Editorial membership

• Associate Editor of “International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE” since 2023
• Associate Editor of “Géotechnique Letters” since 2021
• Associate Editor of “European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering” since 2020
• Editorial Board Member of “International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics" since 2023
• Editorial Board Member of “Computers and Geotechnics” since 2022
• Editorial Board Member of “Georisk” since 2022
• Editorial Board Member of “Transportation Geotechnics” since 2021
• Editorial Board Member of “Journal of Marine Science and Engineering” since 2020
• Editorial Board Member of “Soils and Rocks” since 2020
• Editorial Board Member of “Acta Geotechnica” since 2020
• Editorial Board Member of “Current Chinese Science” since 2020
• Editorial Board Member of “International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering (IGGE)” since 2020
• Editorial Board Member of “Soils and Foundations” since 2019-2022
• Editorial Board Member of “Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A” since 2019
• Editorial Board Members of “Canadian Geotechnical Journal” since 2018

Awards and honours

• 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: 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$ X,XXX,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

• by ISI Web of Science: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/W-3531-2019
• by Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36452648400
• by Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=XkeAFS0AAAAJ&hl=en
• ORCID: 0000-0003-4154-7304 (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4154-7304)

Articles in peer reviewed Science Citation Indexed journals (after Web of Science)
(“*” representing corresponding author; “#” representing supervised PhD student)​

​​2024 Journal Papers

1. [1] He GF, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang P (2025). Uncertainty Quantification in Data-Driven Modelling with Application to Soil Properties Prediction. Acta Geotech., accepted.
2. Li P, Song DB, Yin Z-Y, Yin JH (2025). Large strain consolidation model for very soft soils with prefabricated horizontal drains considering nonlinear compression and creep. Acta Geotech., accepted.
3. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y, Sheil B (2025). PiNet: A Novel Stress Integration Method for Elastoplastic Models. Géotech. Lett., accepted.
4. 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, accepted.
5. Wang T, Wang P, Yin Z-Y, Zhang F, Xu C (2025). DEM-DFM modeling suffusion of granular soils under triaxial compression. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, accepted.
6. 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, accepted.
7. Wu M, Wang J, Pan B, Yin Z-Y (2024). Particle tracking-aided digital volume correlation for clay-sand soil mixtures. Geotechnique, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.24.00036
8. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Ding Z (2024), Cyclic liquefaction of granular materials with varied forms under multidirectional loads. Géotechnique, https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.22.00386.
9. Liu YJ, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Suffusion of irregular concave gap-graded sand with resolved CFD-DEM. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2024-0215.
10. 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., DOI： 10.1139/cgj-2023-0756.
11. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Ding Z, Li RD (2024). Particle morphology and principal stress direction dependent strength anisotropy through torsional shear testing. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0717.
12. Wu M, Sun Y, Situ X, Wang J, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Computed Tomography-Driven Analysis of Particle Breakage Using a Coupled FDM-DEM Approach. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2024-0255.
13. Pan Y, Song DB, Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH (2024). 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.
14. Zhang P, Sheil B, Girolami M, Yaji K, Yin Z-Y (2024). A novel consolidation analysis framework: universal function approximators regularized by physical principles. Can. Geotech. J., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0567.
15. Cheng W, Yin Z-Y*, Cui YJ, Peng MZ (2024). Non-isothermal Fractional Order Two-surface Viscoplastic Model for Stiff Clays. Can. Geotech. J., https://doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0701.
16. He SH, Yin Z-Y, Ding Z, Sun Y (2025). The role of incremental stress ratio in mechanical behavior and particle breakage of calcareous sand. Acta Geotech., DOI: 10.1007/s11440-024-02400-1.
17. Feng H, Yin Z-Y*, PenglinM, Guo Q (2024). State-of-the-Art Review of Continuum Mechanics-based Modelling of Soil Surface Erosion. Arch. Comput. Methods Eng., DOI: 10.1007/s11831-024-10198-0.
18. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y* (2024). State of the art of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical modelling for frozen soils. Arch. Comput. Methods Eng., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11831-024-10164-w.
19. Liu DY, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Small strain stiffness of sand-rubber mixtures with particle size disparity effect. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., DOI:10.1002/nag.3866.
20. Zhao S, Lin SQ, Tan DY, Zhu HH, Yin Z-Y, Yin JH (2024). Smart prediction of crack opening displacement of rock from noisy distributed fibre optic sensing data. J. Rock Mech. Geotech. Eng., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.09.009
21. Song S, Wang P, Yin Z-Y*, Cheng YP (2024). Micromechanical modeling of hollow cylinder torsional shear test on sand with DEM. J. Rock Mech. Geotech. Eng., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.02.010.
22. Song DB, Pan Y, Chen WB, Yin Z-Y, Feng WQ, Yin JH (2024). Experimental and numerical modelling on vacuum consolidation behaviour of staged-filled soil slurry with prefabricated horizontal drain and flocculant. J. Rock Mech. Geotech. Eng., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.01.026.
23. He SH, Yin Z-Y*, Sun Y, Ding Z (2024). Intelligent parameter identification for a high-cycle accumulation model of sand with enhancement of cuckoo search algorithm. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., DOI: 10.1002/nag.3838.
24. Atangana Njock PG, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang N (2024). High-fidelity data augmentation for few-shot learning in jet grout injection applications. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., DOI:10.1002/nag.3862.
25. Peng M, Yin Z-Y*, Zhai W (2025). Behaviour of square plate anchors under unidirectional and combined loadings in clay. Ocean Eng., accepted.
26. Xu S, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Bearing capacity of strip footings in unsaturated soils reinforced with layered geogrid sheets using upper bound. Geotext. Geomembr., accepted.
27. Wang Y; Yin Z-Y*, Hicher PY, Hu L (2025). Hysteresis at Low Humidity on Vapor Sorption Isotherm of Ca-Montmorillonite: The Key Role of Interlayer Cations. Appl. Clay Sci., 263: 107628.
28. Liu D, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Compression characteristics and particle scale stress distribution of sand-rubber mixtures with particle size disparity effect. Comput. Geotech., 177(Part B): 106905.
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. Peng Y, Yin Z-Y* (2025). Micromechanical analysis of upward pipe-soil interaction behaviors in unsaturated granular soil. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 155(Part 1): 106162.
32. 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.
33. Xu H, Zhang N, Yin Z-Y, Njock PGA (2024). GeoLLM: A Specialized Large Language Model Framework for Intelligent Geotechnical Design. Comput. Geotech., 177(Part A): 106849.
34. Wang X, Yin Z-Y*, Wu W, Zhu HH (2024). Neural Network-augmented Differentiable Finite Element Method for Boundary Value Problems. Int. J. Mech. Sci., 285: 109783.
35. 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.
36. Wu M, Yin Z-Y*, Sun Y, Li Y, Wang J (2024). DEM modeling of granular soils reinforced by disposable face-mask chips. Comput. Geotech., 176: 106804.
37. Zhang J, Xiao Y, Chen X, Liu B, Yin Z-Y*, (2024). Investigating the effects of non-uniformity of mixing on the shear behavior of soft-rigid mixtures with DEM. Comput. Geotech., 176: 106794.
38. 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.
39. Feng H, Yin Z-Y*, Peng M (2024). Macro-element Modelling for Lateral Response of Monopiles with Local Scour Hole via Hyperbolic Hardening Relation. Appl. Ocean Res., 153: 104233
40. 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.
41. Zhang LL, Zheng YY, Yin Z-Y, Zaoui A (2024). Interparticle friction behaviors of kaolinite: Insights into macroscale friction from nanoscale. Appl. Clay Sci., 261: 107571.
42. Song SX, Yin Z-Y*, Liu YJ, Wang P, Cheng YP (2024). Investigation of Suffusion under Torsional Shear Conditions with CFD-DEM. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 48(17): 4274-4290.
43. Song DB, Li PL, Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH (2024). Novel Simplified Practical Method for One-Dimensional Large-Strain Consolidation. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 48(17): 4244-4256.
44. Teng J, Yin Z-Y*, Chen W, Song D, Dai J (2024). Interface Shear Behaviour of Sandy Soil-FRP with Epoxy Hardness Effect and Abrasion. J. Compos. Constr. ASCE, 28(6): 04024064.
45. An M, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang F, Huang R, Elsworth D (2024). Rate-and-state friction of epidote gouge under hydrothermal conditions and implications for the stability of subducting faults under greenschist metamorphic conditions. Tectonophysics, 890: 230497.
46. Liu B, Xue J, Lehane BM, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Micromechanical investigation of the aging mechanism in sand. Comput. Geotech., 175: 106710.
47. Li R, Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Sheil B (2024). Enhanced Hybrid Algorithms for Segmentation and Reconstruction of Granular Grains from X-ray Micro Computed-Tomography Images. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 48(17): 4206-4220.
48. Guo QM, Zhan LT, Yin Z-Y*, Feng H, Yang GQ, Chen YM (2024). Multi-modal fusion deep learning model for excavated soil heterogeneous data with efficient classification. Comput. Geotech., 175: 106697.
49. 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.
50. Wang HL, Yin Z-Y*, Gu XQ, Jin YF (2024). Evaluation of soil-structure interface models considering cyclic loading effect. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 48(17): 4257-4273.
51. Wang X, Yin Z-Y*, Wu W, Zhu HH (2024). Neural network-augmented differentiable finite element method for boundary value problems. Int. J. Mech. Sci., 285: 109783.
52. 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.
53. 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.
54. Tian Y, He H, Senetakis K, Yin Z-Y (2024). DEM analysis of the load transfer mechanism of sand-rubber mixtures subjected to constrained compression. Powder Technol., 446: 120133.
55. Tian Y, Li S, Yin Z-Y*, Senetakis K (2024). A micromechanical study on sand - FRP interface subjected to cyclic loading. Compos. Struct., 346: 118452.
56. Sun Z, Chen YG, Ye WM, Wang Q, Wu DB, Yin Z-Y (2024). Effects of synthetic site water on bentonite-concrete system for a potential nuclear waste repository. J. Rock Mech. Geotech. Eng., 16(9): 3786-3797.
57. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y*, Qi JL, Liu Y (2024). State-of-the-art constitutive modelling of frozen soils. Arch. Comput. Methods Eng., 31: 3801–3842.
58. He GF, Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Goh SH (2024). Multi-fidelity based Gaussian process for quasi-site-specific probabilistic prediction of soil properties. Can. Geotech. J., 61(10): 2304-2322.
59. Xiong H, Zhang Z, Yin Z-Y*, Chen X, Zhou W (2024). Microscopic origins of shape effects on migration and clogging of fines in porous media using coupled CFD-iDEM. Acta Geotech., 19: 5001–5029.
60. Wang H, Yin C, Zhang Q, Liu Q, Yin Z*, Xuan D (2024). Monotonic mechanical behaviour of compacted completely decomposed granite with various inclusion levels of incineration bottom ash. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. A, 25(8): 670–679.
61. 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.
62. Zhang H, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang N, Wang X, Ding Z (2024). A scale-adaptive Mask R-CNN strategy for foreground particle segmentation and geometrical analysis of granular aggregates. Appl. Soft Comput., 164: 111931.
63. Qiu YS, Zhang N, Yin Z-Y*, Wang Y, Xu C, Zhang P (2024). Novel multi-spatial receptive field (MSRF) XGBoost method for predicting geological cross-section based on sparse borehole data. Eng. Geol., 338: 107604.
64. 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.
65. 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.
66. 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.
67. Wang T, Wang P, Yin Z-Y, Laouafa F, Hicher PY (2024). Hydro-mechanical analysis of particle migration in fractures with CFD-DEM. Eng. Geol., 335: 107557.
68. He C, Stocchino A, He Y, Leung KMY, De Leo F, Yin Z-Y, Jin YF (2024). Risk assessment of e-waste - Liquid crystal monomers re-suspension caused by coastal dredging operations. Science of The Total Environment, 933: 173176.
69. Wang YJ, Chen WB, Li PL, Yin Z-Y, Yin JH, Jiang NJ (2024). Soil Improvement using Biositmulated MICP: Mechanical and Biochemical Experiments, Reactive Transport Modelling, and Parametric Analysis. Comput. Geotech., 172: 106446.
70. Wang Y, Hu L, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Effects of Micropores on the Vapor Sorption Isotherm and Structural Parameters Characterization of Kaolinite. Comput. Geotech., 172: 106453.
71. Lyu HM, Yin Z-Y*, Hicher PY, Laouafa F (2024). Incorporating mitigation strategies in machine learning for landslide susceptibility prediction. Geosci. Front., 15(5): 101869.
72. Tang ZQ, Zhou XW, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang Q (2024). A Novel Coupled bES-FEM Formulation with SUPG stabilization for Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Analysis in Saturated Porous Media. Comput. Geotech., 173: 106454
73. Wang L, Yin Z-Y*, Chen W (2024). Characteristics of crack growth in brittle solids with the effects of material heterogeneity and multi-crack interaction. Int. J. Fract., 246: 77–99.
74. Chen F, Liu X, Xiong H, Yin Z-Y, Chen X (2024). Micro-mechanical analysis of tunnel face grouting reinforcement combined with critical potential failure model. Comput. Geotech., 171: 106310.
75. Liu B, Xue J, Lehane BM, Yin Z-Y (2024). Time-dependent soil–structure interaction analysis using a macro-element foundation model. Eng. Struct., 308: 118046.
76. 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.
77. Lu M, Zheng YY, Yin Z-Y (2024). From sedimentation to consolidation of kaolinite: A molecular dynamic study. Comput. Geotech., 170: 106285.
78. Xue J, Cao Y, Yin Z, Shao J, Burlion N (2024). Estimation of macroscopic failure strength of heterogeneous geomaterials containing inclusion and pore with artificial neural network approach. Comput. Geotech., 170: 106294.
79. Wang P, Xu C, Yin Z-Y*, Song SX, Xu C, Dai S (2024). A DEM-based Generic Modeling Framework for Hydrate-Bearing Sediments. Comput. Geotech., 171: 106287.
80. Liang W, He KY, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y (2024). A gradient-smoothed material point method for reducing cell crossing noise in large deformation problems. Comput. Geotech., 169: 106169.
81. Cheng Y, Wang T, Wang P, Qin S, Zhou WH, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Hydromechanical analysis of slurry infiltration with coupled CFD–DEM method. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 48(11): 3032-3053.
82. Peng Y, Yin Z-Y*, Gao FP (2024). Micromechanical analysis of pipeline-soil interaction in unsaturated granular soil undergoing lateral ground movement. Comput. Geotech., 169: 106181.
83. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang N, Li J (2024). A PINN-based modelling approach for hydromechanical behaviour of unsaturated expansive soils. Comput. Geotech., 169: 106174.
84. 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.
85. Wang HL, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Gu XQ (2024). Evaluation of soil-structure interface models. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 150(7): 04024050.
86. 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.
87. Chen XX, Zhang P, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Physics-informed neural network solver for numerical analysis in geoengineering. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, 18(1): 33-51.
88. Xu WQ, Yin Z-Y*, He SH, Yang N (2024). Experimental investigation of mechanical behavior of disposable face-mask chips reinforced-sand under biaxial shear condition. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 24(7): 04024115.
89. Zhou Z, Yin Z-Y*, He G, Zhang P, Jiang M (2024). The potential of a multi-fidelity residual neural network based optimizer to calibrate DEM parameters of rock-like bonded granular materials. Comput. Geotech., 168: 106137.
90. Yu LJ, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Chen JF (2024). A novel stabilised nodal integration formulation using particle finite element method for incompressible flow analysis. Int. J. Numer. Methods Fluids, 96(6): 853-883.
91. Wang HL, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Gu XQ (2024). Uncertainty quantification of soil-structure interface propertieswith an enhanced hypoplastic interface model. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 24(6): 04024103.
92. Wu M, Fan Y, Wang J, Yin Z-Y (2024). Modeling flexible membrane for triaxial tests with coupled FDM-DEM: considering realistic particle shape effects. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 24(8): 04024155.
93. Zhang Q, Yin Z-Y*, Yan X (2024), Anisotropic continuum framework of coupled gas flow – adsorption – deformation in sedimentary rocks. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 48(4): 1018-1045.
94. Li PL, Yin Z-Y*, Song DB, Yin JH, Pan Y (2024). Axisymmetric finite strain consolidation model for soft soil consolidation with vertical drains under combined loading considering creep and non-Darcy flow. Geotext. Geomembr., 52(3): 241-259.
95. Liu B, Xue J, Lehane BM, Yin Z-Y (2024). An improved creep correction factor for the settlement of shallow foundations on sand based on macro-element simulations. Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng.: Geotech. Eng., 177(2): 179-190.
96. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Sheil B (2024). A physics-informed data-driven approach for consolidation analysis. Géotechnique, 74(7): 620-631.
97. 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.
98. Fang H, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang D, Fang Q (2024). Unified framework for geotechnical cross-contact problems with interfacial fluid flow. Int. J. Mech. Sci., 269: 109047.
99. Wang L, Yin Z-Y*, Chen W (2024). Characteristics of poroelastic deformation and dissipation ofheat and porepressure in fluid-saturated porous strata. Comput. Geotech., 167: 106046.
100. 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.
101. 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.
102. Xu W, Yin Z-Y, Zheng YY (2024). FRP–soil interfacial mechanical properties with molecular dynamics simulations: Insights into friction and creep behavior. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 47(16): 2951-2967.
103. 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.
104. 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.
105. 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.
106. Cheng W, Yin Z-Y* (2024). Fractional order viscoplastic modeling of anisotropically overconsolidated clays with modified isotach viscosity. Int. J. Plasticity, 172: 103858.
107. Xiong H, Tang R, Yin Z-Y, Chen H, Zhang Z, Qiu Y, Zhang R (2024). Effects of cyclic traffic loads and seawater erosion on suffusion of crushed calcareous sands. Int. J. Multiscale Comput. Eng., 22(3): 1–26.
108. Liu B, Liu Z, Jin J, Yin Z-Y (2024). Micromechanical investigation of the effect of an imposed stress state change during drained cyclic loading using DEM. Comput. Geotech., 166: 105998.
109. Wang L, Yin Z-Y*, Chen W (2024). Peridynamic modelling of dynamic damage and fragmentation of cracked solids during impact contact. Eng. Fract. Mech., 295: 109784.
110. 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.
111. Chen YB, Fu Y, Zhang MH, Yin Z-Y, Cheng J (2024). Bending moment capacity and failure mechanism of caisson foundations under monotonic and cyclic loading in clay. Marine structure, 93: 103520.
112. Sun Z, Chen WB, Zhao RD, Li JS, Yin Z-Y, Yin JH, Chen YG (2024). Physicochemical properties of clayey deposits slurry treated by lime-activated ISSA and GGBS considering seawater salinity effect. Appl. Clay Sci., 248: 107237.

​​2023 Journal Papers

113. Zhang Q, Yin Z-Y, Yan X (2023). Material Constants of Anisotropic Poroelasticity and its Impacts on Shale Gas Production. Energy & Fuels, 37(23): 18722–18734.
114. Wu M, Lu J, Li X, Pan S, Wang J, Yin Z (2023). Quantifying the morphology of crushed sand particles using X‑ray micro‑tomography. Granular Matter, (2023) 25: 80.
115. Wang Y, Hu L, Yin Z (2023). Identification and quantification of soil water components in kaolin by thermogravimetric and kinetic analysis. Eng. Geol., 324: 107273.
116. Wei P, Xiong Y, Zheng YY, Zaoui A, Yin Z-Y, Niu W (2023). Nanoscale friction at the quartz-quartz/kaolinite interface. Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 676(Part B): 132296.
117. Zhou C, Qian JG, Yin Z-Y*, Xiong H (2023). Suffusion in gap-graded granular soils subjected to strain-controlled cyclic loading with coupled CFD-DEM method. Transp. Geotech, 42: 101098.
118. He KY, Liang W, Yin Z-Y, Jin YF (2023). An efficient material point method framework based on the affine matrix. Comput. Geotech., 163: 105712.
119. Xu WQ, Yin Z-Y, Zheng YY (2023). FRP-Soil Interfacial Mechanical Properties with Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Insights into Friction and Creep Behavior. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 47(16): 2951-2967.
120. Xiong H, Qiu Y, Liu J, Yin Z-Y, Chen X (2023). Macro-microscopic mechanism of suffusion in calcareous sand under tidal fluctuations by coupled CFD-DEM. Comput. Geotech., 162: 105676.
121. Wang P, Yin Z-Y*, Cui YJ, Hicher PY (2023). Micro-mechanical analysis of one-dimensional compression of clay with DEM. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 47(15): 2706-2724.
122. Zhang MH, Yin Z-Y, Fu Y (2023). Numerical investigation of pull-out capacity and failure mechanism of suction anchors with mooring line in sand. Ocean Eng., 280: 114837.
123. Zhang MH, Yin Z-Y, Fu Y (2023). Numerical investigation on the pull-out capacity of suction anchors in sand considering torsional and mooring line effects. Comput. Geotech., 160: 105524.
124. 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.
125. Peng Y, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Micromechanical analysis of suction pile-granular soil interaction under inclined pulling load of mooring line: Mooring depth effect. Marine structure, 92: 103499.
126. Peng Y, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Micromechanical analysis of suction bucket-granular soil interaction under eccentric pulling action of mooring lines: effect of horizontal pulling angle. Ocean Eng., 284: 115217.
127. Peng M, Mei S, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Anatomy of critical state constitutive models: simulating undrained failure of K0-consolidated soils. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 23(12): 04023219.
128. Wang LY, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Fluid flow and mass transport in fractured media with curved fractures and varying apertures: A 3D modeling approach. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., 124(19): 4311-4338.
129. Song DB, Chen WB, Yin Z-Y, Shi XS, Yin JH (2023). Recycling dredged mud slurry using vacuum-solidification combined method with sustainable alkali-activated binder. Geotext. Geomembr., 51(5): 104-119.
130. Song DB, Yin Z-Y*, Li PL, Yin JH (2023). One-dimensional elastic viscoplastic finite strain consolidation model for soft clay with uncertainty. Acta Geotech., 18: 4671–4686.
131. Chen F, Xiong H, Yin Z-Y, Chen X (2023). Impermeable and mechanical stability of filter cake under different infiltration conditions via CFD-DEM. Acta Geotech., 18: 4115–4140.
132. Zhang N, Zhou A, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y, Shen SL (2023). An enhanced deep learning method for accurate and robust modelling of soil stress–strain response. Acta Geotech., 18: 4405–4427.
133. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang N, Liu Y (2023). A data-driven method to model stress-strain behaviour of frozen soil considering uncertainty. Cold Reg. Sci. Technol., 213: 103906.
134. He K, Liang W, Yin Z-Y, Jin YF (2023). An efficient material point method framework based on the affine matrix. Comput. Geotech., 163: 105712.
135. Lyu HM, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou A, Shen SL (2023). MCDM-based flood risk assessment of metro systems in smart city development: A review. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev., 101: 107154.
136. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Sheil B (2023). Interpretable Data-Driven Constitutive Modelling of Soils with Sparse Data. Comput. Geotech., 160: 105511.
137. 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.
138. Cheng W, Chen RP, Yin Z-Y*, Wang HL, Meng FY (2023). A fractional-order two-surface plasticity model for over-consolidated clays and its application to deep gallery excavation. Comput. Geotech., 159: 105494.
139. Song D, Pu H, Yin Z-Y, Min M, Qiu J (2023). Plane-strain model for large strain consolidation induced by vacuum-assisted prefabricated horizontal drains. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 47(10): 1911-1935.
140. Li KQ, Chen G, Liu Y, Yin Z-Y (2023). Scale Effect on the Apparent Anisotropic Hydraulic Conductivity of Geomaterials. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 9(3): 04023020.
141. Liu Y Yin Z-Y*, Yang J (2023). Micromechanical analysis of suffusion in gap-graded granular soils considering soil heterogeneity and non-uniform seepage flow. Comput. Geotech., 159: 105467.
142. Li KQ, Yin Z-Y*, Liu Y (2023). Influences of spatial variability of hydrothermal properties on the freezing process in artificial ground freezing technique. Comput. Geotech., 159: 105448.
143. Yang J, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Unified modelling of interface between structured clay or crushable sand and structure. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 149(8): 04023052.
144. He C, Yin Z-Y, Stocchino A, Wai OWH (2023). Generation of macro-vortices in estuarine compound channels. Front. Mar. Sci. 10, 1082506.
145. Zhou C, Qian J, Yin Z-Y*, Liu Y, Du ZB (2023). Effect of particle shape and bedding angle on suffusion in gap-graded granular soils by coupled CFD-DEM method. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 47(8): 1373-1398.
146. Yang J, Yin Z-Y* (2023). A novel hydro-mechanical coupled multiphysics model for slurry penetration in sand with application to face stability analysis of shield tunnel. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 47(7): 1202-1226.
147. Zhang JQ, Wang X, Yin Z-Y* (2023). DEM-based study on the mechanical behaviors of sand-rubber mixture in critical state. Constr. Build. Mater., 370: 130603.
148. Lyu HM, Yin Z-Y* (2023). An improved MCDM combined with GIS for risk assessment of multi-hazards in Hong Kong. Sustain. Cities Soc., 91: 104427.
149. Xu W, Yin Z-Y, Zheng YY (2023). Investigating Silica Interface Rate-dependent Friction Behavior under dry and lubricated conditions with Molecular Dynamics. Acta Geotech., 18: 3543–3554.
150. Chen WB, Zhou WH, Yin Z-Y (2023). Recent Development on Macro–Micro Mechanism of Soil‑Structure Interface Shearing Through DEM. Arch. Comput. Methods Eng., 30: 1843–1862.
151. He GF, Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Yang Y (2023). Multi-fidelity Data-Driven Modelling of Rate-Dependent Behaviour of Soft Clays. Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for Engineered Systems and Geohazards, 17(1): 64-76.
152. 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.
153. 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.
154. Wang HL, Pathak B, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Investigation on microstructure, unconfined compressive strength and thermal conductivity of compacted CDG soil by MICP treatment during curing. J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 35(6): 04023131.
155. 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.
156. Wang R, Wang Y, Yu J, Yin Z-Y, Zhang JM (2023). SPF-MHBS: A stress partition constitutive framework for methane hydrate-bearing sediments. Acta Geotech., 18: 1919–1944.
157. Wang X, Zhang H, Yin Z-Y*, Su D, Liu Z (2023). Deep-learning-enhanced model reconstruction of realistic 3D rock particles by intelligent video tracking of 2D random particle projections. Acta Geotech., 18: 1407–1430.
158. Chen F, Xiong H, Wang X, Yin Z-Y (2023). Transmission effect of eroded particles in suffusion using the CFD-DEM coupling method. Acta Geotech., 18: 335–354.
159. Yang J, Yin Z-Y*, Liu Y (2023). Multiphysics modelling of backfill grouting in sandy soils during TBM tunnelling. Acta Geotech., 18: 553–571.
160. Yin Z-Y, Yang J#, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y (2023). A framework for coupled hydro-mechanical continuous modeling of gap-graded granular soils subjected to suffusion. Eur. J. Environ. Civ. En., 27(8): 2678-2699.
161. Yang J#, Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y (2023). Identifying the parameters of a hydro-mechanical model for internal erosion occurring in granular soils by using an enhanced backtracking search algorithm. Eur. J. Environ. Civ. En., 27(6): 2325-2344.
162. Chen F, Jiang S, Xiong H, Yin Z-Y, Chen X (2023). Micro pore analysis of suffusion in filter layer using tri-layer CFD–DEM model. Comput. Geotech., 156: 105303.
163. Wei PC, Zheng YY, Zaoui A, Yin Z-Y (2023). Atomistic study on thermo-mechanical behavior and structural anisotropy of montmorillonite under triaxial tension and compression. Appl. Clay Sci., 233: 106817.
164. Peng Y, Yin Z-Y* (2023). Micromechanical analysis of suction pile-granular soil interaction under inclined pulling load: Effect of pulling angle. Ocean Eng., 270: 113615.
165. Wang LY, Yin Z-Y*, Han G, Yu ML (2023). Toward temporal evolution of consolidation in fluid-saturated poroelastic media with various permeable conditions. Comput. Geotech., 156: 105273.
166. Zhan LT, Quo QM, Chen YM, Wang SY, FENG T, Bian Y, Wu JJ, Yin ZY (2023). An efficient classification system for excavated soils using soil image deep learning and TDR cone penetration test. Comput. Geotech., 155: 105207.
167. Liang R, Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH, Wu PC (2023). Numerical analysis of time-dependent negative skin friction on pile in soft soils. Comput. Geotech., 155: 105218.
168. Li KQ, Liu Y, Yin Z-Y (2023). An improved 3D microstructure reconstruction approach for porous media. Acta Materialia, 242: 118472.
169. Peng Y, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou C, Ding X (2023). Micromechanical analysis of capillary suction effect on bearing capacity of unsaturated fine granular foundation soil using coupled CFD-DEM method. Comput. Geotech., 153: 105092.
170. Li P, Yin JH, Yin Z-Y*, Chen Z (2023). One–Dimensional Nonlinear Finite Strain Analysis of Self–Weight Consolidation of Soft Clay Considering Creep. Comput. Geotech., 153: 105081.
171. Aela P, Zong L, Yin Z-Y, Esmaeili M, Jing G (2023) Calibration method for discrete element modeling of ballast particles. Comput. Part. Mech., 10: 481-493.

​​2022 Journal Papers

172. 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.
173. Zhou C, Qian J, Yin Z-Y* (2022). Microscopic investigation of the influence of complex stress states on internal erosion and its impacts on critical hydraulic gradients. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 46(18): 3377-3401.
174. Xiong H, Zhang Z, Sun X, Yin Z-Y, Chen X (2022). Clogging effect of fines in seepage erosion by using CFD–DEM. Comput. Geotech., 152: 105013.
175. Wang ZY, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Wang YZ (2022). Overcoming volumetric locking in SNS-PFEM with cubic bubble function and selective integration. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., DOI:10.1002/nme.7107.
176. Wang T, Wang P, Yin Z-Y, Zhang F (2022). DEM-DFM modeling of suffusion in calcareous sands considering the effect of double-porosity. Comput. Geotech., 151: 104965.
177. Phoon KK, Cao ZJ, Ji J, Leung YF, Najjar S, Shuku T, Tang C, Yin Z-Y, Ikumasa Y, Ching J (2022). Geotechnical uncertainty, modeling, and decision making. Soils Found., 62(5): 101189.
178. Du Z, Yin Z-Y, Qian J, Guo Y, Huang M (2022). Modeling cyclic behavior of clay subjected to principal stress rotation. Comput. Geotech., 150: 104932.
179. Peng Y, Ding X, Yin Z-Y*, Wang P (2022). Micromechanical analysis of the particle corner breakage effect on pile penetration resistance and formation of breakage zones in coral sand. Ocean Eng., 259: 111859.
180. Wang ZY, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y, Wang YZ (2022). A novel coupled NS-PFEM with stable nodal integration and polynomial pressure projection for geotechnical problems. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 46(13): 2535-2560.
181. Zhou XW, Liu FT, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y, Zhang CB (2022). A volumetric locking-free stable node-based smoothed finite element method for geomechanics, Comput. Geotech., 149: 104856.
182. He C, Yin Z-Y, Stocchino A, Wai O, Li S (2022). The coastal macro-vortices dynamics in Hong Kong waters and its impact on water quality. Ocean Model., 175: 102034.
183. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Sheil B (2022). Physics-constrained hierarchical data-driven modelling framework for complex path-dependent behaviour of soils. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 46 (10): 1831-1850.
184. Aela P, Wang J, Yousefian K, Fu H, Yin Z-Y, Jing G (2022). Prediction of crushed numbers and sizes of ballast particles after breakage using machine learning techniques. Constr. Build. Mater., 337: 127469.
185. Lu Z, Zhou WH, Yin Z-Y (2022). Effect of viscosity on slurry infiltration in granular media. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 22(9): 04022138.
186. Yang J#, Yin Z-Y*, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y (2022). Numerical analysis of internal erosion impact on underground structures: application to tunnel leakage. Geomech. Energy Environ., 31: 100378.
187. Wang P, Yin Z-Y* (2022). Effect of particle breakage on the behavior of soil-structure interface under constant normal stiffness condition with DEM. Comput. Geotech., 147: 104766.
188. Yin Z-Y* (2022). Three-dimensional numerical modelling of progressive failure of caisson foundation in sand using a coupled FDM-DEM method. Ocean Eng., 253: 111332.
189. Zhang N, Shen SL, Zhou A, Yin Z-Y (2022). Enhancement of neural networks with an alternative activation function tanhLU. Expert Syst. Appl., 199: 117181.
190. Lu Z, Zhou WH, Yin Z-Y*, Yang J (2022). Numerical modeling of viscous slurry infiltration in sand. Comput. Geotech., 146: 104745.
191. Xu W, Yin Z-Y*, Wang HL, Wang X (2022). Experimental study on the monotonic mechanical behavior of completely decomposed granite soil reinforced by disposable face-mask chips. J. Clean. Prod. 352: 131528.
192. Al-Zaoari K,Zheng YY, Wei PC, Zhang LL, Yin Z-Y (2022). Early stage of swelling process of dehydrated montmorillonite through molecular dynamics simulation. Mater. Chem. Phys., 283: 126015.
193. Han J, Yin Z-Y*, Dano C, Hicher PY (2021). Undrained monotonic and cyclic behavior of a stiff fissured overconsolidated clay. Eng. Geol., 302: 106627.
194. Zhou X, Liu F, Yin Z-Y, Jin YF, Zhang CB (2022). A mixed constant-stress smoothed-strain element with a cubic bubble function for elastoplastic analysis using second-order cone programming. Comput. Geotech., 145: 104701.
195. Lyu HM, Shen SL, Zhou A, Yin Z-Y (2022). Assessment of safety status of shield tunnelling using operational parameters with enhanced SPA. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 123: 104428.
196. 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.
197. 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.
198. Wang ZY, Wang P, Yin Z-Y* (2022). Micromechanical investigation of the particle size effect on the shear strength of uncrushable granular materials. Acta Geotech., 17: 4277–4296.
199. Liu QW, Chen RP, Wang HL, Yin Z-Y, Wu HN (2022). Effect of particle shape on soil arching in the pile-supported embankment by 3D discrete element method, Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 22(4): 04022027.
200. Teaching publication: Yin Z-Y*, Teng JC, Wang HL, Jin YF (2022). A MATLAB-based educational platform for analysis of slope stability. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ., 30(2): 575-588.
201. Zhang P, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Yang J, Sheil B (2022). Physics-Informed multi-fidelity residual neural networks for hydromechanical modelling of granular soils and foundation considering internal erosion. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 148(4): 04022015. (Editor’s choice paper)
202. Wang P, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou WH, Chen WB (2022). Micro-mechanical analysis of soil-structure interface behavior under constant normal stiffness condition with DEM. Acta Geotech., 17: 2711–2733.
203. 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.
204. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF (2022). Machine Learning–based Modelling of Soil Properties for Geotechnical Design: Review, Tool Development and Comparison. Arch. Comput. Methods Eng., 29: 1229–1245.
205. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Liu XF (2022). Modelling the mechanical behaviour of soils using machine learning algorithms with explicit formulations. Acta Geotech., 17: 1403–1422.
206. Wang X, Yin Z-Y, Su D, Wu X, Zhao J (2022). A novel approach of random packing generation of complex-shaped 3D particles with controllable sizes and shapes. Acta Geotech., 17: 355–376.
207. Wang C, Ding X, Yin Z-Y, Peng Y, Chen Z (2022). Mechanical characteristics and particle breakage of coral sand under one-dimensional repeated loading. Acta Geotech., 17: 3117–3130.
208. Wang F, Huang HW, Yin Z-Y, Huang Q (2022). Probabilistic characteristics analysis for the time-dependent deformation of clay soils due to spatial variability. Eur. J. Environ. Civ. En., 26(12) : 6096-6114.
209. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF (2022). Three-dimensional quantitative analysis on granular particle shape using convolutional neural network. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 46(1): 187-204.
210. Wang P, Yin Z-Y*, Wang Z (2022). Micromechanical investigation of particle size effect of granular materials in biaxial test with the role of particle breakage. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 148(1): 04021133.
211. Lin Y, Yin Z-Y, Wang X, Huang L (2022). A systematic 3D simulation method for geomaterials with block inclusions from image recognition to fracturing modelling. Theor. Appl. Fract. Mech., 117: 103194.
212. Zhang JQ, Wang X, Yin Z-Y*, Yang N (2022). Static and dynamic behaviors of granular soil reinforced by disposable face-mask chips. J. Clean. Prod., 331: 129838.
213. Zhao D, Hattab M, Hicher P-Y, Yin Z-Y* (2022). Effect of stress level on the microstructural evolution of clay under creep. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 148(2): 04021148.
214. Liu QW, Wang HL, Chen RP, Yin Z-Y, Lin XT, Wu HN (2022). Effect of relative density of 2D granular materials on the arching effect through numerical trapdoor tests. Comput. Geotech., 141: 104553.
215. Deng N, Wautier A, Tordesillas A, Thiery Y, Yin Z-Y, Hicher PY, Nicot F (2022). Lifespan dynamics of cluster conformations in stationary regimes in granular materials. Physical Review E, 105: 014902.

​​2021 Journal Papers

216. Yin Z-Y, Wang P (2021). Micro-mechanical analysis of caisson foundation in sand using DEM: particle shape effect. Appl. Ocean Res., 111: 102630.
217. 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.
218. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Chen WB, Jin YF (2021). CNN-based Intelligent Method for Identifying GSD of Granular Soils. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 21(12): 04021229.
219. Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Li J, Dai JG (2021). A novel implicit coupled hydro-mechanical SPFEM approach for modelling of delayed failure of cut slope in soft sensitive clay. Comput. Geotech., 140: 104474.
220. Wang HL, Yin Z-Y* (2021). Unconfined compressive strength of bio-cemented sand: state-of-the-art review and MEP-MC-based model development. J. Clean. Prod., 315: 128205.
221. Yang J#, Yin Z-Y* (2021). Soil-structure interface modelling with the nonlinear incremental approach. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 45(10): 1381-1404.
222. Li J, Yin Z-Y* (2021). Time integration algorithms for elasto-viscoplastic models with multiple hardening laws for geomaterials: enhancement and comparative study. Arch. Comput. Methods Eng., 28: 3869–3886.
223. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF (2021). State-of-the-Art Review of Machine Learning Applications in Constitutive Modeling of Soils. Arch. Comput. Methods Eng., 28: 3661–3686.
224. Xiong H, Yin Z-Y*, Nicot F, Wautier A, Miot M, Darve F, Veylon G, Philippe P (2021). A novel multi-scale large deformation approach for modelling of granular collapse. Acta Geotech., 16: 2371–2388.
225. 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.
226. 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.
227. Han J, Yin Z-Y*, Dano C, Hicher PY (2021). Cyclic and creep combination effects on the long-term undrained behavior of overconsolidated clay. Acta Geotech., 16: 1027–1041.
228. Xiong H#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhao J, Yang Y (2021). Investigating the effect of flow direction on suffusion and its impacts on gap-graded granular soils. Acta Geotech., 16: 399–419.
229. Han J, Yin Z-Y*, Dano C, Hicher PY (2021). Effect of strain rate on the adhesive bond shearing resistance of stiff clay. Transp. Geotech, 27: 100479.
230. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF#, Chan T, Gao FP (2021). Intelligent Modelling of Clay Compressibility using Hybrid Meta-Heuristic and Machine Learning Algorithms. Geosci. Front., 12(1): 441-452.
231. Wang X, Yin Z-Y, Zhang JQ, Xiong H, Su D (2021). Three-dimensional reconstruction of realistic stone-based materials with controllable stone inclusion geometries. Constr. Build. Mater., 305: 124240.
232. Wang X, Yin Z-Y, Xiong H, Su D, Feng YT (2021). A spherical-harmonic-based approach to discrete element modeling of 3D irregular particles. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., 122(20): 5626-5655.
233. 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.
234. Li K, Yin Z-Y, Han D, Fan X, Cao R, Lin H (2021). Size Effect and Anisotropy in a Transversely Isotropic Rock Under Compressive Conditions. Rock Mech Rock Eng., 54: 4639–4662.
235. Liu K, Yin Z-Y, Chen WB, Feng WQ, Yin JH (2021). A non-linear model for the stress-strain-strength behaviour of unsaturated granular materials. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 21(7): 04021103.
236. Jin Z, Li Z, Yin Z-Y, Kotronis P (2021). Numerical modeling of soil-pipe interaction of single pipeline at shallow embedment in clay by hypoplastic macroelement. Ocean Eng., 241: 110017.
237. Qian JG, Zhou C, Yin Z-Y*, Li WY (2021). Investigating the effect of particle angularity on suffusion of gap-graded soil using coupled CFD-DEM. Comput. Geotech., 139: 104383.
238. Qian JG, Li WY, Yin Z-Y*, Yang Y (2021). Influences of buried depth and grain size distribution on seepage erosion in granular soils around tunnel by coupled CFD-DEM approach. Transp. Geotech, 29: 100574.
239. Cao S, Yilmaz E, Yin Z-Y*, Xue G, Song W, Sun L (2021). CT scanning of internal crack mechanism and strength behavior of cement-fibertailings matrix composites. Cem. Concr. Compos., 116: 103865.
240. He H, Chen W, Yin Z-Y, Senetakis K, Yin JH (2021). A micromechanical-based study on the tribological and creep-relaxation behavior of sand-FRP composite interfaces. Compos. Struct., 275: 114423.
241. Zhang P#, Yang Y, Yin Z-Y (2021). BiLSTM-based Soil-Structure Interface Modelling. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 21(7): 04021096.
242. Zhu S#, Chen R, Yin Z-Y (2021). Elastoplastic modeling of cyclic behavior of natural structural clay with large number of cycles. Transp. Geotech, 26: 100448.
243. Cao G, Ding X, Yin Z-Y, Zhou H, Zhou (2021). A new soil reaction model for large-diameter monopiles in clay. Comput. Geotech., 137: 104311.
244. Zhang P, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y (2021). Machine learning–based uncertainty modeling of mechanical properties of soft clays relating to time-dependent behavior and its application. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 45(11): 1588-1602.
245. 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.
246. Wu ZX, Dano C, Hicher PY, Yin Z-Y* (2021). Estimating normal effective stress degradation in sand under undrained simple shear condition. Eur. J. Environ. Civ. En., 25(1): 170-189.
247. Cao S#, Xue G, Yilmaz E, Yin Z-Y*, Yang F (2021). Utilizing concrete pillars as an environmental mining practice in underground mines. J. Clean. Prod., 278: 123433.
248. Shi Y, Gao F, Wang N, Yin Z (2021). Coupled flow-seepage-elastoplastic modeling for competition mechanism between lateral instability and tunnel erosion of a submarine pipeline. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 9: 889.
249. Yang D, Wang X, Zhang H, Yin Z-Y, Su D, Xu J (2021). A Mask R-CNN based particle identification for quantitative shape evaluation of granular materials. Powder Technology, 392: 296-305.
250. Cao S#, Xue G, Yilmaz E, Yin Z-Y (2021). Assessment of rheological and sedimentation characteristics of fresh cemented tailings backfill slurry. Int. J. Min. Reclam. Environ., 35(5): 319-335.
251. 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.
252. Chen WB, Zhou WH, Sadowski L, Yin Z-Y (2021). Metaheuristic model for the interface shear strength between granular soil and structure considering surface morphology. Comput. Geotech., 135: 104141.
253. Elbaz K, Shen SL, Zhou AN, Yin Z-Y, and Lyu HM (2021). Prediction of disc cutter life during shield tunneling with AI via incorporation of genetic algorithm into GMDH-type neural network. Engineering, 7(2): 238-251.
254. Xiao Y, Wang C, Zhang Z, Liu H, Yin Z-Y (2021). Constitutive Modeling for Two Sands under High Pressure. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 21(5): 04021042.
255. Zhang LL, Zheng YY, Wei PC, Diao QF, Yin Z-Y (2021). Nanoscale mechanical behavior of kaolinite under uniaxial strain conditions. Appl. Clay Sci., 201: 105961.
256. Wei PC, Zhang LL, Zheng YY, Diao QF, Zhuang DY, Yin Z-Y (2021). Nanoscale Friction Characteristics of Hydrated Montmorillonites Using Molecular Dynamics. Appl. Clay Sci., 210: 106155.

​​2020 Journal Papers

257. Zhang J, Wang X, Yin Z-Y*, Liang Z (2020). DEM modeling of large-scale triaxial test of rock clasts considering realistic particle shapes and flexible membrane boundary. Eng. Geol., 279: 105871.
258. Wang HL#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang P, Jin YF (2020). Straightforward prediction for air-entry value of compacted soils using machine learning algorithms. Eng. Geol., 279: 105911.
259. Jin YF, Yin Z-Y*, Yuan WH (2020). Simulating retrogressive slope failure using two different smoothed particle finite element methods: a comparative study. Eng. Geol., 279: 105870.
260. Zhang K, Lyu HM. Shen SL, Zhou A, Yin Z-Y (2020). Evolutionary hybrid neural network approach to predict shield tunneling-induced ground settlements. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 106: 103594.
261. Liu Y#, Wang L, Hong Y, Zhao J, Yin Z-Y (2020). A Coupled CFD-DEM investigation of internal erosion of gap graded soil: coupling effect of confining pressure and fines content. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 44(18): 2473-2500.
262. Wang HL#, Yin Z-Y* (2020). High performance prediction of soil compaction parameters using multi expression programming. Eng. Geol., 276: 105758.
263. Wang P#, Yin Z-Y* (2020). Micro-mechanical analysis of caisson foundation in sand using DEM. Ocean Eng., 203: 107240.
264. Li K#, Yin Z-Y*, Cheng Y, Cao P, Meng J (2020). Three-dimensional discrete element simulation of indirect tensile behaviour of a transversely isotropic rock. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 44(13): 1812-1832.
265. Yin Z-Y*, Teng JC#, Li Z, Zheng YY (2020). Modelling of suction bucket foundation in clay: from finite element analyses to macro-elements, Ocean Eng., 210: 107577.
266. Zhang P#, Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y, Yang Y (2020). Random forest based artificial intelligent model for predicting failure envelopes of caisson foundations in sand. Appl. Ocean Res., 101: 102223.
267. Wu ZX, Yin Z-Y*, Dano C, Hicher PY (2020). Cyclic volumetric strain accumulation for sand under drained simple shear condition. Appl. Ocean Res., 101: 102200.
268. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y, Chen RP (2020). Analytical and Semi-analytical Solutions for Describing Tunneling-induced Transverse and Longitudinal Settlement Troughs. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 20(8): 04020126.
269. Li J, Yin Z-Y* (2020). A modified cutting-plane time integration scheme with adaptive substepping for elasto-viscoplastic models. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., 121(17): 3955-3978.
270. Liu Y, Liu E, Yin Z (2020). Constitutive model for tailing soils subjected to freeze–thaw cycles based on meso-mechanics and homogenization theory. Acta Geotech.. 15: 2433–2450.
271. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y* (2020). Enhancement of backtracking search algorithm for identifying soil parameters. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 44(9): 1239-1261.
272. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou WF, Liu X (2020). Intelligent model selection with updating parameters during staged excavation using optimization method. Acta Geotech., 15(9), 2473-2491.
273. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF#, Ye GL (2020). An AI-based Model for Describing Cyclic Characteristics of Granular Materials. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 44(9): 1315-1335.
274. Li K#, Cheng YM, Yin Z-Y, Han D, Meng J (2020). Size effects in a transversely isotropic rock under Brazilian tests: laboratory testing. Rock Mech Rock Eng., 53: 2623–2642.
275. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y* (2020). An intelligent multi-objective EPR technique with multi-step model selection for correlations of soil properties. Acta Geotech., 15: 2053–2073.
276. Zhu QY#, Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y (2020). Modeling of embankment beneath marine deposited soft sensitive clays considering straightforward creep degradation, Mar. Georesour. Geotec., 38(5): 553-569.
277. Xiong H#, Yin Z-Y*, Nicot F (2020). Programming the micro-mechanical model of granular materials in Julia. Adv. Eng. Softw., 145: 102816.
278. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Zheng Y, Gao FP (2020). A LSTM Surrogate Modelling Approach for Caisson Foundations. Ocean Eng., 204: 107263.
279. Yin Z-Y, Wang P#, Zhang F (2020). Effect of particle shape on the progressive failure of shield tunnel face in granular soils by coupled FDM-DEM method. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 100: 103394.
280. Wang P#, Yin Z-Y* (2020). Micro-mechanical analysis of caisson foundation in sand using DEM: particle breakage effect. Ocean Eng., 215: 107921.
281. Yang J#, Yin Z-Y*, Liu XF, Gao FP (2020). Numerical analysis for the role of soil properties to the load transfer in clay foundation due to the traffic load of the metro tunnel. Transp. Geotech., 23: 100336.
282. Yang J#, Yin Z-Y*, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y (2020). Three-dimensional hydro-mechanical modelling of internal erosion in dike-on-foundation. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 44(8): 1200-1218.
283. 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.
284. Zhang P#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF#, Chan T (2020). A Novel Hybrid Surrogate Intelligent Model for Creep Index Prediction Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Random Forest. Eng. Geol., 265(2): 105328.
285. Zhu H, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang Q (2020). A novel coupled FDM-DEM modelling method for flexible boundary membrane in laboratory tests. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 44(3): 389-404.
286. Jin YF#, Yuan WH, Yin Z-Y*, Cheng YM (2020). An edge-based strain smoothing particle finite element method for large deformation problems in geotechnical engineering. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 44(7): 923-941.
287. Chen WB, Liu K, Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH (2020). Crushing and Flooding Effects on One-dimensional Time-dependent Behaviors of a Granular Soil. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 20(2): 04019156.
288. Nie Z, Fang C, Gong J, Yin Z-Y (2020). Exploring the effect of particle shape caused by erosion on the shear behaviour of granular materials via the DEM. Int. J. Solids Struct., 202: 1-11.
289. Cao S#, Zheng D, Yilmaz E, Yin Z-Y*, Xue GL, Yang FD (2020). Strength development and microstructure characteristics of artificial concrete pillar considering fiber type and content effects. Constr. Build. Mater., 256: 119408.
290. Zhao D#, Gao Q, Hattab M, Hicher P-Y, Yin Z-Y*(2020). Microstructural evolution of remolded clay related to creep. Transp. Geotech., 24: 100367.
291. Zhang P#, Li H, Ha QP, Yin Z-Y, Chen RP (2020). Reinforcement Learning based Optimizer for Improvement of Tunneling-induced Settlement Prediction Model. Adv. Eng. Inform., 45: 101097.
292. Liu SH, Sun Y, Shen CM, Yin Z-Y (2020). Practical nonlinear constitutive model for rockfill materials with application to rockfill dam. Comput. Geotech., 119(3): 103383.
293. Elbaz K, Shen SL, Sun WJ, Yin Z-Y, Zhou A (2020). Prediction model of shield performance during tunneling with AI via incorporating improved PSO into ANFIS. IEEE Access, 8(1): 39659-39671.
294. Yao C, Hong C, Su D, Zhang Y, Yin Z-Y (2020). Design and verification of a wireless sensing system for monitoring large-range ground movement. Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 303: 111745.

​​2019 Journal Papers

295. Elbaz K, Shen SL, Zhou AN, Yin Z-Y, and Lyu HM (2019). Prediction of disc cutter life during shield tunneling with AI via incorporation of genetic algorithm into GMDH-type neural network. Engineering, accepted.
296. Lyu HM, Shen SL, Yang J, Yin Z-Y (2019). Scenario-based inundation analysis of metro systems: a case study in Shanghai. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sc., 23: 4293–4307.
297. Zhou WH, Jing XY, Yin Z-Y, Geng X (2019). Effects of particle sphericity and initial fabric on the shearing behavior of soil–rough structural interface. Acta Geotech., 14: 1699–1716.
298. Jin Z#, Yin Z-Y*, Kotronis P, Li Z, (2019). Advanced numerical modelling of caisson foundations in sand to investigate the failure envelope in the H-M-V space. Ocean Eng., 190: 106394.
299. Khalid U, Ye GL, Yadav SK, Yin Z-Y (2019). A simple experimental method to regain the mechanical behavior of naturally structured marine clays. Appl. Ocean Res., 88(7): 275-287.
300. Li J, Yin Z-Y*, Cui YJ, Liu K, Yin JH (2019). An elasto-plastic model of unsaturated soil with an explicit degree of saturation-dependent CSL. Eng. Geol., 260(3): 105240.
301. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou WH, Horpibulsuk S (2019). Identifying parameters of advanced soil models using an enhanced Transitional Markov chain Monte Carlo method. Acta Geotech., 14(6), 1925-1947.
302. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou WH, Shao JF (2019). Bayesian model selection for sand with generalization ability evaluation. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 43(14): 2305-2327.
303. Wang HL, Zhou WH, Yin Z-Y, Jie XX (2019). Effect of grain size distribution of sandy soil on the shearing behaviors at soil-structure interface. J. Mater. Civil Eng. ASCE, 31(10): 04019238.
304. Hong C, Zhang Y, Lu Z, Yin Z-Y (2019). A FBG Tilt Sensor Fabricated Using 3D Printing Technique for Monitoring Ground Movement, IEEE Sens. J., 19(15): 6392-6399.
305. Yang J, Yin Z-Y*, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y (2019). Modeling coupled erosion and filtration of fine particles in granular media. Acta Geotech., 14(6), 1615-1627.
306. 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.
307. Zhu H, Zhou WH, Jing XY, Yin Z-Y (2019). Observations on fabric evolution to a common micromechanical state at the soil-structure interface. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 43(15): 2449-2470.
308. Zhu H#, Yin Z-Y* (2019). Grain Rotation-based Analysis Method for Shear Band. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 145(10): 04019073.
309. Jin Z#, Yin Z-Y*, Kotronis P, Li Z*, Tamagnini C(2019). A hypoplastic macroelement model for a caisson foundation in sand under monotonic and cyclic loadings. Marine Structures, 66: 16-26.
310. Xiong H#, Yin Z-Y*, Nicot F(2019). A multiscale second-order work analysis approach for geotechnical structures. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 43(6): 1230-1250.
311. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou WH, Yin JH, Shao JF (2019). A single-objective EPR based model for creep index of soft clays considering L2 regularization. Eng. Geol., 248(8): 242-255.
312. Zhao CF#, Salami Y, Hicher PY, Yin Z-Y (2019). Multiscale modeling of unsaturated granular materials based on thermodynamic principles. Continuum Mech. Therm., 31(1): 341–359.
313. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhou WH, Huang HW (2019). Multi-objective optimization-based updating of predictions during excavation. Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell., 78: 102-123.
314. 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.
315. Yang J#, Yin Z-Y, Laouafa F, Hicher P-Y(2019). Internal erosion in dike-on-foundation modeled by a coupled hydro-mechanical approach. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 43(3): 663-683.
316. Zhang DM, Gao CP, Yin Z-Y*(2019). CFD-DEM modeling of seepage erosion around shield tunnels. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 83: 60–72.
317. Yin Z-Y, Li J*, Jin YF, Liu FY (2019). Estimation of robustness of time integration algorithms for elasto-viscoplastic modelling of soils. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 19(2): 04018197.
318. Xiong H, Nicot F, Yin Z-Y* (2019). From microscale to boundary value problem: using a micromechanically-based model. Acta Geotech., 14(5): 1307–1323.
319. Zhao D#, Hattab M, Yin Z-Y, Hicher P-Y (2019). Dilative Behavior of Kaolinite under Drained Creep Condition. Acta Geotech., 14(4): 1003–1019.
320. Jin Z#, Yin Z-Y*, Kotronis P, Jin Y-F (2019). Numerical investigation on evolving failure of caisson foundation in sand using the combined Lagrangian-SPH method, Mar. Georesour. Geotec., 37(1): 23-35.
321. Wu Z-X#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin Y-F, Geng XY (2019). A straightforward procedure of parameters determination for sand: a bridge from critical state based constitutive modelling to finite element analysis. Eur. J. Environ. Civ. En., 23(12): 1444-1466.

​​2018 Journal Papers

322. Hu W, Yin Z-Y*, Scaringi G, Dano C, Hicher PY (2018). Relating fragmentation, plastic work and critical state in crushable rock clasts. Eng. Geol., 246: 326-336.
323. Wang S#, Wu W, Yin Z-Y*, Peng C, He XZ (2018). Modelling time-dependent behaviour of granular material with hypoplasticity. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 42(12): 1331-1345.
324. Zhao C-F#, Yin Z-Y*, Hicher P-Y (2018). A multiscale approach for investigating the effect of microstructural instability on global failure in granular materials. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 42(17): 2065-2094.
325. Yin Z-Y*, Jin Z#, Kotronis P, Wu ZX (2018). A novel SPH-SIMSAND based approach for modelling of granular collapse. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 18(11): 04018156.
326. Yin Z-Y, Jin YF#, Shen JS, Hicher PY (2018). Optimization techniques for identifying soil parameters in geotechnical engineering: Comparative study and enhancement. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 42(1):70-94.
327. Yin Z-Y*, Wu ZY#, Hicher PY (2018). Modeling the monotonic and cyclic behavior of granular materials by an exponential constitutive function. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 144(4): 04018014.
328. Jin Y-F#, Yin Z-Y*(2018). ErosLab: A modelling tool for soil tests. Adv Eng Softw., 121: 84-97.
329. Zhao C-F#, Yin Z-Y*, and Hicher P-Y (2018). Integrating a micromechanical model for multiscale analyses. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., 114(2): 105-127.
330. Zhao C-F#, Yin Z-Y*, Misra A, and Hicher P-Y (2018). Thermomechanical formulation for micromechanical elasto-plasticity in granular materials. Int. J. Solids Struct., 138(1): 64-75.
331. Jin Y-F#, Yin Z-Y*, Wu Z-X, Daouadji A (2018), Numerical modeling of pile penetration in silica sands considering the effect of grain breakage, Finite Elem. Anal. Des., 144: 15–29.
332. Jin Y-F#, Yin Z-Y*, Wu Z-X, Zhou W-H (2018), Identifying parameters of easily crushable sand and application to offshore pile driving, Ocean Eng., 154, 416-429.
333. Qian JG, Du ZB#, Yin Z-Y*(2018). Cyclic degradation and non-coaxiality of soft clay subjected to pure rotation of principal stress directions. Acta Geotech., 13(4), 943-959.
334. Zhu HX#, Zhou WH, Yin Z-Y (2018). Deformation mechanism of strain localization in 2D numerical interface tests. Acta Geotech., 13(3): 557-573.
335. Jing XY#, Zhou WH, Zhu H, Yin Z-Y, Li Y (2018). Analysis of soil-structural interface behavior using three-dimensional DEM simulations. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 42(2): 339–357.
336. Liu XX, Shen SL, Xu YS, Yin Z-Y (2018). Analytical approach for time-dependent groundwater inflow into shield tunnel face in confined aquifer. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 42(4): 655–673.
337. Zhong C-H#, Le V-T, Bendahmane F, Marot D and Yin Z-Y (2018). Investigation of spatial scale effects on suffusion susceptibility. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. ASCE, 144(9): 04018067.

​​2017 Journal Papers

338. Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF#, Shen SL, Huang HW (2017). An efficient optimization method for identifying parameters of soft structured clay by an enhanced genetic algorithm and elastic-viscoplastic model. Acta Geotech., 12(4): 849–867. (Best paper prize for 2017)
339. Yin Z-Y*, Hicher PY, Dano C, Jin YF (2017). Modeling the mechanical behavior of very coarse granular materials. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 143(1): C401600.
340. Yin Z-Y, Zhu QY#, Zhang DM (2017). Comparison of two creep degradation modeling approaches for soft structured soils. Acta Geotech., 12(6): 1395–1413.
341. 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.
342. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Shen SL, Zhang DM (2017). A new hybrid real-coded genetic algorithm and its application to parameters identification of soils. Inverse Probl. Sci. Eng., 25(9): 1343-1366.
343. Zhu QY#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang DM, Huang HW (2017). Numerical modeling of creep degradation of natural soft clays under one-dimensional condition. KSCE J. Civ. Eng., 21(5): 1668–1678.
344. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Riou Y, Hicher PY (2017). Identifying creep and destructuration related soil parameters by optimization methods. KSCE J. Civ. Eng., 21(4): 1123–1134.
345. Jin YF#, Wu ZX, Yin Z-Y*, Shen SL (2017). Estimation of critical state related formula in advanced constitutive modeling of granular material. Acta Geotech., 12(6): 1329–1351.
346. Zhang DM, Huang ZK, Yin Z-Y*, Ran L, Huang HW (2017). Predicting the grouting effect on leakage-induced tunnels and ground response in saturated soils. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 65: 76–90.
347. Xiong H#, Nicot F, Yin Z-Y (2017). A three-dimensional micromechanically-based model. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 41(17): 1669–1686.
348. Gao ZW, Zhao JD, Yin Z-Y (2017). Dilatancy relation for overconsolidated clay. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 17(5): 06016035.
349. Feng WQ#, Lalit B, Yin Z-Y, Yin, J-H (2017). Long-term non-linear creep and swelling behavior of Hong Kong marine deposits in oedometer condition. Comput. Geotech., 84(4): 1-15.
350. Zhang N, Wu HN, Shen JSL, Hino T, Yin Z-Y (2017). Evaluation of the Uplift Behavior of Plate Anchor in Structured Marine Clay. Mar. Georesour. Geotec., 35(6): 758-768.

​​2016 Journal Papers

351. Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF#, Huang HW, Shen SL (2016). Evolutionary polynomial regression based modelling of clay compressibility using an enhanced hybrid real-coded genetic algorithm. Eng. Geol., 210(5): 158–167.
352. Yin Z-Y*, Huang HW, Hicher PY (2016). Elastoplastic modeling of sand-silt mixtures. Soils Found.,56(3):520–532.
353. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Shen SL, Hicher PY (2016). Selection of sand models and identification of parameters using an enhanced genetic algorithm. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 40(8): 1219-1240.
354. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Shen SL, Hicher PY (2016). Investigation into MOGA for identifying parameters of a critical state based sand model and parameters correlation by factor analysis. Acta Geotech., 11(5): 1131-1145.
355. Zhu QY#, Yin Z-Y*, Hicher PY, Shen SL (2016). Nonlinearity of one-dimensional creep characteristics of soft clays. Acta Geotech., 11(4): 887-900.
356. Jiang MJ, Yin Z-Y, Shen ZF (2016). Shear band formation in lunar regolith by discrete element analyses. Granul. matter, 18:32.
357. Chen J, Shen SL, Yin Z-Y, Xu YS, Horpibulsuk S (2016). Evaluation of effective depth of PVD improvement in soft clay deposit: a field case study. Mar. Georesour. Geotec., 34(5): 420-430.
358. Yao YP, Qu S#, Yin Z-Y, Zhu EY (2016). SSUH model: A small-strain extension of the unified hardening model. Sci. China Technol. Sc., 59(2): 225-240.
359. Qian JG, Wang YG, Yin Z-Y, Huang MS (2016). Experimental identification of plastic shakedown behavior of saturated clay subjected to traffic loading with principal stress rotation. Eng. Geol., 214: 29-42.
360. Cui QL, Wu HN#, Shen SL, Yin Z-Y, Horpibulsuk S (2016). Protection of neighbour buildings due to construction of shield tunnel in mixed ground with sand over weathered granite. Environ. Earth Sci., 75: 458.

​​2008-2015 Journal Papers

361. Yin Z-Y*, Yin JH, Huang HW (2015). Rate-dependent and long-term yield stress and strength of soft Wenzhou marine clay: experiments and modeling. Mar. Georesour. Geotec.,33(1): 79-91.
362. Yin Z-Y*, Xu Q, Yu C (2015). Elastic viscoplastic modeling for natural soft clays considering nonlinear creep. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 15(5): A6014001.
363. Wang L-Z, Yin Z-Y*(2015). Stress-dilatancy of natural soft clay under undrained creep condition. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 15(5): A4014002.
364. Zhu QY#, Yin Z-Y*, Xu CJ, Yin JH (2015). Uniqueness of rate-dependency, creep and stress relaxation behaviours for soft clays. J. Cent. South Univ., 22(1): 296-302.
365. Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang DM, Huang HW (2015). Unified modelling of monotonic and cyclic behaviours for sand and clay. Acta Mech. Solida Sin., 28(2): 111-132.
366. 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.
367. Wang ZF#, Shen SL, Yin Z-Y, Xu YS (2015). Rapid field evaluation of the strength of cement-stabilized clayey soil. B. Eng. Geol. Environ., 74(3): 991-999.
368. Karstunen M, Rezania M, Sivasithamparam N, Yin Z-Y (2015). Comparison of anisotropic rate-dependent models. Int. J. Geomech. ASCE, 15(5), A4014003.
369. Wu HN#, Shen SL, Liao SM, Yin Z-Y (2015). Longitudinal Structural Modelling of Shield Tunnels Considering Shearing Dislocation between Segmental Rings. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 50: 317–323.
370. Cui QL, Shen SL, Xu YS, Yin Z-Y, Horpibulsuk S (2015). Field performance of concrete pipes during jacking in cemented sandy silt. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 49: 336-344.
371. Xu YS, Yuan Y, Shen SL, Yin Z-Y (2015), Wu HN, Ma L. Investigation into subsidence hazards due to groundwater pumping from Aquifer II in Changzhou, China. Natural Hazards, 78:281–296.
372. 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.
373. Wu HN#, Shen SL, Ma L, Yin Z-Y, Horpibulsuk S (2015). Evaluation of the strength increase of marine clay under staged embankment loading: a case study. Mar. Georesour. Geotec., 33(6): 532–541.
374. Du J, Du S, Shen SL, Yin ZY. Numerical investigation of the undrained compression and pull-out capacity of suction foundations in clay. Pol. Marit. Res., 2015, S1(86), 22: 126-135.
375. Cui QL, Shen SL, Xu YS, Wu HN#, Yin Z-Y (2015). Mitigation of geohazards during deep excavations in karst regions with caverns: A case study. Eng. Geol., 195(10): 16–27.
376. Wu YX#, Shen SL, Wu HN#, Xu YS, Yin Z-Y (2015). Environmental protection dewatering technology in deep confined aquifer under shallow aquifer. Eng. Geol., 196: 59-70.
377. Yang YY, Xu YS, Shen SL, Yuan Y, Yin Z-Y (2015). Mining induced geo-hazards with environmental protection measures in Yunnan, China: an overview. B. Eng. Geol. Environ., 74: 141–150.
378. Shen SL, Wang JP, Wu HN#, Xu YS, Ye GL, Yin Z-Y (2015). Evaluation of hydraulic conductivity for both marine and deltaic deposits based on piezocone testing. Ocean Eng., 110: 174-182.
379. Zhang N, Shen SL, Wu HN#, Chai JC, Xu YS, Yin Z-Y (2015). Evaluation of effect of basal geotextile reinforcement under embankment loading on soft marine deposits. Geotext. Geomembranes, 43(6): 506-514.
380. Yin Z-Y*, Zhu QY#, Yin JH, Ni Q (2014). Stress relaxation coefficient and formulation for soft soils. Géotech. Lett., 4(1): 45-51. (Best paper prize for 2014)
381. Yin Z-Y*, Zhao J, Hicher PY (2014). A micromechanics-based model for sand-silt mixtures. Int. J. Solids Struct., 51(6): 1350–1363.
382. Jiang M, Yin Z-Y*(2014). Influence of soil conditioning on ground deformation during longitudinal tunneling. CR Mecanique, 342(3): 189-197.
383. Yu C, Yin Z-Y*, Zhang DM (2014). Micromechanical modelling of phase transformation behaviour of a transitional soil. Acta Mech. Solida Sin., 27(3): 259-275.
384. Liu YJ#, Li G#, Yin Z-Y*, Dano C, Hicher PY, Xia XH, Wang JH (2014). Influence of grading on undrained behavior of granular materials. CR Mecanique, 342: 85-95.
385. Jiang MJ, Liu JD, Yin Z-Y (2014). Consolidation and creep behaviors of two typical marine clays in China. China Ocean Engineering, 28(5): 629-644.
386. Chen J, Shen SL, Yin Z-Y, Horpibulsuk S (2014). Closed-form solution for shear lag with derived flange deformation function. J. Constr. Steel Res., 102: 104-110.
387. Wang S#, Qi J; Yin Z-Y, Zhang J, Ma W (2014). A simple rheological element based creep model for frozen soils. Cold Reg. Sci. Technol., 106–107: 47–54.
388. Li P, Du SJ, Ma XF, Yin Z-Y, Shen SL (2014). Centrifuge investigation into the effect of new shield tunnelling on an existing underlying large-diameter tunnel. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 42: 59–66.
389. Shen SL, Wu HN#, Cui YJ, Yin Z-Y (2014). Long-term settlement behaviour of metro tunnels in the soft deposits of Shanghai. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 40: 309-323.
390. Shen SL, Hou DW, Zhao JL, Horpibulsuk S, Yin Z-Y (2014). Assessment of internal forces for intermediate anchorage zone of post-tensioned concrete structure. Constr. Build. Mater., 64: 370–378.
391. Xu YS, Shen SL, Ma L, Sun WJ, Yin Z-Y (2014). Evaluation of the blocking effect of retaining walls on groundwater seepage in aquifers with different insertion depths. Eng. Geol., 183(9): 254–264.
392. Yin Z-Y*, Xu Q, Chang CS (2013). Modeling cyclic behavior of clay by micromechanical approach. ASCE J. Eng. Mech., 139(9), 1305–1309.
393. Yin Z-Y*, Chang CS (2013). Stress-dilatancy behavior for sand under loading and unloading conditions. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech.. 37(8): 855-870.
394. Yin Z-Y*, Xu Q, Hicher P-Y (2013). A simple critical state based double-yield-surface model for clay behavior under complex loading. Acta Geotech., 8(5): 509-523.
395. Papon A#, Yin Z-Y, Riou Y, Hicher P-Y (2013). Time homogenization for clays subjected to large numbers of cycles. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 37(11):1470–1491.
396. Zhu QY#, Jin YF#, Yin Z-Y*, Hicher P-Y (2013). Influence of natural deposition plane orientation on oedometric consolidation behavior of three typical clays from southeast coast of China. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. A, 4(11):767-777.
397. Yu C, Xu Q, Yin Z-Y*(2013). Softening response under undrained compression following anisotropic consolidation. J. Cent. South Univ., 20(6): 1703-1712.
398. 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.
399. Jiang MJ, Liu JD, Sun YG, Yin Z-Y (2013). Investigation into macroscopic and microscopic behaviors of bonded sands using the discrete element method. Soils Found., 53: 804-819.
400. Yin Z-Y*, Wang JH (2012). A one-dimensional strain-rate based model for soft structured clays. Sci. China Technol. Sc., 55(1): 90-100.
401. Jiang M, Yin Z-Y (2012). Analysis of stress redistribution in soil and earth pressure on tunnel lining by discrete element method. Tunn. Undergr. Sp. Tech., 32, 251-259.
402. 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.
403. Yin Z-Y*, Hattab M, Hicher PY (2011). Multiscale modeling of a sensitive marine clay. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 35(15): 1682-1702.
404. Yin Z-Y*, Chang CS, Hicher PY, Wang JH (2011). Micromechanical analysis for the behavior of stiff clay. Acta Mech. Sin., 27(6): 1013-1022.
405. Yin Z-Y*, Karstunen M (2011). Modelling strain-rate-dependency of natural soft clays combined with anisotropy and destructuration. Acta Mech. Solida Sin., 24(3): 216-230.
406. Yin Z-Y*, Karstunen M, Wang JH, Yu C (2011). Influence of features of natural soft clay on the behavior of embankment. J. Cent. South Univ., 18(5): 1667-1676.
407. Chang CS, Yin Z-Y (2011). Micromechanical modeling for behavior of silty sand with influence of fine content. Int. J. Solids Struct., 48(19): 2655-2667.
408. Chang CS, Yin Z-Y, Hicher PY (2011). Micromechanical analysis for inter-particle and assembly instability of sand. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 137(3): 155-168.
409. Hu W, Yin Z-Y*, Dano C, Hicher PY (2011). A constitutive model for granular materials considering grain breakage. Sci. China Technol. Sc., 54(8): 2188-2196.
410. Yin Z-Y*, Chang CS, Hicher PY (2010). Micromechanical modelling for effect of inherent anisotropy on cyclic behaviour of sand. Int. J. Solids Struct., 47(14-15): 1933-1951.
411. Yin Z-Y*, Chang CS, Karstunen M, Hicher PY (2010). An anisotropic elastic viscoplastic model for soft clays. Int. J. Solids Struct., 47(5): 665-677.
412. Yin Z-Y*, Karstunen M, Hicher PY (2010). Evaluation of the influence of elasto-viscoplastic scaling functions on modelling time-dependent behaviour of natural clays. Soils Found., 50(2): 203-214.
413. Karstunen M, Yin Z-Y*(2010). Modelling time-dependent behaviour of Murro test embankment. Géotechnique, 60(10): 735-749.
414. Chang CS, Yin Z-Y (2010). Modeling stress-dilatancy for sand under compression and extension loading conditions. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 136(6): 777-786.
415. Chang CS, Yin Z-Y (2010). Micromechanical modelling for inherent anisotropy in granular materials. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 136(7): 830-839.
416. 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.
417. Yin Z-Y*, Chang CS (2009). Microstructural modelling of stress-dependent behaviour of clay. Int. J. Solids Struct., 46(6): 1373-1388.
418. Yin Z-Y*, Chang CS (2009). Non-uniqueness of critical state line in compression and extension conditions. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 33(10): 1315-1338.
419. Chang CS, Hicher PY, Yin Z-Y, Kong LR (2009). An elasto-plastic model for clay with microstructural consideration. J. Eng. Mech. ASCE, 135(9): 917-931.
420. Yin Z-Y, Hicher PY (2008). Identifying parameters controlling soil delayed behaviour from laboratory and in situ pressuremeter testing. Int. J. Numer. Anal. Methods Geomech., 32(12): 1515-1535.

​​Articles in peer reviewed non-SCI journals (Ei Compendex)

1. Liu J-X#, Yin Z-Y*, Hicher P-Y, Huang W-X (in press). Numerical Regularization Techniques for Solving Mesh-dependency: An Overview, Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA 49 (4).
2. Sun XY, Qi JL, Yin Z-Y (in press). Experimental study on compressibility of frozen saturated ISO standard sand. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 2018.
3. Han J, Yao YP, Yin Z-Y* (2018). Influence of overconsolidation ratio to the undrained creep behavior of saturated clay. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 40(3): 426-430.
4. Ji H, Jin YF, Yin Z-Y, Wu Z-X, Shen SL (2018). Enhancement of genetic algorithm and its application to the identification of soil parameters by inverse analysis. Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics, 35(2): 224-229.
5. Yang J, Yin Z-Y*, Jin YF, Zhang DM, Huang HW (2017). Development and application of a structured clay model in FLAC. Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics, 34(6): 739-747.
6. Wu ZX, Jin YF, Ji H, Yin Z-Y (2017). Numerical simulation analysis of flat bottom pile drived into foundation of easily crushable sand. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 38(S2): 330-336.
7. Zhang DM, Gao CP, Yin Z-Y, Wang RL, Yang TL (2017). Particle flow simulation of seepage erosion around shield tunnel. Rock and Soil Mechanics, S1: 429-438.
8. Han J, Yao YP, Yin Z-Y* (2017). Long-term undrained mechanical behavior of overconsolidated clay under cyclic loading with large number of cycles. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 39(12): 2219-2225.
9. Yang J#, Yin Z-Y*, Jin Y-F, Huang HW, Zhang DM (2017). Extension of cutting plane algorithm for a bounding surface plasticity model. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 38(12): 3436-3444.
10. Yang J#, Yin Z-Y*, Huang HW, Jin Y-F, Zhang DM (2017), A bounding surface plasticity model of structured clays using disturbed state concept based hardening variables. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 39(3): 554-561.
11. Huang M, Yao Y, Yin Z-Y, Liu E. Lei H (2016). An overview on elementary mechanical behaviors, constitutive modeling and failure criterion of soils. China Civil Engineering Journal, 49(7): 9-35.
12. Ma L, Qi JL, Yu F, Yin Z-Y (2015). Particle crushing of frozen sand under triaxial compression. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 37(3): 544-550.
13. Liu YJ#, Wang JH, Yin Z-Y*, Li G, Xia XH (2015). Constitutive modeling for granular materials considering grading effect. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 37(2): 299-305.
14. Liu YJ#, Li G, Yin Z-Y*, Xia XH, Wang JH (2015). Influence of grain gradation on undrained mechanical behavior of granular materials. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 36(2): 423-429.
15. Wu ZX#, Zhu QY#, Yin Z-Y* (2015). Overview and interpretation of rate-dependency of the behaviour of soft clays. Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA, 46(3): 1-11.
16. Wang S#, Qi J, Yin Z-Y (2015). A review of the dynamic behaviour of frozen soils. Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA, 46(3): 37-45.
17. Ye L, Zhu QY#, Liu JX#, Sun PP, Yin Z-Y* (2015). Overview and interpretation of stress-relaxation of soft clay. Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA, 46(3): 12-23.
18. Li G#, Liu YJ#, Yin Z-Y*, Dano C, Hicher PY. (2014). Grading effect on critical state behavior of granular materials. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 36(3): 452-45.
19. Zhu QY#, Yin Z-Y*, Zhu JG, Wang JH. (2014). Experimental investigation on rate-dependent behavior of soft clays: review and development. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 35(1): 7-24.
20. Yin Z-Y*, Zhu QY#, Zhu JG. (2013). Experimental investigation on creep behavior of soft clays: Review and development. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 34(S2) 1-17.
21. Yin Z-Y*(2013). Micromechanics based analytical model for soils: review and development. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 35(6): 993-1009.
22. Jin Y-F#, Zhang A-J, Yin Z-Y*, Zhu Q-Y#, Wang J-H (2013). Analysis of one-dimensional compressibility of soft clay related-to clay minerals. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 35(1): 131-136.
23. Yin Z-Y*, Hicher P-Y (2013). Micromechanics-based model for cement-treated clays. Theoretical & Applied Mechanics Letters, 3(2): 6-021006. DOI: 10.1063/2.1302106.
24. Yin Z-Y*, Xu Q, Hu W (2012). Constitutive relations for granular materials considering particle crushing: review and development. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 34(12): 2170-2180.
25. Zhu Q-Y#, Yin Z-Y*, Wang J-H, Xia X-H (2012). One-dimension compression model for natural clays considering structure disturbance. Journal of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, 34(3): 28-33.
26. Meng Z, Chen J-J, Wang J-H, Yin Z-Y (2012). Study of model test on bearing capacity of screw piles in sand. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 33(S1) 141-145.
27. Yin Z-Y*(2011). Elastic viscoplastic models for natural soft clay: review and development. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 33(9): 1357-1369.
28. Hu W, Yin Z-Y, Dano C, Hicher PY (2011). Constitutive study of crushable granular materials. Rock and Soil Mechanics, 32(S2) 159-165.
29. Yin Z-Y*, Huang HW, Utili S, Hicher PY (2009). Modeling rate-dependent behavior of soft subsoil under embankment loading. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 31(1): 109-117.
30. Yin Z-Y*, Zhang DM, Hicher PY, Huang HW (2008). Modeling of the time-dependent behavior of soft soils using a simple elasto-viscoplastic model. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 2008, 30(6), 880-888.
31. Utili S, Yin Z-Y, Jiang M (2008). Influence of the hydraulic uplift pressures on the stability of a gravity dam in Italy by LEM and DEM. Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 27(8): 1554-1568.

​​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)