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Hongchu Chen
Aircraft Design and Propulsion Technology
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: English, Chinese
Hypersonic
Aerothermal
Identification
Inverse
Heat Conduction
Heat Transfer
Thermal Engineering
Measurement
Thermal Protection
Materials
Areas of Focus
- Hypersonic vehicle aerothermal identification
- Inverse heat conduction problems
- Heat transfer, thermal engineering measurement
Work Experience
- 2021.3 - Present: Zhejiang University - Researcher
- 2019.6 - 2021.1: Raytheon Technologies, USA - Research Engineer
- 2018.1 - 2019.6: University of Tennessee, USA - Research Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013.8 - 2017.12 PhD: University of Tennessee, Mechanical Engineering Heat Transfer
- 2011.8 - 2013.8 Master's: University of Tennessee, Mechanical Engineering Heat Transfer
- 2007.9 - 2011.6 Bachelor: Central South University, Thermal Energy and Power Engineering
Publications
- Two-dimensional formulation for inverse heat conduction problems by the calibration integral equation method (CIEM), H.C. Chen, J.I. Frankel, and M. Keyhani, 2016
- New step response formulation for inverse heat conduction, J.I. Frankel, H.C. Chen, and M. Keyhani, 2017
- Nonlinear inverse heat conduction: digitally filtered space marching with phase-plane and cross-correlation analysis, H.C. Chen, J.I. Frankel, and M. Keyhani, 2017
- Two-probe calibration integral equation method for nonlinear inverse heat conduction of surface heat flux estimation, H.C. Chen, J.I. Frankel, and M. Keyhani, 2018
- Nonlinear inverse heat conduction problem of surface temperature estimation by calibration integral equation method, H.C. Chen, J.I. Frankel, and M. Keyhani, 2018
- Design to validation of a new heat flux source with uncertainty analysis, J.I. Frankel, H.C. Chen, and K. Mathew, 2019
- Analytical developments and experimental validation of a thermocouple model through an experimentally acquired impulse response function, J.I. Frankel, and H.C. Chen, 2019
- Resolving double-sided inverse heat conduction problem using calibration integral equation method, H.C. Chen, 2019
- Estimating the effective thermal effusivity for a co-axial thermocouple instrumented test sample using a quantified high heat flux AlN heater, H.C. Chen, and J.I. Frankel, 2020
- Heat flux data reduction using a preconditioning trail function, J.I. Frankel, and H.C. Chen, 2020
- New data reduction equation for diamond slug calorimeter heat transfer gauges, J.I.Frankel, R.T.P. Geraets, M. McGilvray, and H.C. Chen, 2020
