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Jidong Zhao is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on the field of engineering, with a specialization in civil and structural engineering, computational mechanics, and mechanics of materials. Zhao's work also intersects with management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as ocean engineering.

Their scholarly output covers various topics, including landslides and related hazards, fluid dynamics simulations and interactions, geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, granular flow and fluidized beds, numerical methods in engineering, and lattice Boltzmann simulation studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhao include Shiwei Zhao, Weijian Liang, Fan Zhu, Zhengshou Lai, and Xingyue Li.

In terms of publication venues, Zhao has contributed extensively to the following journals:

  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • Powder Technology
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhao include:

  • The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter, 2023, Nature Reviews Physics

Other notable recent works related to the broader research field include:

  • Investigating the effect of flow direction on suffusion and its impacts on gap-graded granular soils, 2020, Acta Geotechnica
  • Peridynamic modelling of blasting induced rock fractures, 2021, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • A homogenization equation for the small strain stiffness of gap-graded granular materials, 2020, Computers and Geotechnics
  • Practical Estimation of Compression Behavior of Clayey/Silty Sands Using Equivalent Void-Ratio Concept, 2020, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Best Publications

  • The signature of shear-induced anisotropy in granular media

    Ning Guo;Jidong Zhao

  • Coupled CFD–DEM simulation of fluid–particle interaction in geomechanics

    Jidong Zhao;Tong Shan

  • A coupled FEM/DEM approach for hierarchical multiscale modelling of granular media

    Ning Guo;Jidong Zhao

  • Unique critical state characteristics in granular media considering fabric anisotropy

    Jidong Zhao;Ning Guo

  • Fourier–Voronoi-based generation of realistic samples for discrete modelling of granular materials

    Guilhem Mollon;Jidong Zhao

  • 3D generation of realistic granular samples based on random fields theory and Fourier shape descriptors

    Guilhem Mollon;Jidong Zhao

  • A critical state sand plasticity model accounting for fabric evolution

    Zhiwei Gao;Jidong Zhao;Xiang-Song Li;Yannis F. Dafalias;Yannis F. Dafalias

  • Estimation of soil suction from the soil-water characteristic curve

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  • A generalized anisotropic failure criterion for geomaterials

    Zhiwei Gao;Jidong Zhao;Yangping Yao

  • The role of particle shape in computational modelling of granular matter

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  • A micromechanics-based model for sand-silt mixtures

    Zhenyu Yin;Zhenyu Yin;Jidong Zhao;Pierre Yves Hicher;Pierre Yves Hicher

  • Quantifying the Impact of Dry Debris Flow Against a Rigid Barrier by DEM Analyses

    Weigang Shen;Tao Zhao;Jidong Zhao;Feng Dai

  • A coupled CFD-DEM analysis of granular flow impacting on a water reservoir

    Tong Shan;Jidong Zhao

  • Calibration of the continuous surface cap model for concrete

    Hua Jiang;Hua Jiang;Jidong Zhao

  • Generating realistic 3D sand particles using Fourier descriptors

    Guilhem Mollon;Jidong Zhao

  • The interplay between anisotropyand strain localisation in granular soils: a multiscale insight

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  • A poly-superellipsoid-based approach on particle morphology for DEM modeling of granular media

    Shiwei Zhao;Jidong Zhao

  • A unified CFD‐DEM approach for modeling of debris flow impacts on flexible barriers

    Xingyue Li;Jidong Zhao

  • Investigating the effect of flow direction on suffusion and its impacts on gap-graded granular soils

    Hao Xiong;Zhen Yu Yin;Jidong Zhao;Yi Yang

  • 3D multiscale modeling of strain localization in granular media

    Ning Guo;Jidong Zhao

  • Modified UH model: Constitutive Modeling of Overconsolidated Clays based on a Parabolic Hvorslev Envelope

    Yangping Yao;Zhiwei Gao;Jidong Zhao;Zheng Wan

  • Explicit stress integration of complex soil models

    Jidong Zhao;Daichao Sheng;M. Rouainia;Scott William Sloan

  • Multiscale insights into classical geomechanics problems

    Ning Guo;Jidong Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott W. Sloan
Scott W. Sloan University of Newcastle Australia
Daichao Sheng
Daichao Sheng University of Technology Sydney
Zhen-Yu Yin
Zhen-Yu Yin Hong Kong Polytechnic University
K.T. Chau
K.T. Chau Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Kenichi Soga
Kenichi Soga University of California, Berkeley
Hong Zheng
Hong Zheng Beijing University of Technology
Yannis F. Dafalias
Yannis F. Dafalias University of California, Davis
Pierre-Yves Hicher
Pierre-Yves Hicher École Centrale de Nantes
John P. Carter
John P. Carter University of Newcastle Australia
Jian-Hua Yin
Jian-Hua Yin Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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