Academic Education
· Thesis Topic: Investigating the tractive performance of an off-road pneumatic tire on irregular gravel terrain using multi-sphere DE-FE method
· Supervisor: Professor Mengyan Zang
· Thesis Topic: Simulation of the mechanical characteristic and damage for the high-speed train rolling bearing with pedestal looseness
· Supervisor: Professor Guoxiang Xiong and Qingsong CAO
· Thesis Topic: Matching design of the power system for a family vehicle
· Supervisor: Assistant Professor Wei Gao
Research Experience
· Developed a multi-sphere DEM method to simulate the fracture mechanics of granular materials.
· Developed a multi-sphere DE-FE method to simulate the interactions between non-spherical granular particles and structures.
· Developed an improved 3D contact algorithm to handle the complex interactions between multi-sphere DEs and finite elements for tire traveling analysis.
· Implemented a GPU-based multi-sphere DE-FE method for the interactions between an off-road tire and gravel terrain to improve computational efficiency.
· Developed an in-house code, named MDFP-OVS, with Fortran 90/95 for the simulations of tire running on granular terrain.
· Established the axle-bearing interference fit coupling model of the CRH2 EMU by using the software CAD
· The influences of friction coefficient, load and train speed on the mechanical characteristic of the axle-bearing surface were analyzed by using the finite element software ABAQUS.
· Constructed the coupled system of high-speed train rolling bearing with pedestal looseness under different loosening clearance and speeds.
· The nonlinear dynamic characteristic was analyzed using the optimized Runge-Kutta numerical integral method and experimental method.
Publications
(1) Xiaobing Guo, Zumei Zheng, Mengyan Zang*, Shunhua Chen. A multi-sphere DE-FE method for traveling analysis of an off-road pneumatic tire on irregular gravel terrain. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 2022, 139: 293-312.
(2) Xiaobing Guo, Zumei Zheng, Mengyan Zang*, Shunhua Chen*. An improved 3D multi-sphere DE-FE contact algorithm for interactions between an off-road pneumatic tire and irregular gravel terrain. Computational Particle Mechanics. 2022: 1-24.
(3) Chenqi Zou, Xiaobing Guo, Xiao Xu, Mengyan Zang*, Shunhua Chen*. Large deformation delamination in polymer coatings: Discontinuous Galerkin/cohesive zone modeling. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2022, 232: 107635.
(4)Qingsong Cao*, Xiaobing Guo, Guoliang Xiong, Qin Xiang, Shengtong Zhou. Study on Dynamic Characteristics of High-speed Train Rolling Bearing with Pedestal Looseness. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2016, 52 (21): 87-95.
(5) Qingsong Cao*, Xiaobing Guo, Guoliang Xiong. Prospects of fretting damage of the train key components interference fitted surface. Journal of Railway Science and Engineering, 2016, 12 (3): 661-669.
(6) Qingsong Cao*, Xiaobing Guo, Guoliang Xiong. Analysis of contact stress on interference fitted surface of the train axle-bearing. Hydromechatronics Engineering, 2015, 43 (24): 30-33.
(7) Haiyang Zeng, Wei Xu, Mengyan Zang*, Peng Yang, Xiaobing Guo. Calibration and validation of DEM-FEM model parameters using upscaled particles based on physical experiments and simulations. Advanced Powder Technology, 2020, 31: 3947-3959.
(8) Peng Yang, Mengyan Zang*, Haiyang Zeng, Xiaobing Guo. The interactions between an off-road tire and granular terrain: GPU-based DEM-FEM simulation and experimental validation. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2020, 179: 105634.
(1) Xiaobing Guo, Mengyan Zang*. A two-layer-grid search algorithm between multi-sphere DEs and FEs and its application in the tire-terrain interactions. The 14th Annual Conference of China Society of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan, Hubei, China, December 2021.
(2) Xiaobing Guo, Mengyan Zang*. Analysis of tractive performance of off-road tires on gravel terrain: a multi-sphere DEM-FEM coupling method. The 3rd Symposium on Progress and Application of Meshless Particle Methods. Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, China, August 2021.
(3) Mengyan Zang*, Zumei Zheng, Xiaobing Guo. A GPU-based DE-FE coupling method for the interaction between tire and sand. The 4th National Conference of Computational Mechanics of Granular Materials (CMGM-2018). Xiamen, Fujian, China, July 2018.
(4) Qingsong Cao*, Xiaobing Guo, Guoliang Xiong. Contact stress analysis of interference fit surface of train axle-bearing. The 11th National Conference on Vibration Theory and Application (NCVTA 2015). Beijing, China, November 2015.
(5) Qingsong Cao*, Changling Pan, Xiaobing Guo. Discussion of the bearing temperature fault detection for EMU traction motor. 2015 Annual Conference on Railway Traction Power. Beijing, China, December 2015.