YU Zhixiang

YU Zhixiang

Professor

Head of Department of architectural engineering

Email: yzxzrq@swjtu.edu.cn

Office: Room 503, Innovative Building, Jiuli Campus

 

BIO

Education

Ph.D., Southwest Jiaotong University (2011)

M.A., Southwest Jiaotong University (2003)

B.S., Wuhan University of Technology  (1999)

Employment

Academic Appointments

Professor, Department of architectural engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2019-present)

Associate Professor, Department of architectural engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2013-2019)

Lecturer, Department of architectural engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2011-2013)

Administrative Appointments

Head of Department of architectural engineering(2017-present)

 

Research Interests

1, Steel Structure 2, Wind Engineering 3, Impact and Protection

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years

[1] Z.X.Yu, L.Zhao Y.P.Liu, et al.. Studies on flexible rockfall barriers for failure modes,mechanisms and design strategies: a case study of Western China[J].Landslides,2018.(SCI JCR Q1)

[2] Z.X.Yu，L.Zhao, et al.. Full scale impact test and numerical simulation of a new-type resilient rock-shed flexible buffer[J].Shock and Vibration,2019,33(23).(SCI JCR Q2)

[3] Zhixiang Liu, Zhixiang Yu(Corrresponding author).An investigation on external airflow around low-rise building with various roof types:PIV measurements and LES simulations[J]. Building and Environment.2019.(SCI JCR Q1)

[4] Corrresponding author. An investigation of snow drifting on flat roofs: Wind tunnel tests and numerical simulations[J].Cold Regions Science and Technology,2019((SCI JCR Q2))

[5] Corrresponding author. A unified model for the seismic analysis of brick masonry structures[J].Construction and Building Materials.2018.(SCI JCR Q1)

[6] Corrresponding author. An energy allocation based design approach for flexible rockfall protection barriers[J].Engineering Structures.2018.(SCI JCR Q1)

[7] Corrresponding author. Adaptive-mesh method using RBF interpolation: a time-marching analysis of steady snow drifting on stepped flat roofs[J].Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics，2017.(SCI JCR Q1)

[8] Corrresponding author. CFD-DEM modeling of snowdrifts on stepped flat roofs[J].Wind and Structures, 2016.(SCI JCR Q3)

[9] Zhixiang Yu*, Fu Zhu, Ruizhou Cao, et al.. Wind tunnel tests and CFD simulations for snow redistribution on 3D stepped flat roofs[J].Wind and Structures, 2019.(SCI JCR Q3)

[10]Z.X.Yu, Y.K.Qiao, L.Zhao, et.al.. A simple analytical method for evaluation of flexible rockfall barrier part 1: working mechanism and analytical solution[J].Advanced Steel Construction.2018.(SCI JCR Q4)

[11]Z.X.Yu, Y.K.Qiao, L.Zhao, et.al.. A simple analytical method for evaluation of flexible rockfall barrier part 2: application and full-scale test[J].Advanced Steel Construction.2018.(SCI JCR Q4)

[12]Corrresponding author. A new numerical modelling approach for flexible rockfall protection barriers based on failure modes[J].Advanced Steel Construction.2018.(SCI JCR Q4)

[13]Corrresponding author.Axial residual capacity of circular concrete-filled steel tube stub columns considering local buckling[J].Advanced Steel Construction.2018.(SCI JCR Q4)

[14]Yi Zhou, Yuanqi Li, Zhixiang Yu and Akihito Yoshida.Study on added mass of a circular curved membrane vibrating in still air[J]. Thin-Walled Structures, 2018, 127 :200-209(SCI JCR Q1)

[15]Corrresponding author.Quantifying the impact of debris avalanche against a flexible barrier by coupled DEM-FEM analyses[J].Landslides,2019.(SCI JCR Q1)</P>

[16]Xin Qi, Xiangjun Pei, Rui Han, YafengYang, Qingcheng Meng & Zhixiang Yu.Analysis of the Effects of a Rotating Rock on Rockfall Protection Barriers[J]. Geotechnical and GeologicalEngineering,2018(SCI）

[17]Chun Liu, Zhixiang Yu(Corrresponding author), Shichun Zhao, Quantifying the impact of a debris avalanche against a flexible barrier by coupled DEM-FEM analyses[J]. Landslides,2019.8 (SCI,TOP,Online）

[18]Zhixiang Yu,Chun Liu,  Lingping Guo, Lei Zhao, Shichun Zhao.Nonlinear Numerical Model of Wire-ring Nets for Flexible Barrier Against Rockfall Impact[J]. S&V 2019(SCI JCR Q2）

[19]X.J. Kang, Y.H. Liu, L. Zhao, Z.X. Yu, S.C. Zhao.H. Tang.Dynamic Response Analysis Method for the Peak Value Stage of Concrete-filled Steel Tube Beams under Lateral Impact[J]. Advanced Steel Construction Vol. 15 No. 4 (2019) 329–337.(SCI JCR Q4)

[20]Ming Zhang, Yao-Peng Liu, Zhi-Xiang Yu，Gerry Parke，Study Of Seismic Resistance Of Kiewit-8 Dome Considering Key Structural Design Parameters[J]. Advanced Steel Construction Vol. 15 No. 4 (2019) 386–397.(SCI JCR Q4)

[21]L.Zhao,J.W. He, Z.X. Yu, et al. Coupled numerical simulation of a flexible barrier impacted by debris flow with boulders in front. Landslides. (SCI JCR Q1，2020 )

[22]Lei Zhao, Zhi-Xiang Yu, Yao-Peng Liu, et al. Dynamic responses of flexible rockfall barriers under impacts at different positions. Journal of Constructional Steel Research (SCI JCR Q1，2020 )

 

Selected Awards and Honors

First prize of Science and Technology Progress of China Steel Construction Society  (2/10, 2021)

First prize of Science and Technology Progress of Sichuan Province (1/10, 2020)

Innovative talent award of China Steel Structure Society  (2020)

Second prize for Military Scientific and technological Progress (4/10, 2019)

 

Professional Activities

Member of China Steel Construction Society 

Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction  

Member of structural Engineering Committee, Chinese Society of Mechanics

Deputy director of Structural Engineering Committee of Sichuan Civil and Architectural Society  

 

RESEARCH

Current Research

 Adaptive phase boundary model and multi-stage time-varying coupling analysis theory of snow drifting around building (2022-2025)

Research Group

Prof. YU is the head of Impact and Protection group.

 

TEACHING

Current Courses

Principle of Steel Structure Design

 

GRADUATE SUPERVISION

I am available for supervision.