Professors

Dengming Wang

Name:Dengming Wang
Date of Birth:Oct.6,1978
Nationality:China
Institution:School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University
Address:222 Tianshui South Road, Lanzhou 730000, China
Tel:
Fax: +86-931-891-4561
Email:dmwang@lzu.edu.cn
Education
Sep 2004 - Jun 2009 Ph.D., Solid Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China
Sep 2000 - Jun 2003 Master, Solid Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China
Sep 1996 - Jun 2000 Bachelor, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China
Appointments
Research Areas
Computational Mechanics in Granular Material
- Dynamics of Granular Impact
- Discrete Element Method and Its Applications
Visiting Positions
May 2016 - Present Professor, School 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
Members and Activities
Awards
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Award (Grade 1), 2013
- Excellent Graduate of Lanzhou University, 2005
Main Courses
Research Grants

- 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.

Refereed Publications

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.