Final

PROGRAM

08:1508:4

09:0009:4
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09:4010:2
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OpeningCeremony
WelcomeSpeech,Prof.AlexWai
VicePresident(Research&
Development)PolyU
Keynote1:Z.P.Bazant
Chair:R.Ballarini
V322
Keynote2:R.I.Borja
Chair:T.F.Wong
V322

10:2010:5

Keynote3:A.H.D.Cheng
Chair:J.Brigham
V322
Keynote4:R.Ghanem
Chair:N.Rajapakse
V322

Keynote5:P.L.F.Liu
Chair:A.H.D.Cheng
V322
Keynote6:Y.L.Xu
Chair:T.Fu
V322

ParallelSessionC1(15papers)

Y301/Y302/Y303

Y301/Y302/Y303

Y301/Y302/Y303

A1I

A1II

12:051:30

A1III

InverseP. AnalCompI

B1I

B1II

B1III

C1I

C1II

C1III

BEM

FractureC

SoilStruct

Fluid

SmartStruct

FractureI

Lunch (Venue: Communal Building 4/F on Jan 7 and 9; 5/F on Jan 8)

1:302:00

GroupPhoto

Lunch

ParallelSessionA2(15papers)

ParallelSessionC2(15papers)

Y301/Y302/Y303

Y301/Y302/Y303

A2I

A2II

A2III

C2I

GeomatII

SHMI

AnalCompII

Hazards

Coffee/RefreshmentBreak
ParallelSessionA3(15papers)

3:505:05

Registration

ParallelSessionB1(15papers)

GeomatI

3:153:50

Registration

ParallelSessionA1(15papers)
10:5012:0

2:003:15

Friday
January 9, 2015

Coffee/RefreshmentBreak

Thursday
January 8, 2015

Registration

January 7-9, 2015, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Wednesday
January 7, 2015

Time

08:4509:0

EMI International Conference 2015 Hong Kong

C2II

C2III

Structure FractureII

Coffee/RefreshmentBreak
Freeafternoon

ParallelSessionC3(15papers)

Y301/Y302/Y303

Y301/Y302/Y303

A3I

A3II

A3III

C3I

C3II

C3III

Geomech

SHMII

Biomech

Earthquakes

Wind

Landslides

5:306:30

ElasticityCommitteeMeetingv316

6:308:30

Reception/Icebreaker

EMIReviewMeetingv316
ConferenceBanquet

List of Parallel Sessions

Day 1
A-1-I: Symposium on Geomaterials: Poromechanics and Failure-I
A-1-II: Symposium on Forward and Inverse Problems in Elasticity and Applied Mechanics
A-1-III: Symposium on Analytical and Computational Modeling of Advanced materials- II
A-2-I: Symposium on Geomaterials: Poromechanics and Failure-II
A-2-II: Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring-I
A-2-III: Symposium on Analytical and Computational Modeling of Advanced Materials- II
A-3-I: Geomechanics
A-3-II: Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring-II
A-3-III: Biomechanics
Day 2
B-1-I: Symposium on Boundary Element Method (BEM) and Meshless Method
B-1-II: Symposium on Fracture Mechanics for Cementitous Materials
B-1-III: Symposium on Soil-structure Interactions
Day 3
C-1-I: Fluid Mechanics
C-1-II: Symposium on Smart Structure in Hazard Mitigation
C-1-III: Fracture and Damage I
C-2-I: Man-made and Natural Hazards
C-2-II: Structural Mechanics
C-2-III: Fracture and Damage II
C-3-I: Earthquake Engineering
C-3-II: Wind Engineering
C-3-III: Landslide and Flooding

Wednesday Morning January 7, 2015

Registration and Opening
(08:45-08:50) Welcome Speech
(08:50-09:00) Welcome & Logistics

Session Keynote 1: Z.P. Bazant

(V322)
Chair: R. Ballarini

Session Keynote 2: R.I. Borja

(V322)
Chair: T.F. Wong

10:20-10:50

08:15-08:45
Prof. Alex Wai, Vice President, PolyU
Prof. K.T. CHAU, Chair, EMI 2015 HK

[Wed. Jan 7] 09:00~9:40

[Wed. Jan 7] 09:40~10:20

Refreshment Break (Common Area Outside Y301/Y302/Y303)

Parallel Session A-1-I: Symposium on Geomaterials: Poromechanics and Failure-I

(Y301)
[Wed. Jan 7] 10:50~12:05
Chair: Prof. Wai Ching SUN (Columbia University)
(10:50-11:05)

9 - Micro-macro modeling of heterogeneous geomaterials with inclusion debonding

Jianfu Shao*, Wanqing Shen and Mingyao Li

(11:05-11:20)

18 - The stress analysis on the stress distributions within cylindrical disc with
micro-inclusions under the Brazilian splitting test
Xuexia, Wei*, Jian Xiong and Xuezheng, Kong

(11:20-11:35)

53 - The fractal features of contact forces chains for crushable granular materials under
confined compression
Yi Yang* and Y.M. Cheng

(11:35-11:50)

71 - Isothermal moisture transport in unsaturated concrete under pressure gradient

Sonagnon Medjigbodo, Abdelhafid Khelidj*, Ahmed Loukili and Marta Choinska

(11:50-12:05)

70 - Effect of mechanical damage and wetting/drying cycles on chloride ingress in

non-saturated concrete
Amor Benfraj, Stphanie Bonnet and Abdelhafid Khelidj*

Parallel Session A-1-II: Symposium on Forward and Inverse Problems in Elasticity and
Applied Mechanics
(Y302)
[Wed. Jan 7] 10:50~12:05
Chair: Prof. John Brigham (Pittsburg University)
(10:50-11:05)

92 - Mixed perfectly-matched-layers for transient simulation of elastic waves in 3D

heterogeneous solid media
Boyoung Kim* , Jun Won Kang and Loukas Kallivokas

(11:05-11:20)

97 - Forward transient analysis of microwave propagation in heterogeneous unbounded

domains using a mixed unsplit-field PML
Sangri Yi and Jun Won Kang*

(11:20-11:35)

113 - Detection and quantification of flaws in structures using Bayesian inference and
XFEM
Gang Yan*, Hao Sun and Haim Waisman

(11:35-11:50)

125 - An inverse characterization algorithm utilizing direct inversion with Gappy POD
initialization and the adjoint method for material characterization from limited partial-field
response data
Mengyu Wang and John Brigham*

(11:50-12:05)

119 - Electrical contact resistance of fractal rough surfaces

Chongpu Zhai*, Yixiang Gan and Dorian Hanaor

Parallel Session A-1-III: Symposium on Analytical and Computational Modeling of Advanced

Materials
(Y303)
[Wed. Jan 7] 10:50~12:05
Chair: Prof. N. Rajapakse (Simon Fraser University)
(10:50-11:05)

116 - Hypersingularity and special integration issues in the boundary element

implementation of strain gradient elasticity
Ney Dumont* and Daniel Huamn

(11:05-11:20)

132 - Effective properties of piezoelectric fiber-reinforced composites with imperfect

interface
Rattanan Tippayaphalapholgu, Teerapong Senjuntichai and Yasothorn Sapsathiarn*

(11:20-11:35)

135 - Dynamic response of pavement-layered poroelastic system to moving loads

Teerapong Senjuntichai* and Yasothorn Sapsathiarn

(11:35-11:50)

140 - Analysis of generalized T-stress for impermeable cracks in 3D anisotropic piezoelectric

media by weakly singular BIE method
Jaroon Rungamornrat, Weeraporn Phongtinnaboot* and Tripop Subsathaphol

(11:50-12:05)

141 - Integral formula for T-stresses of mode-I penny-shaped crack in transversely isotropic
linear elastic solids
Matana Pinitpanich* and Jaroon Rungamornrat

Lunch Break (Communal Building 4/F)

12:05~13:30

Group Photo (Front entry, Fountain)

13:30~13:45

Wednesday Afternoon January 7, 2015

Parallel Session A-2-I: Symposium on Geomaterials: Poromechanics and Failure-II
(Y301)
[Wed. Jan 7] 14:00~15:15
Chair: Prof. Jidong Zhao (HKUST)
(14:00-14:15)

73 - A DEM-Pore scale analysis on permeability evolution in porous rock: The roles of

grains motion and pore geometries
Jianrong Lu*

(14:15-14:30)

84 - Experimental studies on the shear band formation in geomaterials

Shwetabh Yadav*, Christopher Saldana and Tejas Murthy

(14:30-14:45)

102 - A nonlocal multiscale discrete-continuum model for dynamics shear band propagations
and ruptures in granular materials
Yang Liu, WaiChing Sun*, Zifeng Yuan and Jacob Fish

(14:45-15:00)

103 - Capturing the interplay among inherent anisotropy, non-coaxiality and strain
localisation in granular media: A multiscale approach
Jidong Zhao* and Ning Guo

(15:00-15:15)

121 - Grain-scale mechanisms at the onsets of landslides

Thierry Faug and Yixiang Gan*

Parallel Session A-2-II: Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring-I

(Y302)
[Wed. Jan 7] 14:00~15:15
Chair: Prof. Ling Yu (Jinan University)
(14:00-14:15)

12 - Vibration-based damage detection in complicated column base joint by correlation

calculation
Mengning Lyu*, Qingshan Yang and Siuseong Law

(14:15-14:30)

60 - Damage prognosis on end connector bolts of truss bridges

Ling Yu* and Jun-Hua Zhu

(14:30-14:45)

41 - An experimental study on structural damage detection using an improved modal strain

energy method
Parviz Moradipour*, Tommy H.T. Chan and Chaminda Gallage

(14:45-15:00)

49 - Finite element model updating of bridges by using the virtual distortion method
Yang Liu*, Jun Ma Jueguang Nie and Shaoyi Zhang

(15:00-15:15)

52 - Evolutionary covariance-based multi-sensing damage detection method under white

noise excitation
Jianfu Lin* and Youlin Xu

Parallel Session A-2-III: Symposium on Analytical and Computational Modeling of Advanced

Materials- II
(Y303)
[Wed. Jan 7] 14:00~15:15
Chair: Prof. Euclides Mesquita (University of Campinas - Unicamp)
(14:00-14:15)

142 - Multiscale analysis of dynamic failure in polycrystalline materials using the boundary
element method
Andres Galvis* and Paulo Sollero

(14:15-14:30)

143 - Simulation of a vibration isolation strategy based on the response of plates embedded
in transversely isotropic layered media
Euclides Mesquita* and Josue Labaki

(14:30-14:45)

148 - Micromechanical analysis of unidirectional fiber-reinforced composites

G. Bharat, Mayank Ajugia and Yogesh Desai*

(14:45-15:00)

150 - Atomic-scale finite element modelling of graphene with vacancy defects

Daniela Damasceno*, Nuwan Dewapriya, Nimal Rajapakse and Euclides Mesquita

(15:00-15:15)

127 - Sensitivity analysis of radiated sound power on an arbitrary closed surface around the
radiator
Leilei Chen * and Haibo Chen

15:15-15:50

Refreshment Break (Common Area Outside Y301/Y302/Y303)

Session A-3-I: Geomechanics

(Y301)

[Wed. Jan 7] 15:50~17:05

Chair: Prof. Jianfu Shao (University of Lille)

(15:50-16:05)

(16:05-16:20)

10 - A micromechanical damage model for time-dependent behavior of quasi-brittle

geomaterials
Christian Bikong, Dashnor Hoxha and Jianfu Shao*
134 - The method of universal meshes and its application to hydraulic fracturing simulations
Yongxing Shen*, Ramsharan Rangarajan, Maurizio M. Chiaramonte, Michael J. Hunsweck
and Adrian J. Lew

(16:20-16:35)

14 - Bond strength of PCC pavement repairs using metakaolin-based geopolymer concrete

Hani Alazani and Mijia Yang*

(16:35-16:50)

16 - The analytical solution for stress distributions within hollow spheres under compression
between two flat loading platens
Xuexia Wei* and Zhoumi Wang

(16:50-17:05)

17 - The stress analysis on the stress distributions within layered spheres under the diametral
point load strength test
Zhoumi Wang* and Xuexia Wei

Session A-3-II: Symposium on Structural Health Monitoring-II

(Y302)
[Wed. Jan 7] 15:50~17:05
Chair: Prof. Tommy Chan (Queensland University of technology)
(15:50-16:05)

61 - Structural damage detection based on cloud computing

Ling Yu* and Jing-Chun Lin

(16:05-16:20)

89 - Parameter estimation of Bouc-Wen Hysteresis model using Extended and Unscented

Kalman filtering approach
Subhamoy Sen* and Baidurya Bhattacharya

(16:20-16:35)

94 - Evaluation of self-healing in the mortar by nonlinear acoustic waves

Ismail Yousfi*, Zoubeir Lafhaj and Richard Gagne

(16:35-16:50)

146 - Correlation function based structural damage detection

Yong Xia* , Ping-he Ni and Siu-seong Law

(16:50-17:05)

57 - Effects of temperature and humidity on modal properties of a suspension bridge

Lixin Wang*, Jiajian Zhu, Hui Jiang and Xianren Zhao

Session A-3-III: Biomechanics

(Y303)

[Wed. Jan 7] 15:50~17:05

Chair: Prof. Jackson Kong (City University of Hong Kong)

(15:50-16:05)

144 - A multi-scale finite element model for the analysis of human spine: from organ to
extra-cellular level
Jackson Kong*

(16:05-16:20)

26 - Effects of disc degeneration of the superior adjacent segment on the stress of the
corresponding segment after lumbar fusion
Cheol-Ho Moon*, Kyoung-Tak Kang, Ho-Joong Kim and Heoung-Jae Chun

(16:20-16:35)

27 - Biomechanical analysis of fusion segment rigidity upon stress at both the fusion and
adjacent segments - A comparison between unilateral and bilateral pedicle screw fixation
Kyoung-Tak Kang*, Ho-Joong Kim and Heoung-Jae Chun

(16:35-16:50)

28 - The biomechanical analysis of the association between facet joint orientation and disc
stress in the fusion model
Heoung-Jae Chun*, Kyoung-Tak Kang and Ho-Joong Kim

(16:50-17:05)

39 - The effect of varus malalignment on stress of ligaments in total knee replacement using
finite element analysis
Seol Baek* , Kyoung-Tak Kang, Ho-Joong Kim, and Heoung-Jae Chun

Elasticity Committee Meeting V316

17:30-18:30

Reception/Icebreaker
18:30~20:30
Chan Sui Kau and Chan Lam Moon Chun Square

Thursday Morning January 8, 2015

Registration

08:15-09:00

Session Keynote 3: A.H.D. Cheng

(V322)
Chair: J. Brigham

[Thu. Jan 8] 09:00~9:40

Session Keynote 4: R. Ghanem

(V322)
Chair: N. Rajapakse

10:20-10:50

[Thu. Jan 8] 09:40~10:20

Refreshment Break (Common Area Outside Y301/Y302/Y303)

Parallel Session B-1-I: Symposium on Boundary Element Method (BEM) and Meshless
method
(Y301)
[Thu. Jan 8] 10:50~12:05
Chair: Prof. A.H.D. Cheng (Mississippi University)
(10:50-11:05)

24 - Solving three-dimensional elasticity by Clifford valued boundary element method

Li-Wei Liu* and Hong-Ki Hong

(11:05-11:20)

111 - A quasi-convex reproducing kernel meshfree method with application to structural

vibration analysis
Dongdong Wang*, Pengjie Chen and Junchao Wu

(11:20-11:35)

114 - Modified version of regularized meshless method

Seng-Wei Lin*, Ren Liu, and Kue-Hong Chen

(11:35-11:50)

118 - Singular boundary method and its application on underground engineering

Zhuojia Fu* and Wen Chen

(11:50-12:05)

158 - The dynamic analysis in an arbitrary area of saturated soil subjected to a concentrated
force and numerical implementation by BEM
Boyang Ding* and Jiaqi Jiang

Parallel Session B-1-II: Symposium on Fracture Mechanics for Cementitous Materials

(Y302)
[Thu. Jan 8] 10:50~12:05
Chair: H.W. Reinhardt (University of Stuttgart)
(10:50-11:05)

13 - Progressive failure of fiber reinforced pervious concrete with inclusion of cohesive

interface modeling
Lutfur Akand and Mijia Yang*

(11:05-11:20)

87 - Size effect on Double-K fracture parameters in concrete

Rena C. Yu*, Jos Joaqun Ortega-Parreo and Gonzalo Ruiz

(11:20-11:35)

152 - Influence of alkalis on fracture toughness of some sensitive rocks

H.W. Reinhardt* and Oliver Mielich

(11:35-11:50)

155 - Behavior of hybrid fiber pseudo-ductile cementitious composites (PDCC) in tension,

bending and shear
Jing Yu* and Christopher Leung

(11:50-12:05)

157 - Analysis of three-point bending tests of FRP-bonded notched concrete

Jian-Guo Dai*, Jian-Jun Zheng and Xing-lang Fan

Parallel Session B-1-III: Symposium on Soil-structure interactions

(Y303)
[Thu. Jan 8] 10:50~12:05
Chair: Prof. Andy Leung (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
(10:50-11:05)

23 - Studies on seismic response analysis of deepwater vibration-isolated foundation

Shaolei Huo*, Xiaojuan Li, Guoliang Dai and Weiming Gong

(11:05-11:20)

30 - Elastic-plastic solutions for laterally loaded piles in multilayered soil deposits by

transfer matrix method
Mingxing Zhu* and Weiming Gong

(11:20-11:35)

42 - Interaction of a rigid disc with a transversely isotropic tri-material full-space under a

prescribed horizontal harmonic vibration
Ladan Mohtati*, Mohammad Rahimian and Morteza Eskandari-Ghadi

(11:35-11:50)

43 - Experimental study on caisson-pile composite foundation under horizontal load

Lei Wang*, Weiming Gong and Baogang Mu

(11:50-12:05)

76 - Failure of cast-iron tunnel in saturated soil subjected to internal blast loading

Yuzhen Han and Huabei Liu*

Lunch Break ( Staff Club, Communal Building 5/F)

Buffet
Thursday Afternoon January 8, 2015

12:05~14:00

(free afternoon)

Friday Morning January 9, 2015

Registration

08:15-09:00

Session Keynote 5: P.L.F. Liu

(V322)
Chair: A.H.D. Cheng

Session Keynote 6: Y.L. Xu

(V322)
Chair: T. Fu

10:20-10:50

[Fri. Jan 9] 09:00~9:40

[Fri. Jan 9] 09:40~10:20

Refreshment Break (Common Area Outside Y301/Y302/Y303)

Parallel Session C-1-I: Fluid Mechanics

(Y301)

[Fri. Jan 9] 10:50~12:05

Chair: Prof. Philip L.F. Liu (Cornell University)

(10:50-11:05)

33 - A fully dynamic Navier-Stokes numerical model to simulate the violent two-phase flows
in a dropshaft
Zhiyu Shao and Scott Yost*

(11:05-11:20)

139 - A laboratory study of gradually varied flow through semi-rigid emergent blade-type
vegetation
Afis Olumide Busari* and Chi Wai Li

(11:20-11:35)

145 - Large eddy simulation of open channel flows over partially-distributed submerged
vegetation patch
Xufeng Yan*, Onyx Wing-hong Wai and Chi-wai Li

(11:35-11:50)

25 - Two-dimensional solute transport with varying velocity field

Mritunjay Kumar Singh*, Pintu Das and Vijay P. Singh

(11:50-12:05)

99 - Investigating solitary wave forces on coastal twin bridge decks

Guoji Xu and Chunsheng Cai*

10

Parallel Session C-1-II:

(Y302)

Symposium on Smart Structure in Hazard Mitigation

[Fri. Jan 9] 10:50~12:05
Chair: Prof. Tat FU (University of New Hampshire)

(10:50-11:05)

11. Considerations towards the application of low-frequency locally resonant metamaterials

for earthquake hazard mitigation
Alexandros Lalas, Vasilis K. Dertimanis*, Ioannis Antoniadis and Eleni Chatzi

(11:05-11:20)

34 - FBG sensor design for bridge scour monitoring

Xuan Kong* , Siu Chun Michael Ho , Gangbing Song and C. S. Cai

(11:20-11:35)

35 - Determination of optimal location of actuators and sensors for seismic control of

building structures
Jia He*, You-Lin Xu , Chao-Dong Zhang and Xiao-Hua Zhang

(11:35-11:50)

47 - Passive and active control with double skin faade mass dampers
Tat Fu and Rui Zhang*

(11:50-12:05)

48 - Analyzing a damaged bridge at its pre- and post-repair states

Tat Fu*, Antonio Garcia-Palencia and Erin Bell

Parallel Session C-1-III: Fracture and Damage I

(Y303)

[Fri. Jan 9] 10:50~12:05

Chair: Prof. Jie Li (Tongji University)

(10:50-11:05)

3 - Adaptive multi-grid simulation on seismic damage evolution and failure of concrete

column
Bin Sun* and Zhaoxia Li

(11:05-11:20)

7 - Dynamic stress intensity factors of Mode III finite length crack in a viscoelastic medium
based on fractional differential constitutive models
Runtao Zhan* and Zhaoxia Li

(11:20-11:35)

20 - A weak form quadrature element method for computation of coefficients of crack tip
asymptotic fields
Minmao Liao* and An Tang

(11:35-11:50)

37 - Stable extended finite element for the modeling of localized failure in solids
Jian-Ying Wu* and Feng-Bo Li

(11:50-12:05)

51 - Damage Based Simulation of Cracking for Reinforced Concrete

Xiaodan Ren* and Jie Li

Lunch Break (Communal Building 4/F)

12:05~14:00

11

Friday Afternoon January 9, 2015

Parallel Session C-2-I: Man-made and Natural Hazards
(Y301)

[Fri. Jan 9] 14:00~15:15

Chair: Prof. Shengzhi Wu (Lanzhou University)

(14:00-14:15)

68 - The geomechanics of frozen landfill-A new landfill remediation and resource recovery
management
Walter Loo*

(14:15-14:30)

72 - Analysis and modeling of zonal disintegration around a deep excavation

Jianrong Lu*

(14:30-14:45)

104 - Detection of sinkhole formation by Brillouin time domain reflectometry (BOTDR) A

simulation study
Raphael Linker and Assaf Klar*

(14:45-15:00)

88 - Bridge scour development analysis using dynamic mesh updating technique

Wen Xiong* and C.S. Cai

(15:00-15:15)

151 - Numerical modeling of sand transport in a turbulent boundary layer

Shengzhi Wu*, Bo Yang and Ming Lei

Parallel Session C-2-II: Structural Mechanics

(Y302)
[Fri. Jan 9] 14:00~15:15
Chair: Prof. Matthew Gilbert (University of Sheffield)
(14:00-14:15)

40 - Comparison between instrumented posterior fixation system in two-segments with rigid

and semi-flexible rods using finite element analysis
Beom-Chul Park*, Kyoung-Tak Kang, Ho-Joong Kim and Heoung-Jae Chun

(14:15-14:30)

45 - Systematic automation of the yield-line method of analysis for slabs and plates
Matthew Gilbert*, Linwei He, Colin Smith and Canh Le

(14:30-14:45)

46 - Rationalization of truss designs generated using layout optimization

Linwei He* and Matthew Gilbert

(14:45-15:00)

75 - Simple and accurate eight-noded solid-shell elements with explicit element stiffness
matrix based on quasi-conforming element technique
Yu Wang* and Guangyu Shi

(15:00-15:15)

15 - Bridge settlement criteria based on reliability analysis of close-to-reality modeling

results
Mijia Yang* and Shawn Parks

12

Parallel Session C-2-III: Fracture and Damage II

(Y303)

[Fri. Jan 9] 14:00~15:15

Chair: Prof. Kun Zhou (Nanyang Technological University)

(14:00-14:15)

83 - A damage model for fatigue analysis of concrete

Junsong Liang and Jie Li*

(14:15-14:30)

156 - Experimental investigation on dynamic strength and fracturing properties of prismatic

marble specimen containing a single flaw by SHPB
Tao Zhou*, Xibing Li and Diyuan Li

(14:30-14:45)

74 - Cohesive frictional interface constitutive model

Jianrong Lu*

(14:45-15:00)

131 - Fracture analysis of heterogeneous materials

Rongbing Wei and Kun Zhou*

(15:00-15:15)

110 - Computational modeling of degradation by reaction-diffusion

Shawn Chester*

15:15-15:50

Refreshment Break (Common Area Outside Y301/Y302/Y303)

Session C-3-I: Earthquake Engineering

(Y301)

[Fri. Jan 9] 15:50~17:05

Chair : Prof. Zengping Wen (Institute of Geophysics)

(15:50-16:05)

21 - The importance of soil liquefaction potential assessment in earthquake engineering

Muhsin Elie Rahhal*

(16:05-16:20)

90 - Nonlinear seismic analysis of a three-dimensional unsymmetrical reinforced concrete

structure
Hyun-Kyu Lim*, Jun Won Kang and Ho-Seok Chi

(16:20-16:35)

107 - Dense gas from deep crust as the cause of tsunami during earthquake
Zhongqi Quentin Yue*

(16:35-16:50)

109 - Development of seismic fragility surfaces for reinforced concrete building based
earthquake source, wave propagation path and site condition
Zengping Wen*, Chao Xu and K.T. Chau

(16:50-17:05)

128 - A new stochastic simulation approach for structural reliability analysis under
earthquake-induced tsunamis
Sai Hung Cheung* and Zhe Shao

13

Session C-3-II: Wind Engineering

(Y302)

[Fri. Jan 9] 15:50~17:05

Chair: Prof. C.W. Li (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

(15:50-16:05)

8 - Self-starting performance of vertical axis wind turbines using variable pitch angle
technique
Yixin Peng* and You-Lin Xu

(16:05-16:20)

38 - Simulation of aerodynamic forces of vehicles in cross wind

Jiexuan Hu*, C.S. Cai and Yan Han

(16:20-16:35)

82 - Reliability analysis of tall steel buildings subject to wind-induced serviceability criteria

Xiaokang Zou*, Adia Bodden and Qian Wang

Session C-3-III: Landslide and Flooding

(Y303)

[Fri. Jan 9] 15:50~17:05

Chair: Prof. Xuexia Wei (Beijing Institute of Technology)

(15:50-16:05)

106 - Dense gas from deep traps as the cause of large rapid and long-runout landslides
Zhongqi Quentin Yue*

(16:05-16:20)

2 - Slope stability analysis under saturated or unsaturated seepage flow

Zongyuan Ma*, Zhenhua Wang and Faning Dang

(16:20-16:35)

105 - Experimental and numerical study of fluid-particle flow

Lu Jing*, Fiona C.Y. Kwok, Andy Y.F. Leung and Yung-ming Cheng

(16:35-16:50)

130 - A new hybrid neural network for downstream daily river discharge forecasting
Xiao Yun Chen*, Kwok Wing Chau and Wen Chuan Wang

(16:50-17:05)

79 - Evaluation of dynamic soil properties effects on a landslide

Muhsin Elie Rahhal*, Akram Ghossoub and Anthony Fayad
* presenter

EMI Review Meeting V316

17:30-18:30

Banquet
Colour Crystal Restaurant (Tsim Sha Tsim East) (To be Confirmed)

18:30~20:30

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