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Zhiliang Zhang

 

Professor of Mechanics and Materials, PhD

Director, NTNU Nanomechanical Lab

Member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences

(from 2009 - )

Chairman of the 20th European Conference on Fracture

 

Dept. of Structural Engineering

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Richard Birkelands vei 1a

N-7491 Trondheim

Norway

Tel 00-47-73592530

E-mail: zhiliang.zhang@ntnu.no

http://folk.ntnu.no/zhiliang/

 

 

 

 

 

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Short CV:

                BSc (1985) and MSc (1988), Tongji Univ., Shanghai

                  PhD (1994), Lappeenranta Univ., Finland

                Scientist and senior scientist (1994-2003), SINTEF, Norway

                Visiting scientist (2000-2001) at Harvard Univ., USA

                Professor (2003-), NTNU, Norway

 

 

 

Press Articles

 

Høydepunkt i nanomekanikk

 

Maskinen som måler mikrokrefter – Universiteavisa

 

STORFORSK-midler til prosjekt om sveising av komponenter i offshoreanvendelser

 

Safety in application of high strength steel

 

Størst på det minste

  

Tester de minste ting

 

NTNU åpner ny Nanolab

 

Vil bli størst på det aller minste

 

Nano World News

Organized International Seminars

 

Nanomechanics seminar 2006

 

Multiscale modelling seminar 2007

 

International seminar on multiscale modelling of polymer materials 2008-10-13

 

Norway-China Workshop

on Nanotechnology for (renewable)

energy materials

 

NTNU Studieprogramråd for Nanoteknologi

 

 

6 ongoing research projects

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

MSc and project Students

Jorunn Knive HalsConstitutive modelling of shape memory alloys (2008-2009)

 

Edvin Riisem Analysis of forces and deformation of a bridge plug (2008-2009)

 

Kristian Ivanov – Multi-scale modeling of  polymer composites (2008-2009)

 

Jon Arne Habostad - – Nanomechanics of polymer particles (2008-2009)

 

Kaja Torpe – Simulation of ductile Fracture (2007-2008)

 

Tore HellandNanomechanical properties of polymer particles  (2007-2008)

 

Andreas Grytdal - Strength Analysis of Arm Joints in a Subsea Robot Arm (2007-2008)

 

Pål Are EikremPrestrain effect on fracture behaviour of pipeline steels  (2006-2007)

 

Mari Midtun (master student) – Nanomechanical testing and analysis of polymer particles (2007)

 

Lene Eliassen – Characterization of mechanical properties of carbon materials (2006-2007)

 

Heidi Aasen – Finite element analysis of anode cracking (2006-2007)

 

Nina Cathrine Johnsrud – Effect of residual stress on hydrogen embrittlement (2006-2007)

 

Tarjei Tellfsen – Simulation of welding residual stresses in pipe joints (2006)

 

Daniel Kohn - Influence of time optimized simulation algorithms on residual stresses and distortions of laser weld processes calculated by numerical simulation (2006-2007, Germany)

 

Sturla Rasmussen Aam - Development of an electric discharge machining technique for residual stress determinations in hard materials using the hole drilling method (2006-2007, Germany)

 

Sigurd Dale – The finite element method in finance (2007)

 

Christophe Cornet - Finite element studies on the effect of plasticity history on fracture behaviour of pipes (2005)

 

Sverre Eikeland - Analysis of ductile fracture of welded pipe components (2005-2006)

 

Jim Stian Olsen - Analysis of seismic damper component made of shape memory alloy (2005-2006)

 

Lutz Zybell (project student) - Finite Element Analysis of Ductile Fracture Behaviour of Pipe Sections with Surface Crack (2004-2005)

 

Håkon Sand - Utfoldingsmekanisme for Solcellepaneler i Smarte Materialer – Design Scenario (2004-2005)

 

 

 

Current PhD Students

 

Xiaobo RenEffect of welding residual stresses on fracture behaviour – a prestigious STORFORSK project funded by the Research Council of Norway (100%).

 

Jim Stian OlsenSmart Materials Technology – a SUP project funded by the Research Council of Norway (100%).

 

Julien CochardMechanics and constitutive modelling of solar cell silicon material – a BIP project funded by the Research Council of Norway (40%) and the Norwegian PV industry (60%).

 

Dag Herman AndersenFracture of carbon anode material - a BIP project funded by the Research Council of Norway (40%) and the Norwegian aluminium industry (60%).

 

Hallvard TyldumThermal mechanical reliability of interconnects made of metal coated polymer particles - a BIP project funded by the Research Council of Norway (40%) and the Norwegian nanotechnology industry (60%).

 

Jianyang WuMultiscale modelling of polymer particles -  KMB project MS2MP.

 

Saber SaffarMechanics of Wafer handling – BIP project Nextgen-Si

 

 

Past PhD students

 

Lingyun Shang (2009)

Micol Pezzotta (2009)

Jianying He (2009)

Jie Xu (2009)

 

Current Post-doc Fellows

 

Dr. Junhua Zhao – Multiscale modelling of polymer particles

 

Dr. Shijo Nagao – Molecular dynamics simulations

 

Dr. Jianying He – Nanomechanics

 

Recent Journal Papers

 

W. J. Yuan, Z. L. Zhang, Y. J. Su, L. J. Qiao, W. Y. Chu, Influence of specimen thickness with rectangular cross-section on the tensile properties of structural steels, Materials Science and Engineering A, 532, (2012)  601-605.

 

J. S. Olsen, Z. L. Zhang, H. Lu and C. van der Eijk, Fracture of notched round-bar NiTi-Specimens, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 84 (2012) 1–14.

 

J. H. Zhao, S. Nagao and Z. L. Zhang, Loading and unloading of a spherical contact: from elastic to elastic-perfectly plastic materials, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 56 (2012) 70–76.

 

L. Zybell, U. Mühlich, M. Kuna and Z. L. Zhang, A three-dimensional finite element for gradient elasticity based on a mixed-type formulation, Computational Materials Science 52 (2012), 268-273.

 

J. Y. He, S. Nagao, H. Kristiansen, Z. L. Zhang, Loading rate effects on the fracture of Ni/Au nano-coated acrylic particles, eXPRESS Polymer Letters, 6, (2012) 198–203.

 

J. Y. Wu, S. Nagao, J. Y. He and Z. L. Zhang, Role of Five-fold Twin Boundary on the Enhanced Mechanical Properties of fcc Fe Nanowires, Nano Letters, 11 (2011) 5264–5273.

 

J. H. Zhao, W. L. Guo, Z. L. Zhang and T. Rabczuk, Size-dependent elastic properties of crystalline polyethylene via a molecular mechanics model, Applied Physics Letters, 99, (2011) 24190.

 

D. H. Andersen and Z. L. Zhang, Fracture and physical properties of carbon anodes for the aluminum reduction cell, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 78 (2011) 2998-3016.

 

X. B. Ren, Z. L. Zhang and B. Nyhus, Effect of residual stress on cleavage fracture toughness by using cohesive zone model, Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 34 (2011) 592-603.

 

D. H. Andersen and Z. L. Zhang, Contact area on rough surface of nonlinear isotropic brittle materials, Wear 271 (2011) 1017-1028.

 

D. H. Andersen and Z. L. Zhang, Study on the anode-to-cathode distance in an aluminum reduction cell, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 42 (2011) 424-433

 

J. S. Olsen, Z. L. Zhang J. K Hals, H. Lu, Effect of notches on the behavior of superelastic round-bar NiTi-specimens, Smart Materials and Structures, 20 (2011), art. no. 025014

 

X. B. Ren, Z. L. Zhang and B. Nyhus, Effect of residual stresses on ductile crack resistance, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 77 (2010) 1325-1337.

 

J. H. Zhao, S. Nagao, Z. L. Zhang, Thermo-mechanical properties dependence on chain length in bulk polyethylene: coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations, Journal of Materials Research, 25 (2010) 537-544.

 

J. H. Zhao, S. Nagao, Z. L. Zhang and H. Kristiansen, Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Size Effect of Glassy Polyethylene Particles, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10 (2010) 1–3.

 

Z. L. Zhang and B. Skallerud, Void Coalescence with and without pre-strain history, International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 19 (2010) 153-174.

 

J. Cochard, I. Yonenaga, S. Gouttebroze, M. M’Hamdi, Z. L. Zhang, Constitutive modeling of intrinsic and oxygen-contaminated silicon monocrystals in easy glide, Journal of Applied Physics, 108 (2010), art. no. 103524

 

J. Cochard, I. Yonenaga, S. Gouttebroze, M. M’Hamdi, Z. L. Zhang, Constitutive modeling of intrinsic silicon monocrystals in easy glide, Journal of Applied Physics 107 033512 (2010).

 

M. Pezzotta and Z. L. Zhang, Effect of thermal mismatch induced residual stresses on grain boundary microcracking of titanium diboride ceramics, Journal Material Sciences 45 (2010) 382–391.

 

J. Xu, Z. L. Zhang, E. Østby, B. Nyhus and D. B. Sun, Constraint effect on the ductile crack growth resistance of circumferentially cracked pipes, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 77 (2010) 671-684.

 

J. Xu, Z. L. Zhang, E. Østby, B. Nyhus and D. B. Sun, Effects of crack depth and specimen size on ductile crack growth of SENT and SENB specimens for fracture mechanics evaluation of pipeline steels, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 86 (2009) 787-797.

 

J. Y. He, T. Helland, Z. L. Zhang and H. Kristiansen, Fracture of micron-sized Ni/Au coated polymer particles, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 42 (2009) 085405.

 

J. Y. He, Z. L. Zhang and H. Kristiansen, Nano-mechanical characterization of Single Micron Sized Polymer Particles, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 113 (2009) 1398–1405.

 

J. Y. He, Z. L. Zhang and H. Kristiansen, Compression Properties of Individual Micron-sized Acrylic Particles, Materials Letters, 63 (2009) 1696–1698.

 

L. Y. Shang, Z. L. Zhang and B. Skallerud, Comments on the evaluation of the stress intensity factor for a general4 re-entrant corner in anisotropic bi-materials, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 76 (2009) 1373–1379.

 

L. Y. Shang, Z. L. Zhang and B. Skallerud, Evaluation of fracture mechanics parameters for free edges in multi-layered structures with weak singularities, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46 (2009) 1134-1148.

 

X. B. Ren, Z. L. Zhang and B. Nyhus, Effect of residual stresses on the crack-tip constraint in a modified boundary layer model, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46 (2009) 2629–2641.

 

Z. L. Zhang and B. J. Wachenfeldt, Numerical study on the heat storing capacity of concrete walls with air cavities,  Energy and Buildings, 41 (2009) 769-773.

 

J. Y. He, Z. L. Zhang, M. Midttun, G. Fonnum, G. I. Modahl, H. Kristiansen and K. Redford, Size effect on mechanical properties of micron-sized PS-DVB polymer particles, Polymer, 49, (2008) 3993-9.

 

J. Liu, Z. L. Zhang and B. Nyhus, Residual stress induced crack tip constraint, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 75 (2008) 4151-4166.

 

M. S. Jensen, M.Pezzotta, Z. L. Zhang, M. A. Einarsrud and T. Grande, Degradation of TiB2 ceramics in liquid aluminum, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 28 (2008) 3155-3164.

 

P. A. Eikrem, Z. L. Zhang, E. Østby and B. Nyhus, Numerical study on the effect of prestrain history on ductile fracture resistance by using the complete Gurson model, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 75 (2008) 4568-4582.

 

M. Pezzotta, Z. L. Zhang, M. Jensen, T. Grande and M. A. Einarsrud, Cohesive zone modeling of grain boundary microcracking induced by thermal anisotropy in titanium diboride ceramics, Computational Materials Science, 43 (2008) 440-449.

 

L. Y. Shang, Z. L. Zhang and B. Skallerud, Fracture of anodic-bonded silicon-thin film glass-silicon triple stacks, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 75 (2008) 1064-1082.

 

J. S. Olsen, Z. L. Zhang, and C. van der Eijk, Effect of micro-voids on plasticity in NiTi-alloys, Advances in Science and Technology, 59 (2008) 135-139.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Areas

Nanomechanics of materials

Multi-scale modelling

Fracture mechanics

Damage Mechanics

 

 

 

 

Teaching

TKT4145 – Finite Element Method

TMM4160 – Fracture Mechanics

 

 

Links

Norwegian University of Science and technology

Web of Mechanics and Mechanicians

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