Dr. Shams Ul Islam

Research Scientist
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Power Machinery and Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, China

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Area of Interest:

Physical Science Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fluid-Structure Interactions
Numerical Computations

Selected Publications

  1. Shams-ul-Islam, S.H. Shigri, Z.C. Ying, T. Akbar and D. Majeed, 2017. A computational study of flow past three unequal sized square cylinders at different positions. AIP Adv., Vol. 7, No. 3. 10.1063/1.4977971.
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  2. Shams-ul-Islam, R. Manzoor, Zia-ul-Islam, S. Kalsoom and Z.C. Ying, 2017. A computational study of drag reduction and vortex shedding suppression of flow past a square cylinder in presence of small control cylinders. AIP Adv., Vol. 7, No. 4. 10.1063/1.4982696.
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  3. Shams-ul-Islam, R. Manzoor, Z.C. Ying, M.M. Rashdi and A. Khan, 2017. Numerical investigation of fluid flow past a square cylinder using upstream, downstream and dual splitter plates. J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 31: 669-687.
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  4. Shams-ul-Islam, R. Manzoor, G. Nazeer, S.H. Shegri and Z.C. Ying, 2017. Drag reduction on a square cylinder using multiple detached control cylinders. KSCE J. Civil Eng., (In Press). 10.1007/s12205-017-0239-0.
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  5. Shams-ul-Islam, R. Manzoor and C.Y. Zhou, 2017. Effect of Reynolds numbers on flow past a square cylinder in presence of multiple control cylinders at various gap spacings. Arabian J. Sci. Eng., 42: 1049-1064.
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  6. Shams-ul-Islam, R. Manzoor and A. Naeem, 2017. Numerical investigation of flow around square cylinder with an upstream control plate at low Reynolds numbers in tandem. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng., 39: 1201-1223.
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  7. Shams-ul-Islam, G. Nazeer, Z.C. Ying, Zia-ul-Islam and R. Manzoor, 2017. Transitions in the flow patterns and aerodynamic characteristics of the flow around staggered rows of cylinders. PLoS One. .

  8. Shams-ul-Islam, W.S. Abbasi, H. Rahman and R. Naheed, 2016. Numerical investigation of wake modes for flow past three tandem cylinders using the multi-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method for different gap spacings. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng., 38: 799-812.
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  9. Shams-ul-Islam, W.S. Abbasi and Z.C. Ying, 2016. Transitions in the unsteady wakes and aerodynamic characteristics of the flow past three square cylinders aligned inline. Aerospace Sci. Technol., 50: 96-111.
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  10. Shams-ul-Islam, W.S. Abbasi and A. Khan, 2016. The effect of Reynolds numbers for unequal gap spacings on flow past three square cylinders arranged in-line. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng., 38: 1609-1634.
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  11. Shams-ul-Islam, H. Rahman, Z.C. Ying and S.C. Saha, 2016. Comparison of wake structures and force measurements behind three side-by-side cylinders. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng., 38: 843-858.
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  12. Shams-ul-Islam, H. Rahman, W.S. Abbasi, S.C. Saha and T. Shahina, 2016. Numerical investigation of flow past a row of rectangular rods. Alexandria Eng. J., 55: 2351-2365.
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  13. Shams-ul-Islam, H. Rahman and C.Y. Zhou, 2016. Effect of gap spacings on flow past row of rectangular cylinders with aspect ratio 1.5. Ocean Eng., 119: 1-15.
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  14. Manzoor, R., Shams-ul-Islam, W.S. Abbasi and S. Parveen, 2016. Variation of wake patterns and force coefficients of the flow past square bodies aligned inline. J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 30: 1691-1704.
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  15. Shams-ul-Islam, R. Manzoor and C.Y. Zhou, 2015. Effect of Reynolds number on flow past a square cylinders in presence of upstream and downstream flat plate at small gap spacing. World Acad. Sci. Eng. Technol., 9: 2192-2204.
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  16. Shams-ul-Islam, H. Rahman, W.S. Abbasi and T. Shahina, 2015. Lattice Boltzmann study of wake structure and force statistics for various gap spacings between a square cylinder with a detached flat plate. Arabian J. Sci. Eng., 40: 2169-2182.
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  17. Rahman, H., Shams-ul-Islam, C.Y. Zhou, T. Kiyani and S.C. Saha, 2015. On the effect of Reynolds number for flow past three side-by-side square cylinders for unequal gap spacings. KSCE J. Civil Eng., 19: 233-247.
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  18. Shams-ul-Islam, W.S. Abbasi and H. Rahman, 2014. Force statistics and wake structure mechanism of flow around a square cylinder at low Reynolds numbers. Int. J. Mech. Aerospace Ind. Mechatron. Eng., 8: 1375-1381.

  19. Shams-ul-Islam, H. Rahman, W.S. Abbasi, U. Noreen and A. Khan, 2014. Suppression of fluid force on flow past a square cylinder with a detached flat plate at low Reynolds number for various spacing ratios. J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 28: 4969-4978.
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  20. Shams-ul-Islam, H. Rahman, W.S. Abbasi and N. Rathore, 2014. Numerical simulation of flow past an infinite row of equispaced square cylinders using the multirelaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method. Int. J. Mech. Aerospace Ind. Mechatron. Eng., 8: 1488-1494.

  21. Shams-ul-Islam, H. Rahman and W.S. Abbasi, 2014. Grid independence study of flow past a square cylinder using the Multi-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method. Int. J. Math. Comput. Phys. Quantum Eng., 8: 980-990.

  22. Abbasi, W.S., Shams-ul-Islam, S.C. Saha, Y.T. Gu and C.Y. Zhou, 2014. Effect of Reynolds numbers on flow past four square cylinders in an in-line square configuration for different gap spacings. J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 28: 539-552.
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  23. Shams-ul-Islam, C.Y. Zhou, A. Shah and P. Xie, 2012. Numerical simulation of flow past rectangular cylinders with different aspect ratios using the incompressible lattice Boltzmann method. J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 26: 1027-1041.
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  24. Shah, A., L. Yuan and Shams-ul-Islam, 2012. Numerical solution of unsteady navier-stokes equations on curvilinear meshes. Comput. Math. Applic., 63: 1548-1556.
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  25. Shah, A. and Shams-ul-Islam, 2011. An explicit analytical solution of a slider bearing with a third grade non-newtonian fluid as lubricant. Wolrd Applied Sci. J., 14: 1397-1405.
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  26. Chao-Ying, Z., G. Jia and Shams-ul-Islam, 2010. Numerical simulation of confined flow around a square cylinder in a channel with lattice Boltzmann method. Harbin Gongye Daxue Xuebao. J. Harbin Instit. Technol., 42: 1753-1757.

  27. Zhang, X.M., C.Y. Zhou, Shams-ul-Islam and J.Q. Liu, 2009. Three dimensional cavitation simulation with lattice boltzmann method. Acta Physica Sinica, 58: 8406-8414.

  28. Shams-ul-Islam, C.Y. Zhou and A. Farooq, 2009. Numerical simulations of cross-flow around four square cylinders in an in-line rectangular configuration. Int. J. Math. Phys. Eng. Sci., 3: 76-85.

  29. Shams-ul-Islam and C.Y. Zhou, 2009. Numerical simulation of flow around a row of circular cylinders using the lattice boltzmann method. Inform. Technol. J., 8: 513-520.
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  30. Shams-ul-Islam and C.Y. Zhou, 2009. Characteristics of flow past a square cylinder using the lattice boltzmann method. Inform. Technol. J., 8: 1094-1114.
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  31. Islam, S., C.Y. Zhou and Shams-ul-Islam, 2009. More exact solutions for incompressible couple stressed MHD aligned fluid flows in a porous medium channel. J. Porous Media, 8: 801-809.

  32. Shams-ul-Islam and C.Y. Zhou, 2007. Exact solutions for two dimensional flows of couple stress fluids. Zeitschrift Angewandte Math. Physik, 58: 1035-1048.
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