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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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World Ranking
563
National Ranking
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Overview

Xiaozhi Hu is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of engineering, with particular attention to mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, polymers and plastics, and materials chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics including mechanical behavior of composites, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, natural fiber reinforced composites, rock mechanics and modeling, smart materials for construction, advanced ceramic materials synthesis, and innovative concrete reinforcement materials.

Frequent co-authors in Xiaozhi Hu's research include Yunsen Hu, Bingyan Yuan, Shihao Zuo, and Fei Cheng.

Key publication venues for Xiaozhi Hu include:

  • Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics
  • Composites Science and Technology
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Chinese Journal of Aeronautics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Xiaozhi Hu are:

  • "Modelling fracture process zone width and length for quasi-brittle fracture of rock, concrete and ceramics," 2021, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "Transverse and longitudinal flexural properties of unidirectional carbon fiber composites interleaved with hierarchical Aramid pulp micro/nano-fibers," 2020, Composites Part B Engineering
  • "A simple and effective resin pre-coating treatment on grinded, acid pickled and anodised substrates for stronger adhesive bonding between Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy and CFRP," 2022, Surface and Coatings Technology
  • "Statistics-assisted fracture modelling of small un-notched and large notched sandstone specimens with specimen-size/grain-size ratio from 30 to 900," 2020, Engineering Fracture Mechanics
  • "Effect of aramid pulp on low temperature flexural properties of carbon fibre reinforced plastics," 2020, Composites Science and Technology

Best Publications

  • Size effect on toughness induced by crack close to free surface

    Xiaozhi Hu;Folker Wittmann

  • Fracture energy and fracture process zone

    Xiao Hu;F.H. Wittmann

  • Evaluation of elastic modulus and hardness of thin films by nanoindentation

    Yeon-Gil Jung;Brian R. Lawn;Mariusz Martyniuk;Han Huang

  • Size effect and quasi-brittle fracture: the role of FPZ

    Xiaozhi Hu;Kai Duan

  • Effect of deposition conditions on mechanical properties of low-temperature PECVD silicon nitride films

    H. Huang;K.J. Winchester;Alexandra Suvorova;B.R. Lawn

  • Effects of heterogeneity and load amplitude on fatigue rate prediction of a welded joint

    Chunguo Zhang;Jizhuang Hui;Pengmin Lu;Xiaozhi Hu

  • Boundary effect on concrete fracture and non-constant fracture energy distribution

    Kai Duan;Xiaozhi Hu;F.H. Wittmann

  • Comparison of boundary and size effect models based on new developments

    Xiaozhi Hu;Junfeng Guan;Junfeng Guan;Yusuo Wang;Yusuo Wang;Adrian Keating

  • An asymptotic approach to size effect on fracture toughness and fracture energy of composites

    Xiao-Zhi Hu

  • On compressive properties of composite sandwich structures with grid reinforced honeycomb core

    Zhi Sun;Shanshan Shi;Xu Guo;Xiaozhi Hu

  • Influence of fracture process zone height on fracture energy of concrete

    Xiaozhi Hu;Kai Duan

  • Size effect: Influence of proximity of fracture process zone to specimen boundary

    Xiaozhi Hu;Kai Duan

  • Carbon-fiber and aluminum-honeycomb sandwich composites with and without Kevlar-fiber interfacial toughening

    Shan-shan Shi;Shan-shan Shi;Zhi Sun;Zhi Sun;Xiao-zhi Hu;Hao-ran Chen

  • Determination of tensile strength and fracture toughness of concrete using notched 3-p-b specimens

    Yusuo Wang;Yusuo Wang;Xiaozhi Hu;Li Liang;Wancheng Zhu

  • Mode II delamination toughness of carbon-fibre/epoxy composites with chopped kevlar fibre reinforcement

    Min-Seok Sohn;Xiao-Zhi Hu

  • Scaling of quasi-brittle fracture: Boundary and size effect

    Kai Duan;Xiaozhi Hu;Folker H. Wittmann

  • NaOH etching and resin pre-coating treatments for stronger adhesive bonding between CFRP and aluminium alloy

    Yunsen Hu;Bingyan Yuan;Fei Cheng;Fei Cheng;Xiaozhi Hu

  • Size effect on specific fracture energy of concrete

    Kai Duan;Xiaozhi Hu;Folker H. Wittmann

  • Modelling fracture process zone width and length for quasi-brittle fracture of rock, concrete and ceramics

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  • Energy-absorption enhancement in carbon-fiber aluminum-foam sandwich structures from short aramid-fiber interfacial reinforcement

    Zhi Sun;Xiaozhi Hu;Shiyong Sun;Haoran Chen

  • In-depth analysis of notched 3-p-b concrete fracture

    Junfeng Guan;Xiaozhi Hu;Qingbin Li

  • Contact damage in brittle coating layers: influence of surface curvature

    Tarek Qasim;Mark B. Bush;Xiaozhi Hu;Brian R. Lawn

Frequent Co-Authors

Yiu-Wing Mai
Yiu-Wing Mai Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Zhaohui Huang
Zhaohui Huang China University of Geosciences
Brian Cotterell
Brian Cotterell University of Sydney
Brian R. Lawn
Brian R. Lawn National Institute of Standards and Technology
Yangai Liu
Yangai Liu China University of Geosciences
Han Huang
Han Huang Central South University
Ji-Guang Li
Ji-Guang Li National Institute for Materials Science
Lorenzo Faraone
Lorenzo Faraone University of Western Australia
Xu Guo
Xu Guo Dalian University of Technology

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