Dr. M.M. Hu

Assistant Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)
Dr. M.M. HU

BEng, Zhejiang University, China
PhD, Duke University, USA

 

 

Office: HW 6-09
Phone: +852 3917 1975
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: mmhu@hku.hk
Homepage: https://manmanhu-hku.github.io/

 

Teaching Activities
  • CIVL3134 Environmental Geotechnologies
  • CIVL8023 Special Topic: Modern geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • CIVL6004 Advanced Soil Mechanics
  • CIVL3129 Numerical Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering
  • CIVL4102 Final Year Project

 

Research Interests
  • Environmental Geomechanics and Geotechnics
  • Physico-chemical Processes in Geo-systems
  • Multi-scale Multi-physics Instabilities in Geomaterials
  • Pattern Forming Instabilities in Porous Materials
  • Geomechanics for Unconventional Energy Resources
  • Geological CO2 Sequestration and Utilisation
  • Deep/Shallow Geothermal Energy

 

Representative Research / Consultancy Projects
  • General Research Fund: "Environmental Geomechanics: from Chemical Aging to Biochemically Improved Soils", PI, by Research Grant Council, HK [Top-quality students in need; Can support HKPF/HKU-PS]
  • Early Career Scheme: "A Multi-physics Study on Enhanced Cracking in Geo-energy Engineering", PI, by Research Grant Council, HK.
  • Discovery Project: "The role of pressure waves on the mechanics of earthquakes and faulting", PI, by Australian Research Council.
  • Industrial Collaboration: "The Effect of Laboratory Chemical Aging on the Incremental Compressibility of Sediments", PI, by Eni, S.p.A.
  • Seed Fund for Basic Research: "Thermo-Hydro-Chemo-Mechanics in Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)", PI, by University of Hong Kong

 

Professional Activities
  • Corresponding member, Energy Geotechnics Committee (TC308), HK chapter, ISSMGE
  • Corresponding member, Geomechanics from Micro to Macro Committee (TC105), HK chapter, ISSMGE
  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Member, Engineering Mechanics Institute, ASCE

 

10 Selected Representative Publications
  • Liu C., Calo V., Regenauer-Lieb K., Hu M.M. (2023) Coefficients of reaction-diffusion processes derived from patterns in rocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. E2022JB026253. (doi.org/10.1029/2022JB026253)
  • Tang X. and Hu M.M. (2022) A reactive-chemo-mechanical model for weak acid assisted cavity expansion in carbonate rocks. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 56: 515-533. (doi.org/10.1007/s00603-022-03077-2)
  • Hu M.M., Sun Q., Schrank C., Regenauer-Lieb K. (2022) Cross-scale dynamic interactions in compacting porous media as a trigger to pattern formation. Geophysical Journal International. 230(2): 1280-1291. (doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggac115)
  • Hu, M.M., Schrank, C., Regenauer-Lieb, K. (2020) Cross-diffusion waves in hydro-poro-mechanics. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 135: 103632 (doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2019.05.015).
  • Hu, M.M. and Hueckel, T. (2019) Modeling of Subcritical cracking in acidized carbonate rocks via coupled chemo-elasticity. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment. 19: 100114 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2019.01.003).
  • Hu, M.M. and Regenauer-Lieb, K. (2018) Entropic Limit Analysis Applied To Radial Cavity Expansion Problems. Frontiers in Materials, 5, 47 (doi: 10.3389/fmats.2018.00047).
  • Hu, M.M., Veveakis, M., Regenauer-Lieb K. (2018) “Influence of stress field anisotropy on drilling-induced tensile fracture”, Environmental Geotechnics, 1-7 (https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.17.00064).
  • Ilgen, A., Newell, P., Hueckel, T., Espinoza, D.N., Hu M.M. (2018). Coupled Chemical-Mechanical Processes Associated With the Injection of CO2 Into Subsurface. Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formation Chapter 15 (ISBN: 9780128127520).
  • Hu, M.M., Veveakis, M., Poulet, T., Regenauer-Lieb K. (2017) The role of temperature in shear instability and bifurcation of internally pressurised deep boreholes. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering., 50, 3003-3017 (http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/s00603-017-1291-2)
  • Hu M.M. and Hueckel T. (2013). Environmentally Enhanced Crack Propagation in a Chemically Degrading Isotropic Shale. Géotechnique, 63(4), 313-321. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/geot.SIP13.P.020).

 

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