Dr. Chunsheng Lu

Curtin Research Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987, Perth
WA 6845, Australia

Tel: 61-8-9266 4562
Fax: 61-8-9266 2681
E-mail: C.Lu@curtin.edu.au

Teaching Areas

• Materials
• Solid Mechanics

Final-Year Project for 2008

Research Interests

• Nanomechanics and Nanomaterials
• Fracture Statistics and Physics
• Multiscale Modelling and Simulation
• Fractals in Physics
• Statistical Seismology and Earthquake Prediction

Scholarships for Postgraduate Students

Research Grants

• (10/2007-12/2008) Studies on deformation mechanisms of nanostructured materials, Internal Research Grants, Curtin University of Technology (with I.M. Low)
• (10/2007- ) Fractal fracture: upscaling from nano- to macro-level, Faculty of Engineering, Curtin University of Technology
• (04/2007-05/2007) Statistical modelling for fracture and its application to seismology and volcanology, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, The University of Tokyo, Japan
• (08/2006-07/2011) Enhancement mechanisms and mechanics modelling of polymer nanocomposites, Curtin Research/Teaching Fellowship

Awards/Fellowships/Prizes

• (2008-2010) Adjunct Professor in Faculty of Materials, Optoelectronics and Physics at Xiangtan University, China
• (2007) The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (Short-Term), The University of Tokyo, Japan
• (2007) Who's Who in Science and Engineering (9th Edition, 10th Anniversary Edition); Who's Who in the World (24th Edition); International Scientists of the Year, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England
• (2006-2008) Honorary Associate, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
• (2006) Curtin Research and Teaching Fellowship, Curtin University of Technology
• (2001) Lise Meitner Fellowship of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), The University of Leoben, Austria

Invited Lectures/Talks

1. Enhancement mechanisms of nanocomposites: mechanics modelling and nano-size effect, Faculty of Materials, Optoelectronics and Physics at Xiangtan University, China (11 January, 2008)
2. Monte Carlo simulation of nano-grain growth, State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (31 May, 2007)
3. Breaking up the whole into parts: nanostructure and barrier properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites, Department of Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology (16 May, 2007)
4. Statistical modelling of spatio-temporal seismicity and volcanic activity, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan (19 April, 2007)
5. Statistical Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Seismicity, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Sydney (20 October, 2006)
6. The origin of superhardness in nanocomposite coatings: analysis of nanoindentation and scratch tests, IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Behaviour and Micro-Mechanics of Nanostructured Materials (Beijing, 27-30 June, 2005)
7. Modelling of Novel Physical Phenomena in Nanostructured Materials, School of Mathematical and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong (7 September, 2005)
8. Mechanical Properties of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites, State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics (LNM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (12 July, 2005)
9. Fractal and scaling phenomena on fracture at micro-scales, IUTAM Symposium on Size Effects on Material and Structural Behaviour at Micro- and Nano-Scales (Hong Kong, 1-4 June, 2004)
10. Statistical Micromechanics and Fractals in Damage and Fracture, Service de Physique et Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces, DSM/DRECAM/SPCSI, CEA Saclay, France (19 June, 2003)
11. Statistical Physics and Fractals in Fracture, Statistical Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Seismicity, and Approach to Criticality: Scaling and Renormalization in Fracture, Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (10-14 February, 2003)

Selected Publications

1. LU, C. and Mai, Y.-W. 2008. Anomalous electrical conductivity and percolation in carbon nanotube composites, Journal of Materials Science, in press.
2. LU, C. 2008. Statistical analysis of the tensile strength of carbon nanotubes, Advanced Materials Research, in press.
3. LU, C. 2007. Some notes on the study of fractals in fracture, Proceedings of the 5th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, Brisbane, pp. 234-239.
4. LU, C. and Mai, Y.-W. 2007. Permeability modelling of polymer-layered silicate nanocomposites, Composites Science and Technology, 67(14), pp. 2895-2902.
5. LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., Tam, P.L., and Shen, Y.G. 2007. Nanoindentation-induced elastic-plastic transition and size effect in α-Al2O3(0001), Philosophical Magazine Letters, 87(6), pp. 409-415.
6. Zheng, Y.G., LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., Zhang, H.W., and Chen, Z. 2006. Model-based simulation of normal grain growth in a two-phase nanostructured system, Science and Technology in Advanced Materials, 7(8), pp. 812-818.
7. LU, C. and Mai, Y.-W. 2006. Breaking up the whole into parts: the microstructure and barrier properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites, Physics, 35(7), pp. 550-552.
8. Shen, Y.G., Liu, Z.J., Y.H. Lu, LU, C., and Mai, Y.-W. 2006. Monte Carlo simulation of microstructure and grain growth in nc-Ti(N, B)/a-(TiB2, BN) nanocomposite films, Key Engineering Materials, 312, pp. 357-362.
9. LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., and Shen Y.G. 2006. Indentation size effect on hardness of nanostructured thin films, Key Engineering Materials, 312, pp. 363-368.
10. Zheng, Y.G., LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., Zhang, H.W., and Chen, Z. 2006. Grain growth as a stochastic and curvature-driven process, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 86(12), pp. 787-794.
11. LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., and Shen, Y.G. 2006. Recent advances on understanding the genesis of superhardness in nanocomposite coatings: a critical review, Journal of Materials Science, 41(3), pp. 937-950.
12. Zheng, Y.G., LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., Gu, Y.X., Zhang, H.W., and Chen, Z. 2006. Monte Carlo simulation of grain growth in two-phase nanocrystalline materials, Applied Physics Letters, 88(14), 144103.
13. LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., and Shen, Y.G. 2005. Optimum information in crackling noise, Physical Review E, 72(2), 027101.
14. LU, C. and Mai, Y.-W. 2005. Influence of aspect ratio on barrier properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites, Physical Review Letters, 95(8), 088303.
15. LU, C. 2005. The degree of predictability of earthquakes in several regions of China: statistical analysis of historical data, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 25(2), pp. 379-385.
16. LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., and Xie, H. 2005. A sudden drop of fractal dimension: A likely precursor of catastrophic failure in disordered media, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 85(1), pp. 33-40.
17. LU, C., Mai, Y.-W., and Bai, Y. 2005. Fractals and scaling in fracture induced by microcrack coalescence, Philosophical Magazine Letters, 85(2), pp. 67-75.
18. LU, C., Danzer, R., and Fischer, F.D. 2004. Scaling of fracture strength in ZnO: Effects of pore/grain-size interaction and porosity, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 24(14), pp. 3643-3651.
19. LU, C., Danzer, R., and Fischer, F.D. 2002. Influence of threshold stress on the estimation of the Weibull statistics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 85(6), pp. 1640-1642.
20. LU, C., Danzer, R., and Fischer, F.D. 2002. Fracture statistics of brittle materials: Weibull or normal distribution, Physical Review E, 65(6), 067102.
21. LU, C. and Vere-Jones, D. 2001. Statistical analysis of synthetic earthquake catalogues generated by models with various levels of fault zone disorder, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(B6), pp. 11115-11125.
22. LU, C. and Vere-Jones, D. 2000. Application of linked stress release model to historical earthquake data: Comparison between two kinds of tectonic seismicity, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 157(11-12), pp. 2351-2364.
23. LU, C., Vere-Jones, D., and Takayasu, H. 1999. Avalanche behaviour and statistical properties in a microcrack coalescence process, Physical Review Letters, 82(2), pp. 347-350.
24. LU, C., Harte, D., and Bebbington, M. 1999. A linked stress release model for historical Japanese earthquakes: Coupling among major seismic regions, Earth, Planets and Space, 51(9), pp. 907-916.
25. LU, C., Vere-Jones, D., Takayasu, H., Tretyakov, A., and Takayasu, M. 1999. Spatio-temporal seismicity in an elastic block lattice model, Fractals, 7(3), pp. 301-311.
26. LU, C., Takayasu, H., Tretyakov, A., Takayasu, M., and Yumoto, S. 1998. Self-organised criticality in a block lattice model of the brittle crust, Physics Letters A, 242(6), pp. 349-354.