Dr Xianying Zhang is a Professor in College of Transportation Engineering and a visiting academic to Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR) in University of Southampton, United Kingdom. She graduated with Bachelor and Master degrees in sound and vibration from Northwestern Polytechnical University, China in 2009 and 2012 and was awarded a PhD from ISVR, University of Southampton under the supervision of Professor David Thompson. Her research interests include the dynamic and acoustic properties of rail transit, noise and vibration control, railway condition inspection and monitoring and machine learning etc. She has worked in two British projects which were funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and several EU- funded collaborative projects.
She has published 10 high quality papers in refereed SCI journals; one of these was ranked internally with the highest score of “Internationally leading” by University of Southampton. Part of her research outputs has been used as the prediction model of the track sound radiation in the internationally renowned ‘Track-Wheel Interaction Noise Software (TWINS)’, which is widely used in the railway industry in Europe.
You are very welcome to contact for further details about her work at xianyingzhang@tongji.edu.cn.
Education:
2012.10-2016.06 University of Southampton, PhD
2009.09-2012.03 Northwestern Polytechnical University, Master
2005.09-2009.07 Northwestern Polytechnical University, Bachelor
Experience:
2020.10-Present College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, China
2019.12-Present Visiting academic to Institute of Sound and Vibration Research,
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
2016.07-2019.12 Research fellow in Institute of Sound and Vibration Research,
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
2013.09-2016.05 Part-time job of a demonstrator in School of Mathematical Science,
University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Research interests:
Dynamic and acoustic properties of rail transit, Noise and vibration control, Railway condition inspection and monitoring, Machine learning etc.
Honors & Awards:
1. One SCI journal paper was ranked internally with the highest score of “Internationally leading” by University of Southampton, 2019.
2. Full scholarship, University of Southampton, 2012-2016.
Publications:
1. Xianying Zhang*, Hongseok Jeong, David Thompson, Giacomo Squicciarini. Experimental study of noise mitigation measures on a slab track. Applied Acoustics, 172, 107630, 2021.
2. Xianying Zhang*, David Thompson, Xiaozhen Sheng. Differences between Euler and Timoshenko beams for moving loads on a railway track. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 481, 115432, 2020.
3. Xianying Zhang*, David Thompson, Hongseok Jeong, Martin Toward, David Herron, Chris Jones, Nicolas Vincent. Measurements of the high frequency dynamic stiffness of railway ballast and subgrade. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 468, 115081, 2020.
4. Xianying Zhang*, David Thompson, Erika Quaranta, Giacomo Squicciarini. An engineering model for the prediction of the sound radiation from a railway track. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 461, 114921, 2019.
5. Xianying Zhang*, Hongseok Jeong, David Thompson, Giacomo Squicciarini. The noise radiated by ballasted and slab tracks. Applied Acoustics, 151, 193-205, 2019.
6. Xianying Zhang*, David J Thompson, Qi Li, Dimitrios Kostovasilis, Martin G R Toward, Giacomo Squicciarini, Jungsoo Ryue. A model of a discretely supported railway track based on a 2.5D finite element approach. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 438, 153-174, 2019.
7. Xianying Zhang*, David Thompson, Hongseok Jeong, Giacomo Squicciarini. The effects of ballast on the sound radiation from railway track. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 399, 137-150, 2017.
8. Xianying Zhang*, David Thompson, Giacomo Squicciarini. Sound radiation from railway sleepers. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 369, 178-194, 2016.
9. Xianying Zhang*, Giacomo Squicciarini, David Thompson. Sound radiation of a railway rail in close proximity to the ground. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 362, 111-124, 2016.
10. Giacomo Squicciarini, Azma Putra*, David Thompson, Xianying Zhang, Mohd Azli Salim. Use of a reciprocity technique to measure the radiation efficiency of a vibrating structure. Applied Acoustics, 89, 107-121, 2015.