Professor
Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
BIO
Education
PhD, Southwest Jiaotong University (1993.2-1998.12)
M.A., Southwest Jiaotong University (1982.9-1985.3)
B.S., Chongqing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture (1978.10-1982.7)
Employment
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Bridge Department, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2004.7-present)
Associate Professor, Department of Bridge Department, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (1996.7-2004.6)
Lecturer, Department of Bridge Department, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (1985.3-1996.6)
Lecturer, Department of Structural Mechanics Department, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (1986.12-1992.8)
Administrative Appointments
Research Interests
Whole-Life Performance and Reliability, Performance Deterioration Mechanism, and Deteriorated Performance Maintenance of Steel Bridge and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridge
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Principal Publications of the Last Five Years
Strain energy-based fatigue life evaluation of deck-to-rib welded joints in OSD considering combined effects of stochastic traffic load and welded residual stress
Fatigue performance and evaluation of welded joints in steel truss bridges
Fatigue life evaluation of welded joints in steel bridge considering residual stress
Residual stress relaxation at innovative both-side welded rib-to-deck joints under cyclic loading
Influence of asphalt pavement conditions on fatigue damage of orthotropic steel decks: parametric analysis
Fatigue damage evaluation of orthotropic steel deck considering weld residual stress relaxation based on continuum damage mechanics
Selected Awards and Honors
One Special Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Highway Association
One First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Jiangsu Province
One Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Sichuan Province
One Second Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Hubei Province
Professional Activities
RESEARCH
Current Research
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51778533, 51878561, 51978579 and 52108176)
The Transportation Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Province (Grant No. 2019-ZL-12)
The Open Projects Foundation of State Key Laboratory for Health and Safety of Bridge Structures (Grant No. BHSKL19-06-KF)
The Research and Development Projects in Key Areas of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2019B111106002)
Research Group
Prof. Bu is a professional researcher of the steel fatigue of bridge structure, and the president of high-performance steel structure bridge fatigue research team.
TEACHING
Primary Teaching Areas
Bridge Engineering
Current Courses
Bridge Engineering
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
I am available for supervision, and has advised 5 Ph.D. students, 45 M.S. students and number of undergraduate students over the last 20 years.