Name: Zhenhua Pan
Resume
Data of Birth：21/11/1981
Job Titles: Professor & Master advisor/ Ph.D. advisor
Email box: 43455894@qq.com
Research Interest:
1. Supersonic Combustion
2. Fundamental Combustion Theory in Aero-Engines
3. Extreme Combustion Phenomena in Gaseous Premixed Fuels
Ongoing Project:
1. NSFC General Program, Principal Investigator (Ongoing), 2025–2028
2. Shock Tube Testing of Aluminum Powder Ignition Under High-Temperature/Pressure Conditions, Principal Investigator (Ongoing), 2024–2026
Pulished Paper:
Combustion Research Publications
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute & Combustion and Flame (Leading Journals in Combustion Science)
ØKang Tang, Zhenhua Pan*, Gang Dong*. Understanding detonation wave dynamics in annular channels with geometric and pressure variations: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2024, 40, 105437.
ØZhenhua Pan*, Kaipeng Chen, Jun Qi，Penggang Zhang, Yuejin Zhu, Jianfeng Pan*, Mingyue Gui. The propagation characteristics of curved detonation wave: Experiments in helical channels: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2019, 37, 3585-3592.
ØSuwei Sun, Zhenhua Pan*. Morphing flames and localized hot spots: Unlocking the dynamics of deflagration-to-detonation transition in curved channels: Combustion and Flame, 2025, 276, 114169.
ØZhenhua Pan*, Zenghai Zhang, Penggang Zhang*, Minhao Zhu. Experimental investigation and comparison of flame acceleration, hot spot ignition, and initiation of detonation in curved and straight channels: Combustion and Flame, 2022, 242, 112154.
ØZhenhua Pan, Jun Qi, Jianfeng Pan*, Penggang Zhang, Yuejin Zhu, Mingyue Gui. Fabrication of a helical detonation channel: Effect of initial pressure on the detonation propagation modes of ethylene/oxygen mixtures: Combustion and Flame, 2018, 192: 1-9.
ØZhenhua Pan, Baochun Fan*, Xundong Zhang, Mingyue Gui, Gang Dong. Wavelet pattern and self-sustained mechanism of gaseous detonation rotating in a coaxial cylinder: Combustion and Flame, 2011, 158(11): 2220-2228.
Aerospace Engineering Publications
Aerospace Science and Technology & AIAA Journal (Core Journals in Aeronautics Research)
ØZhenhua Pan*, Minhao Zhu, Penggang Zhang*, Effects of detonation instability and boundary layer on flame propagation behavior in millimeter-scale smooth tubes: Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023, 137, 108264.
ØZhenhua Pan, Zenghai Zhang, Penggang Zhang*. Effects of a significant boundary layer on the flame acceleration and transition to detonation in millimeter-scale tubes: Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022, 126, 107533.
ØZhenhua Pan*, Zenghai Zhang, Huaiyuan Yang, Mingyue Gui, Penggang Zhang, Yuejin Zhu. Experimental and numerical investigation on flame propagation and transition to detonation in curved channel: Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021, 118, 107036.
ØPenggang Zhang, Zhenhua Pan*, Yuejin Zhu, Qian Wang, Zhixia He. Experimental study on the deflagration-to-detonation transition distance in millimeter-scale smooth tubes: AIAA Journal, 2021, 59, 3144-3151.
Fluid Mechanics Research Publications
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science & Experiments in Fluids (Key Journals in Experimental Fluid Dynamics)
ØZhenhua Pan, Nan Jiang, Jian Zhou, Penggang Zhang*. Dynamic behavior of detonation waves in millimeter-scale tubes: unraveling the influence of tube diameter, initial pressure, and mixture: Experiments in Fluids, 2024, 65(13): 1-11
ØZhenhua Pan, Jian Zhou, Nan Jiang, Penggang Zhang*. Numerical and experimental studies on curvature-induced behavior of detonation waves in an annular channel: Fluid Dynamics, 2024
ØYuejin Zhu, Zhiwei Yang, Zhenhua Pan*, Penggang Zhang, Jianfeng Pan. Numerical investigation of shock-SF6 bubble interaction with different mach numbers. Computers and Fluids, 2018, 177: 78-86.
Zhenhua Pan, Kaipeng Chen, Jianfeng Pan*, Penggang Zhang, Yuejin Zhu, Jun Qi. An experimental study of the propagation characteristics for a detonation wave of ethylene/oxygen in narrow gaps. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2017, 88(11): 354-360.
Book:
Fundamentals and Applications of Combustion Theory. Jiangsu University Press, 2013.
Patent:
Vector Detonation Ejection Seat (Invention Patent, 2025)
Dual-Pulse Rotating Detonation Combustor (Invention Patent, 2024)
