Institute of High Performance Computing

• Directors
• Computing Science (CS)
• Electronics & Photonics (EP)
• Engineering Mechanics (EM)
• Fluid Dynamics (FD)
• Material Science & Engineering (MSE)
• IHPC Independent Investigatorship (I³)

Engineering Mechanics (EM)

Dr. Zhang Zuoqi

• Title: Scientist
• Tel: 64191548
• Email: zhangzq@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg
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  Website: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-1087-2008

Research Interests:

• Biomechanics
• Bio-Inspired Hierarchical and Multifunctional Systems
• Nanomechanics
• Multi-scale or Multi-Physics Problems

Qualifications:

• Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Tsinghua University, China, 2008
• B.Eng., Engineering Mechanics, Wuhan University, China, 2003

Published Journals/ Articles:

Journals

1. Shi M X, Liu B, Zhang Z Q, Zhang Y W, Gao H J. Direct influence of residual stress on the bending stiffness of cantilever beams. Proceeddings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, in press.
2. Lei H F, Zhang Z Q, Liu B. Effect of fiber arrangement on mechanical properties of short fiber reinforced composites. Composites Science and Technology, 72(4):506-514, 2012.
3. Zhang Z Q, Zhang T, Zhang Y W, Kim K S, Gao H J. Strain-Controlled Switching of Hierarchically Wrinkled Surfaces between Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity. Langmuir, 28(5):2753-2760, 2012.
4. Zhang Z Q, Zhang Y W, ang Gao H J. On optimal hierarchy of load-bearing biological materials. Proceeddings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,278(1705):519-525, 2011.
5. Zhang Z Q, Liu B, Hwang K C, Gao H J. Surface-adsorption-induced bending behaviors of graphene nanoribbons. Applied Physics Letters, 98(12), 2011.
6. Zhang Z Q, Liu B, Huang Y, Hwang K C, and Gao H J.Mechanical properties of unidirectional nanocomposites with non-uniformly or randomly staggered platelet distribution. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids,58(10):1646-1660,2010. 
7. Zhang Z Q and Liu B. The prediction of axial equivalent modulus for composites reinforced by staggered alignment discontinuous fibers. Engineering Mechanics, 2, 2010.
8. Wu J, Zhang Z Q, Liu B, Hwang K C and Huang Y. Numerical analyses for the atomistic-based shell theory of carbon nanotubes. International Journal of Plasticity, 25(10): 1879-1887, 2009.
9. B Liu, Z Q Zhang, Chen Y L. Atomistic statics approaches -- molecular mechanics, finite element method and continuum analysis. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 5(9): 1892-1913, 2008.
10. Z Q Zhang, B Liu, Chen Y L, Jiang H Q, Hwang K C, Huang Y. Mechanical properties of functionalized carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology, 19: 395702(6pp), 2008.

Conferences

1. Zhang Z Q, Zhong Y, Liu B, Fang D N, Hwang K C. Mechanical properties of staggered-alignment biomimetic composites. Proceedings of ICHMM 2008, 606-609.