Current Professional Societies

1. Member of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics & Engineering;

2. Member of Geological Society of China;

3. Member of the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG);

4. Member of the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM).

Reviewer for Engineering Geology, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Environmental Earth Science, Geofluids, Applied Sciences, Energies, Processes, Advanced in Civil Engineering, Journal of Central South University, et al.

Research Areas

1. Geological hazards mechanism and protection methods;

2. Hydraulic fracturing of reservoirs;

3. Fluid flow behavior in unconventional gas reservoirs;

4. Brittle failure of rock masses and acoustic emission;

5. Engineering Geomechanics;

6. Propagation and attenuation of stress waves in rock masses;

7. Numerical Modeling by DEM.

Recent Publications

1. Zhou J., Zhang L. (2022). Dynamic Response Analysis of Slope Rock Mass with Complex Shape Based on Indirect Boundary Element Method. Earth Science, 47(12): 1-12.

2. Wang S., Zhou J. *, Zhang L., et al. (2022). Numerical studies on micro-cracking behavior of transversely isotropic argillaceous siltstone in Longyou Grottoes under three-point bending. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Volume 122,103638.

3. Ma X., Zhou J. *, Zhang L., et al. (2022). Feature extraction and instability analysis of dangerous rock mass along highway in meizoseismal areas. Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 41(S1): 2901-2914.

4. Wang, S., Zhou, J.*, Zhang, L., Han, Z., & Zhang, F. (2021). Parameter studies on the mineral boundary strength influencing the fracturing of the crystalline rock based on a novel Grain-Based Model. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 107388. (SCI, IF: 3.426)

5. Zhou, J. *, Zhang, L., Qi, S., & Yang, D. (2020). Empirical ratio of dynamic to static stiffness for propped artificial fractures under variable normal stress. Engineering Geology, 105683. (SCI, IF: 4.779)

6. Zhou J, Zhang, L., Li, X.*, & Pan, Z*. (2019). Experimental and modeling study of the stress-dependent permeability of a single fracture in shale under high effective stress. Fuel, 257, 116078. (SCI, IF: 5.578)

7. Zhou J*, Lan, H., Zhang, L., Yang, D., Song, J., & Wang, S. (2019). Novel grain-based model for simulation of brittle failure of Alxa porphyritic granite. Engineering Geology, 251, 100-114. (SCI, IF: 4.779)

8. Zhang L., Zhou J*., et al. (2018). Sensitivity analysis on the interaction between hydraulic and natural fractures based on an explicitly coupled hydro-geomechanical model in PFC2D. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 167, 638-653. (SCI, IF: 3.706)

9. Zhou, J., Zhang, L., Pan, Z., & Han, Z. (2017). Numerical studies of interactions between hydraulic and natural fractures by Smooth Joint Model. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 46, 592-602. (SCI, IF:3.841)

10. Zhou, J., Zhang, L., Yang, D., Braun, A., & Han, Z. (2017). Investigation of the Quasi-Brittle Failure of Alashan Granite Viewed from Laboratory Experiments and Grain-Based Discrete Element Modeling. Materials, 10(7), 835. (SCI, IF: 3.057)

11. Zhou J., Zhang L., et al., 2016. Numerical investigation of fluid-driven near-borehole fracture propagation in laminated reservoir rock using PFC2D. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 36, Part A, 719-733. (SCI, IF: 3.841)