Tongji University

Education

• 2025.3–present: Ph.D. student, School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University (transferred to the doctoral program)
• 2023.9–2025.3: Master's student, School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Tongji University
• 2023.6: B.Eng., Southwest Jiaotong University

I work on phase-field modeling of fracture and fatigue, multiaxial fatigue life prediction, and deep energy methods. The solvers are written in Julia with Gridap and in Python with PyTorch and CUDA.

Google Scholar · ResearchGate

Phase-field fracture, fatigue, and deep energy methods

• Peng Zhang, Keke Tang, and Baixiang Xu. ChebyKAN-enhanced deep energy method for phase field fracture: From homogeneous to heterogeneous materials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 214, 106693 (2026). Code
• Peng Zhang, Yujie Xiang, and Keke Tang. Deep learning surrogate for phase field modeling in fiber-reinforced composites: From stress evolution to final crack path. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 448, 118518 (2026).
• Peng Zhang, Dazhi Zhao, and Keke Tang. From brittle fracture to elastoplastic fatigue: An open-source phase field framework in Julia. Advances in Engineering Software 220, 104222 (2026). Code
• Peng Zhang, Keke Tang, and Shan-Tung Tu. Phase-field modeling of fatigue crack growth coupled with elastoplasticity: An open-source Julia implementation. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 145, 105683 (2026). Code
• Peng Zhang, Keke Tang, and Bai-Xiang Xu. A phase-field model of fatigue crack growth in thermo-elasto-plastic solids with cyclic plasticity and thermal loading. International Journal of Fatigue 213, 109869 (2026). Code
• Peng Zhang and Keke Tang. An incremental graph KAN deep energy method for ductile phase-field fracture. International Journal of Plasticity, 104863 (2026). Code
• Peng Zhang and Keke Tang. A deep energy method for elasto-plastic phase-field fracture in quasi-brittle solids. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 149, 106004 (2027). Code
• Peng Zhang, Xianqiao Wang, and Keke Tang. An energy-based differentiable finite element framework for elastic and path-dependent elastoplastic solids. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 262, 104647 (2026). Code

Fatigue life and composites

• Peng Zhang, Keke Tang, Anbin Wang, Hao Wu, and Zheng Zhong. Neural network integrated with symbolic regression for multiaxial fatigue life prediction. International Journal of Fatigue 188, 108535 (2024).
• Peng Zhang and Keke Tang. A TCN-based feature fusion framework for multiaxial fatigue life prediction: Bridging loading dynamics and material characteristics. International Journal of Fatigue 197, 108915 (2025).
• Peng Zhang, Anbin Wang, and Keke Tang. Cross-material transfer learning for multiaxial fatigue prediction: A data-efficient adaptive framework. Engineering Fracture Mechanics 326, 111372 (2025).
• Peng Zhang, Anbin Wang, and Keke Tang. Synthesizing interpretable multiaxial fatigue formulations: A damage-mechanism-guided symbolic regression framework. Reliability Engineering & System Safety 277, 113110 (2027).
• Peng Zhang, Keke Tang, Guangxu Chen, Jiangfeng Li, and Yan Li. Multimodal data fusion enhanced deep learning prediction of crack path segmentation in CFRP composites. Composites Science and Technology 257, 110812 (2024).
• Peng Zhang, Xun Zhou, Ruoxi Liang, Jiangfeng Li, Keke Tang, and Yan Li. Multi-scale semantic segmentation for fiber identification and 3D reconstruction of unidirectional composite. Composites Science and Technology 265, 111160 (2025).

Reviews

• Peng Zhang, Yongran Zhang, Jingqi Tang, and Keke Tang. Applications and advances of deep learning in phase-field fracture computation. Chinese Quarterly of Mechanics 47(3), 624–648 (2026).
• Keke Tang, Peng Zhang, R. Zhang, Anbin Wang, and Zheng Zhong. Application of explainable machine learning in metal fatigue life prediction: Methods, challenges and prospects. Chinese Quarterly of Mechanics 46(2), 231–251 (2025).

• Peng Zhang, Pengfei Cui, and Keke Tang. A damage-adaptive mesh deep energy method for anisotropic phase-field fracture. Submitted to the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Code
• Peng Zhang, Pengfei Cui, T. Dai, and Keke Tang. A phase-field fatigue model with order-dependent crack-tip displacement steering for crack paths under non-proportional mixed-mode loading. Submitted to the International Journal of Fatigue. Code