Associate Professor
- Ph.D., Princeton University, 2010
- M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2003
- B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2000
- Droplet and spray dynamics
- Theoretical and computational combustion
- Theoretical chemical kinetics
Selected Publications:
C. He, L. Yue, and P. Zhang*, Spin-affected reflexive and stretching separation of off-center droplet collision, Physical Review Fluids 7, 013603 (2022).
C. He, Y. Chi and P. Zhang*, Approximate Reconstruction of Torsional Potential Energy Surface based on Voronoi Tessellation, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 38 (2021) 757-766.
Q. Meng, L. Zhang, Y. Chi, Q. Chen, and P. Zhang*, Influence of Torsional Anharmonicity on the Reactions of Methyl Butanoate with Hydroperoxyl Radical, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2020, 124, 8643-8652.
X. Xia, C. He and P. Zhang*, Universality in the viscous-to-inertial coalescence of liquid droplets, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2019 116 (47) 23467-23472.
X. Xia and P. Zhang*, A vortex-dynamical scaling theory for flickering buoyant diffusion flames, Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2018), vol. 855, pp.1156-1169.
D. Yu and P. Zhang*, Circulation-controlled firewhirl with differential diffusion. Combustion and Flame, 189 (2018) 288–299.
K. Wu, P. Zhang*, W. Yao, and X. Fan, Numerical Investigation onFlame Stablization in DLR Hydrogen Supersonic Combustor with Strut Injection. Combustion Science and Technology, 2017. 189(12): p. 2154-2179.
D. Zhang, P. Zhang*, Y. Yuan, and T. Zhang, Hypergolic Ignition by Head-on Collision of N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine and White Fuming Nitric Acid Droplets. Combustion and Flame, 2016. 173: p. 276-287.
Z. Zhang, Y. Chi, L. Shang, P. Zhang*, and Z. Zhao, On the role of droplet bouncing in modeling impinging sprays under elevated pressures. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2016. 102: p. 657-668.
L.D. Zhang and P. Zhang*, Towards high-level theoretical studies of large biodiesel molecules: an ONIOM [QCISD(T)/CBS:DFT] study of hydrogen abstraction reactions of CnH2n+1COOCmH2m+1 + H.Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015. 17(1): p. 200-208.