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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
52
Citations
9293
World Ranking
1067
National Ranking
127

Overview

W. Zhang is affiliated with Beijing University of Technology in China and specializes in engineering, with a primary research focus encompassing civil and structural engineering, mechanics of materials, control and systems engineering, as well as mechanical engineering. Their research contributions include a significant volume of work in composite structure analysis and optimization, vibration and dynamic analysis, as well as structural analysis and optimization.

The scientist's research topics further include vibration control and rheological fluids, aeroelasticity and vibration control, chaos control and synchronization, and quantum chaos and dynamical systems. These topics highlight a comprehensive engagement with dynamic system behaviors and advanced structural mechanics.

W. Zhang has published several papers in notable venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Application of extremum response surface method-based improved substructure component modal synthesis in mistuned turbine bladed disk," 2020, Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • "Free vibration and buckling of eccentric rotating FG-GPLRC cylindrical shell using first-order shear deformation theory," 2021, Composite Structures
  • "Saturation phenomena and nonlinear resonances of rotating pretwisted laminated composite blade under subsonic air flow excitation," 2020, Journal of Sound and Vibration
  • "Vibration suppression of cantilevered piezoelectric laminated composite rectangular plate subjected to aerodynamic force in hygrothermal environment," 2020, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids
  • "Vibration reduction of FG-CNTR piezoelectric laminated composite cantilever plate under aerodynamic load using full-dimensional state observer," 2022, Engineering Structures

W. Zhang frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • S. W. Yang
  • Y. X. Hao
  • Y. Jiang
  • L.T. Liu
  • Shufeng Lu

Publications have been presented in various peer-reviewed journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Applied Mathematics and Mechanics
  • International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
  • International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

Best Publications

  • Vibration and bending behavior of functionally graded nanocomposite doubly-curved shallow shells reinforced by graphene nanoplatelets

    Aiwen Wang;Aiwen Wang;Hongyan Chen;Yuxin Hao;Wei Zhang

  • Chaotic vibrations of an orthotropic FGM rectangular plate based on third-order shear deformation theory

    Wei Zhang;Jie Yang;Yuxin Hao

  • Buckling and post-buckling analyses of functionally graded graphene reinforced piezoelectric plate subjected to electric potential and axial forces

    Jia-Jia Mao;Wei Zhang

  • Linear and nonlinear free and forced vibrations of graphene reinforced piezoelectric composite plate under external voltage excitation

    Jia-Jia Mao;Wei Zhang

  • Hidden Hyperchaotic Attractors in a Modified Lorenz–Stenflo System with Only One Stable Equilibrium

    Zhouchao Wei;Zhouchao Wei;Wei Zhang

  • Hidden hyperchaos and electronic circuit application in a 5D self-exciting homopolar disc dynamo.

    Zhouchao Wei;Irene Moroz;J. C. Sprott;Akif Akgul

  • Nonlinear vibrations of blade with varying rotating speed

    M. H. Yao;Y. P. Chen;W. Zhang

  • Vibration frequencies and energies of an auxetic honeycomb sandwich plate

    Xiufang Zhu;Junhua Zhang;Wei Zhang;Jie Chen

  • Nonlinear dynamics of axially moving beam with coupled longitudinal–transversal vibrations

    Xiao-Dong Yang;Wei Zhang

  • Study of hidden attractors, multiple limit cycles from Hopf bifurcation and boundedness of motion in the generalized hyperchaotic Rabinovich system

    Zhouchao Wei;Zhouchao Wei;Pei Yu;Wei Zhang;Minghui Yao

  • Transverse free vibration and stability analysis of spinning pipes conveying fluid

    Feng Liang;Feng Liang;Xiao-Dong Yang;Ying-Jing Qian;Wei Zhang

  • Global Bifurcations and Chaotic Dynamics in Nonlinear Nonplanar Oscillations of a Parametrically Excited Cantilever Beam

    Wei Zhang;Fengxia Wang;Minghui Yao

  • Multi-pulse chaotic dynamics in non-planar motion of parametrically excited viscoelastic moving belt

    Minghui Yao;Wei Zhang;Jean W. Zu

  • Nonlinear breathing vibrations of eccentric rotating composite laminated circular cylindrical shell subjected to temperature, rotating speed and external excitations

    T. Liu;W. Zhang;J.J. Mao;Y. Zheng

  • Periodic and Chaotic Motions of a Rotor-Active Magnetic Bearing with Quadratic and Cubic Terms and Time-Varying Stiffness

    W. Zhang;X. P. Zhan

  • Vibration reduction in truss core sandwich plate with internal nonlinear energy sink

    Jianen Chen;Wei Zhang;Minghui Yao;Jun Liu

  • Resonant responses and chaotic dynamics of composite laminated circular cylindrical shell with membranes

    W. Zhang;T. Liu;A. Xi;Y.N. Wang

  • Nonlinear dynamics of higher-dimensional system for an axially accelerating viscoelastic beam with in-plane and out-of-plane vibrations

    L.H. Chen;W. Zhang;F.H. Yang

  • Multi-pulse chaotic motions of a rotor-active magnetic bearing system with time-varying stiffness

    W. Zhang;M.H. Yao;X.P. Zhan

  • Hidden Attractors and Dynamical Behaviors in an Extended Rikitake System

    Zhouchao Wei;Zhouchao Wei;Wei Zhang;Zhen Wang;Minghui Yao

  • Dynamical analysis of axially moving plate by finite difference method

    Xiao-Dong Yang;Wei Zhang;Li-Qun Chen;Ming-Hui Yao

  • Global Dynamics of a Parametrically and Externally Excited Thin Plate

    Wei Zhang;Zhaomiao Liu;Pei Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Dong Yang
Xiao-Dong Yang Beijing University of Technology
Jean W. Zu
Jean W. Zu Stevens Institute of Technology
Tianzhi Yang
Tianzhi Yang Northeastern University
Jie Yang
Jie Yang RMIT University
C.W. Lim
C.W. Lim City University of Hong Kong
Akif Akgul
Akif Akgul Hittite University
Li-Qun Chen
Li-Qun Chen Shanghai University
Liancun Zheng
Liancun Zheng University of Science and Technology Beijing
Sritawat Kitipornchai
Sritawat Kitipornchai University of Queensland
Jinshu Wang
Jinshu Wang Beijing University of Technology

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