GRAnular Materials: Mechanics & phYsics (GRAMMY)

Working Experience

2024.08 - present College of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Zhaohui Research Associate

2021.12 - 2024.08 School of Engineering, Westlake University, Research Fellow

2019.12 - 2021.12 School of Engineering, Westlake University, Post-doc

2019.06 - 2019.12 School of Engineering, Westlake University, Research Fellow

2019.03 - 2019.06 Saint Anthony Fall Laboratory, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Research Fellow

Education

2015.09 - 2019.03 Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

2012.09 - 2015.06 College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering

2008.09 - 2012.06 College of Construction Engineering, Jilin University, Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering

Our open-accessed numerical code, MechSys: a multiphysics simulation library, can be used by everyone to conduct related research on granular matter and fluid dynamics. The code will be updated on the GitHub webpage, and the beginner tutorial can be downloaded on ResearchGate.

Part of the publications

（* corresponding author，# first author without the advisor）

1. Chen, Q., Man, T.*, Huppert, H.E., Zhang X., Sun, H., Cai, Y. (2026). Collapse dynamics and deposition morphology of granular soils avalanching from inclined to horizontal planes. Physics of Fluids 38 (6): 063313. (Editor's Pick, Featured in AIP Scilight)
   

2. Li, X., Li, R., Man, T., Lu Y.*, (2026). Generative modeling of granular flow on inclined planes using conditional flow matching. Computers and Geotechnics, 198, 108284.

3. Wang, J., Liu, L., Huppert, H. E., Man, T., Aryeni, T., Li, L., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2026). Pore size and wettability control dissolution trapping regimes of CO2 in nano porous media. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL121365.(Nature Index Journal)

4. Zhang, X., Lin, L., Man, T.*, Huppert, H.E.* (2026). Pressure gradient hinders particle migration: An LBM-DEM study of clogging in irregular-shaped porous media. Computers and Geotechnics, 196, 108182.
   

5. Zhang, Z., Ge, Z., Man, T.*, Galindo-Torres, S.A.* (2026). Microstructural development leading to rheological transition of granular suspensions. Computers and Geotechnics, 195, 108106.

6. Man, T.*, Wang, Z., Huppert, H.E., et al. (2026). Propagation scaling and micromechanics of buoyant granular column collapses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 131, e2025JF008812.

7. Wang, Z., Zhou, A.*, Man, T., Huppert, H.E. (2026). Modelling density segregation in immersed binary granular column collapse through the coupled LBM-DEM method. Computers and Geotechnics. 191, 107785.

8. Wang, Z., Zhou, A.*, Man, T.et al. (2026). Collapse dynamics of immersed granular columns with various particle–fluid density ratios: Insights from LBM-DEM coupled modelling. Acta Geotechnica. 21, 371-394.

9. Yin, T., Man, T., Zhang, P., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2025). GPU-accelerated simulation of steady-state flow and particle transport in discrete fracture networks, Applied Computing & Geosciences. 27: 100284.

10. Cui, K. F. E., Zhou, G. G. D.*, Man, T., Huang, Y., Zhang, Y., Lu, X., & Zhao, T. (2025). Modeling the dense granular flow rheology of particles with different surface friction: Implications for geophysical mass flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 130: e2024JF008048.

11. Zhang, Z., Man, T.*, Huppert, H. E., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2025). Microscale insights into shear viscosity scaling of granular suspensions across the jamming transition, Physics of Fluids. 37(2): 023353.

12. Man, T., Huppert, H. E., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2025). Run-out scaling of granular column collapses on inclined planes, Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1002, A50.(ESI Highly Cited)

13. Zhang, X., Huang, T., Ge, Z., Man, T.*, & Huppert, H. E. (2025). Infiltration characteristics of slurries in porous media based on the coupled Lattice-Boltzmann discrete element method, Computers and Geotechnics. 177, 106865.(ESI Highly Cited)

14. Yin, T., Man, T., Zhang, P., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2024). Péclet-number-dependent longitudinal dispersion in discrete fracture networks, Water Resources Research. 60, e2024WR038437.

15. Man, T. (2024). Compaction Evolution and Mechanisms of Granular Materials Due to Gyratory Shearing. Materials. 17, 5525.

16. Ge, Z., Man, T.*, Huppert, H. E., Hill, K. M., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2024). Unifying length-scale-based rheology of dense suspensions, Physical Review Fluids. 9(1), L012302.

17. Zhang, X., Du, D., Man, T.*, Ge, Z., & Huppert, H. E. (2024). Particle clogging mechanisms in hyporheic exchange with coupled lattice Boltzmann discrete element simulations, Physics of Fluids. 36(1): 013312. (ESI Highly Cited)

18. Ge, Z., Man, T.*, & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2023). Mean stress tensor of discrete particle systems in submerged conditions. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 271, 112239.

19. Man, T., Zhang, Z., Huppert, H. E., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2023). Axisymmetric column collapses of bi-frictional granular mixtures, Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 963, A4.

20. Man, T.* (2023). Mathematical Modeling of Pavement Gyratory Compaction: A Perspective on Granular-Fluid Assemblies,  Mathematics . 11(9), 2096.

21. Yin, T., Man, T., Li, L., & Galindo‐Torres, S. A.* (2023). Finite‐Size Scaling for the Permeability of Discrete Fracture Networks, Geophysical Research Letters . 50(6), e2022GL100837. (Nature Index Journal)

22. Ren, S., Zhang, P., Man, T., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2023). Numerical assessments of the influences of soil–boulder mixed flow impact on downstream facilities, Computers and Geotechnics . 153, 105055.

23. Man, T., Zhang, P., Ge, Z., Galindo-Torres, S. A.*, & Hill, K. M. (2023). Friction-dependent rheology of dry granular systems, Acta Mechanica Sinica . 39(1), 722191. (Editor's Pick主编精选)

24. Yin, T., Man, T., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2022). Universal scaling solution for the connectivity of discrete fracture networks, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 39(1), 722191.

25. Hong, J., Talalay, P., Man, T., Li, Y., Fan, X., Li, C., & Zhang, N. (2022). Effect of high-pressure sintering on snow density evolution: experiments and results.  Journal of Glaciology. 68(272), 1107-1115.

26. 满腾，葛转，H.E. Huppert，等，颗粒柱塌落中的尺寸效应和瞬态流变性研究[J]. 计算力学学报，2022，39(3)：381-388.

27. Man, T., Huppert, H. E., Zhang, Z., & Galindo-Torres, S. A.* (2022). Influence of cross-section shape on granular column collapses, Powder Technology. 407, 117591.

28. Man, T., Le, J. L., Marasteanu, M., & Hill, K. M.* (2022). Two-scale discrete element modeling of gyratory compaction of hot asphalt, Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 148(2).

29. Man, T., Huppert, H. E., Li, L., & Galindo‐Torres, S. A. (2021). Finite‐Size Analysis of the Collapse of Dry Granular Columns. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(24), e2021GL096054. (Nature Index Journal)

30. Man, T.*, Huppert, H. E., Li, L., & Galindo-Torres, S. A. (2021). Deposition morphology of granular column collapses. Granular Matter. 23(3), 59.

31. Feng, Q., Ho, H. C., Man, T., Wen, J., Jie, Y., & Fu, X. (2019). Internal stability evaluation of soils.  Water . 11(7), 1439.

32. Man, T., Wang, B.*, Jin, H., & Zhang, X. (2016). Expansion behavior of self-stressing concrete confined by glass–fiber composite meshes. Construction and Building Materials. 128, 38-46.

33. Wang, B., Jin, H., Man, T., & Wang, Q. (2016). Study on the mechanical property of textile reinforced self-stressing concrete sheets. Construction and Building Materials. 107, 1-10.

34. Wang, B., Jin, H., & Man, T. (2015). Study on the bending behaviour of textile reinforced self-stressing concrete sheets. Materials Research Innovations. 19(sup5), S5-227.

35. Wang, B.*, Man, T.#, & Jin, H. (2015). Expansive and mechanical properties of textile reinforced self-stressing concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 93, 1042-1050.

36. Wang, B.*, Man, T.#, & Jin, H. (2015). Prediction of expansion behavior of self-stressing concrete by artificial neural networks and fuzzy inference systems. Construction and Building Materials. 84, 184-191.

Detailed list can be found on ResearchGate