Teng Man

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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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 top citations)

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

12. 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)

13. 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.

14. 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)

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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).

18. 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)

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

20. 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.

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

22. 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