张桢
教授 博士生导师
个人简介
张桢于新加坡国立大学取得博士学位。2010-2013年在新加坡国立大学担任研究员，从事结构振动与微观结构力学的研究。2014年-2018年在英国帝国理工大学材料系从事博士后工作，研究材料保载疲劳与断裂等微观力学行为。2018年5月在英国布里斯托大学机械系从事博士后工作，研究下一代核电结构的长期响应。2018年11月起担任华中科技大学教授，博导，主持国家科技重大专项课题、国家自然科学基金和华中科技大学自主创新基金的研究工作。指导学生获挑战杯等创新创业项目国家级奖励，学术兼职包括中国材料研究学会疲劳分会理事，湖北省力学学会理事。
教学工作
承担本科生课程《疲劳与断裂》、《工程力学实验》和研究生课程《高等疲劳与断裂》的教学。指导本科生获得全国高等学校力学类专业优秀本科毕业论文。通过课外科创训练，培养本科生获得海外以及国内清华、浙大等知名高校继续研究生深造的机会，培养研究生毕业后主要在高等学校、科研院所以及华工科技、小米、比亚迪等知名企业就业工作。
研究领域
1. 微观力学及材料结构疲劳断裂
2. 极端环境下材料与结构响应
3. 多尺度力学与实验表征
4. 系统识别与健康监测、结构的长期响应与安全预警
指导学术科创获奖
2024年华中科技大学第二届“科技强国”大学生创意作品竞赛优秀奖, 指导教师；
2023年第十八届“挑战杯”全国大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛“揭榜挂帅”专项赛特等奖, 指导教师；
联系方式
邮箱: z.zhang@hust.edu.cn
招收航空宇航、力学、材料学方向的研究生。欢迎对微/宏观力学及定量表征，极端环境材料与结构响应感兴趣的同学报考硕士，博士研究生。希望同有志于科研的博士后一起工作。
Professor Zhen Zhang (BEng, MEng, PhD)
Email: z.zhang@hust.edu.cn
Contact address:
School of Aerospace Engineering
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Biography
Zhen graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Wuhan University of Technology, China, with BEng and MEng degrees, respectively. After obtaining PhD degree, from National University of Singapore, Dr Zhang worked as research associate and research fellow at Singapore, London and Bristol, respectively. Dr Zhang was appointed as full professor at the School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics in 2018 and at the School of Aerospace Engineering in 2020, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. His research interests are in the areas of fracture and fatigue, micromechanics, multiscale experiment and characterization, materials and structures under extreme conditions, structural integrity, and health monitoring.
Selected publications
[1] Huang, J., Zhao, F., Li, Y., Tang, L., Zhang, Z. (2026). Mechanistic investigation of laser welding through a coupled CFD-FEM method. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 311: 111153.
[2] Xu, Q., Zhang, Z. (2026). Accelerated phase field crystal plasticity method for predicting very high cycle fatigue life in polycrystalline nickel-based alloy. International Journal of Plasticity, 203: 104750.
[3] Guo, K., Huang, J., Zhao, F., Zhang, Z. (2026). An eigenstrain-based deep hole drilling method for high-fidelity residual stress prediction in thick components. Composite Structures, 392: 120572.
[4] Xu, Q., Pan, K., Chen, Y., Zhang, Z. (2025). Anisotropic phase-field crystal plasticity modelling of fracture in nickel-based superalloy. International Journal of Plasticity, 190: 104368.
[5] Zhang, Z.and Dunne, F. P. E. (2018). Phase morphology, variants and crystallography of alloy microstructures in cold dwell fatigue. International Journal of Fatigue, 113: 324-334.
[6] Zhang, Z., Lunt, D., Abdolvand, H., Preuss, M., Wilkinson, A. J. and Dunne, F. P. E. (2018). Quantitative investigation of micro slip and localization in polycrystalline materials under uniaxial tension. International Journal of Plasticity, 108: 88-106.
[7] Zhang, Z.and Dunne, F. P. E. (2017). Microstructural heterogeneity in rate dependent plasticity of multiphase titanium alloys. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 103:199-220.
[8] Zhang, Z., Jun, T-S, Britton, T. B., Dunne, F. P. E. (2016). Intrinsic anisotropy of strain rate sensitivity in single crystal alpha titanium. Acta Materialia, 118:317-330.
[9] Zhang, Z., Jun, T-S, Britton, T. B., Dunne, F. P. E. (2016). Determination of Ti-6242 alpha and beta slip properties using micro-pillar test and computational crystal plasticity. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 95:393-410.
[10] Zhang, Z., Eakins, D., Dunne, F. P. E. (2015). On the formation of adiabatic shear bands in textured HCP polycrystals. International Journal of Plasticity, 79:196-216.
[11] Zhang, Z., Cuddihy, M., Dunne, F. P. E. (2015). On rate-dependent polycrystal deformation: the temperature sensitivity of cold dwell fatigue. Proceedings of the Royal Society A- Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 471: 20150214.
[12] Zhang, Z.,Wang, C. M. and Challamel, N. (2014). Eringen’s length scale coefficient for buckling of nonlocal rectangular plates from microstructured beam-grid model. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51(25-26): 4307-4315.
[13] Zhang, Z., Wang, C. M., Challamel, N. and Elishakoff, I. (2014). Obtaining Eringen's length scale coefficient for vibrating nonlocal beams via continualization method. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 333(20): 4977-4990.
