个人简述:

2017年  陕西省青年百人 2016年  世界计算力学大会Travel Award 2014/2015年  Journal of Aerospace Engineering优秀审稿人  2012年  ASCE Earth and Space Conference最佳论文奖

科研工作:

2016年9月～至今 西北工业大学 教授 2014年6月～2016年9月 美国可再生能源国家实验室(National Renewable Energy Laboratory) 博士后  2014年1月～2014年6月 美国北卡夏洛特大学(The University of North Carolina at Charlotte) 博士后 主要研究方向： （1）编织复合材料的多尺度损伤行为和细观有限元模拟； （2）复合材料结构的老化行为； （3）复合材料及其结构的冲击动力学行为；（4）复合材料的多尺度数值仿真模拟与结构优化设计； （5）锂离子电池在冲击载荷下的力电化学热耦合破坏行为及数值仿真模拟。 近五年项目：  （1） 自然基金面上项目，11772267，高应变率拉压载荷下二维三轴编织复合材料的动态损伤行为及失效机理研究，2018/01-2021/12，在研，65万人民币，主持 （2）自然基金青年项目，51706187，锂离子电池机械损伤的多尺度力-电化学-热耦合数值仿真模拟研究，2018/01-2020/12，在研，25万人民币，主持  （3）国家重点研发计划，2017YFB1103504，高强韧陶瓷复合材料增材制造关键技术与装备，2017/07-2020/12，在研，1083万人民币，项目骨干 （4） 航空复合材料结构的冲击损伤机理和老化行为研究，2017/06-2022/6，在研，400万人民币，主持 （5） 西工大新进教师启动项目，复合材料发动机机匣结构的动态力学行为研究，2016/09-2017/12，在研，20万人民币，主持 代表性论文： 1. Chunyang Chen, Chao Zhang*, Chenlin Liu, Yinggang Miao, Shing-Chung Wong, Yulong Li. Rate-dependent tensile failure behavior of short fiber reinforced PEEK. Composites Part B, 2018, 136:187-196. 2. Junpu Wang, Wenzhi Wang, Chao Zhang, Wenshan Yu*. The electro-mechanical behavior of conductive filler reinforced polymer composite undergone large deformation: A combined numerical-analytical study. Composites Part B, 2018, 133:185-192. 3. Chao Zhang*, Fangliang Chen, Matthew H Gray, Robert Tirawat, Ross E Larsen*. An elasto-plastic solution for channel cracking of brittle coating on polymer substrate. International Journal of Solids and Structures,  2017, 120:125-136. 4. Chao Zhang, Jun Xu, Lei Cao, Zenan Wu, Shriram Santhanagopalan*. Constitutive behavior and progressive mechanical failure of electrodes in lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 357:126-137. 5. Howie Fang*, Jing Bi, Chao Zhang, Matthew Gutowski, Emre Palta, Qian Wang. A constitutive model of aluminum foam for crash simulations. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2017, 90: 124-136. 6. Wenzhi Wang, Yonghui Dai, Chao Zhang*, Xiaosheng Gao, and Meiying Zhao. Micromechanical modeling of fiber-reinforced composites with statistically equivalent random fiber distribution. Materials, 2016, 9(8): 624. 7. Wei Mao, Wenzhi Wang*, Lijun He, Chao Zhang. Modeling and mechanical properties of composite bionic suture joint structures. Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2016, 42(12):2762-2768. (In Chinese) 8. Lijun He, Wenzhi Wang*, Wei Mao, Chao Zhang. Effect of geometry on the mechanical behavior of high-hierarchy composite bionic suture structure. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2016, 33(10): 2230-2236. (In Chinese) 9. Chao Zhang, Shriram Santhanagopalan*, Michael A Sprague, Ahmad A Pesaran. A representative sandwich model for simultaneous coupled mechanical-electrical-thermal simulation of lithium-ion battery under indentation tests. Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 298:309-321. 10. Ning Li, Howie Fang*, Chao Zhang, Matthew Gutowski, Emre Palta, Qian Wang. A numerical study of occupant responses and injuries in vehicular crashes into roadside barriers based on finite element simulations. Advances in Engineering Software, 2015, 90:22-40. 11. Chao Zhang*, Natalie Waksmanski, Vincent M Wheeler, Ernian Pan, Ross E Larsen. The effect of photodegradation on effective properties of polymeric thin films: A micromechanical homogenization approach, International Journal of Engineering Science, 2015, 94:1-22. 12. Chao Zhang, Shriram Santhanagopalan*, Michael A Sprague, Ahmad A Pesaran. Coupled mechanical-electrical-thermal modeling for short-circuit prediction in a lithium-ion cell under mechanical abuse. Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 290:102-113. 13. Chao Zhang*, Ning Li, Wenzhi Wang, Wieslaw K. Binienda, Howie Fang. Progressive damage simulation of triaxial braided composite using a 3D meso-scale finite element model, Composite Structures, 2015, 125:104-116. 14. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda, Robert K Goldberg. Free-edge effect on the effective stiffness of triaxially braided composite, Composites Science and Technology, 2015, 107:145-153. 15. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda. A meso-scale finite element model for simulating free-edge effect of Carbon/epoxy textile composite, Mechanics of Materials, 2014, 76: 1-19.  16. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda. Numerical analysis of free-edge effect on size-influenced mechanical properties of single-layer triaxially braided composite, Applied Composite Materials, 2014, 21: 841-859. 17. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda, Robert K Goldberg, Lee W Kohlman, Meso-scale failure modeling of single layer triaxial braided composite using finite element method, Composites Part A, 2014, 58: 36-46. 18. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda, Lee W Kohlman, Analytical model and numerical analysis of the elastic behavior of triaxial braided composites, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2014, 27: 473-483. 19. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda, Frank E Horvat, and Wenzhi Wang, Application of numerical methods for crashworthiness investigation on aircraft wing impact with tree, Mathematical and Computational Forestry & Natural-Resource Sciences, 2013, 5(1):71-85. 20. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda, Gregory N Morscher, Rirchard E Martin, Lee W Kohlman, Experimental and FEM study of thermal cycling induced microcracking in carbon/epoxy triaxial braided composite, Composites Part A, 2013, 46, 34-44. 21. Chao Zhang*, Wieslaw K Binienda, Liming Zeng, Xiaochuan, Ye, Shuwen Chen, Kinetic study of the novolac resin curing process using model fitting and model-free methods, Thermochimica Acta, 2011(523):63-69. 代表性著作： Chao Zhang, Wenzhi Wang, Virtual Testing of Three-Dimensional Hollow/Porous Braided Composites. In: Yiqi Yang, Jianyong Yu, Helan Xu, Baozhong Sun (eds) Porous lightweight composites reinforced with fibrous structures. 2017, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

教育背景:

2010年8月～2013年12月 美国阿克伦大学(The University of Akron) 土木工程(复合材料力学) 博士  2008年9月～2010年6月 武汉理工大学 复合材料学 硕士 2004年9月～2008年6月 武汉理工大学 复合材料与工程 学士