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Resume of Study and Work

1. September 2003-July 2007， China University of Petroleum (East China), Bachelor

2. September 2007-July 2010，China University of Petroleum (East China), Mathematics，Master

3. September 2010-December 2013， China University of Petroleum (East China), Oil-Gas Field Development Engineering，Ph. D

4. August 2012-September 2013，University of Calgary, Joint Ph. D student supported by CSC

5. January 2014-January 2017，Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fluid Mechanics, Postdoctor

6.January 2017-，School of Civil and Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Science and Technology, Assistant professor

Research Field

1. Seepage flow mechanics

2. Seepage flow theory and applications in the development of  unconventional reservoirs

3.Production data analysis method based on seepage flow mechanics in reservoir engineering

Undergraduate Courses

《Basic of MATLAB and its Application in Mechanics》、《PLC Control Technology for Building Environment》、《Basic of Fluid Flow in Porous Media》

Professional Affiliations

Served as paper reviewers for the journals: 《International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer》;《Computer Physics Communications》;《Fuel》;《Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 》;《Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering》;《Applied Mathematics and Computation》;《Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing》

Representative Papers and Books 

1. Wenchao Liu. Analytical study on a moving boundary problem of semispherical centripetal seepage flow of Bingham fluid with threshold pressure gradient[J]. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2019, 113: 17-30.

2. Wenchao Liu, Jun Yao, Zhangxin Chen, Weiyao Zhu. An exact analytical solution of moving boundary problem of radial fluid flow in an infinite low-permeability reservoir with threshold pressure gradient[J]. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2019, 175: 9-21.

3. Wenchao Liu, Yuewu Liu, Weiyao Zhu, Hedong Sun. A stability-improved efficient deconvolution algorithm based on B-splines by appending a nonlinear regularization[J]. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018, 164: 400-416. (SCI)

4. Wenchao Liu, Yuewu Liu, Guofeng Han, Jianye Zhang, Yizhao Wan, An improved deconvolution algorithm using B-splines for well-test data analysis in petroleum engineering[J]. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2017, 149: 306-314. 

5. Wenchao Liu, Jun Yao, Zhangxin Chen, Yuewu Liu. Effect of quadratic pressure gradient term on a one -dimensional moving boundary problem based on modified Darcy’s law[J]. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2016, 32(1): 38-52. 

6. Wenchao Liu, Yuewu Liu, Congcong Niu, Guofeng Han, Yizhao Wan. Numerical investigations of a coupled moving boundary model of radial flow in low -permeable stress -sensitive reservoirs with threshold pressure gradient[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2016, 25(2): 024701. (SCI)

7. Wenchao Liu, Jun Yao, Zhangxin Chen. Analytical solution of a double moving boundary problem for nonlinear flow in one-dimensional semi-infinite long porous media with low permeability[J]. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2014, 30(1): 50-58. 

8. Jun Yao, Wenchao Liu, Zhangxin Chen, Numerical Solution of a Moving boundary problem of one-dimensional flow in semi-infinite long porous media with threshold pressure gradient[J]. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2013, 2013: 384246.

9. Wenchao Liu, Jun Yao, Yueying Wang. Exact analytical solutions of moving boundary problems of one-dimensional flow in semi-infinite long porous media with threshold pressure gradient[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2012, 55(21-22): 6017-6022.  

10.Wenchao Liu, Theory of fluid flow in low-permeable porous media with moving boundary[M]. Science Press: Beijing, 2018. 

Software Copyrigh

1. Software of transient pressure analysis for shale gas

2. Software of transient rate analysis for shale gas

Academic Awards and Honors

1. 2014, Excellent doctoral dissertation, China University of Petroleum (East China),

2. 2014, “Excellent Paper Award” at the Eighth National Academic Conference on Fluid Mechanics

3. 2012, National scholarship for Ph. D students

4. 2012, CSC Scholarship  

5. 2010, Excellent graduates in Shandong Province

Selected Research project 

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on the unsteady fluid flow in low-permeable coalbeds with moving boundaries, 2015-2017, Principal

2. Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China： Research on the coupled model of nonlinear gas flow in low-permeable coalbeds with moving boundaries, 2014-2016, Principal 

3. Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities: Research on the unsteady shale gas flow with moving boundaries, 2017-2019, Principal