Zaoyang Guo Lecturer Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Civil Engineering University of Glasgow Postal Address: Department of Civil Engineering University of Glasgow Rankine Building, Room 803 Oakfield Avenue Glasgow G12 8LT Scotland, UK Tel: +44(0)141 330 3557 Fax: +44(0)141 330 4557 Email: z.guo@mech.gla.ac.uk

Employment

Education

• Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern University, IL, USA, March 2004

• M.S. Structural Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July 1999

• B.S. Structural Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July 1996

Research Interests

• Computational biomechanics

• Mechanical properties of micro and nano scale structures

• Solid mechanics and computational mechanics

• Fracture mechanics and structural stability

• Modeling of nonlinear materials such as composite, sandwich material, etc.

Publications

Journal Papers

1. A.J. Aref and Zaoyang Guo (2001). Framework for finite-element-based large increment method for nonlinear structural problems," Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 127(7), 739-746. [PDF]

2. Z.P. Bazant and Zaoyang Guo (2002). Size effect on strength of floating sea ice under vertical line load, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 128(3), 254-263. [PDF]

3. Z.P. Bazant and Zaoyang Guo (2002). Size effect and asymptotic matching approximations in strain-gradient theories of microscale plasticity, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39, 5633-5657. [PDF]

4. Z.P. Bazant, Zaoyang Guo, H. D. Espinosa, Y. Zhu and B. Peng (2005). Epitaxially influenced boundary layer model for size effect in thin metallic films, Journal of Applied Physics, 97, 073506. [PDF]

5. S. Lu, Zaoyang Guo, W. Ding and R.S. Ruoff (2006). Analysis of a MEMS testing stage for tensile loading of nanostructures, Review of Scientific Instruments, 77, 056103. [PDF]

6. X.Q. Peng, Zaoyang Guo and B. Moran (2006). An anisotropic hyperelastic constitutive model with fiber-matrix shear interaction for the human annulus fibrosus, Journal of Applied Mechanics, in press. [PDF]

7. Zaoyang Guo, X.Q. Peng and B. Moran (2006). A composites-based hyperelastic constitutive model for soft tissue with application to the human annulus fibrosus, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 54(9), 1952-1971. [PDF]

8. S. Lu, Z.Y. Guo, W. Ding, D. Dikin, J. Lee and R.S. Ruoff (2006). In-situ mechanical testing of templated carbon nanotubes, Review of Scientific Instruments, 77, 125101. [PDF]

9. Z.Y. Guo and Z.P. Bazant (2006). Size effect on buckling strength of eccentrically compressed column with fixed or propagating transverse crack, International Journal of Fracture, 142(1-2), 151-162. [PDF]

10. Z.Y. Guo, X.Q. Peng and B. Moran (2007). Mechanical response of neo-Hookean fiber reinforced incompressible nonlinearly elastic solids, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44(6), 1949-1969. [PDF]

11. Ding, W.Q., Z.Y. Guo and R.S. Ruoff (2007). Effect of cantilever nonlinearity in nanoscale tensile testing, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 034316. [PDF]

12. Z.Y. Guo, X.Q. Peng and B. Moran (2007). Large deformation response of a hyperelastic fiber reinforced composite: theoretical model and numerical validation, Composites Part A-Applied Science and Manufacturing, 38(8), 1842-1851. [PDF]

13. F.C. Caner, Z.Y. Guo, B. Moran, Z.P. Bazant and Carol (2007). Hyperelastic anisotropic microplane constitutive model and a comparison of models for annulus fibrosus, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 129(5), 632-641. [PDF]

14. Z.Y. Guo, F.C. Caner, X.Q. Peng and B. Moran (2008). On constitutive modelling of porous neo-Hookean composites, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56(6), 2338-2357.[PDF]

Book Chapters

1. Zaoyang Guo, Z.P. Bazant (2004). Theoretical modling and scaling, from chapter on "Micro- and Nanomechanics" in Vol. 5 of Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, H.S. Nalva, Ed., American Scientific Publishers, Stevenson Rach, CA, USA, pp. 584-592.