Dr. Zheng Yang

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsGeotechnics, Hydraulic Engineering,Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Methods,Energy Process Engineering
KeywordsDeep resource development, Rock breakage, Surrounding rock stability, Intelligent prediction model, Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling
Honours and awards

2025: National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China

2024: National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China

2024: President Scholarship – Excellence Award, Central South University (Top 30 among 24,000+ graduate students)

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityFreiberg
InstitutionTechnische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
InstituteInstitut für Geotechnik

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. mult. Heinz KonietzkyInstitut für Geotechnik, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2026

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Yang, Z., Tao, M., Alqawasmeh, Q., Luo, H., Ranjith, P. G.: Particle size and grain fabric effect on mechanical behavior of crystalline rocks using grain-based DEM. In: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 85, 2026, 149
2025Yang, Z., Alqawasmeh, Q., Ma, J., Dashtgoli, D., Cong, Z., Li, Y.: Critical grain size and shear behavior of polycrystalline rocks under confining pressure: A moment tensor-based GBM approach. In: Computers and Geotechnics, 186, 2025, 107431
2025Yang, Z., Tao, M., Yin, T., Luo, H., Chen C., Ranjith, P. G.: Fragmentation characteristics of stressed rock with weak interlayers using double TBM cutters. In: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 315, 2025, 110845
2025Yang, Z., Tao, M., Fei, W., Yin, T., Ranjith, P. G.: Grain-based coupled thermo-mechanical modeling for stressed heterogeneous granite under thermal shock. In: Underground Space, 20, 2025, 174-196
2025Yang, Z., Narsilio, G. A., Tao, M., Fei, W., Luo, H., Memon, M. B.: Microscale Heterogeneity Effect and Seismic Source Quantification On Stressed Rock During Shearing. In: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2025,
2025Yang, Z., Tao, M., Memon, M. B., Zhuang, D., Zhao, Y.: Microwave irradiation-induced deterioration of rock mechanical properties and implications for mechanized hard rock excavation. In: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 17, 2025, 275-290
2025Yang, Z., Tao, M., Ranjith, P. G.: Novel insights into grain size effect of stressed crystalline rock using weakened grain boundary model. In: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 189, 2025, 106098
2024Yang, Z., Tao, M., Fei, W., Yin, T., Gu, X., Narsilio, G. A.: A coupled thermo-mechanical model for investigating cracking and failure of composite interbedded rock. In: Engineering Geology, 339, 2024, 107645
2024Tao, M., Yang, Z.*, Zhao, Y., Wu, X., & Wu, C.: Failure characteristics of microwave heat-treated stressed sandstone: Implications for deep rock breakage using TBM cutting. In: Energy, 292, 2024, 130489
2024Yang, Z., Tao, M., Yin, T., Memon, M. B., Ranjith, P. G.: Grain-Based Modeling for Heterogeneous Rock Fragmentation Under Stressed Conditions and TBM Cutter Spacing Optimization. In: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 57, 2024, 10467-10489
2024Yang, Z., Tao, M., Yin, T., Wu, X., Xiang, G., Xu, Y.: Microwave-assisted TBM cutter for efficient hard rock fracturing in high stress environments. In: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 310, 2024, 110479
2024Yang, Z., Tao, M., Ranjith, P. G., Zhuang, D., Memon, M. B., Luo, H.: Multiscale damage and thermal-stress evolution characteristics of rocks with thermal storage potential under thermal shocks. In: Journal of Energy Storage, 83, 2024, 110631
2023Yang, Z., Yin, T., Wu, Y., Zhuang, D., Yin, J., Ma, J.: Mixed-mode I/II fracture properties and failure characteristics of microwave-irradiated basalt: An experimental study. In: Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 46, 2023, 814-834
2022Yang, Z., Yin, T., Zhuang, D., Wu, Y., Yin, J., Chen, Y.: Effect of temperature on mixed mode I/III fracture behavior of diorite: An experimental investigation. In: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 122, 2022, 103571
2022Yin, T., Yang, Z.*, Wu, Y., Tan, X., Li, M.: Experimental investigation on the effect of open fire on the tensile properties and damage evolution behavior of granite. In: International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 31, 2022, 1139-1164