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Engineering and Technology
France
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
83
Citations
25166
World Ranking
438
National Ranking
5

Earth Science

D-Index
81
Citations
24764
World Ranking
487
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in France Leader Award

Overview

Yu-Jun Cui is affiliated with École des Ponts ParisTech in France. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, with a strong focus on geotechnical topics and soil mechanics.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Yu-Jun Cui's research concentrates on several subfields, notably:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Biomaterials

The scientist's primary topics of work feature:

  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions

Recent notable papers authored by Yu-Jun Cui include:

  • Effect of initial suction on the stiffness and strength of densely compacted Gaomiaozi bentonite (2020, Applied Clay Science)
  • Experimental investigation and modeling of the mechanical behaviour of Yanji swelling mudstone subjected to wetting-drying-freezing-thawing cycles (2023, Transportation Geotechnics)
  • Fracture effect on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of Callovo-Oxfordian claystone (2022, Engineering Geology)
  • Investigation of the hydraulic conductivity of an unsaturated compacted bentonite/claystone mixture (2021, Géotechnique)
  • A nonlinear normal consolidation line for bentonite in e-logp space (2021, Engineering Geology)

Yu-Jun Cui has published extensively in various specialized journals, with frequent publications in:

  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • Engineering Geology
  • Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Minh-Ngoc Vu
  • Jean Talandier
  • Nadia Mokni
  • Yong-Gui Chen
  • Weimin Ye

Best Publications

  • Yielding and plastic behaviour of an unsaturated compacted silt

    Y. J. Cui;P. Delage

  • Long-term settlement behaviour of metro tunnels in the soft deposits of Shanghai

    Shui-Long Shen;Huai-Na Wu;Yu-Jun Cui;Zhen-Yu Yin

  • The relationship between suction and swelling properties in a heavily compacted unsaturated clay

    P Delage;M.D Howat;Y.J Cui

  • Microstructure of a compacted silt

    Pierre Delage;Martine Audiguier;Yu-Jun Cui;Michael D Howat

  • Ageing effects in a compacted bentonite: a microstructure approach

    P. Delage;D. Marcial;Y. J. Cui;X. Ruiz

  • On the thermal consolidation of Boom clay

    Pierre Delage;Nabil Sultan;Yu Jun Cui

  • Temperature effects on the volume change behaviour of Boom clay

    N Sultan;P Delage;Y.J Cui

  • Desiccation and cracking behaviour of clay layer from slurry state under wetting-drying cycles

    Chaosheng Tang;Yu-Jun Cui;Bin Shi;Anh Minh Tang

  • Controlling suction by the vapour equilibrium technique at different temperatures and its application in determining the water retention properties of MX80 clay

    Anh Minh Tang;Yu-Jun Cui

  • A thermomechanical model for saturated clays

    Yu Jun Cui;Nabil Sultan;Pierre Delage

  • Experiment evidence on the temperature dependence of desiccation cracking behavior of clayey soils

    Chaosheng Tang;Chaosheng Tang;Yu-Jun Cui;Anh Minh Tang;Bin Shi

  • Structural characterization of natural loess and remolded loess under triaxial tests

    Mingjing Jiang;Fuguang Zhang;Haijun Hu;Yujun Cui

  • A study on the thermal conductivity of compacted bentonites

    Anh Minh Tang;Yu-Jun Cui;Trung Tinh Le

  • Experimental study on the swelling behaviour of bentonite/claystone mixture

    Qiong Wang;Anh Minh Tang;Yu-Jun Cui;Pierre Delage

  • An experimental study of the water transfer through confined compacted GMZ bentonite

    Wei-Min Ye;Yu-Jun Cui;Li-Xin Qian;Li-Xin Qian;Bao Chen

  • Thermo-mechanical behaviour of a compacted swelling clay

    Anh Minh Tang;Yu-Jun Cui;Nathalie Barnel

  • Influence of salt solutions on the swelling pressure and hydraulic conductivity of compacted GMZ01 bentonite

    Chun-Ming Zhu;Wei-Min Ye;Wei-Min Ye;Yong-Gui Chen;Bao Chen

  • Tensile Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Soil

    Chao-Sheng Tang;De-Yin Wang;Yu-Jun Cui;Bin Shi

  • A model for the volume change behavior of heavily compacted swelling clays

    Y.J Cui;M Yahia-Aissa;P Delage

  • Compression Behaviour of Reconstituted Soils at High Initial Water Contents

    Zhenshun Hong;Jie Yin;Yu-Jun Cui

  • Controlling suction by vapour equilibrium technique at different temperatures, application to the determination of the water retention properties of MX80 clay

    Anh-Minh Tang;Yu-Jun Cui

  • Correlations between geotechnical and electrical data: A case study at Garchy in France

    Philippe Cosenza;Eric Marmet;Faycal Rejiba;Yu Jun Cui

Frequent Co-Authors

Anh Minh Tang
Anh Minh Tang École des Ponts ParisTech
Wei-Min Ye
Wei-Min Ye Tongji University
Yong-Gui Chen
Yong-Gui Chen Tongji University
Pierre Delage
Pierre Delage École des Ponts ParisTech
Chao-Sheng Tang
Chao-Sheng Tang Nanjing University
Renpeng Chen
Renpeng Chen Zhejiang University
Bin Shi
Bin Shi Nanjing University
Michel Bornert
Michel Bornert École des Ponts ParisTech
Nabil Sultan
Nabil Sultan French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Xia-Ting Feng
Xia-Ting Feng Northeastern University

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