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Zi-Jun Cao is affiliated with Southwest Jiaotong University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, particularly within civil and structural engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including safety, risk, reliability and quality; management, monitoring, policy and law; environmental engineering; and mechanical engineering.

Their published work focuses primarily on geotechnical engineering and analysis, with significant research interests in landslides and related hazards, geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics, infrastructure maintenance and monitoring, probabilistic and robust engineering design, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, as well as soil geostatistics and mapping.

Zi-Jun Cao has frequently published in academic venues such as:

  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards
  • Engineering Geology
  • 8th International Symposium for Geotechnical Safety & Risk (ISGSR 2022)

Their recent papers include:

  • 3D DEM insights into the effect of particle overall regularity on macro and micro mechanical behaviours of dense sands, 2021, Computers and Geotechnics
  • Probabilistic outlier detection for sparse multivariate geotechnical site investigation data using Bayesian learning, 2020, Geoscience Frontiers
  • Probabilistic estimation of variogram parameters of geotechnical properties with a trend based on Bayesian inference using Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation, 2020, Georisk Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards
  • Quantitative risk assessment of landslides with direct simulation of pre-failure to post-failure behaviors, 2022, Acta Geotechnica
  • Smart sampling strategy for investigating spatial distribution of subsurface shallow gas pressure in Hangzhou Bay area of China, 2020, Engineering Geology

Frequent co-authors in Zi-Jun Cao's work are:

  • Dianqing Li
  • Hua-Ming Tian
  • Kok-Kwang Phoon
  • Wenqi Du
  • Lulu Zhang

Best Publications

  • A multiple response-surface method for slope reliability analysis considering spatial variability of soil properties

    Dian-Qing Li;Shui-Hua Jiang;Shui-Hua Jiang;Zi-Jun Cao;Wei Zhou

  • Efficient System Reliability Analysis of Slope Stability in Spatially Variable Soils Using Monte Carlo Simulation

    Shui-Hua Jiang;Dian-Qing Li;Zi-Jun Cao;Chuang-Bing Zhou

  • Response surface methods for slope reliability analysis: Review and comparison

    Dian-Qing Li;Dong Zheng;Zi-Jun Cao;Xiao-Song Tang

  • Bayesian perspective on geotechnical variability and site characterization

    Yu Wang;Zijun Cao;Dianqing Li

  • Enhancement of random finite element method in reliability analysis and risk assessment of soil slopes using Subset Simulation

    Dian-Qing Li;Te Xiao;Zi-Jun Cao;Zi-Jun Cao;Chuang-Bing Zhou

  • Bayesian Approach for Probabilistic Site Characterization Using Cone Penetration Tests

    Zijun Cao;Yu Wang

  • Efficient Monte Carlo Simulation of parameter sensitivity in probabilistic slope stability analysis

    Yu Wang;Zijun Cao;Siu Kui Au

  • Probabilistic characterization of Young's modulus of soil using equivalent samples

    Yu Wang;Zijun Cao

  • Quantification of prior knowledge in geotechnical site characterization

    Zijun Cao;Yu Wang;Dianqing Li

  • Bayesian model comparison and selection of spatial correlation functions for soil parameters

    Zijun Cao;Yu Wang

  • Bayesian approach for probabilistic characterization of sand friction angles

    Yu Wang;Siu Kui Au;Zijun Cao

  • Geotechnical uncertainty, modeling, and decision making

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  • Bayesian Model Comparison and Characterization of Undrained Shear Strength

    Zijun Cao;Yu Wang

  • Probabilistic identification of underground soil stratification using cone penetration tests

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  • Three-dimensional slope reliability and risk assessment using auxiliary random finite element method

    Te Xiao;Dian-Qing Li;Zi-Jun Cao;Siu-Kui Au

  • Simulation of geologic uncertainty using coupled Markov chain

    Xiao Hui Qi;Dian Qing Li;Kok Kwang Phoon;Zi Jun Cao

  • Risk de-aggregation and system reliability analysis of slope stability using representative slip surfaces

    Liang Li;Yu Wang;Zijun Cao;Xuesong Chu

  • Evaluating slope stability uncertainty using coupled Markov chain

    Dian Qing Li;Xiao Hui Qi;Zi Jun Cao;Xiao Song Tang

  • Site-specific probability distribution of geotechnical properties

    Yu Wang;Tengyuan Zhao;Zijun Cao

  • Efficient and consistent reliability analysis of soil slope stability using both limit equilibrium analysis and finite element analysis

    Dian-Qing Li;Te Xiao;Zi-Jun Cao;Kok-Kwang Phoon

  • Implementing advanced Monte Carlo simulation under spreadsheet environment

    Siu Kui Au;Zijun Cao;Yu Wang

  • Expanded reliability-based design of piles in spatially variable soil using efficient Monte Carlo simulations

    Yu Wang;Zijun Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Dian-Qing Li
Dian-Qing Li Wuhan University
Kok-Kwang Phoon
Kok-Kwang Phoon Singapore University of Technology and Design
Siu-Kui Au
Siu-Kui Au Nanyang Technological University
Chuangbing Zhou
Chuangbing Zhou Nanchang University
Li Min Zhang
Li Min Zhang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yi Hong
Yi Hong Zhejiang University
Peng Cui
Peng Cui Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian Zhao
Jian Zhao Monash University
Charles Wang Wai Ng
Charles Wang Wai Ng Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Kenichi Soga
Kenichi Soga University of California, Berkeley

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