Rongxin ZHOU

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Information of Supervisors for International Students


Name

Rongxin ZHOU

Title/Position

Professor

Highest Education Qualification

Doctor

Phone

+86-18715064759

Email

rongxinzhou@hfut.edu.cn

Office

Dept of Engineering Mechanics

Opening Position

Master      Doctor     Post-doc

Education/

Academic

Background

BA:Sept.2005-July.2009, Engineering Mechanics, Sichuan University, China

MA:Sept.2009-July,2012, Solid Mechanics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

PhD: Oct. 2012-Nov,2016, Structural Mechanics, The University of Edinburgh, UK

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Working

Experience

Jan.2017-Dec,2017Research associate, Department of Engineering, Durham University, UK

Jan.2018-July,2020Research associate, Wolfson School of Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

Jan. 2021-Now  Professor at School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology

Research

Field

Mesoscale modeling of concrete

Fatigue and fracture mechanics

Computational mechanics


Representative Research Output & Sponsored Research Projects

  1. Rongxin Zhou; Yong Lu; Han-Mei Chen; Wei Wang*, Mesoscopic investigation of the dynamic tensile behaviour of concrete from spalling test and implication on interpretation of test data. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2022, 162, 104139

  2. Rongxin Zhou; Han-Mei Chen*; Yong Lu, Mesoscale modelling of concrete under high strain rate tension with a rate-dependent cohesive interface approach. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2020, 139，103500

  3. Rongxin Zhou*; Hanmei Chen, Mesoscopic investigation of size effect in notched concrete beams: The role of fracture process zone. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2019, 212: 136-152

  4. Rongxin Zhou; Zhenhuan Song; Yong Lu*, 3D mesoscale finite element modelling of concrete. Computers & Structures, 2017, 192: 96-113

  5. Rongxin Zhou*; Yong Lu; Lige Wang; Hanmei Chen, Mesoscale modelling of size effect on the evolution of fracture process zone in concrete. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2021, 245, 107559

  6. Rongxin Zhou; Yong Lu*, A mesoscale interface approach to modelling fractures in concrete for material investigation. Construction and Building Materials, 2018, 165: 608-620

  7. Rongxin Zhou; Zhonghua Li*; Jun Sun; Crack deflection and interface debonding in composite materials elucidated by the configuration force theory, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2011, 42(7): 1999-2003.

  8. Rongxin Zhou; Pingping Zhu; Zhonghua Li*; The shielding effect of the plastic zone at mode-II crack tip, International Journal of Fracture, 2011, 171(2): 195-200.

  9. Rongxin Zhou*; William M. Coombs; Yang Xu; Ping Zhang; Li-Ge Wang; A configurational force-based material point method for crack propagation modelling in 2D, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2022, 117: 103186.

Overseas

Research/Academic

Experiences

Oct. 2012-Nov,2016, PhD, Structural Mechanics, The University of Edinburgh, UK

Jan.2017-Dec,2017Research associate, Department of Engineering, Durham University, UK

Jan.2018-July,2020Research associate, Wolfson School of Mechanical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK

Aug.2020-Oct.2020 Visiting Scholar, School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, UK

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