Doctor Haiping Zhu

• Biography
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Grants/Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Dr Haiping Zhu joined the School of Engineering at the University of Western Sydney as a Senior Lecturer in September 2009. Previously, he was a Research Fellow and Program Manager/Coordinator for Granular Dynamics at the Laboratory for Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales. From 1995 to 2001, Dr Zhu was a Lecturer and then an Associate Professor with the Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science at Peking University in China. He received his PhD degree in Dynamics of Mechanical Systems from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1995.

Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

Dr Zhu has been devoted to the study of particulate systems, mechanical systems and related processes since 1990 and has made various contributions in both the fundamental and applied aspects of these fields. His current specific research areas/interests include granular dynamics, powder/particle technology, particle-structure-property relations, processing and handling of bulk/particulate materials, multi-scale simulation of particulate systems, modelling of particulate and multiphase processes, solids flow and segregation, fluid flow, heat and mass transfer in packed and fluidised beds, molecular dynamics simulation, and dynamics of mechanical systems.

Grants/Current Projects

Experimental and numerical investigation of granular flow in hoppers, ARC Discovery Project, DP0878970, 2008-2010, $300,000

Multiscale modelling and analysis of particulate processes, DEST International Science Linkage Program, CH070068, 2008-2010, $50,000

Granular dynamics: characterization, modelling and application. ARC Linkage Project, LP100100814, 2010-2012, $160,014

Model studies of flow of wet non-spherical particles in annular shear cells. UWS Research Grant Scheme, 2011, $17,193.


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Selected Publications

De Ryck A. Zhu H.P., Wu S.M., Yu A.B., and Zulli P., Numerical and theoretical investigations of the surface flows of granular materials on heaps. Powder Technology, 2010, 203(2), 125-132.

Zhu HP, Rahmana M, Yu AB, Bridgwater J & Zulli P, 2009, Effect of particle properties on particle percolation behaviour in a packed bed, Miner Eng, 22, 961-969.

Zhu HP, Zhou ZY, Yu AB & Zulli P, 2009, Stress fields of solid flow in a model blast furnace, Granular Matter, 11, 269-280.

Zhu HP, Zhou ZY, Yang RY & Yu AB, 2008. Discrete particle simulation of particulate systems: A review of major applications and findings, Chem Eng Sci, 63, 5728-5770.

Zhu HP, Zhou ZY, Yang RY & Yu AB, 2007, Discrete particle simulation of particulate systems: theoretical developments, Chem Eng Sci, 62, 3378-3392.

Zhu HP & Yu AB, 2006, A theoretical analysis of the force models in discrete element method, Powder Technol, 161, 122-129.

Zhu HP & Yu AB, 2005, Micromechanic analysis of hopper flow of granular materials, J Eng Math, 52, 307-320.

Zhu HP & Yu AB, 2004, Steady-state granular flow in a 3D cylindrical hopper with flat bottom: microscopic analysis, J Phys D Appl Phys, 37, 1497-1508.

Zhu HP, Xiao GX, Zhou ZY, Yu AB & Xu DL, 2004, Numerical simulation of the interaction between turbine meter and particles in a standpipe, Granular Matter, 5, 193-199.

Zhu HP & Yu AB, 2003, Effect of wall and rolling resistance on the couple stress of granular material in vertical flow, Physica A, 325, 347-360.

Zhu HP & Yu AB, 2002, Averaging method of granular materials, Phys Rev E, 66, 021302.

For further information, contact Dr Zhu.

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