Main research directions: aircraft overall design, UAV structural design, composite material structural design, UAV weight balance and control, UAV recycling technology, etc. He has served as the chief designer or deputy chief designer of several UAV system development projects, the person in charge of the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" and "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" final assembly pre-research projects, and a special technical expert of the Air Force. As the main finisher of key scientific research projects of national "high-tech projects", he won the first prize of national scientific and technological progress. In addition, he won the first prize of the Science, Technology and Industry Committee for National Defense twice, the first prize of provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological progress 1, the second prize 1, and the first prize of the provincial education commission 1, and won three national defense invention patents. He has published 18 papers, and is the deputy editor-in-chief of Chapter II (Aerodynamics, Structure and Strength) of UAV Design Manual.
Representative papers are:
Zhang Yuanming, Zhou Zhou. Rudder deflection principle and structural analysis of flexible hinge on UAV rudder surface, Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University, No.4, 2004, Vol.22 (included in EI)
Zhang Yuanming. Theoretical study on the recovery of shock absorber airbag by UAV, Hydraulic and Pneumatic,No. 1, 2005.
Zhang Yuanming, Zhou Zhou. Cause analysis and improvement of flight yaw anomaly of a UAV, Flight Mechanics, No.4, 2003 (Vol.2 1), No.82. 。