obtain the heat gain for flat-plate solar water heaters with vertical storage tanks. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 31 (4). pp. 36-40.

Ding, Xiang, Lin, Wenxian, Xu, Ling, Gao, Wenfeng, and Liu, Tao (2011) The research and applications of heat-pipe-type evacuated tubes and solar collectors. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 31 (4). pp. 41-49.

Wei, Shengxian, Sun, Yanlin, Li, Ming, Lin, Wenxian, Zhao, Derong, Shi, Youming, and Yang, Huimin (2011) Indoor thermal environment evaluations and parametric analyses in naturally ventilated buildings in dry season using a field survey and PMVe-PPDe model. Building and Environment, 46 (6). pp. 1275-1283.

Williamson, Nicholas, Armfield, Steven W., and Lin, Wenxian (2011) Forced turbulent fountain flow behaviour. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 671. pp. 535-558.

Gao, Wenfeng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, and Luo, Chuanxu (2011) Numerical study on mixing characteristics of hot water inside the storage tank of a solar system with different inlet velocities of the supply cold water. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 11. pp. 1153-1163.

Bednarz, Tomasz P., Lin, Wenxian, and Saha, Suvash (2010) Scaling of thermo-magnetic convection. In: Proceedings of the 13th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics. pp. 1-3. From: ACFM 2010 13th Asian Congress on Fluid Mechanics, 17-21 December 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Wei, Shengxian, Li, Ming, Ji, Xu, Lin, Wenxian, Zheng, Tufeng, Li, Guoliang, and Luo, Xi (2010) Aspect ratio and spacing optimization of a solar flat-plate collector unit. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE), 26 (11). pp. 225-230.

Wang, Liuling, Xu, Yongfeng, Li, Ming, Xiang, Ming, Wang, Yunfeng, Lin, Wenxian, and Wei, Shengxian (2010) The experimental study of trough concentrating solar photovoltaic/thermal system. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, 31 (9). pp. 1154-1160.

He, Yun, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wen-xian, Luo, Chuan-xu, and Gao, Wen-feng (2010) Temperature field analysis of solar chimney. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology, 32 (14). pp. 174-178.

Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, Wenxian (2010) Transition behaviour of weak turbulent fountains. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 655. pp. 306-326.

Wei, Shengxian, Li, Ming, Lin, Wenxian, and Sun, Yanlin (2010) Parametric studies and evaluations of indoor thermal environment in wet season using a field survey and PMV–PPD method. Energy and Buildings, 42 (6). pp. 799-806.

Zhan, Chang-jun, Gao, Wen-feng, Liu, Tao, Lin, Wen-xian, Song, Xin, and Lan, Qing (2010) Thermal performance of an solar air collector for drying grain. Journal of Yunnan Normal University, 30 (3). pp. 38-43.

Srinarayana, N., Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, Wenxian (2010) Line fountain behavior at low-Reynolds number. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53 (9-10). pp. 2065-2073.

Srinarayana, N., Armfield, S.W., Behnia, M., and Lin, Wenxian (2010) Critical Froude number for transition from a steady to an unsteady fountain injected into a homogeneous fluid. In: Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. pp. 1-3. From: 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 5-9 December 2010, Auckland, New Zealand.

Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, Wenxian (2010) Entrainment in turbulent fountain flow. In: Proceedings of the 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. pp. 1-4. From: 17th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 5-9 December 2010, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ievers, Simon, and Lin, Wenxian (2009) Numerical simulation of three-dimensional flow dynamics in a hot water storage tank. Applied Energy, 86 (12). pp. 2604-2614.

Bednarz, Tomasz P., Lin, Wenxian, Patterson, John C., Lei, Chengwang, and Armfield, Steven W. (2009) Scaling for unsteady thermo-magnetic convection boundary layer of paramagnetic fluids of Pr > 1 in micro-gravity conditions. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 30 (6). pp. 1157-1170.

Xu, Yong-Feng, Li, Ming, Wang, Liu-Ling, Lin, Wen-Xian, Zhang, Xing-Hua, Xiang, Ming, Wang, Yun-Feng, and Wei, Sheng-Xian (2009) The effect of concentrated light intensity on output performance of solar cell arrays. Acta Physica Sinica, 58 (11). pp. 8067-8076.

Wei, Shengxian, Li, Ming, and Lin, Wenxian (2009) Field survey and analysis of student flat indoor thermal environment in Winter. In: Proceedings of 2009 International Conference on Energy and Environmental Technology (ICEET2009) (1) pp. 168-171. From: 2009 International Conference on Energy and Environmental Technology (ICEET2009), 16-18 October, 2009, Guilin, Guangxi, China.

Patterson, John C., Lei, Chengwang, Armfield, Steve W., and Lin, Wenxian (2009) Scaling of unsteady natural convection boundary layers with a non-instantaneous initiation. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 48 (10). pp. 1843-1852.

Xu, Yongfeng, Li, Ming, Wang, Liuling, Lin, Wenxian, Xiang, Ming, Zhang, Xinghua, Wang, Yunfeng, and Wei, Shengxian (2009) Performance analysis of solar cell arrays in concentrating light intensity. Journal of Semiconductors, 30 (8). 084011. pp. 1-6.

Wang, Yunfeng, Li, Ming, Lin, Wenxian, Wang, Liuling, Wei, Shengxian, Xu, Yongfeng, Zhang, Xinghua, and Xiang, Ming (2009) Performance analysis on solar cell modules of flat-plate and trough concentrating photovoltaic system. Acta Optica Sinica, 29 (8). pp. 2287-2292.

Wang, Liuling, Li, Ming, Yang, Zhikun, Zheng, Qinhong, Lin, Wenxian, He, Jianhua, Zhang, Xinghua, and Xu, Yongfeng (2009) The combined heat and power cycle with concentrating trough solar power. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, 30 (8). pp. 1054-1057.

Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., Patterson, J.C., and Lei, Chengwang (2009) Prandtl number scaling of unsteady natural convection boundary layers for Pr>1 fluids under isothermal heating. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 79 (6). 066313.

He, Yun, Liu, Tao, Luo, Chuanxu, Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, Li, Ming, and Zheng, Qinhong (2009) Natural convection boundary-layer flow in a Trombe wall channel. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, 30 (1). pp. 69-74.

Srinarayana, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, W.X. (2009) Impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52. pp. 2614-2623.

Srinarayana, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, Wenxian (2009) Laminar plane fountains impinging on a ceiling with an opposing heat flux. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52. pp. 4545-4552.

Ma, Yan-bing, Liu, Tao, Zou, Peng-cheng, Jiang, Jun, Gao, Wen-feng, Luo, Chuan-xu, and Lin, Wen-xian (2009) Numerical simulation and analysis of CZT crystal growth by the VB method. Infrared Technology, 31 (4). pp. 240-245.

Bednarz, Tomasz, Kaneda, Masayuki, Lin, Wenxian, and Dranga, Octavian (2009) Scaling of unsteady magnetic convection boundary layer growth for Pr>1 fluids. In: Proceedings of 46th National Heat Transfer Symposium. pp. 689-690. From: 46th National Heat Transfer Symposium, 2 - 4 June 2009, Kyoto, Japan.

Williamson, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, W. (2008) Direct numerical simulation of turbulent intermediate Froude number fountain flow. ANZIAM Journal, 50. pp. 16-30.

Williamson, N., Srinarayana, N., Armfield, S.W., McBain, G.D., and Lin, W. (2008) Low-Reynolds-number fountain behaviour. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 608. pp. 297-317.

Luo, Chuan-xu, Lin, Wen-xian, Liu, Tao, Gao, Wen-feng, Li, Ming, Ma, Yu, and Zheng, Qin-hong (2008) Direct numerical simulation and analysis of transitional fountain flows. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 23 (3). pp. 244-255.

Srinarayana, N., McBain, G.D., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, W.X. (2008) Height and stability of laminar plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51. pp. 4717-4727.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2008) Onset of entrainment in transitional round fountains. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51. pp. 5226-5237.

Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., and Patterson, J.C. (2008) Unsteady natural convection boundary-layer flow of a linearly-stratified fluid with Pr < 1 on an evenly heated semi-infinite vertical plate. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51. pp. 327-343.

Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., and Patterson, J.C. (2007) Direct simulation of transitional plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. ANZIAM Journal, 48. pp. 692-708.

Williamson, N., Srinarayana, N., Armfield, S.W., McBain, G., and Lin, W. (2007) Characterisation of Low Reynolds Number Fountain Behaviour. In: Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. pp. 699-703. From: 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3-7 December 2007, Gold Coast, Australia.

Srinarayana, N., Armfield, S.W., and Lin, W.X. (2007) Numerical simulation of free-fountains in a homogeneous fluid. In: Proceedings of the 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. pp. 856-861. From: 16th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3-7 December 2007, Gold Coast, Australia.

Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, Liu, Tao, and Xia, Chaofeng (2007) An experimental study on the heat storage performances of polyalcohols NPG, TAX, PE, and AMPD and their mixtures as solid-solid phase-change materials for solar energy applications. International Journal of Green Energy, 4 (2). pp. 301-311.

Lin, Wenxian, Armfield, S.W., and Patterson, John C. (2007) Cooling of a Pr<1 fluid in a rectangular container. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 574. pp. 85-108.

Gao, Wenfeng, Lin, Wenxian, Liu, Tao, and Xia, Chaofeng (2007) Analytical and experimental studies on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated and flat-plate solar air heaters. Applied Energy, 84. pp. 425-441.

Armfield, S.W., Patterson, John C., and Lin, Wenxian (2007) Scaling investigation of the natural convection boundary layer on an evenly heated plate. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (7-8). pp. 1592-1602.

Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, and Xia, Chaofeng (2007) A comparative study of the thermal performances of cross-corrugated and V-groove solar air collectors. International Journal of Green Energy, 4 (4). pp. 427-451.

Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, Luo, Chuanxu, Li, Ming, Zheng, Qinhong, and Xia, Chaofeng (2007) A parametric study on the thermal performance of a solar air collector with a v-groove absorber. International Journal of Green Energy, 4. pp. 601-622.

Liu, Tao, Lin, Wenxian, Xia, Chaofeng, Graham, A.L., Ingber, M.S., Abbott, J.R., and Leggoe, J.W. (2006) Boundary-element simulation of hydrodynamic interaction of two smooth spheres suspended in an unbounded Couette flow. Applied Energy, 83 (9). pp. 975-988.

Lin, Wenxian, Yi, Jidong, Graham, A.L., Liu, Tao, Xia, Chaofeng, Ingber, M.S., Leggoe, J.W., and Abbott, J.R. (2006) Boundary-element method simulation of the impact of bounding walls on the dynamics of a particle group freely moving in a wide-gap Couette flow. Applied Energy, 83 (7). pp. 669-680.

Srinarayana, N., Lin, W., McBain, G.D., and Armfield, S.W. (2006) Direct simulation of impinging plane fountains in a homogeneous fluid. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Heat Transfer Conference. From: 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, 13-18 August 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Lin, W., and Armfield, S.W. (2006) Direct simulation of transitional axisymmetric fountains in a homogeneous environment. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Heat Transfer Conference. From: 13th International Heat Transfer Conference, 13-18 August 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Lin, Wenxian, Gao, Wenfeng, and Liu, Tao (2006) A parametric study on the thermal performance of cross-corrugated solar air collectors. Applied Thermal Engineering, 26 (10). pp. 1043-1053.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2005) Unsteady natural convection on an evenly heated vertical plate for Prandtl number Pr<1. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 72 (6). 066309-1.

Lin, Wenxian, and Liu, Tao (2005) Progress on direct numerical simulation of weak negatively buoyant jets. Journal of Hydrodynamics, 20 (6). pp. 694-707.

Lin, W., Graham, A.L., Ingber, M.S., Abbott, J.R., and Leggoe, J.W. (2005) Hydrodynamic interaction of two neutrally-buoyant smooth spheres suspended in plane Poiseuille flow: the BEM simulations versus the MoR approximations. Computational Mechanics, 36 (4). pp. 307-319.

Yin, Y., Chalhovb, N., Zhang, L., Scott, D., Lin, W., Summers, N., Dey, C., Burie, D., and Vodenitcharova, T. (2005) Evacuated non-tubular solar thermal collectors. In: Proceedings of the 43rd Australian & New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference. pp. 1-5. From: 43rd Australian & New Zealand Solar Energy Society Conference, 28-30 November 2005, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, SW (2005) Long-term behaviour of cooling fluid in a vertical cylinder. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 48. pp. 53-66.

Armfield, S.W., McBain, G.D., Lin, W., and Jiracheewanun, S. (2005) Natural convection boundary layers on evenly heated plates. In: Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Heat & Mass Transfer Conference. pp. 1-6. From: 8th Australasian Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 26-29 July 2005, Perth, WA, Australia.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, Steven (2005) Scaling analysis and simulation of natural convection cooling of fluid with Pr < 1 in a rectangular container. In: Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Heat & Mass Transfer Conference. pp. 1-4. From: 8th Australasian Heat & Mass Transfer Conference, 26-29 July 2005, Perth, WA, Australia.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, SW (2005) Scaling laws for unsteady natural convection cooling of fluid with Prandtl number less than one in a vertical cylinder. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 72 (1). 016306.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2004) Scaling analysis and direct simulation of unsteady natural convection cooling of fluid with Pr < 1 in a vertical cylinder. In: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2004. pp. 1-4. From: Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference 2004, 13-17 December 2004, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2004) Long-term behavior of cooling fluid in a rectangular container. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 69 (5). 056315-1.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2004) Direct simulation of fountains with intermediate Froude and Reynolds numbers. ANZIAM Journal, 45. pp. 66-77.

Behnia, M., Lin, W., and McBain, G.D. (2004) Proceedings of the 15th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. In: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference. - . From: Fifteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 13-17 December, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Lin, W., and Armfield, S.W. (2003) The Reynolds and Prandtl number dependence of weak fountains. Computational Mechanics, 31 (5). pp. 379-389.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S.W. (2002) Weak fountains in a stratified fluid. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 66 (6). 066308-1.

Morgan, P.L., Armfield, S.W., Lin, Wenxian, and Patterson, J.C. (2002) Direct numerical simulation of boundary layer start-up on semi-infinite vertical flat plates for buoyant and non-buoyant flows. Computational Fluid Dynamics Journal, 11 (1). pp. 18-26.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, SW (2001) Natural convection cooling of rectangular and cylindrical containers. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 22. pp. 72-81.

Lin, Wenxian, and Armfield, S. W. (2000) Direct simulation of weak axisymmetric fountains in a homogeneous fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 403. pp. 67-88.