Name: Zhang Yongchao
Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: yczhang@ujs.edu.cn

Working Experience
August 2021 - Present    Jiangsu University, Associate Professor

Education Background
● Doctor of Engineering (Sep.2015 – Jun. 2021)
-Major: Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
● Bachelor of Engineering (Sep.2011 - Jun.2015)
-Major: Fluid Machinery and Engineering

Research Interests
● Hydrokinetic rotor
● High pressure and ultra-high pressure water jet
● Measurement of complex flow inside fluid machinery
● Design and optimization of fluid machinery
● Experimental and computational multiphase flow

Research Techniques and Skills
● Experimental techniques:
(a)Flow field measurement (PIV/High Speed Camera/UDV)
(b)Measurement of pressure pulsation, vibration, and noise
● CFD simulation: Application of CFD software in fluid engineering and multiphase flow

Projects
● Investigation on flow and matching mechanisms of lift-drag hydrokinetic rotor. National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China, 2022-2025.
● Investigation on the unsteady wake characteristics of drag-type hydrokinetic rotor. Senior Talent Research Launch Fund of Jiangsu University, China, 2021-2024.
● Research Institute Project, China, 2023-2025.
● Enterprises Research Project, China, 2023-2024.

Publications
● Yongchao Zhang, Can Kang, Hexiang Zhao, Hyoung-Bum Kim. Effects of the deflector plate on performance and flow characteristics of a drag-type hydrokinetic rotor. Ocean Engineering, 2021, 238:109760.
● Yongchao Zhang, Can Kang, Yang Zhu, Hyoung-Bum Kim. Investigation on the performance and flow characteristics of a liquid lead-bismuth pump. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2021, 35(7):2939–2947.
● Can Kang, Hexiang Zhao, Yongchao Zhang, Kejin Ding. Effects of upstream deflector on flow characteristics and startup performance of a drag-type hydrokinetic rotor. Renewable Energy, 2021, 172:290–303.
● Yongchao Zhang, Kang Can, Keke Gao, Hexiang Zhao. Flow and atomization characteristics of a twin-fluid nozzle with internal swirling and self-priming effects. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2020, 85:108632.
● Yongchao Zhang, Amirah Nabilah Azman, Ke-Wei Xu, Can Kang, Hyoung-Bum Kim. Two-phase flow regime identification based on the liquid-phase velocity information and machine learning. Experiments in Fluids, 2020, 61(10):212.
● Ke-wei Xu, Yongchao Zhang, Dong Liu, Amirah Nabilah Azman, Hyoung-Bum Kim. Slug flow development study in a horizontal pipe using particle image velocimetry. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, 162:120267.
● Hexiang Zhao, Can Kang, Kejing Ding, Yongchao Zhang, Bing Li. Transient startup characteristics of a drag-type hydrokinetic turbine rotor. Energy Conversion and Management, 2020, 223:113287.
● Yongchao Zhang, Can Kang, Hexiang Zhao, Shuang Teng. Effects of in-line configuration of drag-type hydrokinetic rotors on inter-rotor flow pattern and rotor performance. Energy Conversion and Management, 2019, 196: 44–55.
● Yongchao Zhang, Can Kang, Yanguang Ji, Qing Li. Experimental and numerical investigation of flow patterns and performance of a modified Savonius hydrokinetic rotor. Renewable Energy, 2019, 141:1067–1079.
● Yongchao Zhang, Can Kang, Chen Pan, Wisdom Opare. Numerical investigation of performance and flow patterns of a modified Savonius hydraulic rotor. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019, 240: 042009.
● Yongchao Zhang, Minguan Yang, Dan Ni, Ning Zhang, Bo Gao. Particle image velocimetry measurement of complex flow structures in the diffuser and spherical casing of a reactor coolant pump. Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2018, 50:368–378.
● Can Kang, Yongchao Zhang, Yilin Xiong, Qing Li. Effects of the pump base on the resonance of a horizontal condensate pump unit: A case study. Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2018, 21(4): 633–644.