研究方向 

1.  航空复合材料冲击动力学 ：研究以夹芯结构 (Sandwich Structures）、纤维增强金属层合板(Fiber Metal Laminates) 、 碳纤维层合板（Carbon Fiber Laminates)为代表的抗冲击性能评估及设计优化。

2. 复合材料设计制造一体化：轻量化结构设计及抗冲击吸能结构优化，先进制造及缺陷控制理论、复合材料增材制造及3D打印技术 （Lightweight Structures, Energy-Absorbing Behaviour, Composite Forming Limit Diagram, Bird Strike, Failure mechanism）

3. 材料结构力学、摩擦焊机技术、有限元数值仿真多尺度建模、 (Structural Mechanics, Finite Element Method, Multiscale  and Friction Welding Technology)

代表成果 

1.   Zhou J., Hassan M.Z, Guan ZW and Cantwell W.J. The Low Velocity Impact Response of Foam-based Sandwich Panels. Composites Science and Technology. 2012; 72(14):1781-1790.

2.   Zhou J., Guan Z.W., and Cantwell W.J., The Impact Response of Graded Foam Sandwich Structures. Composite Structures. 2013; 97:370-377.

3.   Zhou J., Guan Z.W., Cantwell W.J. and Liao Y., The Energy-Absorbing Behaviour of Foam Cores Reinforced with Composite Rods. Composite Structures. 2014; 116: 346–356.

4.    Al Antali A., Umer R., Zhou J. and Cantwell W.J. The Energy-absorbing Properties of Composite Tube-Reinforced Aluminum Honeycomb. Composite Structures. 2017; 176:630-639.

5.   Zhou J., Guan Z.W., and Cantwell W.J. The Energy-Absorbing Behaviour of Composite Tube-reinforced Foams. Composites Part B. 2018;139, 227-237.

6.    Zhou J., Guan Z.W., and Cantwell W.J., Scaling Effects in the Mechanical Response of Sandwich Structures Based on Corrugated Composite Cores. Composites Part B. 2016; 93: 88-96.

7.    Umer R., Rao S., Zhou J., Guan Z. and Cantwell W.J. The Low Velocity Impact Response of Graphene Modified Composites Manufactured using Automated Dry Fiber Placement. Polymers and Polymer Composites, 2016; 24.4: 233-240.

8.    Umer R., Rao S., Zhou J., Guan Z. and Cantwell W.J. The Mechanical Properties of 3D Woven Composites. Journal of Composite Materials. 2017;5(12):1703-1716.

9.    Zhou J., Guan Z.W., and Cantwell W.J., The Influence of Strain-rate on The erforation Resistance of Fiber Metal Laminates. Composite Structures. 2015; 125:247–255. 

10.  Kaboglu Cihan, Mohagheghian Iman, Zhou Jin, Guan Zhongwei, Cantwell Wesley, John Sabu, Blackman Bamber, Kinloch Anthony, Dear John. High-velocity impact deformation and perforation of fibre-metal laminates. Journal of Materials Science 2018;53(6), 4209-4228.