Professor (Geotechnical Engineering)
Ir Professor Zhong-qi Quentin YUE
BSc (University Distinction), Peking University, Beijing, China MS, Peking University, Beijing, China
PhD, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
MHKIE (1998), RPE (Geotechnical), PEng (1995)
Office: HW 6-02
Phone: +852 2859 1967
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: yueqzq@hku.hk
Homepage: HKU Scholars Hub
Teaching Activities CIVL2002 Rock Mechanics & Engineering Geology
CIVL3014 Slope Engineering
CIVL3108 Foundation Engineering
CIVL4101 Capstone Design Project
CIVL4102 Final Year Project
MATH1853 Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics
Research Interests Highly compressed methane gas cause and mechanism of earthquakes and/or volcanos
Highly compressed gas cause and mechanism of large and rapid landslides with long runout distances
Highly compressed micro-gas inclusion cause and mechanism of rock bursts and/or large deformation in rock tunnels
Development of an alternative theory of the Earth via a thin and highly dense and compressed methane gas-sphere between the solid crustal rocks and the hot mantle materials
Development and invention of automatic drilling process monitor (DPM) for in-situ continuously measuring and recording the strength and distribution of rock masses at depth in real time
Representative Research / Consultancy Projects An alternative modeling framework for better interpretation of the observed volcano-hydrothermal system data
Effect of micro-fluid inclusions on abnormally delayed mechanical behavior of intact rocks after excavation
Investigation of fatal Zhaojiagou landslide of rapid, long and wide run-out in Zhen-xiong County, Yunnan Province
Migration and expansion of deep ground dense for cause of large rock avalanches
Monitoring, recording and analyzing of geological drilling process at complex environments
10 Selected Representative Publications Yue ZQ 2020. An Alternative Gas Cause and Mechanism for Uplifting Tibetan Plateau, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2020, http://agu2020fallmeeting-agu.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=78-22-8A-28-50-6D-1D-41-3E-34-30-6B-F7-17-ED-AC
Yue ZQ, 2016. Grouted jetted precast reinforced concrete piling technology for no-dredge seawall and land reclamation in Hong Kong, Proceedings of The HKIE Geotechnical Division 36th Annual Seminar 2016. June 3, 2016, Hong Kong, pp: 59-71
Yue ZQ, 2015a. Yue’s solution of classical elasticity in n-layered solids: Part 1, mathematical formulation, Part 2, mathematical verification, Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 9(3): 215-285
Yue ZQ, 2014a. On cause hypotheses of earthquakes with external tectonic plate and/or internal dense gas loadings, Acta Mechanica, 225: 1447-1469
Yue ZQ, 2014b. Gas inclusions and their expansion power as foundation of rock “locked in” stress hypothesis, Journal of Engineering Geology, 22(4): 739-756
Yue ZQ, 2014c. Drilling process monitoring for refining and upgrading rock mass quality classification methods, Chinese Journal of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, 33(10): 1977-1996
Yue ZQ, Xu Q, 2014. Fundamental drawbacks and disastrous consequences of current geotechnical safety design theories for slopes, Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, 36(9): 1601-1606
Yue ZQ, Fan SP, Yang ZF, LI LH, Zhang LQ, ZJ Zhang, 2010. A hypothesis for crack free interior surfaces of Longyou caverns caved in argillaceous siltstone 2000 years ago, Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China, 4(2): 165-177
Yue ZQ, Bekking W, Morin I, 1995. Application of digital image processing to quantitative study of asphalt concrete microstructure, Transportation Research Record No. 1492, Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C., pp: 53-60
Yue ZQ, 1988. Solutions for the thermoelastic problems in vertically inhomogeneous media, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 4(2): 182-189
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