1990年考入大连理工大学工程力学系，1994年获学士学位，1999年获博士学位。1999-2001年在大连理工大学土木水利博士后流动站工作，2001年开始在工程力学系工作。2002年任副教授，2011年任教授。先后到香港城市大学建筑系(2001、2004)、重庆交通科研设计院(2007)、中交公路规划设计院(2008)和剑桥大学工程系(2009-2010)开展学术访问。2010年入选教育部新世纪优秀人才计划。社会兼职有：中国力学学会振动专业委员会委员、中国振动工程学会随机振动专业委员会委员、辽宁省力学学会理事等。任《应用数学和力学》和《振动工程学报》等学术期刊编委。获中国高校自然科学二等奖一项和辽宁省自然科学二等奖一项。完成专著3部，发表学术论文190余篇。

在科学研究方面，主要以土木、机械、车辆和航空航天工程为背景，综合考虑结构模型与荷载环境的不确定性因素，开展复杂工程结构与工业装备的动力学分析方法研究，并进行寿命预测、可靠性、舒适性及风险评估。以高速列车、桥梁、运载火箭为研究背景，主持完成国家自然科学基金项目4项，负责973课题“深海水下油气输送系统结构可靠性理论研究”，作为骨干成员参加3项国家自然科学基金和1项973课题的研究。另外，完成企事业单位委托课题10余项。目前研究课题主要包括：(1)大跨度结构(体育场馆、桥梁、水坝、高架铁路、核电站管线)多点随机地震问题；(2)高速列车-轨道-桥梁动力相互作用问题；(3)运载火箭、高速列车等中频带随机振动问题；(4)航空发动机、飞行器加筋壁板结构热声疲劳寿命预测问题；(5)航空液压管路振动问题等。

在教学方面，主讲工程力学系本科生《振动力学》和《高等结构动力学》。编著十一五国家级规划教材《结构动力学基础》。在博士生和硕士生培养过程中，注重理论与工程实际相结合，在加强理论学习的同时，强调应用力学知识解决工程实际问题。研究生论文选题坚持源于工程、服务于工程、发展于工程的理念。围绕国民经济领域中的工程结构和工业装备，开展结构动力学重点和难点问题研究。在科学研究和学生培养方面，与英国卡迪夫大学Kennedy教授、利物浦大学欧阳华江教授有着长期的合作。毕业的博士生和硕士生大多服务于土木、机械、航空航天、车辆等领域，任职于高等学校（西北工业大学、北京理工大学、郑州大学、郑州航空工业管理学院等），研究院所及大型企事业单位（苏州热工院、中国铁道科学研究院、中铁大桥局集团武汉桥梁科学研究院有限公司、中国运载火箭研究院、沈阳飞机设计研究所、中车大连机车车辆有限公司、西安中交土木科技有限公司、中车株洲电力机车研究所有限公司、中汽研汽车检验中心(天津)有限公司、中国重型汽车集团有限公司汽车研究总院、中铁第五勘察设计院集团有限公司、陕西汽车控股集团有限公司、上海汽轮机有限公司、远景能源有限公司、英特尔半导体(大连)有限公司、上海纳铁福传动系统有限公司、一汽奔腾轿车有限公司等）。

近三年代表性论著 (*代表通讯作者)

• Sui GH, Zhang YH*. Response spectrum method for fatigue damage assessment of mechanical systems. International Journal of Fatigue, 2023, 166: 107278

• Sui GH, Zhang YH*. A complete SRSS format for the response spectrum method of high-cycle fatigue life assessment considering modal truncation error correction. International Journal of Fatigue, 2023, 175: 107834

• Sun XB, Zhang YH*. Adaptive stochastic isogeometric analysis for nonlinear bending of thin functionally graded shells with material uncertainties, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2023, 417: 116407

• Fang C, Zeng YX, Zhang YH*. A numerical strategy for predicting the coupling-strength of acoustic fluid-structure interaction. Computers and Structures, 2023, 275: 106902
  

• Yang YB, Qin ZH, Zhang YH*. Random response analysis of hydraulic pipeline systems under fluid fluctuation and base motion. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023, 186: 109905

• Sun XB, Gao RX, Zhang YH*. Spectral stochastic isogeometric analysis of bending and free vibration of porous functionally graded plates. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2023, 116: 711-734

• Guo JL, Qin ZH, Zhang YH*. Nonlinear aerodynamic analysis of functional graded plates using an HSDT-based isogeometric approach. Thin-Walled Structures, 2023, 186: 110658

• Zhou XY, Zeng YX, Zhang YH*. A probabilistic method for dynamics force identification of uncertain structures. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2023, 554: 117688

• Fang C, Zeng YX, Zhang YH*. A generalized elastic coordinate method for unconstrained structural dynamics. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2023, 412, 116067

• Wang Z, Zhang YH*, Qin ZH. Response prediction and fatigue life estimation of thin-walled structures under random excitation using the modified equivalent linearization method, Thin-Walled Structures, 2023, 188: 110824

• Ma HB, Zeng YX, Zhang YH*. An improved cell-based smoothed discrete shear gap method (CS-DSG3) for static and dynamic analyses of Reissner-Mindlin plates. International Journal of Computational Methods, 2023, 2350010
  

• Yang YB, Sui GH, Zhang YH*. Response spectrum method for fatigue damage assessment of aero-hydraulic pipeline systems. Computers and Structures, 2023, 287: 107119

• Ma HB, Zhang YH*, Yin XW. Stochastic response analysis of 3D vibro-acoustic system with acoustic impedance and modeling parameter uncertainties, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2023, 124: 393-413

• Gao RX, Zhang YH, Sun XB, Duan SY*, Lian YP*. Forced vibration analysis of thin cross-ply laminated circular cylindrical shells with arbitrary boundary conditions using the symplectic wave-based method. Thin-Walled Structures, 2023, 190(1): 110992
  

• Pan CG, Zhang YH*. Coupled vibro-acoustic analysis of submerged double cylindrical shells with stringers, rings and annular plates in a symplectic duality system. Thin-Walled Structures, 2022, 171: 108671

• Wang Z, Zhang YH*, Kennedy D. Equivalent linearization method improved by higher order statistics in modal space for geometrically nonlinear vibrations. Computers and Structures, 2022, 265: 106788

• Deng LF, Zhang YH*, Chen Liqun. An arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation of 2D viscoelastic beams based on the consistent corotational method. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022, 17(7): 071001 (Jul 2022)

• Ma HB, Zhang YH*. A coupling scheme based on the partition of unity finite element method-finite element method for 3D vibro-acoustic problems. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 2022, 142: 117-137

• Zhou XY, He W, Zeng YX, Zhang YH*. A semi-analytical method for moving force identification of bridge structures based on the discrete cosine transform and FEM. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022, 180: 109444 

• Ma HB, Zhang YH*. Performances of coupled the partition of unity finite element method and the discrete shear gap method for the analysis of 3D vibro-acoustic problems. Thin-Walled Structures, 2022, 180: 109861

• Deng LF, Zhang YH*, Kennedy D. Dynamics of 3D sliding beams undergoing large overall motions. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2021, 98: 105778

• Ma HB, Zhang YH*. An improved cell-based smoothed radial point interpolation method using condensed shape functions for 3D interior acoustic problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2021, 380: 11385

• Fang C, Zhang YH*. An improved hybrid FE-SEA model using modal analysis for the mid-frequency vibro-acoustic problems. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021, 161: 107957

• Deng LF, Zhang YH*. Nonlinear dynamic analysis of arresting gear using non-material variable-domain corotational elements. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2021, 163: 104377

• Yang YB, Zhang YH*. Random Vibration Response of Three- Dimensional Multi-Span Hydraulic Pipeline System with Multipoint Base Excitations. Thin-Walled Structures, 2021, 166: 108124

• Wang W, Zhang YH*, Ouyang H. Modelling uncertainties of vehicle-track coupled dynamic systems. Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2021, 49(7): 947-968

• Piao SY, Zhang YH*. Frequency-domain Responses Prediction of a Launch Vehicle Coupled with New Satellites. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2021, 58(5): 1557-1562