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World Ranking
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National Ranking
256

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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30
Citations
2646
World Ranking
3435
National Ranking
416

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Overview

Chuangang Fan is affiliated with Central South University in China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, with a particular focus on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Ocean Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Polymers and Plastics, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics explored in Fan's work include:

  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Fire Detection and Safety Systems
  • Flame retardant materials and properties
  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Combustion and flame dynamics

Fan's research has been published extensively in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Fire Safety Journal
  • Fire Technology
  • Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Fan illustrate their focus on fire safety and material science applications:

  • Full-scale experimental study on water mist fire suppression in a railway tunnel rescue station: Temperature distribution characteristics, 2020, Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • A flame-retardant densified wood as robust and fire-safe structural material, 2022, Wood Science and Technology

Additional relevant papers related to fire behavior and tunnel safety include studies published in 2020 and 2022:

  • Highly fire-retardant optical wood enabled by transparent fireproof coatings, 2022, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials
  • Experimental investigation on the influence of ramp slope on fire behaviors in a bifurcated tunnel, 2020, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • Experimental study on temperature distribution beneath an arced tunnel ceiling with various fire locations, 2020, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Fan frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, with notable partnerships including:

  • Rongwei Bu
  • Zhisheng Xu
  • Yang Zhou
  • Zhengyang Wang
  • Dia Luan

This body of work demonstrates a sustained contribution to fire safety, material science, and engineering disciplines, with a focus on experimental and applied research in environments such as tunnels and structural materials.

Best Publications

  • A study of the effect of plug-holing and boundary layer separation on natural ventilation with vertical shaft in urban road tunnel fires

    J. Ji;Z.H. Gao;C.G. Fan;W. Zhong

  • Large Eddy Simulation of stack effect on natural smoke exhausting effect in urban road tunnel fires

    J. Ji;Z.H. Gao;C.G. Fan;J.H. Sun

  • Experimental study of air entrainment mode with natural ventilation using shafts in road tunnel fires

    C.G. Fan;J. Ji;Z.H. Gao;J.Y. Han

  • Effects of vertical shaft arrangement on natural ventilation performance during tunnel fires

    C.G. Fan;J. Ji;W. Wang;J.H. Sun

  • Influence of longitudinal wind on natural ventilation with vertical shaft in a road tunnel fire

    W. Zhong;C.G. Fan;J. Ji;J.P. Yang

  • Experimental investigation on downward flame spread over rigid polyurethane and extruded polystyrene foams

    Yang Zhou;Yang Zhou;Rongwei Bu;Junhui Gong;Weigang Yan

  • Effect of cross section and ventilation on heat release rates in tunnel fires

    Ying Zhen Li;Chuan Gang Fan;Haukur Ingason;Anders Lönnermark

  • Experimental study on behavior of sidewall fires at varying height in a corridor-like structure

    Jie Ji;Yanyun Fu;Kaiyuan Li;Jinhua Sun

  • Effect of blockage-heat source distance on maximum temperature of buoyancy-induced smoke flow beneath ceiling in a longitudinal ventilated tunnel

    F. Tang;Z.L. Cao;Q. Chen;N. Meng;N. Meng

  • Influence of sidewall restriction on the maximum ceiling gas temperature of buoyancy-driven thermal flow

    Z.H. Gao;J. Ji;C.G. Fan;J.H. Sun

  • Determination of smoke layer interface height of medium scale tunnel fire scenarios

    Z.H. Gao;J. Ji;C.G. Fan;L.J. Li

  • Smoke movement characteristics under stack effect in a mine laneway fire

    Chuan Gang Fan;Chuan Gang Fan;Chuan Gang Fan;Xu Yan Li;Yan Mu;Fang Yi Guo

  • Maximum temperature beneath the ceiling in tunnel fires with combination of ceiling mechanical smoke extraction and longitudinal ventilation

    F. Tang;F.Z. Mei;Q. Wang;Z. He

  • Experimental study of sidewall effect on flame characteristics of heptane pool fires with different aspect ratios and orientations in a channel

    Chuan Gang Fan;Chuan Gang Fan;Jie Ji;Ying Zhen Li;Haukur Ingason

  • Experimental study of non-monotonous sidewall effect on flame characteristics and burning rate of n-heptane pool fires

    Jie Ji;Chuan Gang Fan;Chuan Gang Fan;Ying Zhen Li;Haukur Ingason

  • Experimental investigation on the rising characteristics of the fire-induced buoyant plume in stairwells

    J. Ji;L.J. Li;W.X. Shi;C.G. Fan

  • Experimental investigation on the influence of ramp slope on fire behaviors in a bifurcated tunnel

    Changkun Chen;Yanling Nie;Yulun Zhang;Peng Lei

  • Experimental study of tunnel sidewall effect on flame characteristics and air entrainment factor of methanol pool fires

    Z.H. Gao;Z.X. Liu;J. Ji;J. Ji;C.G. Fan

  • Experimental study on temperature distribution beneath an arced tunnel ceiling with various fire locations

    Tiannian Zhou;Tiannian Zhou;Yang Zhou;Chuangang Fan;Jian Wang

  • Numerical study of natural ventilation in urban shallow tunnels: Impact of shaft cross section

    Baochao Xie;Yaxiong Han;He Huang;Linna Chen

  • Effect of tunnel cross section on gas temperatures and heat fluxes in case of large heat release rate

    Chuan Gang Fan;Ying Zhen Li;Haukur Ingason;Anders Lönnermark

  • Experimental investigation on the characteristics of buoyant plume movement in a stairwell with multiple openings

    L.J. Li;J. Ji;C.G. Fan;J.H. Sun

  • Experimental study on thermal smoke backlayering length with an impinging flame under the tunnel ceiling

    Chuan Gang Fan;Chuan Gang Fan;Jian Yang

  • Influence of longitudinal fire location on smoke characteristics under the tunnel ceiling

    C. G. Fan;J. Ji;J. H. Sun

  • Ventilation performance of a naturally ventilated double skin façade with low-e glazing

    Yao Tao;Yao Tao;Haihua Zhang;Dongmei Huang;Chuangang Fan

  • Effects of vertical shaft geometry on natural ventilation in urban road tunnel fires

    Jie Ji;Chuan Gang Fan;Zi He Gao;Jin Hua Sun

  • Performance evaluation of water mist fire suppression: A clean and sustainable fire-fighting technique in mechanically-ventilated place

    Yang Zhou;Rongwei Bu;Xiaonan Zhang;Chuangang Fan

  • Study of the optimal pitch angle of jet fans in road tunnels based on turbulent jet theory and numerical simulation

    Tao Chen;Yaozhuang Li;Zhisheng Xu;Jie Kong

  • Experimental study on combustion and flame spread characteristics in horizontal arrays of discrete fuels

    Rongwei Bu;Yang Zhou;Long Shi;Chuangang Fan

  • Experimental study of heat exhaust efficiency with natural ventilation in tunnel fire: Impact of shaft height and heat release rate

    Lu He;Lu He;Zhisheng Xu;Frank Markert;Jiaming Zhao

  • Assessment of a clean and efficient fire-extinguishing technique: Continuous and cycling discharge water mist system

    Yang Zhou;Rongwei Bu;Junhui Gong;Xiaonan Zhang

  • An experimental study on smoke back-layering and critical velocity in tunnel fires with canyon cross wind

    Wangda Zhao;Richeng Ouyang;Qian Ran;Tao Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jie Ji
Jie Ji University of Science and Technology of China
Jinhua Sun
Jinhua Sun University of Science and Technology of China
Jie Ji
Jie Ji University of Science and Technology of China
Haukur Ingason
Haukur Ingason RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Jie Kong
Jie Kong Northwestern Polytechnical University
Siuming Lo
Siuming Lo City University of Hong Kong
Jiyuan Tu
Jiyuan Tu RMIT University

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