Professor
Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
BIO
Education
PhD, Southwest Jiaotong University (2002.9-2006.7)
M.A., Southwest Jiaotong University (2000.9-2002.7)
B.S., Lanzhou Jiaotong University (1994.9-1998.7)
Employment
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Bridge Department, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2016.12-present)
Associate Professor, Department of Bridge Department, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2008.12-2016.12)
Lecturer, Department of Bridge Department, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2006.8-2008.12)
Administrative Appointments
Associate Head of Bridge Department (2016.12-present)
Party Branch Secretary of Bridge Engineering Department (2016.12-present)
Assistant to Head of Bridge Department (2006.12-2016.12)
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
Cheng ZY, Zhang QH, Bao Y. Flexural behavior of corrugated steel-UHPC composite bridge decks Engineering Structures 2021, 246(3):113066.
Zhang QH, Ma Yan, Cui C. Experimental investigation and numerical simulation on welding residual stress of innovative double-side welded rib-to-deck joints of orthotropic steel decks. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 2021, 179(3):106544.
Liu YM, Zhang QH, Bao Y. Fatigue behavior of orthotropic composite deck integrating steel and engineered cementitious composite. Engineering Structures 2020, 220:111017.
Zhang QH, Han S H, Bao Y, et al. Frictional resistance between main cable and saddle for suspension bridges I: friction characteristic of single strand. Journal of Bridge Engineering 2020, 25(8): 04020042.
Han SH, Zhang QH, Bao Y, et al. Frictional resistance between main cable and saddle for suspension bridges II: interlayer slip of strands. Journal of Bridge Engineering 2020, 25(8): 04020043.
Selected Awards and Honors
One Second Prize of The Science and Technology Progress Award of Sichuan Province
Two Special Prizes and one First Prize of Highway Society Science and Technology Award of China
One Special Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Highway Construction Industry Association Award of China
One 2020 Innovative Talent Award of China Steel Structure Association of China
One Third Excellent Science and Technology Paper Award of China Association for Science and Technology
Professional Activities
The Director of the Bridge and Steel Structure Branch of China Steel Structure Association
The Member of Editorial Board of the Chinese Highway Journal and Transportation Engineering Journal
The Vice Chairman of Steel Structure Welding and Connection Branch of China Steel Structure Association
The Member of the Technical Expert Group of Humen Bridge
The Co-chairman of the Technical Committee of the Development and Engineering Practice of Bridge Rapid Replacement Technology, of the Bridge Reinforcement and Maintenance Discipline of the Structural Engineering Department, of World Transportation Congress (WTC)
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. Zhang 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 around 36 postdoctoral researchers, 5 Ph.D. students, 39 M.S. students and number of undergraduate students over the last 15 years.
