Zhao Lei

ZHAO Lei

Assistant Professor

Email: zhaolei@swjtu.edu.cn

Office: Room 503, Innovation Building, Jiuli Campus

BIO

Education

Ph.D.,  Structural Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, (2017, Successive master-doctor program)

M.A., Structural Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, (2013)

B.S., Civil Engineering,Southwest Jiaotong University, (2012)

Employment

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2019.12-present)

Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, The Hongkong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China  (2018.7-2019.12)

Research Interests

1, Flexible barriers for disaster prevention and mitigation 2, Steel Structure

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years

Lei Zhao, Li-Jun Zhang, Zhi-Xiang Yu*, Jian-Wei He  and Xin Qi. Energy Dissipating Modes and Design Recommendation of H-Shaped Steel Baffles Subjected to Boulder Impact[J]. Advanced Steel Construction，2021,17(4):349–355. 

Lei Zhao, Zhixiang Yu*, Xin Qi, and Hu Xu. Wind Tunnel Test of Wind Load on a Typical Cross Line High-Speed Railway Station[J]. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering，2021, 25( 10): 3779 - 3787

Zhao L., He J.W., Yu Z.X., Liu Y.P.*, Zhou Z.H. and Chan S.L., Coupled numerical simulation of a flexible barrier impacted by debris flow with boulders in front[J]. Landslides, 2020,17:2723-2736.

Lei Zhao, Zhi-Xiang Yu, Yao-Peng Liu*, Jian-Wei He, Siu-Lai Chan and Shi-Chun Zhao. Dynamic responses of flexible rockfall barriers under impacts at different positions [J]. Journal of Constructional Steel Research, 2020（167）

Z.X. Yu, L. Zhao*, Y.P. Liu, S.C. Zhao, H. Xu, S.L. Chan. Studies on flexible rockfall barriers for failure modes, mechanisms and design strategies: a case study of Western China[J]. Landslides. 2019, 16(2):347-362. 

Zhixiang Yu, Yangkai Qiao, Lei Zhao, H. Xu, S.C. Zhao, Y.P. Liu. A simple analytical method for evaluation of flexible rockfall barrier part 1: working mechanism and analytical solution [J]. Advanced Steel Construction, 2018, 14(2):115-141.

Zhixiang Yu, Yangkai Qiao, Lei Zhao*, H. Xu, S.C. Zhao, Y.P. Liu. A simple analytical method for evaluation of flexible rockfall barrier part 2: application and full-scale test [J]. Advanced Steel Construction, 2018, 14(2):142-165.

Selected Awards and Honors

                 Innovative talent award of China Steel Structure Society  (2021)

Professional Activities

Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction (2019–)

Vice Secretary-General of Sub-association for Welding and Connection of Steel Structures，CSCS

TEACHING

Current Courses

• Principle of Steel Structure Design

• Building Steel Structure 

• Introduction to disaster prevention and reduction of transportation infrastructure

GRADUATE SUPERVISION

        I am available for master supervision.