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Rising Stars D-index 33 Citations 3,955 143 World Ranking 941 National Ranking 333
Earth Science D-index 37 Citations 4,956 130 World Ranking 4211 National Ranking 193
Engineering and Technology D-index 37 Citations 5,025 144 World Ranking 4608 National Ranking 704

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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Composite material

His primary scientific interests are in Geotechnical engineering, Multivariate adaptive regression splines, Mars Exploration Program, Structural engineering and Nonparametric regression. Wengang Zhang connects Geotechnical engineering with Relative density in his study. His Multivariate adaptive regression splines research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Artificial neural network, Soft computing and Support vector machine.

The concepts of his Support vector machine study are interwoven with issues in Settlement and Quantum tunnelling. He has included themes like Excavation and Polynomial regression in his Structural engineering study. His Nonparametric regression research includes themes of Liquefaction, Soil liquefaction and Variables.

His most cited work include:

  • Multivariate adaptive regression splines and neural network models for prediction of pile drivability (187 citations)
  • Multivariate adaptive regression splines for analysis of geotechnical engineering systems (160 citations)
  • Influence of Particle Breakage on Critical State Line of Rockfill Material (83 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Wengang Zhang mainly investigates Geotechnical engineering, Excavation, Structural engineering, Multivariate adaptive regression splines and Finite element method. The concepts of his Geotechnical engineering study are interwoven with issues in Soil water, Stiffness and Soft computing. His Excavation research integrates issues from Settlement, Deflection, Soft clay and Groundwater.

His work on Serviceability as part of general Structural engineering study is frequently linked to Bracing, bridging the gap between disciplines. Wengang Zhang has researched Multivariate adaptive regression splines in several fields, including Pile, Liquefaction and Artificial intelligence. His work on Plane stress as part of general Finite element method research is frequently linked to Numerical analysis, bridging the gap between disciplines.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Geotechnical engineering (62.31%)
  • Excavation (29.23%)
  • Structural engineering (26.15%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2019-2021)?

  • Geotechnical engineering (62.31%)
  • Excavation (29.23%)
  • Pile (10.77%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Geotechnical engineering, Excavation, Pile, Reliability and Stability. His research in Geotechnical engineering is mostly focused on Factor of safety. His work carried out in the field of Excavation brings together such families of science as Visualization, Deflection, Soft clay and Groundwater.

The various areas that he examines in his Pile study include Penetration, Dilatant and Displacement. Wengang Zhang combines subjects such as Homogeneity, Monte Carlo method and Data mining with his study of Reliability. His Stability research incorporates elements of Slope stability, Probabilistic analysis of algorithms, Safety factor and Design charts.

Between 2019 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • State-of-the-art review of soft computing applications in underground excavations (62 citations)
  • Prediction of undrained shear strength using extreme gradient boosting and random forest based on Bayesian optimization (30 citations)
  • Probabilistic stability analysis of earth dam slope under transient seepage using multivariate adaptive regression splines (30 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Statistics
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Composite material

His primary scientific interests are in Geotechnical engineering, Multivariate adaptive regression splines, Soft computing, Random forest and Probabilistic logic. Wengang Zhang is involved in the study of Geotechnical engineering that focuses on Factor of safety in particular. His studies deal with areas such as Finite element method and Artificial intelligence as well as Multivariate adaptive regression splines.

In his research on the topic of Finite element method, Excavation is strongly related with Weathering. His research investigates the connection between Soft computing and topics such as Deflection that intersect with problems in Extreme gradient boosting, Support vector machine and Parametric statistics. He interconnects Bayesian optimization, Effective stress, Atterberg limits, Ensemble learning and Structural engineering in the investigation of issues within Random forest.

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Best Publications

Multivariate adaptive regression splines and neural network models for prediction of pile drivability

Wengang Zhang;Anthony Teck Chee Goh.
Geoscience frontiers (2016)

375 Citations

Multivariate adaptive regression splines for analysis of geotechnical engineering systems

Wengang Zhang;Anthony Teck Chee Goh.
Computers and Geotechnics (2013)

323 Citations

State-of-the-art review of soft computing applications in underground excavations

Wengang Zhang;Runhong Zhang;Chongzhi Wu;Anthony Teck Chee Goh.
Geoscience frontiers (2020)

268 Citations

Prediction of undrained shear strength using extreme gradient boosting and random forest based on Bayesian optimization

Wengang Zhang;Chongzhi Wu;Haiyi Zhong;Yongqin Li.
Geoscience frontiers (2021)

257 Citations

Influence of Particle Breakage on Critical State Line of Rockfill Material

Yang Xiao;Hanlong Liu;Xuanming Ding;Yumin Chen.
International Journal of Geomechanics (2016)

174 Citations

Reliability assessment on ultimate and serviceability limit states and determination of critical factor of safety for underground rock caverns

Wengang Zhang;Anthony Teck Chee Goh.
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (2012)

126 Citations

Determination of earth pressure balance tunnel-related maximum surface settlement: a multivariate adaptive regression splines approach

Anthony Teck Chee Goh;Wengang Zhang;Wengang Zhang;Yanmei Zhang;Yang Xiao.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (2018)

124 Citations

Probabilistic stability analysis of earth dam slope under transient seepage using multivariate adaptive regression splines

Lin Wang;Chongzhi Wu;Xin Gu;Hanlong Liu.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (2020)

120 Citations

Assessment of soil liquefaction based on capacity energy concept and multivariate adaptive regression splines

Wengang Zhang;Anthony T.C. Goh;Yanmei Zhang;Yumin Chen.
Engineering Geology (2015)

118 Citations

Reliability assessment on stability of tunnelling perpendicularly beneath an existing tunnel considering spatial variabilities of rock mass properties

Fuyong Chen;Lin Wang;Wengang Zhang.
Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (2019)

116 Citations

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