Papers in Refereed Journals

2009 (9):

1. Li, H., and D. Zhang, Efficient and Accurate Quantification of Uncertainty for Multiphase Flow with Probabilistic Collocation Method, SPE Journal, 10.2118/114802-PA, 2009.

2. Rapaka, S., R. Pawar, P. Stauffer, D. Zhang, S. Chen, Onset of convection over a transient base-state in anisotropic and layered porous media, J Fluid Mech., accepted, in press, 2009.

3. Chang, H., Y. Chen, and D. Zhang, Data Assimilation of Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanics via Ensemble Kalman Filter, SPE Journal, accepted, in press, 2009.

4. Chen, C., and D. Zhang, Lattice Boltzmann simulation of the rise and dissolution of two-dimensional immiscible droplets, Physics of Fluids, in press, 2009.

5. Li, W., Z. Lu, D. Zhang, Stochastic Analysis of Unsaturated Flow with Probabilistic Collocation Method, Water Resources Research, 45, W08425, doi:10.1029/2008WR007530, 2009.

6. Chen, Y., D. Oliver, and D. Zhang, Data Assimilation for Nonlinear Problems by Ensemble Kalman Filter with Reparameterization, J. Petroleum Science & Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2008.12.002, 2009.

7. Chang, H., and D. Zhang, A Comparative Study of Stochastic Collocation Methods for Flow in Porous Media, Commun. Comput. Phys., 6(3): 509-535, 2009.

8. Shi, L., J. Yang, D. Zhang, and H. Li, Probabilistic Collocation Method for Unconfined Flow in Heterogeneous Media, J. Hydrology, 365(1-2):4-10, 2009.

9. Chen, Y., D. Oliver, and D. Zhang, Efficient Ensemble-Based Closed-Loop Production Optimization, SPE Journal, 10.2118/112873-PA, in press, 2009.

10. Lu, G., D. J. DePaolo, Q. Kang, and D. Zhang, Lattice Boltzmann simulation of snow crystal growth in clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D07305, doi:10.1029/2008JD011087, 2009.

2008 (5):

11. Rapaka, S., S. Chen, R. Pawar, P.H. Stauffer, and D. Zhang, Nonmodal Growth of Perturbations in Density-driven Convection in Porous Media, J Fluid Mech., vol. 609, pp. 285–303, 2008.

12. Liu, G., Y. Chen, and D. Zhang, Investigation of Flow and Transport Processes at the MADE Site Using Ensemble Kalman Filter, Adv. Water Resour., 31: 975–986, 2008.

13. Shi, L., J. Yang, and D. Zhang, A stochastic approach to nonlinear unconfined flow subject to multiple random fields, SERRA, 10.1007/s00477-008-0261-3, 2008.

14. Gainis, B., H. Klie, M.F. Wheeler, T. Wildey, I. Yotov, and D. Zhang, Stochastic Collocation and Mixed finite elements for Flow in Porous Media, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg., 197: 3547–3559, 2008.

15. Ding, Y., T. Li, D. Zhang, and P. Zhang, Adaptive Stroud stochastic collocation method for flow in random porous media via Karhunen-Loeve expansion, Communications in Comp. Phys., 4(1):102-123, 2008.

2007 (8):

16. Zhang, D., Z. Lu, and Y. Chen, Dynamic Reservoir Data Assimilation with an Efficient, Dimension-Reduced Kalman Filter, SPE Journal, 12(1), 108-117, 2007.

17. Lu, Z., Zhang, D., and B. Robinson, Analytical Solutions for One-Dimensional Steady State Flow in Layered, Heterogeneous Unsaturated Soils under Uncertainties , Water Resources Research, 43, W09413, doi:10.1029/2005WR004795, 2007.

18. Kang, Q., P.C. Lichtner, and D. Zhang, An Improved Lattice Boltzmann Model for Multi-Component Reactive Transport in Porous Media at the Pore Scale, Water Resources Research, 43, W12S14, doi:10.1029/2006WR005551, 2007.

19. Li, H., and D. Zhang, Probabilistic collocation method for flow in porous media: Comparisons with other stochastic methods, Water Resour. Res., 43, W09409, doi:10.1029/2006WR005673, 2007.

20. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Stochastic Simulations for Flow in Nonstationary Randomly Heterogeneous Porous Media using a KL-based Moment-equation Approach, SIAM Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, 6(1), 228-245, DOI. 10.1137/060665282, 2007.

21. Liu, G., Z. Lu, and D. Zhang, Stochastic Uncertainty Analysis for Solute Transport in Randomly Heterogeneous Media Using a Karhunen-Loeve Based Moment Equation Approach, Water Resources Research, 43, W07427, doi:10.1029/2006WR005193, 2007.

22. Ding, G., J.J. Jiao, and D. Zhang, Modelling study on the impact of deep building foundations on the groundwater system, Hydrol. Process., DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6768, 2007.

23. Xu, X., S. Chen, and D. Zhang, Comment on the effect of anisotropy on the onset of convection in a porous medium – Reply, Adv. Water Resour., 30 (3): 698-699, 2007.

2006 (6):

24. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Accurate, Efficient Quantification of Uncertainty for Flow in Heterogeneous Reservoirs using the KLME Approach, SPE Journal, 11(2), 239-247, 2006.

25. Liu, G., D. Zhang, and Z. Lu, Stochastic Uncertainty Analysis for Unconfined Flow Systems, Water Resources Research, VOL. 42, W09412, doi:10.1029/2005WR004766, 2006.

26. Kang, Q., P.C. Lichtner, and D. Zhang, Lattice-Boltzmann Pore-Scale Model for Multi-Component Reactive Transport in Porous Media, J. Geophy. Res., VOL. 111, B05203, doi:10.1029/2005JB003951, 2006.

27. Chen, Y., and D. Zhang, Data Assimilation for Transient Flow in Geologic Formations via Ensemble Kalman Filter, Adv. Water Resour., 29, 1107–1122, 2006.

28. Xu, X., S. Chen, and D. Zhang, Convective Stability Analysis of the Long-Term Storage of Carbon Dioxide in Deep Saline Aquifers, Adv. Water Resour., 29(3):397-407, 2006.

29. Chen, M., A. Keller, D. Zhang, Z. Lu, and G.A. Zyvoloski, A Stochastic Analysis of Transient Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media , Water Resources Research, 42(3), W03425, doi:10.1029/2005WR004257, 2006.

2005 (4):

30. Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and S. Chen, Displacement of a Three-Dimensional Immiscible Droplet in a Duct, J. Fluid Mech., 545: 41-66, 2005.

31. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Analytical Solutions of Statistical Moments for Transient Flow in Two-Dimensional Bounded, Randomly Heterogeneous Media, Water Resources Research, Vol.41, W01016, doi:10.1029/2004WR003389, 2005.

32. Chen, M., D. Zhang, A. Keller, and Z. Lu, A stochastic analysis of steady state two-phase flow in heterogeneous media, Water Resources Research, Vol. 41, W01006, doi:10.1029/2004WR003412, 2005.

33. Kang, Q., I.N. Tsimpanogiannis, D. Zhang, and P. Lichtner, Pore-Scale Studies of Oceanic CO2 Sequestration, Fuel Processing Technology, 86:1647-1665, 2005.

2004 (12):

34. Zhang, D., and Z. Lu, An Efficient, High-Order Perturbation Approach for Flow in Random Porous Media via Karhunen-Loeve and Polynomial Expansions, J. of Computational Physics, 194(2), 773-794, 2004.

35. Zhang, D., and Q. Kang, Pore Scale Simulation of Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Media, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.31(6), 2004.

36. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, A comparative study on quantifying uncertainty of flow in randomly heterogeneous media using Monte Carlo simulations, the conventional and KL-based moment-equation approaches, SIAM Jo urnal on Scientific Computing, 26(2), 558-577, 2004.

37. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Analytical Solutions to Unsaturated Flow in Layered, Heterogeneous Soils via Kirchhoff Transformation, Advances in Water Resources, 27:775-784, 2004.

38. Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and P. Lichtner, and I. Tsimpanogiannis, Lattice Boltzmann Model for Hydrate Crystal Growth from Supersaturated Solution, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L21604(1-5), 2004.

39. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Conditional Simulations of Flow in Randomly Heterogeneous Porous Media using a KL-based Moment-equation Approach, Advances in Water Resources, 27:859-874, 2004.

40. Zhang, Y.K., and D. Zhang, Forum: The State of Stochastic Hydrology, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 18(4):265, 2004.

41. Zhang, D., and Z. Lu, Stochastic Delineation of Well Capture Zones, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 18(1), 39-46, 2004.

42. Hu, B.X., J. Wu, and Zhang, D., A Numerical Method of Moments for Solute Transport in Physically and Chemically Nonstationary Formations: Linear Equilibrium Sorption with Random K_d, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 18(1), 22-30, 2004.

43. Sun, A., and D. Zhang, A Solute Flux Approach to Transport through Bounded, Unsaturated Heterogeneous Porous Media, Vadose Zone Journal, 3:513-526, 2004.

44. Yang, J., D. Zhang, and Z. Lu, Stochastic Analysis of Saturated-Unsaturated Flow in Heterogeneous Media by Combining Karhunen-Loeve Expansion and Perturbation Method, J. Hydrology, vol.294, 18-38, 2004.

45. Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and S. Chen, Immiscible Displacement in a Channel: Simulations of Fingering in Two Dimensions, Adv. Water Resources, 27(1), 13-22, 2004.

2003 (8):

46. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, On Stochastic Study of Well Capture Zones in Bounded, Randomly Heterogeneous Media, Water Resources Research, 39(4), doi:10.1029/2002WR001633, 2003.

47. Li, L., H.A. Tchelepi, and D. Zhang, Perturbation-Based Moment Equation Approach for Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media: Applicability Range and Analysis of High-Order Terms, J. of Computational Physics, 188(1), pp 296 - 317, 2003.

48. Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and S. Chen, Simulation of Dissolution and Precipitation in Porous Media, J. Geophysical Research -- Solid Earth, 108(B10), 2505, doi:10.1029/2003JB002504, 2003.

49. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Solute Spreading in Nonstationary Flows in Bounded Heterogeneous Saturated-Unsaturated Media, Water Resource Research, 39(3), 1049, doi:10.1029/2001WR000908, 2003.

50. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, On Importance Sampling Monte Carlo Approach to Uncertainty Analysis of Flow and Transport in Porous Media, Adv. Water Resources, 26(11), 1177-1188, 2003.

51. Wu, J., B.X. Hu, D. Zhang, and C. Shirley, A Three-Dimensional Numerical Method of Moments for Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport in a Nonstationary Conductivity Field, Adv. Water Resources, 26(11), 1149-1169, 2003.

52. Wu J., B.X. Hu, and D. Zhang, Applications of Nonstationary Stochastic Theories to Solute Transport in Multi-Scale Geological Media, Journal of Hydrology, 275:208-228, 2003.

53. Hu, B.X., J. Wu, A.K. Panorska, D. Zhang, and C. He, Stochastic Study on Groundwater flow and Solute Transport in Porous Media with Multi-Scale Heterogeneity, Advances in Water Resources, 26:541-560, 2003.

2002 (9):

54. Zhang, D., and Z. Lu, Stochastic Analysis of Flow in a Heterogeneous Unsaturated-Saturated System, Water Resources Research, 38(2), doi:10.1029/2001WR000515, 2002.

55. Valentine, G., D. Zhang, and B.A. Robinson, Modeling Complex, Nonlinear Geological Processes, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 30: 35-64, 2002.

56. Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and S. Chen, Displacement of a Two-Dimensional Immiscible Droplet in a Channel, Physics of Fluids, 14(9), 3203-3214, 2002.

57. Kang, Q., D. Zhang, S. Chen, and X. He, Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Chemical Dissolution in Porous Media, Physical Review E, 65(3), 2002.

58. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, Stochastic Analysis of Transient Flow in Heterogeneous, Variably Saturated Porous Media: The van Genuchten-Mualem Constitutive Model, Vadose Zone Journal, 1(1), 137-149, 2002.

59. Lu, Z., and D. Zhang, On Stochastic Modeling of Flow in Multimodal Heterogeneous Formations, Water Resources Research, 38(10), doi:10.1029/2001WR001026, 2002.

60. Kang, Q., D. Zhang, and S. Chen, A Unified Lattice Boltzmann Method for flow in Multiscale Porous Media, Physical Review E, 66(11), 056307, 2002.

61. Lu, G., and D. Zhang, Nonstationary Stochastic Analysis of Flow in a Heterogeneous Semiconfined Aquifer, Water Resources Research, 38(8), doi:10.1029/2001WR000546, 2002.

62. Hu, B.X., H. Huang, and D. Zhang, Stochastic Analysis of Solute Transport in Heterogeneous, Dual-Permeability Media, Water Resources Research, 38(9), doi:10.1029/2001WR000442, 2002.

2000 (5):

63. Zhang, D., R. Andricevic, A.Y. Sun, X.B. Hu, and G. He, Solute Flux Approach to Transport Through Spatially Nonstationary Flow in Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 36(8), 2107-2120, 2000.

64. Zhang, D., R. Zhang, S. Chen, and W.E. Soll, Pore Scale Study of Flow in Porous Media: Scale Dependency, REV, and Statistical REV, Geophysical Research Letters, 27(8), 1195-1198, 2000.

65. Zhang, D., and A.Y. Sun, Stochastic Analysis of Groundwater Flow in Fractured Porous Media: A Double-Permeability Approach, Water Resources Research, 36(4), 865-874, 2000.

66. Zhang, D., L. Li, and H.A. Tchelepi, Stochastic Formulation for Uncertainty Assessment of Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Reservoirs, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 5(1), 60-70, 2000.

67. Sun, A.Y., and D. Zhang, Prediction of Solute Spreading in Unsaturated, Bounded Heterogeneous Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 36(3), 715-723, 2000.

1999 (5):

68. Zhang, D., and H. Tchelepi, Stochastic Analysis of Immiscible Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Media, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, 4(4), 380-388, 1999.

69. Zhang, D., Quantification of Uncertainty for Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous Petroleum Reservoirs, Physica D, 133, 488-497, 1999.

70. Zhang, D., and C.L. Winter, Moment Equation Approach to Single-Phase Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous Reservoirs, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Vol.4, No.2, 1999.

71. Zhang, D., Nonstationary Stochastic Analysis of Transient Unsaturated Flow in Randomly Heterogeneous Media, Water Resources Research, Vol.35, No.4, 1999.

72. Harter, Th., and D. Zhang, Water Flow and Solute Spreading in Heterogeneous Soils with Spatially Variable Water Content, Water Resources Research, Vol.35, No.2, 1999.

1998 (4):

73. Zhang, D., T. Wallstrom, and L. Winter, Stochastic Analysis of Steady-State Unsaturated Flow in Heterogeneous media: Comparison of Brooks-Corey and Gardner-Russo models, Water Resources Research, Vol.34, No.6, 1998.

74. Xin, J., and D. Zhang, Stochastic Analysis of Biodegradation Fronts in One-Dimensional Heterogeneous Porous Media, Advances in Water Resources, Vol.22, No.2, 1998.

75. Zhang, D., and C.L. Winter, Nonstationary Stochastic Analysis of Steady-State Flow Through Variably Saturated, Heterogeneous Media, Water Resources Research, Vol.34, No.5, 1998.

76. Zhang, D., Numerical Solutions to Statistical Moment Equations of Groundwater Flow in Nonstationary, Bounded Heterogeneous Media, Water Resources Research, Vol.34, No.3, 1998.

1997 (2):

77. Zhang, D., Conditional Stochastic Analysis of Multiphase Transport in Randomly Heterogeneous, Variably Saturated Media, Transport in Porous Media, Vol.27, No.3, 1997.

78. Zhang, Y.-K., and D. Zhang, Time-Dependent Dispersion of Non-ergodic Solute Transport in Two-Dimensional Heterogeneous Porous Media, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol.2, No.2, 1997.

1996 (4):

79. Zhang, Y.-K., D. Zhang, and J. Lin, Non-Ergodic Solute Transport in Three-Dimensional Heterogeneous Isotropic Aquifers, Water Resources Research, Vol.32, No.9, 1996.

80. Zhang, D., and S.P. Neuman, Effect of Local Dispersion on Solute Transport in Randomly Heterogeneous Porous Media, Water Resources Research, Vol.32, No.9, 1996.

81. Hsu, K.-C., D. Zhang, and S.P. Neuman, Higher-Order Effects on Flow and Transport in Randomly Heterogeneous Porous Media, Water Resources Research, Vol.32, No.3, 1996.

82. Zhang, D., and S.P. Neuman, Head and Velocity Covariances Under Quasi-Steady State Flow and Their Effects on Advective Transport, Water Resources Research, Vol.32, No.1, 1996.

1995 (5):

83. Zhang, D., Impacts of Local Dispersion and First--Order Decay on Solute Transport in Randomly Heterogeneous Porous Media, Transport in Porous Media, Vol.21, No.2, 1995.

84. Zhang, D., and S.P. Neuman, Eulerian-Lagrangian Analysis of Transport Conditioned on Hydraulic Data: 1. Analytical-Numerical Approach, Water Resources Research, Vol.31, No.1, 1995.

85. Zhang, D., and S.P. Neuman, Eulerian-Lagrangian Analysis of Transport Conditioned on Hydraulic Data: 2. Effects of Log Transmissivity and Hydraulic Head Measurements, Water Resources Research, Vol.31, No.1, 1995.

86. Zhang, D., and S.P. Neuman, Eulerian-Lagrangian Analysisof Transport Conditioned on Hydraulic Data: 3. Spatial Moments, Travel Time Distribution, Mass Flow Rate and Cumulative Release Across a Compliance Surface, Water Resources Research, Vol.31, No.1, 1995.

87. Zhang, D., and S.P. Neuman, Eulerian-Lagrangian Analysis of Transport Conditioned on Hydraulic Data: 4. Uncertain Initial Plume State and Non-Gaussian Velocities, Water Resources Research, Vol.31, No.1, 1995.

Others (2):

88. Zhang, D., and S.P. Neuman, Comment on “A Note on Head and Velocity Covariances in Three-Dimensional Flow through Heterogeneous Anisotropic Porous Media” by Y. Rubin and G. Dagan, Water Resources Research, Vol.31, No.12, 1992.

89. Zhang, D., Rotating Sense Determination in Planar Gear Train by Use of Complex Number, Journal of Northeastern University, P. R. China, No.1, 1988.

Under Reviews:

90. Chen, Y., D. Oliver, and D. Zhang, Data Assimilation for Nonlinear Problems by Ensemble Kalman Filter with Reparameterization, J. Petroleum Science & Engineering, under review, 2006.

91. Chen, Y., D. Oliver, and D. Zhang, Efficient Ensemble-Based closed-Loop Production Optimization, SPE Journal, under review, 2007.

92. Shi, L., J. Zhang, and D. Zhang, The KL-Based Moment-Equation Method for Unconfined flow Subject to Multiple Random Fields, Adv. Water Resour., under review, 2007.

93. Liu, G., Y. Chen, and D. Zhang, Investigation of Flow and Transport Processes at the MADE Site Using Ensemble Kalman Filter, Adv. Water Resour., under review, 2007.

94. Gainis, B., H. Klie, M.F. Wheeler, T. Wildey, I. Yotov, and D. Zhang, Stochastic collocation and Mixed finite elements for Flow in Porous Media, CMAME, under review, 2007.

95. Rapaka, S., S. Chen, R. Pawar, P.H. Stauffer, and D. Zhang, Direct Numerical Simulations of the Onset of Density-driven Convection in Anisotropic Porous Media, J Fluid Mech., under review, 2007.