Assistant Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)   Dr. Ryan W. M. YAN   BEng (Hons), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China MPhil, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China PhD, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China MASCE   Office:      HW 6-24 Phone:     +852 2859 1974 Fax:         +852 2559 5337 E-mail: ryanyan@hku.hk   Homepage:   http://web.hku.hk/~ryanyan/

 

Teaching Activities

• CIVL 2001 Engineering Design and Communication
• CIVL 3008 Foundation Engineering
• CIVL 3013 Project
• CIVL 6001 Project

 

Research Interests

• Non-destructive soil characterization and geotechnical process modelling
• Constitutive modelling of geomaterials
• Discrete element analysis
• Field monitoring and soil-structure interactions
• Stress path testing

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects

• Understanding soil behaviour at the particulate level
• Constitutive modelling of geomaterials
• Characterization of Macao marine deposits
• Non-destructive soil testing
• Image analysis of laboratory-simulated geotechnical process

 

Representative Publications

1. Yan, W. M. and Li, X. S. (2010). "A model for natural soils with bonds." Géotechnique. [In press].
2. Yan, W. M. and Ma, Y. F. (2010). "Geotechnical characterization of Macau marine deposits." Engineering Geology: An International Journal. 113(1-4), 62-69.
3. Yan, W. M., Yuen, K. V., and Yoon, G. L. (2009). "Bayesian probabilistic-based model selection for the correlations of compression index for clays." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE. 135(12), 1932-1940.
4. Yan, W. M. (2009). "Fabric evolution in a numerical direct shear test." Computers and Geotechnics, 36, 597-603.
5. Wang, Y. H., Ma, C. H., and Yan, W. M. (2009). "Characterizing Bond Breakages in Cemented Sands Using a MEMS Accelerometer." ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, 32(2). 1-10.
6. Wang, Y. H., Lo, K. F., Yan, W. M., and Dong, X. B. (2007). "Measurement biases in the bender element test." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 133(5), 564-574.
7. Wang, Y. H., Yan, W. M., and Lo, K. F. (2006). "Damping ratio measurement by the spectral ratio method." Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 43(12), 1180-1194.
8. Wang, Y. H., and Yan, W. M. (2006). "Laboratory studies of two common saprolitic soils in Hong Kong." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 132(7), 923-930.
9. Ng, C. W. W., and Yan, W. M. (1999). "Three-dimensional modelling of a diaphragm wall construction sequence." Geotechnique, 49(6), 825-834.
10. Ng, C. W. W., and Yan, W. M. (1998). "Stress transfer and deformation mechanisms around a diaphragm wall panel." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 124(7), 638-648