PUBLICATIONS

  • Attended more than 5 international conferences in the fields of solid mechanics, biomaterials, and impact sciences. Have been invited multiple times to give research talks in conferences, symposiums, and seminars.
  • Published 19 journal articles and 2 international conference articles, with 7 first-author journal articles on high-impact factor journals. 2 journal articles are in preparation for submission or under review. A list of my representative journal articles is below:
  1. X. Zhai, Y. Nie, J. Gao, N. Kedir, B. Claus, T. Sun, K. Fezzaa, W.W. Chen, The effect of loading direction on the fracture behaviors of cortical bone at a dynamic loading rate, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 142 (2020), 104015. Doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.104015.
  2. X. Zhai, E.A. Nauman, D. Moryl, R.J. Lycke, W.W. Chen, The effects of loading rate and loading direction on the mechanical behaviors of human frontal skull, Journal of the Mechanical Behaviors of Biomedical Materials. 103 (2020), 103597. Doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103597.
  3. X. Zhai, J. Gao, Y. Nie, Z. Guo. N. Kedir, B. Claus, T. Sun, K. Fezzaa, X. Xiao, W.W. Chen, Real-time visualization of dynamic fractures in porcine bones and the loading-rate effect on their fracture toughness, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 131 (2019), 358-371. Doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2019.07.010.
  4. X. Zhai, Z. Guo, J. Gao, N. Kedir, Y. Nie, B. Claus, T. Sun, X. Xiao, K. Fezzaa, W.W. Chen, High-speed X-ray visualization of dynamic crack initiation and propagation in bone, Acta Biomaterialia. 90 (2019), 278-286. Doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.03.045.
  5. X. Zhai, J. Gao, H. Liao, C.D. Kirk, Y.A. Balogun, W.W. Chen, Mechanical behaviors of auxetic polyurethane foam at quasi-static, intermediate and high strain rates, International Journal of Impact Engineering. 129 (2019), 112-118. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2019.03.002.
  6. X. Zhai, E.A. Nauman, Y. Nie, H. Liao, R.J. Lycke, W.W. Chen, Mechanical response of human muscle at intermediate strain rates, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 141 (2019), 044506. Doi: 10.1115/1.4042900.
  7. X. Zhai, W.W. Chen, Compressive mechanical response of porcine muscle at intermediate (100/s─102/s) strain rates, Experimental Mechanics. 59 (2019), 1299-1305. Doi: 10.1007/s11340-018-00456-1.
  8. X. Zhai, K. Smith, A. Poli, X. Mao, E. Arruda, The design and optimization of an impact-resistant Maxwell lattice for multiuse armors, in preparation, 2022.
  9. M. Alkhader, X. Zhai, F.P. Chiang, Experimental investigation of the synergistic effects of moisture and freeze-thaw cycles on carbon fiber vinyl-ester composites, Journal of Composite Materials. 52 (2018), 919-930. Doi: 10.1177/0021998317715703.
  10. Y. Song, X. Zhai, T. Sun, G. Dong, B. Lian, Stiffness analysis of a 3-DoF redundantly actuated parallel module, Journal of Tianjin University Science and Technology. 48 (2015), 25-32.
  11. Y. Nie, B. Claus, J. Gao, X. Zhai, N. Kedir, J. Chu, T. Sun, K. Fezzaa, W.W. Chen, In-situ observation of adiabatic shear band formation in aluminum alloys, Experimental Mechanics. 60 (2020), 153-163. Doi: 10.1007/s11340-019-00544-w (2019).
  12. J. Gao, Y. Nie, B.H. Lim, X. Zhai, N. Kedir, W. Chen, In-situ observation of cutting-induced failure processes of single high-performance fibers inside a SEM, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 131 (2020), 105767. Doi: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105767.
  13. N. Kedir, E. Garcia, C. Kirk, Z. Guo, J. Gao, X. Zhai, T. Sun, K. Fezzaa, S. Sampath, W.W. Chen, In situ characterization of foreign object damage (FOD) in environmental barrier coated silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic, Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 103 (2020). Doi: 10.1111/jace.17165.
  14. J. Gao, B.H. Lim, X. Zhai, Y. Nie, N. Kedir, W.W. Chen, Failure behaviors of single high-performance fibers under transverse dynamic cut, International Journal of Impact Engineering. 144 (2020), 103660. Doi: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2020.103660.
  15. J. Gao, N. Kedir, C.D. Kirk, J. Hernandez, J. Wang, S. Paulson, X. Zhai, T. Horn, G. Kim, J. Gao, K. Fezzaa, F. De Carlo, P. Shevchenko, T.N. Tallman, R. Sterkenburg, G.R. Palmese, W.W. Chen, Real-time damage characterization for GFRCs using high-speed synchrotron X-ray phase contrasting imaging, Composites Part B: Engineering. 207 (2021), 108565. Doi: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108565.
  16. J. Gao, C.D. Kirk, N. Kedir, S. Paulson, J. Hernandez, J. Gao, X. Zhai, J. Wang, T. Horn, G. Kim, F. De Carlo, P. Shevchenko, T.N. Tallman, G.R. Palmese, R. Sterkenburg, W.W. Chen, A method of characterization of multiple dynamic constitutive parameters of FRCs, Composite Science and Technology. 203 (2021), 108607. Doi: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2020.108607.
  17. N. Kedir, E. Garcia, C.D. Kirk, J. Gao, Z. Guo, X. Zhai, T. Sun, Kamel Fezzaa, S. Sampath, W.W. Chen, Impact damage of narrow silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics with and without environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) by various foreign object debris (FOD) simulants, Surface and Coatings Technology. 407 (2021), 126779. Doi: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.126779.
  18. N. Villacs, E. Stanifer, X. Zhai, A. Poli, X. Mao, E. Arruda, Effects of geometry and visco-elastic materials on the soliton propagation in a 3D helicoid, Applied Physics Letters, under review, 2022.
  • Published 3 international conference papers. A list of conference articles is below:
  1. M. Alkhader, F.P. Chiang, X. Zhai, Effects of frigid temperature on the dynamic properties of fiber reinforced marine composites, 20th International Conference on Composite Materials, 2015.
  2. J. Gao, N. Kedir, C. Kirk, J. Hernandez, J. Wang, X. Zhai, T. Horn, G. Kim, K. Fezzaa, F. Carlo, P. Shevchenko, T. Tallman, R. Sterkenburg, W. Chen, In-situ observation of dynamic damage evolution inside GFRCs through high-speed X-ray PCI, Proceedings of the American Society for Composites Thirty-fifth Technical Conference, 2020.
  3. J. Gao, N. Kedir, C. Kirk, J. Hernandez, X. Zhai, J. Wang, T. Tallman, K. Fezzaa, W. Chen, Real-time visualization of Damage progression inside GFRCs via high-speed X-ray PCI technique, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 2020 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, 2020.