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Overview

Jian Zhao is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering with a focus on mechanics of materials and civil and structural engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields including ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, and materials chemistry.

The main areas of study covered by Zhao's work emphasize rock mechanics and modeling, geophysical methods and applications, landslides and related hazards, high-velocity impact and material behavior, tunneling and rock mechanics, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, as well as geotechnical and geomechanical engineering.

Jian Zhao's recent papers include:

  • Investigating the crack initiation and propagation mechanism in brittle rocks using grain-based finite-discrete element method, 2020, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Dynamic strength and failure modes of sandstone under biaxial compression, 2020, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Transgranular fracturing of crystalline rocks and its influence on rock strengths: Insights from a grain-scale continuum-discontinuum approach, 2020, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Skin-Friendly and Wearable Iontronic Touch Panel for Virtual-Real Handwriting Interaction, 2023, ACS Nano
  • Progressive Damage Behaviours of Triaxially Confined Rocks under Multiple Dynamic Loads, 2021, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Zhao include Jianchun Li, Qianbing Zhang, Kai Liu, Huachuan Wang, and Minghe Ju.

Throughout their academic career, Zhao has published multiple articles in several key venues, including:

  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • International Journal of Modelling Identification and Control

Best Publications

  • A Review of Dynamic Experimental Techniques and Mechanical Behaviour of Rock Materials

    Qianbing Zhang;Jian Zhao;Jian Zhao

  • Suggested Methods for Determining the Dynamic Strength Parameters and Mode-I Fracture Toughness of Rock Materials

    Y.X. Zhou;K. Xia;X.B. Li;H.B. Li

  • Dynamic Characteristics of Granite Subjected to Intermediate Loading Rate

    X. B. Li;T. S. Lok;J. Zhao

  • Opportunities and Challenges in Deep Mining: A Brief Review

    Pathegama G. Ranjith;Jian Zhao;Minghe Ju;Radhika V.S. De Silva

  • Determination of mechanical properties and full-field strain measurements of rock material under dynamic loads

    Qianbing Zhang;Jian Zhao

  • Development of a rock mass characteristics model for TBM penetration rate prediction

    Qiuming Gong;Jian Zhao

  • Micromechanical parameters in bonded particle method for modelling of brittle material failure

    Tohid Kazerani;Jian Zhao

  • Applicability of Mohr–Coulomb and Hoek–Brown strength criteria to the dynamic strength of brittle rock

    J Zhao

  • Effect of loading rate on fracture toughness and failure micromechanisms in marble

    Qianbing Zhang;Jian Zhao

  • A new hard rock TBM performance prediction model for project planning

    Jafar Hassanpour;Jamal Rostami;Jian Zhao

  • Primary and secondary aerosols in Beijing in winter: sources, variations andprocesses

    Yele Sun;Wei Du;Pingqing Fu;Qingqing Wang

  • Effects of multiple parallel fractures on apparent attenuation of stress waves in rock masses

    J.G. Cai;J. Zhao

  • A 3D distinct lattice spring model for elasticity and dynamic failure

    Gao-Feng Zhao;Jiannong Fang;Jian Zhao

  • Oscillation elimination in the Hopkinson bar apparatus and resultant complete dynamic stress-strain curves for rocks

    X.B Li;X.B Li;T.S Lok;J Zhao;P.J Zhao

  • Analysis of damage mechanisms and optimization of cut blasting design under high in-situ stresses

    L.X. Xie;L.X. Xie;W.B. Lu;Q.B. Zhang;Q.H. Jiang

  • Effect of large excavation on deformation of adjacent MRT tunnels

    J.S Sharma;A.M Hefny;J Zhao;C.W Chan

  • Numerical modelling of the effects of joint spacing on rock fragmentation by TBM cutters

    Qiu Ming Gong;Jian Zhao;Yu Yong Jiao

  • A Unified Strength criterion for rock material

    Mao Hong Yu;Yue Wen Zan;Jian Zhao;Jian Zhao;Mitsutoshi Yoshimine

  • Tunnelling through a frequently changing and mixed ground : a case history in Singapore

    J. Zhao;Q.M. Gong;Z. Eisensten

  • Grain-Based Discrete Element Method (GB-DEM) Modelling of Multi-scale Fracturing in Rocks Under Dynamic Loading

    X. F. Li;X. F. Li;Q. B. Zhang;H. B. Li;J. Zhao

  • A study of UDEC modelling for blast wave propagation in jointed rock masses

    S.G. Chen;J. Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Qianbing Zhang
Qianbing Zhang Monash University
Jianchun Li
Jianchun Li University of Technology Sydney
Pingqing Fu
Pingqing Fu Tianjin University
Yele Sun
Yele Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zifa Wang
Zifa Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guowei Ma
Guowei Ma University of Western Australia
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith
Pathegama Gamage Ranjith Monash University
Tao Xu
Tao Xu Northeastern University
Xinlei Ge
Xinlei Ge Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Douglas R. Worsnop
Douglas R. Worsnop University of Helsinki

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