Doctor Yingyan Zhang

RESEARCH LECTURESHIP,
Engineering and Construction Management

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PhD University of Singapore
MEng University of Singapore

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Engineering and Construction Management

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Email:	Yingyan.Zhang@uws.edu.au
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Biography

Dr Yingyan Zhang obtained her Bachelor degree from Dalian University of Technology, China and Master and Ph.D degrees from National University of Singapore. Later, she worked as postdoc research fellow in Engineering Science Programme, National University of Singapore. Before coming University of Western Sydney, she joined School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation in Fuzhou University as an overseas talent.

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Teaching

Current Teaching Areas

300732 Structural Analysis

Publications

Books

Zong, Z. and Zhang, Y. (2009), 'Advanced Differential Quadrature Methods', : Chapman & Hall 9781420082487.

Chapters in Books

Challamel, N., Zhang, Y. and Wang, C. (2012), 'Some Fundamental Aspects of Non-local Beam Mechanics for Nanostructures Applications.', Carbon nanotubes and nanosensors:vibrations, buckling and ballistic impact, ISTE, WILEY 9781848213456.
Challamel, N., Zhang, Y. and Wang, C. (2012), 'Some fundamental aspects of non-local beam mechanics for nanostructures applications', Carbon Nanotubes and Nanosensors: Vibration, Buckling and Balistic Impact, Wiley & Sons 9781848213456.
Wang, C., Zhang, Y. and Reddy, J. (2010), 'Modelling and Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes Structures', Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, American Scientific Publishers .

Journal Articles

Yi, L., Yin, Z., Zhang, Y. and Chang, T. (2013), 'A theoretical evaluation of the temperature and strain-rate dependent fracture strength of tilt grain boundaries in graphene', Carbon, 8.
Zhang, Y., Pei, Q. and Wang, C. (2012), 'Mechanical properties of graphynes under tension: A molecular dynamics study', Applied Physics Letters, 1.
Zhang, Y., Pei, Q. and Wang, C. (2012), 'A molecular dynamics investigation on thermal conductivity of graphynes', Computational Materials Science, 5.
Zhang, Y., Cheng, Y., Pei, Q., Wang, C., Xiang, Y. and Xiang, Y. (2012), 'Thermal conductivity of defective graphene', Physics Letters A, 5.
Zhang, Y., Pei, Q. and Wang, C. (2012), 'Mechanical properties of graphynes under tension : a molecular dynamics study', Applied Physics Letters, 4.
Zhang, Y., Cheng, Y., Pei, Q., Wang, C. and Xiang, Y. (2012), 'Thermal conductivity of defective graphene', Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, 5.
Zhang, Y., Pei, Q. and Wang, C. (2012), 'A molecular dynamics investigation on thermal conductivity of graphynes', Computational Materials Science, 5.
Silvestre, N., Wang, C., Zhang, Y. and Xiang, Y. (2011), 'Sanders shell model for buckling of single-walled carbon nanotubes with small aspect ratio', Composite Structures, 9.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Xiang, Y. (2011), 'Bending behavior of double-walled carbon nanotubes with sp3 interwall bonds', Journal of Applied Physics, .
Feliciano, J., Tang, C., Zhang, Y. and Chen, C. (2011), 'Aspect ratio dependent buckling mode transition in single-walled carbon nanotubes under compression', Journal of Applied Physics, .
Lai, S., Zhou, L., Zhang, Y. and Xiang, Y. (2011), 'Application of the DSC-Element method to flexural vibration of skew plates with continuous and discontinuous boundaries', Thin-Walled Structures, 11.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Cheng, Y. and Xiang, Y. (2011), 'Mechanical Properties of Bilayer Graphene Coupled by sp3 Bonding', Carbon, 7.
Wang, C., Tay, Z., Chowdhury, A., Duan, W., Zhang, Y. and Silvestre, N. (2011), 'Examination of cylindrical shell theories for buckling of carbon nanotubes', International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 24.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Xiang, Y. (2010), 'A molecular dynamics investigation of the torsional responses of defective single-walled carbon nanotubes', Carbon, 9.
Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Xiang, Y. and Reddy, J. (2010), 'Recent Studies on Buckling of Carbon Nanotubes', Applied Mechanics Reviews, 1.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Challamel, N. (2010), 'Bending, Buckling, and Vibration of Micro/Nanobeams by Hybrid Nonlocal Beam Model', Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 13.
Zhang, Y., Xiang, Y. and Wang, C. (2009), 'Buckling of defective carbon nanotubes', Journal of Applied Physics, .
Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Duan, W., Xiang, Y. and Zong, Z. (2009), 'Assessment of continuum mechanics models in predicting buckling strains of single-walled carbon nanotubes', Nanotechnology, .
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2009), 'Mechanical properties of condensed double-walled carbon nanotubes', Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2009), 'Buckling of carbon nanotubes at high temperature', Nanotechnology, .
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2008), 'Examining the effects of wall numbers on buckling behavior and mechanical properties of MWCNTs based on MD simulations results', Journal of Applied Physics, .
Zhang, Y. and Wang, C. (2008), 'Torsional responses of double-walled carbon nanotubes via molecular dynamics simulations', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, .
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2008), 'Vibration behaviors of single-walled carbon nanotubes and assessment of Timoshenko beam models using MD simulations results', Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 18.
Zhang, Y., Zong, Z. and Liu, L. (2007), 'Complex differential quadrature method for two-dimensional potential and plane elastic problems', Ships and Offshore Structures, 10.
Wang, C., Zhang, Y. and He, X. (2007), 'Vibration of nonlocal Timoshenko beams', Nanotechnology, .
Zhang, Y., Tan, V. and Wang, C. (2007), 'Effect of strain rate on the buckling behavior of single-and double-walled carbon nanotubes', Carbon, 10.
Duan, W., Wang, C. and Zhang, Y. (2007), 'Calibration of nonlocal scaling effect parameter for free vibration of carbon nanotubes by molecular dynamics', Journal of Applied Physics, .
Wang, C., Zhang, Y. and Kitipornchai, S. (2007), 'Vibration of initially stressed micro and nano-beams', International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 16.
Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2007), 'Buckling of carbon nanotubes: a literature survey', Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 27.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2006), 'Buckling of multi-walled carbon nanotubes using Timoshenko column model', Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 7.
Wang, C., Tan, V. and Zhang, Y. (2006), 'Timoshenko beam model for vibration analysis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes', Journal of Sound and Vibration, 13.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2006), 'Effect of omitting terms involving tube radii difference in shell models on buckling solutions of double-walled carbon nanotubes', Computational Materials Science, 4.
Zhang, Y., Tan, V. and Wang, C. (2006), 'Effect of chirality on buckling behaviour of single-walled carbon nanotubes', Journal of Applied Physics, .
Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Ramesh, S. and Kitipornchai, S. (2006), 'Buckling analysis of micro- and nano-rods/tubes based on nonlocal Timoshenko beam theory', Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 6.
Wang, C., Ma, Y., Zhang, Y. and Ang, K. (2006), 'Buckling of double-walled carbon nanotubes modeled by solid shell elements', Journal of Applied Physics, .
Zong, Z., Lam, K. and Zhang, Y. (2005), 'A multidomain differential quadrature approach to plane elastic problems with material discontinuity', Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 15.

Conference Papers

Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Xiang, Y. (2011), 'A Molecular Dynamics Invetigation Of The Torsional Responses Of Defective Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes', The 12th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-12), Hong Kong.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C., Duan, W. and Xiang, Y. (2009), 'Examination of beam and cylindrical shell models for buckling analysis of carbon nanotubes', The sixth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures in conjunction with IJSSD symposium on Progress in Structural Stability and Dynamics & IStruct E Asia-Pacific Forum, Hong Kong.
Zhang, Y. and Wang, C. (2008), 'Double-walled carbon nanotubes under torsion', The 21st KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Singapore.
Wang, C., Zhang, Y. and Kitipornchai, S. (2007), 'Vibration of Intially Stressed Mirco/Nano Beams', The Fifteenth International Conference on COMPOSITES/NANO ENGINEERING (ICCE - 15), Haikou, Hainan, China.
Zhang, Y., Wang, C. and Tan, V. (2006), 'Buckling of single-walled carbon nanotubes via nonlocal Timoshenko beam mode', 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Wang, C., Zhang, Y. and He, X. (2006), 'Vibration of Nonlocal Timoshenko Beam', The 19th KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Kyoto, Japan.
Wang, C., Tan, V. and Zhang, Y. (2004), 'Vibration Analysis of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Modeled by Timoshenko Beams', The 17th KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand.

Research

Zhang's research interests include numerical methods in solid mechanics such as differential quadrature methods; atomistic investigation and continuum modelling of nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene. She has worked as a reviewer for many nanotechnology journals including Nanotechnology, Carbon and Journal of Applied Physics etc.