2011-2016 佛罗里达大学机械与航空工程系 博士
2008-2010 科罗拉多大学博尔德分校机械工程系 硕士
2004-2008 中国科学技术大学近代力学系 学士

2019-至今 上海交通大学 副教授 & 博导
2016-2018 香港理工大学机械工程系 博士后

涡被称作流动的“肌腱”，其本质是流体中力的作用和动量的输运，是很多非定常和不稳定流动现象的根源，是湍流的重要元素。发动机燃烧室的不稳定性机理较为复杂，涉及喷雾、化学反应、热流乃至声波之间的相互作用。利用涡动力学的分析方法结合实验和数值模拟的手段有助于从本质上理解喷雾燃烧中的不稳定性现象，排除次要因素，精确锁定导致不稳定性的主导机制；进而发展主动流动控制技术抑制不稳定性产生的源头，从而实现对稳定燃烧的强化。主要研究方向如下：

应用
1. 喷雾燃烧
2. 燃烧不稳定
3. 合成射流与流动控制

理论
1. 涡动力学
2. 非定常空气动力学

2021-2024 国家自然科学基金重大研究计划集成项目 92041001“面向真实航发燃烧室的湍流两相燃烧多物理场测试和燃烧演化过程研究”，子课题负责人
2021-2024 国家自然科学基金面上项目 12072194“横向气流中双元液滴碰撞的气动机理研究”，负责人
2021-2023 国家自然科学基金青年项目 52006139“基于高时空分辨激光测量的旋流火焰涡破裂机理研究”，负责人
2020-2023 上海市科学技术委员会扬帆计划项目 20YF1420600“基于合成射流的气爆雾化实验表征与机理研究”，负责人
2017-2019 香港理工 G-YBXN, "Hypergolic Ignition Induced by Propellant Droplet Collision", 主要参与人
2017-2018 香港GRF PolyU 152651/16E, "Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Collision of Binary Droplets of Shear-Thinning Fluids in Atmospheric Air", 主要参与人
2015-2018 香港理工 G-YBGA, "Experimental Study and Large Eddy Simulation of Slotted Swirler Combustion", 主要参与人

期刊论文
[38] Haoran Qi, Xiaojing Tian, Zhenzhen Feng, Yifan Yang, Dewen Liu, Qiuxiao Wang, Guoqing Wang, Liangliang Xu*, and Xi Xia*, Investigation of longitudinal self-excited combustion instability in a micromix hydrogen combustor, under review (2024).
[37] Yifan Yang, Haodong Zhang, Linye Li, Mingming Gu, Xi Xia*, and Fei Qi, How does blue ring form in a blue whirl: an experimental study, under review (2024).
[36] Haodong Zhang, Yifan Yang, Linye Li, Yuqian Peng, Xi Xia*, and Fei Qi, Frequency jump of a flickering buoyant jet diffusion flame influenced by ambient coflow, under review (2024).
[35] Yongzhi Ren, Qiuxiao Wang, Yu Guan, Liangliang Xu, Xi Xia*, and Fei Qi*, Effect of precessing vortex core on the turbulence and heat-release-rate network structures of a premixed swirling flame, under review (2024).
[34] Yongzhi Ren, Qiuxiao Wang, Yuqian Peng, Liangliang Xu, Xi Xia*, and Fei Qi*, V-to-M shape transition of a premixed swirling flame, under review (2024).
[33] Qiuxiao Wang, Yongzhi Ren, Xi Xia*, and Fei Qi*, Vorticity transport analysis of the inner shear layer in a V-shaped premixed swirling flame, under review (2024).
[32] Jianyi Zheng, Yu Guan, Liangliang Xu, Xi Xia, Larry K.B. Li, and Fei Qi, Scale-free topology of vortical networks in a turbulent thermoacoustic system, Physical Review Fluids 9, 033202 (2024). Download
[31] Yifan Yang, Haodong Zhang, Linye Li, Mingming Gu, Xi Xia*, and Fei Qi, Formation of a blue whirl controlled by tangential and radial airflows, Combustion and Flame 259, 113200 (2024). Download
[30] Xi Xia* and Kamran Mohseni, A theory on leading-edge vortex stabilization by spanwise flow, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 970, R1 (2023). Download
[29] 张昊东, 杨溢凡, 李林烨, 夏溪*, 齐飞*, 射流扩散火焰闪烁模态及频率特性的实验研究, 力学学报 55, 2813-2824 (2023). Download
[28] Qiuxiao Wang, Yongzhi Ren, Mingming Gu, Bowen Yu, Xiaoxing Feng, Fei Qi, and Xi Xia*, Influence of inner shear layer on the emergence of central recirculation zone in a V-shaped premixed swirling flame, Physics of Fluids 35, 107129 (2023). Download
[27] Yongjie Chen, Jue Ding, Xi Xia*, Peifen Weng*, and Fei Qi, A unified Monte Carlo approach for population balance simulation of particle coagulation and breakage, Chemical Engineering Science 281, 119190 (2023). Download
[26] Yifan Yang, Haodong Zhang, Xi Xia*, Peng Zhang, and Fei Qi, An experimental study of the blue whirl onset, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39, 3705-3714 (2023). Download
[25] Sirui Wang, Jianyi Zheng, Lei li, Xi Xia, Xiao Han, Chi Zhang, Fei Qi, and Zifeng Yang, Extensional study of optical-flow enhanced hybrid PIV method for dual-plane stereoscopic PIV measurement, Measurement Science and Technology 33, 095012 (2022). Download
[24] Yongjie Chen, Jue Ding, Xi Xia*, and Peifen Weng*, Reconstruction-based Monte Carlo method for accurate and efficient breakage simulation, Powder Technology 401, 117318 (2022). Download
[23] Sirui Wang, Jianyi Zheng, Liangliang Xu, Qiang An, Xiao Han, Chi Zhang, Lei Li*, Xi Xia*, and Fei Qi, Experimental investigation of the helical mode in a stratified swirling flame, Combustion and Flame 244, 112268 (2022). Download
[22] Sirui Wang, Jianyi Zheng, Lei Li, Zifeng Yang, Xi Xia, Chen Fu, Yi Gao, Xunchen Liu, Xiao Han, Chi Zhang, and Fei Qi, Evolution characteristics of 3D vortex structures in stratified swirling flames studied by dual-plane stereoscopic PIV, Combustion and Flame 237, 111874 (2022). Download
[21] 吴昀辉, 傅宸, 高怡, 王晓阳, 夏溪, 声激励下旋流钝体火焰的非线性响应实验, 航空动力学报 37, 1872-1885 (2022). Download
[20] Chenwei Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang, Kun Wu, Xi Xia, and Xuejun Fan, Atomization of misaligned impinging liquid jets, Physics of Fluids 33, 093311 (2021). (Featured article & Scilight) Download
[19] Guoqing Wang, Thibault F. Guiberti, Xi Xia, Lei Li, Xunchen Liu, William L. Roberts, and Fei Qi, Decomposition of swirling flame transfer function in the complex space, Combustion and Flame 228, 29-41 (2021). Download
[18] Xi Xia, Chen Fu, Yifan Yang, Xiaoyuan Yang, Yi Gao*, and Fei Qi*, Vortex formation and frequency tuning of periodically-excited jet diffusion flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38, 2067-2074 (2021). Download
[17] Haodong Zhang, Xi Xia*, and Yi Gao*, Instability transition of a jet diffusion flame in quiescent environment, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38, 4971-4978 (2021). Download
[16] Guoqing Wang, Xunchen Liu, Xi Xia*, Shaojie Wang, and Fei Qi*, Dynamics of periodically-excited vortices in swirling flames, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38, 6183-6191 (2021). Download
[15] Zhongqiu Li, Chen Fu, Yi Gao, Xi Xia, Wenhao Yuan, Dehao Ju, and Fei Qi, Investigation on spray and combustion characteristics of boron/ethanol nanofuel utilizing 50 kHz repetition rate high-speed laser measurements, Fuel 287, 119562 (2020). Download
[14] Chengming He, Xi Xia, and Peng Zhang, Vortex-dynamical implications of nonmonotonic viscous dissipation of off-center droplet bouncing, Physics of Fluids 32, 032004 (2020). (Featured article) Download
[13] Xi Xia, Chengming He, and Peng Zhang, Universality in the viscous-to-inertial coalescence of liquid droplets, PNAS 116, 23467-23472 (2019). Download
[12] Tao Yang, Xi Xia, and Peng Zhang, Vortex-dynamical interpretation of anti-phase and in-phase flickering of dual buoyant diffusion flames, Physical Review Fluids 4, 053202 (2019). Download
[11] Chengming He, Xi Xia, and Peng Zhang, Non-monotonic viscous dissipation of bouncing droplets undergoing off-center collision, Physics of Fluids 31, 052004 (2019). Download
[10] Xuren Zhu, Xi Xia, and Peng Zhang, Stability of Buoyant Inverse Diffusion Methane Flames with Confinement Effects, Combustion Science and Technology 191, (2019). Download
[9] Xi Xia and Peng Zhang, A vortex-dynamical scaling theory for flickering buoyant diffusion flames, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 855, 1156-1169 (2018). Download
[8] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Transitional region of a round synthetic jet, Physical Review Fluids 3, 011901(R) (2018). Download
[7] Xuren Zhu#, Xi Xia#, and Peng Zhang, Near-field flow stability of buoyant methane/air inverse diffusion flames, Combustion and Flame 191, 66-75 (2018). Download
[6] Xi Xia, Chengming He, Dehai Yu, Jiaquan Zhao, and Peng Zhang, Vortex-ring-induced internal mixing upon the coalescence of initially stationary droplets, Physical Review Fluids 2, 113607 (2017). Download
[5] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Unsteady aerodynamics and vortex-sheet formation of a two-dimensional airfoil, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 830, 439-478 (2017). Download
[4] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Flow characterization and modeling of strong round synthetic jets in crossflow, AIAA Journal 55, 389-402 (2017). Download
[3] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Parameter governing the far-field features of round jets, Physical Review Fluids 1, 062401(R) (2016). Download
[2] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Far-field momentum flux of high-frequency axisymmetric synthetic jets, Physics of Fluids 27, 115101 (2015). Download
[1] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Lift evaluation of a two-dimensional pitching flat plate, Physics of Fluids 25, 091901 (2013). Download

会议论文
[12] Xuren Zhu, Xi Xia, and Peng Zhang, Flow and Flame Dynamics of Confined Buoyant Inverse Diffusion Flames, 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Sydney, Australia, December 10-14, 2017.
[11] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Unsteady Aerodynamics and Trailing-edge Vortex Sheet of an Airfoil, 54th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, January 4–8, 2016. doi:10.2514/6.2016-1078
[10] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Enhancing Lift on a Flat Plate Using Vortex Pairs Generated by Synthetic Jet, 53rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Kissimmee, Florida, January 5–9, 2015. doi:10.2514/6.2015-1932
[9] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Axisymmetric Synthetic Jets: Modeling of the Far-field Momentum Flux, 53rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Kissimmee, Florida, January 5–9, 2015. doi:10.2514/6.2015-0807
[8] Yiming Xu, Xi Xia, and Kamran Mohseni, Modeling and Simulation of a Fish-like Swimmer in an Ideal Flow with Lateral-line Flow Sensors, AIAA SciTech 2015, Kissimmee, Florida, January 5–9, 2015. doi:10.2514/6.2015-1082
[7] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, A Flat Plate with Unsteady Motion: Effect of Angle of Attack on Vortex Shedding, 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland, January 13–17, 2014. doi:10.2514/6.2014-0746
[6] Xi Xia and K. Mohseni, Modeling of 2D Unsteady Motion of a Flat Plate using Potential Flow, 31st AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, San Diego, California, June 24–27, 2013. doi:10.2514/6.2013-2819
[5] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Lift on a Moving Flat Plate, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Grapevine, Texas, January 07–10, 2013. doi:10.2514/6.2013-838
[4] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Trapped Vortex on a Flat Plate: Equilibrium and Stability, 42nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 25–28, 2012. doi:10.2514/6.2012-3156
[3] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Axisymmetric Synthetic Jets: A Momentum-based Modeling Approach, 50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, January 09–12, 2012. doi:10.2514/6.2012-1246
[2] Xi Xia, Kamran Mohseni, and G. Krishnan, An Experimental Investigation of Synthetic Jet in a Coflow Wake, 40th Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, June 28–July 01, 2010. doi:10.2514/6.2010-4594
[1] Xi Xia and Kamran Mohseni, Modeling and Experimental Investigation of Synthetic Jets in Cross-flow, 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, Orlando, Florida, January 04–07, 2010. doi:10.2514/6.2010-106

本科：
《燃烧学》，2021年-至今
《工程学导论》，2019年-至今

研究生：
《Advanced Combustion Theory》，2021年-至今

2022-2023 工程热物理燃烧年会程序委员会委员
2023   工程热物理燃烧年会液滴特性、喷雾燃烧可视化测量分会场主持人
2022     工程热物理燃烧年会液滴动力学分会场主持人
2022     39届国际燃烧大会Spray, Droplet, and Supercritical Combustion分论坛共同主席 (Colloquium Co-Chair)
2021     38届国际燃烧大会Laminar flame分会场共同主席 (Colloquium Co-Chair)
2021起   博士/硕士答辩评委（香港科技大学、北京理工大学、上海大学）

2021 亚太燃烧学会Young Investigator
2020 上海市海外高层次青年人才
2020 上海市青年科技英才“扬帆计划”
2016 佛罗里达大学Student Research Award
2012 佛罗里达大学Outstanding Academic Achievement