Faculty Profile

BIO

Education

PhD, Universidad de Navarra, Applied Engineering (2015-2018)

M.A., Southwest Jiaotong University, Traffic and Transportation Engineering (2012-2015)

B.S., Dalian Jiaotong University, Vehicle Engineering (2008-2012)

Employment

Academic Appointments

Lecturer, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2020-present)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Railway Department, CEIT, Spain (2018-2019)

Research Interests

Multiaxial fatigue, Safety and reliability of rail transit equipment in service, Friction and wear

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Principal Publications of the Last Five Years

Lu C*, Rodríguez-Arana B, Prada J G, et al. A Full explicit finite element simulation for the study of interaction between wheelset and switch panel. Vehicle System Dynamics, 2019: 1-20. (SCI)

Lu C*, Melendez J, Martínez-Esnaola J M. A universally applicable multiaxial fatigue criterion in 2D cyclic loading. International Journal of Fatigue, 2018, 110: 95-104. (SCI)

Lu C*, Melendez J, Martínez-Esnaola J M. Multiaxial fatigue criterion considering the influence of out-of-phase failure and loading condition. International Journal of Fatigue, 2018, 114: 323-330. (SCI)

Lu C*, Nieto J, Puy I, et al. Fatigue prediction of rail welded joints. International Journal of Fatigue, 2018, 113: 78-87. (SCI)

Lu C*, Melendez J, Martínez-Esnaola J M. Modelling multiaxial fatigue with a new combination of critical plane definition and energy-based criterion. International Journal of Fatigue, 2018, 108: 109-115. (SCI)

Lu C*, Melendez J, Martínez-Esnaola J M. Fatigue damage prediction in multiaxial loading using a new energy-based parameter. International Journal of Fatigue, 2017, 104: 99-111. (SCI)

Lu C*, Melendez J, Martínez‐Esnaola J M. Prediction of crack initiation plane direction in high‐cycle multiaxial fatigue with in‐phase and out‐of‐phase loading. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2017, 40(12): 1994-2007. (SCI)

Lu C*, Melendez J, Martínez-Esnaola J M. Stochastic fatigue damage assessment of metro switch blade. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2020, 43(1): 137-148.

Lu C*, Melendez J, Martínez-Esnaola J M. Fatigue Parameter Based on the Assessment of Stress Components in all Material Planes. Materials Science, 2019, 55(3): 337-344.

Lu C*, Martínez-Esnaola J M. Multiaxial fatigue space: A three-dimensional space constituted of fatigue basic units. International Journal of Fatigue, 2020: 105995.

Selected Awards and Honors

Thousand Young Talents Project in Sichuan Province (2021)

Professional Activities

Editorial Board Member, Advances in Materials (2019–)