Fields of Research

Civil geotechnical engineering
Structural engineering
Earthquake engineering
Energy generation, conversion and storage (excl. chemical and electrical)
Construction materials
Infrastructure engineering and asset management
Structural dynamics
Distributed systems and algorithms
Numerical modelling and mechanical characterisation
Construction engineering
Timber engineering
Ocean engineering
Geomechanics and resources geotechnical engineering
Marine engineering
Timber, pulp and paper
Agricultural biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)
Automation and technology in building and construction
Environmental engineering
Other engineering
Automation engineering
Cloud computing
Glaciology
Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics)
Petroleum and reservoir engineering
Experimental methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer

Research Objectives

Civil construction design
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Civil construction processes
Cement and concrete materials
Timber materials
Solar-thermal energy
Energy systems and analysis
Information systems, technologies and services
Energy transformation
Metals
Urban rail infrastructure and networks (incl. light and metro rail)
Computer systems
Other construction
Wood sawing and veneer
Air
Civil construction planning
Oil and gas extraction
Glass materials
Antarctic and Southern Ocean ice dynamics
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Mining and extraction of iron ores
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
Construction materials performance and processes
Energy storage (excl. hydrogen and batteries)
Geothermal energy extraction
Commercial energy efficiency
Environmentally sustainable animal production
Natural hazards
Oil shale and tar sands mining and extraction
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Wave energy
Expanding knowledge in built environment and design
Management of greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities

Career Best Publications

Computational Geomechanics with special reference to Earthquake Engineering; John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Effect of corrosion on ductility of reinforcing bars; Magazine of Concrete Research
Generalized plasticity and the modelling of soil behaviour; International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Residual capacity of corroded reinforcing bars; Magazine of Concrete Research
Static and dynamic behaviour of soils: a rational approach to quantitative solutions. I. Fully saturated problems; Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
The patch test - a condition for assessing FEM convergence; International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Unconditionally stable staggered solution procedure for soil-pore fluid interaction problems; International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Research Publications

3D integrated numerical model for Fluid-Structures-Seabed Interaction (FSSI): loosely deposited seabed foundation; Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
A 2-D polygon discrete element method and program for simulating rockfill materials; Yantu Lixue/Rock and Soil Mechanics
A 2D DEM–LBM study on soil behaviour due to locally injected fluid; Particuology
A combined DEM-SBFEM for particle breakage modelling of rock-fill materials; Rock and Soil Mechanics
A combined finite-discrete element study of rock fracture process; 3rd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics
A combined supporting system based on foamed concrete and U-shaped steel for underground coal mine roadways undergoing large deformations; Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
A FDEM parametric investigation on the impact fracture of monolithic glass; Buildings
A genetic-algorithm-based approach for scheduling the renewal of railway track components; Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
A lattice Boltzmann model for thermal non-Newtonian fluid flows through porous media; Computers and Fluids
A novel nonlinear solution for the polygon scaled boundary finite element method and its application to geotechnical structures; Computers and Geotechnics
A review of methodologies applied in Australian practice to evaluate long-term coastal adaptation options; Climate Risk Management
A state-dependent soil model and its application to principal stress rotation simulations; International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
A unified finite element solution to static and dynamic problems of geomechanics
A unified model for frost heave pressure in the rock with a penny-shaped fracture during freezing; Cold Regions Science and Technology
An overview on advances in computational fracture mechanics of rock; Geosystem Engineering
Analytical model for vertically loaded anchor performance with a bridle shank; Computers and Geotechnics
Anisotropic material behaviour under compression of Eucalyptus nitens with high moisture content; Construction and Building Materials
Anisotropic tensile characterisation of Eucalyptus nitens timber above its fibre saturation point, and its application; Polymers
Behavior of cross-laminated timber panels made from fibre-managed Eucalyptus nitens under short-term serviceability loads; Buildings
Bending performance of nail‑laminated timber constructed of fast‑grown plantation eucalypt; European Journal of Wood and Wood Products
Breaking wave-induced response of composite breakwater and liquefaction in seabed foundation; Coastal Engineering
Calibration and validation of a sand model considering the effects of wave-induced principal stress axes rotation; Acta Oceanologica Sinica
Can bottom-up modelling in virtual reality replace conventional structural analysis methods?; Automation in Construction
Can technology improve routine visual bridge inspections?; Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering
Chaos in the unbalance response of journal bearings; Nonlinear Dynamics
Collapse simulation of masonry arches induced by spreading supports with the combined finite-discrete element method; Computational Particle Mechanics
Combined finite-discrete element modelling of rock fracture and fragmentation induced by contour blasting during tunnelling with high horizontal in-situ stress; International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
Combined finite-discrete element modellings of rockbursts in tunnelling under high in-situ stresses; Computers and Geotechnics
Computational Geomechanics with special reference to Earthquake Engineering; John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Computational geomechanics: the heritage of Olek Zienkiewicz; International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Computational geomechanics: theory and applications; Wiley
Consolidation and dynamics of 3D unsaturated porous seabed under rigid caisson breakwater loaded by hydrostatic pressure and wave; Science China. Technological Sciences
Critical buckling load of pile in liquefied soil; Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Damage constitutive model of single flaw sandstone under freeze-thaw and load; Cold Regions Science and Technology
Deadline-based dynamic resource allocation and provisioning algorithms in Fog-Cloud environment; Future Generation Computer Systems
Deflectometer-based analysis of ballasted railway tracks; Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering
DEM simulations of undrained triaxial behavior of granular material; Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Development of 2-D Hybrid FEM/DEM Method Code Using GPGPU; 10th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium
Development of a 3D hybrid finite-discrete element simulator based on GPGPU-parallelized computation for modelling rock fracturing under quasi-static and dynamic loading conditions; Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
Development of a GPGPU‐parallelized hybrid finite-discrete element method for modeling rock fracture; International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Development of a three-dimensional grain-based combined finite-discrete element method to model the failure process of fine-grained sandstones; Computers and Geotechnics
Dynamic failure of dry-joint masonry arch structures modelled with the combined finite–discrete element method; Computational Particle Mechanics
Effect of corrosion on ductility of reinforcing bars; Magazine of Concrete Research
Effect of ground motion characteristics on seismic response of pile foundations in liquefying soil; Seismic performance of soil-foundation-structure systems
Effect of the combined action of lateral load and axial load on the pile instability in liquefiable soils; Engineering Structures
Evaluating the seismic capacity of dry-joint masonry arch structures via the combined finite-discrete element method; Applied Sciences
Evaluating the service performance of heavy axle load ballasted railway by using numerical simulation method; Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Experimental and numerical studies on failure behaviours of sandstones subject to freeze-thaw cycles; Transportation Geotechnics
Experimental and theoretical studies on effect of height-to-diameter ratios on failure forms and mechanical characteristics of foamed concrete; Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Experimental investigation of heat transfer characteristics in a vertical multi-tube latent heat thermal energy storage system; 2nd International Conference on Energy and Power, ICEP2018
Experimental, theoretical and numerical modelling of the deterioration and failure process of sandstones subject to freeze-thaw cycles; Engineering Failure Analysis
FDEM simulation of rock damage evolution induced by contour blasting in the bench of tunnel at deep depth; Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
FEM/DEM modelling of hard body impact on the laminated glass; Applied Mechanics and Materials
Finite element analysis of the effects of radial expansion of corroded reinforcement; Computers and Structures
Finite element modelling of non-structural components mounted on irregular RC buildings; International Conference on Computational Mechanics (CM13)
Finite element simulations of seismic effects on retaining walls with liquefiable backfills; International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Flexural characteristics of Eucalyptus nitens timber with high moisture content; BioResources
Fog-computing architecture: survey and challenges; Big Data-Enabled Internet of Things
Free vibration and buckling analysis of plates by the negative stiffness method; Computers and Structures
Fully coupled dynamic analysis of an earth dam; Geotechnique
Generalized plasticity and the modelling of soil behaviour; International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
GPGPU-based 3-D hybrid FEM/DEM for numerical modelling of various rock testing methods; 12th Australia and New Zealand Young Geotechnical Professionals Conference
GPGPU-parallelised hybrid finite-discrete element modelling of rock chipping and fragmentation process in mechanical cutting; Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
GPGPU-parallelized 3D combined finite-discrete element modelling of rock fracture with adaptive contact activation approach; Computational Particle Mechanics
Hydraulic fracture and microseismicity in unconventional formations using a coupled stress-fracture-flow model; 36th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium
Immersed Boundary-Finite Difference Lattice Boltzmann method through fluid-structure interaction for viscoplastic fluids; Journal of Fluids and Structures
Impact of reinforcement corrosion on ductile behavior of reinforced concrete beams; ACI Structural Journal
Implementation of a time-domain random-walk method into a discrete element method to simulate nuclide transport in fractured rock masses; Geofluids
Investigation on optimal shell-to-tube radius ratio of a vertical shell-and-tube latent heat energy storage system; Solar Energy
IoTSim-Stream: Modeling stream graph application in cloud simulation; Future Generation Computer Systems
Measurements and simulation of the dynamic responses of a bridge-embankment transition zone below a heavy haul railway line; Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Modeling the particle breakage by using combined DEM and SBFEM; 7th International Conference on Discrete Element Methods (DEM7 2016)
Modelling impact fracture and fragmentation of laminated glass using the combined finite-discrete element method; International Journal of Impact Engineering
Modelling of dynamic rock fracture process using the finite-discrete element method with a novel and efficient contact activation scheme; International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
Multi-scale insights on the threshold pressure gradient in low-permeability porous media; Symmetry
Numerical investigation of dynamic rock fragmentation in mechanical cutting using combined FEM/DEM; 3rd Nordic Rock Mechanics Symposium, NRMS 2017
Numerical modelling of fluid-induced soil erosion in granular filters using a coupled bonded particle lattice Boltzmann method; Computers and Geotechnics
Numerical prediction of the dynamic behaviour of two earth dams in Italy using a fully-coupled non-linear approach; International Journal of Geomechanics
Numerical simulation of a completely novel integrated AD-AB sorption refrigeration system; 11th International Conference on Applied Energy 2019
Observations on numerical method dependent solutions of a modified duffing oscillator; Communications in Applied Numerical Methods
Parallelisation of DEM-LBM using domain decomposition; Applied Mechanics and Materials
Parametric analyses on the impact fracture of laminated glass using the combined finite-discrete element method; Composite Structures
Performance analysis of an integrated adsorption and absorption refrigeration system; International Journal of Refrigeration
Performance optimization of an integrated adsorption-absorption cooling system driven by low-grade thermal energy; Applied Thermal Engineering
Principal stress rotation and cyclic shear strength for an elliptical rotation stress path; Marine Georesources and Geotechnology
Reliability evaluation and optimisation of imperfect inspections for a component with multi-defects; Reliability Engineering and System Safety
Residual capacity of corroded reinforcing bars; Magazine of Concrete Research
Response of non-structural components mounted on irregular RC buildings: comparison between FE and EC8 predictions; Earthquakes and Structures
Rock dynamic fracture by destress blasting and application in controlling rockbursts in deep underground; Computers and Geotechnics
Rotational stiffness of cold-formed steel roof purlin–sheeting connections; Engineering Structures
Scheduling algorithms for efficient execution of stream workflow applications in multicloud environments; IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
Seismic design of non-structural components mounted on irregular reinforced concrete buildings; Journal of Building Engineering
Seismic response of non-structural components attached to reinforced concrete structures with different eccentricity ratios; Earthquakes and Structures
Short-term and long-term bending properties of nail-laminated timber constructed of fast-grown plantation eucalypt; Construction and Building Materials
Simulating the breakage of glass under hard body impact using the combined finite-discrete element method; Computers and Structures
Simulating the failure of masonry walls subjected to support settlement with the combined finite-discrete element method; Journal of Building Engineering
Soft impact responses of laminated glass simulated with the combined finite-discrete element method; Engineering Computations
Static and dynamic behaviour of soils: a rational approach to quantitative solutions. I. Fully saturated problems; Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Stress-strain characteristics of foamed concrete subjected to large deformation under uniaxial and triaxial compressive loading; Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Study of the effect of tilting lateral surface angle and operating parameters on the performance of a vertical shell-and-tube latent heat energy storage system; Solar Energy
The combined scaled boundary finite-discrete element method: grain breakage modelling in cohesion-less granular media; Computers and Geotechnics
The patch test - a condition for assessing FEM convergence; International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
Three-dimensional finite element modelling of excavation-induced tunnel wall movement and damage: a case study; Sadhana
Three-dimensional hybrid continuous-discontinuous modelling of the failure process of rock in Brazilian tests; 3rd Australasian Conference on Computational Mechanics
Three-dimensional hybrid finite-discrete element modelling of rock failure process; 10th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium - The ISRM International Symposium for 2018
Three-dimensional modelling on the impact fracture of glass using a GPGPU-parallelised FDEM; Engineering Fracture Mechanics
Transformation of incremental plasticity relation from defining space to general Cartisian stress space; Communications in Applied Numerical Methods
Unconditionally stable staggered solution procedure for soil-pore fluid interaction problems; International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Using peak ground velocity to characterize the response of soil-pile system in liquefying ground; Engineering Geology
Visual stress grading of fibre-managed plantation Eucalypt timber for structural building applications; Construction and Building Materials
Wave-induced progressive liquefaction in a poro-elastoplastic seabed: a two-layered model; International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Research Projects

The pull-out capacity of a newly developed grouted soil nailing system ; Australian Research Council (ARC)
College of Experts 2017-2019 - Professor Andrew Chan

Research Candidate Supervision