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SCI Papers

  1. Liu, J. Q.# and Zhou, C.* (2023). Numerical investigation on the thermo-mechanical behaviour of twin energy tunnels. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, in press.

  2. Li, A.#, Chen, W. B.*, Chen, Z. J., Wu, P. C., Yin, J. H. and Zhou, C. (2023). Estimation of mechanical and hydraulic parameters of bentonite-soil mixtures in oedometer condition with index properties. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, in press.

  3. Liu, J. B., Leung, A. K.*, Zhou, C. and Chen R. (2023). X-ray aided observation of micro-hydro-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, in press.

  4. Ng, C. W. W., Zhao, X. D.*, Zhang, S., Ni, J. J. and Zhou, C. (2023). An elasto-plastic numerical analysis of THM responses of floating energy pile foundations subjected to asymmetrical thermal cycles. Géotechnique, in press.  

  5. Pei, H. F., Song, H. B.*, Zhou, C., Yang, Q. and Xiao D. (2023). Cyclic t-z model for the long-term thermomechanical analysis of energy piles. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 60(1): 1–17.

  6. Yu, J. R.#, Zhou, C.* and Mu, Q. Y.# (2023). Numerical investigation on LNAPL flow in the vadose zone considering porosity effects on soil hydraulic properties. Vadose Zone Journal, 21(5): 180199.

  7. Zhan, Z. Q., Zhou, C.*, Liu, C. Q. and Ng, C. W. W. (2023). Modelling hydro-mechanical coupled behaviour of unsaturated soil with two-phase two-point material point method. Computers and Geotechnics, 155: 105224.

  8. Liu, J. Q.# and Zhou, C.* (2023). Permeability-porosity relation during erosion-induced water inrush: experimental and theoretical investigations. Transportation Geotechnics, 38: e20211.

  9. Ng, C. W. W., Bentil, O. T.# and Zhou, C.* (2022). Reply to the discussion by Karray, et al. on “Small strain shear modulus and damping ratio of two unsaturated lateritic sandy clays”. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 59(12): 2205–2207.

  10. Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, Q., Zhou, C. and Ni, J. J.* (2022). Eco-geotechnics for human sustainability. Science China Technological Sciences, 65: 2809–2845.

  11. Liu, J. Q.# and Zhou, C.* (2022). Thermo-hydro-mechanical behaviour of geothermal energy tunnel in different ground conditions. Computers and Geotechnics, 151: 104954.

  12. Mu, Q. Y.#, Dong, H.*, Liao, H. J., Zhou, C., Li, S. B. and Zhang, J. W. (2022). Effects of in-situ wetting-drying cycles on the mechanical behaviour of an intact loess. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 59(7): 1281-1284.

  13. Cui, S. Q.# and Zhou, C.* (2022). Coupled effects of stress state and void ratio on thermal conductivity of saturated soils. Géotechnique Letters, 12(2): 148-153.  

  14. Bentil, O. T.# and Zhou, C.* (2022). Effects of temperature and thermal cycles on the elastic shear modulus of saturated clay. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 148(7): 06022006.

  15. Ding, L., Zhang J. H.*, Zhou, C., Han, S. P. and Du, Q. H. (2022). Particle breakage investigation of construction waste recycled aggregates in the subgrade application scenario. Powder Technology, 404: 117448.  

  16. Zhang, A.S., Zhang, J.H.*, Peng, J.H., Huang, C. and Zhou, C. (2022). Effect of freeze-thaw cycles on mechanical properties of an embankment clay: laboratory tests and model evaluations. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 865348.

  17. Cui, S. Q.#, Zhou, C.* and Zhang, J. H. (2022). Experimental investigations on the state-dependent thermal conductivity of sand-rubber mixtures. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 34(3): 04021492.

  18. Ng, C. W. W., Baghbanrezvan, S.*, Lau, S. Y., Sanchez, M. and Zhou, C. (2022). Effects of hydrate dissociation on vertical casing–sediment interaction in carbon dioxide hydrate–bearing sand: novel in-flight centrifuge modelling. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 148 (3), 04021199.

  19. Song, H. B., Pei, H. F.*, Zhou, C., Zou, D. J. and Cui C. Y. (2022). Calculation of the representative temperature change for the thermomechanical design of energy piles. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 29: 100264.

  20. Zhou, C. and Chen, R.* (2021). Modelling the water retention behaviour of anisotropic soils. Journal of Hydrology, 599: 126361.

  21. Chen, R., Huang, J. W., Zhou, C., Ping, Y., and Chen, Z. K.* (2021). A new simple and low-cost air permeameter for unsaturated soils. Soil and Tillage Research, 213: 105083.

  22. Zhang, J. H.*, Zhang, A. S., Huang, C., Yu, H. Y. and Zhou, C. (2021). Characterising the resilient behaviour of pavement subgrade with construction and demolition waste under freeze-thaw cycles. Journal of Cleaner Production, 300: 126702.

  23. Ng, C. W. W., Bentil, O. T.# and Zhou, C.* (2021). Small strain shear modulus and damping ratio of two unsaturated lateritic sandy clays. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 58(9), 1426 - 1435.

  24. Ng, C. W. W., Akinniyi, D. B.# and Zhou, C.* (2021). Volume change behaviour of a saturated lateritic clay under thermal cycles. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 80(1), 653-661.

  25. Zhang, J. H.*, Hu, J. K., Peng, J. H., Fan, H. S. and Zhou, C. (2021). Prediction of resilient modulus for subgrade soils based on ANN approach. Journal of Central South University, 28(3): 898−910.

  26. Ng, C. W. W., Akinniyi, D. B.*# and Zhou, C. (2020). Influence of structure on the compression and shear behaviour of a saturated lateritic clay. Acta Geotechnica, 15: 3433–3441.  

  27. Liu, K., Yin, J. H.*, Chen, W. B., Feng, W. Q. and Zhou, C. (2020). The stress-strain behaviour and critical state parameters of an unsaturated granular fill material under different suctions. Acta Geotechnica, 15: 3383–3398.

  28. Ng, C. W. W., Baghbanrezvan, S.*, Kadlicek, T. and Zhou, C. (2020). A state-dependant constitutive model for methane hydrate-bearing sediments inside the stability region. Géotechnique, 70(12), 1094-1108.

  29. Zhou, C., Tai, P. #* and Yin, J. H. (2020). A bounding surface model for saturated and unsaturated soil-structure interfaces. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 44(18): 2412-2429.

  30. Zhao, X. D., Ng, C. W. W., Zhang, S.*, Ni, J. J. and Zhou, C. (2020). An explicit one-dimensional consolidation solution with semi-permeable drainage boundary for unsaturated soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 44(16): 2241-2253.

  31. Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C.* and Chiu, A. C. F. (2020). Constitutive modelling of state-dependent behaviour of unsaturated soils: an overview. Acta Geotechnica, 15: 2705-2725.

  32. Ng, C. W. W., Akinniyi, D. B.# and Zhou, C.* (2020). Experimental study of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a compacted lateritic sandy lean clay. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 57(11), 1695-1703.

  33. Mu, Q. Y. #, Dong, H., Liao, H. J.*, Dang, Y. J. and Zhou, C. (2020). Water-retention curves of loess under wetting−drying cycles. Géotechnique Letters, 10(2): 135-140.

  34. Zhou, C., So, P. S.* and Chen, X. W. (2020). A water retention model considering biopolymer-soil interactions. Journal of Hydrology, 586: 124874.

  35. Ng, C. W. W., Tawiah, S. O.#, Zhou, C.* and Chiu, A. C. F. (2020). Effects of sesquioxide content on stress-dependent water retention behaviour of weathered soils. Engineering Geology, 266: 105455.

  36. Ng, C. W. W., So, P. S.*, Lau, S. Y., Zhou, C, Coo, J. L. and Ni, J. J. (2020). Influence of biopolymer on gas permeability in compacted clay at different densities and water contents. Engineering Geology, 272: 105631.

  37. Cheng, Q.#, Zhou, C.*, Ng, C. W. W. and Tang, C. S. (2020). Effects of soil structure on thermal softening of yield stress. Engineering Geology, 269: 105544.

  38. Ng, C. W. W., Sadeghi, H.*, Jafarzadeh, F., Sadeghi, M., Zhou, C. and Baghbanrezvan, S. (2020). Effect of microstructure on shear strength and dilatancy of unsaturated loess at high suctions. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 57(2), 221-235.

  39. Cheng, Q.#, Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C. and Tang, C. S.* (2020). Thermal effects on water retention behaviour of unsaturated collapsible loess. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 20: 756-762.

  40. Mu, Q. Y.#, Zhou, C.* and Ng, C. W. W. (2020). Compression and wetting induced volumetric behaviour of loess: macro- and micro-investigations. Transportation Geotechnics, 23: 100345.

  41. Ng, C. W. W., Zheng, G. Ni, J. J.* and Zhou, C. (2020). Use of unsaturated small-strain soil stiffness to the design of wall deflection and ground movement adjacent to deep excavation. Computers and Geotechnics, 119: 103375.

  42. Mu, Q. Y. #, Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C.* and Zhou, G. G. D. (2019). Effects of clay content on the volumetric behaviour of loess under heating-cooling cycles. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A, ICEG 2018 special issue, 20(12): 979-990.

  43. Mu, Q. Y. #, Zhou, C.*, Ng, C. W. W. and Zhou, G. G. D. (2019). Stress effects on soil freezing characteristic curve: equipment development and experimental results. Vadose Zone Journal, 18(1): 180199.

  44. Tai, P. # and Zhou, C.* (2019). Effects of clogging on settlement predictions of ground improved with stone columns. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 23(9): 3889–3896.

  45. Cheng, Q.#, Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C.* and Tang, C. S. (2019). A new water retention model that considers pore non-uniformity and evolution of pore size distribution. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 78(7), 5055-5065.

  46. Ng, C. W. W., So, P. S.*, Coo, J. L., Zhou, C. and Lau, S. Y. (2019). Effects of biofilm on gas permeability of unsaturated sand. Géotechnique, 69(10): 917-923.

  47. Kaewsong, R.#, Zhou, C.* and Ng, C. W. W. (2019). Modelling effects of recent suction history on small-strain stiffness of unsaturated soil. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 56(4): 600-610.

  48. Ng, C. W. W., Akinniyi, D. B.#, Zhou, C.* and Chiu, A. C. F. (2019). Comparisons of weathered lateritic, granitic and volcanic soils: compressibility and shear strength. Engineering Geology, 249: 235-240.

  49. Ng, C. W. W., Mu, Q. Y.*# and Zhou, C. (2019). Effects of specimen preparation method on the volume change of clay under cyclic thermal loads. Géotechnique, 69(2): 146–150.

  50. Zhou, C.* and Ng, C. W. W. (2018). A new thermo-mechanical model for structured soil. Géotechnique, 68(12): 1109-1115.

  51. Ng, C. W. W., Cheng, Q.*# and Zhou, C. (2018). Thermal effects on yielding and wetting-induced collapse of recompacted and intact loess. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 55(8): 1095-1103.

  52. Mu, Q. Y.#, Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C.*, Zhou, G. D. and Liao, H. J. (2018). Reply to the discussion by Ren and Vanapalli on “A new model for capturing void ratio-dependent unfrozen water characteristics curves”. Computers and Geotechnics, 103: 151-152.

  53. Mu, Q. Y.#, Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C.*, Zhou, G. D. and Liao, H. J. (2018). A new model for capturing void ratio-dependent unfrozen water characteristics curve. Computers and Geotechnics, 101: 95-99.

  54. Zhou, C*., Fong K. Y. # and Ng, C. W. W. (2017). A new bounding surface model for thermal cyclic behaviour. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 41(16): 1655-1666.

  55. Ng, C. W. W., Mu, Q. Y. # and Zhou, C.* (2017). Effects of boundary conditions on cyclic thermal strains of clay and sand. Géotechnique Letters, 7(1): 73-78.

  56. Zhou, C.*, Ng, C. W. W. and Wang, S. H.# (2017). Modelling volume changes of sand under thermal loads: a preliminary attempt. Géotechnique Letters, 7(1): 68-72.

  57. Ng, C. W. W., Kaewsong, R*#, Zhou, C. and Alonso E. E. (2017). Small strain shear moduli of unsaturated natural and compacted loess. Géotechnique, 67(7): 646–651.

  58. Ng, C. W. W., Baghbanrezvan, S.*#, Sadeghi, H. Zhou, C. and Jafarzadeh F. (2017). Effect of specimen preparation techniques on dynamic properties of unsaturated fine-grained soil at high suctions. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 54(9): 1310-1319.

  59. Ma, Q. J.*, Ng, C. W. W., Mašín, D. and Zhou, C. (2017). An approach for modelling volume change of fine-grained soil subjected to thermal cycles. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 54(6): 896-901.

  60. Ng, C. W. W., Mu, Q. Y.*# and Zhou, C. (2017). Effects of soil structure on the shear behaviour of an unsaturated loess at different suctions and temperatures. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 54(2): 270-279.

  61. Hong, Y., Koo, R. C. H., Zhou, C* and Ng, C. W. W. (2017). Small strain path-dependent stiffness of Toyoura sand: laboratory measurement and numerical implementation. International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 17(1): 04016036.

  62. Zhou, C.* and Ng, C. W. W. (2016). Simulating the cyclic behaviour of unsaturated soil at various temperatures using a bounding surface model. Géotechnique, 66(4): 344-350.

  63. Ng, C. W. W., Cheng, Q.#, Zhou, C.* and Alonso E. E. (2016). Volume changes of an unsaturated clay during heating and cooling. Géotechnique Letters, 6(3): 192-198.

  64. Xu, J. and Zhou, C.* (2016). A simple model for the hysteretic elastic shear modulus of unsaturated soils. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A, GeGe 2015 special issue, 17(7): 589-596.

  65. Zhou, C*. and Ng, C. W. W. (2016). Effects of temperature and suction on plastic deformation of unsaturated silt under cyclic loads. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 28(12): 04016170.

  66. Ng, C. W. W., Wang, S. H.# and Zhou, C.* (2016). Volume change behaviour of saturated sand under thermal cycles. Géotechnique Letters, 6(2):124-131.

  67. Ng, C. W. W., Ni, J. J.*, Leung, A. K., Zhou, C. and Wang, Z. J. (2016). Effects of planting density on tree growth and induced soil suction. Géotechnique, 66(9): 711-724.

  68. Zhou, C., Xu, J.* and Ng, C. W. W. (2015). Effects of temperature and suction on secant shear modulus of unsaturated soil. Géotechnique Letters, 5(3): 123-128.

  69. Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C*. and Leung, A.K. (2015). Comparisons of different suction control techniques by water retention curves: theoretical and experimental studies. Vadose Zone Journal, 14(9): 10.2136/vzj2015.01.0006.

  70. Zhou, C*. and Ng, C. W. W. (2015). A thermomechanical model for saturated soil at small and large strains. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 52(8): 1101-1110.

  71. Ng, C. W. W., Chen, Z. K., Coo, J. L., Chen, R.* and Zhou, C. (2015). Gas breakthrough and emission through unsaturated compacted clay in landfill final cover. Waste Management, 44: 155-163.

  72. Zhou, C., Ng, C. W. W. and Chen, R*. (2015). A bounding surface plasticity model for unsaturated soil at small strains. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 39(11): 1141-1164.

  73. Ng, C. W. W. and Zhou, C*. (2014). Cyclic behaviour of an unsaturated silt at various suctions and temperatures. Géotechnique, 64(9): 709 –720.

  74. Zhou, C.* and Ng, C. W. W. (2014). A new and simple stress-dependent water retention model for unsaturated soil. Computers and Geotechnics, 62: 216-222.

  75. Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C.*, Yuan, Q. and Xu, J. (2013). Resilient modulus of unsaturated subgrade soil: experimental and theoretical investigations. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 50(2): 223-232.

Chinese Journal Papers

  1. Xu, J.* and Zhou, C. (2015). Experimental study of wetting-drying effect on small-strain shear modulus of a silt (in Chinese). Rock and Soil Mechanics, 36(S1): 377-381.

Co-editor of Conference Proceedings

  1. Ng, C. W. W., A. K. Leung, A.C.F. Chiu and Zhou, C. (2018). Editors: Proceedings of the 7st International Conference on Unsaturated Soisl (UNSAT 2018). Hong Kong, August 3-5, 2018.

  2. Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C., Choi, C. and Archer A. (2015). Editors: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Geo-Energy and Geo-Environment (GeGe 2015). Hong Kong, December 4-5, 2015.

Keynote Papers/Invited Lecture

  1. Zhou, C. (2018). A bounding surface model for cyclic thermo-mechanical behaviour of unsaturated soil. The 7th International Conference on Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, Hong Kong, August 3-5 2018.

  2. Zhou, C. (2017). Shear Stiffness of Unsaturated Completely Decomposed Tuff. International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) TC107 Workshop. Hong Kong, September 13, 2017.

  3. Ng, C. W. W. and Zhou, C. (2017). Plastic deformations of unsaturated fine-grained soils under cyclic thermo-mechanical loads. International Workshop on Advances in Laboratory Testing and Modelling of Soils and Shales. Lausanne, Switzerland, January 18-20, 2017.

  4. Ng, C. W. W., A. Gunawan and Zhou, C (2016). Energy pile and its scientific challenges. NSF Workshop on Workshop on Geotechnical Fundamentals in the Face of New World Challenges. Virginia, US, July 17-19, 2016.

  5. Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C. and Xu, J. (2015). Monotonic and cyclic shear stiffness of unsaturated soil at different temperatures. The 6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Unsaturated Soils. Guilin, China, October 23-26, 2015.

  6. Ng, C. W. W. and Zhou, C. (2013). Shear stiffness of unsaturated soil under static and cyclic loads at different temperatures (in Chinese). The 1st National Symposium on Unsaturated Soils and Problematic Soils. Chongqing, China, October 11-13, 2013.

  7. Ng, C. W. W., Zhou, C. and Xu, J. (2012). Shear stiffness of unsaturated soil under static and cyclic loads. The 2nd International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials and Environment. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 14-16, 2012.

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(* denotes corresponding author, # denotes students supervised/co-supervised)

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