Wei Tong, Ph.D.

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Wei Tong, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Acting Director of Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing

Office Location: Embrey 200G

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics and Structures, Brown University

  • M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Brown University

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, USTC

Biography

Wei Tong is serving as Acting Director of the Research Center for Advanced Manufacturing (RCAM). He did his Ph.D. dissertation on pressure-shear plate impact experiments under the supervision of Professor Rodney J. Clifton at Brown University. Before joining 51²è¹Ý, he worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at MIT and Caltech and taught Mechanical Engineering at University of Nebraska and Yale University. His research interests are in solid mechanics, materials engineering, and manufacturing, including 1) metal plasticity with applications in metal forming simulations and other manufacturing processes, 2) ductile failure and fracture with applications in critical structural designs under impact loading, and 3) laser materials processing with applications in welding, cladding, and additive manufacturing.

Honors and Awards

  • NSF Career Award, 1998

Research

  • Metal plasticity
  • Ductile failure and fracture
  • Laser welding and additive manufacturing
  • Experimental solid mechanics
     

Recent Publications

  • M. Yao, F. Kong, and W. Tong. A 3-D Finite-Element Analysis of Thermally Induced Residual Stress Distribution of 316L Stainless Steel Coatings by Laser Hot Wire Cladding. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-11155-0

  • M. Yao, X. Chen, F. Kong and W. Tong. Process optimization of laser hot‑wire cladding with high‑power direct diode laser via the response surface methodology. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 120:8089–8103 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-09300

  • J. Sheng, S.-Y. Yang and W. Tong. Implicitization of the Vegter yield criterion. IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1238 012007 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1238/1/012007

  • J. Sheng, S.-Y. Yang, and W. Tong. On the generalized plane-strain constraints for orthotropic plasticity modeling of sheet metals. In: K. Inal , J. Levesque, M. Worswick, and C. Butcher. (eds.), NUMISHEET 2022, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06212-4_21

  • J. Sheng, M. Alharbi, S.-Y. Yang, and W. Tong. On strain hardening modeling in associated and non-associated orthotropic plasticity. In: K. Inal , J. Levesque, M. Worswick, and C. Butcher. (eds.), NUMISHEET 2022, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series (2022) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06212-4_34 

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