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Yi XIAO

Yi Xiao

Ph.D, Assistant Professor

Tel: 18964474779

Email: yixiao@tongji.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

  • Nov 2024 - Present
    Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering, Tongji University

  • Jul 2021 - Nov 2024
    Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Structural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Engineering, Tongji University

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2020
    Joint PhD Program, Structural Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
    Supervisors: Marc O. Eberhard, John F. Stanton

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2021
    PhD in Civil Engineering, Tongji University
    Supervisor: Ying Zhou

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2015
    Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Tongji University

Research Interest

  • Seismic resilient structures

  • Disaster resilience assessment of building (clusters)

  • Performance-based seismic design of structures

Projects Led

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China Project for Youth Scholars, 300,000 RMB, 01/2023 – 12/2025

  • Subproject of the National Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 800,000 RMB, 12/2023 – 11/2027

  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Project, 80,000 RMB, 07/2022 – 06/2024

Honors and Awards

  • 2024: First Digital Education Demonstration Excellence Case, “New Quality, Leadership, Empowerment”, China Education Technology Association

  • 2022: First Prize, Outstanding Achievement Award of the Ministry of Education of China

  • 2022: Gold Medal, Geneva International Invention Exhibition

  • 2021: Shanghai Super Postdoctoral Fellow

  • 2021: Outstanding PhD Dissertation, Tongji University

  • 2019: First Prize for Excellent Paper, 28th National Structural Engineering Academic Conference of China

Professional Services

  • Secretary, Engineering Journal, Civil, Hydraulic, and Architectural Engineering Section (SCI indexed, JCR Q1)

  • Secretary, Resilient Cities and Structures Journal (EI, Scopus indexed)

Rrepreentative Journal Publications

  • Xiao Y, Tian W, Zhou Y. Experiment investigation of viscoelastic low-prestressed self-centering braces. Journal of Structural Engineering, 2024, 150(8): 04024097.

  • Zhou Y, Liu X, Xiao Y*. Experimental study and constitutive model for viscoelastic damper with frequency independency. Structures, 2024, 60: 105960.

  • Zhou Y, Tian W, Xiao Y*, Eberhard MO, Stanton JF. An equivalent damping ratio that accounts for ground-motion spectral shape for displacement-based design of flag-shaped hysteresis systems. Earthquake Spectra, 2023, 39(3): 1779-1809.

  • Zhou Y, Liu X, Xiao Y*, Wu H, Wang M. Seismic design and engineering practice of a ten-story shear wall structure with replaceable viscoelastic coupling beam. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 2023, 32(8-9): e2010.

  • Sebaq MS, Zhou Y, Song G, Xiao Y*. Plastic energy evaluation of bilinear SDOF systems equipped with fluid viscous dampers. The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings, 2023, 32(10): e2011.

  • Xiao Y, Eberhard MO, Zhou Y, Stanton JF, Shen J. Experimental investigation of a low-prestressed self-centering energy dissipative brace. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 2022, 51(6): 1457-1476.

  • Xiao Y, Eberhard MO, Zhou Y, Stanton JF, Shen J. Low-prestressing, self-centering energy dissipative brace. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 2022, 51(12): 2837-2857.

  • Zhou Y, Tian W, Xiao Y*. Design recommendations for self-centering buckling restrained braces. Engineering      Structures, 2022, 273: 115019.

  • Zhou Y, Sebaq MS, Xiao Y*. Energy dissipation demand and distribution for multi-story buildings with fluid viscous dampers. Engineering Structures, 2022, 253: 113813.

  • Xiao Y, Eberhard MO, Zhou Y, Stanton JF. Proportioning of self-centering energy dissipative braces. Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 2021, 50(10): 2613-2633.

  • Xiao Y, Zhou Y, Huang Z. Efficient direct displacement-based seismic design approach for structures  with viscoelastic dampers. Structures, 2021, 29: 1699-1709.

  • Zhou Y, Zhong G, Xiao Y*. Experimental and numerical study on the seismic performance of steel-polyvinyl alcohol hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete shear walls. Structural Concrete, 2020, 1-20.

  • Zhou Y, Xiao Y, Gu A, Zhong G, Feng S. Orthogonal experimental investigation of steel-PVA fiber-reinforced concrete and its uniaxial constitutive model. Construction and Building Materials, 2019, 197: 615-625.

  • Zhou Y, Zhao J, Xiao Y*. Study on seismic resilience assessment of BRB-steel frame based on various assessment standards. Journal of Building Structures, 2022, 44(4): 204-215. (in Chinese)

  • Xiao Y, Zhou Y, Wu H, Pan P, Wang T. Comparative study on GB/T 38591-2020 ‘Standard for seismic resilience assessment of buildings’ and relevant international standards. Journal of Building Structures, 2021, 42(7): 194-202. (in Chinese)

  • Zhou Y, Shen J, Xiao Y. State-of-the-art on self-centering energy dissipative braces. Journal of Building Structures, 2021, 42(10): 1-13. (in Chinese)

  • Zhou Y, Xiao Y, Gu A. Self-centering braced rocking frame systems and displacement-based seismic design method. Journal of Building Structures, 2019, 40(10): 17-26. (in Chinese)

Intellectural Property

  • Invention Patent: Low-prestressed self-centering energy-dissipative brace, Patent No: ZL201811248386.2

  • Invention Patent: Rotary self-centering energy-dissipative device, Patent No: ZL201810314164.X

  • Invention Patent: Hybrid fiber reinforced concrete and its preparation method and application, Patent No: ZL201811207141.5

  • Utility Model Patent: Self-centering viscoelastic brace, Patent No: ZL202121553532.X

  • Utility Model PatentLow-prestressed self-centering energy-dissipative brace using chucks with ratchet behavior, Patent No: ZL202020173875.2

  • Utility Model Patent: Low-prestressed self-centering energy-dissipative brace, Patent No: ZL201821734169.X

  • Utility Model Patent: A damper device for stress release in the out-of-plane direction, Patent No: 201821717940.2

  • Software Copyright: Hybrid fiber reinforced concrete mix design and constitutive relationship calculation software [TJ-HyFRC], Registration No: 2017SR034478