Reader (Geotechnical Engineering)   Ir Professor Leslie George THAM   BSc (Eng) (First Class Honours), The University of Hong Kong, China PhD, The University of Hong Kong, China FHKIE, MASCE   Office:      HW 6-28 Phone:     +852 2859-1965 Fax:         +852 25595337 E-mail:     hrectlg@hku.hk

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 2001 Engineering Design and Ccommunication
• CIVL 2003 Engineering Mathematics II
• CIVL 3023 Inter-disciplinary Design Project

 

Research Interests

• Foundation engineering
• Rock engineering
• Slope engineering
• Soil-structure interaction
• Numerical modeling

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Field monitoring and modelling of hydrogeological processes of a hillslope prone to landsliding
• Landslide induced wave in reservoir district and its effect on dams
• Real time digital drilling process monitoring and management system
• Land development by environmental vacuum preloading technique
• Independent review of use of non-destructive testing in quality control in soil nailing works

 

Representative Publications

1. Zheng, H., Tham, L.G., and Liu, D.F. (2006). "On two definitions of the factor of safety commonly used in the finite element slope stability analysis." Computers and Geotechnics, 33(3), 188-195.
2. Ng, A.M.Y., Yeung, A.T., Lee P.K.K., and Tham, L.G. (2006). "Design, fabrication, and assembly of a large oedometer." Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, 29(4), 298-305.
3. Yeung,A.T., Mok, K.Y., Tham, L.G., Lee P.K.K., and Pei, G. (2006). "Use of inert C&D materials for seawall foundation: A field-scale pilot test." Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 47(4), 375-393.
4. Tang, C.A., Zhang, Y.B. Liang, Z.Z., Xu, T., Tham, L.G., Lindqvist, P.A., Kou, S.Q., and Liu, H.Y. (2006). "Fracture spacing in layered materials and pattern transition from parallel to polygonal fractures Physics Review E, 73(5), Art. No. 056120 Part 2.
5. Yang, J., Tham, L.G., Lee, P.K.K., Chan S.T., and Yu, F. (2006). "Behaviour of jacked and driven piles in sandy soil." Geotechnique, 56(4), 245-259.
6. Zheng, H., Tham, L.G.. and Liu, D.F. (2006). "Direct solution of near-symmetric matrices and its applications." Rock and Soil Mechanics, 27(11), 1880-1884.
7. Chen, Z.H., Tham, L.G., Yeung, M.R., and Xie, H. (2006). "Confinement effects for damage and failure of brittle rocks." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, 43, 1262-1269.
8. Yang, T.H., Lium, J., Zhu, W.C., Elsworth, D., Tham, L.G., and Tang, C.A. (2007). "A coupled flow-stress-damage model for groundwater outbursts from an underlying aquifer into mining, excavations." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 44(1), 87-97.
9. Tang, C.A., Tham, L.G., Wang, S.H., Liu, H., and Li, W.H. (2007). "A numerical study of the influence of heterogeneity on the strength characterization of rock under uniaxial tension." Mechancis of Materials, 38, 326-339.
10. Yeung, A.T., Cheng, Y.M., Tham, L.G., Au, A.S,K., So S.T.C., and Choi, Y.K. (2007). "Field evaluation of a glass-fiber soil reinforcement system." Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, ASCE, 21(1), 26-34.