1.金属材料在液液/液固两相流中的冲刷腐蚀数值模拟及应用；
2.抗强酸冲蚀材料的设计研发；
3.表面耐蚀性结构改性设计和应用；
4.焊接材料局部腐蚀分析及相关性研究。

代表性论文（总发文量40余篇）：
[1] Chen, Z. X., Hu, H. X., Zheng, Y. G. and Guo, X. M. Effect of groove microstructure on slurry erosion in the liquid-solid two-phase flow. Wear, 466-467 (2021), 203561.
[2] Chen, Z. X., Hu, H. X., Guo, X. M. and Zheng, Y. G. Effect of groove depth on the slurry erosion of V-shaped grooved surfaces. Wear 488-489 (2021), 204133.
[3] E, M., Hu, H. X., Guo, X. M. and Zheng, Y. G. Comparison of the cavitation erosion and slurry erosion behavior of cobalt-based and nickel-based coatings. Wear, 428-429 (2019), 246-257.
[4] Hu, H. X. and Y. G. Zheng. The effect of sand particle concentrations on the vibratory cavitation erosion. Wear, 384-385 (2017), 95-105.
[5] Liu, M. M., Hu, H. X. and Zheng, Y. G. Effects of three sealing methods of aluminum phosphate sealant on corrosion resistance of the Fe-based amorphous coating. Surface and Coatings Technology, 309 (2017), 579-589.
[6] Liu, M. M., Hu, H. X., Zheng, Y. G., Wang, J. Q., Gan, Z. H. and Qiu, S. Effect of sol-gel sealing treatment loaded with different cerium salts on the corrosion resistance of Fe-based amorphous coating. Surface and Coatings Technology, 367 (2019), 311-326.
[7] Yi, J. Z., Hu, H. X., Wang, Z. B. and Zheng, Y. G. On the critical flow velocity for erosion-corrosion in local eroded regions under liquid-solid jet impingement. Wear, 422-423 (2019), 94-99.
专著：参与编写《海洋工程用铜合金腐蚀数据手册》；
专利：国家发明及实用新型专利5项ZL 2013 2 0336282.3、ZL 2015 2 0365542.9、CN112326486A、ZL 2015 2 0366883.8、CN 2015 2 0366883.8