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Dr Jiye Chen is a senior lecturer in Composite Structures at Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Portsmouth. Dr Chen obtained his PhD in the area of computational mechanics of composite structures from the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK, 1997. As a research associate, he worked for the Centre of Composite Materials, Aeronautics Department, Imperial College London from 1997 to 2000. In late 2000 he, as a research fellow, he worked for the School of Engineering Science, University of Southampton. He joined the Advanced Composites Centre for Innovation and Science, Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Bristol in early 2004. At the end of 2006, he was appointed as a senior lecturer by the University of Portsmouth.

Teaching

• Advanced structural analysis and design
• Design of structural elements
• Structures III

Research

• Design, simulation and test of fibre composite structures
• Composite panel systems in construction
• Sandwich composite panels in bridges
• Prediction of delamination and debonding under extreme service loading
• Fracture toughness and fatigue strength of composites
• Interface damage mechanics of composites
• Evolutional fatigue damage mechanics
• Thermal-mechanical fatigue driven delamination/ debonding propagation in composites and joints
• Impact residual strength and stiffness of composites
• Composite-adhesive repairing techniques in coast infrastructures
• Non-attack measurement techniques
• Simulation of mechanical behaviour of biomedical materials
• Improvement of damage resilience of composites using bio-inspired design strategy
• eXtended Finite Element Method (XFEM) in simulation of multiple crack propagation in composite structures

Selected publications

1. J. Chen and D. Fox, Numerical Investigation Into Multi-Delamination Failure Of Composite T-Piece Specimens Under Mixed Mode Loading Using A Modified Cohesive Model, Composite Structures, Vol. 94, pp 2010-2016, 2012.
2. J. Chen, Eric Ravey, Stephen Hallett and Michael Wisnom, “Prediction of delamination in braided composite T-piece specimens”, Composites Science and Technology, No.69, p2363–2367, 2009.
3. J-Y Wang, G Tozzi, J Chen, F Contal, C Lupton, J Tong, Bone–cement interfacial behaviour under mixed mode loading conditions. Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 3, 392-398, 2010.
4. J. Chen, Stephen Hallett and Michael Wisnom “Modelling complex geometry using solid finite element meshes with correct composite material orientations”, Computers and Structures, 88, 602–609, 2010.
5. J. Chen, “Simulation of multi-directional crack in braided composite T-piece specimens using cohesive models”, Fatigue & Fracture of Eng. Materials & Structures, 34, 123–130, 2011.
6. J. Chen, “A numerical investigation of thermal related matrix shrinkage cracking and delamination in composite T-piece specimens using a modified interface cohesive model”, Thermoplastic Composite Materials, 2011 (doi: 10.1177/0892705711408162).
7. J. Chen and P. J. Gregson, “Application of an interface failure model to predict fatigue crack growth in an implanted metallic femoral stem”, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol.73, Issue 3, p249-256, 2004.
8. J. Chen, “Predicting progressive delamination of stiffened fibre-composite panel and repaired sandwich panel by decohesion model”, Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol.15, No.5, p429-442, 2002.
9. J.Chen and A. New, “Application of decohesive model with mixed damage scale in fracture analysis of composite materials”, Fatigue & Fracture of Eng. Materials & Structures, 24(11), 761-769, 2001.
10. J. Chen, D. J. Dawe and S. Wang, "Nonlinear transient analysis of rectangular composite laminated plates", Composite Structures, Vol.49, No.2, p129-139, 2000.
11. J. Chen, M. Crisfield, A. J. Kinloch, E. P. Busso and F. L. Matthews, "Predicting progressive delamination of composite material specimens via interface elements", Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures (changed to Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures), Vol. 6, Number 4, p301-317, 1999. Cited times recorded by ISI to date: 47
12. S. Wang, J. Chen and D. J. Dawe, "Linear transient analysis of rectangular laminates using spline finite strips ", Composite Structures, 41, p57-66, 1998.
13. J. Chen and D. J. Dawe, "Linear transient analysis of rectangular composite laminated plates by a Finite strip-mode superposition method", Composite Structures, 35, p213-228, 1996.
14. J. Chen, "A thin-walled beam finite element with 3 nodes and 21 degrees of freedom", Journal of Engineering Mechanics, p100-115, No.1, 1991.
15. Y Gao, J Chen, Z Zhang and D Fox, A FRP floor panel system in large buildings, Composites for Construction, 2012 (under review).