Speaker:Prof. Chuanzeng Zhang
Chair of Structural Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering,
Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Germany
Title: Modelling and Simulation of Advanced Materials and Structures
Location: Room 308, Engineering Mechanics Building (工程力学楼308)
Time: 10:00am-11:30am, 14th April.
(Monday，4月14日周一上午10点)
Abstract：In this presentation, some recent research activities and results conducted at the Chair of Structural Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Germany, will be reported. In particular, the following topics will be addressed:
· Computational methods (BEM, meshless methods, X-FEM, etc.)
· Static and dynamic crack analysis of smart piezoelectric and magnetoelectroelastic (MEE)materials.
· Wave propagation in periodic composites or phononic crystals (PCs).
· Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in smart coating structures.
· Thermoelastic crack analysis of functionally graded materials (FGMs) and structures.
· Sensitivity analysis of weakened and damaged structures.
Several examples will be presented and discussed to show the prominent role of appropriate theoretical modelling and efficient numerical simulation methods in the research of the mechanical and multi-field (electrical, magnetic, thermal) coupled behaviors of advanced material and structures in engineering sciences.
Biography：Chuanzeng Zhang is Professor and Chair of Structural Mechanics of the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Germany. He received his Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) in 1983 and his PhD (Dr.-Ing.) in 1986 at Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. From 1986 to 1988, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor J. D. Achenbach at the Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, USA. Before his appointment at University of Siegen in 2004, he was an Associate Professor and Full Professor at the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, and a Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz,Germany. His research interests include computational mechanics, structural mechanics, fracture and damage mechanics, mechanics of advanced materials and elastodynamics. He has over 500 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He is the Co-Chief Editor of the Book Series “Advances in Materials and Mechanics” (Higher Education Press, China), an editorial member of the Book Series “Computational and Experimental Methods in Structures” (Word Scientific & Imperial College Press), Managing Guest Editor of “Engineering Fracture Mechanics” (2009-2010), Guest Editor of “Advances in Mechanical Engineering” (2013-2014), and an editorial member of the scientific journals “International Journal of Computational Methods”, “Structural Durability and Health Monitoring”, “Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences” (2004-2007), “Electronic Journal for Boundary Elements”, “Mathematical Methods and Physicomechanical Fields”, and “Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements”. He is the Vice-President of the “International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanics“, Adjunct Professor of Tongji-University and Harbin Engineering University, Guest Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, Fellow of Wessex Institute of Technology (UK), and Distinguished Visiting Scholar (2011-2012) at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau.