Research Areas

Interfacial
fracture mechanics
Mechanics of composites

Reliability and failure analysis of marine structures

Research Projects

[1] Research on strength attenuation law and failure mechanism of CFRP-based restoration of marine pipelines (51779266), National Natural Science Foundation of China, January 2018 to December 2020
, PI

[2] Research on the Strength and Fracture of Composite Riser Bonded Joints in Extreme Deep-Sea Environment (11302264), National Natural Science Foundation of China, January 2014 - December 2016
, PI

[3] Life cycle reliability analysis and overall scheme design of key accessories for ultra-deep water strong electric composite umbilical cable (2017YFC0307201), a sub-project of the National Key R&D Program, July 2017 to December 2020
, chaired

[4] Research on interface mechanics and reliability of structures including intelligent sensors and intelligent materials (2016YFC0303705), sub-project of national key R&D program, 2016-2020, chaired




[5] Research on the Strength and Fracture of Composite Pipelines, China University of Petroleum Startup Fund, January 2013 -December 2015, PI




[6] Vibration and Failure Mechanism of Nonlinear Fluid-Structure Coupling of Deep-sea Flexible Structures (2011cb013702), 973 Project, Backbone of the Project

Publications

[1] Yu Zhang,Kai Zhang,Haikun Zhao,Jianhang Xin,Menglan Duan.Stress analysis of adhesive in a cracked steel plate repaired with CFRP. Journal of Constructional Steel Research,145(2018),pp. 210–217.(SCI EI)




[2] Shixian Xu, Yu Zhang, Menglan Duan. Research on the Shear stress of Single-lap Joints using a Variational Method. Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology, 15(1) (2016), pp. 9-18.（SCI EI）




[3] Yu Zhang, Menglan Duan, Yi Wang, Cui Chui. Analytical Study of the Strength of Adhesive Joints of Riser Pipes. Ships and Offshore Structures. 10(5) (2015), pp. 545-553. (SCI EI)




[4] Yu Zhang, Nao-Aki Noda, Peizhen Wu, Menglan Duan. A Mesh-Independent Technique to Evaluate Stress Singularities in Adhesive Joints. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 57 (2015), pp.105–117. (SCI EI)




[5] Yu Zhang, Nao-Aki Noda, Ken-Taro Takaishi, Xin Lan. Variation of Stress Intensity Factors for Several Interface Crack Problems under Arbitrary Material Combinations. Science China Physics, Mechanics& Astronomy.55(2012), pp. 2128-2134. (SCI EI)




[6] Yu Zhang, Nao-Aki Noda, Ken-Taro Takaishi, Xin Lan. Stress Intensity Factors of a Central Interface Crack in a Bonded Finite Plate and Periodic Interface Cracks under Arbitrary Material Combinations. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 78(6) (2011), pp.1218-1232. (SCI EI)




[7] Nao-Aki Noda, Yu Zhang, Xin Lan and Ken-Tarou Takaisi, Strength Analysis for the Adhesive Layer on the Basis of Intensity of Singular Stress. Procedia Engineering. 10 (2011). pp.722-727 (SCI)




[8] jinzhi Chen, Menglan Duan, Yu Zhang. Decision-making of Spare Subsea Trees with under Multi-restrictive Factors in Deepwater Development. Eksploatacja i Niezawodnosc - Maintenance and Reliability. 18(4) (2016), pp. 590-598.




[9] Yi Wang, Menglan Duan, Yu Zhang. Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Vertical Pipe-soil Interaction Considering Pipe velocity. Ships and Offshore Structures. 12(1)(2017), PP.77-87.（SCI）.