Feature publications

Feature publications

Digital and sustainable technologies

  • Wettewa, S., Hou, L. and Zhang, G., 2024. Graph Neural Networks for building and civil infrastructure operation and maintenance enhancement. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 62, p.102868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2024.102868
  • Dodampegama, S., Hou, L., Asadi, E., Zhang, G. and Setunge, S., 2024. Revolutionizing construction and demolition waste sorting: Insights from artificial intelligence and robotic applications. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 202, p.107375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107375
  • Chen, H., Hou, L., Wu, S., Zhang, G., Zou, Y., Moon, S. and Bhuiyan, M., 2024. Augmented reality, deep learning and vision-language query system for construction worker safety. Automation in Construction, 157, p.105158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2023.105158

Novel materials and structures

  • Zhao, S., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, W., Yang, J. and Kitipornchai, S., 2022. Genetic programming-assisted micromechanical models of graphene origami-enabled metal metamaterials. Acta Materialia, 228, p.117791 .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117791
  • Yang, J., Wu, H. and Kitipornchai, S., 2017. Buckling and postbuckling of functionally graded multilayer graphene platelet-reinforced composite beams. Composite Structures, 161, pp.111-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.11.048
  • Guo, L., Zhao, S., Yang, J. and Kitipornchai, S., 2024. Phase change enabled high bandgap tunability in graphene-reinforced phononic crystals. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 215, p.111406.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2024.111406

Structural optimisation

  • Zhou, A*, Sheng, D., Sloan, S.W. and Gens, A., 2012. Interpretation of unsaturated soil behaviour in the stress–saturation space, I: volume change and water retention behaviour. Computers and Geotechnics, 43, pp.178-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.04.010
  • Zhou, A.*, Sheng, D., Sloan, S.W. and Gens, A., 2012. Interpretation of unsaturated soil behaviour in the stress–saturation space: II: constitutive relationships and validations. Computers and Geotechnics, 43, pp.111-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2012.02.009
  • Liu, X., Zhou, A.*, Shen, S.L., Li, J. and Sheng, D., 2020. A micro-mechanical model for unsaturated soils based on DEM. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 368, p.113183.

Numerical modelling and failure prediction

  • Rathnayaka, B., Robert, D., Adikariwattage, V., Siriwardana, C., Kuligowski, E., Setunge, S. and Amaratunga, D., 2025. Novel Methodology for resilience assessment of Critical Infrastructure considering the interdependencies: A case study in Water, Transportation and Electricity sector. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, p.105271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105271
  • Zimar, Z., Pooni, J., Robert, D., Giustozzi, F., Zhou, A., Setunge, S. and Kodikara, J., 2024. Performance of industrial fly ash based stabilized mine haul roads under seasonal moisture changes. Transportation Geotechnics, 48, p.101295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2024.101295
  • Amarasinghe, M.P., Robert, D., Kulathilaka, S.A.S., Zhou, A. and Jayathissa, H.A.G., 2024. Slope stability analysis of unsaturated colluvial slopes based on case studies of rainfall-induced landslides. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 83(11), pp.1-29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-024-03933-1

Whole of life prediction

Further reading

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