Prof. Zhen-Yu YIN

G o o g l e Scholar | ORC i D | Web of Science | Scopus

Ingenieur, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon
Hong Kong, China

Website : https://www.polyu.edu.hk/cee/people/academic-staff/prof-zhen-yu-yin/
Tel : (+852) 3400 8470
Fax : (+852) 2334 6389
Email : zhenyu.yin@polyu.edu.hk


Editorial Membership

Editor

  • “Marine Geotechnics” since 2026
  • “International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics" since 2025
  • “Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities" since 2023

Associate Editor

  • “Géotechnique” since 2024
  • “International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE” since 2023
  • “European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering” since 2020
  • “Géotechnique Letters” since 2021

Editorial Board Member

  • “Journal of Rock Mechinics and Geotechnical Engineering” since 2025
  • “Biogeotechnics” since 2024
  • “Machine Learning and Data Science in Geotechnics(MLaG)” from ICE, since 2024
  • “Geodata and AI” from Elsevier, since 2024
  • “International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics”, 2023-2025
  • “Biogeotechnics” since 202<3/li>
  • “Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards” since 2022
  • “Computers and Geotechnics” since 2022
  • “Transportation Geotechnics” since 2021
  • “Journal of Marine Science and Engineering” since 2020
  • “Acta Geotechnica” since 2020
  • “Canadian Geotechnical Journal” since 2018
  • “Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A” since 2019
  • “Soils and Foundations”, 2019-2022
  • “Soils and Rocks” since 2020
  • “Current Chinese Science” since 2020
  • “International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (IGGE)” since 2020

Awards and honours

  • Recipient of “John Booker Excellence Medal by IACMAG (International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics)”, 2025
  • Recipient of “Scott Sloan Best Paper Award for 2023”, 2025 (article: Yang J, Yin Z-Y*, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y (2019). Analysis of suffusion in cohesionless soils with randomly distributed porosity and fines content. Comput. Geotech., 111: 157-171.)
  • Recipient of “Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Innovation”, FCE-PolyU, 2023
  • Recipient of “World’s Top 2% Scientist-Stanford University Releases List (Career) of the Civil Engineering discipline”, 2020 and 2021
  • Recipient of “Editorial Board Member Award of Soils and Foundation”, 2021
  • Recipient of “Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research Funding”, FCE-PolyU, 2021，2023
  • Recipient of “2017 Acta Geotechnica Best Paper Award”, 2017
  • Recipient of “2014 Geotechnique Letters Best Paper Award”, 2014
  • Recipient of “Prize of Excellent Scientific Research and Supervision” (PEDR) by Ministry of Education, France, 2014
  • Recipient of “Silver Medals of Science and Technology Progress of Ministry of Education of China” for “Long distance pipe jacking mechanical analysis and control technology in complex environment”, China (11th), 2013
  • Recipient of “Silver Medals of Science and Technology Progress of Zhejiang Province” for “Performance-based soft soil deep excavation design theory and practice”, China (2nd), 2013
  • Recipient of “Professor of Exceptional Rank of Shanghai (Dong-Fang Scholar)”, China, 2011
  • Recipient of “Shanghai Pujiang Talent People Plan”, China, 2011
  • PhD scholarship awarded by “Conseil Regional des Pays de la Loire” by competitive exam, 2003

Professional Membership

  • Life board member of "International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG)"
  • Member (Nominated) of Soil-Structure Interaction and Retaining Walls (TC207) of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
  • Member (Corresponding) of Machine Learning and Big Data (TC309) of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
  • Member (Corresponding) of Offshore Geotechnics (TC209) of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
  • Member at large (director) of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (since 2020)
  • Member (Director) of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Greater China Section, 2020-present
  • Associate Committee Member of Granular Materials Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012 – present
  • Member of Soft Soil Engineering Committee of Chinese Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2012– present
  • Member of Environmental Mechanics Committee of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2012– present
  • Member of Underground Engineering Committee of Shanghai Society of Civil Engineers, 2012– present
  • Member of Soil Mechanics Committee of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 2011– present
  • Member of Constitutive Relation and Strength Theory Committee of Chinese Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 2010– present

Conference Organizing

  • Chair of "17th international conference on International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG)", Hong Kong, 18-21 December 2025.
  • Chair of "International Symposium on Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering towards Sustainability (IGES2023)", Hong Kong, 1-2 December 2023.
  • Co-Chair of online conference “International Symposium on Intelligent Geotechnics”, Hong Kong, 10-11 June 2022.
  • Chair of online conference “International Symposium of Soft Ground and Smart Geotechnology”, Shantou-Hong Kong, 7 January 2022
  • Chair of online conference “International Workshop of Smart Infrastructure Development towards Smart City”, Shantou-Hong Kong, 20 November 2021
  • Co-chair of “IAS Workshop on Emerging Scales in Granular Media”, Hong Kong, 14-16 January 2020
  • Co-chair of “EMI International Conference”, Lyon, 3-5 July 2019
  • Co-Chair of “France-China Symposium of Academic and Educational Exchanges on Geotechnical and Underground Engineering”, Shanghai, 24 – 25/10/2015
  • Co-Chair of “Specialized Workshop of Time-dependent Stress-strain Behavior of Geomaterials of IS-Model 2012”, Beijing, 15 – 16/10/2012
  • Secretary for the “Frontier of Soil Mechanics Academic Forum for Innovation 2020”, Shanghai, 13 – 14/08/2011
  • Secretary for the “International Symposium of Coastal and Offshore Geotechnics”, Hangzhou, 16 – 18/11/2012

Research Projects in HK

  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Multiscale analysis of caisson foundations in soft clay seabed under complex loading conditions”. Total HK$ 1,447,848, Grant No. 15231825, Period 2026.Jan.-2028.Dec., PI.
  • Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (GDSTC): Topic “Intelligent Multi-Scale and Multi-Physics Simulation and Low-Carbon Mitigation Technologies for Marine-Seabed-Underwater Structure Interactions”. Total HK$ 1,600,000, Grant No. K-ZGSZ, Period 2025.Jan.-2027.Dec., Co-PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: European Union (EU) - Hong Kong Research and Innovation Cooperation Co-funding Mechanism by the RGC, Topic "Geotechnical Resilience through Intelligent Design". Total HK$ 497,600, Grant No. E-PolyU501/24, Period 2025.Jan.-2028.Dec., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: Theme-based Research Scheme, Topic “Digital Twins for Coastal Resilience under Extreme Storm Surges in Hong Kong”. Located to me HK$ 2,000,000 (Total HK$ 53,821,000), Grant No. T22-607/24-N, Period 2025.Jan.-2029.Dec., Co-PI (PC: Jidong ZHAO of HKUST).
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Multiscale Multiphysics Study of Scour-induced Bearing Capacity Degradation of Suction Anchor Foundation in Sandy Seabed”. Total HK$ 1,134,931, Grant No. 15232224, Period 2025.Jan.-2027.Dec., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Multiscale approach to water ice-bearing lunar regolith in thermal, vacuum, and microgravity environments”. Total HK$ 1,134,931, Grant No. 15227624, Period 2024.Oct.-2027.Sep., Co-I (PI: Mengmeng WU).
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Physics-informed multi-fidelity neural network approach for intelligent rectification of shield machine attitude in layered soils”. Total HK$ 1,132,781, Grant No. 15220423, Period 2024.Jan.-2026.Dec., Co-I (PI: Ning ZHANG).
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Investigation of grain breakage and seepage erosion in carbonate sand based on a multiscale hydro-mechanical approach”. Total HK$ 1,132,781, Grant No. 15229223, Period 2023.Oct.-2026.Sep., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Machine Learning-Aided Multiscale Approach for Recycled Solid Waste Mixtures Composed of Easily Crushable Rigid Aggregates and Highly Deformable Soft Aggrgates”. Total HK$ 1,132,781, Grant No. 15227923, Period 2024.Jan.-2026.Dec., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Multiscale approach for granular materials reinforced by disposable face-mask chips”. Total HK$ 1,113,600, Grant No. 15226822, Period 2023.Jan.-2025.Dec., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Modeling of Rock-socketed GFRP Tube Confined Concrete Pile under Combined Vertical and Lateral Loadings with Consideration of Long-Term Degradation”. Total HK$ 1,145,452, Grant No. 15210322, Period 2022.Nov.-2025.Oct., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic "Micro-mechanical analysis of particle breakage and fines migration in methane hydrate-bearing sediments during depressurization". Total HK$ 1,089,600, Grant No. 15226322, Period 2023.Jan.-2025.Dec., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Deep Learning-based Multiscale Approach for Granular Materials from Particle Recognition to Mechanical Modelling”. Total HK$ 911,317, Grant No. 15220221,Period 2022.Jan.-2024.Dec., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Topic “Study of multi-physics coupling mechanism of deep sea pipeline and soft marine organic deposits interaction considering time and temperature effects”. Total HK$ 1,154,954, Grant No. N_PolyU534/20, proposed period 2021.Jan.-2024.Dec., PI (collaborator: Fuping Gao, Institute of Mechanics of CAS).
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: General Research Fund, Topic “Multiscale hydro-mechanical modeling of marine silty clay interacting with FRP foundation structure in consideration of rate and abrasion effects”. Total HK$ 873,995, Grant No. 15217220, Period 2021.Jan.-2023.Dec., PI.
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Internal): Grant to replace the “General Program of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2019-2020”. Topic “Intelligent constitutive modelling of natural clays in GBA and its application”. Total HK$ 100,000, Period 2019.Oct.-2022-Sep., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: Topic “Influence of Natural Deposition Plane Orientation on the Viscous Characteristics of Natural Clays: from Microstructural Investigation to Micromechanical Modelling”. Total HK$ 72,000, Grant No. F-PolyU501/19, PROCORE-France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme, Period 2020.Feb.-2022.Feb., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: Topic “Coupled hydro-mechanical modeling of suffusion in gap-graded cohesionless soils”. Total HK$935,375, Grant No. 15209119, Period 2020.Jan.-2022.Dec., PI.
  • Research Grants Council of Hong Kong: Topic “Study of Super-fast Large-area Economical Marine Reclamations for Housing and Infrastructural Developments in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area”. HK$14.26M, Grant No. R5037-18F, Period 2019.Sept.-2024.Aug., Co-PI (HK$2.27M).
  • 2019 Provincial Science and Technology Cooperation R&D Project-Sichuan Science and Technology Department: Topic “Intelligent Assessment of Service Performance of High Railway Embankment in Expansive Soil Area and Study on Disaster Diagnosis and Treatment Technology”, Total HK$200K, Grant No. 2019YFSY0015, Period 2019.Jan.-2021.Dec., PI of HK (HK$80K).

H-index and citations


Selected Publications(“*” representing corresponding author)

  1. Zeng K, Yin Z-Y*, Liu H, Jin YF (2026). Mechanical and breakage behaviours of coral sand under three-dimensional stress state. Geotechnique, accepted.
  2. Li R, Yin Z-Y*, He SH (2026). Physics-Informed Spatiotemporal Optimal Transport for Tracking Particle and Breakage. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, accepted
  3. Zhou X, Yin Z-Y*, Shi P (2026). Semi-supervised deep embedded clustering for elliptical decision boundaries toward CPT soil classification. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, accepted
  4. Li PL, Yin Z-Y*, Song Z, Song DB, Yin JH (2026). A fully coupled hydro–mechanical–chemo model for saturated clayey soils with pore-chemistry-induced and time-dependent deformation. Can. Geotech. J., http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0793.
  5. Liu XQ, Li KQ, Yin Z-Y* (2026). AGF-PINN-HC: Hard-constrained enhanced physics-informed neural networks for multi-pipe heat transfer in artificial ground freezing. Can. Geotech. J., http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0990.
  6. Xu C, Wang P, Yin Z-Y*, Gao X, Xu C (2026). A Dual-Level Particle Breakage Model for Irregular Particles in DEM. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0809.
  7. Liu B, Yin Z-Y*, Hicher PY (2026). The compressibility of kaolin clay: a micromechanical perspective based on DEM. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0724.
  8. He YQ, Yin Z-Y* (2026). Visco-hypoplastic modelling of cyclic behaviour of saturated clays. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0518.
  9. Li GY, Yin Z-Y*, Mo PQ, Yu HS (2026). Cavity expansion-contraction-based interpretation of pressuremeter tests in sand. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2025-0469.
  10. Li J, Yin Z-Y* (2026). Novel anisotropic elastoplastic modeling of K0-consolidated sands. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0539.
  11. Zeng K, Yin Z-Y*, Liu H, Jin YF (2026). Comprehensive investigation on mechanical and breakage behaviors of coral sand under plane strain state. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0728.
  12. Li J, Yin Z-Y*, Yang J (2026). A novel elastic viscoplastic clay-structure interface model. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 152(4): 04026017.
  13. Cheng W, Yin Z-Y* (2026). A non-isothermal fractional consistency two-surface viscoplasticity model for gas hydrate-bearing sediments. Int. J. Plasticity, 196: 104547.
  14. Li RD, Yin Z-Y*, He SH, Wu M (2026). Novel particle reconstruction and tracking algorithms to reveal 3D micromechanical behaviors of coral sands. Can. Geotech. J., http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0655.
  15. Zhou XW, Jin YF, Yang J, Yin Z-Y, Liu FT, Chen X (2026). A mixed smoothed finite element limit analysis framework: integrating non-conforming meshes and cohesive-frictional contact. Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng., 449(Part A): 118510.
  16. Song DB, Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH (2025). Probabilistic analysis for large strain radial consolidation of soft soils considering creep. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0132.
  17. Zhou C, Qian JG, Yin Z-Y*, Yang J (2025). Novel erosion law based on CFD-DEM simulations and its application in hydromechanical modeling of gap-graded soils. Can. Geotech. J., http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0612.
  18. Wang LY, Yin Z-Y*, Chen W (2025). Insights into 3D particle crushing under dynamic conditions using an improved variable bond force peridynamic model. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0133.
  19. Li PL, Yin Z-Y*, Song DB, Yin JH (2025). A coupled nonlinear long-term consolidation and solute transport model for PVD-enhanced flushing remediation analysis of multi-layered contaminated soils. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0205.
  20. Pathak B, Yin Z-Y, Fu Y, Luo Z (2025). Evolution of surface roughness and particle breakage with interface shear behaviour of sand-epoxied GFRP against sand under elevated normal stress. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0327.
  21. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Ding Z (2025). Temperature-dependent undrained behaviour of sand under ultra-deep marine environment. Geotechnique, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.25.00422.
  22. Wei P, Yin Z-Y*, Wang Y, Gao FP (2025). Deterioration mechanism of adhesion properties of FRP-soil interface induced by moisture. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2025-0317.
  23. Yan T, Shen SL, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang N (2026). Multi-source data-driven prediction of geological cross-section during shield tunnelling. Autom. Constr., 181(Part A): 106592.
  24. Guo H, Yin Z-Y* (2026). Physics-informed continuous and discrete Gaussian Processes for forward and inverse soil consolidation analysis: uncertainty quantification and diffusion kernel-based multi-fidelity modelling. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 448(Part B): 118438.
  25. Fang H, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Lagrangian Hybrid Element Particle Method (LHEPM) for Incompressible Fluid Dynamics. J. Comput. Phys.. 541: 114281.
  26. He KY, Jin YF, Zhou XW, Yin Z-Y, Chen X (2025). An improved MPM formulation for free surface flow problems based on finite volume method. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 446(Part A): 118264.
  27. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y*, (2025). Relative ice saturation and unified elastoplastic modeling of frozen soils. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(12): 04025150.
  28. Wang Y, Hu L, Yin Z-Y*, Hicher PY, Wu Y (2025). Hysteresis at Low Relative Humidity on Vapor Sorption Isotherm of Na-Montmorillonite. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(11): 04025136.
  29. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Ding Z, Li RD (2025). Strength and deformation characteristics of sand-rubber mixtures under torsional shear loadings. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(11): 04025122.
  30. Cheng W, Yin Z-Y* (2025). A Fractional-Order Two-Surface Plasticity Model for Thermal and Mechanical Cyclic Behaviors of Saturated Clays. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(10): 04025115.
  31. Zhou XW, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y, He KY, Chen X (2025). Semi-implicit hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian PFEM with volume control for incompressible free surface flows. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 446(Part A): 118241.
  32. Fang H, Liang W, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang D, Fang Q (2025). A line-to-volume contact algorithm for modeling the complex bond-slip behavior of grouted bolts in rock mass. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 194: 106215.
  33. Ma G, Xiao Y, Liu H, Chu J, Yin Z-Y, Jiang NJ (2025). Migration and Breakthrough of Bacteria in Heterogeneous Soils and Stabilization Performance of Bio-Grouting. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0196.
  34. Li PL, Yin Z-Y*, Song DB, Chen ZJ, Yin JH (2025). Consolidation of clay slurry under very low stresses: from novel oedometer apparatus invention to non-linear consolidation characteristics and finite strain modelling. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0456.
  35. Li RD, Yin Z-Y*, He S, Sheil B (2025). Enhancement and Assessment of Large Vision Models for 3D Particle Reconstruction from X-ray Tomography. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0736.
  36. Liu HC, Zhang N, Yin Z-Y (2025). Probabilistic stratigraphic modeling from sparse boreholes based on deep learning. Géotechnique, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.24.00998.
  37. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Ibraim E, Ding Z (2025). Face mask chips-reinforced sands under monotonic and cyclic torsional shearing. Géotechnique, 75(11): 1429–1444.
  38. Zhang MH, Yin Z-Y, Fu Y (2025). A Macroelement Model for Predicting Load-Displacement Reponses of Suction Anchors under Combined Horizontal-Vertical-Torsional Loading in Clay. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0454.
  39. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang N, Liu HC (2025). Physics-informed neural networks for solving steady-state temperature field in artificial ground freezing. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0650.
  40. He YQ, Yin Z-Y*, Wang S (2025). A visco-hypoplastic model for normally consolidated and overconsolidated clays. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0647.
  41. Yin Z-Y*, Li J (2025). A general anisotropic yield function for K0-consolidated clays. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0337.
  42. Liu HC, Zhang N, Yin Z-Y, Wang Y (2025). Interpretation of subsurface stratigraphic variations from limited boreholes using Dual Bi-LSTM. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0455.
  43. Liu YJ, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Suffusion of irregular concave gap-graded sand with resolved CFD-DEM. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0215.
  44. Zhang H, Yin Z-Y, Zhang N, Wang X (2025). A rapid segmentation and occlusion completion method for morphology analysis of packed granular particles considering uncertainty. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0756.
  45. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Ding Z, Li RD (2025). Particle morphology and principal stress direction dependent strength anisotropy through torsional shear testing. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0717.
  46. Wu M, Sun Y, Situ X, Wang J, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Computed Tomography-Driven Analysis of Particle Breakage Using a Coupled FDM-DEM Approach. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0255.
  47. Pan Y, Song DB, Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH (2025). Effect of spacing of grid PHD on performance of combined PHD-PVD vacuum preloading method for treatment of clayey slurry. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0678.
  48. Zhang P, Sheil B, Girolami M, Yaji K, Yin Z-Y (2025). A novel consolidation analysis framework: universal function approximators regularized by physical principles. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0567.
  49. Li J, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Dynamic Bounding Surface Viscoplasticity for Clays. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(10): 04025112.
  50. Chen XX, Zhang P, Yu HS, Yin Z-Y, Sheil B (2025). Parsimonious Universal Function Approximator for Elastic and Elastoplastic Cavity Expansion Problems. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(9): 04025093.
  51. Pan Y, Song DB, Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH, Chen WB (2025). Novel Combined Grid PHD–PVD Vacuum Preloading Method for Treatment of Blow-Filled Slurry: Large-Scale Physical Model Test. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(9): 04025090.
  52. Wang X, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Physics-encoded convolutional attention network for forward and inverse analysis of spatial-temporal parabolic dynamics considering discontinuous heterogeneity. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 442: 118025.
  53. Xu HR, Zhang N, Yin Z-Y*, Atangana Njock PJ (2025). Multimodal framework integrating multiple large language model agents for intelligent geotechnical design. Autom. Constr., 176: 106257.
  54. Wu M, Wang J, Pan B, Yin Z-Y (2025). Particle tracking-aided digital volume correlation for clay-sand soil mixtures. Géotechnique, 75(6): 760–772.
  55. Zhou XW, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y, Liu FT, Chen X (2025). A novel improved edge-based smoothed particle finite element method for elastoplastic contact analysis using second order cone programming. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 441: 118016.
  56. Jin Z, Zhang W, Yin Z-Y, Zhang N, Geng X (2025). Estimating track geometry irregularities from in-service train accelerations using deep learning. Autom. Constr., 173: 106114
  57. Liu DY, Yin Z-Y*, O'Sullivan C (2025). DEM exploration of stress transmission and small strain behavior for rubber sand mixtures. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(5): 04025031.
  58. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Ding Z (2025), Cyclic liquefaction of granular materials with varied forms under multidirectional loads. Géotechnique, 75(2): 243-257.
  59. Cheng W, Yin Z-Y*, Cui YJ, Peng MZ (2025). Nonisothermal fractional order two-surface viscoplastic model for stiff clays. Can. Geotech. J., 62: 1208-6010.
  60. Zhou XW, Jin YF, He KY, Yin Z-Y (2025). An improved explicit MPM formulation and its coupling scheme with FEM. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 436: 117734.
  61. Peng M, Yin Z-Y*, Zhai W (2025). A new associative yield function for suction embedded plate anchors in undrained clay. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 151(2): 04024161.
  62. Xu K, Zhang N, Yin Z-Y*, Li K (2025). Finite element-integrated neural network for inverse analysis of elastic and elastoplastic boundary value problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 436: 117695.
  63. Fang H, Yin Z-Y* (2025). A Novel Hybrid Particle Element Method (HPEM) for Large Deformation Analysis in Solid Mechanics. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 433(Part B): 117530.
  64. Wang L, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Peridynamic modelling of time-dependent behaviour and creep damage in hyper-viscoelastic solids with pre-cracks. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 433(Part A): 117512.
  65. Zhang N, Xu K, Yin Z-Y*, Li KQ, Jin YF (2025). Finite element-integrated neural network framework for elastic and elastoplastic solids. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 433(Part A): 117474.
  66. Huang S, Wang P, Lai Z, Yin Z-Y, Huang L, Xu C (2024). Machine-learning-enabled discrete element method: The extension to three dimensions and computational issues. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 432(Part B): 117445.
  67. An M, Zhang F, Yin Z-Y*, Huang R, Elsworth D, Marone C (2024). Frictional strength and frictional instability of glaucophane gouges at blueschist temperatures support diverse modes of fault slip from slow slip events to moderate-sized earthquakes. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 129(10): e2023JB028399.
  68. He GF, Zhang P, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Active learning inspired multi-fidelity probabilistic modelling of geomaterial property. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 432(Part A): 117373.
  69. Liang W, Fang H, Yin Z-Y*, Zhao J (2024). A mortar segment-to-segment frictional contact approach in material point method. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 431: 117294.
  70. Wang X, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Interpretable Physics-Encoded Finite Element Network to Handle Concentration Features and Multi-Material Heterogeneity in Hyperelasticity. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 431: 117268.
  71. Yin JH, Chen W; Wu P; Leung AYF, Yin Z-Y, Cheung CKW, Wong AHK (2024). Field Study of a Sustainable Land Reclamation Approach Using Dredged Marine Sediment Improved by Horizontal Drains under Vacuum Preloading. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 150(11): 04024114.
  72. He GF, Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Goh SH (2024). Multifidelity-based Gaussian process for quasi-site-specific probabilistic prediction of soil properties. Can. Geotech. J., 61(10): 2304-2322.
  73. Wang L, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Modelling finite deformation and progressive failure of hyperelastic solid with implicit BA-NOSB-PD. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 431: 117260.
  74. Zhou XW, Jin YF, He KY, Yin Z-Y, Liu FT (2024). A novel implicit FEM-MPM coupling framework using convex cone programming for elastoplastic problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 429: 117153.
  75. He C, De Leo F, Stocchino A, Yin Z-Y, Abascal AJ, Jin YF (2024). Environmental risk assessment of coastal dredging based on clustering of meteocean forcing. Coastal Engineering, 192: 104555.
  76. He KY, Jin YF, Zhou XW, Yin Z-Y (2024). A high-performance semi-implicit two-phase two-layer MPM framework for modeling granular mass-water interaction problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 427: 117064.
  77. Zhou XW, Jin YF, He KY, Yin Z-Y (2024). A convex cone programming based implicit material point method. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 427: 117007.
  78. Tang ZQ, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Zhou XW (2024). A novel mesoscale modelling method for steel fibre-reinforced concrete with the combined finite-discrete element method. Cem. Concr. Compos., 149: 105479.
  79. Wang HL, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Gu XQ (2024). Evaluation of soil-structure interface models. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 150(7): 04024050.
  80. Peng M, Yin Z-Y* (2024). An elastoplastic model for predicting kinematics and trajectories of suction embedded plate anchors under eccentric loading in clay. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 150(6): 04024044.
  81. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Sheil B (2024). A physics-informed data-driven approach for consolidation analysis. Géotechnique, 74(7): 620-631.
  82. Guo H, Yin Z-Y* (2024). A novel physics-informed deep learning strategy with local time-updating discrete scheme for multi-dimensional forward and inverse consolidation problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 421: 116819.
  83. Fang H, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang D, Cao L (2024). A hydro-mechanical coupled contact method for two-phase geotechnical large deformation problems within the SNS-PFEM framework. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 420: 116743.
  84. Liu YJ, Yin Z-Y*, Huang S, Lai Z, Zhou C (2024). Resolved CFD-DEM modeling of suffusion in gap-graded shaped granular soils. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 150(4): 04024008.
  85. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Sheil B (2024). Multifidelity constitutive modeling of stress-induced anisotropic behavior of clay. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 150(3): 04024003.
  86. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y*, Liu Y (2024). A hybrid SVR-BO model for predicting the soil thermal conductivity with uncertainty. Can. Geotech. J., 61(2): 258-274.
  87. He SH, Ding Z, Goudarzy M, Sun Y, Yin Z-Y (2024). Effect of variable confining pressure on the long-term cyclic behaviour of calcareous sand: experimental observation and microstructural interpretation. Can. Geotech. J.,61(2): 311-327.
  88. Cheng W, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Fractional order viscoplastic modeling of anisotropically overconsolidated clays with modified isotach viscosity. Int. J. Plasticity, 172: 103858.
  89. Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou XW (2024). Two-phase two-layer sns-pfem for hydromechanical geotechnical large deformation problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 418(Part B): 116542.
  90. Zhao S, Tan D, Lin S, Yin Z, Yin J (2023). A deep learning-based approach with anti-noise ability for identification of rock microcracks using distributed fibre optic sensing data. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 170: 105525.
  91. Fang H, Yin Z-Y*, Peng M, Zhang D (2023). Improved SNS-PFEM framework with dual mortar method to model geotechnical large deformation contact problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 412: 116091.
  92. Peng Y, Yin Z-Y*, Ding X (2023). Analysis of particle corner-breakage effect on pile penetration in coral sand: model tests and DEM simulations. Can. Geotech. J., 60(5): 749-765.
  93. Liu Y, Wang L, Hong Y, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Modeling of Fines Migration in Hydrate-Bearing Sediments with CFD-DEM. Can. Geotech. J., 60(5): 701-717.
  94. Wang HL, Zhang QY, Yin Z-Y*, Jing H (2023). Effect of sand particle size on interface shear behaviour between bio-cemented sand by MICP treatment and steel structure. Can. Geotech. J., 60(3): 269-286.
  95. Zhang Q, Wang ZY, Yin Z-Y*, YF Jin (2022). A novel stabilized NS-FEM formulation for anisotropic double porosity media. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 401(Part B): 115666.
  96. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Chen Q (2022). Image-based 3D Reconstruction of Granular Grains via Hybrid Algorithm and Level Set with Convolution Kernel. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 148(5): 04022021.
  97. Jin YF, Yin Z-Y* (2022). Two-phase PFEM with stable nodal integration for large deformation hydromechanical coupled geotechnical problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 392: 114660.
  98. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF (2022). Bayesian neural network-based uncertainty modelling: application to soil compressibility and undrained shear strength prediction. Can. Geotech. J., 59(4): 546–557.
  99. Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou XW, Liu FT (2021). A stable node-based smoothed PFEM for solving geotechnical large deformation 2D problems. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 387: 114179.
  100. Wang X, Yin Z-Y, Su D, Xiong H, Feng YT (2021). A novel Arcs-based discrete element modeling of arbitrary convex and concave particles. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 386: 114071.
  101. Liu Y, Yin Z-Y*, Wang L, Hong Y (2021). A coupled CFD-DEM investigation of internal erosion considering suspension flow. Can. Geotech. J., 58(9): 1411–1425.
  102. Zhu QY, Zhuang PZ, Yin Z-Y, Yu HS (2021). State parameter-based thermomechanical constitutive model for fine-grained saturated soils. Can. Geotech. J., 58(7): 1045–1058.
  103. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y* (2021). A Novel Deep Learning-based Modelling Strategy from Image of Particles to Mechanical Properties for Granular Materials with CNN and BiLSTM. Comput. Methods in Appl. Mech. Eng., 382: 113858.
  104. Deng N, Wautier A, Thiery Y, Yin Z-Y, Hicher PY, Nicot F (2021). On the attraction power of critical state in granular materials. J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 149: 104300.
  105. Yang J, Yin Z-Y*, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y (2020). Hydro-mechanical modeling of granular soils considering internal erosion. Can. Geotech. J., 57(2): 157-172.
  106. Wang S, Wu W, Wang J, Yin Z-Y, Cui D, Xiang W (2019). Residual-state creep of clastic soil in a reactivated slow-moving landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China. Landslides, 15(12): 2413–2422.
  107. Zhong CH, Le VT, Bendahmane F, Marot D, Yin Z-Y (2018). Investigation of spatial scale effects on suffusion susceptibility. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 144(9): 04018067.
  108. Li J, Yin Z-Y, Cui YJ, Hicher PY (2017). Work input analysis for soils with double porosity and application to the hydro-mechanical modeling of unsaturated expansive clays. Can. Geotech. J., 54(2): 173-187.
  109. Wu YX, Shen SL, Yin Z-Y, Xu YS (2015). Characteristics of groundwater seepage with cutoff wall in gravel aquifer. II: Numerical analysis. Can. Geotech. J., 52: 1539–1549.
  110. Shen SL, Wu YX, Xu YS, Yin Z-Y (2015). Characteristics of groundwater seepage with cutoff wall in gravel aquifer. I: Field observations. Can. Geotech. J., 52: 1526–1538.
  111. Shen SL, Ma L, Xu YS, Yin Z-Y (2013). Interpretation of increased deformation rate in aquifer IV due to groundwater pumping in Shanghai. Can. Geotech. J., 50(11): 1129-1142.
  112. Yin Z-Y*, Karstunen M, Chang CS, Koskinen M, Lojander M (2011). Modeling time-dependent behavior of soft sensitive clay. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 137(11): 1103-1113.
  113. Karstunen M, Yin Z-Y* (2010). Modelling time-dependent behaviour of Murro test embankment. Géotechnique, 60(10): 735-749.
  114. Yin Z-Y*, Chang CS, Hicher PY, Karstunen M (2009). Micromechanical analysis of kinematic hardening in natural clay. Int. J. Plasticity, 25(8): 1413-1435.

​​Theses

  1. Modelling of mechanical behaviour of saturated soils and application to the calculation of geotechnical structures, HDR (Habilitation to supervise PhD students) dissertation, University of Nantes, France, 2013. (in French, supervisor: Prof. PY Hicher)
  2. Viscoplastic modelling of natural clays and application to the calculation of embankment on soft soils, dissertation, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France, 2006. (in French, supervisor: Prof. PY Hicher)
  3. Experimental study of the ultra-fine cement grout propagation in the grounds, thesis, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France, 2003. (in French, supervisor: Dr C Dano & Prof. N Saiyouri)

​​Books and chapters

  1. Yin Z-Y (2021). Constitutive Theory of Granular Soils and Application. China Architecture Press, Beijing. (in press)
  2. Yin Z-Y, Hicher P-Y, Jin YF (2020). Practice of constitutive modelling for saturated soils. Springer/Tongji University Press. (in press)
  3. Zhou WH, Yin Z-Y, Yuen KV (2020). Practice of Bayesian Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer/Tongji University Press. (in press)
  4. Ahayan S, Kotronis P, Yin Z-Y, Cerfontaine B and Collin F (2019). “Chapter 2- Study of the Behavior of Offshore Wind Turbine Monopiles under Monotonic and Cyclic Lateral Loading”, Risk Evaluation And Climate Change Adaptation Of Civil Engineering Infrastructures And Buildings: Project RI-ADAPTCLIM, edited by P Kotronis, Wiley-ISTE. (in English)
  5. Yin Z-Y, Jin YF (2019). Practice of optimization theory in geotechnical engineering. Springer/Tongji University Press. (in English)
  6. Yin Z-Y, Gu XQ, Jin YF (2017). Small strain stiffness of soils. Tongji University Press, Shanghai. (in Chinese)
  7. Yin Z-Y (2016). Time-dependency of soft clays and engineering application. Tongji University Press, Shanghai. (in Chinese)
  8. Yin Z-Y, Yao YP (2014). Experimental soil mechanics. Tongji University Press, Shanghai. (in Chinese)
  9. Xu CJ, Yin Z-Y (2014). Design of deep excavation and analysis of examples. China machine press, Beijing.(in Chinese)
  10. Yin Z-Y, Hicher PY (2017). “Multi-scale modeling of the mechanical behavior of clays”, Advances in Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Couplings in Geo-Environmental Mechanics, Edited by F Nicot & O Millet, ISTE- Elsevier. (in English)
  11. Dano C, Ovalle C, Yin Z-Y, Daouadji A, Hicher PY (2017). “Behavior of granular materials affected by grain breakage”, Advances in Multi-Physics and Multi-Scale Couplings in Geo-Environmental Mechanics, Edited by F Nicot & O Millet, ISTE-Elsevier. (in English)