þ Doctoral Supervisor

þ Master Supervisor

Current Professional Societies

Young editorial board member of China Welding Magazine;

Member of Japan Welding Society.

Research Areas

Plasma Physics, Arc Welding and Additive Manufacturing, Reliability Evaluation of Welding and Additive Components, In-situ Measurement of Manufacturing Processes, and Cross-scale Modeling.

Honors

Japan Joint Science Utilization - Co-Research Award;

Highly Cited Paper Award of China Physical Society - Institute of Physics;

Beijing Science and Technology Progress First Prize (Ranking 14);

China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award (Ranking 4).

Publications

[1] Jiang F, Li W, Xu B*, et al. Variable polarity plasma arc welding: Process development and its recent developments of detecting, modeling, and controlling. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2024, 114: 1-17.

[2] Jiang F, Gao X, Xu B*, et al. Numerical analysis of arc physics and energy transfer under circumferential gas constraint effect. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024, 221: 125082.

[3] Chen S, Jiang F∗, Xu B*, et al. Gravity effects on temperature distribution and material flow in the keyhole pool of VPPA Al welding. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022, 191: 122823.

[4] Jiang F, Miao Q, Zhang Y, Xu B*, Tashiro S, Tanaka M and Chen S. Effect of pumping gas on temperature field and pressure in hollow tungsten arc. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 2022, 179: 107662.

[5] Xu B, Chen S, Tashiro S, et al. Physical mechanism of material flow in variable polarity plasma arc keyhole welding revealed by in situ x-ray imaging. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33(1): 017121.

[6] Xu B, Tashiro S, Tanaka M, et al. Physical mechanisms of fluid flow and joint inhomogeneity in variable-polarity plasma arc welding of thick aluminum alloy plates. Physics of Fluids, 2021, 33(8): 087103.

[7] Jiang F, Wang S, Xu B*, et al. Local energy adjustment mechanism in a novel laser-enhanced plasma arc heat source. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2021, 168: 107081.

[8] Xu B, Chen S, Tashiro S, Jiang F and Tanaka M. Physical mechanism of material flow in variable polarity plasma arc keyhole welding revealed by in situ X-Ray imaging. Physics of Fluids. 2021, 33(1): 17121.

[9] Jiang F, Wang S, Xu B*, Cheng W, Ma X and S. Chen S. Local energy adjustment mechanism in a novel laser-enhanced plasma arc heat source. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 2021, 168: 107081.

[10] Xu B, Tashiro S, Tanaka M, Jiang F and Chen S. Physical mechanisms of fluid flow and joint inhomogeneity in variable-polarity plasma arc welding of thick aluminum alloy plates. Physics of Fluids. 2021, 33(8): 87103.

[11] F Jiang, C Li, Xu B*, S Tashiro, M Tanaka and S Chen. Study on the Decoupled Transfer of Heat and Mass in Wire Variable Polarity Plasma Arc Welding. Materials. 2020, 13(5): 1073.

[12] Xu B, Chen S, Jiang F, Tashiro S and Tanaka M. The influence mechanism of electrode energy balance on variable polarity plasma arc pressure. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019, 145: 118715.

[13] Xu B, Chen S, Tashiro, S, et al. Material flow analyses of high-efficiency joint process in VPPA keyhole flat welding by X-ray transmission system. Journal of cleaner production, 2019: 119450.

[14] Xu B, Tashiro S, Jiang F, Chen S and Tanaka M. Effect of arc pressure on the digging process in variable polarity plasma arc welding of A5052P aluminum alloy. Materials, 2019,12,1071.

[15] Xu B, Chen S, Jiang F, Phan H, Tashiro S, Tanaka M. The influence mechanism of variable polarity plasma arc pressure on flat keyhole welding stability. Journal of manufacturing processes, 2019(37):519-528.

[16] Chen S, Xu B, Jiang F. Blasting type penetrating characteristic in variable polarity plasma arc welding of aluminum alloy of type 5A06. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018, 118: 1293-1306.

[17] Xu B, Jiang F, Chen S, et al. Numerical analysis of plasma arc physical characteristics under additional constraint of keyhole. Chinese Physics B, 2018, 27(3): 034701.

Personal Statement

Dr. Bin Xu is an Associate Professor at Beijing University of Technology, doctoral supervisor, specially-appointed expert in Beijing, former special researcher at Osaka University, selected for the high-end talent support plan of Beijing University of Technology. In the past three years, he has published more than 20 SCI papers in authoritative journals in the fields of manufacturing, physics, materials, heat transfer, etc., and many research results have been applied in engineering.

Our team has always focused on the frontier of disciplines, paying attention to domestic and international exchanges, and established good cooperative relations with teams such as Professor Yuming Zhang from the University of Kentucky, Professor Manabu Tanaka from Osaka University, Japan, Professor Sven-F Goecke from Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, Professor Patricio F. Mendez from the University of Alberta in Canada, the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology in Germany, and Professor Pengsheng Wei from Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, China.

Our group is looking for Ph.D and MSc students who are pursuing their passion in welding and additive manufacturing. If you are interested in these topics or you may have your own idea, please discuss through the email xubin2019@bjut.edu.cn.