Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Zhao-Hui Lu

Personal Details

Name: Zhao-Hui Lu

Sex: Male

Date of Birth: September 28, 1976

Birthplace: Jiangyong County,Yongzhou City, Hunan Province, China

Nationality: Chinese

Marital status: Married

Present Position: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Research Fellow

(ID No.: P 07399)

Contact Details: Zhao Lab., Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8555, Japan

Phone/ Fax: +81-52-735-5200

E-mail: lzh2076@hotmail.com, lu@archi.ace.nitech.ac.jp, lzh2076@yahoo.co.jp

Degrees and Education

Apr., 2005 – Mar., 2007  Ph.D., Architecture and Civil Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

(Ph.D. Dissertation: Estimation of load and resistance factors including random variables with unknown distributions, supervised by Prof. Yan-Gang Zhao)

Apr., 2004 – Mar., 2005  Research student, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

Sep.,1999 – Mar., 2002  M.S., Structural Engineering, Tongji University, China

(Master Thesis: Modeling theory and experimental research of the stochastic damage constitutive of concrete material, supervised by Prof. Jie Li)

Sep.,1995 – Jun., 1999  B.S., Civil and Architectural Engineering, Changsha Railway University (Currently, CentralSouth University), China

Professional Experience

Nov., 2007 – present      JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Apr., 2007 – Nov., 2007   Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nagoya Institute of Technology

Apr., 2002 – Mar., 2004   Structural Engineer, Shanghai Architecture Institute of China State Construction Engineering Co., Ltd

Research Interests

1. Structural Reliability Analysis and Reliability-Based Structural Design

l Structural Reliability Assessment Including Random Variables with Unknown Distributions

l Estimation of Load and Resistance Factors Including Random Variables with Unknown Probability Distributions

l Time-Dependent Reliability

l System Reliability and Network Reliability

l Life Cycle Cost Analysis

2. Concrete Structures

l Constitutive Relationship of Concrete

l Performance Assessment of Corrosion-Affected Reinforced Concrete Structures

3. Composite Structures

l Behavior of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Structural Systems

Research Projects:

1. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)) (No.: 19∙07399): Time-Dependent Aseismic Reliability Assessment Including Variables with Unknown Distributions. Nov., 2007 – present.  (In Charge)

2. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan (No.: 17560501): Structural Reliability Assessment Including Variables with Unknown Distributions. Apr., 2005 – Mar., 2008. (Main Participant)

3. The National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of China (No.: 59825105): Seismic Response Analysis and Control of Complex Lifeline Systems. Sep., 1999 – Mar., 2002. (Participant)

Publications

Journal Papers:

1. Lu, Z. H. (Zhao-Hui Lu) and Zhao, Y. G. (2009). “An improved analytical constitutive relation for normal weight high-strength concrete.” Modern Physics Letter B. (Accepted) (SCI)

2. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., Lin, Y. S., and Idota, H. (2008). “Structural reliability assessment based on fourth moment standardization of performance function.” Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, AIJ, Vol. 73, No. 630, 1251-1256. (in Japanese)

3. Zhao, Y. G. and Lu, Z. H. (2008). “Cubic normal distribution and its significance in structural reliability.” Structural Engineering and Mechanics – An International Journal, 28(3), 263-280. (SCI/EI)

4. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., and Lin, Y. S. (2008). “Determination of load and resistance factors by method of moments.” Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, AIJ, Vol. 73, No. 625, 383-389.

5. Zhao, Y. G. and Lu, Z. H. (2007). “Fourth-moment standardization for structural reliability assessment.” Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 133(7), 916-924. (SCI/EI)

6. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., and Ono, T. (2007). “First three moments of some commonly used performance functions.” Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, AIJ, No. 617, 31-37.

7. Zhao, Y. G. and Lu, Z. H. (2007). “Applicable range of the fourth-moment method for structural reliability.” Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 6(1), 151-158. (SCI)

8. Li, H. N., Wang, F., and Lu, Z. H. (2007). “Estimation of hysteretic energy of MDOF structures based on equivalent SDOF systems.” Key Material Engineering, Vol. 340-341, 435-440. (SCI)

9. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., and Ono, T. (2006). “Estimating load and resistance factors without using distributions of random variables.” Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 5(2), 325-332.

10. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., and Ono, T. (2006). “4P-Lambda distribution and its applications to structural reliability assessment.” Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, AIJ, No. 604, 47-54.

11. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., and Ono, T. (2006). “A simple third-moment method for structural reliability.” Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 5(1), 129-136.

12. Li, J., Lu, Z. H., and Zhang, Q. Y. (2003). “Study on stochastic damage constitutive law for concrete material subjected to uniaxial compression stress.” Journal of Tongji University (Natural Science), 31(5), 505-509. (in Chinese) (EI)

International Conferences:

1. Lu, Z. H., and Zhao, Y. G. (2008). “Mechanical behavior and ultimate strength of circular CFT columns subjected to axial compression loads.” The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China.

2. Lu, Z. H., and Zhao, Y. G. (2008). “Applicable range of the third-moment method and an explicit third-moment reliability index for structural reliability assessment.” The 4th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications, Hong Kong, China.

3. Lu, Z. H., Zhao, Y. G, and Yu, K. (2008). “Stochastic modeling of corrosion propagation for service life prediction of chloride contaminated RC structures.” First International Symposium on Life-cycle Civil Engineering, Varenna, Lake, Como, Italy.

4. Lu, Z. H., and Zhao, Y. G. (2007). “An investigation on the limitations and applicability of the fourth-moment method for structural reliability assessment.” The 10th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, Tokyo, Japan.

5. Lu, Z. H., and Zhao, Y. G. (2006). “The applications of the third-order normal polynomial to structural reliability assessment.” The 13th IFIP TC7 WG7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Kobe, Japan.

6. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., Ang, A. H-S, and Geng, Y. (2006). “Case studies on determination of load and resistance factors by method of moments.” The 13th IFIP TC7 WG7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems, Kobe, Japan.

7. Zhao, Y. G., Lu, Z. H., and Jin, G. H. (2006). “A simple formula for LRFD using the third-moment method.” The 3rd ASRANet International Colloquium, Glasgow, U.K.