Dr. Hao Long is an associate professor (untenured) in the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Wuhan University. His main research focuses on the multiscale mechanics of strengthening/toughening and failure mechanisms of thin film systems. He received his B.S. degree from Tongji University in 2015, his M.S. degree from the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2018, and his Ph.D. degree from Peking University in 2022. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Peking University. To date, he has published over 20 papers, including multiple papers as first author in prestigious solid mechanics journals such as Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, International Journal of Solids and Structures, and International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. He serves as the principal investigator for research grants including the Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program, the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the General Grant of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.

Representative publications (Note: * denotes corresponding author; for more papers, please refer to my Researchgate, ORCID, and other profiles):

[1] Hao Long, Yanwei Liu, Hanbin Yin, Yan Zhang, Qingning Yang, Yueguang Wei*, 2024. 90-degree peeling of elastic thin films from elastic soft substrates:  Theoretical solutions and experimental verification. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 193, 105855.

[2] Hao Long, Lihong Liang*, Yueguang Wei*, 2019. Failure characterization of solid structures based on an equivalence of cohesive zone model. Int. J. Solids Struct. 163, 194-210.

[3] Hao Long, Hansong Ma, Yueguang Wei*, Yanwei Liu, 2021. A size-dependent model for predicting the mechanical behaviors of adhesively bonded layered structures based on strain gradient elasticity. Int. J. Mech. Sci. 198, 106348.

[4] Hao Long, Yueguang Wei*, Lihong Liang*, 2020. A rigorous analytical solution of interfacial stresses and overall stiffness of beam structures bonded with partially covered plates. Int. J. Mech. Sci. 167, 105284.

[5] Hao Long, Yueguang Wei*, 2026. 90-degree peeling of stiff film/soft substrate systems: A unified theoretical solution for arbitrary substrate thickness and Poisson's ratio. Eng. Fract. Mech. 345, 112424.

[6] Hao Long, Yanwei Liu, Yueguang Wei*, 2022. Debonding characterization of stiff film/compliant substrate systems based on the bilinear cohesive zone model. Eng. Fract. Mech. 265, 108363.

[7] Hao Long, Yanwei Liu, Hanbin Yin,  Yueguang Wei*, 2025. Influence of the shape of cohesive zone models on the peeling of stiff film/soft substrate systems: A theoretical perspective. Mech. Mater.  206, 105343.