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Qi-Zhi Zhu

Qi-Zhi Zhu

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
37
Citations
4947
World Ranking
8453
National Ranking
1461

Qi-Zhi Zhu publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qi-Zhi Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 115 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Qi-Zhi Zhu D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Qi-Zhi Zhu sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Qi-Zhi Zhu is affiliated with Hohai University in China and has specialized primarily in the field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Ocean Engineering. Their work spans diverse subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law, as well as Mechanical Engineering.

The research topics most frequently addressed by Qi-Zhi Zhu include Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Numerical Methods in Engineering, Landslides and Related Hazards, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Drilling and Well Engineering, Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering, and Composite Material Mechanics.

Qi-Zhi Zhu has contributed to several academic journals, with publications appearing most often in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Plasticity
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Tribology Transactions
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their recent research work includes studies on fracture propagation, damage modeling, and material degradation. Selected papers include:

  • Hybrid FEM and peridynamic simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in saturated porous media (2020), published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Modeling Damage Evolution in Heterogeneous Granite Using Digital Image-Based Grain-Based Model (2020), published in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Brittle-ductile failure transition in geomaterials modeled by a modified phase-field method with a varying damage-driving energy coefficient (2020), published in International Journal of Plasticity
  • A novel elastic-plastic damage model for rock materials considering micro-structural degradation due to cyclic fatigue (2022), published in International Journal of Plasticity
  • Experimental and numerical fracture analysis of the plain and polyvinyl alcohol fiber-reinforced ultra-high-performance concrete structures (2020), published in Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Qi-Zhi Zhu has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors. The most frequent collaborators include:

  • J.F. Shao
  • Jin Zhang
  • Yajun Cao
  • Lun-Yang Zhao
  • Qiaojuan Yu

Best Publications

  • A phase-field method for computational modeling of interfacial damage interacting with crack propagation in realistic microstructures obtained by microtomography

    T.T. Nguyen;Julien Yvonnet;Q.-Z Zhu;Michel Bornert

  • Modeling of creep in rock materials in terms of material degradation

    J.F. Shao;Q.Z. Zhu;K. Su

  • A phase field method to simulate crack nucleation and propagation in strongly heterogeneous materials from direct imaging of their microstructure

    T.T. Nguyen;Julien Yvonnet;Qi-Zhi Zhu;Michel Bornert

  • Static solution of crack propagation problems in Peridynamics

    Tao Ni;Mirco Zaccariotto;Qi-Zhi Zhu;Ugo Galvanetto

  • Peridynamic formulations enriched with bond rotation effects

    Qi-zhi Zhu;Tao Ni

  • Micromechanical analysis of coupling between anisotropic damage and friction in quasi brittle materials: Role of the homogenization scheme

    Q.Z. Zhu;Q.Z. Zhu;D. Kondo;J.F. Shao

  • Hybrid FEM and peridynamic simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation in saturated porous media

    Tao Ni;Tao Ni;Francesco Pesavento;Mirco Zaccariotto;Ugo Galvanetto

  • Analytical and numerical analysis of frictional damage in quasi brittle materials

    Q.Z. Zhu;L.Y. Zhao;J.F. Shao;J.F. Shao

  • Micromechanical modelling of anisotropic damage in brittle rocks and application

    Qizhi Zhu;Djimedo Kondo;Jianfu Shao;Vincent Pensee

  • A micromechanics-based elastoplastic damage model for granular materials at low confining pressure

    Qizhi Zhu;Jian-Fu Shao;M. Mainguy

  • A micro-mechanics based plastic damage model for quasi-brittle materials under a large range of compressive stress

    Lun-Yang Zhao;Lun-Yang Zhao;Qi-Zhi Zhu;Jian-Fu Shao;Jian-Fu Shao

  • A refined micromechanical damage–friction model with strength prediction for rock-like materials under compression

    Qizhi Zhu;Qizhi Zhu;Jian-Fu Shao;Jian-Fu Shao

  • Fractional order plasticity modelling of state-dependent behaviour of granular soils without using plastic potential

    Yifei Sun;Yufeng Gao;Qizhi Zhu

  • A micromechanics-based thermodynamic formulation of isotropic damage with unilateral and friction effects

    Qi-Zhi Zhu;Qi-Zhi Zhu;J.-F. Shao;D. Kondo

  • A general and efficient computational procedure for modelling the Kapitza thermal resistance based on XFEM

    Julien Yvonnet;Qi-Chang He;Q.-Z. Zhu;J.-F. Shao

  • Modeling Damage Evolution in Heterogeneous Granite Using Digital Image-Based Grain-Based Model

    Xunjian Hu;Ni Xie;Qizhi Zhu;Liang Chen

  • Incorporation of tension-compression asymmetry into plastic damage phase-field modeling of quasi brittle geomaterials

    Tao You;Qi-Zhi Zhu;Peng-Fei Li;Jian-Fu Shao;Jian-Fu Shao

  • Peridynamic simulation of fracture in quasi brittle solids using irregular finite element mesh

    Tao Ni;Qi-zhi Zhu;Lun-Yang Zhao;Peng-Fei Li

  • Coupling of FEM and ordinary state-based peridynamics for brittle failure analysis in 3D

    Tao Ni;Tao Ni;Mirco Zaccariotto;Qi-Zhi Zhu;Ugo Galvanetto

  • A micromechanics-based elastoplastic damage model for quasi-brittle rocks

    N. Xie;N. Xie;Qi-Zhi Zhu;L.H. Xu;Jian-Fu Shao

  • Homogenization‐based analysis of anisotropic damage in brittle materials with unilateral effect and interactions between microcracks

    Q. Z. Zhu;D. Kondo;J. F. Shao

  • A phase-field method for computational modeling of interfacial damage interacting with crack propagation in realistic microstructures

    Thanh Tung Nguyen;Julien Yvonnet;Qi-Zhi Zhu;Michel Bornert

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-Fu Shao
Jian-Fu Shao University of Lille
Julien Yvonnet
Julien Yvonnet Gustave Eiffel University
Djimedo Kondo
Djimedo Kondo Sorbonne University
Michel Bornert
Michel Bornert École des Ponts ParisTech
Qi-Chang He
Qi-Chang He Université Paris Cité
Ugo Galvanetto
Ugo Galvanetto University of Padua
Bernhard A. Schrefler
Bernhard A. Schrefler University of Padua
Haim Waisman
Haim Waisman Columbia University
Yuanming Lai
Yuanming Lai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weiya Xu
Weiya Xu Hohai University

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