Zihui Xia

Biography

Zihui Xia is a professor belongs to the department of Mechanical Engineering from the university of Alberta.

Research Interest

Dr. Xia’s research interests cover a wide range in solid and applied mechanics and material engineering. The main research areas are: Experimental characterization and theoretical prediction of mechanical properties of materials, especially under multiaxial loading conditions and for advanced engineering materials; Development of constitutive models for different types of materials (elasto-plasticity, viscoelasticity and viscoplasticity); Study of mechanisms and modeling of damages, and fatigue life prediction for engineering materials; The materials studied include metals and alloys, polymers, metal matrix composites and fiber reinforced polymeric composites. Current Research Projects Dr. Xia’s current research activities are focused on polymers, fibre reinforced polymeric composites and light weight metals. The main research topics are: Time- and loading history-dependent mechanical behaviour of polymers and polymeric composites under multiaxial loading conditions; Micro/meso/macro coupled multi-scale nonlinear progressive damage analysis method for laminated and textile composite structures; Multiaxial fatigue life prediction methodology for polymers and polymer composites; Development of viscoelastic constitutive model for polymers and for polymeric composites; Numerical simulation of forming processes for magnesium in automobile applications; Mechanical modeling and characterization of medical stents.