Jing Ni
Published: 2019-10-25  
InstituteDepartment of Civil Engineering
Research Area• Soft soil foundation   improvement with PVD
• Long-term performances of soft soils under traffic loads
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Education
Bachelor of EngineeringSchool of Civil Engineering, 2005, Shanghai University, P.R.   China.
Master of EngineeringSchool of Civil Engineering, 2008, Shanghai University, P.R.   China.
Doctor of PhilosophySchool of Civil, Mining and Environment, 2012, University of   Wollongong, Australia.


Honors and Distinctions
•   IACMAG Award- Excellent Paper Award to Juniors, International Association for   Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 2014.
•   GSI Award and GSI Fellow, Geosynthetic Institute of USA, 2010.


Professional  Affiliations
Geosynthetic   Institute of USA (GSI), Fellow Member.


Projects
1. National Natural   Science Foundation of China (No. 51608323), Title “The variation of   consolidation characteristic of soft clay under partially drained cyclic   loading and consolidation model under loads for prefabricated vertical drain   reinforced soft clay”, Leader (200,000 RMB) , 2017/01 - 2019/12.
2. Yangfan Project   of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No.   15YF1408200), Title “Research on Combined effect of infrastruture loads and   traffic loads on the performances of soils surrounding tunnel “, Leader   (100,000 RMB), 2015/01 - 2017/12.
3. Scientific   Research Foundation from the Education Ministry of China for the Returned   Overseas Chinese Scholars, Title “Study on effect of static shear on soft   soil performances under traffic loads“, Leader (30,000 RMB) , 2015/01 -   2016/12.
4. Enginlish Course   Foundation (Structural Mechanics) from Shanghai Municipal Education   Commission, Leader (100,000 RMB) , 2015/09 - 2017/08.
5. Innovative   Research Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. 14YZ081),   Title “Research on effect of static deviatoric stress on long-term   performances of soft soils under traffic loads“, Leader (80,000 RMB) ,2014/01   - 2016/12.
6. Young Researcher   Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. slg13027), Title   “Soft soil charactiristcs under traffic induced cyclic loads“, Leader   (50,000RMB) ,2014/01 - 2015/12.
7. National Natural   Science Foundation of China (No. 10872133), Title “Non-linear mechanical   properties of rocks subjected to temperture variation and water soaking   treatment, Participant (330,000 RMB), 2009/01 - 2011/12.


Publications
1. Ni J, Chen YL,   Wang P, Wang SR, Peng B, Rafig A. Effect of chemical erosion and freeze-thaw   cycling on the physical and mechanical characteristic of granites. Bulletin   of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2017, 76(1), 169-179.
2. Ni J, Li XP, Pan   YP, Geng XY. Experimental research on physical deterioration and mechanical   properties of white sandstones subjected to chemical corrosion and heating.   Journal of Water Resources and Water Engineering, 2016, 27(40), 209-214 (in   Chinese).
3. Ni J, Zhu Y,   Chen YL, Du X, Rujikiatkamjorn C. Cumulative pore water pressure behaviour of   soft clays installed with prefabricated vertical drains under cyclic loads.   Rock and Soil Mechanics, 2016, 37(2), 383-389, 398 (in Chinese).
4. Ni J, Indraratna   B, Geng XY, Carter JP, Chen YL. Model of Soft Soils under Cyclic Loading.   International Journal of Geomechanics, 2015. 15(4), 04014067 (10 pp.).
5. Chen YL, Ni J,   Jiang LH, Liu ML, Wang P, Azzam R. Experimental study on mechanical   properties of granite after freeze-thaw cycling. Environmental Earth   Sciences, 2014, 71, 3349-3354.
6. Ni J, Indraratna   B, Geng XY, Chen YL, Zhu Y. Experimental study of the combined effect of   cyclic stress level and loading frequency on the performance of soft clays.   Engineering Mechanics, 2014, 31(10), 167-173 (in Chinese).
7. Yang T, Yang JZ,   Ni J. Analytical solution for the consolidation of a composite ground   reinforced by partially penetrated impervious columns. Computers and   Geotechnics, 2014, 57(5), 30-36.
8. Ni J, Indraratna   B, Geng XY, Carter JP, Rujikiatkamjorn C. Radial consolidation of soft soil   under cyclic loads. Computers and Geotechnics, 2013, 50, 1-5.
9. Chen YL, Ni J,   Shao W, Azzam, R. Experimental study on the influence of temperature on the   mechanical properties of granite under uni-axial compression and fatigue   loading. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2012,   56, 62-66.
10. Chen YL, Ni J,   Shao W, Zhou C, Javadi A, Azzam R. Coalescence of fractures under uni-axial   compression and fatigue loading. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2012,   45, 241-249.
11. Chen YL, Ni J,   Zheng P, Azzam R, Zhou YC, Shao W. Experimental research on the behaviour of   high frequency fatigue in concrete. Engineering Failure Analysis, 2011, 18,   1848-1857.
12. Indraratna B,   Ni J, Rujikiatkamjorn C. Investigation on effectiveness of a prefabricated   vertical drain during cyclic loading. Materials Science and Engineering,   2010, 10, 1-8.
13.   Ni J, Luo RA, Chen YL, Chen SH. Characteristics of architectural membrane   materials under biaxial tensile loads. Engineering Mechanics, 2009, 126(6),   100-104 (in Chinese).
14. Luo RA, Hua L,   Ni J, Tong K. Cyclic Test of Architectural PVC Membrane Materials under   Biaxial Orthogonality Tensile Loads. Journal of Shanghai University (Natural   Science), 2009, 15(6), 615-620 (in Chinese)
15. Chen SH, Ding   X, Fangueiro R, Yi HL, Ni J. Tensile behaviour of PVC-coated membrane   materials under uni- and bi-axial Loads. Journal of Applied Polymer Science,   2008, 107, 2038-2044.
16. Chen SH, Ding   X, Fangueiro R, Yi HL, Ni J. Behaviour of membrane construction materials   under bi-axial tensile loading. Materials Science Forum, 2008, 587-588,   662-666.
17. Indraratna B,   Rujikiatkamjorn C, Ni J. Cyclic behaviour of soft soil subgrade improved by   prefabricated vertical drains. International Symposium on Deformation   Characteristics of Geomaterials, 1-3 September, 2011, Seoul, Korea, 559-564.
18. Ni J, Luo RA,   Chen YL, Chen SH. Evolution law of hysteresis curve and deformation   characteristics of PVC membrane materials under cyclic biaxial loading. The   Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics, 11-14 June, 2007,   Shanghai, China.
19. Chen YL, Zheng   P, Ni J, Chang LQ, Yang F. 3D Mechanical analysis of axially loaded CERP   confined concrete columns. The 13th International Conference on Experimental   Mechanics, 1-6 July, 2007, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
20. Wei LC, Luo RA,   Ni J. Experimental study and FEM analysis of CFRP confined concrete columns.   The Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics, 11-14 June, 2007,   Shanghai, China.


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