Dr. Wenjun ZHU was born in Nov. 1984. At present, he is an associate professor at the college of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University. He had been a lecturer at the school of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University for over four years before Tongji University. He was also engaged into the school of Civil Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for one year as a post-doctor. His research interests mainly focus on the durability of the reinforced concrete in chloride environment, the initiation and propagation of the cracking of the concrete in the condition of chloride ions and the train loads, the influence of cracking on the performance of the track structures. Dr. ZHU is also the invited reviewer of several top journals in the relative fields, including Corrosion Science, Composites Part B: Engineering, Construction and Building Materials, Engineering Structures, International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, Advances in Structural Engineering, ACI Materials Journal.
Education:
2003.9-2007.7 Bachelor, School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
2007.9-2010.3 Master, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
2010.9-2014.3 Doctor, Lab. of Materials and durability of constructions (LMDC), l'Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Experience:
2019.5-present Associate Professor, College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2014.7-2019.4 Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
2016.7-2017.8 Post-doctor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research interests:
Durability of the reinforced concrete in chloride environment;
Crack of the concrete in the condition of chloride ions and the train loads;
Influence of cracking on the performance of the track structures.
Publications:
Selected papers:
1、Wenjun ZHU*, Raoul François. Propagation of corrosion-induced cracks of the RC beam exposed to marine environment under sustained load for a period of 26years. Cement and Concrete Research, 2018, 103: 66-76.
2、Wenjun ZHU*, Raoul François. Influence of long-term chloride diffusion in concrete and the resulting corrosion of reinforcement on the serviceability of RC beams, Cement and Concrete Composites, 2016; 71:144-52
3、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Dario Coronelli, David Cleland, Effect of corrosion of reinforcement on the mechanical behaviour of highly corroded RC beams, Engineering Structures, 2013, 56: 544-54
4、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Corrosion of the reinforcement and its influence on the residual structural performance of a 26-year-old corroded RC beam, Construction and Building Materials, 2014, 51, 461-72
5、Wenjun Zhu*, Raoul François, Yong Liu. Propagation of corrosion and corrosion patterns of bars embedded in RC beams stored in chloride environment for various periods. Construction and Building Materials, 2017, 145: 147-156.
6、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Chi-sun Poon, Jianguo Dai, Influences of corrosion degree and corrosion morphology on the ductility of steel reinforcement Construction and Building Materials, 2017，148：297-306
7、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Experimental investigation of the relationships between residual cross-section shapes and the ductility of corroded bars，Construction and Building Materials, 2014, 69, 335-45
8、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Effect of corrosion pattern on the ductility of tensile reinforcement extracted from a 26-year-old corroded beam, Advances in Concrete Construction, 2013, 1(2): 121-36
9、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Jianguo Dai, Chi-sun Poon, Prediction of the bond strength between non-uniformly corroded steel reinforcement and deteriorated concrete, Construction and Building Materials, 2018, 187: 1267-76
10、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Structural performance of RC beams corroded in chloride environment for a long period, Materials & Structures, 2015; 48: 1757-69
11、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, David Cleland, Dario Coronelli, Failure mode transitions of corroded deep beams exposed to marine environment for long period, Engineering Structures, 2015, 96: 66-77,
12、Wenjun ZHU, Raoul François, Prediction of the residual load-bearing capacity of naturally corroded beams using the variability of tension behaviour of corroded steel bars, Structure and Infrastructure Engineering Maintenance, Management, Life-Cycle Design and Performance，2016，12(2): 143-58