Bold indicates PI, underline indicates supervised students.
Du Han, Chao Zhang, Yangkai Gong, Yu Zhang, and Renpeng Chen. “GeoFilter-STL Algorithm for Shield Posture Forecasting under Complex Geological Conditions.” Advanced Engineering Informatics 73 (2026): 104587.
Yuhan Yang, and Chao Zhang. “Measuring Fracture Toughness of Clayey Soils in a Wide Suction Range.” Géotechnique 76, no. 3 (2026): 437–451.
Shaojie Hu, Chao Zhang, Lijun Li, Dani Or, Ning Lu, and Renpeng Chen. “Fractionation Due to Soil–Water Interactions Affects Global Isotopic Evapotranspiration Partitioning.” Advances in Water Resources 216 (2026): 105406.
Yuhan Yang, Chao Zhang, Zhenhai Liu, Jihao Yuan, and Renpeng Chen. “Suction and Volume Evolutions of Clayey Soils upon High-Stress Unloading and Subsequent Soaking.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal 63 (2026): 1–17.
Xiaolei Yi, Chao Zhang, Lingyun Gou, Qihang Huang, Ping Zhou, and Renpeng Chen. “Synchrotron Small Angle X-Ray Scattering of Nanoscale Porosity Evolution in Kaolinite and Montmorillonite.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal 63 (2026): 1–12.
Chao Zhang, Xin Lin, Shaojie Hu, and Ning Lu. “Predicting the Soil Freezing Curve via a Modified Clapeyron Equation.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 152, no. 2 (2026): 04025195.
Shaojie Hu, Chao Zhang, Lijun Li, and Ning Lu. “Determining Soil Water Structure, Density, and Viscosity via Infrared Spectroscopy.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 152, no. 4 (2026): 04026002.
Jiaxing Zhou, Zihan Yang, Chao Zhang, Zhixiong Lang, Peng Deng, Ze Chen, Shiling Pei, and Renpeng Chen. “Seismic Fragility of Segmental Tunnels with Optimal Pairs of Intensity Measure and Engineering Demand Parameter.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 202 (2026): 109981.
Shaojie Hu, Ningning Zhao, Chao Zhang, Fuxiang Li, Renpeng Chen, and Dani Or. “Water Nanofilms Facilitate Ice Crystal Growth across Droplets.” Physical Review Letters 134, no. 6 (2025): 064001.
Chao Zhang, Ziheng Geng, Michael A. Mooney, Hongzhan Cheng, and Renpeng Chen. “Earth Pressure Balance Tunnel Boring Machine Vibration-Based Classification Charts for Real-Time Ground Type and Composition Detection.” Géotechnique 75, no. 12 (2025): 1580–1593.
Yuhan Yang, Chao Zhang, Hyoungsoo Kim, and Renpeng Chen. “Nucleation–Percolation Transition in Desiccation Cracking of Clay.” Physical Review E 111, no. 5 (2025): L053501.
Chao Zhang, Ningning Zhao, Shaojie Hu, and Xin Lin. “Salts Retard Ice Crystal Growth in Supercooled Droplets during Recalescence.” Physical Review Fluids 10, no. 6 (2025): 063605.
Ziheng Geng, Chao Zhang, Yuhao Ren, Minxiang Zhu, Renpeng Chen, and Hongzhan Cheng. “An Uncertainty Weighted Kriging–Random Forest Model for Real-Time Ground Property Prediction during Earth Pressure Balance Shield Tunneling.” Applied Soft Computing 180 (2025): 113417.
Shaojie Hu, Chao Zhang, Yi Dong, Lingyun Gou, and Renpeng Chen. “Water Vapor Sorption Isotherms of Salt-Affected Soils.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal 62 (2025): 1–13.
Chao Zhang, Yuhao Ren, Qihang Huang, and Renpeng Chen. “A Quality Index for Construction Big Data in Shield Tunneling.” Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 156 (2025): 111023.
Lingyun Gou, Ning Lu, Shaojie Hu, Angel Rodrigo Angulo Calderon, and Chao Zhang. “Suction Stress of Soil Slurry.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 151, no. 2 (2025): 04024164.
Chao Zhang, Ningning Zhao, Shaojie Hu, Jiahui Chang, Xiaran Miao, and Renpeng Chen. “Synchrotron-Based WAXS–SAXS Scattering of Pore Ice in Clayey Soil.” SCIENTIA SINICA Technologica 55, no. 8 (2025): 1340–1350.
Xin Lin, Chao Zhang, Shaojie Hu, and Renpeng Chen. “Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation of Salt Solution in Porous Media.” The Journal of Chemical Physics 160, no. 9 (2024): 094501.
Yuhan Yang, Chao Zhang, Lingyun Gou, Renpeng Chen, and Yi Dong. “Role of Substrate Roughness in Soil Desiccation Cracking.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal 61, no. 12 (2024): 2686–2703.
Yangkai Gong, Chao Zhang, Ziheng Geng, Renpeng Chen, and Yuhao Ren. “Development and Evaluation of a Process-Oriented 3D Finite Element Model for Earth Pressure Balance Shield Tunneling.” Computers and Geotechnics 171 (2024): 106347.
Chao Zhang, Lijun Li, Shaojie Hu, Lingyun Gou, and Renpeng Chen. “Physical Origin of Adsorption Heat and Its Significance in the Isotherm Equation.” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 220 (2024): 124914.
Yu Zhang, Lingyun Gou, Chao Zhang, Zemin Qiu, and Renpeng Chen. “Role of Iron Oxide Content on Mechanical Properties of Granite Residual Soil in Full Suction Range.” Acta Geotechnica 19, no. 5 (2024): 3199–3211.
Siqi Zhang, Huafu Pei, Michael Plötze, Chao Zhang, and Daoyuan Tan. “Investigation of Bound Water in Clay Based on Isothermal Adsorption Experiments and Metadynamics Studies from the Perspective of Water Potential.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 150, no. 11 (2024): 04024113.
Lingyun Gou, and Chao Zhang. “A Closed-Form Solution for Film Flow in Nanoscale Pores with Spatially Varying Viscosity.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 150, no. 9 (2024): 06024003.
Peng Deng, Zhichen Liu, Chao Zhang, Renpeng Chen, and Shiling Pei. “Cyclic Behavior of Central Columns in Subway Stations Subjected to Highly Variable Axial Compression Ratio.” Journal of Structural Engineering 150, no. 9 (2024): 04024105.
Jiaxing Zhou, Peng Deng, Chao Zhang, Ziheng Geng, and Renpeng Chen. “Seismic Analysis of Segmental Tunnels Using Multi-Contact Joint-Based Tunnel Model.” Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 18, no. 6 (2024): 2450020.
Zhiwen Xu, Chao Zhang, Suhua Zhou, Minghui Yang, Huaina Wu, and Jinfeng Li. “GFNS: An OpenGL-Based Tool for Shield Tunneling Simulation in 3D Complex Stratum.” Computers and Geotechnics 167 (2024): 106111.
Shaojie Hu, Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “Quantifying Coupling Effects Between Soil Matric Potential and Osmotic Potential.” Water Resources Research 59, no. 2 (2023): e2022WR033779.
Lingyun Gou, Chao Zhang, Ning Lu, and Shaojie Hu. “A Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Equation Incorporating Adsorption and Capillarity.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 149, no. 8 (2023): 04023056.
Shaojie Hu, and Chao Zhang. “A sorption isotherm model for soil incorporating external and internal surface adsorption, and capillarity.” Canadian Geotechnical Journal 60, no. 8 (2023): 1103–1116.
Ningning Zhao, Shaojie Hu, Chao Zhang, Fuxiang Li, and Renpeng Chen. “Physical Origins of Freezing and Melting Temperature Depressions of Water in Millimeter-Sized Pores.” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 674 (2023): 131851.
Renpeng Chen, Zhixiong Lang, Chao Zhang, Ningning Zhao, and Peng Deng. “A paradigm for seismic resilience assessment of subway system.” Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology 135 (2023): 105061.
Yuhao Ren, Chao Zhang, Minxiang Zhu, Renpeng Chen, and Jianbo Wang. “Significance and formulation of ground loss in tunneling-induced settlement prediction: a data-driven study.” Acta Geotechnica 18,no. 9 (2023): 4941-4956.
Lingyun Gou, Chao Zhang, Shaojie Hu, Renpeng Chen, and Yi Dong. “Semi-analytical solutions for soil consolidation induced by drying.” Acta Geotechnica 18, no. 2 (2023): 739-755.
Haohao Zhang, Jun Wu, Chao Zhang, and Yi Dong. “Water Adsorption on Kaolinite Basal and Edge Surfaces.” Langmuir 39, no. 22 (2023): 7539-7547.
Chao Zhang, Shaojie Hu, Zemin Qiu, and Ning Lu. “A poroelasticity theory for soil incorporating adsorption and capillarity.” Géotechnique (2022): 1186-1203.
Chao Zhang, Lingyun Gou, Shaojie Hu, and Ning Lu. “A thermodynamic formulation of water potential in soil.” Water Resources Research 58, no. 9 (2022): e2022WR032369.
Shengmin Luo, Ning Lu, Chao Zhang, and William Likos. “Soil water potential: A historical perspective and recent breakthroughs.” Vadose Zone Journal 21, no. 4 (2022): e20203.
Jianbo Wang, Zemin Qiu, Chao Zhang, and Renpeng Chen. “Assessing temperature dependence of soil water adsorption strength by molecular simulation.” Géotechnique Letters 12, no. 2 (2022): 125-130.
Chao Zhang, Shaojie Hu, and Ning Lu. “Unified elastic modulus characteristic curve equation for variably saturated soils.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 148, no. 1 (2022): 04021171.
Yijie Wang, Liming Hu, Chao Zhang, Shengmin Luo, and Ning Lu. “Liquid cavitation during nitrogen sorption on soils.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 147, no. 11 (2021): 04021099.
Chao Zhang, Jianbo Wang, and Renpeng Chen. “Water adsorption isotherms on soil external particle surface by molecular simulation.” Computers and Geotechnics 139 (2021): 104432.
Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “Soil sorptive potential–based paradigm for soil freezing curves.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 147, no. 9 (2021): 04021086.
Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “Unified effective stress equation for soil.” Journal of Engineering Mechanics 146, no. 2 (2020): 04019135.
Ning Lu, and Chao Zhang. “Separating external and internal surface areas of soil particles.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 146, no. 2 (2020): 04019126.
Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “Soil sorptive potential: Its determination and predicting soil water density.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 146, no. 1 (2020): 04019118.
Wenhai Ke, Qijian Liu, and Chao Zhang. “Kinematic bending of single piles in layered soil.” Acta Geotechnica 14 (2019): 101-110.
Ning Lu, and Chao Zhang. “Soil sorptive potential: Concept, theory, and verification.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 145, no. 4 (2019): 04019006.
Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “Augmented Brunauer–Emmett–Teller equation for water adsorption on soils.” Vadose Zone Journal 18, no. 1 (2019): 1-12.
Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “Unitary definition of matric suction.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 145, no. 2 (2019): 02818004.
Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “What is the range of soil water density? Critical reviews with a unified model.” Reviews of Geophysics 56, no. 3 (2018): 532-562.
Chao Zhang, Peng Deng, and Wenhai Ke. “Kinematic response of rectangular piles under S waves.” Computers and Geotechnics 102 (2018): 229-237.
Peng Deng, Chao Zhang, Shiling Pei, and Zhibin Jin. “Modeling the impact of corrosion on seismic performance of multi-span simply-supported bridges.” Construction and Building Materials 185 (2018): 193-205.
Chao Zhang, and Ning Lu. “Measuring soil–water density by helium pycnometer.” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 144, no. 9 (2018): 02818002.
Peng Deng, Shiling Pei, John W. van de Lindt, and Chao Zhang. “Experimental investigation of seismic uncertainty propagation through shake table tests.” Journal of Structural Engineering 144, no. 3 (2018): 06017009.
Chao Zhang, and Zhen Liu. “Freezing of water confined in porous materials: role of adsorption and unfreezable threshold.” Acta Geotechnica 13 (2018): 1203-1213.
Chao Zhang, Zhen Liu, and Peng Deng. “Using molecular dynamics to unravel phase composition behavior of nano-size pores in frozen soils: Does Young-Laplace equation apply in low temperature range?” Canadian Geotechnical Journal 55, no. 8 (2018): 1144-1153.
Wenhai Ke, and Chao Zhang. “A closed-form solution for kinematic bending of end-bearing piles.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 103 (2017): 15-20.
Chao Zhang, Zhen Liu, and Yi Dong. “Effects of adsorptive water on the rupture of nanoscale liquid bridges.” Applied Clay Science 146 (2017): 487-494.
Chao Zhang, Yi Dong, and Zhen Liu. “Lowest matric potential in quartz: Metadynamics evidence.” Geophysical Research Letters 44, no. 4 (2017): 1706-1713.
Chao Zhang, Qijian Liu, and Peng Deng. “Surface Motion of a Half-Space with a semicylindrical canyon under P, SV, and rayleigh waves.” Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 107, no. 2 (2017): 809-820.
Qijian Liu, Chao Zhang, and Maria I. Todorovska. “Scattering of SH waves by a shallow rectangular cavity in an elastic half space.” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 90 (2016): 147-157.
Chao Zhang, Zhen Liu, and Peng Deng. “Atomistic-scale investigation of effective stress principle of saturated porous materials by molecular dynamics.” Geophysical Research Letters 43, no. 19 (2016): 257-265.
Chao Zhang, Zhen Liu, and Peng Deng. “Contact angle of soil minerals: A molecular dynamics study.” Computers and Geotechnics 75 (2016): 48-56.
Qijian Liu, Mingjuan Zhao, and Chao Zhang. “Antiplane scattering of SH waves by a circular cavity in an exponentially graded half space.” International Journal of Engineering Science 78 (2014): 61-72.
Wenhai Ke, Chao Zhang, and Peng Deng. “Kinematic response of single piles to vertical P-waves in multilayered soil.” Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 9, no. 2 (2015): 1550004.
Chao Zhang, Qijian Liu, and Peng Deng. “Antiplane scattering of SH waves by a trapezoidal valley with a circular-arc alluvium in an elastic half space.” Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 9, no. 3 (2015): 1550008.