Wei Zhang

Associate Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA., 2012

Research Focus

• Damage modeling, fatigue and corrosion
• Fluid-structure interactions, wind/wave induced vibrations
• Random vibrations and vibration control
• Vehicle-bridge-wind-wave dynamics
• Life-cycle structural reliability and risk analysis

Publications

Jintao Zhang, Wei Zhang, William Hughes, Amvrossios Bagtzoglou. (2024). “Integrating Physics-Based Fragility for Hierarchical Spectral Clustering for Resilience Assessment of Power Distribution Systems under Extreme Winds”, Wind and Structures, Vol. 39, No. 1 (2024) 000-000

William Hughes; Sita Nyame; William Taylor; Aaron Spaulding; Mingguo Hong; Xiaochuan Luo; Slava Maslennikov; Diego Cerrai; Emmanouil Anagnostou; Wei Zhang. (2024) “A Probabilistic Method for Integrating Physics-based and Data-driven Storm Outage Prediction Models for Power Systems”, ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, Volume 10, Issue 2, https://doi.org/10.1061/AJRUA6.RUENG-1171.

Peter L.  Watson; William Hughes; Diego Cerrai; Wei Zhang; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou; Emmanouil Anagnostou. (2024) “Integrating Structural Vulnerability Analysis and Data-Driven Machine Learning to Evaluate Storm Impacts on the Power Grid”, IEEE Access, DOI:10.1109/access.2024.3396414.

William Hughes; Peter Watson; Diego Cerrai; Xinxuan Zhang, Amvrossios Bagtzoglou; Wei Zhang; Emmanouil Anagnostou. (2024) “Assessment of Grid Hardening Strategies to Improve Power Distribution System Resilience Using a Hybrid Mechanistic-Machine Learning Outage Prediction Model.” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Volume 248, August 2024, 110169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2024.110169.

Zhu, D., Huang, X., Ding, Z., Zhang, W. (2024) “Estimation of wind turbine responses with attention-based neural network incorporating environmental uncertainties”, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 241(1), January 2024, 109616.

Huang, Y.K., Zhang, J., Ren, Z., Xiang, W., Sifat, I., Zhang, W., Zhu, J., Li, B. (2023) “Next Generation Decentralized Water Systems: a Water-Energy-Infrastructure-Human Nexus (WEIHN) Approach”, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology,  9, 2446-2471.

Hughes, W., Zhang, W. (2023) “Evaluation of Post-Disaster Home Livability for Coastal Communities in a Changing Climate”, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, V96(10), 103951.

Zhu, D., Zhang, W., Ding, Z., Kim, J. (2023) “Investigation of crack propagation driving force based on crystal plasticity and cyclic J-integral”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, v 289 (9).

Lu, Q., Zhang, W. (2023) “An Integrated Damage Modeling and Assessment Framework for Overhead Power Distribution Systems Considering Tree-Failure Risks”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2022.2053552.

Hughes, W., Santos, L., Lu, Q., Malla, R., Ravishanker, N., Zhang, W. (2023) “Probabilistic Risk Assessment Framework for Predicting Large Woody Debris Accumulations and Scour near Bridges”, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2023.2177875.

Zhang, J., Bagtzoglou, Y., Zhu, J., Li, B., and Zhang, W. (2023). “Fragility-based System Performance Assessment of Critical Power Infrastructure “, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, v232, April 2023, 109065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2022.109065

Hughes, W., Lu, Q., Ding, Z., and Zhang, W. (2023). “Modeling Tree Damages and Infrastructure Disruptions under Strong Winds for Community Resilience Assessment.”  ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, v 9(1), https://ascelibrary.org/doi/full/10.1061/AJRUA6.RUENG-956.

Ding, Z., Zhang, W., Hughes, W.  (2023) “Wind Load Evaluation of Low-rise Residential Buildings for Coastal Communities using Database-assisted Design Method.” Journal of Structural Engineering, v 149(1). https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ST.1943-541X.0003509

Ding, Z., Zhang, W., Hughes, W., Zhu, D. (2021) “A Modified Sub-Assembly Approach for Hurricane Induced Wind-Surge-Wave Vulnerability Assessment of Low-rise Wood Buildings in Coastal Communities”, Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 218(11), November 2021, 104755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104755

Ma, X., Zhang, W. (2021). “Evaluating Tsunami Damage of Wood Residential Buildings in a Coastal Community Considering Waterborne Debris from Buildings”, Engineering Structures, Volume 244, 1 October 2021, 112761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112761

Ding, Z., Zhang, W., Zhu, D. “A Three-dimensional Equivalent Parameterized Beam Element for Nail Connections in Wood Residential Buildings”, Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(4), April 2021. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0002983

Hughes, W., Zhang, W., Bagtzoglou, A., Wanik, D., Pensado, O, Yuan, H., Zhang, J. (2021). “Damage Modeling Framework for Resilience Hardening Strategy for Overhead Power Distribution Systems”. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 207, March 2021, 107367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2020.107367. 

Ma, X., Zhang, W., Bagtzoglou, A., Zhu, J. (2021). “A Local System Modeling Method for Resilience Assessment of Overhead Power Distribution System under Strong Winds”. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 7 (1) (March 2021). https://doi.org/10.1061/AJRUA6.0001103

Lu, Q., Sun, Z., Zhang, W.  (2020) “Nonlinear Parametric Vibration of Stayed Cables with Different Orders of Small Parameters Using Method of Multiple Scales”, Engineering Structures 224, 1 December 2020, 111198.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2020.111198

Ma, X., Zhang, W. (2020) “Fatigue Life of Weldment Details of Existing Orthotropic Steel Bridge Considering the Scour Effects”, ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 25(10). October 2020. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)BE.1943-5592.0001612

Xiong, Z., Zhu, J., Zheng, K., Zhang, W., Li, Y., Wu, M. (2020). “Framework of Wind-Traffic-Bridge Coupled Analysis Considering Realistic Traffic Behavior and Vehicle Inertia Force.” Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Volume 205,October 2020, 104322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104322. 

Chowdhury, S., Zhu, J, Zhang, W. (2020) “Optimized Restoration Planning of Infrastructure System-of-Systems using Heterogeneous Network Flow Simulation”, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 34 (5). September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CP.1943-5487.0000913.

Li, X., Zhang, W. (2020) “Long-term Fatigue Damage Assessment for a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine under Realistic Environmental Conditions”, Renewable Energy, Volume 159, October 2020, Pages 570-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.06.043. 

Zhu, D., Zhang, W., Ding, Z. (2020) “Atomistic Simulation of Short Crack Growth in Correlation with Fatigue Indicator Parameter”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 33(5). September 2020. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0001184. 

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