Profile

Sunan Zhao

PhD Student · MAE · SUSTech

My research interests focus on AI for fluid mechanics, including physics-informed (PI) approaches and neural operator models.

Sunan Zhao portrait

Selected Publications

LESnets (Large-Eddy Simulation nets): Physics-informed neural operator for large-eddy simulation of turbulence
Journal of Computational Physics2025

LESnets (Large-Eddy Simulation nets): Physics-informed neural operator for large-eddy simulation of turbulence

Sunan Zhao, Zhijie Li, Boyu Fan, Yunpeng Wang, Huiyu Yang, Jianchun Wang*

TurbulenceLESNeural Operator
Physics-Informed Transformer operator for the prediction of three-dimensional turbulence
Acta Mechanica Sinica2026

Physics-Informed Transformer operator for the prediction of three-dimensional turbulence

Zhihong Guo, Sunan Zhao, Huiyu Yang, Yunpeng Wang, Jianchun Wang*

TurbulenceTransformerPhysics-Informed

* Corresponding author

Resume

Education

Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) logo

Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

Sep 2023 – Present

Ph.D. candidate in Mechanics (combined master’s–doctoral program)

China University of Petroleum (East China) logo

China University of Petroleum (East China)

Sep 2019 – Jul 2023

B.Eng. in Engineering Mechanics

Publications

JCP
[J1]Journal2025

LESnets (Large-Eddy Simulation nets): Physics-informed neural operator for large-eddy simulation of turbulence

Sunan Zhao, Zhijie Li, Boyu Fan, Yunpeng Wang, Huiyu Yang, Jianchun Wang*

Journal of Computational Physics

TurbulenceLESNeural Operator
AMS
[J2]Journal2026

Physics-Informed Transformer operator for the prediction of three-dimensional turbulence

Zhihong Guo, Sunan Zhao, Huiyu Yang, Yunpeng Wang, Jianchun Wang*

Acta Mechanica Sinica

TurbulenceTransformerPhysics-Informed
P1 logo
[P1]Preprint2026

Large-eddy simulation nets (LESnets) based on physics-informed neural operator for wall-bounded turbulence

Sunan Zhao, Yunpeng Wang, Huiyu Yang, Zhihong Guo, Jianchun Wang*

arXiv preprint

Wall TurbulenceLESNeural Operator

* Corresponding author

Presentations

2025· Oral

LESnets: A physics-informed neural operator for three-dimensional large-eddy simulation of turbulence

Chinese Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CCTAM 2025), Changsha, China

2026· Oral

A physics-informed neural operator for wall-bounded turbulence prediction

The 3rd Chinese Conference of Aerodynamics, Shenyang, China

2026· Oral

A physics-informed neural operator for wall-bounded turbulence prediction

The 14th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics, Qingdao, China