Professor
Supervisor of Master's Candidates
Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
Yang Tao
Associate Professor
Email: Yangtao@swjtu.edu.cn
BIO
Education
PhD, SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG University, (2006)
Employment
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Geotechnical Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, China (2006-present)
Research Interests
Slope engineering
Landslide engineering
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Principal Publications of the Last Five Years
Numerical calculation and engineering application of geotechnical engineering
Deformation mechanism and control technology of land traffic tunnel landslide system
Rao Y , Zhang J , Yang T , et al. Effect of Drying on Clay Clogging of Pervious Concrete[J]. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2021, 33(7).
Rao Y , Yang T . Three volumetric methods for measuring the vertical porosity distribution of pervious concrete pavement[J]. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2021(6):1-12.
Rao Y, Zhang J, Yang T, et al. Effect of bottleneck-causing clogging on infiltration-runoff of pervious concrete pavement system[J]. Road Materials and Pavement Design, 2021: 1-14.
Yang T, Rao Y, Wu Y, et al. Water softening-induced retrogressive landslides: Experiments and theoretical calculations of back scarp inclination[J]. Geomorphology, 2021: 107800.
Yang T, Rao Y, Wu H, et al. Dynamic Response of Parallel Overlapped Tunnel under Seismic Loading by Shaking Table Tests[J]. Shock and Vibration, 2021, 2021.
Yang T, Rao Y, Chen H, et al. Failure Characteristics and Mechanism of Multiface Slopes under Earthquake Load Based on PFC Method[J]. Shock and Vibration, 2021, 2021.
Yunkang Rao, Junyun Zhang, Tao Yang & Bing Yang (2021) Effect of bottleneck-causing clogging on infiltration-runoff of pervious concrete pavement system, Road Materials and Pavement Design, DOI: 10.1080/14680629.2021.1995890
Zhang Y , J Wang, Zhao J X , et al. Multi-spring Edge-to-Edge Contact Model for Discontinuous Deformation Analysis and Its Application to the Tensile Failure Behavior of Rock Joints[J]. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020, 53(5).
Selected Awards and Honors
Grand Prize of Science and technology award of China Railway Corporation (2018)
Second Prize of Science and technology award of China highway society(2018)
Professional Activities
Director of Sichuan society of rock mechanics and Engineering (2016–)
RESEARCH
Current Research
Research on deep creep characteristics of high and steep slopes in tectonic melange belt and complex structural area
Research on stability evolution law of landslide during progressive deformation
Research on Slope design and edge shape monitoring based on GTS finite element
Research on genetic mechanism and engineering risk assessment method of super large karst caves in Southwest China
Research on 4D structure monitoring and induced earthquake mechanism in shale gas mining area -- Taking Changning earthquake as an example
Research on protection scheme of existing track structure by foundation pit excavation in the third line of Jincheng Plaza P + R underground parking lot project
TEACHING
Primary Teaching areas
Slope Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Current Courses
Slope Engineering （for undergraduate student ）
Intelligent geotechnical engineering （for Doctoral student）
GRADUATE SUPERVISION
I am available for supervision. Over the past five years, I have supervised and graduated 2 PhDs and 15 Master degrees.
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