Zengtao Chen chen

Chair

Professor 

B.Eng. (NJUST, China), M.Eng., D.Eng. (HIT, China), PhD (Waterloo)

Office: E-41E
Tel: (506) 458-7784
Fax: (506) 453-5025
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Research Interests

  • Sheet Metal Forming
  • Micromechanics
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Smart Materials and Structures

Selected Publications

  • A.H. Akbarzadeh, M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Thermopiezoelectric analysis of a functionally graded piezoelectric medium, International Journal of Applied Mechanics, 3 (2011), 47-68.
  • A.H. Akbarzadeh, M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen,  Thermo-electromagnetoelastic behavior of a rotating functionally graded piezoelectric cylinder, Smart Materials and Structures, 20 (2011) 065008.
  • J.X. Liu, Z.T. Chen, X.B. Zhao, H. Wang, K.C. Li, Elasto-plastic analysis of the influence of bond deformability on the mechanical behaviour of 3D fiber networks, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 55 (2011) 131-139.
  • Cliff Butcher, Zengtao Chen, Characterizing void nucleation in a damage-based constitutive model using notched tensile sheet specimens, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 55 (2011) 140-147.
  • J. Griffin, C. Butcher, Z. Chen, On using a dual bound approach to characterized the yield behaviour of porous ductile materials containing void clusters, International Journal of Fracture, 169 (2011), 97–104.
  • Mike Landry, Zengtao Chen, An Approximate Lower Bound Damage-Based Yield Criterion for Porous Ductile Sheet Metals, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 55 (2011), 76–81.
  • J.X. Liu, Z.T. Chen, K.C. Li, A 2-D lattice model for simulating the failure of paper, Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 54 (2010), 1-10.
  • Z-G Zhou, Z.T. Chen, A 3-D rectangular permeable crack or two 3-D rectangular permeable cracks in a piezoelectric material, Archive of Applied Mechanics,  81 (2011) 641-668.
  • Zewei Li, Kecheng Li, Courtney Camm, and Zengtao Chen, Dimensional Stability of Paper Containing BCTMP Fibres, Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, 2009, 35, 123-129.
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Transient hyperbolic heat conduction in a functionally gradient hollow cylinder, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2010, 24, 325-330.
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, The transient coupled thermopiezoelectric response of a functionally graded piezoelectric hollow cylinder to dynamic loadings, Proceedings of the Royal Society A  466(2010), 1077–1091.
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Transient Thermopiezoelectric Response of a One-dimensional Functionally Graded Piezoelectric Medium to a Moving Heat Source, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 80 (2010), 803-813.
  • Cliff Butcher, Zengtao Chen, Damage percolation modeling of void nucleation within heterogeneous particle distributions, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 17 (2009), 075003 (15pp).
  • Cliff Butcher, Zengtao Chen, A continuum void nucleation model for an Al-Mg alloy sheet based on measured particle distribution" Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 22 (2009), 391-398 (invited).
  • Cliff Butcher, Zengtao Chen, A void coalescence model for combined tension and shear, Modelling and Simulation in Material Science and Engineering, 17 (2009) 025007 (17pp).
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Hyperbolic Heat Conduction in a Functionally Graded Hollow Sphere, International Journal of Thermophysics, 29 (2008), 1457-1469.
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Dynamic response of a thermopiezoelectric rod due to a moving heat source, Smart Materials and Structures, 18 (2009), 029003.
  • Cliff Butcher, Zengtao Chen, Alex Bardelcik, Michael Worswick, Damage-based finite element modelling of hydroforming of advanced high strength steel DP600, International Journal of Fracture, 155 (2009), 55-65.
  • Zhou Zhen-gong, Z.T. Chen, Basic solution of a mode I limit-permeable crack in functionally-graded piezoelectric/piezomagnetic materials, International Journal of Solids and Structures,  45 (2008), 2265-2296.
  • Zhou Zhen-gong, Z.T. Chen, Fracture mechanics analysis of a partially conducting mode I crack in piezoelectromagnetic materials, European Journal of Mechanics/A Solids,  27 (2008), 824-846.
  • P.W. Zhang, Z.G. Zhou, Z.T. Chen, Basic solution of two parallel mode-I permeable cracks in functionally-graded piezoelectric materials, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 78 (2008), 411-430.
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Elastic field of a composite cylinder with a spatially varying dynamic eigenstrain, Meccanica, 44 (2009), 27-33.
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Analytical solutions for the electromechanical behaviour of a rotating functionally graded piezoelectric hollow shaft, Archive of Applied Mechanics, 78 (2008), 489-500.
  • M.H. Babaei, Z.T. Chen, Exact solutions for radially polarized and magnetized magnetoelectroelastic rotating cylinders, Smart Materials and Structures,  17 (2008) 025035.