Infrastructure and Environment

Kootahi, K., Kwan Leung, A., Jiang, Z., Liu, J., Qi, R., Lourenço, S. D.N., Lai, Z., Gao, Z. (2024) Evaluation of the methods of particle morphology characterization: CT scanning, digital imaging and light microscopy. Computers and Geotechnics, 174, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106648)

Liu, T., Kontoe, S., Buckley, R.M., Jardine, R.J., Vinck, K., Byrne, B.W., McAdam, R.A. (2024) Axial resistance of piles during driving in chalk. (doi: 10.1201/9781003431749-609)

Alexander, J.S., Buckley, R.M., Whyte, S.A. (2024) Machine learning to expedite concept monopile design. (doi: 10.1201/9781003431749-537)

Shinde, N., Buckley, R., Rieman, L. (2024) The SOURCE Project: Quantifying and Reducing the Uncertainties Associated with In Situ Stiffness Measurements. (doi: 10.1201/9781003431749-655)

McAdam, R., Buckley, R., Schranz, F., Byrne, B., Jardine, R., Kontoe, S., Liu, T., Vinck, K., Crispin, J. (2024) Monotonic and cyclic lateral loading of piles in low to medium density chalk. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.23.00484)

Li, X., Gao, Z. (2024) Evaluation of three weight functions for nonlocal regularisation of sand models. International Journal of Geomechanics, 24, (doi: 10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-9192)

Zheng, T., Buckley, R., Febrianto, E. (2024) Development of a Framework for Automatic Quantification of Uncertainty in Seismic Cone Penetration Testing.

Buckley, R., Shinde, N. (2024) Multi-method In Situ Geophysical Testing in a High Porosity Chalk Mass.

Hen-Jones, R., Comber, G., Worthington, P., Garantini, S., Jones, I., Buckley, R. (2024) Towards the Development of a Standard for the PS Suspension Logger.

Hong, Y., Wang, X., Wang, L., Kang, G., Gao, Z. (2024) High-cycle shakedown, ratcheting and liquefaction behavior of anisotropic granular material with fabric evolution: experiments and constitutive modelling. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 187, (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2024.105638)

Rieman, L., Buckley, R., Shinde, N., Wheeler, S. (2024) A modified linear-elastic model for calibration of resonant column devices accommodating drive system compliance. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.23.00272)

Karimzadeh, A. A., Leung, A. K., Gao, Z. (2024) Maximum shear modulus anisotropy of rooted soils. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.23.00496)

Blanche, J., Mitchell, D., Shang, J., Flynn, D., Pavuluri, S., Desmulliez, M. (2024) Dynamic analysis of geomaterials using microwave sensing. Scientific Reports, 14, (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57653-3)

Lu, D., Meng, F., Zhou, X., Zhuo, Y., Gao, Z., Du, X. (2023) A dynamic elastoplastic model of concrete based on a modeling method with environmental factors as constitutive variables. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 149, (doi: 10.1061/JENMDT.EMENG-7206)

Buckley, R., Chen, Y., Sheill, B., Suryasentana, S., Xu, D., Doherty, J., Randolph, M. (2023) Bayesian optimisation for CPT-based prediction of impact pile driveability. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 149, (doi: 10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-11385)

Buckley, R., Chen, Y., Sheil, B., Suryasentana, S., Randolph, M., Doherty, J. (2023) Improving Driveability Predictions for Offshore Piles using Bayesian Optimisation.

Vinck, K., Liu, T., Jardine, R., Kontoe, S., Buckley, R., Byrne, B., McAdam, R., Ferreira, P., Coop, M. (2023) Monotonic Characterisation of Low- to Medium-Density Chalk for Driven Offshore Pile Design.

Liu, T., Jardine, R., AHmadi-Naghadeh, R., Kontoe, S., Buckley, R., Byrne, B., McAdam, R. (2023) Cyclic Characterisation of Low-to-Medium Density Chalk for Offshore Driven Pile Design.

Jardine, R., Buckley, R., Liu, T., Byrne, B., Kontoe, S., McAdam, R., Schranz, F., Vinck, K. (2023) Driven Pile Behaviour in Low-to-Medium Density Chalk: the ALPACA JIP Outcomes.

Wen, K., Buckley, R., Byrne, B. (2023) Obtaining Representative Stiffness Degradation Parameters from the Resonant Column.

Buckley, R., Byrne, B., Jardine, R., Turner, S. (2023) Large-Scale Pile Testing Research to Advance Offshore Pile Design (Keynote lecture)

Martin, S., Byrne, B., Buckley, R., Wu, K.-W., McAdam, R., Aghakouchak, A., Turner, S., Cameron, A., Lindeboom, R. (2023) Medium-Scale Field Testing of Laterally Loaded Monopiles in Glacial Till at Cowden.

Liu, T., Ahmadi-Naghadeh, R., Vinck, K., Jardine, R. J., Kontoe, S., Buckley, R. M., Byrne, B. W., McAdam, R. A. (2023) Laboratory Investigation of the Cyclic Loading Behaviour of Intact and De-Structured Chalk.

Vinck, K., Liu, T., Jardine, R., Kontoe, S., Buckley, R., Byrne, B., McAdam, R., Ferreira, P., Coop, M. (2023) The Monotonic Behaviour of a Low- to Medium-Density Chalk Through in Situ and Laboratory Characterisation.

Rieman, L., Buckley, R., Wheeler, S. (2023) Calibration and Limitations of a Fixed-Partly Fixed Resonant Column Apparatus.

Cai, H., Gao, Z., Hong, Y., Zhang, J. (2023) A bounding surface model for gassy clay. Computers and Geotechnics, 161, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105565)

Liu, S., Gao, Z., Li, M. (2023) Effect of strength anisotropy on strain localization in natural clay. Acta Geotechnica, 18, pp. 4615-4632. (doi: 10.1007/s11440-023-01853-0)

Buckley, R., Chen, Y., Sheil, B., Suryasentana, S., Randolph, M., Doherty, J. (2023) Bayesian Optimisation Framework for Robust and Adaptive Driveability Predictions for Offshore Wind Piles.

Al-Budairi, H., Gao, Z., Steel, A. (2023) Numerical modelling of double-twisted wire mesh for low-energy rockfall catch fences. Geosciences, 13, (doi: 10.3390/geosciences13060180)

Gao, Z., Whyte, S. (2023) Finite Element Modelling of Long-term Cyclic Response of Monopiles in Sand Using a Stiffness Degradation Approach.

Zhu, C., Zhang, J., Shang, J., Ren, D., He, M. (2023) Advances in multifield and multiscale coupling of rock engineering. Energies, 16, (doi: 10.3390/en16104004)

Yao, H., Zhao, S., Gao, Z., Xue, Z., Song, B., Li, F., Li, J., Liu, Y., Hou, Y., Wang, L. (2023) Data-driven analysis on the subbase strain prediction: a deep data augmentation-based study. Transportation Geotechnics, 40, (doi: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2023.100957)

Lu, D., Zhang, Y., Zhou, X., Su, C., Gao, Z., Du, X. (2023) A robust stress update algorithm for elastoplastic models without analytical derivation of the consistent tangent operator and loading/unloading estimation. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 47, pp. 1022-1050. (doi: 10.1002/nag.3503)

Essayah, A., Gao, Z., Shire, T., Guo, N. (2023) Discrete Element Modelling of Energy Dissipation and Stored Plastic Work in Granular Materials.

Lu, D., Dong, H., Lin, Q., Gui, C., Gao, Z., Du, X. (2023) A method for characterizing the deformation localization in granular materials using the relative particle motion. Computers and Geotechnics, 156, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105262)

Gao, Z., Lu, D., Hou, Y., Li, X. (2023) Constitutive modelling of fabric effect on sand liquefaction. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15, pp. 926-936. (doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2022.06.002)

Buckley, R. M., Jardine, R. J., Kontoe, S., Liu, T., Byrne, B. W., McAdam, R. A., Schranz, F., Vinck, K. (2023) Axial cyclic loading of piles in low to medium density chalk. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.22.00044)

Jardine, R. J., Buckley, R. M., Liu, T., Andolffson, T., Byrne, B. W., Kontoe, S., McAdam, R. A., Schranz, F., Vinck, K. (2023) The axial behaviour of piles driven in chalk. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.22.00041)

Li, X., Gao, Z. (2023) Evaluation of Nonlocal Regularisation Methods for Sand Models.

Liu, Z., Pan, S., Gao, Z., Chen, N., Li, F., Wang, L., Hou, Y. (2023) Automatic intelligent recognition of pavement distresses with limited dataset using generative adversarial networks. Automation in Construction, 146, (doi: 10.1016/j.autcon.2022.104674)

Gao, Z., Yan, L., Whyte, S. (2023) B-SDM: a bounding surface stiffness degradation method for modelling the long-term ratcheting response of offshore wind turbine foundations. Computers and Geotechnics, 154, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.105157)

Scarfone, R., Wheeler, S. J., Smith, C. C. (2023) Numerical modelling of the application of capillary barrier systems for prevention of rainfall-induced slope instability. Acta Geotechnica, 18, pp. 355-378. (doi: 10.1007/s11440-022-01582-w)

Vinck, K., Liu, T., Jardine, R. J., Kontoe, S., Ahmadi-Naghadeh, R., Buckley, R. M., Byrne, B. W., Lawrence, J. A., McAdam, R. A., Schranz, F. (2023) Advanced in-situ and laboratory characterisation of the ALPACA chalk research site. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.21.00197)

Liu, T., Ahmadi-Naghadeh, R., Vinck, K., Jardine, R. J., Kontoe, S., Buckley, R. M., Byrne, B. W. (2023) An experimental investigation into the behaviour of de-structured chalk under cyclic loading. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.21.00199)

Cai, H., Gao, Z., Hong, Y., Zhang, J., Lu, D. (2023) Constitutive Modelling of Overconsolidated Gassy Clay.

Gao, Z. W., Li, X., Lu, D.C. (2023) Nonlocal Regularization of an Anisotropic Critical State Model for Sand. (doi: 10.53243/NUMGE2023-123)

Liu, S., Gao, Z., Li, M. (2022) A closed-form logarithmic spiral method for seismic passive earth pressure in anisotropic sand. Computers and Geotechnics, 152, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.105052)

Wang, M., Shang, J.L., Fan, L.F. (2022) Combined static-dynamic loading effect on the wave transmission properties in rock masses with macrojoint and microdefect. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55, pp. 7747-7764. (doi: 10.1007/s00603-022-03057-6)

Essayah, A., Shire, T., Gao, Z. (2022) The relationship between contact network and energy dissipation in granular materials. Granular Matter, 24, (doi: 10.1007/s10035-022-01255-1)

Kourelis, I., Kontoe, S., Buckley, R., Galbraith, A. (2022) An Assessment of Pile Driveability Analyses for Monopile Foundations. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7148969)

Martin, S. C., Buckley, R. M., McAdam, R. A., Byrne, B. W. (2022) Enhanced Stress Wave Analysis of Scaled Monopiles in Glacial Till at Cowden. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7151557)

Karimzadeh, A. A., Leung, A. K., Gao, Z. (2022) Shear strength anisotropy of rooted soils. Geotechnique, (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.22.00103)

de Klerk, D. N., Shire, T., Gao, Z., McBride, A. T., Pearce, C. J., Steinmann, P. (2022) A variational integrator for the discrete element method. Journal of Computational Physics, 462, (doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111253)

Scarfone, R., Wheeler, S. J. (2022) Analytical and numerical modelling of air trapping during wetting of unsaturated soils. Acta Geotechnica, 17, pp. 3499-3513. (doi: 10.1007/s11440-022-01470-3)

Gao, Z., Cai, H., Hong, Y., Lu, D. (2022) A constitutive model for gassy clay. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 59, pp. 1033-1045. (doi: 10.1139/cgj-2020-0754)

Scarfone, R., Wheeler, S. J., Lloret-Cabot, M. (2022) A hysteretic hydraulic constitutive model for unsaturated soils and application to capillary barrier systems. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 30, (doi: 10.1016/j.gete.2020.100224)

Zhu, C., Karakus, M., He, M., Meng, Q., Shang, J., Wang, Y., Yin, Q. (2022) Volumetric deformation and damage evolution of Tibet interbedded skarn under multistage constant-amplitude-cyclic loading. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 152, (doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2022.105066)

Chen, N., Zhao, S., Gao, Z., Wang, D., Liu, P., Oeser, M., Hou, Y., Wang, L. (2022) Virtual mix design: prediction of compressive strength of concrete with industrial wastes using deep data augmentation. Construction and Building Materials, 323, (doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126580)

Zhou, X., Lu, D., Su, C., Gao, Z., Du, X. (2022) An unconstrained stress updating algorithm with the line search method for elastoplastic soil models. Computers and Geotechnics, 143, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104592)

Gao, Z., Li, X., Lu, D. (2022) Nonlocal regularization of an anisotropic critical state model for sand. Acta Geotechnica, 17, pp. 427-439. (doi: 10.1007/s11440-021-01236-3)

Liang, J., Lu, D., Du, X., Ma, C., Gao, Z., Han, J. (2022) A 3D non-orthogonal elastoplastic constitutive model for transversely isotropic soil. Acta Geotechnica, 17, pp. 19-36. (doi: 10.1007/s11440-020-01095-4)

Lin, Q., Tian, Y., Lu, D., Gong, Q., Du, X., Gao, Z. (2021) A prediction method of ground volume loss variation with depth induced by tunnel excavation. Acta Geotechnica, 16, pp. 3689-3707. (doi: 10.1007/s11440-021-01295-6)

Xiao, F., Shang, J., Ayal, W., Zhiye, Z. (2021) Assessing fluid flow in rough rock fractures based on machine learning and electrical circuit model. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 206, (doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109126)

Gao, Z., Cai, H. (2021) Effect of total stress path and gas volume change on undrained shear strength of gassy clay. International Journal of Geomechanics, 21, (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002198)

Buckley, R., Jardine, R., Kontoe, S. (2021) In situ Testing in Low-Medium Density Structured Chalk.

Lloret-Cabot, M., Wheeler, S. J., Gens, A., Sloan, S. W. (2021) Numerical integration of an elasto-plastic critical state model for soils under unsaturated conditions. Computers and Geotechnics, 137, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104299)

Gao, Z., Zhao, J., Li, X. (2021) The deformation and failure of strip footings on anisotropic cohesionless sloping grounds. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 45, pp. 1526-1545. (doi: 10.1002/nag.3212)

Gao, Z., Diambra, A. (2021) A multiaxial constitutive model for fibre-reinforced sand. Geotechnique, 71, pp. 548-560. (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.19.P.250)

Gao, Z., Huang, M. (2021) Effect of sample preparation method on mechanical behaviour of fibre-reinforced sand. Computers and Geotechnics, 133, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104007)

Jiang, N.-J., Hanson, J. L., Vecchia, G. D., Zhu, C., Yi, Y., Arnepalli, D. N., Courcelles, B., He, J., Horpibulsuk, S., Hoy, M., Takahashi, A., Arulrajah, A., Lin, C.-P., Dowoud, O., Li, Z., Gao, Z., Hata, T., Zhang, L., Du, Y.-J., Goli, V. S.N.S., Mohammad, A., Singh, P., Kuntikana, G., Singh, D. N. (2021) Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering education during the pandemic. Environmental Geotechnics, 8, pp. 233-243. (doi: 10.1680/jenge.20.00086)

Buckley, R., Kontoe, S., Jardine, R., Barbosa, P., Schroeder, F. (2021) Pile driveability in low-to-medium density chalk. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 58, pp. 650-665. (doi: 10.1139/cgj-2019-0703)

Fu, Y., Gao, Z., Hong, Y., Li, T., Garg, A. (2021) Destructuration of saturated natural loess: from experiments to constitutive modelling. International Journal of Damage Mechanics, 30, pp. 575-594. (doi: 10.1177/1056789520939300)

Buckley, R.M., Byrne, B.W., Doherty, J.P., Jardine, R.J., Kontoe, S., McAdam, R.A., Randolph, M.F. (2021) Measurements of Distributed Strain During Impact Pile Driving.

Hong, Y., Wang, X., Wang, L., Gao, Z. (2021) A state-dependent constitutive model for coarse-grained gassy soil and its application in slope instability modelling. Computers and Geotechnics, 129, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103847)

Scarfone, R., Wheeler, S. J., Smith, C. C. (2020) Numerical Study of the Application of Capillary Barrier Systems for Prevention of Rainfall-Induced Slope Instabilities. (doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019501027)

Tarantino, A. et al. (2020) TERRE Project: Interplay Between Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Low-Carbon Geotechnical Engineering. (doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019501002)

Scarfone, R., Wheeler, S. J., Lloret-Cabot, M. (2020) Conceptual hydraulic conductivity model for unsaturated soils at low degree of saturation and its application to the study of capillary barrier systems. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146, (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002357)

Gao, Z., Lu, D., Huang, M. (2020) Effective skeleton stress and void ratio for constitutive modelling of fiber-reinforced sand. Acta Geotechnica, 15, pp. 2797-2811. (doi: 10.1007/s11440-020-00986-w)

Chauhan, P., Moussa, E., Prime, N., Wheeler, S., Plé, O. (2020) Simulating the Drying Behavior of Rammed Earth Columns. (doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/202019501025)

Buckley, R. M., McAdam, R. A., Byrne, B. W., Doherty, J. P., Jardine, R. J., Kontoe, S., Randolph, M. F. (2020) Optimization of impact pile driving using optical fiber Bragg-grating measurements. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146, (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002293)

Buckley, R. M., Jardine, R. J., Kontoe, S., Barbosa, P., Schroeder, F. C. (2020) Full-scale observations of dynamic and static axial responses of offshore piles driven in chalk and tills. Geotechnique, 70, pp. 657-681. (doi: 10.1680/jgeot.19.TI.001)

Gao, Z., Hong, Y., Wang, L. (2020) Constitutive modelling of fine‐grained gassy soil: a composite approach. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 44, pp. 1350-1368. (doi: 10.1002/nag.3065)

Gao, Z., Lu, D., Du, X. (2020) Bearing capacity and failure mechanism of strip footings on anisotropic sand. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 146, (doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001814)

Hong, Y., Wang, L., Zhang, J., Gao, Z. (2020) 3D elastoplastic model for fine-grained gassy soil considering the gas-dependent yield surface shape and stress-dilatancy. Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 146, (doi: 10.1061/(asce)em.1943-7889.0001760)

Hu, J.-h., Ren, Q.-f., Yang, D.-j., Ma, S.-w., Shang, J.-l., Ding, X.-t., Luo, Z.-q. (2020) Cross-scale characteristics of backfill material using NMR and fractal theory. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 30, pp. 1347-1363. (doi: 10.1016/S1003-6326(20)65301-8)

Wang, F., Cao, P., Wang, Y., Hao, R., Meng, J., Shang, J. (2020) Combined effects of cyclic load and temperature fluctuation on the mechanical behavior of porous sandstones. Engineering Geology, 266, (doi: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2019.105466)

Wan, Z., Yao, Y., Gao, Z. (2020) Comparison study of constitutive models for overconsolidated clays. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 33, pp. 98-120. (doi: 10.1007/s10338-019-00110-w)

Shang, J. (2020) Rupture of veined granite in polyaxial compression: insights from three‐dimensional discrete element method modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125, (doi: 10.1029/2019JB019052)

Duan, K., Kwok, C. Y., Zhang, Q., Shang, J. (2020) On the initiation, propagation and reorientation of simultaneously-induced multiple hydraulic fractures. Computers and Geotechnics, 117, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103226)

Jayasinghe, L.B., Shang, J., Zhao, Z., Goh, A.T.C. (2019) Numerical investigation into the blasting-induced damage characteristics of rocks considering the role of in-situ stresses and discontinuity persistence. Computers and Geotechnics, 116, (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103207)

Gui, Y.L., Shang, J.L., Ma, J.J., Zhao, Z.Y. (2019) Numerical study of the circular opening effect on mechanical behaviour of rock under confinement. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 11, pp. 1201-1210. (doi: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2019.07.003)

Shang, J., Layasinghe, L.B., Xiao, F., Duan, K., Nie, W., Zhao, Z. (2019) Three-dimensional DEM investigation of the fracture behaviour of thermally degraded rocks with consideration of material anisotropy. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 104, (doi: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2019.102330)

Jardine, R. J., Buckley, R., Byrne, B. W., Kontoe, S., McAdam, R. A., Andolfsson, T., Liu, T. F., Schranz, F., Vinck, K. (2019) Improving the design of piles driven in chalk through the ALPACA research project. Revue Française de Géotechnique, 2019, (doi: 10.1051/geotech/2019008)

Ma, S., Zhao, Z., Shang, J. (2019) An analytical model for shear behaviour of bolted rock joints. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 121, (doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2019.04.005)

Xiao, F., Shang, J., Zhao, Z. (2019) DDA based grouting prediction and linkage between fracture aperture distribution and grouting characteristics. Computers and Geotechnics, 112, pp. 350-369. (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.04.028)

Kong, F., Shang, J. (2019) Reply to discussion of “A Validation Study for the Estimation of Uniaxial Compressive Strength Based on Index Tests” by Kong and Shang, Rock Mech and Rock Eng (2018) Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 52, pp. 2719-2720. (doi: 10.1007/s00603-019-01880-y)

Liu, T., Chen, H., Buckley, R. M., Quinteros, V. S., Jardine, R. J. (2019) Characterisation of Sand-Steel Interface Shearing Behaviour for the Interpretation of Driven Pile Behaviour in Sands. (doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/20199213001)

Chan, D. L.H., Buckley, R. M., Liu, T., Jardine, R. J. (2019) Laboratory Investigation of Interface Shearing in Chalk. (doi: 10.1051/e3sconf/20199213009)

Hu, J.-h., Ren, Q.-f., Ma, S.-w., Jian, Q., Jiang, Y.-j., Shang, J.-l., Luo, Z.-q. (2019) Macroscopic and microscopic trans-scale characteristics of pore structure of mine grouting materials. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 29, pp. 1067-1081. (doi: 10.1016/S1003-6326(19)65015-6)

Nie, W., Zhao, Z.Y., Guo, W., Shang, J., Wu, C. (2019) Bond-slip modeling of a CMC rockbolt element using 2D-DDA method. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 85, pp. 340-353. (doi: 10.1016/j.tust.2018.12.025)

Aliyu, M.M., Shang, J., Murphy, W., Lawrence, J.A., Collier, R., Kong, F., Zhao, Z. (2019) Assessing the uniaxial compressive strength of extremely hard cryptocrystalline flint. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 113, pp. 310-321. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2018.12.002)

Yokota, Y., Zhao, Z., Shang, J., Nie, W., Date, K., Iwano, K., Okada, Y. (2019) Effect of bolt configuration on the interface behaviour between a rock bolt and bond material: a comprehensive DDA investigation. Computers and Geotechnics, 105, pp. 116-128. (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.09.017)

Lu, D., Liang, J., Du, X., Ma, C., Gao, Z. (2019) Fractional elastoplastic constitutive model for soils based on a novel 3D fractional plastic flow rule. Computers and Geotechnics, 105, pp. 277-290. (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.10.004)

Le, T. M. H., Sanchez, M., Gallipoli, D., Wheeler, S. (2019) Probabilistic study of rainfall-triggered instabilities in randomly heterogeneous unsaturated finite slopes. Transport in Porous Media, 126, pp. 199-222. (doi: 10.1007/s11242-018-1140-0)

Shang, J., Duan, K., Gui, Y., Handley, K., Zhao, Z. (2018) Numerical investigation of the direct tensile behaviour of laminated and transversely isotropic rocks containing incipient bedding planes with different strengths. Computers and Geotechnics, 104, pp. 373-388. (doi: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.11.007)

Shang, J., Zhao, Z., Hu, J., Handley, K. (2018) 3D particle-based DEM investigation into the shear behaviour of incipient rock joints with various geometries of rock bridges. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51, pp. 3563-3584. (doi: 10.1007/s00603-018-1531-0)

Shang, J., Chua, Z., Peh, H., Zhao, Z. (2018) A Preliminary Study of the Economic Dimension of Underground Rock Caverns for Water Storage at Singapore. (doi: 10.1109/WEEF-GEDC.2018.8629647)

Shang, J., Yokota, Y., Zhao, Z., Dang, W. (2018) DEM simulation of mortar-bolt interface behaviour subjected to shearing. Construction and Building Materials, 185, pp. 120-137. (doi: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.07.044)

Gallipoli, D., Grassl, P., Wheeler, S., Gens, A. (2018) On the choice of stress–strain variables for unsaturated soils and its effect on plastic flow. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 15, pp. 3-9. (doi: 10.1016/j.gete.2018.02.002)

Doughty, L.J., Buckley, R.M., Jardine, R.J. (2018) Investigating the Effect of Ageing on the Behaviour of Chalk Putty. (doi: 10.1680/eiccf.64072.695)

Shang, J., Gui, Y., Zhao, Z. (2018) Broad-spectrum fracture toughness of an anisotropic sandstone under mixed-mode loading. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 96, pp. 556-575. (doi: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2018.07.005)

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Hasan, A.M., Wheeler, S.J. (2015) Measuring Travel Time in Bender/Extender Element Tests.

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