Chuan Gu

§ RESEARCH INTERESTS

§ Geotechnical Engineering, Soil dynamics, Foundation Engineering

§ EDUCATION

§ PhD, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. 2007-2012

§ BS, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. 2003-2007

§ EXPERIENCE

§ Associate Professor, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wenzhou University, January 2015-Present

§ Lecturer, College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Wenzhou University, Sepetember 2012-Janurary 2015

§ RESEARCH PROJECTS

§ ‘Study on the accumulated strain and constitutive model of soft saturated clays considering horizontal cyclic normal stresses and b values’, NSFC (51308420), RMB250,000. 2014.01-2016.12.

§ ‘Study on the deformation behavior and explicit model of overconsolidated soft clays in static and dynamic three-dimensional stress state’, NSFC (51578426), RMB850,000. 2016.01-2019.12.

§ PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Gu has published more than 25 papers, the main publications are as follows:

(1) Zhigang Cao, Jingyu Chen, Yuanqiang Cai, Chuan Gu*, Jun Wang. Effects of moisture content on the cyclic behavior of crushed tuff aggregates by large-scale tri-axial test, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017, 95: 1-8. (SCI)

(2) Chuan Gu, Zhiqiang Gu, Yuanqiang Cai, Jun Wang, Daosheng Ling. Dynamic modulus characteristics of saturated clays under variable confining pressure, Canadian Geotechnical Journal. Publication Date (web): 13 Dec 2016. DOI: 10.1139/cgj-2016-0441. (SCI)

(3) Chuan Gu, Jun Wang, Yuanqiang Cai, Lei Sun, Peng Wang, Quanyang Dong. Deformation characteristics of overconsolidated clay sheared under constant and variable confining pressure, Soils and Foundations, 2016, 56(3): 427-439. (SCI)

(4) Sun Lei, Chuan Gu*, Peng Wang. Effects of cyclic confining pressure on the deformation characteristics of natural soft clay. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015, 78: 99-109. (SCI)

Cyclic deformation behaviour of natural K0-consolidated soft clay under different stress paths. Journal of Central South University, 2015, 22(12): 4828–4836. (SCI)

(6) Chuan Gu, Jun Wang, Yuanqiang Cai, Lin Guo. Influence of cyclic loading history on small strain shear modulus of saturated clays. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2014, 66: 1-12. (SCI)

(7) Yuanqiang Cai, Chuan Gu, Jun Wang, C. Hsein Juang and Xiuqing Hu. One-way cyclic triaxial behavior of saturated clay: comparison between constant and variable confining pressure. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2013, 139(5): 797-809. (SCI)

(8) Chuan Gu, Jun Wang, Yuanqiang Cai, Zhongxuan Yang, and Yufeng Gao. Undrained cyclic triaxial behavior of saturated clays under variable confining pressure. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2012, 40: 118-128. (SCI)

(9) Yuanqiang Cai, Jingyu Chen, Zhigang Cao, Chuan Gu, Jun Wang. Influence of grain gradation on permanent strain of unbound granular materials under low confining pressure and high-cycle loading, International Journal of Geomechanics. (SCI)

(10) Wang Peng, Wang Jun, Cai Yuanqiang,  Gu Chuan. Dynamic vertical interaction of a foundation-soil system generated by seismic waves. Journal of Sound and vibration, 2014, 33(11): 2378-2389. (SCI)

(11) Jun Wang, Lin Guo, Yuanqiang Cai, Changjie Xu, Chuan Gu. Strain and pore water development on soft marine clay in triaxial tests with a large number of cycles. Ocean Engineering, 2013, 74: 125-132. (SCI)

(12) Yuanqiang Cai, Quanyang Dong, Jun Wang, Chuan Gu, Changjie Xu. Measurement of small strain shear modulus of clean and natural sands in saturated condition using bender element test, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015, 76: 100-110. (SCI)

(13) Quanyang Dong, Changjie Xu, Yuanqiang Cai, Hsein Juang, Jun Wang, Zhongxuan Yang, Chuan Gu. Drained Instability in Loose Granular Material. International Journal of Geomechanics,2016,16(2)

§ TEACHING

Undergraduate Courses

§ Structural mechanics, Architectural structure