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Assoc. Prof. Jim Sheng-Horng Shiau

TDTU Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Civil Engineering

Place of work
University of Southern Queensland

Email
jim.shiau@usq.edu.au

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Research areas

Geotechnical Engineering, Underground Structures, Sinkhole Stability, Soft Ground Tunnelling

Research activities

Publications:

  • "Passive earth pressure in sand on inclined walls with negative wall friction based on a statically admissible stress field", (jointly with Tan Nguyen), Acta Geotechnica (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02278-z

  • "Progressive failure mechanisms of geosynthetic-reinforced column-supported embankments over soft soil: Numerical analyses considering the cracks-induced softening", (jointly with Heng Wang, Feng Chen, Daniel Dias, Fengwen Lai, Jianhua Huang), Engineering Structures. 302 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117425

  • "Undrained sinkhole stability of circular cavity: a comprehensive approach based on isogeometric analysis coupled with machine learning", (jointly with Toan Nguyen-Minh, Tram Bui-Ngoc, Tan Nguyen, Trung Nguyen-Thoi), Acta Geotechnica (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-024-02266-3

  • "Unraveling seismic uplift behavior of plate anchors in frictional-cohesive soils: A comprehensive analysis through stability factors and machine learning", (jointly with Tan Nguyen, Duy-Khuong Ly), Ocean Engineering. 297 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.116987

  • "Enhanced earth pressure determination with negative wall-soil friction using soft computing", (jointly with Tan Nguyen, Duy-Khuong Ly), Computers and Geotechnics. 167 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106086

  • "Limit load and failure mechanisms of a vertical Hoek-Brown rock slope", (jointly with Warayut Dokduea, Suraparb Keawsawasvong, Pitthaya Jamsawang), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 16 (3) (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2023.05.018

  • "Revisiting Active and Passive Earth Pressure Problems using Three Stability Factors", (jointly with T. Nguyen), Computers and Geotechnics, 163 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105759

  • "Coupling isogeometric analysis with deep learning for stability evaluation of rectangular tunnels", (jointly with T. Nguyen-Minh, T. Bui-Ngoc, T. Nguyen, T. Nguyen-Thoi), Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 140 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2023.105330

  • "Uplift resistance of caisson foundation in NGI-ADP soil using FEA and ANN", (jointly with V.Q. Lai, M.N. Tran, S. Keawsawasvong, B.V. Le, T.K. Nguyen, D.Q. Le), Advances in Engineering Software, 184 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2023.103513

  • "Unlined Length Effect on the Tunnel Face Stability and Collapse Mechanisms in c- Soils: A Numerical Study with Advanced Mesh Adaptive Strategies", (jointly with X. Zheng, F. Yang, F. Lai, D. Dias), Computers and Geotechnics, 161 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105576

  • "Probabilistic Stability Design Charts for Shallow Passive Trapdoors in Spatially Variable Clays", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 23 (6) (2023). DOI: 10.1061/IJGNAI.GMENG-7902

  • "Physics-based and data-driven modeling for stability evaluation of buried structures in natural clays", (jointly with F. Lai, S. Keawsawasvong, F. Chen, R. Banyong, S. Seehavong), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15 (5) (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2022.07.006

  • "Trapdoor Stability of Drained Cohesive-Frictional Soils Using Terzaghi's Superposition Method", (jointly with R. Banyong, S. Keawsawasvong, V. Kamchoom), Engineered Science, 22 (2023). DOI: 10.30919/es8d821

  • "Multivariate adaptive regression splines analysis for 3D slope stability in anisotropic and heterogenous clay", (jointly with V.Q. Lai, S. Keawsawasvong), Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15 (4) (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jrmge.2022.05.016

  • "Passive Earth Pressure in Narrow Cohesive-Frictional Backfills", (jointly with C. Li, F. Lai, S. Keawsawasvong, H. Huang), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 23 (1) (2023). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002639

  • "Determination of Support Pressure for the Design of Square Box Culverts", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong, W. Yodsomjai), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 23 (1) (2023). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002620

  • "Undrained stability of pit-in-pit braced excavations under hydraulic uplift", (jointly with F. Lai, F. Chen, S. Liu, S. Keawsawasvong), Underground Space, 7 (6) (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.undsp.2022.04.003

  • "Stability of Unlined Elliptical Tunnels in Rock Masses", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong, S. Seehavong), Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55 (11) (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s00603-022-02996-4

  • "Three-dimensional sinkhole stability of spherical cavity", (jointly with B. Chudal, S. Keawsawasvong), Acta Geotechnica, 17 (9) (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s11440-022-01522-8

  • "Producing Undrained Stability Factors for Various Tunnel Shapes", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong), International Journal of Geomechanics, 22 (8) (2022). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002487

  • "Pipeline Burst-Related Soil Stability in Collapse Condition", (jointly with K. Mahalingasivam, B. Chudal, S. Keawsawasvong), Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice, ASCE, 13 (3) (2022). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)PS.1949-1204.0000657

  • "Stability of Spherical Cavity in Hoek-Brown Rock Mass", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong), Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55 (8) (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s00603-022-02899-4

  • "Lower Bound Finite Element Limit Analysis of Geo-Structures with Non-Associated Flow Rule", (jointly with M. Payan, H. Fathipour, M. Hosseini, R. Jamshidi Chenari), Computers and Geotechnics, 147 (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2022.104803

  • "Effect of loading eccentricity on the ultimate lateral resistance of twin-piles in clay", (jointly with Z. Zhao, H. Zhang, L. Ke, G. Zhao, S. Meng, F. Wu), Soils and Foundations, 62 (2) (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.sandf.2022.101126

  • "Three-Dimensional Stability Investigation of Trapdoors in Collapse and Blowout Conditions", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong, J.-S. Lee), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 22 (4) (2022). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002339

  • "Stability Factors Fc, Fs, and Fγ for Twin Tunnels in Three Dimensions", (jointly with F. Al-Asadi), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 22 (3) (2022). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002264

  • "Stability of active trapdoors in axisymmetry", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong), Underground Space, 7 (1) (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.undsp.2021.05.001

  • "Undrained Stability of Ring Foundations: Axisymmetry, Anisotropy, and Nonhomogeneity", (jointly with S. Keawsawasvong, C. Ngamkhanong, V. Qui Lai, C. Thongchom), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 22 (1) (2022). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0002229

  • "Pipeline burst-related ground stability in blowout condition", (jointly with B. Chudal, K. Mahalingasivam, S. Keawsawasvong), Transportation Geotechnics, 29 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2021.100587

  • "Revisiting Circular Tunnel Stability Using Broms and Bennermarks' Original Stability Number", (jointly with F. Al-Asadi), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 21 (5) (2021). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001996

  • "Three-dimensional stability analysis of active and passive trapdoors", (jointly with J.-S. Lee, F. Al-Asadi), Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 107 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2020.103635

  • "Three-Dimensional Analysis of Circular Tunnel Headings Using Broms and Bennermark's Original Stability Number", (jointly with F. Al-Asadi), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 20 (7) (2020). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001734

  • "Stability analysis of twin circular tunnels using shear strength reduction method", (jointly with F. Al-Asadi), Geotechnique Letters, 10 (2) (2020). DOI: 10.1680/jgele.19.00003

  • "Two-dimensional tunnel heading stability factors Fc, Fs and Fγ", (jointly with F. Al-Asadi), Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 97 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2020.103293

  • "Determination of critical tunnel heading pressures using stability factors", (jointly with F. Al-Asadi), Computers and Geotechnics, 119 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2019.103345

  • "Relating volume loss and greenfield settlement", (jointly with M. Sams), Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 83 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.tust.2018.09.041

  • "Revisiting Broms and Bennermarks' original stability number for tunnel headings", (jointly with F. Al-Asadi), Geotechnique Letters, 8 (4) (2018). DOI: 10.1680/jgele.18.00145

  • "A shakedown limit under Hertz contact pressure", Advanced Materials Research, 291-294 (2011). DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.291-294.1506

  • "Undrained Stability of Footings on Slopes", (jointly with R.S. Merifield, A.V. Lyamin, S.W. Sloan), International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, 11 (5) (2011). DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000092

  • "Finite element limit analysis of passive earth resistance in cohesionless soils", (jointly with C.E. Augarde, A.V. Lyamin, S.W. Sloan), Soils and Foundations, 48 (6) (2008). DOI: 10.3208/sandf.48.843

  • "Bearing capacity of a sand layer on clay by finite element limit analysis", (jointly with A.V. Lyamin, S.W. Sloan), Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 40 (5) (2003). DOI: 10.1139/t03-042