Griffith University

BEng (Civil), MEng (Geotechnical Engineering), PhD

Lecturer, Griffith School of Engineering

Contact Details for Dr Hongyu Qin

Research Expertise

• Pile foundations
• Ground movement on pile foundations and structures
• Rock mechanics and tunnelling
• Numerical and analytical analysis in geomechanics

Current Teaching Areas

• Mechanics of Materials 1
• Mechanics of Materials 2

Publications

Journal papers

• Guo, W. D. and Qin, H. Y. (2010). Thrust and bending moment of rigid piles subjected to moving soil. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 47(2):180-196.
• Liu, H. L., Qin, H. Y., Gao, Y. F., and Zhou, Y. D. (2005). Experimental study on particle breakage of rockfill and coarse aggregates. Chinese Journal of Rock and soil Mechanics, 26 (4), 562-566. (in Chinese).
• Qin, H. Y., Liu, H. L., Gao, Y. F., and Dai, P. F. (2004). Study on strength and deformation behaviour of coarse aggregates based on large scale triaxial tests. Chinese Journal of Rock and soil Mechanics, 25 (10), 1575-1580. (in Chinese).
• Qin, H. Y., Shi, H. F., and Feng, T. G. (2001). Discussion on some problems in using large scale triaxial tests on coarse soil. Journal of Hohai University, 29 (6), 120-123. (in Chinese).

Conference papers

• Qin, H. Y., and Guo, W. D. (2010). Pile response due to lateral soil movement of uniform and triangular profiles. In GeoFlorida2010: Advances in analysis, modelling and design, 20-24 February, Florida, USA. 1515-1522.
• Qin, H. Y., and Guo, W. D. (2010). Pile response subjected to effective soil movement. 7th international conference on Physical Modelling in Geomechanics (ICPMG 2010).28 June -1 July, Zurich, Switzerland, Sarah Springman, Jan Laue and Linda Seward (eds), Taylor and Francis, 823-828.
• Qin, H. Y., and Guo, W. D. (2007). An experimental study on cyclic loading of piles in sand. Proc. 10th ANZ Conference on Geomechanics, Brisbane, Australia. 544-549.
• Guo, W. D., Qin, H. Y., and Ghee, E. H. (2006). Effect of soil movement profiles on vertically loaded single piles. Proc. 6th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geomechanics, 4-6 August, Hong Kong, China. 841-846.
• Guo, W. D., and Qin, H. Y. (2006). Vertically loaded single piles in sand subjected to triangular profile of  soil movement profiles. Proc. 10th International Conference on piling and Foundations, 31 May – 2 June, Amsterdam, the Netherland, 296-302.
• Guo, W. D., and Qin, H. Y. (2005). Model tests on single piles in sand subjected to lateral soil movement. Proc. 6th International Conference on Tall buildings (ICTB-VI), 6-8 December, Hong Kong, China. 327- 332.
• Guo, W. D., and Qin, H. Y. (2005). Vertically loaded single piles in sand subjected to lateral soil movement. Proc. 2nd World Congress of Chinese Scholars in Geotechnical Engineering, 20-21 August, Nanjing, China. 104-111.
• Qin, H. Y., Liu, H. L., Gao, Y. F., and She, Y. X. (2002). Discussion on high speed loess landslides induced by earthquake. Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Proc. 6th National Conference on Soil Dynamics, 25-27 May, Nanjing, China. 236- 244. (in Chinese)
• Qin, H. Y., Liu, H. L., and Gao, Y. F. (2001). Introduction of YS-30 stress path computer-controlled large-scale triaxial testing apparatus and its application in the study of coarse granular materials. Proc. of National symposium on earth and rockfill dams and Geomechanics, 8-10 October, Dujianyan, China. 217- 221. (in Chinese)
• Feng, T. G., Liu, H. L., Gao, Y. F., and Qin. H. Y. (2001). Dynamic experiments and earthquake responses analysis of an ash fill dam at a power plant. Proc. of 7th National Conference of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 26-28 September, Dalian, China. 223- 227. (in Chinese).