Editor-in-Chief:

Aixiang Wu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Executive Editor-in-Chief:

Konrad Świerczek, AGH University of Krakow, Poland

Raimund Bürger, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Vice Editors-in-Chief:

Kexin Chen, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Shuqiang Jiao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qian Li, Chongqing University, China

Zhaoping Lü, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Luning Wang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Hongbiao Dong, University Birmingham, UK

Mamadou Fall, University of Ottawa, Canada

Ranjith Pathegama Gamage, Monash University, Australia

Xingbo Liu, West Virginia University, USA

Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany

Chunbao (Charles) Xu, City University of Hong Kong, China

Wei Jiang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Advisory Members:

Meifeng Cai, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Changchun Ge, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Shirong Ge, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China

Zhenghuan Hu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xiaowei Huang, China GRINM Group Corporationl Limited, China

Tao Jiang, Central South University, China

Chengbao Jiang, Beihang University, China

Hongpu Kang, China Coal Technology Engineering Group, China

Riping Liu, Yanshan University, China

Xinping Mao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zuoren Nie, Beijing University of Technology, China

Suping Peng, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China

Guanzhou Qiu, Central South University, China

Anlin Shao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Haizhou Wang, China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group Co., Ltd., China

Yunmin Wang, Sinosteel Maanshan General Institute of Mining Research Co., Ltd., China

Heping Xie, Sichuan University, China

Jianxin Xie, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Chunhe Yang, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Renshu Yang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qingrui Yue, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Tongyi Zhang, Shanghai University, China

Yue Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zhongwei Zhao, Central South University, China

Rong Zhu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Brian Cantor, University of Oxford/Brunel University London, UK

Yulong Ding, University of Birmingham, UK

Derek Elsworth, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Hans Fecht, Ulm University, Germany

Charlie C. Li, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Jian Lü, City University of Hong Kong, China

Jingli Luo, University of Alberta, Canada

D.R. Nagaraj, Columbia University, USA

Tetsuya Nagasaka, Tohoku University, Japan

Moncef L. Nehdi, University of Guelph, Canada

IL Sohn, Yonsei University, Rep. of Korea

Lianzhou Wang, The University of Queensland, Australia

Hongbo Zeng, University of Alberta, Canada

Hongmin Zhu, Tohoku University, Japan

Members:

Yang Bai, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Shenxu Bao, Wuhan University of Technology, China

Yanping Bao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Guijun Bi, Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China

Shuai Cao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Wenbin Cao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Jun Chen, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qiusong Chen, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Ruirun Chen, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Xuequn Cheng, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Mansheng Chu, Northeastern University, China

Alberto N. Conejo, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Chaofang Dong, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Han Dong, Shanghai University, China

Shuxiang Dong, Peking University, China

Qicheng Feng, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

Qiang Feng, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Huadong Fu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zhiyong Gao, Central South University, China

Lijie Guo, BGRIMM Technology Group, China

Mingxing Guo, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qifeng Guo, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zhancheng Guo, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xueqiu He, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xinmei Hou , University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qiaodan Hu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Qingsong Huang, Sichuan Univerisity, China

Nan Jia, Northeastern University, China

Zirui Jia, Qingdao University, China

Yong Jiang, Tiangong University, China

Zhouhua Jiang, Northeastern University, China

Bin Jiang, Chongqing University, China

Huazhe Jiao , Henan Polytechnic University, China

Guozheng Kang, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Hongyi Li, Chongqing University, China

Huabing Li, Northeastern University, China

Wenya Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Xiaogang Li, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qingliang Liao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Hai Lin, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Tung Chai Ling, Jinan University, China

Fengqin Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Feng Liu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Gang Liu, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Jianhua Liu, Beihang University, China

Quanlin Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xiaoming Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xuefeng Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Yongchang Liu, Tianjin University, China

Yongchang Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zhenjian Liu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Hongming Long, Anhui University of Technology, China

Xionggang Lu, ShanghaiTech University, China

Xin Lu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Haiwen Luo, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xuewei Lü, Chongqing University, China

Baozhong Ma, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Jianmin Ma, Tiangong University, China

Lingwei Ma, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Wenhui Ma, Yunnan University, China

Shengjun Miao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Baisheng Nie, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China

Jiahu Ouyang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Xiaolu Pang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Chongchong Qi, Tianjin University, China

Yanxin Qiao, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

Feng Qiu, Jilin University, China

Xuanhui Qu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Ying Ren, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zhu’en Ruan, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Jiguo Shan, Tsinghua University, China

Chengjia Shang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Yanbai Shen, Northeastern University, China

Shaoxian Song, Wuhan University of Technology, China

Weili Song, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Chunbao Sun, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zhiming Sun, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China

Dongping Tao, Shandong University of Technology, China

Jianjun Tian, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Chengyan Wang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Jinshu Wang, Beijing University of Technology, China

Lei Wang, Northeastern University, China

Mingyong Wang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Shouguo Wang, Anhui University, China

Wanlin Wang, Central South University, China

Xindong Wang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Yandong Wang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Guanghua Wen, Chongqing University, China

Shuming Wen, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

Wei Weng, Fuzhou University, China

Guanglei Wu, Qingdao University, China

Honghui Wu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Hongjing Wu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Jiangyu Wu, China University of Mining and Technology, China

Shunchuan Wu, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

Xinglong Wu, Northeast Normal University, China

Yuan Wu, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Xiaoli Xi, Beijing University of Technology, China

Zhiguo Xia, South China University of Technology, China

Xiubo Xie, Yantai University, China

Xianran Xing, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Dake Xu, Northeastern University, China

Jian Yang, Shanghai University, China

Shufeng Yang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zhigang Yang, Tsinghua University, China

Jianhong Yi, Kunming University of Science and Technology, China

Shenghua Yin, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Wanzhong Yin, Northeastern University and Fuzhou University, China

Jiaguo Yu, China University of Geosciences, China

Chao Yuan, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Dawei Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Hui Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

Jianliang Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Jinghuai Zhang, Harbin Engineering University, China

Lifeng Zhang, North China University of Technology, China

Liuting Zhang, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China

Mei Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qiaobao Zhang, Xiamen University, China

Xinfang Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Yao Zhang, Southeast University, China

Yong Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Zheng Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Hailei Zhao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Qing Zhao, Northeastern University, China

Zhanyong Zhao, North University of China, China

Cheng Zhong, Tianjin University, China

Fubao Zhou, China University of Mining and Technology, China

Miaoyong Zhu, Northeastern University, China

Linzhong Zhuang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Weidong Zhuang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Haibin Zuo, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Leandro R. Alejano, University of Vigo, Spain

Ming Cai, Laurentian University, Canada

Pasquale Daniele Cavaliere, Università del Salento, Italy

Guocai Chai, Linköping University, Sweden

George Zheng Chen, The University of Nottingham, UK

Jung-Wook Cho, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Rep. of Korea

Luis A. Cisternas, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Francesco Ciucci, Universität Bayreuth, Germany

Isolda Costa, Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Bai Cui, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

Liang Cui, Lakehead University, Canada

Qiang Du, SINTEF Industry, Norway

Jihua Gou, University of Central Florida, USA

Muxing Guo, KU Leuven, Belgium

Aziz Habibi-Yangjeh, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Iran

Yaowu Hao, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Michael Hitch, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada

Jianjun Hu, University of South Carolina, USA

Kevin Huang, University of South Carolina, USA

Mingxin Huang, The University of Hong Kong, China

Yizhong Huang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Yuanding Huang, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany

Sadia Ilyas, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

Mohammad Ismail, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Guohua Jia, Curtin University, Australia

Youn-Bae Kang, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Rep. of Korea

Patrick Keil, BASF Coatings GmbH, Germany

Hyunjung Kim, Hanyang University, Rep. of Korea

Bern Klein, The University of British Columbia, Canada

Takahiro Kondo, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Shibo Kuang, Monash University, Australia

Myoung-Gyu Lee, Seoul National University, Rep. of Korea

Hao Li, Tohoku University, Japan

Huijun Li, University of Wollongong, Australia

Xiaopeng Li, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Zushu Li, The University of Warwick, UK

Junhe Lian, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Jingbo Louise Liu, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA

Zikui Liu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Shigeo Maruyama, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Matsuura, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Susanne Michelic, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

Wajira Mirihanage, The University of Manchester, UK

Wangzhong Mu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Steffen Neumeier, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Takuji Oda, Seoul National University, Rep. of Korea

Joo Hyun Park, Hanyang University, Rep. of Korea

Simon Pauly, University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, Germany

Yongjun Peng, The University of Queensland, Australia

Tomáš Prošek, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, The Czech Republic

Pijush Samui, National Institute of Technology Patna, India

Agus P. Sasmito, McGill University, Canada

Henrik Saxén, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Johannes Schenk, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Tohru Sekino, Osaka University, Japan

Yansong Shen, University of New South Wales, Australia

Wenwen Song, University of Kassel, Germany

Luís Marcelo Tavares, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Shigeru Ueda, Tohoku University, Japan

Alex Volinsky, University of South Florida, USA

Olena Volkova, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Chuan Wang, Swerim AB, Sweden

Yichao Wang, RMIT University, Australia

Zongsu Wei, Aarhus University, Denmark

Jérôme Weiss, CNRS/Université Grenoble-Alpes, France

Yunfei Xi, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Mohsen Yahyaei, The University of Queensland, Australia

Shu Yin, Tohoku University, Japan

Erol Yılmaz, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Türkiye

Zhiyuan Zeng, City University of Hong Kong, China

Baojun Zhao, The University of Queensland, Australia

Kaibo Zheng, Lund University, Sweden

Kun Zheng, AGH University of Krakow, Poland