Professor Changjie Zheng is mainly engaged in the research of dynamic soil-pile interaction, soil dynamics and earthquake engineering. The following innovative achievements have been achieved: (1) Analytical theory was established for predicting the three-dimensional propagation of stress waves in dynamic testing of piles, and the formation mechanism of three-dimensional dimensional effect and high-frequency interference characteristics were revealed; (2) Analytical calculation methods were proposed for the analysis of dynamic response of piles under time-harmonic dynamic loading, and the mechanisms of dynamic load transfer in the soil-pile system were revealed; (3) Analytical calculation methods were proposed for the analysis of seismic response of piles under incidence of seismic waves, and the mechanisms of propagation of seismic waves in the soil-pile system and the seismic response characteristics of pile foundation were revealed. He has published 99 papers, including 51 SCI indexed papers (40 in JCR Q1) and 17 EI indexed papers as the first or corresponding author, and 3 ESI highly-cited papers, which received more than 1300 other-citations, and made his Scopus H-index up to 24. He has been selected as the Young Elite Scientist of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and Young Top Talent in the "Young Eagle Project" of Fujian Province, and won the First prize of Science and Technology Progress in Fujian Province, the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Chinese Society for Rock Mechanics and Engineering and Canadian Geotechnical Journal Editor's Choice Award. He has also been authorized 10 invention patents, 6 software copyrights, and participated in the compilation of 1 national industry standard. 

 

Representative publications:

[1] Liu HL, Zheng CJ, Ding XM, Qin HY. Vertical dynamic response of a pipe pile in saturated soil layer. Computers and Geotechnics, 2014, 61: 57-66.

[2] Zheng CJ, Liu HL, Ding XM, Lv YR. Torsional dynamic response of a large diameter pipe pile in viscoelastic saturated soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2014, 38: 1724-1743.

[3] Zheng CJ, Liu HL, Ding XM. Lateral dynamic response of a pipe pile in saturated soil layer. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2015, 40: 159-184.

[4] Zheng CJ, Liu HL, Kouretzis G, Sloan S, Ding XM. Vertical response of a thin-walled pipe pile embedded in viscoelastic soil to a transient point load with application to low-strain integrity testing. Computers and Geotechnics, 2015, 70: 50-59.

[5] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Sloan S, Liu HL, Ding XM. Vertical vibration of a pile embedded in poroelastic soil. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015, 77: 177-181.

[6] Zheng CJ, Ding XM, Li P, Fu Q. Vertical impedance of an end-bearing pile in viscoelastic soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2015, 39: 676-684.

[7] Zheng CJ, Ding XM, Sun Y F. Vertical vibration of a pipe pile in viscoelastic soil considering the three-dimensional wave effect of soil. International Journal of Geomechanics ASCE, 2016, 04015037.

[8] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM, Liu HL, Poulos H. Three-dimensional effects in low strain integrity testing of piles: analytical solution. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2016, 53: 225-235. (2016年CGJ年度推荐论文)

[9] Zheng CJ, Liu HL, Ding XM, Kouretzis G, Sheng DC. Three-dimensional effects in low strain integrity testing of large diameter pipe piles. Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE, 2016, 04016064.

[10] Liu HL, Zheng CJ, Ding XM, Kouretzis G, Sloan S. A revised solution for the horizontal vibration of an end-bearing pile in viscoelastic soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2016, 40:1890–1900.

[11] Zheng CJ, Liu HL, Ding XM, Kouretzis G, Sloan S, Poulos H. Non-axisymmetric response of piles in low strain integrity testing. Géotechnique, 2017, 67: 181-186.

[12] Ding XM, Zheng CJ*, Liu HL, Kouretzis G. Resistance of inner soil to the horizontal vibration of pipe piles. Journal of Engineering Mechanics ASCE. 2017, 143: 06017015.

[13] Zheng CJ, Liu HL, Ding XM, Kouretzis G. Resistance of the inner soil to the vertical vibration of pipe piles. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017, 94: 83-87.

[14] Zheng CJ, Ding XM, Kouretis G, Liu HL, Sun YF. Three-dimensional propagation of waves in piles during low-strain integrity tests. Géotechnique, 2018, 68: 358-363.

[15] Luan LB, Zheng CJ*, Kouretzis G, et al. Development of a three-dimensional soil model for the dynamic analysis of end-bearing pile groups subjected to vertical loads. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2019, 43: 1784-1793.

[16] Luan L B, Zheng C J*, Kouretzis G, et al. Simplified three-dimensional analysis of horizontally vibrating floating and fixed-end pile groups. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2019, 43: 2585-2596.

[17] Zheng CJ, He R, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Horizontal vibration of a cylindrical rigid foundation embedded in poroelastic half-space. Computers and Geotechnics, 2019, 106: 296-303.

[18] Zheng CJ, Gan SS, Kouretzis G, Luan LB, Ding XM. Dynamic analysis of an axially-loaded pile embedded in elastic-poroelasitc layered soil of finite thickness. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2020, 44: 533-549.

[19] Gan SS, Zheng CJ*, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Vertical vibration of piles in a viscoelastic non-uniform soil overlying rigid base. Acta Geotechnica, 2020, 15: 1321-1330.

[20] Zheng CJ, Gan SS, Kouretzis G, Ding XM, Luan LB. Vertical vibration of a large diameter pile partially-embedded in poroelastic soil. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2020,139: 106211.

[21] Zheng CJ, Luan LB, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Vertical vibration of a rigid strip footing on viscoelastic half-space. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2020, 44(14): 1983-1995.

[22] Zheng CJ, Luan LB, Qin HY, Zhou H. Horizontal dynamic response of a combined loaded large-diameter pipe pile simulated by the Timoshenko beam theory. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 2020, 20(2): 207100.

[23] Zheng CJ, Cai YJ, Luan LB, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Horizontal vibration of a rigid strip footing on viscoelastic half-space. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2021, 45(3): 325-335.

[24] Zheng CJ, Gan SS, Luan LB, Ding XM. Vertical dynamic response of a pile embedded in a poroelastic soil layer overlying rigid base. Acta Geotechnica, 2021, 16(3): 977-983.

[25] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Luan LB, Ding XM. Kinematic response of pipe piles subjected to vertically-propagating seismic P-waves. Acta Geotechnica, 2021, 16(3): 895-909.

[26] Luan LB, Gao L, Kouretzis G, Ding XM, Qin HY, Zheng CJ*. Response of pile groups in layered soil to dynamic lateral loads. Computers and Geotechnics, 2022, 142, 104564.

[27] Zheng CJ, Cai YJ, Kouretzis G, Luan LB. Horizontal vibration of rigid strip footings on poroelastic half-space. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2022, 522: 116731.

[28] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM, Luan LB. Vertical vibration of end-bearing single piles in poroelastic soil considering three-dimensional soil and pile wave effects. Computers and Geotechnics, 2022, 146: 104740.

[29] Zheng CJ, Luo T, Kouretzis G, Ding XM, Luan LB. Transverse seismic response of end‐bearing pipe piles to S‐waves. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2022, 46(10): 1919-1940.

[30] Zheng CJ, Mylonakis G, Kouretzis G, Luan LB. Kinematic seismic response of end-bearing piles to S-waves. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2022, 163: 107547.

[31] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM, Luan LB. Closed-form formulation of vertical dynamic response of single floating piles in homogeneous viscoelastic soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2022, 46(15):2931-2943.

[32] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Luan LB, Ding XM. Closed-form formulation for the response of single floating piles to lateral dynamic loads. Computers and Geotechnics, 2022, 152: 105042.

[33] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Dynamic response of floating piles subjected to axial loads considering three-dimensional soil deformations. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 154, 105144.

[34] Zheng CJ, He YZ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Vertical vibration of rigid strip footings on poroelastic soil layer of finite thickness. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 2023, 168: 107836.

[35] Zheng CJ, Lin H, Cao GW, Luan LB. Horizontal dynamic response of offshore large-diameter pipe piles. Ocean Engineering. 2023, 272: 113797.

[36] Zheng CJ, Luo T, Ding XM. Axial kinematic response of single floating pipe piles to vertically propagating P waves. Ocean Engineering. 2023, 273: 114040.

[37] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Kinematic response of end-bearing piles in saturated soil to seismic SH-waves. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 158: 105369.

[38] Zheng CJ, Cui YQ, Kouretzis G, Luan LB. Scattered wave effects on the vertical dynamic response of pile groups embedded in layered soil. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 158: 105361.

[39] Zheng CJ, Luo T, Luan LB. Lateral kinematic response of offshore pipe piles to S-wave seismic excitation. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2023, 47(8): 1496-1518.

[40] Zheng CJ, Ding XM. Vertical dynamic response of single floating piles in poroelastic soil. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 159: 105424.

[41] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Kinematic response of floating piles in a saturated soil layer subjected to seismic S-wave propagation. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 161: 105573.

[42] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Analytical solution for axial load transfer of floating piles. Computers and Geotechnics, 2023, 164: 105832.

[43] Zheng CJ, Ding XM. Lateral dynamic response of single floating piles in poroelastic soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2023, 47(8): 1496-1518.

[44] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Seismic response of end-bearing piles in saturated soil to P-waves. Acta Geotechnica, 2023, 18(10): 5519-5533.

[45] Zheng CJ, Chen M, Kouretzis G. Closed-form solution for axially loaded end-bearing piles in two-layered soil. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2024, 48(3): 837-852.

[46] Zheng CJ, Kouretzis G, Mylonakis G. Inertial and kinematic response of laterally loaded piles: Sensitivity of elastodynamic continuum solutions to key assumptions. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2024, 178: 108485.

[47] Zheng CJ, Yang JQ, Kouretzis G, Ding XM. Vertical seismic response of end-bearing piles in nearly-saturated soil. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2024, doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2023-0294.