Education

2011-2013  Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, USA, Visiting PhD student

2008-2013  Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University, China, PhD student

2004-2008  Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University, China, undergraduate student

Biography
Dr. Zhou is presently an associate professor of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Sichuan University. He obtained the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Chongqing University in 2008 and 2013, respectively. He was a visiting Ph.D. student in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, USA from 2011-2013. His primary research area lies in tribology and reliability engineering, fatigue and damage of mechanical transmission parts, intelligent robots.

Research Areas

1. Tribology and reliability engineering

2. Fatigue and damage of mechanical transmission parts

3. Intelligent robots

Grants and Projects

1. Natural Science Foundation of China. “Long life optimization design theory of space harmonic transmission flexible Gear”. (PI)

2. Natural Science Foundation of China.  “Dynamic Contacting of Spatial Rolling Contact Bearing Subjected to High-low Temperatures Based on Microstructures of Materials”. (PI)

3. Basic scientific research operating expenses of central universities. “High adhesive radar stealth coating technology”. (PI)

Professional Honors and Awards

1. First prize of Science and Technology Progress of Ministry of Education, 2017

Selected Publications

[1]  Zhu, J., Xiong, C., Ma, L., Zhou, Q., Huang, Y., Zhou, B., Wang, J., 2020, “Coupled effect of scratching direction and speed on nano-scratching behavior of single crystalline copper”, Tribology International, 150: 106385.

[2]  Xiong, C., Yang, W., Zhou, Q., Huang, Y., Wang J., Keer, L. M., 2020, “An explicit analytical solution for temperature rise in a half-space induced by ellipsoidal inclusions and its application for problems related to friction heating”, Journal of Thermal Stresses, 43(6): 707-723.

[3]  Yang, W., Xiong, C., Zhou, Q., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Zhu, J., Ma, L., Keer, L.M., 2020, “Effects of friction heating on a half space involving ellipsoidal inclusions with non-uniform eigentemperature gradients”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 151: 106278.

[4]  Yang, Y., Wang, J., Zhu, G., Yang, W., Zhou, Q.*, 2020, “A thermomechanical model for mesh deflection calculation of crown spur gear pair”, Meccanica, 55:1393–1411.

[5]  Yang, Y., Wang, J., Huang, Y., Yang, W., Zhou, Q.*, 2020, “Stress analysis of coated spur and helical gears considering load distribution”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 234(5), 649-667.

[6]  Yang, W., Zhou, Q.*, Zhai, Y., Lyu, D., Huang, Y., Wang, J., Jin, X., Keer, L. M., Wang, Q., 2019, “Semi-analytical solution for steady state heat conduction in a heterogeneous half space with embedded cuboidal inhomogeneity”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 139: 326-338.

[7]  Yang, W., Zhou, Q.*, Huang, Y., Wang, J., Jin, X., Keer, L.M., 2019, “A thermoelastic contact model between a sliding ball and a stationary half space distributed with spherical inhomogeneities”, Tribology International, 131, 33-44.

[8]  Yang, Y., Li, W., Wang, J., Zhou, Q.*, 2019, “On the Mixed EHL Characteristics, Friction and Flash Temperature in Helical Gears with Consideration of 3D Surface Roughness”, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, 71(1): 10-21.

[9]  Yang, Y., Wang, J., Zhou, Q.*, Huang, Y., Zhu J., Yang, W., 2018, “Mesh stiffness modeling considering actual tooth profile geometry for a spur gear pair”, Mechanics & Industry, 306(19): 1-15.

[10]  Yang, W., Huang, Y., Zhou, Q.*, Wang, J., Jin, X., Keer, L. M., 2017, “Parametric study on stressed volume and its application to the quantification of rolling contact fatigue performance of heterogeneous material”, Tribology International, 107, 221-232.

[11] Zhou, Q., Wang, J., Wan, Q., Jin, F., Yang, W., Miao, Q., Wang, Z. 2017, “Numerical analysis of the influence of distributed inhomogeneities on tangential fretting”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, 231(10): 1350-1370.

[12] Zhou, Q., Xie, L., Wang, X., Jin, X., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Jia, Z., Keer, L. M., Wang, Q., 2016, "Modeling rolling contact fatigue lives of composite materials based on the dual beam FIB/SEM technique", Int. J. Fatigue, 83, pp. 201-208.

[13] Zhou, Q., Jin, X., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Keer, L. M., Wang, Q., 2016, "Numerical EIM with 3D FFT for the contact with a smooth or rough surface involving complicated and distributed inhomogeneities", Tribol. Int., 93, pp. 91-103.

[14] Zhou, Q., Jin, X., Wang, Z., Yang, Y., Wang, J., Keer, L. M., Wang, Q., 2016, "A mesh differential refinement scheme for solving elastic fields of half-space inclusion problems", Tribol. Int., 93, pp. 124-136.

[15] Zhou, Q., Xie, L., Jin, X., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Keer, L. M., and Wang, Q., 2015, "Numerical Modeling of Distributed Inhomogeneities and Their Effect on Rolling Contact Fatigue Life", ASME J. Tribol., 137, pp. 011402.

[16] Zhou, Q., Jin, X., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Keer, L. M., and Wang, Q., 2015, "Numerical Implementation of the Equivalent Inclusion Method for 2D Arbitrarily Shaped Inhomogeneities", J. Elast., 118, pp. 39-61.

[17] Zhou, Q., Jin, X., Wang, Z., Wang, J., Keer, L. M., and Wang, Q., 2014, "An efficient approximate numerical method for modeling contact of materials with distributed inhomogeneities", Int. J. Solids Struct., 51(19–20), pp. 3410-3421.

Lectured Courses

Fundamentals of Spatial Tribology

Tribology Principle

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