Wei Zhou(Professor)

  • Email:zw_mxx@whu.edu.cn
  • Tel:+86-13638611698
  • Affiliation:Vice Dean, Graduate School of Wuhan University
  • Address:Bayi road,Wuhan,Hubei 430072,P. R. China
Education 2004: Ph.D. from Wuhan University
2001: Master of Engineering from Wuhan University 
1998: Bachelor of Engineering from Wuhan University

Work Experience 2009-Present Professor, Wuhan University
Department of Hydropower & Water Resources Engineering
2010-2011 Visiting Scholar, University of Alberta
2006-2009 Associate Professor, Wuhan University
Department of Hydropower & Water Resources Engineering
2004-2006 Assistant Professor, Wuhan University
  Department of Hydropower & Water Resources Engineering

Research Interests Hydration and durability of cement-based materials
Establishment of cement hydration model, durability test of concrete, research and development of new cement-based materials 
Mechanism and numerical methods for granular material
Meso-scopic deformation mechanism, creep deformation model and FEM-DEM coupling numerical simulation methods for granular material in high rockfill dam
Stability analysis of high dam foundation
Stability analysis theory and numerical simulation methods for high concrete dam with complex foundation

Major Publications [1] Zhou Wei, Ma Qirui, Ma Gang, Cao Xueying, Cheng Yonggang. Microscopic investigation of internal erosion in binary mixtures via the coupled LBM-DEM method. Powder Technology, 2020, 376: 31-41. .
[2] Zhou Wei, Qi Tianqi, Liu Xinghong, Yang Shuhan, Feng Chuqiao. A meso-scale analysis of the hygro-thermo-chemical characteristics of early-age concrete. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019, 129: 690-706. 
[3] Lai Zhiqiang, Vallejo Luis E.*, Zhou Wei*, Ma Gang, Espitia Jairo M., Caicedo Bernardo, Chang Xiaolin. Collapse of granular columns with fractal particle size distribution: Implications for understanding the role of small particles in granular flows. Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 44: 12181-12189.
[4] Zhou Wei, Wu Wei, Ma Gang, Tang-Tat, N., Chang Xiaolin. Undrained behavior of binary granular mixtures with different fines contents. Powder Technology, 2018, 340: 139-153. 
[5] Zhou Wei, Huang Yong*, Ng Tang T-at, Ma Gang. A geometric potential-based contact detection algorithm for egg-shaped particles in discrete element modeling. Powder Technology, 2018, 327:152-162.
[6] Ma Gang*, Zhou Wei, Zhang Yida, Wang Qiao, Chang Xiaolin. Fractal behavior and shape characteristics of fragments produced by the impact of quasi-brittle spheres. Powder Technology, 2018, 325: 498-509.
[7] Zhou Wei, Zhao Cheng, Liu Xinghong*, Chang Xiaolin, Feng Chuqiao. Mesoscopic simulation of thermo-mechanical behaviors in concrete under frost action. Construction and Building Materials, 2017, 157, 117-131.
[8] Zhou Wei, Qi Tianqi, Liu Xinhong*, Feng Chuqiao, Yang Shuhan. A hygro-thermo-chemical analysis of concrete at an early age and beyond under dry-wet conditions based on a fixed model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 115: 488-499.
[9] Zhou Wei, Liu Jiaying, Ma Gang*, Chang Xiaolin. Three-dimensional DEM investigation of critical state and dilatancy behaviors of granular materials. Acta Geotechnica, 2017 12(3): 527-540.
[10] Wang Qiao*, Zhou Wei, Cheng Yonggang, Ma Gang, Chang Xiaolin, Huang Qiang. The boundary element method with a fast multipole accelerated integration technique for 3D elastostatic problems with arbitrary body forces. Journal of Scientific Computing, 2017, 71(3): 1238-1264.
[11] Wang Qiao*, Zhou Wei*, Cheng Yonggang, Ma Gang, Chang Xiaolin. An adaptive cell-based domain integration method for treatment of domain integrals in 3D boundary element method for potential and elasticity problems. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2017, 30(1): 99-111. 
[12] Ma Gang, Zhou Wei*, Regueiro Richard A., Wang Qiao, Chang Xiaolin. Modeling the fragmentation of rock grains using computed tomography and combined FDEM. Powder Technology, 2017, 308:388-97.
[13] Wang Qiao, Zhou Wei*, Cheng Yonggang, Ma Gang, Chang Xiaolin. Fast multipole cell-based domain integration method for treatment of volume potentials in 3D elasticity problems. Engineering Computations, 2017 36(6): 1849-1873. 
[14] Zhou Wei, Li Shaoli, Zhou Zhiwei*, Chang Xiaolin. Remote sensing of deformation of a high concrete-faced rockfill dam using InSAR: A study of the Shuibuya dam, China. Remote Sensing, 2016, 8(3): 255. 
[15] Zhou Wei, Li Shaolin, Ma Gang*, Chang Xiaolin, Ma Xing, Zhang Chao. Parameters inversion of high central core rockfill dams based on a novel genetic algorithm. Science China Technological Sciences, 2016, 59(5): 783-794.

Honors and Social Service Honors
[1] Hydropower Science and Technology Award, 1st Prize (2020)
[2] Gainer of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2018)
[3] Ministry of Education Award for Science and Technology Progress, 1st Prize (2015)
[4] Gainer of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (2014)
[5] Provincial Award for Science and Technology Progress, 2nd Prize (2013)
[6] New Century Excellent Talent, Ministry of Education (2010)
[7] National Award for Science and Technology Progress, 2nd Prize (2010)
[8] Provincial Award for Science and Technology Progress, 1st Prize (2009)
[9] Provincial Award for Science and Technology Progress, Special Prize (2008)
Social Service 
[1] Editor, Granular Matter(2020-)
[2] Editor,  Engineering Computations(2017-)