Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)
Ir Professor Zhong-qi Quentin YUE
BSc (University Distinction), Peking University, Beijing, China
MS, Peking University, Beijing, China
PhD, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
MHKIE (1998), RPE (Geotechnical), PEng (1995)
Office: HW 6-02
Phone: +852 2859 1967
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: yueqzq@hku.hk
Homepage: HKU Scholars Hub
Teaching Activities
- CIVL2002 Rock Mechanics & Engineering Geology
- CIVL3014 Slope Engineering
- CIVL3108 Foundation Engineering
- CIVL4101 Capstone Design Project
- CIVL4102 Final Year Project
- MATH1853 Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics
Research Interests
- Highly compressed methane gas cause and mechanism of earthquakes and/or volcanos
- Highly compressed gas cause and mechanism of large and rapid landslides with long runout distances
- Highly compressed micro-gas inclusion cause and mechanism of rock bursts and/or large deformation in rock tunnels
- Development of an alternative theory of the Earth via a thin and highly dense and compressed methane gas-sphere between the solid crustal rocks and the hot mantle materials
- Development and invention of automatic drilling process monitor (DPM) for in-situ continuously measuring and recording the strength and distribution of rock masses at depth in real time
Representative Research / Consultancy Projects
- An alternative modeling framework for better interpretation of the observed volcano-hydrothermal system data
- Effect of micro-fluid inclusions on abnormally delayed mechanical behavior of intact rocks after excavation
- Investigation of fatal Zhaojiagou landslide of rapid, long and wide run-out in Zhen-xiong County, Yunnan Province
- Migration and expansion of deep ground dense for cause of large rock avalanches
- Monitoring, recording and analyzing of geological drilling process at complex environments
10 Selected Representative Publications
- Yue ZQ 2020. An Alternative Gas Cause and Mechanism for Uplifting Tibetan Plateau, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2020, http://agu2020fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=78-22-8A-28-50-6D-1D-41-3E-34-30-6B-F7-17-ED-AC
- Yue ZQ, 2016. Grouted jetted precast reinforced concrete piling technology for no-dredge seawall and land reclamation in Hong Kong, Proceedings of The HKIE Geotechnical Division 36th Annual Seminar 2016. June 3, 2016, Hong Kong, pp: 59-71
- Yue ZQ, 2015a. Yue’s solution of classical elasticity in n-layered solids: Part 1, mathematical formulation, Part 2, mathematical verification, Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 9(3): 215-285
- Yue ZQ, 2014a. On cause hypotheses of earthquakes with external tectonic plate and/or internal dense gas loadings, Acta Mechanica, 225: 1447-1469
- Yue ZQ, 2014b. Gas inclusions and their expansion power as foundation of rock “locked in” stress hypothesis, Journal of Engineering Geology, 22(4): 739-756
- Yue ZQ, 2014c. Drilling process monitoring for refining and upgrading rock mass quality classification methods, Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 33(10): 1977-1996
- Yue ZQ, Xu Q, 2014. Fundamental drawbacks and disastrous consequences of current geotechnical safety design theories for slopes, Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 36(9): 1601-1606
- Yue ZQ, Fan SP, Yang ZF, LI LH, Zhang LQ, ZJ Zhang, 2010. A hypothesis for crack free interior surfaces of Longyou caverns caved in argillaceous siltstone 2000 years ago, Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China, 4(2): 165-177
- Yue ZQ, Bekking W, Morin I, 1995. Application of digital image processing to quantitative study of asphalt concrete microstructure, Transportation Research Record No. 1492, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., pp: 53-60
- Yue ZQ, 1988. Solutions for the thermoelastic problems in vertically inhomogeneous media, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 4(2): 182-189
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