On July 21, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held the 18th “Cloud Report” and invited Feng Zhang from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, to present a report named “Influence of acidic/thermal environment on mechanical behavior of cement-treated Masado and its modeling with thermo-elastoviscoplastic model”.
This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu, School of Civil Engineering. Prof. Mingjing Jiang, Vice dean of School of Civil Engineering, attended the report and delivered a welcome speech.
In the report, Prof. Feng Zhang introduced a systematic tests program using uniaxial and triaxial tests under different conditions of acid, temperature and confining pressure was conducted. Based on the test results, a thermo-elastoviscoplastic model is proposed to describe properly the influence of acidic/thermal environment on the mechanical behavior CMT. The applicability of the proposed model is verified by the triaxial compression and creep tests.
The audience at the meeting had a deeper understanding of this project. After the report, Prof. Feng Zhang and the audience conducted an online discussion on related issues and took a group photo.
This “Cloud Report” attracted a total of 141 teachers and students from Tianjin University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University, etc. They all responded enthusiastically to the report.
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Fig.1. Online group photo of some participating teachers and students |
Introduction to Prof. Feng Zhang
Dr. Feng Zhang is a professor of Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT, National University Association, Japan) since 2005 and is also a Concurrent Professor of Tongji University since 2006. He got Ph.D. degree from Kyoto University in 1995. He served as the head of Civil Engineering Department of NIT during 2006 to 2008 and the director of Advanced Disaster Prevention Engineering Center of NIT during 2011 to 2014. He has published more than 200 papers and is the recipient of the awards including the Best Paper Medal of Soils & Foundations (2002, 2011) and the Best Paper Medal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (2007). His research fields are as follow: Constitutive modeling of geomaterials; Numerical analyses in geotechnical engineering; Seismic evaluation of earth structures; Pile foundation; Geological repository of high-level radioactive waste.
(Corresponding：Yipeng Zhang)
