Zhao, H.

Profile

Education and Working Experiences

2009.9-2013.1 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Ph.D. Student in Geotechnical Engineering

Thesis: Behavior of saturated and unsaturated coarse widely graded soils under low confining pressures
2013.5-2014.5  Post-doctoral Fellow, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)   

Research Experiences

2014.10 - present  Monitoring systems to assess geotechnical infrastructure subjected to climatic hazards.
2013.5-2014.5 Thermo-Hydro-mechanical behaviour of soft soils.
2009.9-2013.1, Rapid identification of hazardous loose coarse landslide soil (Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, No. 622210).
2010.5­-2013.1, Theory and technologies for warning against earthquake-induced geohazards along PR303 near the epicenter of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (Sichuan Department of Transportation and Communications).

Publications

Journal papers

  1. Zhao, H.F., Zhang, L.M., and Chang, D.S. (2013). Behavior of coarse widely graded soil under low confining pressures. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 139 (1), 35-48. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000755. 119.
  2. Zhao, H.F., Zhang, L.M., and Fredlund, D.G. (2013). Bimodal shear strength behavior of unsaturated coarse-grained soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 139(12), 2070-2081. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000937
  3. Zhao, H.F., and Zhang, L.M. (2014). Effect of coarse content on the shear behaviour of unsaturated widely graded soils. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 51(12), 1371-1383  doi: 10.1139/cgj-2012-0292.
  4. Zhao, H.F., and Zhang, L.M. (2013). Instability of saturated and unsaturated coarse granular soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, online 3 June 2013. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000976.
  5. Zhao, H.F., Zhang, L.M., Xu, Y., and Chang, D.S. (2013). Variability of geotechnical properties of a fresh landslide soil deposit. Engineering Geology, 166, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.08.006.
  6. Zhao, H.F., Zhang, L.M., and Chang, D.S. (2014). Closure to “Behavior of coarse widely graded soil under low confining pressures”. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 140(2), 07013002. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001048.
  7. Zhang, S., Zhang, L.M., Peng, M., Zhang, L. L., Zhao, H.F., and Chen, H. X. (2012). Assessment of risks of loose landslide deposits formed by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 12, 1381–1392.

 

 Conference Papers

  1. Zhao, H. F., and Zhang, L. M. (2011). Effect of compaction density on behavior coarse graded soils. The Twenty-Fourth KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, 14 – 16 Dec 2011, Hyogo, Japan.
  2. Zhao. H. F., & Zhang, L. M. (2009). Reliability of loose landslide deposits formed during Wenchuan earthquake. GeoRisk 2011: Proceedings of the Geotechnical Risk Assessment and Management, Atlanta, USA, 460-467. ASCE, Reston.
  3. Zhang, L.M., Zhang, S., Zhao, H. F., and Peng, M. (2012). Assessment of risks of soil deposits formed during Wenchuan earthquake. Proc. 14th Asian Regional Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 23-27 May 2011, Hong Kong.

Hongfen Zhao

Postdoc

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