M.S. Thesis

     Cohesive Zone Modeling of Dynamic Failure in Homogeneous and Functionally Graded Materials (2003)

Ph.D. Thesis

     2D and 3D Extrinsic Cohesive Zone Modeling of Dynamic Failure in Homogeneous and Functionally Graded Materials

Education

       B.E. Structure Engineering, Tongji University, China. 1995
       M.S. Structure Engineering, UIUC, 2003

Research Interests

       Computational Mechanics
       Nonlinear Mechanics
       Models for Materials with Microstructures
       Micromechanics and Homogenization Theory
       Quasi-Static and Dynamic Fracture
       Visualization
       Parallel Computing
       Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue
       Ceramic/Ceramic and Metal/Ceramic FGMs

       2000/2001 Computational Science and Engineering Fellow
       2001/2002 Computational Science and Engineering Fellow
       Henry Ford II Scholar Award (4/20/2001)
       Mavis Memorial Fund Scholarships Award (March, 2003)

  "Cohesive zone modeling of dynamic failure in homogeneous and functionally graded materials" Z. Zhang and G.H. Paulino, International Journal of Plasticity (in press) 2004

  "Graded finite elements for dynamic analysis in functionally graded materials " Z. Zhang and G.H. Paulino. (to be submitted for journal publication)

       "Stress Concentration for Interacting Holes in Functionally Graded Materials" with  Glaucio H. Paulino (to be presented by Zhengyu Zhang), Computational Fracture &   Damage Mechanics Symposium of the 6th US National Congress on Computational  Mechanics, Dearborn, MI, USA, August 1-4, 2001.

Dynamic response of a FGM beam under point load: beam image

Stress isosurface of cube subjected to 2 point force loading: isosurface image

Tippur FGM beam crack propagation: 3-point bending FGM beam