The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Professor Daichao Sheng
School: School of Engineering
Commenced with Institution: 03-NOV-1997
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Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Professor Daichao Sheng;Professor John Carter 2008 3 Australian Research Council Project - Discovery Projects Unsaturated soil mechanics and risk assessment for mine waste management   330000  
Professor Daichao Sheng;Professor Scott Sloan 2008 4 Australian Research Council Project - Discovery Projects Pile and penetrometer analysis using computational contact mechanics   600000  
Professor Scott Sloan;Professor Irina Belova;Professor John Carter;Professor Graeme Murch;Professor Daichao Sheng;Assoc. Prof Stephen Fityus;Assoc. Prof Andrei Lyamin;Dr Andrew Abbo;Dr Kristian Krabbenhoft 2006 3 University of Newcastle Centre - Priority Research Centre PRC - Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical & Materials Modelling   206000  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2006 2 University of Newcastle Project - Pilot Grant Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for penetration problems in geomechanics   15900  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2006 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 7th World Congress on Computational Mecanics 16-22 July 2006   2400  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2006 1 Australian Research Council Fellowship - Linkage International Fellowship Two-scale modelling of geomaterials   80640  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2005 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 11th International Conference of Intl Assoc of Computer Methods & Advances in Geomechanics/The 2nd Intl Symposium on Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, 19-29 June 2005   2400  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2005 3 Australian Research Council Project - Discovery Projects FRICTION AND CONTACT IN SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION AT LARGE DEFORMATION   350000  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2004 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant The 7th Int Symp on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, 25-27 Aug 2004, Canada   2500  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Finite element algorithms for large deformation analysis of coupled displacemnet and pore pressure problems   9427  
Professor Daichao Sheng;Assoc. Prof David Smith 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Probabilistic finite element method in geotechnical engineering   12256  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2004 1 University of Newcastle Visit(or)/Exchange - Visitor Grant Visit of Dr D A Sun 29/02/04 to 10/05/04   4938  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2003 1 University of Newcastle Visit(or)/Exchange - Visitor Grant Visit of Prof Kurt D Eigenbrod, from 15 March 2003 to 17 March 2003   6717  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2003 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant The Second Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Osaka, Japan 9-13 November 2003   2500  
Professor Scott Sloan;Professor Daichao Sheng 2003 5 Australian Research Council Project - Discovery Projects Static and dynamic analysis of saturated and unsaturated soils.   503000  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Constitutive modelling of expansive soils   9609  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2002 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant The Third International Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Brazil 10-14 March, 2002   2500  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Finite Element Algorithms for Competitive Contaminant Transport in Soils   5000  
Professor Daichao Sheng 2000 5 Australian Research Council Fellowship - Australian Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship Fully coupled finite element algorithms for expansive unsaturated soils with automatic time stepping and error control   375090  
Professor Daichao Sheng 1997 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 9th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, Wuhan, China, 2-7 November 1997   1478  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
M Philosophy (Civil Eng) Principal Supervisor Mesh Optimisation for FEA
PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Principal Supervisor Constitutive Modelling and Finite Element Analysis of Unsaturated Soils

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.500
PhD 0.750

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) 2006 Numerical Algorithms for Large Deformation Problems in Geomechanics

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Sheng Daichao, Fredlund Delwyn G, Gens Antonio, ’A new modelling approach for unsaturated soils using independent stress variables’, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 45 511-534 (2008) [C1]

Nazem Majidreza, Sheng Daichao, Carter John Phillip, Sloan Scott William, ’Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method for large-strain consolidation problems’, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 32 1023-1050 (2008) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Yamamoto Haruyuki, Wriggers Peter, ’Finite element analysis of enlarged end piles using frictional contact’, Soils and Foundations, 48 1-14 (2008) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Pedroso Dorival De Moraes, Abbo Andrew John, ’Non-convexity and stress-path dependency of unsaturated soil models’, Computational Mechanics, 42 685-694 (2008) [C1]

Sun D A, Sheng Daichao, Cui H B, Sloan Scott William, ’A density-dependent elastoplastic hydro-mechanical model for unsaturated compacted soils’, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 31 1257-1279 (2007) [C1]

Li X, Chu X, Sheng Daichao, ’A saturated discrete particle model and characteristic-based SPH method in granular materials’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 72 858-882 (2007) [C1]

Sun D A, Cui H B, Matsuoka H, Sheng Daichao, ’A three-dimensional elastoplastic model for unsaturated compacted soils with hydraulic hysteresis’, Soils and Foundations, 47 253-264 (2007) [C1]

Sun D, Huang Wenxiong, Sheng Daichao, Yamamoto H, ’An elastoplastic model for granular materials exhibiting particle crushing’, Key Engineering Materials, 340-341 1273-1278 (2007) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Wriggers P, Sloan Scott William, ’Application of frictional contact in geotechnical engineering’, International Journal of Geomechanics, 7 176-185 (2007) [C1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, ’Cavity expansion of a gradient-dependent solid cylinder’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44 4342-4368 (2007) [C1]

Sun D, Sheng Daichao, Xu Y F, ’Collapse behaviour of unsaturated compacted soil with different initial densities’, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 44 673-686 (2007) [C1]

Sun D A, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, ’Elastoplastic modelling of hydraulic and stress-strain behaviour of unsaturated soils’, Mechanics of Materials, 39 212-221 (2007) [C1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Krabbenhoft Kristian, ’Limit theorems for gradient-dependent elastoplastic geomaterials’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44 480-506 (2007) [C1]

Fischer Kathrin Anita, Sheng Daichao, Abbo Andrew John, ’Modeling of pile installation using contact mechanics and quadratic elements’, Computers and Geotechnics, 34 449-461 (2007) [C1]

Liu Z B, Shi B, Sheng Daichao, ’A micropenetrometer for detecting structural strength inside soft soils’, Geotechnical Testing Journal, 29 443-450 (2006) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sun D A, Matsuoka H, ’Cantilever sheet-pile wall modelled by frictional contact’, Soils and Foundations, 46 29-37 (2006) [C1]

Huang Wenxiong, Fityus Stephen George, Bishop Daniel, Smith David, Sheng Daichao, ’Finite-element parametric study of the consolidation behavior of a trial embankment on soft clay’, International Journal of Geomechanics, 6 328-341 (2006) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Wriggers Peter, Sloan Scott William, ’Improved numerical algorithms for frictional contact in pile penetration analysis’, Computers and Geotechnics, 33 341-354 (2006) [C1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Krabbenhoft Kristian, ’Limit theorems for gradient-dependent elastoplastic geomaterials’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44 480-506 (2006) [C1]

Gens A, Sanchez M, Sheng Daichao, ’On constitutive modelling of unsaturated soils’, Acta Geotechnica, 1 137-147 (2006) [C1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, ’Strain gradient plasticity by internal-variable approach with normality structure’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 43 5836-5850 (2006) [C1]

Nazem Majidreza, Sheng Daichao, Carter J P, ’Stress integration and mesh refinement for large deformation in geomechanics’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 65 1002-1027 (2006) [C1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Ian F Collins, ’Thermomechanical formulation of strain gradient plasticity for geomaterials’, Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 1 837-863 (2006) [C1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Rouainia M, Sloan Scott William, ’Explicit stress integration of complex soil models’, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 29 1209-1229 (2005) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Eigenbrod K D, Wriggers P, ’Finite element analysis of pile installation using large-slip frictional contact’, Computers and Geotechnics, 32 17-26 (2005) [C1]

Cui Lijie, Sheng Daichao, ’Genetic Algorithms In Probabilistic Finite Element Analysis Of Geotechnical Problems’, Computers and Geotechnics, 32 555-563 (2005) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, ’Numerical Modelling Of Ground Movement Under Covered Areas’, Australian Geomechanics, 40 15-22 (2005) [C1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Zhou W Y, ’Shear banding analysis of geomaterials by strain gradient enhanced damage model’, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 42 5335-5355 (2005) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, A Gens, ’A Constitutive Model For Unsaturated Soils: Thermomechanical And Computational Aspects’, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 33 453-465 (2004) [C1]

Huang Wenxiong, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, H S Yu, ’Finite Element Analysis Of Cone Penetration In Cohesionless Soil’, Computers and Geotechnics, Vol. 31 517-528 (2004) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Antonio Gens, Smith David Wamsley, ’Finite Element Formulation And Algorithms For Unsaturated Soils: Part I - Theory’, International Journal For Numerical And Analytical Methods In Geomechanics, Vol. 27 745-765 (2003) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Antonio Gens, Smith David Wamsley, ’Finite Element Formulation And Algorithms For Unsaturated Soils: Part II - Verification And Application’, International Journal For Numerical And Analytical Methods In Geomechanics, Vol. 27 767-79 (2003) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, ’Non-Convexity Of The Barcelona Basic Model - Comment On SJ Wheeler, D Gallipoli and M Karstunen (2002:26:1561-1571)’, International Journal For Numerical And Analytical Methods In Geomechanics, Vol. 27 799-881 (2003) [C1]

Li Jie, Smith David Wamsley, Fityus Stephen George, Sheng Daichao, ’Numerical Analysis Of Neutron Moisture Probe Measurements’, International Journal Of Geomechanics, Vol. 3 11-20 (2003) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, ’Time Stepping Schemes For Coupled Displacement And Pore Pressure Analysis’, Computational Mechanics, Vol. 31 122-134 (2003) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Smith David Wamsley, ’2D Finite Element Analysis Of Multicomponent Contaminant Transport Through Soils’, The International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 2, No. 1 113-134 (2002) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Abbo Andrew John, ’An Automatic Newton-Raphson Scheme’, The International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 2, No. 4 471-502 (2002) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, ’Load stepping schemes for critical state models’, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 50 67-93 (2001) [C1]

Sloan Scott William, Abbo Andrew John, Sheng Daichao, ’Refined explicit integration of elastoplastic models with automatic error control’, Engineering Computations, 18 121-154 (2001) [C1]

Sloan Scott William, Sheng Daichao, Abbo Andrew John, ’Accelerated initial stiffness schemes for elastoplasticity’, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol 24 579-599 (2000) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Yu Hai-Sui, ’Aspects of finite element implementation of critical state models’, Computational Mechanics, Vol26(2000) 185-196 (2000) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Smith David Wamsley, ’Numerical Modelling of Competitive Components Transport with Non-linear Adsorption’, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 24 47-71 (2000) [C1]

Sheng Daichao, Smith David Wamsley, ’Analytic Solutions to the advective contaminant transport equation with non-linear sorption’, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 23 853-879 (1999) [C1]

Conference Publication

Nazem M, Sheng Daichao, Abbo Andrew John, ’Alternative stress integration schemes in large deformation problems of geomechanics’, Numerical Models in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics (NUMOG X), Rhodes, Greece (2007) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Fredlund Delwyn G, Gens Antonio, ’An alternative modelling approach for unsaturated soils’, Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Nanjing, China (2007) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, ’Finite element modelling of penetration problems in geomechanics’, Numerical Models in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics (NUMOG X), Rhodes, Greece (2007) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, ’Frictional contact for pile installation’, IUTAM Symposium on Computational Methods in Contact Mechanics. Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium, Hannover, Germany (2007) [E1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, ’Gradient dependent limit theorems for elastoplastic geomaterials’, Constitutive Modelling - Development, Implementation, Evaluation and Application. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Constitutive Modelling - Development, Implementation, Evaluation and Appl, Hong Kong (2007) [E1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, ’Microstructural effect on the cavity expansion in a soil cylinder’, Numerical Models in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics (NUMOG X), Rhodes, Greece (2007) [E1]

Li Jie, Sun De-An, Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Fredlund Delwyn, ’Preliminary study on soil-water characteristics of Maryland Clay’, Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Nanjing, China (2007) [E1]

Liu Zhibin, Sun De'An, Li Jie, Sheng Daichao, ’Suction-controlled oedometer tests of Maryland Clay in Newcastle’, Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils, Nanjing, China (2007) [E1]

H Yamamoto, Sheng Daichao, Sun De-An, ’Application of digital image analysis to displacement measurements of sand particles near steel surface in friction tests’, Geomechanics and Geotechnics of Particulate Media, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan (2006) [E1]

Sun D A, Sheng Daichao, ’Collapse Behavior of Unsaturated Compacted Soils’, Advances in Unsaturated Soil, Seepage, and Environmental Geotechnics (GSP 148): Proceedings of the GeoShanghai Conference, Shanghai, China (2006) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Fischer Kathrin Anita, Carter John Phillip, ’Computational challenges in modelling penetration problems in geomechanics’, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM VII), Los Angeles, California, United States of America (2006) [E3]

Fischer Kathrin Anita, Sheng Daichao, ’Different aspects of large deformation contact formulations applied to pile-soil FE-analysis’, Numerical Methods In Geotechnical Engineering (NUMGE 06), Graz, Austria (2006) [E1]

Sun D A, Sheng Daichao, Cui H B, Li Jie, ’Effect of Density on the Soil-Water-Retention Behaviour of Compacted Soil’, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Unsaturated Soils (April 2–6, 2006, Carefree, Arizona, USA), Carefree, Arizona, USA (2006) [E1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, Abbo Andrew John, Sloan Scott William, ’Effect of clay structure degradation on settlement of embankment’, Soft Ground Engineering - Proceedings of the Sydney Chapter 2006 Symposium, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia (2006) [E1]

Sun De-An, Sheng Daichao, ’An Elastoplastic Hydro-Mechanical Model For Unsaturated Compacted Soils’, Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics - Proceedings of an International Symposium, Trento, Italy, 27-29 June 2005, Trento, Italy (2005) [E1]

Huang Wenxiong, Sloan Scott William, Sheng Daichao, ’Analysis Of Failure Mode In Granular Soils Under General Stress Conditions’, Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference On Computer Methods And Advances In Geomechanics, Torino, Italy (2005) [E1]

Nazem Majidreza, Sheng Daichao, ’Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Method For Consolidation Problems In Geomechanics’, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Computational Plasticity - Computational Plasticity: Fundamentals and Applications (COMPLAS VIII), Barcelona, Spain (2005) [E3]

Sun De-An, Sheng Daichao, ’Elastoplastic Modelling Of Hydraulic And Mechanical Behavior Of Unsaturated Soils’, Proceedings of the 2nd World Forum of Chinese Scholars in Geotechnical Engineering (GEO-WCS 2005), Nanjing, China (2005) [E2]

Huang Wenxiong, Sloan Scott William, Sheng Daichao, ’Formation Of Shear Localization In Granular Materials’, Proceedings of the Fourth Australasian Congress On Applied Mechanics - Advances In Applied Mechanics, Melbourne (2005) [E1]

Rouainia M, Sheng Daichao, Zhao Jidong, ’Influence Of Structure Degradation On The Behaviour Of Embankments On Soft Soil’, 13th ACME Conference, University of Sheffield, UK (2005) [E2]

Sheng Daichao, Zhao Jidong, Rouainia M, ’Use Of A Structure Model In Analysis Of Trial Embankments On Soft Clay’, Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference On Computer Methods And Advances In Geomechanics, Torino, Italy (2005) [E1]

Nazem Majidreza, Sheng Daichao, ’Alternative Solution Methods For Large Deformations In Geomechanics’, Proceedings of the 9th Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, Ottawa, Canada (2004) [E1]

Zhao Jidong, Sheng Daichao, M Rouainia, ’Finite Element Implementation For Complex Critical State Models’, Sixth World Congress On Computational Mechanics in conjunction with Second Asian-Pacific Congress On Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China (2004) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, ’Finite Element Analysis Of A Test Embankment On Soft Clay’, Proceedings Of The Twelfth Asian Regional Conference, Singapore (2003) [E1]

Huang Wenxiong, Bishop Daniel, Sheng Daichao, Fityus Stephen George, ’Finite Element Analysis Of Consolidation For Embankment On Soft Clay’, 12 Panamerican Conference On Soil Mechanics And Geotechnical Engineering/39th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (2003) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Nazem Majidreza, ’Numerical Analysis Of Footings On Unsaturated Soils’, Proceedings Of The 2nd Asian Conference On Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT-ASIA 2003), Osaka, Japan (2003) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Fityus Stephen George, ’Numerical Analysis Of Ground Movement In An Expansive Clay Test Site’, Proceedings Of The 2nd Asian Conference On Unsaturated Soils (UNSAT-ASIA 2003), Osaka, Japan (2003) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Smith David Wamsley, Sloan Scott William, Gens A, ’An Explicit Stress Integration Scheme For Unsaturated Soil Models’, Unsaturated Soils, Brazil (2002) [E1]

Huang Wenxiong, Sloan Scott William, Sheng Daichao, ’Hypoplastic Analysis Of Cone Penetration In Sands’, Numerical Models In Geomechanics, Rome, Italy (2002) [E2]

Li Jie, Smith David Wamsley, Fityus Stephen George, Sheng Daichao, ’Quantitative Analysis Of Moisture Content Determination In Expansive Soils Using Neutron Probes’, Unsaturated Soils, Brazil (2002) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Smith David Wamsley, Sloan Scott William, ’Alternative Finite Element Formulation for Unsaturated Soils’, Proceedings of the First Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Sydney (2001) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Lewis Timothy Wentworth, Smith David Wamsley, ’Effects of Equilibria and Kinetics on Contaminant Transport’, Proceedings of the First Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Sydney (2001) [E1]

Huang W, Sheng Daichao, Yu H-S, Sloan Scott William, ’Finite Element Simulation of Cone Penetration with Finite-Sliding Contact Interface’, Proceedings of the First Asian-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Sydney (2001) [E1]

Lewis Timothy Wentworth, Smith David Wamsley, Sheng Daichao, ’Numerical analysis of an in situ remediation scheme for fluoride cantaminated groundwater’, Proceedings of the 2nd Australia and New Zealand Conference on Environmental Geotechnics - Geoenvironment 2001, Newcastle (2001) [E1]

Charles Mark Timothy (Deceased), Yu Hai-Sui, Sheng Daichao, ’Finite element analysis of pressuremeter tests using critical state soil models’, Proceedings of the seventh international symposium on numerical models in geomechanics, Austria (1999) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, ’Load stepping schemes and unbalanced force norms in geotechnical analysis’, Proceedings of the seventh international symposium on numerical models in geomechanics, Austria (1999) [E1]

Sheng Daichao, Sloan Scott William, Yu Hai-Sui, ’Practical implementation of critical state models in FEM’, Proceedings, 8th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanic, Hobart, Hobart (1999) [E1]

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