Hu, Liangbo

Liangbo Hu
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Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering , College of Engineering

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Liangbo.Hu@utoledo.edu

https://www.utoledo.edu/engineering/civil-and-environmental-engineering/staffprofiles/hu.html

selected publications

Article (Faculty180)
- 2024
  
  A Case Study and Numerical Modeling of Post-Wildfire Debris Flows in Montecito, California. WATER. 16:1285.
- 2024
  
  Rainfall-Triggered Landslides and Numerical Modeling of Subsequent Debris Flows at Kalli Village of Suntar Formation in the Lesser Himalayas in Nepal. WATER. 16:1594.
- 2023
  
  A comparative study of seismic responses of land and sea sites based on centrifuge model testing. NATURAL HAZARDS. 117:2455-2471.
- 2023
  
  Numerical Modelling and Sensitivity Analysis of the Pitztal Valley Debris Flow Event. GEOSCIENCES. 13:378.
- 2023
  
  Post-Wildfire Debris Flows in Montecito, California (USA): A Case Study and Empirically Based Debris Volume Estimation. GEOTECHNICS. 3:347-359.
- 2023
  
  Recurring Landslides and Debris Flows near Kalli Village in the Lesser Himalayas of Western Nepal. GEOTECHNICAL AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 41:3151-3168.
- 2022
  
  A centrifuge study on the effect of the water cover on the ground motion of saturated marine sediments. SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING. 152:107044, doi:10.1016/j.soildyn.2021.107044.
- 2022
  
  An experimental and numerical study of corrosion distribution dependent bond-slip relationship of reinforced concrete. STRUCTURES. 46:1268-1279.
- 2022
  
  Assessing Landslide Susceptibility in the Northern Stretch of Arun Tectonic Window, Nepal. CIVILENG. 3:525-540.
- 2022
  
  Challenges in Tunneling in the Himalayas: A Survey of Several Prominent Excavation Projects in the Himalayan Mountain Range of South Asia. GEOTECHNICS. 2:802-824.
- 2022
  
  Chemo-Mechanical Couplings at Granular Contact: The Effect of Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation across the Scales. GEOTECHNICS. 2:158-170.
- 2022
  
  Numerical Modeling and a Parametric Study of Various Mass Flows Based on a Multi-Phase Computational Framework. GEOTECHNICS. 2:506-522.
- 2021
  
  A Centrifuge Model Test of the Ground Motion Response in a Moderately Stiff Soil. SHOCK AND VIBRATION. 2021.
- 2021
  
  An Experimental Study of the Dynamic Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Calcareous Sand in the South China Sea. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 37:964-972.
- 2020
  
  An experimental study of corrosion damage distribution of steel bars in reinforced concrete using acoustic emission technique. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 254.
- 2020
  
  Assessing the Karst Groundwater Quality and Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of a Prominent Dolomite Aquifer in Guizhou, China. WATER. 12.
- 2019
  
  Chemo-Mechanical Interactions in the Ettringite Induced Expansion of Sulfate-Bearing Soils. GEOSCIENCES. 9.
- 2017
  
  A study of dissolution and water-bearing characteristics of the restricted platform dolomite facies in the karst areas of Guizhou, China. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 76.
- 2017
  
  Evaluating the Factors Influencing Limestone-Dissolution Characteristics in the Karst Regions of Guizhou, China. JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION. 45:220-229.
- 2016
  
  An experimental study of similar materials suitable for laboratory physical modelling of rockfall runout distance (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Water Transport . 16:6-11.
- 2016
  
  Field Study of Ohio's Overhead Sign Structural Support Inspection Program. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2550:15-21.
- 2016
  
  Field Study of Ohio's Structural Support Inspection Program for Overhead Signs, Traffic Signals, and High-Mast Lights. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD. 15-21.
- 2016
  
  Relationship between the carbonate facies and the karst groundwater water-bearing conditions in Guizhou (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology. 43:293-298.
- 2016
  
  Surface permeability of natural and engineered porous building materials. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 112:1088-1100.
- 2014
  
  A three-scale cracking criterion for drying soils. ACTA GEOPHYSICA. 62:1049-1059.
- 2013
  
  Commonly Used Porous Building Materials: Geomorphic Pore Structure and Fluid Transport. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. 25:1803-1812.
- 2013
  
  Desiccation shrinkage of non-clayey soils: a numerical study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS. 37:1782-1800.
- 2013
  
  Desiccation shrinkage of non-clayey soils: multiphysics mechanisms and a microstructural model. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS. 37:1761-1781.
- 2013
  
  Formation of drying crack patterns in soils: a deterministic approach. ACTA GEOTECHNICA. 8:215-221.
- 2013
  
  Mechanisms and critical properties in drying shrinkage of soils: experimental and numerical parametric studies. CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL. 50:536-549.
- 2013
  
  Multi-scale characterization of coupling mechanisms for evolving permeability in oil/gas bearing sediments compaction. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 25:1803-1812.
- 2011
  
  Multi-scale chemo-mechanical analysis of the slip surface of landslides in the Three Gorges, China. SCIENCE CHINA-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 54:1757-1765.
- 2009
  
  Desiccation cracking of soils. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING. 13:869-888.
- 2009
  
  Feedback mechanisms in chemo-mechanical multi-scale modeling of soil and sediment compaction. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS. 36:934-943.
- 2009
  
  Fundamentals of desiccation cracking of fine-grained soils: experimental characterisation and mechanisms identification. CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL. 46:1177-1201.
- 2009
  
  Relationship between evolution of clay shear strength and landslide induced by acid rain: a case study in the area of Three Gorges (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering. 28:576-582.
- 2007
  
  Coupled chemo-mechanics of intergranular contact: Toward a three-scale model. COMPUTERS AND GEOTECHNICS. 34:306-327.
- 2007
  
  Creep of saturated materials as a chemically enhanced rate-dependent damage process. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS. 31:1537-1565.
Article (Web of Science)
- 2022
  
  A centrifuge study on the effect of the water cover on the ground motion of saturated marine sediments. SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING. 152.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2021.107044
- 2021
  
  A Centrifuge Model Test of the Ground Motion Response in a Moderately Stiff Soil. SHOCK AND VIBRATION. 2021.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1155/2021/8846053
- 2021
  
  An Experimental Study of the Dynamic Shear Modulus and Damping Ratio of Calcareous Sand in the South China Sea. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH. 37.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2112/jcoastres-d-20-00136.1
- 2020
  
  An experimental study of corrosion damage distribution of steel bars in reinforced concrete using acoustic emission technique. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 254.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119256
- 2020
  
  Assessing the Karst Groundwater Quality and Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of a Prominent Dolomite Aquifer in Guizhou, China. WATER. 12.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/w12092584
- 2019
  
  Chemo-Mechanical Interactions in the Ettringite Induced Expansion of Sulfate-Bearing Soils. GEOSCIENCES. 9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/geosciences9090375
- 2017
  
  A study of dissolution and water-bearing characteristics of the restricted platform dolomite facies in the karst areas of Guizhou, China. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 76.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6419-x
- 2017
  
  Evaluating the Factors Influencing Limestone-Dissolution Characteristics in the Karst Regions of Guizhou, China. JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION. 45:220-229.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1520/JTE20160131
- 2017
  
  Evaluating the Factors Influencing Limestone-Dissolution Characteristics in the Karst Regions of Guizhou, China. JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION. 45:20160131.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1520/jte20160131
- 2016
  
  Surface permeability of natural and engineered porous building materials. CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. 112:1088-1100.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.02.193
- 2016
  
  Field Study of Ohio's Structural Support Inspection Program for Overhead Signs, Traffic Signals, and High-Mast Lights. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD. 15-21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3141/2550-03
- 2014
  
  A three-scale cracking criterion for drying soils. ACTA GEOPHYSICA. 62:1049-1059.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2478/s11600-014-0214-9
- 2013
  
  Commonly Used Porous Building Materials: Geomorphic Pore Structure and Fluid Transport. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. 25:1803-1812.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0000706
- 2013
  
  Desiccation shrinkage of non-clayey soils: a numerical study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS. 37:1782-1800.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/nag.2107
- 2013
  
  Desiccation shrinkage of non-clayey soils: multiphysics mechanisms and a microstructural model. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS. 37:1761-1781.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/nag.2108
- 2013
  
  Mechanisms and critical properties in drying shrinkage of soils: experimental and numerical parametric studies. CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL. 50:536-549.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2012-0065
- 2013
  
  Formation of drying crack patterns in soils: a deterministic approach. ACTA GEOTECHNICA. 8:215-221.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11440-012-0184-5
- 2013
  
  Commonly Used Porous Building Materials: Geomorphic Pore Structure and Fluid Transport. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING. 25:1803-1812.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0000706
- 2011
  
  Multi-scale chemo-mechanical analysis of the slip surface of landslides in the Three Gorges, China. Science China Technological Sciences. 54:1757-1765.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11431-011-4370-8
- 2009
  
  Desiccation cracking of soils. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering. 13:869-888.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/19648189.2009.9693159
- 2009
  
  Feedback mechanisms in chemo-mechanical multi-scale modeling of soil and sediment compaction. Computers and Geotechnics. 36:934-943.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2009.02.005
- 2009
  
  Fundamentals of desiccation cracking of fine-grained soils: experimental characterisation and mechanisms identification. CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL JOURNAL. 46:1177-1201.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/t09-054
- 2007
  
  Coupled chemo-mechanics of intergranular contact: Toward a three-scale model. Computers and Geotechnics. 34:306-327.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2007.02.009
- 2007
  
  Creep of saturated materials as a chemically enhanced rate-dependent damage process. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS. 31:1537-1565.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/nag.600
Book (Faculty180)
- 2018
  
  Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour. Springer.
- 2018
  
  Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Multi-physics Processes in Soil Mechanics and Advances in Geotechnical Testing. Springer.
Chapter (Faculty180)
- 2010
  
  Chapter 3: Desiccation cracking of soils. Mechanics of Unsaturated Geomaterials. John Wiley & Sons. 55-80.
Conference Poster (Faculty180)
- 2019
  
  A preliminary numerical study of debris flow
Presentation (Faculty180)
Proceedings (Faculty180)
- 2021
  
  Landslide mobilized debris flow at Kalli village in Accham, Nepal: A case study. Paper ID #35033.
- 2018
  
  A Coupled Chemo-Mechanical Analysis of the Dissolution-Dominated Sinkholes
- 2018
  
  A Hydro-Chemo-Mechanical Analysis of the Slip Surface of Landslides in the Three Gorges Area of China. 354-362.
- 2018
  
  Exploring a Coupled Approach to Model the Geomechanical Processes of Sinkholes. 99-107.
- 2018
  
  Karst Development and Hydrogeological Characteristics of Typical Limestone Formations in Guizhou, China. 329-337.
- 2017
  
  Modeling physical-chemical degradation of mechanical properties to assess the resilience of geomaterials. 65-79.
- 2017
  
  Numerical investigation of geomechanics of sinkholes formation and subsidence. 480-487.
- 2016
  
  An improved method for the quality control of compacted clay liners in Ohio. 339-348.
- 2016
  
  Chemo-mechanical approach to modelling the expansive behavior of sulfate bearing soils: the role of crystallization pressure in ettringite formation. 159-166.
- 2016
  
  Exploring X-Ray computed tomography characterization and reactive transport modelling of microbially induced calcite precipitation in sandy soils. 62-71.
- 2016
  
  Exploring the geomechanics of sinkholes: A numerical simulation approach. 372-381.
- 2016
  
  Exploring the geomechanics of sinkholes: A numerical study of sinkhole subsidence and collapse. 1-8.
- 2016
  
  Multi-scale experimental and numerical study of microbially induced calcite precipitation in sandy soils: Preliminary evidences and observations. 77-84.
- 2016
  
  Numerical investigation of reaction kinetics and expansive behavior of sulfate bearing soils. 701-710.
- 2015
  
  Exploring a chemo-mechanical approach to understand expansive behavior of sulfate bearing soils. 189-199.
- 2015
  
  Modelling ettringite induced heaving in cement stabilized soils within a chemo-mechanical constitutive framework. 125-132.
- 2014
  
  A discrete element approach for coupled chemo-mechanical mechanisms in geomaterials. 624-633.
- 2014
  
  Multi-scale approach for modeling desiccation shrinkage in granular soils. 512-521.
- 2014
  
  Multi-scale modelling of enhanced dissolution and deformation of geomaterials: a discrete element approach. 502-511.
- 2014
  
  Multi-scale study of desiccation shrinkage in granular soils. 883-889.
- 2013
  
  A multi-scale approach for modelling enhanced dissolution and deformation of geomaterials. 400-409.
- 2013
  
  Multi-scale approach to cracking criteria for dyring soils. 838-845.
- 2013
  
  Soil suction and cracking from the onset to the end of desaturation: micro-scale evidence and model. 371-380.
- 2012
  
  Multi-scale characterization of coupling mechanisms in oil/gas bearing sediments compaction. 65-78.
- 2011
  
  A multi-scale multi-physics model of soil drying. 4349-4358.
- 2011
  
  Coupled chemo-mechanics of evolving permeability in geomaterials. 599-608.
- 2010
  
  Characterization of porous materials in agent transport. 172-179.
- 2010
  
  Self-regulatory mechanisms of damage, dissolution and precipitation in evolving permeability of geo-materials. 267-274.
- 2009
  
  Desiccation shrinkage and its controlling properties: multiphysics. 4 pages, CD-ROM.
- 2009
  
  Predictions of the spacing and pattern of drying cracks in soils. 623-629.
- 2008
  
  Desiccation shrinkage of unconstrained soil in saturated phase. 653-658.
- 2008
  
  Modelling evaporation, shrinkage and cracking of desiccating soils. 1083-1090.
- 2008
  
  Numerical modeling of desiccation cracking of soils. 169-175.
- 2007
  
  Drying shrinkage of deformable porous media: mechanisms induced by the fluid removal. 10 pages, CD-ROM.
- 2007
  
  Evolution of shear strength of clayey soils in a landslide due to acid rain: a case study in the area of Three Gorges, China. 1656-1666.
- 2007
  
  Mechanisms of desiccation cracking of soil: validation. 277-282.
- 2007
  
  Modeling of desiccation cracking in engineered clay barriers for waste disposal. 265-272.
- 2007
  
  Numerical and experimental investigation of desiccation of soil. 391-396.
- 2007
  
  The influence of the pore fluid on desiccation of a deformable porous material. 413-420.
- 2006
  
  Creep of geomaterials due to coupled damage and spontaneous mineral dissolution. 15 pages, CD-ROM..
- 2006
  
  Experimental study of desiccation of soil. 1073-1084.
- 2006
  
  Numerical and phenomenological study of desiccation of soil. 166-173.
- 2004
  
  Chemo-mechanical coupling and damage enhanced dissolution at intergranular contact. 349-353.
Proceedings Paper (Web of Science)
- 2018
  
  A Hydro-Chemo-Mechanical Analysis of the Slip Surface of Landslides in the Three Gorges Area of China. PROCEEDINGS OF GEOSHANGHAI 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: GEOENVIRONMENT AND GEOHAZARD. 354-362.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0128-5_40
- 2018
  
  Exploring a Coupled Approach to Model the Geomechanical Processes of Sinkholes. PROCEEDINGS OF GEOSHANGHAI 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: GEOENVIRONMENT AND GEOHAZARD. 99-107.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0128-5_12
- 2018
  
  Karst Development and Hydrogeological Characteristics of Typical Limestone Formations in Guizhou, China. PROCEEDINGS OF GEOSHANGHAI 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING. 329-337.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0113-1_35
- 2017
  
  Modeling Physico-Chemical Degradation of Mechanical Properties to Assess Resilience of Geomaterials. BIFURCATION AND DEGRADATION OF GEOMATERIALS WITH ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS. 65-79.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56397-8_9
- 2017
  
  Numerical Investigation of the Geomechanics of Sinkhole Formation and Subsidence. GEO-CHINA 2016: ADVANCES IN NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION GEOMATERIALS AND GEOSYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 480-487.
- 2016
  
  An Improved Method for the Quality Control of Compacted Clay Liners in Ohio. GEO-CHINA 2016: ADVANCES IN NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION GEOMATERIALS AND GEOSYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 339-348.
- 2016
  
  Chemo-Mechanical Approach to Modelling the Expansive Behavior of Sulfate Bearing Soils: The Role of Crystallization Pressure in Ettringite Formation. GEO-CHINA 2016: ADVANCES IN NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION GEOMATERIALS AND GEOSYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 159-166.
- 2016
  
  Exploring the Geomechanics of Sinkholes: A Numerical Study of Sinkhole Subsidence and Collapse. GEO-CHINA 2016: ADVANCES IN NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION GEOMATERIALS AND GEOSYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 1-8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1061/9780784480007
- 2016
  
  Multi-Scale Experimental and Numerical Study of Microbially-Induced Calcite Precipitation in Sandy Soils: Preliminary Evidence and Observations. GEO-CHINA 2016: ADVANCES IN NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORTATION GEOMATERIALS AND GEOSYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE. 77-84.
- 2014
  
  Multi-scale study of desiccation shrinkage in granular soils. UNSATURATED SOILS: RESEARCH & APPLICATIONS, VOLS 1 AND 2. 883-889.

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