Name

Buyun Zhang

Professional Title

Ph.D. of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor

E-mail

zhangby@ujs.edu.cn

Short Biography

[1] Lecturer of Vehicle Engineering, Automotive Engineering Research Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, 07/2015-04/2018

[2] Postdoctor (I), Postdoctoral Research Station of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, 10/2015-09/2018 (Cooperation supervisor: Professor Ruochen Wang)

[3] M.S. Supervisor, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, 01/2018-present

[4] Associate Professor of Vehicle Engineering, Automotive Engineering Research Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, 04/2018-present

[5] Scholar Visitor, Department of Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, 2019/12-2020/12 (Cooperation supervisor: Professor Chin-An Tan)

[6] Postdoctor (II), Postdoctoral Research Station of Transportation, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, 03/2022-present (Cooperation supervisor: Professor Zhiqiang Liu)

Teaching Courses

[1] An Introduction to New Energy Vehicles, 2016, 2017

This is a specialized elective course for seniors on the introduction to new energy vehicles including EV(Electric Vehicle), HEV(Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and FCV(Fuel Cell Vehicle).

[2] Fundamentals of Mechanical Vibrations, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 (absent in 2020 due to visiting America)

This is a senior year undergraduate level course for vehicle engineering major on the basic theory of mechanical vibration.

[1] Non-stationary random dynamics control for vehicles

[2] Lightweight design for New Energy Vehicles (NEV)

[3] Design and energy harvesting of smart structures

[4] Moving load problems in VRI^* and VBI^# engineering

^*Vehicle road interaction

^#Vehicle bridge interaction

Selected Publications

[1] B. Zhang, Z. Li, C.A. Tan, et al., LQR-based suspension for heavy vehicles considering the time-varying characteristics of vehicle road interaction, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, (2024), doi.org/10.1142/S0219455424502560.

[2] B. Zhang, C.A. Tan, Z. Liu, et al., Nonstationary time-frequency characteristics of vehicle suspension systems based on evolutionary power spectral density, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, (2024) 1-15, doi.org/10.1177/09544070231225503.

[3] B. Zhang, M. Luo, and C.A. Tan, Ride comfort and energy harvesting of inflatable hydraulic-electric regenerative suspension system for heavy-duty vehicles, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 38(5) (2024) 2277-2289.

[4] B. Zhang, F. Zeng, and C.A. Tan, Dynamic resonant frequency bands of suspension system of vehicles with varying speeds based on time-frequency spectrum, Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 38(2) (2021) 333-343.

[5] B. Zhang, C.A. Tan, and T. Dai, Ride comfort and energy dissipation of vehicle suspension systems under non-stationary random road excitation, J Sound Vib, 511 (2021) 116347.

Selected Publications

[1] B. Y. Zhang, T. Dai, J. Li, Y. Zhang. A pneumatic electric energy regenerative suspension.

[2] B. Y. Zhang, K. Zou, T. Dai, J. Li, Y. Zhang. An efficiency self-test system for suspension shock absorption.