Jian Yang

Dr. Jian Yang


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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 November 2026 in Processes
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ZXZhichao Xie
Zhichao Xie
JYJian Yang
Jian Yang
CZChi Zhao
Chi Zhao
LCLong Chen
Long Chen
JWJiali Wang
Jiali Wang
YZYunhai Zhao
Yunhai Zhao
Irregular borehole enlargement alters annular flow structures and can create low-velocity regions that impair hole cleaning. However, conventional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) requires repeated geometric reconstruction and numerical simulations for each wellbore configuration, while existing physics-informed models have limited capability for cross-geometry extrapolation. This study develops transfer-learning-based parameterized physics-informed neural networks (TLP-PINNs) for the rapid three-dimensional prediction of Herschel–Bulkley drilling-fluid flow in locally enlarged irregular wellbores. A Gaussian enlargement ratio is introduced as an explicit geometric input, while mass and momentum conservation equations, boundary conditions, adaptive loss weighting, extrapolation-distance-driven physics-point allocation, and partial-layer transfer learning are integrated into a unified framework. The source model generally maintains good in-range interpolation accuracy for the velocity field within the 10–50% enlargement range, although the pressure error shows greater case-to-case variability for unseen intermediate geometries. For the unseen 80% enlargement case, transfer learning reduces the relative RMSEs of axial velocity, velocity magnitude, and pressure from 14.0%, 13.5%, and 3.5% to 9.42%, 9.50%, and 1.34%, respectively, with corresponding Rp2 of 0.9668, 0.9663, and 0.9992. The transferred model also accurately captures the low-velocity zone within the enlarged section and the associated redistribution of the local pressure gradient, while reducing neural-network training time by 51.2% relative to full-domain retraining. These results demonstrate a practical cross-geometry framework for the rapid hydraulic assessment of irregular wellbores and provide detailed flow-field information for subsequent analyses of hole cleaning and particle transport.