Selected Publications

Book

• 黃仲偉、吳泓錡、張慰慈、鄭翊良、楊文嘉、游濟華、陳俊杉 (2022)，實現自己的材料庫－ABAQUS UMAT於計算力學的應用，國立臺灣大學，384頁 (ISBN：9789863505600)

• 康仕仲、張慰慈、楊政玹、楊舒涵、程鏡羽 (2015)，智慧生活/物聯網IOT互動科技應用與設計，旗標出版股份有限公司 (ISBN：978-986-312-229-6)

• Shih-Chung Kang, Wei-Tze Chang, Kai-Yuan Gu, and Hung-Lin Chi (2011). Robot Developments using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio, Chapman and Hall, 324 pages, June 23, 2011 (ISBN: 978-1-4398-2165-7).

• Shih-Chung Kang, Wei-Tze Chang, Kai-Yuan Gu, and Hung-Lin Chi (2009). Lego MindStorms NXT X MSRDS, DelightPress, 272 pages, September 17, 2009. (ISBN: 978-986-6348-09-9) (in Chinese).

• 康仕仲、張慰慈、古凱元、紀宏霖 (2009)，智慧型機器人程式開發與實作，272頁，悅知文化 (ISBN: 978-986-6348-09-9)

Journal Paper

• Po-Chih Kuo, Yuan-Tung Chou, Kuang-Yao Li, Wei-Tze Chang, Yin-Nan Huang, and Chuin-Shan Chen. (2024). “GNN-LSTM-based Fusion Model for Structural Dynamic Response Prediction,” Engineering Structures. (Accepted).

• Chung-Che Chou, Gee-Jin Yu, Kung-Juin Wang, Wei-Tze Chang, Chiun-Lin Wu, Charlene Chin-Jie Zhao, Chun-Yao Yang, and Ming-Ti Chou (2023). “Application of Robotic Welding Technology to the Continuity Plate Weld Within a Steel Built‑up Box Column in Buildings,” International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 24, 1563-1576, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-023-00881-w.

• Yuan-Tung Chou, Kuang-Yao Li, Po-Chih Kuo, Wei-Tze Chang, Yin-Nan Huang, and Chuin-Shan Chen (2022). “Linear Static Analysis with Graph Neural Networks,” Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 27-40.

• 張慰慈 (2021)，「人工智慧平臺淺析與硬體效能測試」，土木水利，第 48 卷第 2 期，第 64 至 69 頁。

• Yail Jimmy Kim, Yong-Cheng Ji, Wei-Tze Chang, Jae-Yoon Kang, Jong-Sup Park, and Woo-Tai, Jung (2016). “Multi-scale Modeling for Anchorage Concrete of Bridge Girders with Post-tensioned NSM CFRP,” ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 113, Issue 6, pp. 1233-1242.

• Fu-Ling Yang, Wei-Tze Chang, Yun-Da Huang, Chuin-Shan Chen, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2013). “Dry Granular Avalanche Down A Flume: Choice of Discrete Element Simulation Parameters,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 25, No. 12, Paper No. 123303, December, 2013.

• Wei-Tze Chang and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2009). “Parallelization of Discrete Element Simulation,” Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 825-841, October, 2009.

• Wei-Tze Chang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Fu-Ling Yang, and Chuin-Shan Chen (2008). “Discrete Element Simulation of Collision-Rich Dynamics of Wet Granular Flows Down An Inclined Channel,” Journal of Tsinghua University - Science and Technology, Vol. 13, No. S1, pp. 90-95, October, 2008.

• Der-Shin Juang and Wei-Tze Chang (2006). “A Revised Discrete Lagrangian-based Search Algorithm for the Optimal Design of Skeletal Structures Using Available Sections,” Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 31, pp. 201-210, December, 2006.

• Der-Shin Juang and Wei-Tze Chang (2005). “Improving Strategy for the Optimal Design of Large-scale Truss Structures Using Discrete Lagrangian Method,” Journal of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 143-151, March, 2005 (in Chinese).

• Der-Shin Juang, Yuan-Ta Wu, and Wei-Tze Chang (2003). “Optimum Design of Truss Structures Using Discrete Lagrangian Method,” Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 635-646, September, 2003.

Conference Paper

• Kuang-Yao Li, Yuan-Tung Chou, Wei-Tze Chang, Yin-Nan Huang, and Chuin-Shan Chen. (2023). “Structural Cross-Section Design Optimization under Nonlinear Response-History Analysis using Graph-based Reinforcement Learning, Proceeding of the 2023 Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2023), Huwei, Taiwan, November 17-18, 2023, Paper No. S002033.

• Chun-Sheng Lee, Krittachai Lapevisuthisaroj, Cheng-Yen Chan, Chia-Yu Fan, Wei-Tze Chang, and Chuin-Shan Chen. (2023). “Advanced LiDAR-based SLAM and Autonomous UAV Exploration for Post-Disaster Assessment in Severely Impacted Buildings,” Proceeding of the First Annual Meeting and Conference of Association of Computational Mechanics Taiwan 2023 and the Fourteenth Workshop on Boundary Element Methods in Taiwan, Keelung, Taiwan, October 28-29, 2023, Paper No. S11-09.

• I-Hsiang Chang, Wei-Tze Chang, Yin-Nan Huang, Chuin-Shan Chen, Wen-Yu Chien, Hsun-Jen Liu. (2023). “Ground Motion Selection for Nonlinear Response-History Analysis of Buildings,” Proceeding of the First Annual Meeting and Conference of Association of Computational Mechanics Taiwan 2023 and the Fourteenth Workshop on Boundary Element Methods in Taiwan, Keelung, Taiwan, October 28-29, 2023, Paper No. S11-04.

• Chung-Che Chou, Gee-Jin Yu, Kung-Juin Wang, Wei-Tze Chang, Chiun-Lin Wu, Charlene Chin-Jie Zhao, Keng-Li Lin, Zhi-Long Jian, Chung-Hsun Tsai, Yan-Song Lin, and Ming-Ti. (2023). “A Preliminary Study of Robotic Welding Technology for Internal Continuity Plates in Steel Built-Up Box Columns in Taiwan,” Proceeding of the Eighth Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8ACEE), Taipei, Taiwan, September 9-11, 2023, Paper No. 8ACEE-02571.

• Chun-Yun Chou, Ya-Chuan Lai, Min-Hung Shih, and Wei-Tze Chang. (2023). “A Preliminary Study on the Development of AI Models for Rapidly Identifying Seismogenic Areas - A Case Study on the Tatun Volcano Group,” The 41th Conference on Surveying and Geomatics, Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 31 - September 1, 2023.

• Yuan-Tung Chou, Po-Chih Kuo, Wei-Tze Chang, Yin-Nan Huang, and Chuin-Shan Chen. (2022). “Learning to Simulate Nonlinear Time-History Analysis for Steel Structures,” 46th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2022), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, November 18-19, 2022

• Chung-Che Chou, Gee-Jin Yu, Kung-Juin Wang, Wei-Tze Chang, Chiun-Lin Wu, Charlene Chin-Jie Zhao, Keng-Li Lin, Zhi-Long Jian, Chung-Hsun Tsai, Yan-Song Lin, and Ming-Ti Chou. (2022) “A Test of Robotic Welding Technology for Internal Continuity Plates in A Steel Built-Up Box Column in Taiwan,” Eighth Asia Conference on Earthquake Engineering (8ACEE)，November 9-11, 2022.

• Yuan-Tung Chou, Jimmy G. Jean, Kai-Hung Chang, Wei-Tze Chang, and Chuin-Shan Chen (2021). “Nonlinear Structural Analysis with Machine Learning Based on Graph Neural Network and Structural Topology,” National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Taipei, Taiwan, November 18-19, 2021.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2020), “Structural Nonlinear Analysis under Seismic Loading with LSTM,” Proceeding of 44th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2020), Yi-Lan, Taiwan, November 26-27, 2020, Paper No. 1383.

• Wei-Tze Chang, Po-Chih Kuo, James Chang, Yin-Nan Huang, and Chuin-Shan Chen (2020), “Structural Nonlinear Analysis under Seismic Loading with LSTM,” Proceeding of 44th National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CTAM 2020), Yi-Lan, Taiwan, November 26-27, 2020, Paper No. 1383.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2019), “Fracture Analysis of Concrete Material with Peridynamics,” Proceeding of 2020 Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (APCOM 2019), Taipei, Taiwan, December 18-21, 2019, Paper No. 305.

• Wei-Tze Chang and Marco Bonopera (2019), “Preliminary Study of Internal Impact on Metal Silo for Granular Solids Under Seismic Loading,” Proceeding of Sixteenth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC16), edited by C.M. Wang, V. Dao and S. Kitipornchai, Brisbane, Australia, December 3-6, 2019, Paper No. SS06-007.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2019), “Particle-Based Methods and Their Potentials for Earthquake Engineering,” International Conference in Commemoration of Twentieth Anniversary of the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, Taipei, Taiwan, September 15-19, 2019, Paper No. SE6-014.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2018), “Applying Concrete Damaged Plastic Model on Failure of Reinforced Concrete Material ,” Proceeding of Second International Conference on Mechanics (ICM 2018), jointing conferences of the Twelfth Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference (ACFD), the Twenty-fifth National Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference (NCFD) and the Fourth Association of Computational Mechanics Taiwan Conference (ACMT) , Yilan, Taiwan, October 15-18, 2018, Paper No. 211. 

• Wei-Tze Chang (2018), “Study of Failure of Reinforced Concrete Material with Concrete Damaged Plastic Model ,” Proceeding of Thirteenth World Congress in Computational Mechanics and Second Pan American Congress on Applied Mechanics (WCCMXII & PANACM II), New York, United States, July 22-27, 2018, Paper No. 2021015. 

• Wei-Tze Chang (2017), “Concrete Compression Test with PeriDynamics,” Third Computational Mechanics Conference in Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan, October 19-20, 2017.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2017), “Preliminary Study of Concrete Compression Test with PeriDynamics,” Proceeding of Fifteenth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-15), Xian, China, October 11-13, 2017, pp. 156-157.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2017), “Cloudization of An In-house Discrete Element Simulation Platform,” Third International Conference on Civil and Building Engineering Informatics (ICCBEI 2017), Taipei, Taiwan, April 19-21, 2017.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2016). “Modelling Rockfall Protection System with Coupled Continuous-discontinuous Numerical Methods,” Proceeding of Second Association of Computational Mechanics Taiwan Conference (2ACMT), New Taipei City, Taiwan, October 20-21, 2016, Paper No. 105.

• Wei-Tze Chang, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2015). “Design of a Coupled Continuous-Discontinuous Simulation Platform based on VFIFE-DEM Method,” First Computational Mechanics Conference in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, October 22-23, 2015, Paper No. 143.

• Wei-Tze Chang, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2015). “Modelling Contact and Collapse Behavior of Neighboring Trusses with Coupled Continuous-discontinuous Method,” Fifth Structural Engineers World Congress, Singapore, Singapore, October 19-22, 2015, pp. 19.

• Wei-Tze Chang, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2015). “Applying Coupled Continuous-discontinuous Simulation on Analyzing Dynamic Behavior of Cable System,” Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering 2015, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, September 3-4, 2015, pp. 544-553. (in Chinese).

• Wei-Tze Chang, Ren-Zuo Wang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Chung-Yue Wang, and Kuo-Chun Chang (2014) “Design of a Versatile Engineering Simulation Environment for Coupled Continuous-Discontinuous Simulation,” Proceeding of International Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers Technical Council on Computing and IT in Civil Engineering, and International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, Orlando, Florida, United States, June 23-25, 2014, Paper No. 131.

• Yu-Hsuan Lee, Wei-Tze Chang, and Yu-Ning Ge (2013). “Micro-mechanics Modeling of Soil Arching in An Active Trapdoor Problem,” Fifth Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics & Fourth International Symposium on Computational Mechanics, Singapore, December 11-14, 2013.

• Wei-Tze Chang, Ren-Zuo Wang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Chung-Yue Wang, and Kuo-Chun Chang (2013). “Design of A VFIFE-DEM Coupled Simulation Platform,” Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering 2013, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, September 5-6, 2013, Paper No. 1131 (in Chinese).

• Fu-Pei Hsiao, Hermanto, Ren-Zuo Wang, Wei-Tze Chang, and Yu-Chen Ou (2013). “Vector Form Intrinsic Finite Element for Three-dimensional Reinforced Concrete Structure with Pushover Analysis,” Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering 2013, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, September 5-6, 2013, Paper No. 1133.

• Jiang-Siang Lian, Chia-Chen Kuo, Wei-Tze Chang (2012) “A New Vision for Modern Dance in Terms of Dynamics,” Poster for SIGGRAPH Asia 2012, Singapore, Singapore, November 29-December 1, Poster No. 162.

• Wei-Lin Lo, Yung-Ta Huang, Wei-Tze Chang, Fu-Ling Yang, Chuin-Shan Chen, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2012) “Granular Flow in Rotating Drum: the Effect of Friction Parameter in Discrete Elements,” Sixth European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, Vienna, Austria, September 10-14, 2012.

• Wei-Tze Chang, Fu-Ling Yang, Chuin-Shan Chen, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2012) “On Discrete Element Simulation of Collisional Granular Flow: Use of A Modified Linear Contact Model,” Fourteenth International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Moscow, Russia, June 27-29, 2012.

• Wei-Tze Chang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Fu-Ling Yang, Chuin-Shan Chen, and Shin-Ruei Lin (2011) “Extension of VEDO System for CFD-DES Hybrid Simulation,” Proceeding of the Third International Symposium on Computational Mechanics and Second Symposium on Computational Structural Engineering, Y.B. Yang, L.J. Leu, and C.S. Chen (eds.) Taipei, Taiwan, December 5-7, 2011, pp. 454-455.

• Wei-Lin Lo, Yung-Ta Huang, Wei-Tze Chang, Fu-Ling Yang, Chuin-Shan Chen, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2011) “Effects of Friction Parameter of Discrete Elements to Flow Behavior in Rotating Drum,” Proceeding of the Third International Symposium on Computational Mechanics and Second Symposium on Computational Structural Engineering, Y.B. Yang, L.J. Leu, and C.S. Chen (eds.), Taipei, Taiwan, December 5-7, 2011, pp. 452-453.

• Fu-Ling Yang, Wei-Tze Chang, Chuin-Shan Chen, and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2011) “Influence of Contact Model Parameters on the Development of A Dense Granular Flow Down A Flume with Lateral Walls,” Eighteen Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference in Taiwan, Yilan, Taiwan, August 3-5, 2011.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2011) “Discrete Element Simulation and Its Application at NTUCE,” Proceeding of the Taiwan-Germany Bilateral Workshop on Civil Engineering Education, Research and Practice, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany, January 17-21, 2011 (in CD-ROM).

• Wei-Tze Changg and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2010). “Parallelization and Application of 3D Discrete Element Simulation,” Proceedings of the 2010 Forum on Computational Mechanics of Discontinua, Taipei, Taiwan, January 29, 2010 (in CD-ROM) (in Chinese).

• Fu-Ling Yang, Wei-Tze Chang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, and Chuin-Shan Chen (2010). “A Liquid-Modified Contact Model for Discrete-Element Simulation of Avalanche of Saturated Granulates,” Proceedings of the 2010 Forum on Computational Mechanics of Discontinua, Taipei, Taiwan, January 29, 2010 (in CD-ROM).

• Wei-Tze Chang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Fu-Ling Yang, and Chuin-Shan Chen (2008). “Fidelity of A DEM Simulation on the Initiation and Transient Discharge of A Dry Granular Bulk,” Proceedings of the Twenty-first KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, S.D. Pang (eds.), Singapore, Singapore, October 27-28, 2008, pp. 262-265.

• Wei-Tze Chang and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2008). “Issues on Parallel 3D Discrete Object Simulation for SCC Behavior,” Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference on Structure Engineering, Kaochung, Taiwan, August 22-24, 2008, Paper No. 0175 (in Chinese).

• Fu-Ling Yang, Wei-Tze Chang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, and Chuin-Shan Chen (2008). “Discrete Element Simulation of A Collision-Rich Solid-liquid Flow Using A Liquid-modified Contact Model,” Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial Structures (in CD-ROM), J.F. Abel and J.R. Cooke (eds.), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, May 28-31, 2008.

• Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Wei-Tze Chang, and Yin-Wen Chan (2007). “Simulation of Self-Compacting Concrete Flow Behavior Using Three Dimensional Discrete Element Method,” Proceedings of the Third Structural Engineers World Congress, Bangalore, India, November 2-7, 2007, Paper No. TPS 20-4 (in CD-ROM).

• Wei-Tze Chang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, and Yin-Wen Chan (2007). “Three Dimensional Discrete Element Simulation of SCC Dynamic Behavior,” Proceedings of the Twentieth KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Jeju, Korea, October 3-6, 2007, pp. 91-94.

• Yin-Wen Chan, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, and Wei-Tze Chang (2007). “On the Rheological Behavior of Self-Compacting Concrete Mortar Using Discrete Element Method,” Proceedings of the Fifth International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete, G. De Schutter and V. Boel (eds.), Ghent, Belgium, September 3-5, 2007, pp. 1129-1134.

• Wei-Tze Chang and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2006). “Parametric Study on Three Dimensional Discrete Element Simulation of Self-Compacting Concrete Mortar Flow Behavior,” Proceedings of the Nineteenth KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, M. Matsumoto (eds.), Kyoto, Japan, December 10-12, 2006, pp. 197-200.

• Wei-Tze Chang and Shang-Hsien Hsieh (2006). “Parallel 3D Discrete Element Simulation Using PC Clusters,” Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Structure Engineering, C.L. Tsai (eds.), Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, Taiwan, September 1-3, 2006, Paper No. L-013 (in Chinese).

• Li-Shin Lin, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, and Wei-Tze Chang (2006). “Development of a Parallel Discrete Particle Simulation System for Studying Self-Compacting Concrete Behavior,” Proceedings of the Eleventh Joint International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering, Montreal, Canada, June 14-16, 2006, pp. 2227-2236.

• Li-Shin Lin, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, and Wei-Tze Chang (2005). “Parallel Discrete Element Simulation of SCC Behavior,” Proceedings of the Eighteenth KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, K.C. Chang (eds.), Kaochung, Taiwan, December 19-21, 2005, Paper No. NTU19.

• Li-Shin Lin, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Cheng-Tao Yang, and Wei-Tze Chang (2005). “3-D Discrete Element Simulation of Self-Compacting Concrete Mortar Flow,” Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, September 1-2, 2005, pp. 155-160 (in Chinese).

• Der-Shin Juang, Wei-Tze Chang, and Yuan-Ta Wu (2003). “Discrete Lagrangian Method for Optimal Design of Truss Structures,” Proceeding of the Second International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, Bontempi, F. (des.), Rome, Italy, September 23-26, 2003, A.A. Balkema Publishers, Vol. 1, pp. 507-513.

• Der-Shin Juang and Wei-Tze Chang (2003). “A DLM-GA Hybrid Searching Algorithm for Discrete Sizing Optimization of Large-scale Truss Structures,” Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, July 11-12, 2003, pp. 97 (in Chinese).

• Der-Shin Juang, Wei-Tze Chang, and Yuan-Ta Wu (2003). “Discrete Lagrangian Searching Algorithm and Its Applications in Structural Optimization,” Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Applications in Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, July 11-12, 2003, pp. 98 (in Chinese).

• Der-Shin Juang, Wei-Tze Chang, and Yuan-Ta Wu (2002). “Applications of Discrete Lagrangian Method to Nonlinear Constrained Optimization Problems,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Hu-Wei, Taiwan, December 20-21, 2002, Paper No. D003.

• Der-Shin Juang and Wei-Tze Chang (2002), “Discrete Lagrangian Searching Algorithm and Its Applications in Structural Optimization,” Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth National Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Hu-Wei, Taiwan, December 20-21, 2002, Paper No. D016 (in Chinese).

Thesis

• Wei-Tze Chang (2009). Parallel Discrete Element Simulation and Its Application to the Study of Solid-liquid Flow Behavior, Ph.D. Dissertation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, January, 2009, 126 pages.

• Wei-Tze Chang (2003). Application of DLM-GA hybrid search method for Optimal Design of Structures, Master Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan, July, 2003, 272 pages (in Chinese).