Dr Hui Zhu

PDRA

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

hui.zhu@sheffield.ac.uk

RC11 Mining Block, Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Dr Hui Zhu
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
RC11 Mining Block
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD

Profile: I gained my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham and my Master's degree in Materials Processing Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. My bachelor's degree in Material Forming and Control Engineering was gained from Taiyuan University of Technology.

Research interests

Innovative material forming technologies and process optimisation
Physical mechanism, analytical modelling and process prediction of material forming technologies
Deformation and failure analysis, constitutive and failure modelling
Relationship among materials processing history, microstructure, and properties

Publications

Journal articles

Zhu H & Ou H (2024) Heat-assisted friction stir incremental sheet forming of thermoplastics. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 328, 118396-118396.
Long H, Peng WX, Chang ZD, Zhu H, Jiang YJ & Li ZH (2024) New rosette tools for developing rotational vibration-assisted incremental sheet forming. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 326. View this article in WRRO
Ma H, Wang P, Huang X, Mao W, Gong Z, Zhang M & Zhu H (2023) Study on the flow behavior of 5052 aluminum alloy over a wide strain-rate range with a constitutive model based on the Arrhenius model extension. Metals, 13(12), 1948-1948. View this article in WRRO
Zhu H & Ou H (2023) A new analytical model for force prediction in incremental sheet forming. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 318, 118037-118037.
Ma H, Mao W, Zhao N, Zhu H, Wang P, Sun Q, Hu Z, Huang L & Li J (2023) Mechanical properties and microstructure evolution of 2219 aluminum alloy via electromagnetic ring expansion & electromagnetic treatment. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 947, 169615-169615.
Wang Y, Zhu H, Tu W, Su Y, Jiang F & Riffat S (2022) Sound absorption, structure and mechanical behavior of konjac glucomannan-based aerogels with addition of gelatin and wheat straw. Construction and Building Materials, 352, 129052-129052.
Zhu H & Ou H (2022) Constitutive modelling of hot deformation behaviour of metallic materials. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 832, 142473-142473.
Ma H, Mao W, Su H, Zhu H, Cui X, Huang L, Li J & Wu M (2021) Rate-related study on mechanical properties and fracture characteristics in aluminium alloy via electromagnetic ring expansion test. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 209, 106712-106712.
Zhu H, Ou H & Popov A (2021) A new phenomenological constitutive model for thermoplastics. Mechanics of Materials, 157, 103817-103817.
Su H, Huang L, Li J, Xiao W, Zhu H, Feng F, Li H & Yan S (2021) Formability of AA 2219-O sheet under quasi-static, electromagnetic dynamic, and mechanical dynamic tensile loadings. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 70, 125-135.
Zhu H, Ou H & Popov A (2020) Incremental sheet forming of thermoplastics: a review. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 111(1-2), 565-587.
Su H, Huang L, Li J, Ma F, Ma H, Huang P, Zhu H & Feng F (2020) Inhomogeneous deformation behaviors of oblique hole-flanging parts during electromagnetic forming. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 52, 1-11.
Zeng R, Huang L, Li J, Li H, Zhu H & Zhang X (2019) Quantification of multiple softening processes occurring during multi-stage thermoforming of high-strength steel. International Journal of Plasticity, 120, 64-87.
Zhu H, Huang L, Wang Z, Li J, Ma H & Su H (2019) Fracture behaviour of laser-welded 2219-T6 aluminium alloy under pulsed Lorentz force. Journal of Materials Science, 54(13), 9857-9874.
Zhu H, Huang L, Li J, Li X, Ma H, Wang C & Ma F (2018) Strengthening mechanism in laser-welded 2219 aluminium alloy under the cooperative effects of aging treatment and pulsed electromagnetic loadings. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 714, 124-139.
Wang Z, Huang L, Li J, Li X, Zhu H, Ma F, Ma H & Cui J () Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Welded 2219 Aluminum Alloy under Heat Treatment and Electromagnetic Forming Process. Metals, 8(5), 305-305.

Conference proceedings papers

ZHU H (2024) Effect of vibration frequency and amplitude on formability in rotational vibration-assisted incremental sheet forming (RV-ISF). Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 41 (pp 1559-1568)