Research
Theoretical Research in Free Energy Change of Soil Pore Water
Theoretical Research in Soil Hydraulic Behaviors
- Established a soil hydraulic conductivity equation incorporating capillary and adsorptive film flow
- Developed a closed-form solution for film flow in nanoscale clayey soil pores with spatially varying viscosity
- Developed a semi-analytical solutions for soil consolidation induced by drying
Theoretical and Experimental Research in the Strength and Deformation of Unsaturated Soil
- Extended the classic critical state soil mechanics to incorporate the effect of adsorptive suction stress
- Investigated the effects of iron oxide cementation on the mechanical properties of granite residual soil in the full suction range
- Measured nanopore evolution in clay during drying via Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
Exploring Microscale Soil-Water Interactions through Molecular Simulation
- Unveiled the physical origins of the abnormal high pore water viscosity
- Discovery of pore water flow induced by adsorption
