深圳大学 Kai Liu--Home--Scientific Research

刘凯

Personal information

Highest Degree：Doctoral degree
Professional Title：Professor
Academic Honor:
Selected candidates of the National High level Youth Talent Program

Scientific Research

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Research Interests

1. Development of Geotechnical Testing Apparatus and Optical Fibre Sensors
2. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
3. Multi-field and Multi-phase Coupling Theory of Geotechnical Materials
4. Mechanisms of Excavation-Induced Responses of Engineering Structures
5. Resilient and Sustainable Geotechnics

Vertical Project

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China,Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Disaster Control,In research.Person in charge
[2] The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Experimental study and constitutive modelling of sand-rubber mixtures under saturated and unsaturated conditions,Completed.HKD$250,000, Person in charge
[3] The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Automated dynamic triaxial testing system,Completed.HKD$1,080,000, Co-Investigator
[4] 973 Program,Key fundamental issues of deformation and stability control of high-fill embankment in branch line airports in mountainous area,Completed.RMB¥ 30,000,000, Main participant
[5] University Grants Committee,Study of super-fast large-area economical marine reclamations for housing and infrastructural developments in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area,Completed.HKD$ 9,876,160, Main participant
[6] University Grants Committee,Physical modelling and analysis of consolidation settlements of multi-layered clayey soils exhibiting creep without or with vertical drains subjected to a complicated loading process,Completed.HKD$632,421, Main participant
[7] University Grants Committee,Physical and numerical modelling of consolidation of bentonite slurry accelerated by vertical drains under vacuum preloading and heating,Completed.HKD$ 534,500, Main participant

Journal Paper

[1] Chen, K., Liu, K.*, Zhou, C., Li, A. G., He, X., Li, P. L., & Yin, J. H..Suction-driven evolution of pore structure heterogeneity and its influence on water retention hysteresis,Canadian Geotechnical Journal,2026-04-01.
[2] Ouyang, W.H., Liu, K., & Liu, S. W.*.Soil nail design optimization through adaptive slope stability analysis using improved Limit Equilibrium Method,International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics,2026-02-01.
[3] Soomro, M. A., Dai, M., Liu, K.*, Darban, S. A., Cui, Z. D., & Mangi, N..Predicting responses of a single pile considering lateral load to tunnelling induced ground movement: analytical and numerical insights,International Journal For Numerical And Analytical Methods In Geomechanics,2025-07-01.
[4] Liu, K., Chen, W. B., Feng, W. Q., Tan, D. Y., Zhou, C.*, & Yin, J. H..Variation of secant Young’s modulus in an unsaturated gap-graded granular fill,Transportation Geotechnics,2024-11-01.
[5] Bentil, O. T., Liu, K.*, & Zhou, C..Coupled effects of temperature and suction on the anisotropic elastic shear moduli of unsaturated soil,Canadian Geotechnical Journal,2024-10-01.
[6] Liu, K., Xu, L.*, & Ren, Y..A study on the mechanical behaviour of Pearl River estuary sediments,International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering,2024-10-01.
[7] Soomro, M. A.*, Mangi, N., Cui, Z. D., Liu, K., & Mangnejo, D. A..Evaluation of response mechanisms in an elevated pile group subjected to lateral loading caused by twin-tunnelling,Computers and Geotechnics,2024-07-01.
[8] Soomro, M. A., Liu, K.*, Cui, Z. D., Mangi, N., & Mangnejo, D. A..Insights from 3D numerical simulations on the impact of tunnelling on vertical and battered pile groups under lateral loading,Computers and Geotechnics,2024-05-01.
[9] Ouyang, W.H., Liu, S.W., Liu, K.*, & Yin, J.H..Efficient numerical implementation of limit equilibrium method for stability analysis of unsaturated soil slopes using Gaussian integrals,Acta Geotechnica,2024-03-01.
[10] Liu, K., He, H. T., Tan, D. Y.*, Feng, W. Q., Zhu, H. H., & Yin, J. H..A case study of performance comparison between fill surcharge and vacuum preloading for soft ground improvement,International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering,2024-01-01.