SHEN Weigang

Assistant Professor for Engineering Geology

Research Interests:

Discrete Element Method (DEM), Debris flow, Rockfall, Rock fragmentation, Granular mechanics

Connect:

4445, 4th building, Xipu campus, SWJTU

email: wgshen@swjtu.edu.cn

Personal Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shen_Weigang

Education:

B.S. Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering, Sichuan University, China, 2016.

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Sichuan University, China, 2020.

Experience：

Assistant Professor for Engineering Geology, Southwest Jiaotong University, 2020 – present

Research Interests:

My research has mainly focused on the dynamic interaction process between rapid mass movements (e.g. rockfall and debris flow) with protective structures (e.g. barrier and rock shed). I also focus on the discrete element method (DEM) and granular mechanics. Recently, I have focused to reconstruct irregular rock boulders and investigate the impact of debris flow containing large boulders onto rigid barrier.

Selected publications:

Shen, Weigang; Zhao, Tao; Dai, Feng; Crosta, G.B.; Wei, H. Discrete element analyses of a realistic-shaped rock block impacting against a soil buffering layer, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2020, 53(8), 3807-3822.

Shen, Weigang; Zhao, Tao; Dai, Feng; Jiang, Mingjing; Zhou, Gordon G.D. DEM analyses of rock block shape effect on the response of rockfall impact against a soil buffering layer [J]. Engineering Geology, 2019, 249, 60-70.

Shen Weigang; Zhao Tao; Zhao Jidong; Dai Feng; Zhou Gordon G.D. Quantifying the impact of dry debris flow against a rigid barrier by DEM analyses [J]. Engineering Geology, 2018; 241: 86-96.

Shen Weigang; Zhao Tao; Crosta, G.B.; Dai, Feng. Analysis of impact-induced rock fragmentation using a discrete element approach [J]. International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences, 2017; 98: 33-38.