Associate Professor Phone: (86) 18164008162 Email: yxzhu2006@hust.edu.cn Academic Areas: Solid Mechanics Research Interests: 1.The Hydrogen Embrittlement Mechanisms of Metals; 2.The Strength/Plasticty/Creep Behavior of Ni-Based Single Crystal Superalloys; 3.The Defects Coupling Mechanisms of Metals under Ultra-high Strain Rate; 4.Molecular Dynamics and Multi-Scale Simulations; 5.In-situ Tests: TEM, Nano-Indentation; Academic Degrees • PhD in Solid Mechanics, 2016, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China • B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, 2011, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China Professional Experience • Associate Professor (2018 – Present) School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China • Postdoctoral Fellow (2016 –2018) School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China Selected Publications 1. Fan, H.; Zhu, Y. *; El-Awady, JA; Raabe, D., Precipitation hardening effects on extension twinning in magnesium alloys. International Journal of Plasticity, 2018, 106: 186-202. 2. Zhu, Y.; Li, Z.; Huang, M., Solute hydrogen effects on plastic deformation mechanisms of α-Fe with twist grain boundary. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018, 43(22): 10481-10495. 3. Zhu, Y.; Li, Z.; Huang, M.; Xiong, Q., The shock response of crystalline Ni with H-free and H-segregated< 1 1 0> symmetric tilt GBs. Computational Materials Science, 2018, 147: 258-271. 4. Xiong, J.; Zhu, Y. *; Li, Z.; Huang, M., Hydrogen-enhanced interfacial damage in Ni-based single crystal superalloy. Scripta Materialia, 2018, 143: 30-34. 5. Zhu, Y.; Li, Z.; Fan, H., Study on interactions of an edge dislocation with vacancy-H complex by atomistic modelling. International Journal of Plasticity, 2017, 92: 31-44. 6. Xiong J.; Zhu, Y. *; Li, Z.; Huang, M., Quantitative study on interactions between interfacial misfit dislocation networks and matrix dislocations in Ni-based single crystal superalloys. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2017, 30(4): 345-353. 7. Zhu, Y.; Li, Z.; Huang, M.; Liu, Y., Strengthening mechanisms of the nanolayered polycrystalline metallic multilayers assisted by twins. International Journal of Plasticity, 2015, 72: 168-184. 8. Zhu, Y.; Li, Z., Huang, M., The size effect and plastic deformation mechanism transition in the nanolayered polycrystalline metallic multilayers. Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 115(23): 233508. 9. Zhu, Y., Li, Z., Huang, M., Coupled effect of sample size and grain size in polycrystalline Al nanowires. Scripta Materialia, 2013, 68(9): 663-666. 10. Zhu, Y., Li, Z., Huang, M., Atomistic modeling of the interaction between matrix dislocation and interfacial misfit dislocation networks in Ni-based single crystal superalloy. Computational Materials Science, 2013, 70: 178-186. Courses Taught • 0835251, Modeling & Simulation of Engineering Structure Project • NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China), Grant 11802099, “Study on the mechanical behaviors and the multi-dimensional defects coupling mechanisms of the metallic materials under shock loading”, as Principal Investigator, RMB 240K, 01/2019-12/2021. • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Grant 2017M620311, “Micro/nano-scale investigation of hydrogen induced defomation, damage and failure of single crystal Ni-based superalloy”, as Principal Investigator, RMB 80K, 01/2018-12/2019. Awards
