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For more see the link: Prof. Weidong Zhu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland USA (UMBC)
Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, 1994
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Arizona State University, 1988
Dual B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Computational Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1986
Research Interests, etc:
My research spans the fields of dynamics, vibration, control, applied mechanics, structural health monitoring, and wind energy, and integrates analytical development, numerical simulation, experimental validation, and industrial application. Much of the current research can be divided into three areas: 1) vibration and stability of distributed structural systems; 2) finite element modeling, modal testing, model updating, and structural damage detection; and 3) infinitely variable transmission and wind energy. In the first area, we have developed new methodologies for analyzing and controlling the vibration of linear and nonlinear, time-invariant and time-varying, distributed-parameter systems. In the second area, we have addressed some major challenges in model-based damage detection: accurate modeling of structures and inverse analysis for damage detection. In the third area, we are developing novel all-geared infinitely variable transmission and variable electromotive-force generators.
My laboratories, the Dynamic Systems and Vibrations Laboratory in Room 236 of the Engineering Building and the Laser Vibrometry Laboratory in Room 233I of the Engineering building, have a state-of-the-art vibration measurement and analysis facility, and various specialized test stands have been developed in-house for experimental validation purposes. Our research has been supported by the federal and state government as well as industry. In addition to training graduate and undergraduate students, the laboratory has provided outreach programs to K-12 students in the Baltimore region.
Classes Taught at UMBC:
Dynamics; Vibrations; Advanced control systems; Linear vibrations; Advanced dynamics; Nonlinear vibrations
Selected Publications:
X. Zhao, B. Chen, Y.H. Li, W.D. Zhu, F.J. Nkiegaing, Y.B. Shao, “Forced vibration analysis of Timoshenko double-beam system under compressive axial load by means of Green's functions”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 464, 115001, 2020
Yi Hui, Siu-Seong Law, Weidong Zhu, Qingshan Yang, “Extended IHB method for dynamic analysis of structures with geometrical and material nonlinearities”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 205, 119984, 2020
Mitao Song, Lei Chen, Jie Yang, Weidong Zhu, Sritawat Kitipornchai, “Thermal buckling and postbuckling of edge-cracked functionally graded multilayer graphene nanocomposite beams on an elastic foundation”, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. ?, 2019, (in press)
Guimin Chen, Fulei Ma, Guangbo Hao and Weidong Zhu, “Modeling large deflections of initially curved beams in compliant mechanisms using chained beam constraint model”, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 11, 011002, February 2019
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