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43
Citations
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1767
National Ranking
73

Overview

Hoi Dick Ng is affiliated with Concordia University in Canada and specializes in the field of engineering, with a particular emphasis on aerospace engineering and related subfields. Their research portfolio includes significant contributions to topics such as combustion and detonation processes, fire dynamics and safety research, and energetic materials and combustion.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Engineering

Within this broad discipline, their subfields of study are:

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

The core topics of their work encompass:

  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

The recent published papers reflect a focus on combustion dynamics and fluid mechanics. Notable papers include:

  • Morphology of oblique detonation waves in a stoichiometric hydrogen-air mixture, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Numerical investigation of flow structures resulting from the interaction between an oblique detonation wave and an upper expansion corner, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Effects of slot injection on detonation wavelet characteristics in a rotating detonation engine, 2021, Acta Astronautica
  • Effects of inert gas jet on the transition from deflagration to detonation in a stoichiometric methane-oxygen mixture, 2020, Fuel
  • The effects of pre-ignition turbulence by gas jets on the explosion behavior of methane-oxygen mixtures, 2020, Fuel

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Hoi Dick Ng include:

  • Honghui Teng
  • XiaoCheng Mi
  • Pengfei Yang
  • Chian Yan
  • Lyes Kadem

Their work has appeared repeatedly in established publication venues such as:

  • Physics of Fluids
  • Fuel
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • Shock Waves
  • Acta Astronautica

Best Publications

  • Numerical investigation of the instability for one-dimensional Chapman–Jouguet detonations with chain-branching kinetics

    H. D. Ng;M. I. Radulescu;A. J. Higgins;N. Nikiforakis

  • Comments on explosion problems for hydrogen safety

    Hoi Dick Ng;John H.S. Lee

  • Evolution of cellular structures on oblique detonation surfaces

    Honghui Teng;Hoi Dick Ng;Kang Li;Changtong Luo

  • Assessment of detonation hazards in high-pressure hydrogen storage from chemical sensitivity analysis

    Hoi Dick Ng;Yiguang Ju;John H.S. Lee

  • Numerical study on unstable surfaces of oblique detonations

    Hong Hui Teng;Zong Lin Jiang;Hoi Dick Ng

  • Effects of inflow Mach number on oblique detonation initiation with a two-step induction-reaction kinetic model

    Pengfei Yang;Pengfei Yang;Honghui Teng;Honghui Teng;Zonglin Jiang;Hoi Dick Ng

  • Nonlinear dynamics and chaos analysis of one-dimensional pulsating detonations

    H. Ng;A. Higgins;C. Kiyanda;M. Radulescu

  • Initiation characteristics of wedge-induced oblique detonation waves in a stoichiometric hydrogen-air mixture

    Honghui Teng;Hoi Dick Ng;Zonglin Jiang

  • Direct initiation of detonation with a multi-step reaction scheme

    Hoi Dick Ng;John H. S. Lee

  • The effect of argon dilution on the stability of acetylene/oxygen detonations

    Matei I. Radulescu;Hoi Dick Ng;John H.S. Lee;Balachandar Varatharajan

  • Near limit behavior of the detonation velocity

    John H.S. Lee;Anne Jesuthasan;Hoi Dick Ng

  • Experimental study of detonation limits in methane-oxygen mixtures: Determining tube scale and initial pressure effects

    Bo Zhang;Hong Liu;Bingjian Yan;Hoi Dick Ng

  • Propagation of near-limit gaseous detonations in small diameter tubes

    Alexandra Camargo;Hoi Dick Ng;Jenny Chao;John H. S. Lee

  • Numerical study of oblique detonation wave initiation in a stoichiometric hydrogen-air mixture

    Tao Wang;Yining Zhang;Honghui Teng;Zonglin Jiang

  • Direct blast initiation of spherical gaseous detonations in highly argon diluted mixtures

    Bo Zhang;Vsevolods Kamenskihs;Hoi Dick Ng;John H.S. Lee

  • An experimental investigation of detonation limits in hydrogen–oxygen–argon mixtures

    Yuan Gao;Bo Zhang;Hoi Dick Ng;John H.S. Lee

  • Critical energy for direct initiation of spherical detonations in H2/N2O/Ar mixtures

    Bo Zhang;Hoi Dick Ng;Rémy Mével;John H.S. Lee

  • Detonability limits in thin annular channels

    J. Chao;H.D. Ng;J.H.S. Lee

  • On the dynamic detonation parameters in acetylene–oxygen mixtures with varying amount of argon dilution

    Bo Zhang;Bo Zhang;Navid Mehrjoo;Hoi Dick Ng;John H.S. Lee

  • Numerical study of wedge-induced oblique detonations in unsteady flow

    Pengfei Yang;Hoi Dick Ng;Honghui Teng

  • Velocity fluctuation near the detonation limits

    Yuan Gao;John H.S. Lee;Hoi Dick Ng

Frequent Co-Authors

John H.S. Lee
John H.S. Lee McGill University
Bo Zhang
Bo Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Michael P. Païdoussis
Michael P. Païdoussis McGill University
Yiguang Ju
Yiguang Ju Princeton University
Hong Liu
Hong Liu Shandong University
Ralf Deiterding
Ralf Deiterding University of Southampton
Houzhang Tan
Houzhang Tan Xi'an Jiaotong University
Chih-Yung Wen
Chih-Yung Wen Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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