Professors

Dengming Wang

Personal Information
Name: Dengming Wang
 
Date of Birth: Oct.6, 1978
Nationality: China
Institution: College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University
Address: 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou 730000, China
Tel: +86-***-***-****, Fax: +86-931-891-4561
Email: dmwang@lzu.edu.cn
Education
Sept. 2004 - Jun. 2009    Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China
Sept. 2000 - Jun. 2003    Master, Solid Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China
Sept. 1996 - Jun. 2000    Bachelor, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China
Positions
May 2016 - Present    Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, 
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
May 2014 - May 2015  Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NA, USA.
Nov. 2011 - Dec. 2011  Visiting Scholar, Freiberg University of Technology, Germany.
May 2011- Apr. 2016   Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics & Engineering Sciences, 
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
May 2007- Apr. 2011   Lecture, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, 
Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China 
Jul. 2003 – Apr. 2007   Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanics & Engineering Sciences,
                    Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Research Areas
- Computational Mechanics in Granular Material
- Dynamics of Granular Impact
- Discrete Element Method and Its Applications
Awards 
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Award (Grade 1), 2013
- Excellent Graduate of Lanzhou University, 2005
Research Projects
- Jan. 2016-Dec. 2019, 'Investigations on avalanche process in granular material and its interaction against a rigid obstacle within its downstream area', National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.11572144.
- Jan.2010-Dec.2013, 'Phase Transition and Mechanical Properties in Granular Material', National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.11002064.
- May.2013-Dec.2014, 'Some Investigations of Flow Regimes Based on Particle Flow Method in Loose Geological Bodies ', China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2013M530434.
- Jan.2012-Dec.2013, 'Rheological Characteristics of Granular Material under Complex Conditions', Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China, No. Lzujbky-2012-1.
Publications (10 Papers) 
1.   Dengming Wang*, Wei Du, Yesheng Wu, Tuning mechanical response in granular layers by adding rigid particle channel, Powder Technol., 2018, 329: 85-94.
2.   Jonathan Barés, Dengming Wang, Dong Wang, Thibault Bertrand, Corey S. O’Hern, and Robert P. Behringer. Local and global avalanches in a two-dimensional sheared granular medium. Phys.Rev.E, 2017, 96, 052902.(Editors' Suggestion)
3.   Wei Du, Dengming Wang*, Yang Yang. Effect of variable particle stiffness on force propagation and mechanical response of a composite granular material. Eur.Phys.J.E, 2016, 39:60.
4.   Xiaoyan Ye, Dengming Wang*, Xiaojing Zheng. Criticality of post-impact motions of a projectile impacting a granular medium. Powder Technol, 2016, 301: 1044-1053.
5.   Dengming Wang*,Yahui Yang, Wei Du. The drag on a vibrated intruder moving in a confined granular media. Powder Technol, 2015, 286: 385-391.
6.   Yahui Yang, Dengming Wang*, Qi Qin. Quasi-static response of two-dimensional composite granular layers to a localized force. Powder Technol, 2014, 261: 272-278.
 of morphology scaling of a projectile obliquely impacting into loose granular media. Gran.Matter, 2013, 15(6): 725-734. 
8.   Dengming Wang, Xiaoyan Ye, Xiaojing Zheng. The scaling and dynamics of a projectile obliquely impacting a granular medium. Eur.Phys.J.E, 2012,35: 7.
9.   Xiaoyan Ye, Dengming Wang, Xiaojing Zheng. Influence of particle rotation on the oblique penetration in granular media. Phys.Rev.E, 2012, 86: 061304.
10. Dengming Wang, Youhe Zhou. Particle dynamics in dense sheared granular flow. Acta. Mech. Sin., 2010, 26(1): 91-100.