Dr Wei Xiang

Dr Wei Xiang

Dr Wei Xiang

PhD

eMail: Wei [dot] Xiang [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
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Phone Number(s):

Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525
Direct: +44 1865 615106

Office: RI.1.12

Departmental Address:

Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford
OX1 3LB
England

Research Interests: 

Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws and Multidimensional Shock Waves.

Nonlinear Equations of Hyperbolic-Elliptic Mixed Type.

Theory of Relativity.

Prizes, Awards and Scholarships: 

Titchmarsh Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the Analysis of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations.

Major/Recent Publications: 

G.-Q. Chen, M. Feldman and W. Xiang. Convexity of transonic shock in self-similar coordinate. 2013. Preprint.

G.-Q. Chen and W. Xiang. Shock diffraction problem by convex cornered wedges for potential flows. 2013.  Preprint. Outline

G.-Q. Chen, W. Xiang, and Y. Zhang. Weakly nonlinear geometric optics for hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. 2013. Submitted.  pdf file.

G.-Q. Chen, X. Deng, and W. Xiang. Shock di ffraction by convex cornered wedges for the nonlinear wave system.  Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. Acceptted. pdf file.

G.-Q. Chen, X. Deng, and W. Xiang. Global steady subsonic flows through infinitely long nozzles for the full Euler equations. SIAM J. Math. Anal. Vol. 44 (2012), No. 4, pp. 2888–2919.  pdf file.

X. Deng, and W. Xiang.  Global solutions of shock reflection by wedges for the nonlinear wave equation.  Chin. Ann. Math. Ser. B 32 (2011), No. 5, 643–668.  pdf file

Teaching: 

TT consultation sessions on B6b 'Waves and Compressible Flow', Trinity term, 2013