1) Title  'Dynamic unstable fracture mechanisms of burst failure of unloaded rockmass',  NSFC(Grant No. 11772190), Jan.2018 - Dec. 2021, PI.

2) Title 'Pulsed pressure-drivened hydraulic fracture propagation and numerical simulation', Aug. 2017-Aug.2018, PI.

3) Title 'Meso fracture mechanisms of rock and its multiscale constitutive model', NSFC (Grant No. 11172172), Jan.2012-Dec.2015, PI.

[1] Shujun Peng, Zhennan Zhang*, Jianye Mou, Bing Zhao, Zhiyuan Liu, Jiading Wang. Fully coupled hydraulic fracture simulation using the improved element partition method. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2019,43:441-460.

[2] Peng SJ, Zhang ZN*, Mou JY, Zhao B, Liu ZY, Ghassemi A. Hydraulic fracture simulation with hydro-mechanical coupled discretized virtual internal bond. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018, 169:504-517.

[3] Ding JF, Zhang ZN*, Yang SQ, Ma ZG, Mou JY. Numerical simulation of thermal-mechanical induced fracture with discretized virtual internal bond. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2018, 189: 377-389.

[4] Peng SJ, Zhang ZN*, Li CF, He GF, Miao GQ. Simulation of water flow in fractured porous medium by using discretized virtual internal bond. Journal of Hydrology, 2017, 555: 851-868.

[5] Ding JF, Zhang ZN*, Yang FP, Zhao YX, Ge XR. Plastic fracture simulation by using discretized virtual internal bond. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2017,178:169-183.

[6] Chen YX, Zhang ZN*. Dynamic Fracture simulation by using a discretized virtual internal bond with a regular hexagon cell. International Journal of Computational Methods, 2017, 14(2): 1750066.

[7] Zhang ZN, Wang DY, Ge XR, Zheng H*. Three dimensional element partition method for fracture simulation.International Journal of Geomechanics (ASCE), 2016, 16(3): 04015074.

[8] Zhang ZN*, Peng SJ, Ghassemi A, Ge XR. Simulation of Complex Hydraulic Fracture Generation in Reservoir Stimulation. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2016, 146: 272-285.

[9] Ding JF, Zhang ZN*, Ge XR. Lattice structure: scaling of strain related energy density. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2015, 79: 84-90.

[10] Zhang ZN*, Yao Y, Mao XB. Modeling wave propagation induced fracture in rock with correlated lattice bond cell.International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2015,78: 262-270.

[11] Zhang ZN*, Ding JF, Ghassemi A, Ge XR. A hyperelastic-bilinear potential for lattice model with fracture energy conservation. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2015, 142:220-235.

[12] Zhang ZN*, Chen YX. A constrained intrinsic cohesive finite element method with little stiffness reduction for fracture simulation. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2015, 136: 213-225.

[13] Zhang ZN*, Chen YX. Modeling nonlinear elastic solid with correlated lattice bond cell for dynamic fracture simulation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2014, 279:325-347.

[14] Zhang ZN*, Chen YX, Zheng H. A modified Stillinger-Weber potential-based hyperelastic constitutive model for nonlinear elasticity. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2014, 51(7-8): 1542-1554.

[15] Zhang ZN*. Discretized virtual internal bond model for nonlinear elasticity. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 2013, 50(22-23):3618-3625.

[16] Zhang ZN*, Zheng H, Ge XR. Triangular element partition method with consideration of crack tip. Sci China Tech Sci, 2013, 56(8):2081-2088.

[17] Wang DY, Zhang ZN*, Zheng H, Ge XR. Propagation of interactive parallel flat elliptical cracks inclined to shear stress. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2013, 63-64: 18-31.

[18] Zhang ZN*, Wang DY, Ge XR. A novel triangular finite element partition method for fracture simulation without enrichment of interpolation. International Journal of Computational Methods, 2013,10(4):1350015-1-1350015-25.

[19] Zhang ZN*, Wang DY, Zheng H, Ge XR. Interactions of 3D embedded parallel vertically inclined cracks subjected to uniaxial compression. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2012, 61(1):1-11.

[20] Zhang ZN*, Gao HJ. Simulating fracture propagation in rock and concrete by an augmented virtual internal bond method. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2012, 36(4): 459–482.

[21] Zhang ZN*, Huang K. A simple J-integral governed bilinear constitutive relation for simulating fracture propagation in quasi-brittle material. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2011, 48(2): 294-304.

[22] Zhang ZN, Ghassemi A*. Simulation of hydraulic fracture propagation near a natural fracture using virtual multidimensional internal bonds. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2011, 35(4): 480-495.

[23] Zhang ZN*, Chen YQ. Simulation of fracture propagation subjected to compressive and shear stress field using virtual multidimensional internal bonds. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2009, 46(6):1010-1022.

[24] Zhang ZN*. Numerical simulation of crack propagation with equivalent cohesive zone method based on virtual internal bond theory. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2009, 46(2): 307-314.

[25] Zhang ZN*. Multiscale simulation of fracture propagation in heterogeneous materials using virtual multidimensional internal bonds. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2008, 49(3): 233-241.

[26] Zhang ZN*, Ge XR. Virtual multi-dimensional internal bonds model and its application in simulation of rock mass. Science in China Series E-Technological Sciences, 2008, 51(2): 192-201.

[27] Zhang ZN*, Ge XR. Multiscale shear fracture of heterogeneous material using the virtual internal bond. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2007,47(3):185-191.

[28] Zhang ZN*, Ge XR. Micromechanical modeling of elastic continuum with virtual multi-dimensional internal bonds. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2006, 65(1): 135-146.

[29] Zhang ZN*, Ge XR. Micromechanical consideration of tensile crack behavior based on virtual internal bond in contrast to cohesive stress. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2005, 43(3):342-359.

[30] Zhang ZN*, Ge XR. A new quasi-continuum constitutive model for crack growth in an isotropic solid. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, 2005, 24(2):243-252. 

1) Rock Mechanics (Undergraduate students)

2) Advanced Rock Mechanics (Postgraduate students)