Xuan Xu
Xuan Xu, Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor. He obtained his Bachelor's degree in Ammunition Engineering and Explosion Technology from Anhui University of Science and Technology in 2014, and his Master's degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering from the same university in 2017. In 2022, he earned his Ph.D. in Mechanics from Beijing Institute of Technology. From April 2022 to December 2024, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Postdoctoral Research Station of Ordnance Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology. Since the end of 2024, he has been serving as a faculty member at the College of Safety Engineering, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology.
His primary research interests focus on the dynamic response of materials and structures under strong dynamic loading, specifically including time effects in dynamic brittle fracture processes, dynamic damage constitutive models and numerical simulation, explosion damage and protective design of building structures, as well as engineering blasting mechanisms and applications. He is currently presiding over a Youth Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Category C, 2024–2026) and was selected for the 2023–2025 Young Talent Support Program of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology. He has published more than 10 SCI/EI-indexed papers as first or corresponding author, and his work was awarded the 17th Beijing Outstanding Youth Scientific Paper. He has been granted 6 national invention and utility model patents.
I. Research directions
1. Failure criterion and constitutive model of brittle materials under intense dynamic loading
2. Structural damage assessment method and safety protection technology under explosion loading.
II. Awards and honors
1. Xu Xuan. Young talents of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, 2023-2025;
2. Xu Xuan. 17th Beijing Outstanding Youth Scientific Paper, 2024.
III. Projects
1. Effect Law and Micro-Mechanism of the Time-Frequency Characteristics of Intense Dynamic Loading on Dynamic Brittle Fracture, 2024-2026.
2. Development of Numerical Simulation Algorithms for the Discrete Rod, 2025-2026.
IV. Academic paper
1. Xu X*, Chi L Y, Zhang Z X, et al. Insight into Rock Fragmentation and Damage Affected by Temporal Characteristics of Blast Loading[J]. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2025, 58(5): 5405-5427.
2. Xu X*, Lv N, Wang H, et al. Coupling effect of specimen size and stress rate on the splitting failure of limestone: tensile strength, crack extension, and fragment size[J]. Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 414: 134995.
3. Xu X*, Chi L Y, Yu Q, et al. An elastoplastic damage constitutive model for capturing dynamic enhancement effect of rock and concrete through equivalent stress history[J]. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2023, 181: 104736.
4. Xu X*, Chi L Y, Yang J, et al. A modified incubation time criterion for dynamic fracture of rock considering whole stress history[J]. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2023, 164: 105361.
5. Xu X*, Chi L Y, Yang J, et al. Investigation on the deformation and failure characteristics of concrete in dynamic splitting tests[J]. Materials, 2022, 15(5): 1681.
6. Xu X*, Chi L Y, Yang J, et al. Experimental study on the temporal and morphological characteristics of dynamic tensile fractures in igneous rocks[J]. Applied Sciences, 2021, 11(23): 11230.
7. Rong K, Xu X*, Wang H, et al. Predicting the blast-induced ground vibration with support vector regression optimized by five swarm algorithms[J]. Earth Science Informatics, 2025, 18(2): 424.
8. Rong K, Xu X*, Wang H, et al. Prediction of the mean fragment size in mine blasting operations by deep learning and grey wolf optimization algorithm[J]. Earth Science Informatics, 2024, 17(4): 2903-2919.
9. Chi L Y, Xu X*, Zhang Z X, et al. Strain Field development, fracturing, and gas ejection in decoupled charge blasting using granite cylinders[J]. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2024, 57(11): 10133-10151.
10. Yu Q, Zeng D, Xu X, et al. Experimental and numerical investigation of polymer-reinforced and normal autoclaved aerated concrete masonry walls under large TNT explosive loads[J]. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2022, 164: 104188.
11. Shang Y, Xu X*, Zhang D, et al. The loading discrepancies in CONWEP and fluid-structure interaction methods and the dynamic response characteristics of masonry wall[J]. Acta Armamentarii, 2023, 44(12): 3897.
12. Cai J J, Xu X*, Chen Z Y, et al. Effect of Air Gap in Borehole on Directional Penetration of Shaped Charge with/with- out Metal Liner[J]. Hanneng Cailiao/Chinese Journal of Energetic Materials, 2024, 32(7): 726-736.
V. Requirement of postgraduate student
We accept Master of Science (Professional Degree) in Resources and Environment (Safety Engineering, 085702). We warmly welcome outstanding students with sound academic performance, creativity, diligence, and proficiency in English and mathematics.