Basic Information
Name: Yang Gang
Gender: Male
Highest Degree: Ph.D.
Academic Profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0129-507X
Contact: g.yang@jhun.edu.cn
Biography
Yang Gang, postdoctoral researcher and master’s supervisor, has long been engaged in impact dynamics and explosion mechanics. He has accumulated extensive expertise in dynamic high-pressure loading and measurement techniques, experimental equations of state, blasting accessories, non-explosive blasting technologies, and the effects of blasting loads. Over the past five years, he has hosted one provincial research project, participated in two NSFC General Programs and one Major Program of Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research, hosted two university-level projects and three industry-sponsored projects. He has published more than 20 high-impact SCI papers as first or corresponding author, with over 1,000 citations, and holds 3 authorized invention patents and 1 software copyright.
Education and Work Experience
Aug. 2022 – Present: Lecturer, State Key Laboratory of Precision Blasting, Jianghan University
Jan. 2020 – Jul. 2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Sep. 2015 – Dec. 2019: Ph.D., School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology
Sep. 2013 – Jun. 2015: M.Eng., Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Sep. 2009 – Jun. 2013: B.Eng., School of Geosciences, Chongqing University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
Dynamic high-pressure experiments and measurement techniques; impact dynamics; dynamic behavior of materials under impact loading; non-explosive rock fragmentation technologies.
Research Projects
Provincial: Study on fabrication and shock-induced damage characteristics of nanocrystalline glass (Host, 200k CNY, completed)
Provincial: Gradient design, construction and extreme-environment applications of surface-super-strengthened materials (Participant, 36M CNY, ongoing)
Municipal: Experimental study on hard rock fragmentation by high-pressure gas from gas-generant fracturing tubes (Host, 200k CNY, ongoing)
University-level: Borehole-wall load characteristics and rock-breaking mechanism of activator-based fracturing tubes (Host, 200k CNY, ongoing)
Industry: Simulation of seismic source excitation in limestone areas and field excitation tests (Host, 453k CNY, completed)
Industry: Shaped charge design and experimental support (Host, 98k CNY, completed)
Industry: Plate-impact experiments on novel ceramic materials (Host, 69k CNY, ongoing)
Student Supervision
National: Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program – “Research on a delayed initiation device for gas-generant fracturing tubes” (Supervisor)
Provincial: 12th Hubei Provincial College Students Structural Design Competition, Third Prize (Supervisor)
University-level: Graduate Research Innovation Program – “Research on a networked initiation device for high-pressure gas expansion tubes” (Supervisor)
Selected Publications
Yang G., Zhao Z., Liu X., Hu J., Jia Y. (2025). Study on a computational model for Hugoniot equation of state of mixtures. Chinese Journal of High Pressure Physics, 1–9 (invited).
Hu J., Gu Q., Zhou Z., Li Y., Yang G.* (2025). A strategy for consolidating ceramics along the surface of particles by shock wave sintering. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, (6), 45.
Qiu Z., Zhao K., Cao Y., He J., Liu X., Yang G.* (2024). Plate-impact experiment and high-pressure equation of state of red sandstone. Blasting, 41(3), 69–74.
Leng C., Yang G., Xie Q., Li Y., Yang J., Kumar E.R. (2024). Large-scale synthesis of dense Fe₃C via ultra-high pressure method. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 596, 6.
Yang G., Peng X., Sun R., Liu F., Xie Q., Yao Y. (2024). Experimental study on firing-time consistency of bridgewire electric detonators. Explosive Materials, 53(4), 23–27.
Yang G., Xie Q., Li Y., Kumar E.R., Liu F., Yang M. (2024). Mineralogy and geochemistry of iron tailings from Yeshan iron deposit, southwest Jiangsu, China: implications for potential utilization. ACS Omega, 9(3), 8.
Yang G., Liu F., Xie Q., Yang M., Li Y., Kumar E.R. et al. (2024). Exploration of iron ore tailings with high volume in sustainable cement and eco-friendly cementitious material. Developments in the Built Environment, 19, 100482.
Huang H., Fan L., Liu X., Xu F., Wu Y., Yang G. et al., Fei Y. (2022). Inner core composition paradox revealed by sound velocities of Fe and Fe–Si alloy. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1–9.
Yang G., Lu P., Zhao L., Zhu L., Liu X., Luo G., Zhang L. (2022). Dynamic response of a Li₂O–Al₂O₃–SiO₂ transparent glass-ceramic under shock compression. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42(12), 5074–5078.
Yang G., Fan L., Zhao B., Chen X., Liu X., Huang H. (2021). Equation of state for Fe–9.0 wt% O up to 246 GPa: Implications for oxygen in the Earth's outer core. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB021056.
Yang G., Chen Y., Yang M. (2021). Concentrations, distribution, and risk assessment of heavy metals in the iron tailings of Yeshan National Mine Park in Nanjing, China. Chemosphere, 271, 129546.
Yang G., Liu X., Leng C., Yang J., Huang H. (2018). Refractive index of [100] lithium fluoride under shock pressures up to 151 GPa. AIP Advances, 8(12), 125310.
Yang G., Liu X., Leng C., Huang H. (2018). Average models for calculating the shock equation of state of alloy and mixture. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 58(6), 066004.
Patents and Software Copyright
Huang H., Yang G., Liu X. Electroprobe for shock wave measurement and its fabrication method. Invention Patent ZL201810220581.8
Leng C., Yang G. Experimental device for probe layout in ultra-high-pressure shock wave measurement and its method. Invention Patent ZL202010422146.0
Yang G., Luo G., Liu X., Hu J., Li Y. EoSCal application software. Software Copyright 2024SR0044285
