Faculty Profile

Name: Lijun ZHUO

Work and correspondence address: Institute of Structural Health Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Jiangsu, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.

Email: ljzhuo@ujs.edu.cn

Title of current post: Assistant Professor in Solid Mechanics, since 2020.4

Research Interests

1. Active infrared thermography, mainly in optical thermography and ultrasonic thermography.

2. Non-destructive evaluation of composite materials and coatings.

3. Inverse heat conduction problems.

Education and academic background

1. China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, 2007.9-2011.6, B.Eng. in Engineering Mechanics.

2. Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2011.9-2014.9, M.Sc. in Solid Mechanics.

3. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2017.9-2018.9, Visiting PhD student in Applied Mathmatics, Advisor: Prof. Daniel Lesnic.

4. Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, 2015.3-2019.10, PhD in Solid Mechanics.

Grants

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 12202162, Period: 2023.1-2025.12, Participants: Lijun ZHUO.

2. Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, No. BK20210740, Period: 2021.07-2024.06, Participants: Lijun ZHUO, Ziping WANG, QI ZHU, Zhen HUANG, Chaoyi LI.

3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No: 2021M701478, Period: 2021.12-2023.11, Participants: Lijun ZHUO.

4. Funding from National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, No. JCKYS2023603C020,  Period: 2023.1-2024.12, Participants: Lijun ZHUO.

Publications

[1]  Zhuo L, Liu C, Zhou J, Zhu J, Li C, López AF. Thickness evaluation of organic coating using active long-pulse transmission thermography. Infrared Physics and Technology. 2024, 142:105516.

[2]  Zhuo L, Xu Y, Zhu J, Li C, Liu C, Yi F. Quantitative evaluation of interfacial defect size and pattern by solving a 3D inverse problem based on step heating thermography. Experimental Mechanics, 2024, 64: 245-259. 

[3]  Li CY, Zhu JG*, Zhuo LJ*, Li J, Zhang DS. Continuous laser-line scanning thermography with data-processing algorithm for rapid and accurate defect inspection. NDT & E International, 2024, 142: 103028.

[4]  Zhuo L, Yang X, Zhu J, Huang Z, Chao J, Xie W. Size determination of interior defects by reconstruction of subsurface virtual heat flux for step heating thermography. NDT and E International, 2023, 133: 102734.（was ESI highly cited paper）

[5]  Huang Z, Zhu J*, Zhuo L*, Li C, Liu C, Hao W, Xie W. Non-destructive evaluation of uneven coating thickness based on active long pulse thermography. NDT and E International, 2022,130: 102672.

[6]  Zhuo L, Meng S, Yi F. The use of cooled axial conduction guarded probe for the measurement of transient heat flux by calibrating the unit step response. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020, 147: 118850.

[7]  Zhuo L, Lesnic D, Meng S. Reconstruction of the heat transfer coefficient at the interface of a bi-material. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, 2020, 28: 374-401.

[8]  Zhuo L, Lesnic D, Ismailov MI, Tekin I, Meng S. Determination of the time-dependent reaction coefficient and the heat flux in a nonlinear inverse heat conduction problem. International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 2019, 96: 2079-2099.

[9]  Zhuo L, Yi F, Meng S. An inverse method for the estimation of a long-duration surface heat flux on a finite solid. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2017, 106: 1087-1096.

[10]  Zhuo L, Zhang Y, From period-doubling to folding in stiff film/soft substrate system: The role of substrate nonlinearity. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2015, 76: 1-7.

[11]  Zhuo L, Zhang Y, The mode-coupling of a stiff film/compliant substrate system in the post-buckling range. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2015, 53: 28-37.

[12]  Zhang Y, Zhuo L, Zhao H, Determining the effects of surface elasticity and surface stress by measuring the shifts of resonant frequencies, Proceedings of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical Sciences, 2013, 469: 20130449.