Haoxinkai

Xinkai Hao, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of Department of Civil Engineering. He received his B.Eng. from Taiyuan University of Technology in 2012, M.Eng. from Harbin Institute of Technology (supervised by Professor Guijun Xian) in 2015, and Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide (supervised by Professor Phillip Visintin, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, and Professor Deric John Oehlers) in 2020. He joined the College of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology in November 2020.

He has been awarded a General Program and a Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), a sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program of China, and a General Project of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation. He serves as a Guest Editor for a Special Issue of the SCI journal Buildings. He holds a joint position at the Yangtze River Delta Carbon Fiber and Composites Innovation Center, and serves as a committee member of the Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Civil Engineering Committee of SAMPE China Mainland Region, and the Inspection, Appraisal, Reinforcement and Renovation Branch of the China Construction Metal Structure Association.

As the first author, he has published over ten SCI-indexed journal papers in journals including the Journal of Structural Engineering, Engineering Structures, Journal of Composites for Construction, Construction and Building Materials, ACI Structural Journal, Magazine of Concrete Research, Case Studies in Construction Materials, and Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings.

He has supervised students who won a provincial second prize in the 4th Yangtze River Delta Mathematical Modeling Competition for University Students (June 2024), a university-level award in the Canal Cup (May 2024), and a university-level second prize in the Zhejiang University of Technology Structural Design Competition for College Students (March 2024).

Research Grants

1. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 52578332), RMB 500,000, 2026.01–2029.12, Principal Investigator.

2. Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 52208293), RMB 300,000, 2023.01–2025.12, Principal Investigator.

3. National Key Research and Development Program of China – Advanced Structures and Composite Materials Special Project (No. 2023YFB3711503), RMB 720,000, 2023.11–2026.10, Sub-project Leader.

4. General Project of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. LMS25E080005), RMB 100,000, 2025.01–2026.12, Principal Investigator.

5. National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2012CB026200), RMB 5,170,000, 2012.01–2016.08, Participant.

6. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (No. 51178147), RMB 600,000, 2012.01–2015.12, Participant.

Research Awards

• Data-driven Preparation, Engineering Application and Practice of Long-life Concrete in Marine Environments, China Building Materials Federation, Second Prize, 2026 (ranked 6th out of 12)

Selected Publications

(*Corresponding author)

1. Hao X.K., Jin C., Zhong L.F., et al. Axial compressive stress-strain relationship and flexural analysis of ECC beams allowing for size effect. Engineering Structures, 2025, 333: 120143. (IF = 4.471, SCI JCR Q1, ZJUT Top 100 Journal)

2. Hao X.K., Feng Q., Zheng J.J. A passive stress-strain model for concrete prisms reinforced by a combination of confinement reinforcement. Engineering Structures, 2021, 246: 112981. (IF = 4.471, SCI JCR Q1, ZJUT Top 100 Journal)

3. Hao X.K., Visintin P., Oehlers D.J. Closed-form solutions for quantifying the ductility of concrete beams with passively restrained concrete. Journal of Structural Engineering – ASCE, 2020, 146(8): 04020154. (IF = 2.528, SCI JCR Q2, ZJU Top 100 Journal)

4. Hao X.K., Zhang H.Y., Deng T., et al. Experimental and theoretical investigation of low-shrinkage alkali-activated materials permanent formwork reinforced concrete prisms under axial load. Construction and Building Materials, 2025, 500: 144156. (IF = 7.4, CAS Q1)

5. Chen R.S., Zhang H.Y., Hao X.K. (*corresponding author), et al. Experimental study on ultimate bearing capacity of short thin-walled steel tubes reinforced with high-ductility concrete. Structures, 2024, 68: 107109. (Best Paper of the Journal, ESI Hot Paper, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

6. Shi T., Li K.M., Wang C.Z., Jin Z., Hao X.K. (*corresponding author), et al. Fracture toughness of recycled carbon fibers reinforced cement mortar and its environmental impact assessment. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2025, 22: e04866. (ESI Hot Paper, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

7. Hao X.K., Zhu Q., Zhong L.F., et al. Axial Stress-Strain Model of LRS-FRP Confined Rectangular Concrete Prisms Allowing for Size Effect and Its Application in Flexural Analysis of Beams. Journal of Composites for Construction – ASCE, 2025, 29(2): 04025002. (IF = 3.9, SCI JCR Q1)

8. Hao X.K., Feng Q., Zheng J.J. Closed-form solution of the ductility of short FRP-wrapped rectangular concrete prisms under eccentric loads. Journal of Composites for Construction – ASCE, 2021, 25(5): 04021041. (IF = 3.9, SCI JCR Q1)

9. Hao X.K., Zhong L.F., Deng T., et al. Analysis of whole loading process of concrete beams reinforced with hybrid rebars allowing for confinement effect. Magazine of Concrete Research, 2025, 77(7-8): 457-472. (IF = 1.8, SCI JCR Q3)

10. Hao X.K., Jin C., Xu B., et al. Analytical Analysis of Whole Loading Process of UHPFRC Beams in Flexure. ACI Structural Journal, 2024, 121(6). (IF = 1.3, SCI JCR Q3)

11. Hao X.K., Zheng J.J., Fu C., et al. Passive Stress-Strain Model and Ultimate Strength Prediction for Short Steel Tube Confined Concrete (STCC) Columns Allowing for Size Effect. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024: e02866. (IF = 6.2, SCI JCR Q1)

12. Hao X.K., Visintin P., Oehlers D.J. Simulating the passive confinement of rectangular concrete prisms allowing for size effect. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, 2022, 175(7): 514-536.

13. Hao X.K., Visintin P., Oehlers D.J. Simulating the passive confinement of circular concrete cylinders allowing for size effect. Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2022, 20(1): 80-114.

14. Hao X.K., Xian G., Huang X., et al. Effects of adhesive coating on the hygrothermal aging performance of pultruded CFRP plates. Polymers, 2020, 12(2): 491.

15. Hao X.K., Huang S.D., Zhang H.W., & Xian G.J. (2014). Effects of water immersion on water absorption and shear strength of pultruded CFRP rods. Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites (Chinese core journal), (12), 68-73.