Chao Zhang

11.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
470 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Chao Zhang is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Zhang has authored 470 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 142 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 113 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chao Zhang's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (126 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (41 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (39 papers). Chao Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (126 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (41 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (39 papers). Chao Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Chao Zhang's co-authors include Yulong Li, Wieslaw K. Binienda, Shriram Santhanagopalan, Zhenqiang Zhao, Hanfeng Yin, Guilin Wen, Honggang Li, Xiwu Xu, Ahmad Pesaran and Michael Sprague and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chao Zhang

436 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Assessment of failure criteria and damage evolution methods for composite laminates under low-velocity impact

2018 204 citations Dayou Ma, Chao Zhang et al. Composite Structures profile →
Damage and failure mechanism of thin composite laminates under low-velocity impact and compression-after-impact loading conditions

2019 195 citations Chao Zhang et al. Composites Part B Engineering profile →
Boosting mechanical durability under high humidity by bioinspired multisite polymer for high-efficiency flexible perovskite solar cells

2025 45 citations Junchao Cao, Chao Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chao Zhang China	49	3.3k	3.0k	2.0k	2.0k	1.7k	470	8.8k
Dai Gil Lee South Korea	46	3.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	814 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	270	7.4k
Vadim V. Silberschmidt United Kingdom	53	3.5k 1.1×	6.0k 2.0×	2.9k 1.4×	857 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	590	11.6k
Jing Zhang China	49	1.4k 0.4×	4.5k 1.5×	2.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	592 0.3×	535	10.3k
S. Ahzi France	52	3.1k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	843 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	643 0.4×	293	9.8k
Costas A. Charitidis Greece	42	2.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	858 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	457 0.3×	284	7.8k
Adrian P. Mouritz Australia	45	2.8k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	617 0.3×	583 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	110	7.3k
Gilles Lubineau Saudi Arabia	50	3.5k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	390 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	258	8.6k
Xiaodong Huang Australia	62	5.2k 1.6×	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	849 0.4×	7.1k 4.2×	331	12.9k
Tao Wang China	45	2.0k 0.6×	6.0k 2.0×	1.1k 0.5×	631 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	821	10.2k
Kai Chen China	46	2.0k 0.6×	2.7k 0.9×	774 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	693 0.4×	482	10.0k

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Wang, Shaorui, Jinke Li, Junchao Cao, et al.. (2025). Damage mechanism and residual tensile strength of CFRP laminates subjected to high-velocity sand erosion. Composites Part B Engineering. 300. 112459–112459. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2025). Revealing the mechanism of lead and copper catalysts regulating the combustion of modified double-base propellants. Materials Today Chemistry. 44. 102564–102564. 1 indexed citations

Qiao, Kai, et al.. (2025). Multiscale damage analysis of through-thickness woven composites under in-plane and out-of-plane loadings: A coupled shell-based model. Composite Structures. 358. 118969–118969. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, Xuexue Zhang, Huijing Xiang, et al.. (2025). Modified double base propellants containing RDX with zero burning rate temperature coefficient. Energetic Materials Frontiers. 6(2). 202–211. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2025). Theoretical-numerical integrated multi-scale model for fast prediction of progressive failure in textile composites. Composites Science and Technology. 271. 111341–111341.

Cao, Junchao, et al.. (2025). Failure behavior and regularity analysis of aluminum panel subjected to high-velocity sandstone impact. Engineering Failure Analysis. 170. 109328–109328. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhenqiang, et al.. (2024). On the strain-rate dependent compressive failure behavior of 2.5D woven composites. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 188. 104944–104944. 16 indexed citations

Li, Honggang, et al.. (2024). On the strain rate-dependent mechanical behavior of PE separator for lithium-ion batteries. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 194. 105079–105079. 18 indexed citations

Hou, Yandong, et al.. (2024). Numerical study of heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics in helical tubes based on OpenFOAM. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 210. 110889–110889. 8 indexed citations

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Hu, Ruiqi, Dianwu Zhou, Yikai Jia, Yang Chen, & Chao Zhang. (2024). Dynamic mechanical behaviors of load-bearing battery structure upon low-velocity impact loading in electric vehicles. eTransportation. 21. 100334–100334. 14 indexed citations

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Cao, Junchao, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the loading rate dependency of mode I delamination for composite laminates at different temperatures. Composites Science and Technology. 249. 110505–110505. 32 indexed citations

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Tao, Chongcong, Chao Zhang, Hongli Ji, & Jinhao Qiu. (2024). Reconstruction and prediction of Mode-I cohesive law using artificial neural network. Composites Science and Technology. 256. 110755–110755. 2 indexed citations

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Han, Min, et al.. (2024). Equal heat flux loading optimization approach for uniform wear of the wet brake. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 61. 105042–105042. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yihang, et al.. (2024). Mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of 2D-SiCf/SiC composite under dynamic tensile loading through experimental and numerical investigation. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 45(5). 117124–117124. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chao, et al.. (2024). Multiconstraint quality–probability graph for quality monitoring of laser directed energy deposition manufacturing process. Measurement. 242. 115883–115883. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Hang, et al.. (2024). Intralaminar hybrid configurations on the impact resistance of Carbon/Kevlar plain-woven composite plates. Thin-Walled Structures. 209. 112895–112895. 6 indexed citations

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Zuo, Yinhui, et al.. (2024). Geothermal resource evaluation of the Middle Permian Qixia-Maokou Formation in the southern Sichuan Basin, China. Geothermics. 122. 103073–103073. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Xin, et al.. (2023). A data-driven approach for predicting the ballistic resistance of elastoplastic materials. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 293. 109706–109706. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Meihe, et al.. (2023). Failure progression and toughening mechanism of 3D-printed nacre-like structures under in-plane compression. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 138. 105653–105653. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chao. (2013). Multi-Scale Characterization and Failure Modeling of Carbon/Epoxy Triaxially Braided Composite. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 7 indexed citations

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