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Overview

Yaolin Yi is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, focusing on research primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction, Materials Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scholar's research topics cover a range of applied and materials-based themes, notably:

  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
  • Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
  • Materials Engineering and Processing
  • Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
  • Coal and Its By-products

Recent publications by Yaolin Yi illustrate the thematic breadth of their research. Selected papers include:

  • "Biochar and hydrochar derived from freshwater sludge: Characterization and possible applications" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "General solutions for the longitudinal deformation of shield tunnels with multiple discontinuities in strata" (2020), published in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology
  • "Acid washing of incineration bottom ash of municipal solid waste: Effects of pH on removal and leaching of heavy metals" (2020), published in Waste Management
  • "Durability of cementitious materials in seawater environment: A review on chemical interactions, hardened-state properties and environmental factors" (2023), published in Construction and Building Materials
  • "Suppressing Ettringite-Induced Swelling of Gypseous Soil by Using Magnesia-Activated Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag" (2020), published in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Yaolin Yi's work has been frequently published in venues such as:

  • Construction and Building Materials (9 publications)
  • Chemosphere (7 publications)
  • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (6 publications)
  • Waste Management (3 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (3 publications)

Collaborations represent an important aspect of their research output, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Junde Qin (16 joint publications)
  • Xinlei Sun (16 joint publications)
  • Matthew Zhi Yeon Ting (13 joint publications)
  • Bo Xu (12 joint publications)
  • Wentao Li (9 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Use of carbide slag from acetylene industry for activation of ground granulated blast-furnace slag

    Wentao Li;Yaolin Yi

  • Field Investigations on Performance of T-Shaped Deep Mixed Soil Cement Column–Supported Embankments over Soft Ground

    Song Yu Liu;Yan Jun Du;Yao Lin Yi;Anand J. Puppala

  • Microstructural and mechanical properties of marine soft clay stabilized by lime-activated ground granulated blastfurnace slag

    Yaolin Yi;Yaolin Yi;Liyang Gu;Songyu Liu

  • Mechanism of reactive magnesia – ground granulated blastfurnace slag (GGBS) soil stabilization

    Yaolin Yi;Martin Liska;Fei Jin;Abir Al-Tabbaa

  • Properties and microstructure of GGBS-magnesia pastes

    Yaolin Yi;Martin Liska;Abir Al-Tabbaa

  • Cement–fly ash stabilisation/solidification of contaminated soil: Performance properties and initiation of operating envelopes

    Reginald B. Kogbara;Abir Al-Tabbaa;Yaolin Yi;Yaolin Yi;Julia A. Stegemann

  • Carbide slag–activated ground granulated blastfurnace slag for soft clay stabilization

    Yaolin Yi;Liyang Gu;Songyu Liu;Anand J. Puppala

  • Biochar and hydrochar derived from freshwater sludge: Characterization and possible applications.

    Yunhui Zhang;Junde Qin;Yaolin Yi

  • Resistance of MgO–GGBS and CS–GGBS stabilised marine soft clays to sodium sulfate attack

    Y. Yi;C. Li;S. Liu;A. Al-Tabbaa

  • Property changes of reactive magnesia-stabilized soil subjected to forced carbonation.

    Yaolin Yi;Yaolin Yi;Kaiwen Lu;Songyu Liu;Abir Al-Tabbaa

  • Magnesia reactivity on activating efficacy for ground granulated blastfurnace slag for soft clay stabilisation

    Yaolin Yi;Yaolin Yi;Liyang Gu;Songyu Liu;Fei Jin

  • Use of ladle furnace slag containing heavy metals as a binding material in civil engineering.

    Bo Xu;Yaolin Yi

  • General solutions for the longitudinal deformation of shield tunnels with multiple discontinuities in strata

    Hongzhan Cheng;Hongzhan Cheng;Renpeng Chen;Huaina Wu;Fanyan Meng

  • Fragility analysis of continuous pipelines subjected to transverse permanent ground deformation

    Pengpeng Ni;Sujith Mangalathu;Yaolin Yi

  • Bearing capacity of composite foundation consisting of T-shaped soil-cement column and soft clay

    Yaolin Yi;Songyu Liu;Anand J. Puppala

  • Vertical bearing capacity behaviour of single T-shaped soil–cement column in soft ground: laboratory modelling, field test, and calculation

    Yaolin Yi;Songyu Liu;Anand J. Puppala;Peisheng Xi

  • Suppressing Ettringite-Induced Swelling of Gypseous Soil by Using Magnesia-Activated Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag

    Wentao Li;Yaolin Yi;Anand J. Puppala

  • Preliminary Laboratory-Scale Model Auger Installation and Testing of Carbonated Soil-MgO Columns

    Yaolin Yi;Martin Liska;Akinyemi Akinyugha;Cise Unluer

  • Process envelopes for stabilisation/solidification of contaminated soil using lime-slag blend.

    Reginald B. Kogbara;Yaolin Yi;Yaolin Yi;Abir Al-Tabbaa

  • Heat of hydration, bleeding, viscosity, setting of Ca(OH)2-GGBS and MgO-GGBS grouts

    Hua Yu;Yaolin Yi;Cise Unluer;Cise Unluer

  • Numerical study of earth pressures on rigid pipes with tire-derived aggregate inclusions

    Pengpeng Ni;X. Qin;Yaolin Yi

  • Laboratory modelling of T-shaped soil–cement column for soft ground treatment under embankment

    Y. Yi;Y. Yi;S. Liu;Anand J Puppala

Frequent Co-Authors

Songyu Liu
Songyu Liu Southeast University
Abir Al-Tabbaa
Abir Al-Tabbaa University of Cambridge
Anand J. Puppala
Anand J. Puppala Texas A&M University
Pengpeng Ni
Pengpeng Ni Sun Yat-sen University
Yan-Jun Du
Yan-Jun Du Southeast University
Alessandro Romagnoli
Alessandro Romagnoli Nanyang Technological University
Sujith Mangalathu
Sujith Mangalathu Georgia Institute of Technology
Huai-Na Wu
Huai-Na Wu Hunan University
Renpeng Chen
Renpeng Chen Zhejiang University

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