Hightlight of Research Areas
- Mechanical Behaviour of Rock at High Strain Rate (Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar)
- Mechanical Behaviour of Rock at High Pressure (Plate Impact Facility: Projectile velocity is up to 1,000 m/s)
- High Speed Digital Image Correlation Method
- Field Monitoring, Numerical Simulations and Geomechanical Model Tests of Underground Caverns
- Scientific Drilling and Modelling of Earthquake
- Induced Seismicity in Deep Earth Energy and Resources Extraction
Research Funding
- Prof. Zhao (PI), 3D Compressed and Monitored Hopkinson Bar, ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities, Australian Research Council. (A$ 1,200,000)
- Dr. Zhang (PI), An Experimental Investigation on Mechanisms of Induced Seismicity in Enhanced Geothermal System, 2015 Engineering Seed Funding Scheme, Monash University. (A$ 30,000)
- Dr. Zhang (PI), Experimental Study on Dynamic Mechanical Behaviour of Gas-filled Coal, Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (No. Z014005) (¥ 100,000)