Featured Publications

• Jun Chen, Meng-ze Lyu, Shenghan Zhang. (2026). Probabilistic modelling of environmental uncertainty for building infrared thermography inspection, Energy Building, 358, 117184.
• Cong Chen, Shenghan Zhang. (2026) “GPS-free automated registration of UAV-captured façade image sequences to BIM using semantic key points.” Automation in Construction, 183, 106788.
• Sudao He., Shenghan Zhang, Dhanada Mishra, Mattew Ming-Fai Yuen. (2026). Layered Bilateral Feature Fusion Network for end-to-end defect segmentation on aging tiled building Façades. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 70, 104154.
• Xuanyi Lu, Sudao He, Shenghan Zhang. Reconstruction of host matrix strain field from distributed fiber optic sensing: deep learning based approach addressing strain transfer effects. Engineering Structures 2026; 353:122181.
• Jianbing Chen, Meng-ze Lyu, Shenghan Zhang. (2026). Dimension-reduced Chapman-Kolmogorov equation for high-dimensional stochastic dynamical systems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 448, 118433.
• Xuanyi Lu, Shenghan Zhang. (2025). Investigation of crack quantification using distributed fiber optic sensors considering crack angles. Structural Health Monitoring (online)
• Jun Chen, Shenghan Zhang, Gang Zhao, Dhanada Mishra, Mattew Ming-Fai Yuen. (2025). Infrared thermography of façade delamination: Quantifying environmental variability and heat transfer mechanisms. Construction and Building Materials , 494, 143177.
• Xuanyi Lu, Sudao He, Shenghan Zhang. (2025). Deep learning for automated crack quantification with distributed fiber optic sensing: Addressing strain overlap and interface nonlinearity. Automation in Construction, 176, 106280.
• Qianqian Yu, Jie Wang, Xianglin Gu, Sudao He, Shenghan Zhang. (2025). An Attention-Based Detection Method of Fatigue Cracks on Steel. Structural control & health monitoring, 2025(1), 7487684.
• Sudao He, Gang Zhao, Jun Che, Shenghan Zhang, Dhanada Mishra, Matthew Ming-Fai Yuen. (2025). Weakly-aligned cross-modal learning framework for subsurface defect segmentation on building façades using UAVs. Automation in Construction, 170, 105946.
• Zetao Wang, Raluca Constantin, Shenghan Zhang. (2024). Modeling inelastic behavior of U-shaped walls using multi-layer shell element: assessment at both global and local levels. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 1-27.
• Chen, Yuzhu, Shenghan Zhang, and Meng Lin. (2024). Operational guidelines for a concentrated solar-driven high-temperature electrolysis reactor beyond thermoneutral voltage. Energy Conversion and Management 322: 119166.
• Shenghan Zhang, Han Liu, Sanjay Govindjee, and Matthew DeJong. (2022). Strain Transfer Mechanisms and Mechanical Properties of Optical Fiber Cables. Sensors, 22(24), 9966.
• Shenghan Zhang, Han Liu, Esam Darwish, Khalid Mosalam, and Matthew DeJong. (2022). Distributed fiber-optic strain sensing of an innovative reinforced concrete beam–column connection. Sensors, 22(10), 3957.
• Peter Hubbard, James Xu, Shenghan Zhang, Matthew Dejong, Linqing Luo, Kenichi Soga, Carlo Papa et al. (2021). Dynamic structural health monitoring of a model wind turbine tower using distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, 11(3), 833-849.
• Tsubasa Sasaki, Shenghan Zhang, Kenichi Soga, Linqing Luo, Barry Freifeld, Yoki Kitayama, Kyojiro Kawaguchi, and Hitoshi Sugiyama. (2021). Distributed fiber optic strain sensing of bending deformation of a well mockup in the laboratory. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 96, 104309.
• Shenghan Zhang, Han Liu, Jeffery Cheng, and Matthew DeJong. (2021). A mechanical model to interpret distributed fiber optic strain measurement at displacement discontinuities. Structural Health Monitoring, 20(5), 2584-2603.
• Han Liu, Shenghan Zhang, Abdoul Coulibaly, Jeffrey Cheng, and Matthew DeJong. (2021). Monitoring reinforced concrete cracking behavior under uniaxial tension using distributed fiber-optic sensing technology. Journal of Structural Engineering, 147(12), 04021212.
• Shenghan Zhang, Han Liu, Abdoul Coulibaly, and Matthew DeJong. (2021). Fiber optic sensing of concrete cracking and rebar deformation using several types of cable. Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 28(2), e2664.
• Michele Godio, Francesco Vanin, Shenghan Zhang, and Katrin Beyer. (2019). Quasi-static shear-compression tests on stone masonry walls with plaster: Influence of load history and axial load ratio. Engineering Structures, 192, 264-278.
• Shenghan Zhang, and Katrin Beyer. (2019). Numerical investigation of the role of masonry typology on shear strength. Engineering Structures, 192, 86–102.
• Shenghan Zhang, Martin Hofmann, and Katrin Beyer. (2018). A 2D typology generator for historical masonry elements. Construction and Building Materials, 184, 440–453.

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