Professors

Zhijun Liu

Name:Zhijun Liu
Date of Birth:11/29/1988
Nationality:China
Institution:College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University
Address:222 Tinashe Road, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Email:liuzhijun@lzu.edu.cn
Education
Sep 2010-Jan 2016 Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering.
Sep 2006-Jun 2010 Wuhan University, China. B.E. in Hydraulic Engineering.
Appointments
May 2016-Dec 2017 Postdoctoral fellow. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, United States.
June 2018-now Associate Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China
Research Areas
Numerical Methods: Continuous and Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method, Extended/Generalized Finite Element Method, Meshless Method;
Computational Solid Mechanics: constitutive modeling of solid materials, computational fracture mechanics;
Computational geomechanics: constitutive modeling of geomaterials, coupling analysis, hydraulic fracture modeling;
High performance computing.
Visiting Positions
Members and Activities
Reviewer, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements
Reviewer, Computers & Geosciences
Awards
First Class Prize of National Mathematical Modeling Competition (Hubei Province), 2008
?National Lizhi Scholarship (one of the highest honors to college students in China), 2008 and 2009
?Brilliant Graduate Student of Wuhan University, 2010
?Three-Good Student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011 and 2013
Main Courses
Research Grants

Sep 2011-Jan 2016: Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Sep 2011-Jan 2016, Mechanism of interaction between the slope, dam and water and stability evolution, Ministry of Science and Technology, Co-IX

June 2016-Dec 2017: University of Texas at San Antonio.

Sep 2011-Jan 2016, Reservoir geomechanics, Co-II

Refereed Publications

1. Zhijun Liu, Yao Jiang, Han Yang, Zhen Cai, Yuxin Tong, Fanyu Zhang. Preconditioned numerical manifold method for linear elastic fractures,Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2023, 407: 115911

2. Zhijun Liu, Yimin Zhang, Yao Jiang, Han Yang, Yongtao Yang. Unfitted finite element method for fully coupled poroelasticity with stabilization. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2022, 397: 115132

3. Zhijun Liu, Hong Zheng. Local refinement with arbitrary irregular meshes and implementation in numerical manifold method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2021, 132: 231-247.

4. Yongtao Yang, Yang Xia, Hong Zheng, Zhijun Liu. Investigation of rock slope stability using a 3D nonlinear strength-reduction numerical manifold method. Engineering Geology, 2021, 292: 106285.

5. Zhijun Liu, Zhichun Guan, Peng Zhang, Cong Sun, Feng Liu, Shan Lin, Explicit edge-based smoothed numerical manifold method for transient dynamic modeling of two-dimensional stationary cracks. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2021, 128: 310–325.

6. Zhijun Liu, Peng Zhang, Cong Sun, Yongtao Yang, Smoothed numerical manifold method with physical patch-based smoothing domains for linear elasticity. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2021, 122:515–547.

7. Ruijie Liu, Zhijun Liu, Mary F. Wheeler, A DG-based interface element method for modeling hydraulic fracturing in porous media, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2020, 370: 113284

8. Zhijun Liu, Peng Zhang, Cong Sun, Feng Liu, Two-dimensional Hermitian numerical manifold method, Computers & Structures, 2020, 229: 106178.

9. Feng Liu, Kaiyu Zhang, Zhijun Liu, Three-dimensional MLS-based numerical manifold method for static and dynamic analysis, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2019, 109: 43-56.

10. Zhijun Liu, Ruijie Liu, A fully implicit and consistent finite element framework for modeling reservoir compaction with large deformation and nonlinear flow model. Part I: theory and formulation, Computational Geosciences, 2018, 22: 623–637.

11. Zhijun Liu, Ruijie Liu, A fully implicit and consistent finite element framework for modeling reservoir compaction with large deformation and nonlinear flow model. Part II: verification and numerical example, Computational Geosciences, 2018, 22: 639–656.

12. Zhijun Liu, Ruijie Liu, Depletion-induced extreme plasticity across multiple horizontal wellbores in reservoirs with soft formations, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2018, 18: 70–78.

13. Ruijie Liu, Zhijun Liu, An implicit discontinuous Galerkin finite element framework for modeling fracture failure of ductile materials undergoing finite plastic deformation, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2018, 115(11):13831409

14. Ruijie Liu, Ahmed Mostafa, Zhijun Liu, Modeling of structural failure of Zircaloy claddings induced by multiple hydride cracks, International Journal of Fracture, 2018, 213: 171–191.

15. Yongtao Yang, Xuhai Tang, Hong Zheng, Quansheng Liu, Zhijun Liu, Hydraulic fracturing modeling using the enriched numerical manifold method, Applied Mathematical Modeling, 2018 53: 462-486.

16. 刘治军,郑宏, 董苇,葛修润,孙冠华.基于加密物理片的数值流形法中局部网格加密. 岩土力学,2017,38(4) :1211-1217

17. Zhijun Liu, Hong Zheng, Cong Sun, A domain decomposition based method for two-dimensional linear elastic fractures, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2016, 66: 34-48.

18. Zhijun Liu, Hong Zheng, 2-Dimensional numerical manifold method with multilayer covers, Science China Technological Sciences, 2016, 59(4): 515–530.

19. 孙聪,李春光,郑宏,孙冠华,刘治军, 同时考虑张拉及剪切破坏的边坡上限原理有限元法. 岩石力学与工程学报, 2015, 34(z1): 2783-2791.

20. Hong Zheng, Zhijun Liu, Xiurun Ge, Numerical manifold space of Hermitian form and application to Kirchhoff's thin plate problems, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2013, 95(9):721-739.

21. 刘治军,郑宏,葛修润,Zienkiewicz薄板单元的数值流形法实现,计算力学学报, 2013,z1: 178-182.