Publications

Publication in refereed journals

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[J1].         Wen, Y.†, Zhang, Y.* (2024) Fabric-based jamming phase diagram for frictional granular materials. Soft Matter 20, 3175-3190, DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01277H.

[J2].         Wang, Y. ††, Zhang, Y.* (2023) Effect of relative humidity on the creep rate of rock salts at low stress regime. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 56(12), 8711-8721, DOI: 10.1007/s00603-023-03518-6.

[J3].         Chen, T.H., Hu, Z.‡*, Yang, Z.X., Zhang, Y. (2023) A resolved CFD–DEM investigation into the onset of suffusion: effect of confining pressure and stress anisotropy. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 47(16), 3018-3043, DOI: 10.1002/nag.3611.

[J4].         Ghazanfari, S., Alesadi, A., Liao, Y., Zhang, Y. and Xia, W.* (2023) Molecular insights into the temperature and pressure dependence of mechanical behavior and dynamics of Na-montmorillonite clay. Nanoscale Advances 5(20), 5449-5459, DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00365E.

[J5].         Zhou, X.†, Zhang, Y.* (2023) Implementation and verification of a user-defined element (UEL) for coupled thermal-hydraulic-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological media. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 47(11), 2153-2190, DOI: 10.1002/nag.3556.

[J6].         Nakagawa*, S, Zhang, Y., Eskandari-Ghadi†, M., Vasco, D.W. (2022) Corrections of Double-Torsion (DT) subcritical crack growth tests for crack profile geometry. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics 124, 103752, DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2023.103752.

[J7].         Eskandari-Ghadi, M.†, Hang, D., Nakagawa, S., Pride, S., Gilbert, B., Zhang, Y.* (2022) The role of surface forces in environment-enhanced cracking of brittle solids. Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids 172, p.105162, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.105162.

[J8].         Hu, Z.‡, Li, J., Zhang, Y.*, Yang, Z.X., Liu, J. (2022) A CFD-DEM study on the suffusion and shear behaviors of gap-graded soils under stress anisotropy. Acta Geotechnica 18(6), 3091-3110, DOI: 10.1007/s11440-022-01755-7.

[J9].         Hu, Z.‡, Yang, Z.X., Guo, N.*, Zhang, Y. (2022) Multiscale modeling of seepage-induced suffusion and slope failure using a coupled FEM–DEM approach, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 398, p. 115177, DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2022.115177

[J10].   Sisodiya, M.†, Zhang, Y.* (2022) A directional microcrack damage theory for brittle solids based on continuous hyperplasticity. International Journal of Damage Mechanics 31(9), 1320-1348, DOI:10.1177/10567895221095890.

[J11].   Eskandari-Ghadi, M.†, Zhang, Y.* (2022) Effect of pore size distribution on sorption-induced deformation of porous materials: A theoretical study. International Journal of Solids and Structures 242. 111533, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2022.111533.

[J12].   Wen, Y.†, Zhang, Y.* (2022) Relation between void ratio and contact fabric of granular soils. Acta Geotechnica 17, 4297–4312, DOI: 10.1007/s11440-022-01507-7.

[J13].   Li, Z., Liao, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Xia, W.* (2021) Microstructure and dynamics of nanocellulose films: Insights into the deformational behavior. Extreme Mechanics Letters 50, p.101519, DOI: 10.1016/j.eml.2021.101519.

[J14].   Sisodiya, M.†, Zhang, Y.* (2021) A time-dependent directional damage theory for brittle rocks considering the kinetics of microcrack growth. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 55(5), 2693–2710, DOI: 10.1007/s00603-021-02577-x.

[J15].   Singh, S.†, Zurakowski, Z., Dai, S., Zhang, Y.* (2021) Effect of grain crushing on hydraulic conductivity of tailings sand. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 147(12), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002667.

[J16].   Wen, Y.†, Zhang, Y.* (2021) Evidence of a Unique Critical Fabric Surface for Granular Soils. Géotechnique 73(5), 439-454, DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.21.00126.

[J17].   Sisodiya, M.†, Singh, S. †, Thomas, D., Zhang, Y.* (2021) Effect of water-rock interaction on the axial capacity of drilled caissons socketed in claystone bedrock. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 147(10), 04021097-1. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002600.

[J18].   Eskandari-Ghadi, M.†, Zhang, Y.* (2021) Mechanics of shrinkage-swelling transition of microporous materials at the initial stage of adsorption. International Journal of Solids and Structures 222, p.111041, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2021.111041.

[J19].   Zhou, X.†, Liu, S., Zhang, Y.* (2021) Permeability Evolution of Fractured Sorptive Geomaterials: A Theoretical Study on Coalbed Methane Reservoir. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 54(7), 3507-3525. DOI: 10.1007/s00603-021-02404-3.

[J20].   Hu, Z.‡, Yang, Z.X.*, Zhang, Y. (2020) CFD-DEM modeling of suffusion effect on undrained behavior of internally unstable soils. Computers and Geotechnics 126, 103692, DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2020.103692.

[J21].       Hu, Z.‡, Zhang, Y.*, Yang, Z.X. (2019) Suffusion-induced evolution of mechanical and microstructural properties of gap-graded soils using CFD-DEM. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 146(5), 04020024, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002245.

[J22].       Zhang, Y.*, Zhou, X.†, Wen, Y.† (2019) A constitutive theory for sand based on the concept of critical fabric surface. Journal of Engineering Mechanics 146(4), 04020019, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0001741.

[J23].       Kim, J., Zhang, Y., Seol, Y, Dai, S.* (2019) Particle crushing in hydrate-bearing sands. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment 23, 100133, DOI: 10.1016/j.gete.2019.100133.

[J24].       Hu, Z.‡, Zhang, Y.*, Yang, Z.X., (2019) Suffusion-induced deformation and microstructural change of granular soils: a coupled CFD-DEM study. Acta Geotechnica 14(3), 795-814, DOI: 10.1007/s11440-019-00789-8.

[J25].       Zhang, Y.* (2018). Mechanics of adsorption-deformation coupling in porous media. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 114, 31-54, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2018.02.009

[J26].       Zhou, X.†, Ma, G.§, Zhang, Y.* (2019). Grain size and time effect on the deformation of rockfill dams: a case study on the Shuibuya CFRD. Géotechnique 69(7), 606-619, DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.17.P.299

[J27].       Ma, G.§*, Zhou, W., Zhang, Y., Wang, Q., Chang, X. (2017). Fractal behavior and shape characteristics of fragments produced by the impact of quasi-brittle spheres. Powder Technology 325, 498-509, DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2017.11.030.

[J28].       Ma, G.§*, Zhang, Y., Zhou, W., Ng, T.T., Wang, Q., Chen, X. (2017). The effect of different fracture mechanisms on impact fragmentation of brittle heterogeneous solid. International Journal of Impact Engineering 113, 132-143, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.11.016.

[J29].       Zhang, Y.D., Buscarnera, G.* (2017). Breakage mechanics for granular materials in surface-reactive environments. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 112, 89-108, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2017.11.008.

[J30].       Sohn, C., Zhang, Y.D., Cil, M., Buscarnera, G.* (2017) Experimental assessment of continuum breakage models accounting for mechanical interactions at particle contacts. Granular Matter 19(4), 67, DOI: 10.1007/s10035-017-0750-5.

[J31].       Zhang, Y.D., Buscarnera, G.* (2017). A rate-dependent breakage model based on the kinetics of crack growth at the grain scale. Géotechnique 67(11), 953-967, DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.16.P.181.

[J32].       Gao, S., Zhang, Y.D., Sonta, A., Buscarnera, G.* (2016). Evolution of water retention characteristics of granular material subjected to grain crushing. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 142 (9), 06016006, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001505.

[J33].       Zhang, Y.D., Buscarnera, G.*, Einav, I. (2016). Grainsize dependence of yielding in granular soils interpreted using fracture mechanics, breakage mechanics, and Weibull statistics. Géotechnique 66(2), 149-160, DOI: 10.1680/jgeot.15.P.119.

[J34].       Zhang, Y.D., Buscarnera, G.* (2015). Implicit Integration under Mixed Controls of a Breakage Model for Unsaturated Crushable Soils. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 40 (6). 887-918, DOI: 10.1002/nag.2431.

[J35].       Zhang, Y.D., Buscarnera, G.* (2015). Prediction of breakage-induced couplings in unsaturated granular soils. Géotechnique 65(2), 135-140, DOI: 10.1680/geot.14.P.086.

[J36].       Zhang, Y.D., Buscarnera, G.* (2014). Grainsize dependence of clastic yielding in unsaturated granular soils. Granular Matter 16(4), 469-483, DOI: 10.1007/s10035-014-0491-7.

[J37].       Voyiadjis, G.Z.*, Faghihi, D., Zhang, Y.D. (2014). A theory for grain boundaries with strain-gradient plasticity. International Journal of Solids and Structures 51, 1872-1889, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.01.020.

Book chapters

[1]. Zhang Y., Buscarnera G. (2018). Energetics of Crushable Granular Materials: from Particle Fracture to Breakage Mechanics. In book: Energetical Methods in Geomechanics, Alert Doctoral School, Aussois, France.

Contributions to international and national conferences

[C1].        Zhang, Y.*, Singh, S.†, Wen, Y.† (2024). Breakage and permeability reduction of tailings sand under high-pressure oedometric compression and creep. In Geo-Congress 2024, Vancouver, Canada.

[C2].        Sisodiya, M.†, Zhang, Y.* (2021) A directional micro-crack damage theory for rate-dependent deformation and failure of brittle rocks. In 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, TX (Virtual).

[C3].        Zhou, X.†, Liu, S., Zhang, Y.* (2021) Predicting permeability change of fractured coals during methane depletion. In 55th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, TX (Virtual).

[C4].        Singh, S.†, Sisodiya, M.†, Zhang, Y.* (2020) Interaction between fine-grained bedrock and water during caisson construction and its effect on the axial bearing capacity. In 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, CO (Canceled).

[C5].        Sisodiya, M.†, Zhang, Y.* (2020) A thermodynamic-consistent micro-crack damage model for brittle rocks. In 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, CO.

[C6].        Zhang, Y.* (2019). Thermodynamic-consistent adsorption-swelling models for coal. In 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, New York City, NY. 

[C7].        Zhou, X.†, Zhang, Y.*, Ma, G.§ (2019). Deformation analysis of the 233 m Shuibuya rockfill dam using breakage mechanics. In Geo-Congress 2019, Philadelphia, PA.

[C8].        Zhou, X.†, Ma, G.§, Zhang, Y.* (2018). Settlement analysis of the Shuibuya rockfill dam using breakage mechanics. In 52th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Seattle, WA.

[C9].        Hu, Z.‡, Yang, Z.X., Zhang, Y.* (2018). Suffusion-induced deformation and microstructural change of granular soils: a CFD-DEM coupling perspective. In IS-Atlanta 2018, Geomechanics from Micro to Macro in Research and Practice, Atlanta, GA.

[C10].     Zhang, Y.D.*, Park J.S.†, Gao S.**, Sonta A., Horin B., Buscarnera G. (2017) Effect of grain crushing and grain size on the evolution of water retention curves. In PanAm UNSAT, Dallas, TX.

[C11].     Zhang, Y. D.*, Buscarnera, G. (2017). Creep of unconsolidated sand due to delayed grain breakage. In 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA

[C12].     Marinelli, F.*, Zhang, Y.D., Buscarnera, G. (2017) Compaction localization in granular rocks: modeling grain-size effects. In 51th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA

[C13].     Zhang, Y. D.*, Buscarnera, G. (2015). Constitutive couplings in unsaturated granular media with crushable grains. In 49th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA.

[C14].     Zhang, Y. D.*, Buscarnera, G. (2014). Model predictions of hydro-mechanical coupling in unsaturated crushable soils. In Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications, CRC Press, 471-477. 

Reports

[R1].  Zhang, Y.*, Newell, P., Xi, Y., Tyrrell, A.†, Sisodiya, M.†, Zhou, X.†, Wang, Y.††, Wang, Y., Vazic, B. (2022) Time-dependent THMC properties and microstructural evolution of damaged rocks in excavation damage zone. Final technical report submitted to U.S. Department of Energy – Nuclear Energy University Program.

[R2].  Sisodiya, M., Singh, S., Zhang, Y., Pak, R. (2020). Caisson drilling fluid interaction with fine grained bedrock. Technical report submitted to Colorado Department of Transportation.

Presentations in virtual conferences