Introduction  

Ph. D., Solid mechanics, Kanazawa University, Japan, 1998; M. S., Forestry machinery engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China, 1988; B. S., Forestry machinery engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China, 1982.

Phone: +86-13922252102

E-mail: myzang@scut.edu.cn

Address: School of Mechanical and Automotive Eng, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China 510640

Research Group:Automotive Body Structure and Safety

Research Interests: Automotive crash safety, Impact damage mechanics, Terramechanics, Tire mechanics

Recent and Current Research Projects and Topics:

1.The basic research of simulation method of tire interaction with sand based on FEM/DEM, sponsored by NSFC Grant No11672344, 2017-2020

2. Evaluation of Front Glass Break and Pedestrian Head Damage Based on DEM /FEM, sponsored by NSFC Grant No11172104, 2012-2015

Selected Publications

1.Zhumei Zheng, Mengyan Zang, Shunhua Chen, Chunlai Zhao, An improved 3D DEM-FEM contact detection algorithm for the interaction simulations between particles and structures, Powder Technology, 2017, Vol. 305, 308-322

2.Shunhua Chen, Mengyan Zang, Di Wang, Shinobu Yoshimura, Tomonori Yamada, Numerical analysis of impact failure of automotive laminated glass: A review, Composites Part B: Engineering, 2017, Vol. 122, 47-60

3.Chunlai Zhao, Mengyan Zang, Application of the FEM/DEM and alternately moving road method to the simulation of tire-sand interactions, Journal of Terramechanics, 2017, Vol. 72, 27-38

4.Shunhua Chen, Mengyan Zang,Finite element modelling of impact damage in polyvinyl butyral laminated glass, Composite Structures, 2016, Vol.138, 1-11

5.Hu Chen, Mengyan Zang, Yixia Zhang, A ghost particle-based coupling approach for the combined finite-discrete element method, FINITE ELEMENTS IN ANALYSIS AND DESIGN, 2016， Vol.114, 68-77

6.Shunhua Chen, Mengyan Zang, Wei Xu, A three-dimensional computational framework for impact fracture analysis of automotive laminated glass,Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2015, Vol.294, 72-99

7.Zhonggao Yang, Mengyan Zang, Dynamic property and constitutive model of polyvinyl butaral material at high strain rates, Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2014,25（12）,1377-1385

8.Chunlai Zhao, Mengyan Zang, Analysis of rigid tire traction performance on a sandy soil by 3D finite element–discrete element method, Journal of Terramechanics, 2014, 55： 29-37

9.Hu Chen, Zhou Lei, Mengyan Zang, LC-Grid: a linear global contact search algorithm for finite element analysis, Computational Mechanics, 2014, 54（5）：1285-1301

10.Wei Xu, Mengyan Zang, Wei Gao, Adaptive combined DE/FE algorithm for brittle fracture of plane stress problems, Computational Mechanics, 2014, 54（2）：535-546

11.Cai Yongzhou, Zang Mengyan, Yujian Chen and Wei Liu, Experiments and finite element simulations of a tyre blow-out process, Journal of Automobile Engineering, 2014, 228（9）：1116-1124

12.Wei Gao, Yuanqiang Tan, Mengyan Zang, A CUBIC ARRANGED SPHERICAL DISCRETE ELEMENT MODEL, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, 2014, 11（5）

13.Wei Xu, Mengyan Zang, Four-point combined DE/FE algorithm for brittle fracture analysis of laminated glass, JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES, 2014, 51(10)： 1890-1900

14.Wei Gao, Mengyan Zang, Wei Xu, AN APPROACH TO FREELY COMBINING 3D DISCRETE AND FINITE ELEMENT METHODS, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, 2014, 11(1)

15.Wei Gao, Mengyan Zang, The simulation of laminated glass beam impact problem by developing fracture model of spherical DEM, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2014, 42：2-7

16.Hu Chen, Yixia Zhang, Mengyan Zang, Paul J Hazell, An Explicit Lagrange Constraint Method for Finite Element Analysis of Frictionless 3D Contact/Impact Problems, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2014, 553：751-756