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Dr. Mijia Yang, P.E.
Assistant Professor

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Department of Civil Engineering
Office: CIE 201L
Telephone: (701) 231-5647
Fax: (701) 231-6185
Email: Mijia.Yang@ndsu.edu

Education

• Ph.D., University of Akron, Akron, 2005

Research Interests

• Impact and blast protection and retrofit hardening with advanced engineering materials
• Applied solid mechanics and structure analysis
• Characterization of advanced composites and engineering materials
• Structural optimization
• Multi-scale modeling of composite and concrete materials
• Smart materials in Civil Infrastructure
• Sandwich mechanics
• Wave propagation in composites and its application in structural health monitoring and damage detection
• Finite Element and Boundary Element Methods

Selected Publications

1. Yang MJ, Yue Q.Z.Q., Lee P.K.K., Su B. and Tham L.G., (2002), Prediction of Grout Penetration in Fractured Rocks by Numerical Simulation, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Canada, NCR Research Press, 39: 1384-1394. (Publication No. 76043)

2. Qiao, PZ and Yang, MJ, (2004).“Impact Analysis of I-Lam Sandwich System for Over-Height Collision Protection of Highway Bridges,” Engineering Structures, 26(7): 1003-1012.

3. Yang, MJ and Qiao, PZ, (2005). “Nonlinear Impact Analysis of Fully-backed Composite Sandwich Structures,” Composites Science and Technology, 65(3-4): 551-562.

4. Yang, MJ and Qiao, PZ, (2005). “Higher-order Impact Modeling of Sandwich Beams with Flexible Core,” International Journal of Solids and Structures, 42(20): 5460-5490.

5. Qiao, PZ and Yang, MJ, (2005),“Static and Nonlinear Impact Analyses of Sandwich Plates on a Solid Half-space,” Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 7(6):519-554.

6. Yang, MJ and Qiao, PZ, (2005) “Modeling and experimental detection of damage in various materials using pulse-echo method and piezoelectric sensors/actuators,” Smart Materials and Structures, 14, 1083-1100.

7. Qiao, PZ and Yang, MJ, (2006), “Fatigue Life Prediction of Pultruded E-glass/Polyurethane Composites,” Journal of Composite Materials, 40(9): 815-837.

8. Yang, MJ and Qiao, PZ, (2007). “Impact and Damage Prediction of Sandwich Beams with Flexible Core Considering Arbitrary Boundary Effects,” Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 9(5):411-444.

9. Qiao, PZ and Yang, MJ, (2007). “Impact Analysis of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Honeycomb Composite Sandwich Beams” Composites: Part B Engineering, 38(5-6):739-750.

10. Yang, MJ and Qiao, PZ, (2008). “Continuous Indentation Experiment of Honeycomb Sandwich Materials” Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials, 10(2):133-160.

11. Qiao, PZ, Yang, MJ and Bobaru, F. (2008). “Impact Mechanics and High Energy Absorbing Materials: A Review”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 21(4):235-248.

12. Bobaru, F. and Yang, MJ, (2008). “Convergence, adaptive refinement, and scaling in 1D peridynamics”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 10.1002/nme.2438.

13. Yang, MJ and Qiao, PZ, (2008). “Quasi-static indentation behavior of honeycomb sandwich materials and its application in impact simulations”, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 21(4): 226-234.

14. Yang, MJ and Qiao, PZ, “Effects of Intermediate Diaphragms in Prestessed Concrete Bridge Girders to Over-Height Truck Impacts”, PCI Journal, 2010, January

15. Han, LJ and Yang, MJ “Re-fracture Process and Mechanical Characteristics of Cracked Rock Samples”, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, 2009, 46(4): 738-747.

16. Yang, M.J. and Papagiannakis, A.T., “A new coupled truck-bridge interaction model”, Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 2010, 5(4): 617-635.

17. Yang, M.J. and Qiao, P.Z. “Analysis of cushion systems for impact protection against overheight vehicle collision”, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 2010, 37(12): 1219-1227.

18. Zhao Y.M. and Yang, M.J., “Mechanics of imperfect Epoxy bonded anchor system”,  International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, 2011, 48(3): 469-476.

19. Yang, MJ and Nyugen, T. “Prediction of Energy Absorption Capacity of Plain Concrete Elements through Three-Point Bending Tests”, Submitted to Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.

20. Yang, M.J. and Thoat, M., “Creep design of Epoxy bonded anchor system”, Submitted to Engineering Structures.

21. Zhao Y.M. and Yang, M.J., “Long term performance of Epoxy bonded anchor system”, Submitted to Journal of Engineering Mechanics.

22. Yang, M.J., “Discussion on dynamic load factors of progressive failures”, Submitted to Engineering Structures.