Research Funding
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
Stresses, Fatigue and Friction in Rolling/Sliding Contacts
Surface Damage and Surface Science
Contact Mechanics and Tribology
Residual Stress Measurement and Prediction
Finite Element Methods
Digital Twins and AI for Structural Integrity Assessment
Numerical and Applied Mathematics in Solid Mechanics
GRANTS and RESEARCH FUNDING
Reliability analysis of fatigue crack growth for a pearlitic Grade 900A steel used in railway applications, International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, The Office of China Postdoctoral Council (OCPC), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 234384), Total Funding: 600,000 RMB (300,000 RMB/year as stipend/salary), 2019.7–2021.6 (Principal Investigator).
Fatigue performance and damage mechanisms of pearlitic steel for railway applications under mixed mode loading conditions, Young Top-notch Talent Support Program, Xi'an Jiaotong University (Grant No. 011900/ 71211223030701), Total Funding: 1,000,000 RMB, 2023.07– 2029.07 (Principal Investigator).
Stochastic evolution characteristics and quantitative evaluation of vehicle-induced fatigue damage in orthotropic steel bridge decks, Shaanxi Provincial Natural Science Basic Research Program (Grant No. 2026JC-YBMS-0548), Total Funding: 50,000 RMB, 2026.01–2027.12 (Co-Investigator).
Fatigue crack growth performance of bridge welded steel structures under mixed-mode loading conditions, Shaanxi Province "University–Province Joint Recruitment" Talent Program, Shaanxi Provincial Talent Special Program (Grant No. SXXZGY202407), Total Funding: 720,000 RMB (Approved Funding: 360,000 RMB), 2025.10–2028.09 (Principal Investigator).
Nonlinear cumulative fatigue damage of steel bridge decks under vehicle load time‑sequence effects and dominant failure modes, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program (Grant No. 52678425), Total Funding: 500,000 RMB, 2027.01–2030.12 (Co-Investigator).
