Research Projects
Current Projects
- "Characterization of thermal failure in natural soils"
- Principal Investigator: J. Zhao
- Funded by: Research Grants Council of Hong Kong - General Research Fund
- Duration: 3 years (2012 - 2014)
- "Towards a statistical mechanics based theory on granular plasticity"
- Principal Investigator: J. Zhao
- Co-Investigator: X.S. Li
- Funded by: Research Grants Council of Hong Kong - General Research Fund
- Duration: 3 years (2011 - 2013)
- "Experimental and Numerical Shakedown Analysis of Asphalt Pavements in Hong Kong"
- Principal Investigator: J. Zhao
- Funded by: HKUST
RGC DAG
- Duration: 4 years (Oct 2008 - Oct 2012)
Past Projects
- "Micro-macro computational modeling of
collapse problems in
geomaterials" - Funded by
Research Grants Council of
Hong Kong - General Research
Fund (HK RGC/GRF) (2010-2012, HK$1,108,600)
- "Multi-scale modeling of collapse problems in geo-materials by strain gradient plasticity" -
Funded by Australian Research Council Discovery Project (ARC DP) (3 years,
AU$120,000).
- "Theoretical and numerical analyses of instabilities in geo-materials and geotechnical engineering" -
Funded by the Research Grant Committee of University of Newcastle as a University Research Fellowship
(5 years, AU$506,270).
- Other projects: Five travel and small grants totaling AU$15,000 awarded
by the Research Grant Committee of University of Newcastle.