Assistant Professor (Structural Engineering)
Dr. Y. Qian
BEng Huazhong University of Sci & Tech, China MSc Hokkaido University, Japan
PhD Columbia University in The City of New York, USA
Office: HW 6-08
Phone: +852 2859 1966
Fax: +852 2559 5337
E-mail: yjqian@hku.hk
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/3dp-hku
Teaching Activities CIVL1113 Engineering Mechanics and Materials (Undergraduate Core course)
CIVL6603 Advances in Concrete Construction (Postgrad course)
ENGG1320 Engineers in the modern world
CIVL4102 Capstone Design Project
CIVL4101 Final Year Project
CIVL7009 Dissertation
Research Interests Construction-scale 3D concrete printing
Concrete rheology & smart processing
Cement-based systems modified with nanomaterials
* Fully-funded PhD and Postdoc positions are available in Prof. Qian's group. Please send your C.V. to yjqian@hku.hk
Representative Research / Consultancy Projects Development of construction-scale additive manufacturing process; Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Singapore
Fundamental control of concrete rheology by optimizing mixing energy and superplasicizer design; Sponsor: The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Belgium
Interaction of Admixtures and its Effect on the Evolution of Thixotropic Breakdown and Recovery of Cementitious Systems; Sponsor: American Concrete Institute, US
Professional Activities Member, American Concrete Institute
Member, RILEM (The International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures)
10 Selected Representative Publications Y.W.D. Tay, Y. Qian* and M.J. Tan. “Printability region for 3D concrte printing using slump and slump flow test.” Composites Part B: Engineering (2019): 106968
Ye Qian*, Siwei Ma, Shiho Kawashima and Geert De Schutter. “Rheological characterization of the viscoelastic solid-like properties of fresh cement pastes with nanoclay addition.” Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics (2019): 102262
Ye Qian* and Geert De Schutter. “Enhancing thixotropy of fresh cement pastes with nanoclay in presence of polycarboxylate ether superplasticizer (PCE)”. Cement and Concrete Research. 111 (2018): 15-22
Ye Qian*, Karel Lesage, Khadija El Cheikh and Geert De Schutter. “Effect of polycarboxylate ether superplasticizer (PCE) on dynamic yield stress, thixotropy and flocculation state of cement pastes in consideration of the Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC)”. Cement and Concrete Research. 107 (2018): 75-84
Ye Qian and Shiho Kawashima*. "Distinguishing dynamic and static yield stress of fresh cement mortars through thixotropy". Cement and Concrete Composites. 86 (2018): 288-296
Ye Qian* and Geert De Schutter. “Different effects of NSF and PCE superplasticizer on adsorption, dynamic yield stress and thixotropy of cement pastes”. Materials. 11(2018)
Siwei Ma, Ye Qian and Shiho Kawashima*. “Non-linear structural build-up of fresh cement pastes incorporating viscosity modifying admixtures”. Cement and Concrete Research. 108 (2018): 1-9
Ye Qian and Shiho Kawashima*. "Use of creep recovery protocol to measure static yield stress and structural rebuilding of fresh cement pastes". Cement and Concrete Research. 90 (2016): 73-79
Ye Qian and Shiho Kawashima*. "Flow onset of fresh mortars in rheometers: contributions of paste deflocculation and sand particle migration". Cement and Concrete Research. 90 (2016): 97-103
Ye Qian*, Dawei Zhang and Tamon Ueda. "Interfacial tensile bond between substrate concrete and repairing mortar under freeze-thaw cycles". Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology. 14 (2016): 421-432
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