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Engineering and Technology
China
2026

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Engineering and Technology

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81
Citations
19201
World Ranking
510
National Ranking
88

Earth Science

D-Index
81
Citations
18722
World Ranking
513
National Ranking
33

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  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
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Overview

Xia-Ting Feng is affiliated with Northeastern University in China and specializes in engineering with a particular focus on rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Their research spans several subfields including mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, management, monitoring, policy and law, ocean engineering, and safety, risk, reliability and quality.

Their recent publications cover topics related to rock mechanics, rock fracturing processes, and strength parameters of hard rocks under various testing conditions. Noteworthy papers include:

  • Excavation-induced deep hard rock fracturing: Methodology and applications, 2021, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Evolution of the mechanical and strength parameters of hard rocks in the true triaxial cyclic loading and unloading tests, 2020, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • A novel true triaxial test system for microwave-induced fracturing of hard rocks, 2021, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Development and Occurrence Mechanisms of Fault-Slip Rockburst in a Deep Tunnel Excavated by Drilling and Blasting: A Case Study, 2022, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • An experimental investigation on stress-induced cracking mechanisms of a volcanic rock, 2020, Engineering Geology

Xia-Ting Feng frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Ben-Guo He
  • Zhibin Yao
  • Chengxiang Yang
  • Jun Zhao
  • Rui Kong

Their publication record includes contributions to various venues, notably:

  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Engineering Geology
  • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Their main fields of study highlight a broad engagement with engineering topics, with a strong emphasis on the mechanics of materials and structural engineering aspects. The main topical areas of Xia-Ting Feng's research emphasize:

  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Tunneling and Rock Mechanics
  • Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures

Best Publications

  • Case Histories of Four Extremely Intense Rockbursts in Deep Tunnels

    Chuanqing Zhang;Xia-Ting Feng;Hui Zhou;Shili Qiu

  • A Microseismic Method for Dynamic Warning of Rockburst Development Processes in Tunnels

    Guang-Liang Feng;Xia-Ting Feng;Bing-rui Chen;Ya-Xun Xiao

  • In situ monitoring of rockburst nucleation and evolution in the deeply buried tunnels of Jinping II hydropower station

    Shaojun Li;Xia-Ting Feng;Zhanhai Li;Bingrui Chen

  • Rockburst characteristics and numerical simulation based on a new energy index: a case study of a tunnel at 2,500 m depth

    Quan Jiang;Xia-Ting Feng;Tian-Bing Xiang;Guo-Shao Su

  • Real-time computerized tomography (CT) experiments on sandstone damage evolution during triaxial compression with chemical corrosion

    Xia-Ting Feng;Xia-Ting Feng;Sili Chen;Sili Chen;Hui Zhou

  • A Novel Mogi Type True Triaxial Testing Apparatus and Its Use to Obtain Complete Stress–Strain Curves of Hard Rocks

    Xia-Ting Feng;Xiwei Zhang;R. Kong;G. Wang

  • Modeling of anisotropic damage and creep deformation in brittle rocks

    J.F. Shao;J.F. Shao;K.T. Chau;X.T. Feng

  • ISRM Suggested Method: Determining Deformation and Failure Characteristics of Rocks Subjected to True Triaxial Compression

    Xia-Ting Feng;Xia-Ting Feng;Bezalel Haimson;Xiaochun Li;Chandong Chang

  • Experiment on Rockburst Process of Borehole and Its Acoustic Emission Characteristics

    Xiaochuan Hu;Guoshao Su;Guanyan Chen;Shiming Mei

  • Reverse modelling of natural rock joints using 3D scanning and 3D printing

    Quan Jiang;Xiating Feng;Yanhua Gong;Leibo Song

  • Rock Burst Intensity Classification Based on the Radiated Energy with Damage Intensity at Jinping II Hydropower Station, China

    Bing-Rui Chen;Xia-Ting Feng;Qing-Peng Li;Ru-Zhou Luo

  • Monitoring, Warning, and Control of Rockburst in Deep Metal Mines

    Xia-Ting Feng;Xia-Ting Feng;Jianpo Liu;Bingrui Chen;Yaxun Xiao

  • Simulation of the rock microfracturing process under uniaxial compression using an elasto-plastic cellular automaton

    Xia-Ting Feng;Peng-Zhi Pan;Hui Zhou

  • In Situ Observation of Rock Spalling in the Deep Tunnels of the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (2400 m Depth)

    Xia-Ting Feng;Hong Xu;Shi-Li Qiu;Shao-Jun Li

  • ISRM Suggested Method for In Situ Microseismic Monitoring of the Fracturing Process in Rock Masses

    Ya-Xun Xiao;Xia-Ting Feng;John A. Hudson;Bing-Rui Chen

  • True-Triaxial Experimental Study of the Evolutionary Features of the Acoustic Emissions and Sounds of Rockburst Processes

    Guoshao Su;Guoshao Su;Yanjiong Shi;Xiating Feng;Jianqing Jiang

  • Mechanical anisotropy of columnar jointed basalts: An example from the Baihetan hydropower station, China

    Quan Jiang;Xia-ting Feng;Yossef H. Hatzor;Xian-jie Hao

  • Fractal behaviour of the microseismic energy associated with immediate rockbursts in deep, hard rock tunnels

    Xia-Ting Feng;Yang Yu;Yang Yu;Guang-Liang Feng;Ya-Xun Xiao

  • Effects of structural planes on the microseismicity associated with rockburst development processes in deep tunnels of the Jinping-II Hydropower Station, China

    Guang-Liang Feng;Xia-Ting Feng;Xia-Ting Feng;Bing-Rui Chen;Ya-Xun Xiao

  • Experimental Study of Failure Differences in Hard Rock Under True Triaxial Compression

    Xia-Ting Feng;Rui Kong;Xiwei Zhang;Chengxiang Yang

  • An Experimental Study of the Rate Dependence of Tensile Strength Softening of Longyou Sandstone

    Sheng Huang;Sheng Huang;Kaiwen Xia;Fei Yan;Xiating Feng

  • The influence of the intermediate principal stress on rock failure behaviour: A numerical study

    Peng-Zhi Pan;Xia-Ting Feng;J.A. Hudson

Frequent Co-Authors

Quan Jiang
Quan Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hui Zhou
Hui Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
John A. Hudson
John A. Hudson Imperial College London
Mostafa Sharifzadeh
Mostafa Sharifzadeh Curtin University
Hong Zheng
Hong Zheng Beijing University of Technology
Yu-Jun Cui
Yu-Jun Cui École des Ponts ParisTech
Yossef H. Hatzor
Yossef H. Hatzor Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Zhejun Pan
Zhejun Pan Northeast Petroleum University
Jonny Rutqvist
Jonny Rutqvist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jian-Fu Shao
Jian-Fu Shao University of Lille

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