Associate Professor
Supervisor of Master's Candidates
Xia Yakang, Associate Researcher at the Research Institute of Aero-Engine, Beihang University. Dr. Xia got his Ph.D degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada in 2023, and his research focuses on efficient cooling technologies for high-temperature components of aerospace engines, high heat flux spray cooling, boiling heat transfer, droplet impact mechanisms, bubble dynamics, and optimization of biomimetic surface design. So far, he has published 13 SCI journal papers in high-level journals such as the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Applied Thermal Engin... More+
.Flow and heat transfer characteristics of dense successive droplet trains impacting on micropillar and microtube structured surfaces:International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer(254):127648
.Multi-objective optimization of supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycles using Bayesian physics-informed neural networks: A comprehensive analysis of energy, exergy, economic, and environmental performance:Energy(339):139033
.Nucleate boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux in controllable droplet trains cooling:Applied Thermal Engineering
.Improve immersion cooling of cylindrical batteries in channel flows using the Tesla valve principle:Journal of Energy Storage(112):115546
.Experimental study of surface temperature non-uniformity and fluctuation in dense controllable droplet trains cooling:Applied Thermal Engineering(261):125171
Xuan Gao,Yuhang Li,Yakang Xia,Xu Gao,Ri Li.Heat Transfer Characteristics of Controlled Droplet Trains Impacting Solid Surfaces:International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,2023
Yakang Xia.EFFECTS OF SURFACE WETTABILITY AND INCLINATION ON BUBBLE BEHAVIORS AND POOL BOILING HEAT TRANSFER:International Heat Transfer Conference 17,2023
Yakang Xia,Ruoyao Li,Xuan Gao.Pool boiling on a biphilic surface where bubbles can move horizontally on the surface:International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,2023
Yakang Xia,Xuan Gao.Surface effects on Sub-cooled pool boiling for smooth and laser-ablated silicon surfaces:International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,2022
Yakang Xia,Xuan Gao.Influence of Surface Wettability on Bubble Formation and Motion:Langmuir,2021