Song Yu

Dr. Song Yu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, with expertise in rock mechanics, fracture mechanics, and numerical simulation techniques.

• Education: B.E. (1989), M.E. (1992) in Machine Building, Ph.D. (2004) in Mould & Die Engineering, Post-doctoral research (2005-07) in Die & Mold CAD at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Visiting Scholar at UC San Diego (2008)

Research focuses on rock and soil mechanics, fracture mechanics, nondestructive AE detection, and numerical simulation for rock-metal interaction. Pioneered 3D DDA method applications in rock mechanics and fluid-solid coupling models.

Recent publications emphasize geotechnical stability analysis under seismic loads, coupled hydro-mechanical modeling, and hexahedral mesh algorithms in metal forming. His work bridges computational methods with practical geotechnical challenges.

• Notable grants: National Natural Science Foundation of China (51579140), State Key Laboratory of Geotechnical Mechanics projects

Teaches advanced topics in Finite Element Method (FEM), structural optimization, and ANSYS simulation techniques. Collaborated with institutions including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and UC San Diego.