Research Assistant, September 1994 - March 1997
Tongji University, Shanghai China
Research:
Research Interests
Computational Mechanics
Multi-Scale Modelling and Simulation
Nano-Mechanics and Materials
Advanced Structural Materials
Impact-Resistant Design
Research Grants
4. Shen, L. and Zhao, X.L.(Mentor), "A preliminary study of nanostructured high performance high strength concrete for high temperatures", Faculty of Engineering Small Grants, 2008.
3. Shen, L., "Multi-Scale Model-Based Simulation of Glass Fragmentation under Blast Loading", ARC Discovery Projects, 2007-2009.
2. Shen, L., Zhao, X.L. (Mentor), "A Preliminary Study of Epoxy/Nanomaterials as Adhesives for Retrofitting Structures with CFRP", Faculty of Engineering Small Grants, 2007.
1. Shen, L., "A Numerical and Experimental Investigation on the Delamination of CFRP Sheet from Steel Plate", Faculty of Engineering New Staff Member Research Funds, 2006.
PhD Scholarships Available. Students with engineering background are encouraged to apply. If interested, please send your CV, academic transcripts and recent English test results to Dr. Shen.
Publications:
Chapters in Edited Books:
2. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Multi-Scale Model Based Simulation of Thin Film Delamination",
IUTAM Symposium on Size Effects on Material and Structural Behavior at Micron- and Nano-Scales, Edited by Sun, Q. P. and Tong, P., Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol. 142, pp. 51-65, Springer, 2006. (ISBN: 978-1-4020-4945-3) link
1. Chen, Z., Shen, L., Kanel, G.I. and Razorenov, S.V., "A Numerical Investigation of Microcracking Diffusion in Sandwiched
Glass Plates", Ceramic Armor Materials by Design, Edited by McCauley JW et al., Published by The American Ceramic
Society, pp. 329-336, 2001.
Refereed Journal Papers:
21. Shen, L. and Chen, Z.,"A Numerical Study of the Imperfection Effect on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Properties under Different Loading Paths and Temperatures", Submitted to Composites Science and Technology, 2008.
20. Shen, L., "A Rate-Dependent Damage/Decohesion Model for Simulating Glass Fragmentation under Impact using the Material Point Method", Submitted to Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 2007.
19. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "The Loading History and Crystal Orientation Effects On the Size-Dependency of Single Crystal Diamond Properties", Computational Mechanics, 42(4), pp. 619-629, 2008. Link
18. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Study of Mechanical Properties of Pure and Nitrogen-Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films under Various Loading Conditions", Submitted to International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2007.
17. Shen, L. and Chen, Z.,"Loading History Effect on Size-Dependent Shear Strength of Pure and Nitrogen-Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond", Accepted for publication in Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures, 2007.
16. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "An Investigation of Combined Size, Rate and Thermal Effects on
the Material Properties of Single Crystal Diamond", Accepted for publication in International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2007.
15. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Numerical Study of Combined Rate, Size and Thermal Effects on the Responses of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond", Key Engineering Materials, vols. 334-335, pp. 621-624, 2007. Link
14. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Study of the Loading Path and Crystal Orientation Effects on Size-Dependent Limit Strength", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 74(7), pp. 1190-1202, 2007. Abstract
13. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "An Investigation of Grain Size and Nitrogen-Doping Effects on the Mechanical Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films",
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Volume 44, Issue 10, pp. 3379-3392, 2007. Abstract
12. Chen, Z., Shen, L., Dai, H.-H. and Gan, Y., "Recent Efforts in Modelling Combined Rate, Size and Thermal Effects on Single Crystal Strength", Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, vol. 13, pp. 27-32, 2006. Abstract
11. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "Study of Combined Temperature, Rate and Size Effects on Tungsten
Crystalline Block Strength",
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N, Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, vol. 219, No. 3, pp. 111-122, 2006. abstract
10. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Numerical Study of the Size and Rate Effects on the Mechanical Response of Single Crystal
Diamond and UNCD Films", International Journal of Damage Mechanics, vol. 15(2), pp. 169-195, 2006. abstract
9. Chen, Z., Shen, L., Gan, Y. and Fang, H. E., "A Hyper-Surface for the Combined Loading Rate and Specimen Size Effects on
the Material Properties", International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, vol. 3(4), pp. 451-461, 2005. abstract
8. Chen, Z., Shen, L., Mai, Y.-W., Shen, Y., "A Bifurcation-Based Decohesion Model for Simulating the Transition from
Localization to Decohesion with the MPM", Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP), vol.56,
no.5, pp.908-930, 2005.
abstract
7. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Multi-Scale Simulation of Tungsten Film Delamination from Silicon Substrate", International
Journal of Solids and Structures, vol.42, no.18-19, pp.5036-5056, 2005.
abstract
6. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Silent Boundary Scheme with the Material Point Method for Dynamic Analyses",
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, vol.7, no.3, pp.305-320, 2005. abstract
5. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "An Investigation of the Effect of Interfacial Potentials on the Stress Transition in Thin Films",
Modelling and Simulations in Materials Science and Engineering, vol.12, pp.s347-s369, 2004.
abstract
4. Chen, Z., Feng, R., Xin, X., and Shen, L., "A Computational Model for Impact Failure with Shear-Induced
Dilatancy", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol.56, pp.1979-1997, 2003. abstract
3. Chen, Z., Hu, W., Shen, L., Xin, X., and Brannon, R., "An Evaluation of the MPM for Simulating Dynamic Failure with
Damage Diffusion", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, vol.69 pp.1873-1890, 2002.
abstract
2. Liu, Y., Shen, L., and Chen, Z., "Bifurcation Analyses of Rate-Dependent Steel and Concrete - Part One: Model Formulation
and Verification", International Journal of Advances in Structural Engineering, vol.4(4),pp.217-224, 2001.
abstract
1. Shen, L., Liu, Y., and Chen, Z., "Bifurcation Analyses of Rate-Dependent Steel and Concrete - Part Two: Bifurcation
Analyses and Demonstration", International Journal of Advances in Structural Engineering, vol.4(4),pp.225-232, 2001.
abstract
Conference Proceedings:
14. Faleh, H., Shen, L. and Al-Mahaidi, R., "A Model-Based Simulation of CFRP-Steel Bond Failure with Material Point Method", The 14th International Conference on Composite Structures, Monash University, Australia, 19-21 November, 2007.
13. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Study of Combined Rate, Size and Temperature Effects on the Responses of Pure and Nitrogen-Doped Ultrananocrystalline Diamond", the Materials and Austceram Conference, Sydney, July 4-6, 2007.
12. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A hyper-surface for the combined size, rate and temperture effects on teh material properties of pristine diamond", The 5th International Conference on Non-Linear Mechanics, Shanghai, June 11-14, 2007.
11. Chen, Z. and Shen, L.,"A Numerical Study of the Size, Rate and Loading-Path Effects on the
Mechanical Responses of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Films", The 5th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-5), Hongkong, 27-30 November, 2006.
10. Shen, L. and Chen, Z.,"Grain Size and N-Doping Effects on Mechanical Response of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Film Under Shear Loading", The Second Asia-Pacific International Conference on Computational Methods in Engineering, Hefei, China, Nov. 14-16, 2006.
9. Chen, Z., Shen, L., Gan, Y., Fang, H.E.,"A Hyper-surface For The Combined Rate And Size Effects", The 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16) on Failure Analysis of Nano and Engineering Materials and Structures, Alexandroupolis, Greece, July 3-7, 2006.
8. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "Recent Advances in Multi-Scale Model-Based Simulation of Thin Film Growth and Mechanical
Responses", Keynote Lecture in International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and
Sciences (ICCES05), Chennai, India, Dec. 1-6, 2005.
7. Chen, Z. and Shen, L., "Multiscale Model-Based Simulation of Thin Film Delamination", The Sixth World Congress on
Computational Mechanics in conjunction with the Second Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing,
China, September 5-10, 2004.
6. Chen, Z. and Shen, L., "A Hyper-Surface for the Size Effects on Multi-Scale Simulation of Thin Film Responses", The
US-China NSF Workshop on Multi-Scale Model-Based Simulation in Mechanics and Materials Engineering, Dalian, China, September 3-5,
2004.
5. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Numerical Study on the Effect of Interfacial Potentials on the Stress Transition in Thin
Films", The 4th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS), Jyv?skyl?, Finland,
July 24-28, 2004.
4. Chen, Z. and Shen L., "An MD Investigaton of the Size Effect on Multiscale Simulation of Thin Film Delamination", The
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on size Effects on Material and Structural
Behavior at Micron- and Nano-Scales, Hongkong, China, May 30 - June 4, 2004.
3. Shen, L. and Chen, Z., "A Silent Boundary Method with the MPM for Simulating Film Delamination", The 7th US
National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 28-30, 2003.
2. Chen, Z., Hu, W. and Shen, L., "The Development of the MPM for Simulating the Evolution of Failure Involving
Multi-Degrees of Discontinuity", The 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 28-30,
2003.
1. Chen, Z., Hu, W., Shen, L. and Fang, H.E., "Recent Advances in Multi-Physics Simulation of Multi-Scale Structure
Failure", The First Sino-US Joint Symposium on Multi-Scale Analysis in Material Sciences and Engineering, Beijing, China, June
17-20, 2002.
Reports:
1. Chen, Z., Shen, L., Gan, Y. and Fang, H. E., "An Analytical and Computational Study of Combined Rate and Size Effects on
Material Properties", Sandia Report SAND2005-2021, Sandia National Laboratories, USA, April 2005, 32 pages.
Short Resume:
Dr. Shen received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Tongji University in China and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in USA. He was a structural engineer (building structures design) in Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences, China, from April 1997 to August 1999. Prior to joining Monash University in January 2006, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
His interests in teaching and research are mechanics of materials, computer-aided design including finite element and mesh-free particle methods, impact/blast resistant design, multi-scale modelling and simulation, nano-mechanics and materials, and advanced structural materials.
