Staff Profile
Chao Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Email: chao.zhang@ncl.ac.uk
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- Address: 3.53 Stephenson Building
School of Engineering, 缅北禁地
缅北禁地 upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
Dr Chao Zhang joined the School of Engineering as a Research Associate in June 2025. Before this, he was a PhD student at 缅北禁地 and he received his PhD degree in Civil Engineering in 2025, where he focuses on multi-phase coupling (e.g., electro-mechanical) of particulate systems for the application of sanding on Railway Industry.
Dr Zhang holds an MSc in Geotechnical Engineering from Shandong University, where he specialised in the rock-breaking mechanism of roller cutter cutting sequences and the optimisation of TBM cutterhead layout.
Research Interests
Particle Characterisation and Modelling: Advanced Energy Storage Materials, Geomaterials
Discrete Element Method: Packing and Calendering Modelling of Battery Cathode and Anode, Railway Sanding, Asphalt Mixtures
Studying interfacial processes at particle-to-particle and particle-to-geometry contacts
Multi-scale computational modelling of granular materials
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Articles
- Zhang C, Maramizonouz S, Yang C, Milledge D, Lewis R, Nadimi S. . Powder Technology 2025, 458, 120991.
- Zhang C, O'Shaughnessy C, Maramizonouz S, Angelidakis V, Nadimi S. . Particuology 2025, 98, 105-116.
- Nadimi S, Angelidakis V, Maramizonouz S, Zhang C. . Powder Technology 2025, 458, 120973.
- Zhang C, Maramizonouz S, Milledge D, Nadimi S. . Powder Technology 2024, 440, 119759.
- Zhang C, Nadimi S, Maramizonouz S, Milledge D, Lewis R. . ASME Journal of Tribology 2024, 146(8), 081501.
- Wang N, Zhang C, Ma T, Nadimi S, Chen F, Ding X. . Construction and Building Materials 2023, 399, 132504.
- Wang N, Zhang C, Ma T, Chen F, Ding X. . Measurement 2023, 219, 113266.