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John H.S. Lee

John H.S. Lee

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
62
Citations
12431
World Ranking
615
National Ranking
29

Overview

John H.S. Lee is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in engineering, with a particular focus on aerospace engineering, safety, risk, reliability, and quality. Their work spans several subfields, including mechanics of materials and statistics related to uncertainty.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to combustion and detonation processes as well as fire dynamics and safety research. Additionally, they have investigated energetics of materials and combustion, alongside risk and safety analysis.

  • Combustion and Detonation Processes
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Risk and Safety Analysis

Lee's recent publications demonstrate ongoing contributions to these topics. Notable works include:

  • "Transmission of a detonation wave across an inert layer" (2021), published in Combustion and Flame
  • "Critical tube diameter for quasi-detonations" (2022), published in Combustion and Flame
  • "Velocity fluctuation and cellular structure of near-limit detonations in rough tubes" (2020), published in Fuel
  • "The re-initiation of cellular detonations downstream of an inert layer" (2022), published in Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • "Investigation of near-limit detonation propagation in a tube with helical spiral" (2020), published in Fuel

The scientist has published multiple articles in recurring venues known within their field:

  • Combustion and Flame
  • Fuel
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Frequent collaboration is a feature of their work, with multiple coauthors contributing to their research. Key coauthors include:

  • Hoi Dick Ng
  • XiaoCheng Mi
  • Kelsey C. Tang-Yuk
  • Ralf Deiterding
  • Yiran Yan

Lee's publication record features a substantial focus on engineering safety and reliability, intersecting with aerospace topics. Their work utilizes experimental and analytical methods to explore combustion behavior under various conditions, contributing to understanding both fundamental phenomena and applied safety risks in detonation and fire dynamics.

Best Publications

  • The detonation phenomenon

    John H. S. Lee

  • Dynamic Parameters of Gaseous Detonations

    J H S Lee

  • Initiation of Gaseous Detonation

    J H S Lee

  • Photochemical initiation of gaseous detonations

    J.H. Lee;R. Knystautas;N. Yoshikawa

  • The critical tube diameter for detonation failure in hydrocarbon-air mixtures☆

    R. Knystautas;J.H. Lee;C.M. Guirao

  • The failure mechanism of gaseous detonations: experiments in porous wall tubes

    Matei I Radulescu;John H.S Lee

  • Flame acceleration due to turbulence produced by obstacles

    I.O. Moen;M. Donato;R. Knystautas;J.H. Lee

  • 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

  • Criteria for transition to detonation in tubes

    O. Peraldi;R. Knystautas;J.H. Lee

  • The hydrodynamic structure of unstable cellular detonations

    Matei I. Radulescu;Gary J. Sharpe;Chung K. Law;John H. S. Lee

  • Pressure development due to turbulent flame propagation in large-scale methaneair explosions

    I.O. Moen;J.H.S. Lee;B.H. Hjertager;K. Fuhre

  • Quenching distance of laminar flame in aluminum dust clouds

    S Goroshin;M Bidabadi;J.H.S Lee

  • Turbulent flame propagation in obstacle-filled tubes

    J.H. Lee;R. Knystautas;C.K. Chan

  • High speed turbulent deflagrations and transition to detonation in H2air mixtures

    John H.S. Lee;R. Knystautas;A. Freiman

  • Propagation mechanism of quasi-detonations

    A. Teodorczyk;J.H.S. Lee;R. Knystautas

  • On the measure of the relative detonation hazards of gaseous fuel-oxygen and air mixtures

    Hidenori Matsui;John H. Lee

  • Comments on explosion problems for hydrogen safety

    Hoi Dick Ng;John H.S. Lee

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

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

  • Direct Initiation of Spherical Detonation by a Hot Turbulent Gas Jet

    R. Knystautas;J.H. Lee;I. Moen;H.Gg. Wagner

  • Detonation attenuation by foams and wire meshes lining the walls

    A. Teodorczyk;J. H. S. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Hoi Dick Ng
Hoi Dick Ng Concordia University
Bo Zhang
Bo Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Peter E. Braun
Peter E. Braun McGill University
Pierre Thibault
Pierre Thibault University of Montreal
Yiguang Ju
Yiguang Ju Princeton University
Chung King Law
Chung King Law Princeton University
Joseph E. Shepherd
Joseph E. Shepherd California Institute of Technology
Tien D. Bui
Tien D. Bui Concordia University
Klaus-Armin Nave
Klaus-Armin Nave Max Planck Society
Sandra Goebbels
Sandra Goebbels Max Planck Society

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